2004 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament

2004 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryChile
Dates7 January – 25 January
Teams10
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Argentina (4th title)
Runners-up Paraguay
Third place Brazil
Fourth place Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played28
Goals scored89 (3.18 per match)
Top scorer(s)Colombia Sergio Herrera (5 goals)
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The 2004 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament began on 7 January 2004, and is the 12th CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament. This was the 4th tournament is open to players under the age of 23 without any other restriction. There is no qualification stage and all 10 member of CONMEBOL automatic qualified. The winner and the runner-up qualified for 2004 Summer Olympics. Players born on or after 1 January 1981 were eligible to play in this competition.

Host nation and venues

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On 16 July 2002, during a meeting of the CONMEBOL Executive Committee, Chile was named as the host country of the tournament at the request of the Football Federation of Chile.[1] This decision was ratified a year later, on 7 August 2003.[2][3][4] It was the first time that Chile hosted the CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.

On 22 August 2003, the Football Federation of Chile proposed five host cities, with Concepción (Group A), La Serena and Coquimbo (both of Group B) as host cities of the first stage matches, while Viña del Mar and Valparaíso would host the final stage matches.[5][6]

Coquimbo La Serena
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Location of host cities
Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso Estadio La Portada
Capacity: 13,000[7] Capacity: 18,000[7]
Viña del Mar Valparaíso
Estadio Sausalito Estadio Playa Ancha
Capacity: 18,000[7] Capacity: 16,000[7]
Concepción
Estadio Municipal de Concepción
Capacity: 32,000[7]

Teams

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All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best top-4 performance
 Argentina 10th Winners (1960, 1964, 1980)
 Bolivia 7th Third place (1987)
 Brazil (holders) 12th Winners (1968, 1971, 1976, 1984, 1987, 1996, 2000)
 Chile (hosts) 11th Runners-up (1984, 2000)
 Colombia 12th Runners-up (1968, 1971, 1980, 1992)
 Ecuador 9th Fourth place (1984, 1992)
 Paraguay 8th Winners (1992)
 Peru 11th Runners-up (1960)
 Uruguay 10th Runners-up (1976)
 Venezuela 9th Fourth place (1980, 1996)

Squads

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Main article: 2004 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament squads

Groups composition

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The groups were composed according to the proposal presented by Reinaldo Sanchez, president of the Football Federation of Chile, on 22 August 2003. The proposal was unanimously approved by the CONMEBOL Executive Committee and the groups were formed as follows:[5]

Group A
 Chile
 Brazil
 Uruguay
 Paraguay
 Venezuela
Group B
 Argentina
 Colombia
 Ecuador
 Bolivia
 Peru

Match officials

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On 10 December 2003, the CONMEBOL Referee Commission announced 11 referees and 22 assistant referees appointed for the tournament.[8]

Matches

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First stage

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Chile 4 3 1 0 10 3 +7 10
 Brazil 4 2 2 0 9 2 +7 8
 Paraguay 4 2 0 2 7 8 -1 6
 Uruguay 4 0 2 2 3 7 -4 2
 Venezuela 4 0 1 3 2 11 -9 1
Chile 3 – 0 Uruguay
M.González 5'
Soto 33'
Villanueva 49'		 Report
Attendance: 32,000
Brazil 4 – 0 Venezuela
Diego 47'
Dagoberto 58'
Robinho 83' (pen.)
Marcel 89'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Chile 3 – 0 Venezuela
Valdivia 42'
Villanueva 54'
Luis Figueroa 91'		 Report
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Pedro Ramos (Ecuador)
Brazil 3 – 0 Paraguay
Diego 8' (pen.)
Robinho 51' (pen.)
Maicon 53'		 Report
Attendance: 14,000
Brazil 1 – 1 Uruguay
Robinho 41' Report Vigneri 37'
Attendance: 1,500
Paraguay 3 – 1 Venezuela
J.González 11' (pen.) 43'
Giménez 52'		 Report Maldonado 25'
Attendance: 1,200
Uruguay 1 – 1 Venezuela
Olivera 61' Report Maldonado 2'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Víctor Rivera (Peru)
Chile 3 – 2 Paraguay
Soto 65' (pen.)
Beausejour 75'
Leal 83'		 Report Figueredo 41'
Torres 70'
Attendance: 27,000
Uruguay 1 – 2 Paraguay
García 30' Report Díaz 9'
Bareiro 85'
Attendance: 30,000
Chile 1 – 1 Brazil
Beausejour 63' Report Alex 19'
Attendance: 33,000

