| | Event type

Football, Women

Date	11 – 26 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Ethniko Kaftanzogleio Stadio Thessalonikis, Thessaloniki / Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis, Athina / Pampeloponnisiako Stadio, Patras / Pankritio Stadio, Iraklion / Panthessaliko Stadio, Volos
Participants	166 from 10 countries
Format	Round-robin pools advance teams to single-elimination tournament of eight teams.

The women’s field was expanded from eight to ten teams, which gave the tournament an odd format as only two teams were eliminated in the group stage. Among them was 1996 silver medalist China, which was slaughtered by World Champion Germany 8-0. The first knockout round saw all favoured teams progress into the semis. The Germans, captained by star player Birgit Prinz, played 1996 champion United States, but trailed for most of the match. Only in stoppage time, the Germans levelled through Isabell Bachor. Heather O’Reilly scored the winner for the Americans nine minutes into sudden death overtime. The other 2003 World Cup finalist, Sweden, was also eliminated as Brazil moved to the final for the first time. As in Sydney, the decider went into overtime. Forward Abby Wambach headed in the winning goal three minutes away from penalty kicks.

Pos	Number	Team	NOC	Goals	Yellow Cards	Red Cards	Penalty Kicks	Shots	Shots on Goal	Corner Kicks	Free Kicks	Offsides	Fouls Committed
1	–	United States	USA	12	10	0	–	91	45	37	2	10	92	Gold
	1	Briana Scurry		0	1	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	1
	3	Christie Pearce-Rampone		0	1	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	1
	4	Cat Reddick		0	0	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	11
	14	Joy Fawcett		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	1
	15	Kate Sobrero-Markgraf		0	1	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	4
	7	Shannon Boxx		1	0	0	–	11	4	–	–	–	11
	10	Aly Wagner		0	1	0	–	4	1	–	–	–	4
	11	Julie Foudy		0	1	0	–	8	3	–	–	–	10
	13	Kristine Lilly		3	1	0	–	14	6	–	–	–	7
	9	Mia Hamm		2	1	0	–	15	10	–	–	–	9
	16	Abby Wambach		4	2	0	–	19	11	–	–	–	18
	2	Heather Mitts		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	1
	5	Lindsay Tarpley		1	0	0	–	7	4	–	–	–	5
	6	Brandi Chastain		0	0	0	–	2	1	–	–	–	4
	8	Angela Hucles		0	0	0	–	2	1	–	–	–	1
	12	Cindy Parlow		0	1	0	–	4	1	–	–	–	1
	17	Heather O'Reilly		1	0	0	–	4	3	–	–	–	3
	19	Shannon MacMillan DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	21	Tiffany Roberts DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	20	Lorrie Fair DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	22	Hope Solo DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Kristin Luckenbill DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		April Heinrichs
2	–	Brazil	BRA	15	9	0	–	114	72	32	6	17	106	Silver
	8	Daniela		1	0	0	–	19	10	–	–	–	15
	5	Juliana		0	0	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	4
	6	Kóki		0	0	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	1
	17	Roseli		0	0	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	1
	3	Mônica		0	3	0	–	2	0	–	–	–	15
	15	Maycon		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	11	Rosana		0	1	0	–	7	4	–	–	–	13
	14	Elaine		0	0	0	–	6	4	–	–	–	13
	9	Pretinha		3	0	0	–	15	11	–	–	–	2
	7	Formiga		2	3	0	–	16	11	–	–	–	11
	2	Grazielle Nascimento		1	0	0	–	4	2	–	–	–	2
	16	Kelly Cristina		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	13	Aline		0	1	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	3
	4	Tânia Maranhão		0	1	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	7
	12	Cristiane		5	0	0	–	20	11	–	–	–	8
	18	Andréia		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	10	Marta		3	0	0	–	22	19	–	–	–	11
	21	Dayane DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Maravilha DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		René Simões
3	–	Germany	GER	14	1	0	–	78	32	23	6	13	44	Bronze
	1	Silke Rottenberg		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	2	Kerstin Stegemann		0	0	0	–	2	0	–	–	–	2
	4	Steffi Jones		1	0	0	–	4	1	–	–	–	5
	15	Sonja Fuss		0	0	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	2
	17	Ariane Hingst		0	0	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	1
	3	Kerstin Garefrekes		0	0	0	–	8	3	–	–	–	9
	6	Viola Odebrecht		0	0	0	–	5	0	–	–	–	9
	7	Pia Wunderlich		1	0	0	–	4	1	–	–	–	0
	10	Renate Lingor		2	0	0	–	9	6	–	–	–	2
	8	Petra Wimbersky		1	0	0	–	7	4	–	–	–	6
	9	Birgit Prinz		5	0	0	–	17	7	–	–	–	0
	5	Sarah Günther		0	0	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	1
	11	Martina Müller		1	0	0	–	2	1	–	–	–	2
	12	Navina Omilade		0	0	0	–	3	0	–	–	–	2
	13	Sandra Minnert		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	1
	14	Isabell Bachor		1	1	0	–	4	1	–	–	–	2
	16	Conny Pohlers		2	0	0	–	10	6	–	–	–	0
	21	Anja Mittag DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	19	Britta Carlson DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	22	Alexandra Schwald DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	20	Sandra Smisek DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Nadine Angerer DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Tina Theune-Meyer
