Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

The qualification for women's football tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Football at the
2004 Summer Olympics
Qualification
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Tournament
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Squads
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The following qualification tournaments were held to determine the participating nations.[1]

Qualified teams

The following teams have qualified for the final tournament.

Confederation (Region)BerthsQualified Teams
Host nation (automatically qualified) 1
UEFA (Europe) 2
CONMEBOL (South America) 1
CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean) 2
CAF (Africa) 1
AFC (Asia) 2
OFC (Oceania) 1

AFC

[2][3]

All matches were held in Japan.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  North Korea 3 3 0 0 22 0 +22 9
2  Chinese Taipei 3 2 0 1 8 6 +2 6
3  Hong Kong 3 1 0 2 3 12 −9 3
4  Singapore 3 0 0 3 0 15 −15 0
Source: Japan Football Association
North Korea 5 - 0 Chinese Taipei
Singapore 0 - 2 Hong Kong
Chinese Taipei 5 - 0 Singapore
Hong Kong 0 - 9 North Korea
North Korea 8 - 0 Singapore
Hong Kong 1 - 3 Chinese Taipei

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  China PR 3 3 0 0 23 0 +23 9
2  South Korea 3 2 0 1 14 3 +11 6
3  Myanmar 3 1 0 2 2 18 −16 3
4  Guam 3 0 0 3 0 18 −18 0
Source: Japan Football Association
China PR 11 - 0 Myanmar
South Korea 7 - 0 Guam
Myanmar 0 - 7 South Korea
Guam 0 - 9 China PR
Guam 0 - 2 Myanmar
China PR 3 - 0 South Korea

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Japan 2 2 0 0 13 0 +13 6
2  Thailand 2 0 1 1 0 6 −6 1
3  Vietnam 2 0 1 1 0 7 −7 1
Source: Japan Football Association
Japan 7 - 0 Vietnam
Vietnam 0 - 0 Thailand
Thailand 0 - 6 Japan

Semifinals
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
24 April
 
 
 North Korea 0
 
26 April
 
 Japan 3
 
 Japan 0
 
24 April
 
 China PR 1
 
 China PR 1
 
 
 South Korea 0
 
Third place
 
 
26 April
 
 
 North Korea 5
 
 
 South Korea 1
North Korea 0 - 3 Japan
China PR 1 - 0 South Korea

Third Place Match
North Korea 5 - 1 South Korea

Final
Japan 0 - 1 China PR

Awards
Best Player Award Top Goalscorer Fair Play Award
Teng Wei ( China PR) Ri Kum-suk ( North Korea, 8 goals)  Japan

CAF

[2]

  First round Second round Third round Final round
                                             
 South Africa  
bye  
   South Africa 13 13 26  
   Namibia 0 1 1  
 Namibia (w/o)
 Tanzania  
   South Africa 6 2 8  
   Angola 2 3 5  
 Zimbabwe  
bye  
   Zimbabwe 0 0 0
   Angola (a.e.t.) 0 1 1  
 Angola (w/o)
 Cape Verde  
   South Africa 2 0 2
   Nigeria 2 1 3
 Nigeria  
bye  
   Nigeria (w/o)
   Kenya  
 Kenya (w/o)
 Uganda  
   Nigeria (p) 1 1 2 (3)
   Ghana 1 1 2 (2)  
 Ghana  
bye  
   Ghana 2 2 4
   DR Congo 0 1 1  
 DR Congo (w/o)
 Equatorial Guinea  

CONCACAF
Main article: 2004 CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament

Mexico and the United States earned Olympic qualification places by winning their semi-final matches.

Preliminary round
Main article: 2004 CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament qualification

Caribbean Zone

Series A

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Suriname  2–6  Trinidad and Tobago 0–2 2–4

Series B

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jamaica  4–0  Cayman Islands 3–0 1–0

Series C

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dominican Republic  2–10  Haiti 0–7 2–3

North/Central American Zone
Series D Series E
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Mexico 2 6
2  Honduras (H) 2 3
3  Nicaragua 2 0
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host.
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Guatemala (H) 2 4
2  Panama 2 4
3  Belize 2 0
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host.

Group stage

Eight teams participated in the group stage. The top two teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Group A Group B
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Canada 3 9
2  Costa Rica (H) 3 6
3  Panama 3 3
4  Jamaica 3 0
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host.
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  United States 3 9
2  Mexico 3 6
3  Trinidad and Tobago 3 3
4  Haiti 3 0
Source: CONCACAF

Knockout stage

The winners of the semi-finals qualified for the Olympics.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
3 March – San José
 
 
 Canada1
 
5 March – Heredia
 
 Mexico2
 
 Mexico2
 
3 March – San José
 
 United States3
 
 United States4
 
 
 Costa Rica0
 
Third place play-off
 
 
5 March – Heredia
 
 
 Canada4
 
 
 Costa Rica0

CONMEBOL

CONMEBOL did not hold the qualifying competition for the one spot but nominated  Brazil, the winners of 2003 South American Women's Football Championship and 2003 Pan American Games, as the South American representative.[2] Brazil also achieved the best performance among CONMEBOL teams at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, having advanced to the quarter-finals, while the confederation's only other team, Argentina, were eliminated in the group stage.

OFC
Main article: 2004 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

[2]

All matches were held in Fiji.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Australia 2 2 0 0 17 0 +17 6
2  Papua New Guinea 2 1 0 1 2 10 −8 3
3  Fiji 2 0 0 2 0 9 −9 0
Source:
Fiji 0 - 2 Papua New Guinea
Australia 10 - 0 Papua New Guinea
Fiji 0 - 7 Australia

UEFA
Qualification for women's championships (UEFA)
FIFA Women's World Cup
UEFA Women's Championship
Summer Olympics

Due to scheduling issues, UEFA did not hold a separate qualifying competition; UEFA instead announced that the top two UEFA teams in 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup were to qualify for the Olympics. As a result, the World Cup winners  Germany and the runners-up  Sweden qualified for the Olympics[1] (together with the hosts  Greece).

References
  1. FIFA report, page 132.
  2. "Games of the XXVIII. Olympiad Football Qualifying Tournament". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  3. "AFC女子サッカー予選大会2004" [AFC Women's football qualifying tournament 2004]. Japan Football Association. Archived from the original on 24 June 2004. Retrieved 31 March 2018.

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