Date | 15 – 25 August 2004 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Olympiako Kentro Beisbol, Olympiako Syngrotima Ellenikou, Hellinikon | |
Participants | 191 from 8 countries | |
Format | Round-robin tournament followed by semi-finals and final. |
Cuba won its 3rd gold medal in the fourth Olympic baseball tournament. But the baseball world order was changing. The United States, where the game was founded, did not even advance out of the Americas qualifying, and did not compete at the Olympics. In the Olympic round-robin, Cuba did not rank first, falling to Japan on run differential. But in the elimination rounds, Cuba rallied to win both games, defeating Canada, 8-5, in the semi-finals, and Australia, 6-2, in the final. Omar Linares and Orestes Kindelán no longer played for the Cuban team, which was led by Ariel Pestano, a catcher who batted .442 at the 2000-2004 Olympics, and drove in 14 runs in Athens. The Greeks played in the Olympic tournament as the host nation, although the game is almost unknown in Greece. They recruited a number of Greek-Americans to play for them, and to their credit, did not finish last, defeating Italy 12-7, to match them with 1-6 records, and placing 7th on run differential.
Date | 15 – 22 August 2004 |
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Format | Round-robin pool. |
Pos | Team | NOC | Wins | Losses | Points | Runs | ||
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1 | Japan | JPN | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12-49 | ||
2 | Cuba | CUB | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12-41 | ||
3 | Canada | CAN | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10-39 | ||
4 | Australia | AUS | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8-49 | ||
5 | Chinese Taipei | TPE | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6-24 | ||
6 | Netherlands | NED | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4-29 | ||
7 | Greece | GRE | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2-24 | ||
8 | Italy | ITA | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2-19 |
Match | Date/Time | Location | Team | NOC | Result | Team | NOC | |
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Game #1 | 15 Aug 10:30 | Field 2 | Cuba | CUB | 1 – 0 | Australia | AUS | |
Game #2 | 15 Aug 11:30 | Field 1 | Japan | JPN | 2 – 0 | Italy | ITA | 7-inning mercy rule |
Game #3 | 15 Aug 18:30 | Field 2 | Canada | CAN | 0 – 0 | Chinese Taipei | TPE | |
Game #4 | 15 Aug 19:30 | Field 1 | Netherlands | NED | 0 – 0 | Greece | GRE | |
Game #5 | 16 Aug 10:30 | Field 2 | Chinese Taipei | TPE | 0 – 0 | Australia | AUS | |
Game #6 | 16 Aug 11:30 | Field 1 | Canada | CAN | 2 – 1 | Italy | ITA | |
Game #7 | 16 Aug 18:30 | Field 2 | Japan | JPN | 1 – 1 | Netherlands | NED | |
Game #8 | 16 Aug 19:30 | Field 1 | Cuba | CUB | 1 – 0 | Greece | GRE | |
Game #9 | 17 Aug 10:30 | Field 2 | Canada | CAN | 0 – 0 | Netherlands | NED | |
Game #10 | 17 Aug 11:30 | Field 1 | Chinese Taipei | TPE | 0 – 0 | Greece | GRE | |
Game #11 | 17 Aug 18:30 | Field 2 | Australia | AUS | 0 – 0 | Italy | ITA | |
Game #12 | 17 Aug 19:30 | Field 1 | Japan | JPN | 0 – 0 | Cuba | CUB | |
Game #13 | 18 Aug 10:30 | Field 2 | Netherlands | NED | 2 – 0 | Italy | ITA | |
Game #14 | 18 Aug 11:30 | Field 1 | Australia | AUS | 0 – 0 | Japan | JPN | |
Game #15 | 18 Aug 18:30 | Field 2 | Canada | CAN | 1 – 0 | Greece | GRE | |
Game #16 | 18 Aug 19:30 | Field 1 | Cuba | CUB | 0 – 0 | Chinese Taipei | TPE | |
Game #17 | 20 Aug 10:30 | Field 2 | Italy | ITA | 0 – 0 | Chinese Taipei | TPE | |
Game #18 | 20 Aug 11:30 | Field 1 | Japan | JPN | 2 – 0 | Canada | CAN | |
Game #19 | 20 Aug 18:30 | Field 2 | Australia | AUS | 0 – 3 | Greece | GRE | |
Game #20 | 20 Aug 19:30 | Field 1 | Cuba | CUB | 0 – 0 | Netherlands | NED | |
Game #21 | 21 Aug 10:30 | Field 2 | Japan | JPN | 0 – 0 | Chinese Taipei | TPE | |
Game #22 | 21 Aug 11:30 | Field 1 | Cuba | CUB | 0 – 0 | Canada | CAN | |
Game #23 | 21 Aug 18:30 | Field 2 | Australia | AUS | 9 – 0 | Netherlands | NED | 7-inning mercy rule |
Game #24 | 21 Aug 19:30 | Field 1 | Greece | GRE | 0 – 0 | Italy | ITA | |
Game #25 | 22 Aug 10:30 | Field 2 | Chinese Taipei | TPE | 0 – 0 | Netherlands | NED | |
Game #26 | 22 Aug 11:30 | Field 1 | Japan | JPN | 0 – 0 | Greece | GRE | |
Game #27 | 22 Aug 18:30 | Field 2 | Cuba | CUB | 0 – 0 | Italy | ITA | |
Game #28 | 22 Aug 19:30 | Field 1 | Canada | CAN | 0 – 0 | Australia | AUS |
Date | 24 August 2004 |
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Format | Single-elimination. |
Match | Date/Time | Location | Team | NOC | Result | Team | NOC | |
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Game #1 | 24 Aug 11:30 | Field 1 | Australia | AUS | 0 – 0 | Japan | JPN | |
Game #2 | 24 Aug 19:30 | Field 1 | Cuba | CUB | 2 – 0 | Canada | CAN |
Date | 25 August 2004 |
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Format | Medal round. |
Match | Date/Time | Location | Team | NOC | Result | Team | NOC | |
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Game 1/2 | 25 Aug 20:00 | Field 1 | Cuba | CUB | 0 – 0 | Australia | AUS | |
Game 3/4 | 25 Aug 11:30 | Field 1 | Japan | JPN | 2 – 0 | Canada | CAN |