4	–	Sweden	SWE	4	2	0	–	54	25	33	3	10	85
	9	Malin Andersson		0	0	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	2
	5	Kristin Bengtsson		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	14
	14	Linda Fagerström		0	0	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	2
	1	Caroline Jönsson		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	7	Sara Larsson		1	0	0	–	2	2	–	–	–	3
	10	Hanna Ljungberg		1	2	0	–	18	5	–	–	–	3
	4	Hanna Marklund		1	0	0	–	2	1	–	–	–	7
	6	Malin Moström		1	0	0	–	9	6	–	–	–	3
	16	Salina Olsson		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	12	Josefine Öqvist		0	0	0	–	2	2	–	–	–	5
	8	Frida Östberg		0	0	0	–	4	0	–	–	–	9
	13	Lotta Schelin		0	0	0	–	3	1	–	–	–	2
	15	Therese Sjögran		0	0	0	–	2	2	–	–	–	7
	17	Anna Sjöström		0	0	0	–	5	3	–	–	–	12
	11	Victoria Svensson		0	0	0	–	4	2	–	–	–	7
	3	Jane Törnqvist		0	0	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	0
	2	Karolina Westberg		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	9
	18	Hedvig Lindahl DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	20	Sara Thunebro DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	22	Maja Åström DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	21	Anna-Maria Eriksson DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	19	Frida Nordin DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Marika Domanski Lyfors
5	–	Australia	AUS	3	2	0	–	41	22	17	3	9	54
	1	Cassandra Kell		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	2	Rhian Davies		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	2
	3	Sacha Wainwright		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	12
	4	Dianne Alagich		0	1	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	6
	5	Cheryl Salisbury		0	0	0	–	3	2	–	–	–	5
	6	Sally Shipard		0	0	0	–	3	2	–	–	–	3
	8	Heather Garriock		1	0	0	–	6	3	–	–	–	10
	10	Joanne Peters		1	1	0	–	12	6	–	–	–	1
	14	Gillian Foster		0	0	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	2
	17	Danielle Small		0	0	0	–	2	1	–	–	–	3
	7	Sarah Walsh		0	0	0	–	5	1	–	–	–	3
	9	Kylie Ledbrook		0	0	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	0
	11	Lisa De Vanna		1	0	0	–	3	3	–	–	–	4
	12	Karla Reuter		0	0	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	2
	13	Thea Slatyer		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	16	Selin Kuralay		0	0	0	–	3	1	–	–	–	1
	18	Melissa Barbieri DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	20	Leah Blayney DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	21	Lana Harch DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Tal Karp DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	19	Amy Taylor DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Adrian Santrac
6	–	Nigeria	NGR	3	4	0	–	36	19	15	1	16	38
	1	Precious Dede		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	3	Felicia Eze		0	0	0	–	3	2	–	–	–	3
	6	Faith Ikidi		0	0	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	2
	13	Yinka Kudaisi		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	3
	17	Chima Nwosu		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	1
	2	Efioanwan Ekpo		0	1	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	7
	15	Maureen Mmadu		0	2	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	5
	4	Perpetua Nkwocha		0	0	0	–	10	6	–	–	–	2
	7	Stella Mbachu		0	0	0	–	2	1	–	–	–	3
	10	Mercy Akide		2	1	0	–	9	4	–	–	–	3
	11	Vera Okolo		1	0	0	–	6	3	–	–	–	5
	5	Ajuma Ameh		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	8	Rita Nwadike		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	9	Blessing Igbojionu		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	1
	14	Akudo Sabi		0	0	0	–	4	1	–	–	–	3
	16	Nkechi Egbe		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	21	Gloria Usieta DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	19	Stella Godwin DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	22	Elizabeth Johnson DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Celestina Onyeka DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Ogechi Onyinanya DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	20	Gift Otuwe DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Ismaila Mabo
7	–	Japan	JPN	2	0	0	–	30	16	14	2	7	35
	1	Nozomi Yamago		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	3	Hiromi Isozaki-Ikeda		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	1
	5	Naoko Kawakami		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	1
	12	Yasuyo Yamagishi		0	0	0	–	2	0	–	–	–	2
	13	Aya Shimokozuru		0	0	0	–	2	0	–	–	–	2
	6	Tomoe Kato		0	0	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	5
	8	Tomomi Miyamoto		0	0	0	–	3	3	–	–	–	2
	16	Yayoi Kobayashi		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	1
	9	Eriko Arakawa		1	0	0	–	6	3	–	–	–	5
	10	Homare Sawa		0	0	0	–	8	6	–	–	–	8
	11	Mio Otani		0	0	0	–	7	4	–	–	–	4
	2	Kyoko Yano		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	7	Emi Yamamoto		1	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	1
	14	Karina Maruyama		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	1
