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Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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Host country
  
Greece

Venue(s)
  
6 (in 6 host cities)

Runners-up
  
Paraguay

Dates
  
11 August – 28 August

Champions
  
Argentina (1st title)

Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Teams
  
16 (from 6 confederations)

The men's football tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics featured 16 men's national teams from the six continental confederations. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four, in which each team would play each of the others once. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the final at Athens' Olympic Stadium on 28 August 2004.

Contents

Qualification

The following 16 teams qualified for the 2004 Olympics football tournament.

Final tournament

Key:

  • Teams highlighted in green went through to the knockout stage.
  • Goalscorers

    With eight goals, Carlos Tevez of Argentina is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 101 goals were scored by 65 different players, with four of them credited as own goals.

    References

    Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament Wikipedia