Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament


was held for the third time at the 2004 Summer Olympics. 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 a round-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 at Karaiskakis Stadium on 26 August 2004.

Qualification

Several qualification tournaments were held to determine the participating nations.

Seeding

Originally, the tournament was planned to form two groups of five teams in the group stage, then play a knockout stage by four teams.
The format is later changed: the tournament is to form three groups of three or four teams in the group stage, then play a knockout stage by eight teams.
Pot 1: EuropePot 2: AmericasPot 3: Rest of the World

  • Squads

    Final tournament

    Key:

    Group E

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    Group F

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    Group G

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    Knockout stage

    Quarter-finals

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    Semifinals

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    Bronze Medal match

    Gold Medal match

    Final ranking

    RankTeam
    16510124+816
    26402154+1112
    35401143+1112
    4520345−16
    5411234−14
    6310234−13
    7310223−13
    8301218−71
    9201119−81
    103003011−110

    Statistics

    Goalscorers

    With five goals, Cristiane of Brazil and Birgit Prinz of Germany are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 55 goals were scored by 33 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.
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