	15	Miyuki Yanagita		0	0	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	1
	17	Kozue Ando		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	1
	4	Yumi Obe DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Shiho Onodera DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	22	Miho Fukumoto DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	20	Yukari Kinga DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	19	Yuka Miyazaki DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	21	Tomoko Suzuki DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Eiji Ueda
8	–	Mexico	MEX	1	5	1	–	17	9	7	3	5	36
	18	Pamela Tajonar		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	2	Elizabeth Gómez		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	3
	3	Rubí Sandoval		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	1
	4	Mónica González		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	1
	5	María de Jesús Castillo		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	8
	6	Mónica Vergara		0	1	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	1
	8	Fátima Leyva		0	0	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	3
	11	Patricia Pérez		0	0	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	0
	15	Dioselina Valderrama		0	1	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	2
	9	Maribel Domínguez		1	2	1	–	11	6	–	–	–	10
	10	Iris Mora		0	1	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	4
	1	Jennifer Molina		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	7	Juana López		0	0	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	1
	13	Luz Saucedo		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	14	Nancy Gutiérrez		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	1
	16	Alma Martínez		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	1
	17	Guadalupe Worbis		0	0	0	–	2	1	–	–	–	0
	22	Alba García DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Carina Maravillas DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	21	Leslie Muñoz DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	20	Mónica Ocampo DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Leonardo Cuéllar
9	–	People's Republic of China	CHN	1	2	0	–	35	21	20	0	6	22
	1	Xiao Zhen		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	2	Jin Xiaomei		0	0	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	0
	3	Li Jie		0	0	0	–	2	0	–	–	–	0
	5	Fan Yunjie		0	0	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	3
	10	Teng Wei		0	0	0	–	13	9	–	–	–	2
	15	Ren Liping		0	1	0	–	3	2	–	–	–	3
	6	Pu Wei		0	0	0	–	2	1	–	–	–	1
	8	Bi Yan		0	0	0	–	2	2	–	–	–	3
	12	Qu Feifei		0	1	0	–	3	0	–	–	–	2
	9	Han Duan		0	0	0	–	2	2	–	–	–	3
	17	Ji Ting		1	0	0	–	5	4	–	–	–	2
	4	Wang Liping		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	1
	7	Zhang Ouying		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	2
	11	Bai Lili		0	0	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	0
	16	Zhang Ying		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	13	Liu Huana DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Gao Yingying DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	20	Liu Yali DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	22	Ning Zhenyun DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Shi Dan DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	21	Wang Kun DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	19	Zhong Jinyu DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Zhang Haitao
10	–	Greece	GRE	0	4	0	–	9	4	6	3	1	32
	16	Eleni Benson		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	4
	1	Maria Giatrakou		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	15	Tania Kalyvas		0	0	0	–	1	1	–	–	–	4
	8	Konstantina Katsaiti		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	1
	13	Alexandra Kavvada		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	1
	10	Natalia Chatzigiannidou		0	0	0	–	1	0	–	–	–	0
	2	Angeliki Lagoumtzi		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	4
	17	Maria Lazarou		0	0	0	–	3	1	–	–	–	1
	12	Amalia Loseno		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	2
	6	Efi Michailidou		0	1	0	–	2	1	–	–	–	2
	18	Ileana Moschou		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	11	Dimitra Panteleiadou		0	0	0	–	2	1	–	–	–	0
	14	Anastasia Papadopoulou		0	1	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	5
	5	Athanasia Pouridou		0	1	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	1
	3	Sofia Smith		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	1
	7	Vasiliki Soupiadou		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	2
	4	Bemba Stratakis		0	1	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	4
	9	Angeliki Tefani		0	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	0
	21	Maria Adamaki DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	19	Sofia Fostiropoulou DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	22	Irene Papathanasiou DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	20	Dimitra Theochari DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Xanthi Konstantinidou

