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Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers

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The Asian Football Confederation's Pre-Olympic Tournament was held from 5 April 2003 to 12 May 2004. Thirty-six teams entered the qualification for the three allocated spots for the 2004 Summer Olympics Football tournament in Athens.

The qualification saw Korea Republic, Japan and Iraq winning their final round groups and qualifying to the Olympics.

Format

Asian berths for the final is 3.

Preliminary round
12 highest seeded teams received byes for the second round. Other 24 teams were paired, where each pair played home and away. The 12 winners would advance to the second round.
Second round
24 teams were paired, where each pair played home and away. The 12 winners would advance to the final round.
Final round
12 teams were grouped into 3 groups of 4 teams each, where each group would consist of home and away round-robin tournament. The winners of each group would qualify to the finals.

References

Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers Wikipedia
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