Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

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Football at the
2004 Summer Olympics
Qualification
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Tournament
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Squads
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The qualification for women's football tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

The following qualification tournaments were held to determine the participating nations.

Qualified teams

The following teams have qualified for the final tournament.

Confederation (Region) Berths Qualified 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

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 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 11 - 0 Myanmar
South Korea 7 - 0 Guam
Myanmar 0 - 7 South Korea
Guam 0 - 9 China
Guam 0 - 2 Myanmar
China 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 1
 
 China 1
 
 
 South Korea 0
 
Third place
 
 
26 April
 
 
 North Korea 5
 
 
 South Korea 1
North Korea 0 - 3 Japan
China 1 - 0 South Korea
Qu Feifei 60'

Third-place match

North Korea 5 - 1 South Korea
 Park Eun-sun 39'

Final

Japan 0 - 1 China
Li Jie 57'

Awards

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

CAF

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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Suriname  2–6  Trinidad and Tobago 0–2 2–4

Series B

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

Series C

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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) Hosts

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1  Guatemala (H) 2 4
2  Panama 2 4
3  Belize 2 0
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts

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) Hosts

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. 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

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: [citation needed]
Fiji 0 - 2 Papua New Guinea
Fiji
Australia 10 - 0 Papua New Guinea
Fiji
Fiji 0 - 7 Australia
Fiji

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 (together with the hosts  Greece).

References

  1. ^ a b FIFA report, page 132.
  2. ^ a b c d "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.
  4. ^ "Games of the XXVIII. Olympiad: Football Qualifying Tournament (Women)". CONCACAF. 12 January 2004. Archived from the original on 3 February 2004. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

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