Preliminary Round

Date	11 – 17 August 2004

Group E

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Sweden	SWE	1	1	3	2-2	Q
2	Nigeria	NGR	1	1	3	2-2	Q
3	Japan	JPN	1	1	3	1-1	q

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	11 Aug 18:00	Japan	JPN	1 – 0	Sweden	SWE
Match #2	14 Aug 18:00	Nigeria	NGR	1 – 0	Japan	JPN
Match #3	17 Aug 18:00	Sweden	SWE	2 – 1	Nigeria	NGR

Group F

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Germany	GER	2	0	0	6	10-0	Q
2	Mexico	MEX	0	1	1	1	1-3	Q
3	People's Republic of China	CHN	0	1	1	1	1-9

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	11 Aug 18:00	Germany	GER	8 – 0	People's Republic of China	CHN
Match #2	14 Aug 18:00	People's Republic of China	CHN	1 – 1	Mexico	MEX
Match #3	17 Aug 18:00	Germany	GER	2 – 0	Mexico	MEX

Group G

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	United States	USA	2	1	0	7	6-1	Q
2	Brazil	BRA	2	0	1	6	8-2	Q
3	Australia	AUS	1	1	1	4	2-2	q
4	Greece	GRE	0	0	3	0	0-11

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	11 Aug 18:00	United States	USA	3 – 0	Greece	GRE
Match #2	11 Aug 18:00	Brazil	BRA	1 – 0	Australia	AUS
Match #3	14 Aug 18:00	United States	USA	2 – 0	Brazil	BRA
Match #4	14 Aug 18:00	Australia	AUS	1 – 0	Greece	GRE
Match #5	17 Aug 18:00	Brazil	BRA	7 – 0	Greece	GRE
Match #6	17 Aug 18:00	Australia	AUS	1 – 1	United States	USA

Quarter-Finals

Date	20 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	20 Aug 18:00	United States	USA	2 – 1	Japan	JPN
Match #2	20 Aug 18:00	Germany	GER	2 – 1	Nigeria	NGR
Match #3	20 Aug 21:00	Sweden	SWE	2 – 1	Australia	AUS
Match #4	20 Aug 21:00	Brazil	BRA	5 – 0	Mexico	MEX

Semi-Finals

Date	23 August 2004
Format	Single-elimination.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	23 Aug 18:00	United States	USA	2 – 1	Germany	GER	AET
Match #2	23 Aug 21:00	Brazil	BRA	1 – 0	Sweden	SWE

Final Round

Date	26 August 2004
Format	Medal round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	26 Aug 18:00	United States	USA	2 – 1	Brazil	BRA	AET
Match 3/4	26 Aug 21:00	Germany	GER	1 – 0	Sweden	SWE