# Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

The qualification for women's football tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
The following qualification tournaments were held to determine the participating nations.

## Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Confederation (Region) | Berths | Qualified Teams |
| Host nation (automatically qualified) | 1 | Greece |
| UEFA (Europe) | 2 | Germany  Sweden |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | 1 | Brazil |
| CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean) | 2 | United States  Mexico |
| CAF (Africa) | 1 | Nigeria |
| AFC (Asia) | 2 | China  Japan |
| OFC (Oceania) | 1 | Australia |

## AFC

All matches were held in Japan.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | North Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | +22 | 9 |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 6 |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 3 |
| 4 | Singapore | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | +23 | 9 |
| 2 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 6 |
| 3 | Myanmar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | −16 | 3 |
| 4 | Guam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | −18 | 0 |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Japan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 6 |
| 2 | Thailand | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 1 |
| 3 | Vietnam | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 1 |

### Semifinals

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 24 April | 24 April |
| North Korea | 0 |
| North Korea | 0 | 26 April | 26 April |
| Japan | 3 | 26 April | 26 April |
| Japan | 3 | Japan | 0 |
| 24 April | 24 April | | Japan | 0 |
| 24 April | 24 April | China | 1 |
| China | 1 | China | 1 |
| South Korea | 0 | | |
| South Korea | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 26 April | 26 April |
| | | North Korea | 5 |
| | | South Korea | 1 |

### Awards

| Best Player Award | Top Goalscorer | Fair Play Award |
| Teng Wei ( China) | Ri Kum-suk ( North Korea, 8 goals) | Japan |

## CAF

| First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | | Final round | Final round | Final round | Final round |
| South Africa | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | South Africa | 13 | 13 | 26 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Namibia | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Namibia (w/o) | Namibia | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Tanzania | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tanzania | | | | | South Africa | 6 | 2 | 8 | | | | | |
| | | | | | Angola | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
| Zimbabwe | | | | | | | | | Angola | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Angola (a.e.t.) | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Angola (w/o) | Angola (a.e.t.) | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Cape Verde | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cape Verde | | | | | | | | | | South Africa | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Nigeria | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Nigeria | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Nigeria | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | Nigeria (w/o) | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Kenya | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kenya (w/o) | Kenya | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Uganda | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Uganda | | | | | Nigeria (p) | 1 | 1 | 2 (3) | | | | | |
| | | | | | Ghana | 1 | 1 | 2 (2) | | | | | |
| Ghana | | | | | | | | | Ghana | 1 | 1 | 2 (2) | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | Ghana | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| DR Congo (w/o) | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Equatorial Guinea | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## CONCACAF

Mexico and the United States earned Olympic qualification places by winning their semi-final matches.

### Preliminary round
#### Caribbean Zone

Series A
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Suriname | 2–6 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0–2 | 2–4 |
Series B
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Jamaica | 4–0 | Cayman Islands | 3–0 | 1–0 |
Series C
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Dominican Republic | 2–10 | Haiti | 0–7 | 2–3 |

#### North/Central American Zone

| Series D | Series E |
| Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1  Mexico 2 6 2  Honduras (H) 2 3 3  Nicaragua 2 0 Source: CONCACAF (H) Hosts | Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1  Guatemala (H) 2 4 2  Panama 2 4 3  Belize 2 0 Source: CONCACAF (H) Hosts |
Following the matches in Series E Guatemala were suspended from international football allowing Panama to advance in their place.

### Group stage

Eight teams participated in the group stage. The top two teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals.
| Group A | Group B |
| Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1  Canada 3 9 2  Costa Rica (H) 3 6 3  Panama 3 3 4  Jamaica 3 0 Source: CONCACAF (H) Hosts | Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1  United States 3 9 2  Mexico 3 6 3  Trinidad and Tobago 3 3 4  Haiti 3 0 Source: CONCACAF |

### Knockout stage

The winners of the semi-finals qualified for the Olympics.
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 3 March – San José | 3 March – San José |
| Canada | 1 |
| Canada | 1 | 5 March – Heredia | 5 March – Heredia |
| Mexico | 2 | 5 March – Heredia | 5 March – Heredia |
| Mexico | 2 | Mexico | 2 |
| 3 March – San José | 3 March – San José | | Mexico | 2 |
| 3 March – San José | 3 March – San José | United States | 3 |
| United States | 4 | United States | 3 |
| Costa Rica | 0 | | |
| Costa Rica | 0 | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| | | 5 March – Heredia | 5 March – Heredia |
| | | Canada | 4 |
| | | Costa Rica | 0 |

## CONMEBOL

CONMEBOL did not hold the qualifying competition for the one spot but nominated Brazil, the winners of 2003 South American Women's Football Championship and 2003 Pan American Games, as the South American representative. Brazil also achieved the best performance among CONMEBOL teams at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, having advanced to the quarter-finals, while the confederation's only other team, Argentina, were eliminated in the group stage.

## OFC

All matches were held in Fiji.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | +17 | 6 |
| 2 | Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 3 |
| 3 | Fiji | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |

## UEFA

Due to scheduling issues, UEFA did not hold a separate qualifying competition; UEFA instead announced that the top two UEFA teams in 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup were to qualify for the Olympics. As a result, the World Cup winners Germany and the runners-up Sweden qualified for the Olympics (together with the hosts Greece).