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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Greece |
| Dates | 11–26 August |
| Teams | 10 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  United States (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Brazil |
| Third place |  Germany |
| Fourth place |  Sweden |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 20 |
| Goals scored | 55 (2.75 per match) |
| Attendance | 208,637 (10,432 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | CristianeBirgit Prinz (5 goals each) |
| Fair play award |  Japan Sweden |
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| Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics | ||
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Women's Olympic Football tournament was held for the third time at the2004 Summer Olympics.[1][2] The tournament featured 10 women's national teams from six continental confederations. The 10 teams were drawn into two groups of three and one group of four and each group played around-robin tournament. At the end of the group stage, the top teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the gold medal match atKaraiskakis Stadium on 26 August 2004.
Several qualification tournaments were held to determine the participating nations.[3]
The tournament was held in five venues across five cities:
As the another sports, the tournament was originally planned to form two groups of five teams in the group stage, then play a knockout stage by four teams (two top teams in each group).[4]Due to logistical and calendar issues, the tournament format had to be changed.FIFA decided to form three groups of three or four teams in the group stage, then play a knockout stage by eight teams (two top teams in each group and two best third-placed teams from three groups).[5]
| Pot 1: Europe | Pot 2: Americas | Pot 3: Rest of the World |
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Competing countries were divided into three groups: two containing three teams (groups E and F) and one containing four teams (group G). Teams in each group played one another in around-robin. The top two teams of each group advanced to theknockout stage, along with the third-placed team from the four-team group (group G) and the better-ranked third-placed team from the three-team groups (groups E and F).
Key:
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Qualified for the quarterfinals |
| 2 |  Nigeria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | Japan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 6 | Qualified for the quarterfinals |
| 2 |  Mexico | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | |
| 3 |  China | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 1 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | Qualified for the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Greece | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 |
| United States | 1–1 | Australia |
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Lilly 19' | Report | Peters 82' |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Japan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| China | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 1 |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 20 August –Patras | ||||||||||
| Germany | 2 | |||||||||
| 23 August –Heraklio | ||||||||||
| Nigeria | 1 | |||||||||
| Germany | 1 | |||||||||
| 20 August –Thessaloniki | ||||||||||
| United States (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||
| United States | 2 | |||||||||
| 26 August –Piraeus | ||||||||||
| Japan | 1 | |||||||||
| United States (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||
| 20 August –Heraklio | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 1 | |||||||||
| Mexico | 0 | |||||||||
| 23 August –Patras | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 5 | |||||||||
| Sweden | 0 | |||||||||
| 20 August –Volos | ||||||||||
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| Sweden | 2 | |||||||||
| 26 August –Piraeus | ||||||||||
| Australia | 1 | |||||||||
| Germany | 1 | |||||||||
| Sweden | 0 | |||||||||
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There were 55 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.75 goals per match.Cristiane of Brazil andBirgit Prinz of Germany finished as the top scorers of the tournament, with each scoring five goals.
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Source: FIFA[3]
3 assists
2 assists
1 assist
Source: FIFA[3]
Japan andSweden won theFIFA Fair Play Award, given to the team with the best record offair play during the tournament. Every match in the final competition is taken into account but only teams that played at least three matches are eligible for theFair Play Award.[3]
| Pos | Team | Pts |
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| 1 | Japan | 857 |
| Sweden | 857 | |
| 3 | Australia | 843 |
| 4 | China | 815 |
| 5 | Germany | 811 |
| 6 | Nigeria | 781 |
| 7 | Brazil | 772 |
| 8 | United States | 762 |
| 9 | Greece | 752 |
| 10 | Mexico | 686 |
Per statistical convention in football, matches decided inextra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided bypenalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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| 1 | G | United States | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 16 | Gold medal |
| 2 | G | Brazil | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 12 | Silver medal |
| 3 | F | Germany | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 12 | Bronze medal |
| 4 | E | Sweden | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6 | Fourth place |
| 5 | G | Australia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 6 | E | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
| 7 | E | Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
| 8 | F | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 1 | |
| 9 | F | China | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 10 | G | Greece(H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 |
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