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Argentina 4 3 1 0 11 5 +6 10
 Ecuador 4 3 0 1 10 9 +1 9
 Colombia 4 2 0 2 7 6 +1 6
 Peru 4 1 1 2 6 9 -3 4
 Bolivia 4 0 0 4 5 10 -5 0
Colombia 0 – 1 Ecuador
Report Miña 14'
Attendance: 5,000
Argentina 0 – 0 Peru
Report
Attendance: 7,000
Argentina 2 – 1 Bolivia
Tevez 46+'
Luis González 49'		 Report Arce 16'
Attendance: 2,500
Colombia 3 – 1 Peru
Herrera 46+' (pen.), 57', 86' Report Guerrero 34'
Attendance: 3,500
Ecuador 4 – 2 Peru
Baldeón 9', 16'
Salas 58' (pen.)
Miña 72'		 Report Alberto Rodríguez 47'
Guerrero 82'
Attendance: 2,000
Colombia 2 – 0 Bolivia
Herrera 28'
Arzuaga 90'		 Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)
Argentina 5 – 2 Ecuador
Luis González 6'
Ferreyra 9', 60'
Fernández 22'
Delgado 75'		 Report Salas 1' (pen.)
Perlaza 50'
Attendance: 4,679
Peru 3 – 2 Bolivia
Guerrero 58'
Aguirre 66', 68'		 Report Arce 31'
Castillo 75'
Attendance: 4,679
Argentina 4 – 2 Colombia
Mosquera 14' (o.g.)
Luis González 30'
Gonzalo Rodríguez 38'
Ferreyra 66'		 Report Álvaro Domínguez 21'
Herrera 70'
Attendance: 2,500
Ecuador 3 – 2 Bolivia
Checa 29'
Salas 47'
Borja 70'		 Report Ortiz 58'
Castillo 65'
Attendance: 5,000

Playoffs

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Brazil 3 – 0 Colombia
Alex 11'
Marcel 46'
Dudu 81'		 Report
Attendance: 1,000
Ecuador 0 – 0 Paraguay
Report
Penalties
Guagua soccer ball with check mark
Miña soccer ball with check mark
Valencia soccer ball with red X
Baldeón soccer ball with red X		 2 – 4 soccer ball with check mark Díaz
soccer ball with check mark E.Barreto
soccer ball with check mark Bareiro
soccer ball with check mark Martínez
Attendance: 1,300

Final stage

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Argentina 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7
 Paraguay 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
 Brazil 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3
 Chile 3 0 1 2 4 7 -3 1
Chile 1 – 2 Paraguay
Millar 62' Report Bareiro 80'
Figueredo 82'
Attendance: 16,505
Argentina 1 – 0 Brazil
G. Rodríguez 77' Report
Attendance: 16,505
Argentina 2 – 1 Paraguay
Figueroa 76', 79' Report Achucarro 55'
Attendance: 15,292
Chile 1 – 3 Brazil
M. González 30' Report Marcel 5'
Dudu 51'
Diego 55'
Attendance: 15,292
Brazil 0 – 1 Paraguay
Report Devaca 32'
Attendance: 9,000
Chile 2 – 2 Argentina
Bascuñán 5'
Beausejour 61'		 Report Figueroa 4'
A. Domínguez 38'
Attendance: 12,000

Scorers

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References

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  1. ^ "Reunión de Comité Ejecutivo de la CONMEBOL: Copa Panamericana, en el 2003" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 16 July 2002. Archived from the original on 27 October 2006.
  2. ^ "Reunión del Fútbol Sudamericano en la CONMEBOL" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 7 August 2003. Archived from the original on 15 June 2004.
  3. ^ Polar, Santiago (7 August 2003). "Chile organizará preolímpico de fútbol en enero de 2004" [Chile will host the football pre-Olympic in January 2024] (in Spanish). Laredo Morning Times.
  4. ^ "Conmebol pospone decisión sobre equipos mexicanos en Copa Libertadores" [Conmebol postpones decision on Mexican teams in Copa Libertadores] (in Spanish). Beaumont Enterprise. 7 August 2003.
  5. ^ a b "Reunión de Comité Ejecutivo y Presidentes: Copa Toyota Libertadores 2004 con 36 equipos" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 22 August 2003. Archived from the original on 19 April 2004.
  6. ^ "Preolímpico Chile 2004: Inspección de estadios" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 29 September 2003. Archived from the original on 17 May 2004.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Los cinco estadios del Preolímpico" (in Spanish). LaRed21. 7 January 2004.
  8. ^ "Se designaron los árbitros del Preolímpico Chile 2004" [Referees for the Pre-Olympic Chile 2024 were designated] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 10 December 2003. Archived from the original on 17 May 2004.
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