Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics#Preliminary round

{{Infobox Olympic event

| event = Baseball

| games = 2004 Summer

| image = Baseball, Athens 2004.png

| image_size = 150px

| caption =

| venue = Helliniko Olympic Complex

| dates = 15–25 August 2004

| teams = 8

| gold = {{Bb|Cuba}}

| silver = {{Bb|Australia}}

| bronze = {{Bb|Japan}}

| prev = 2000

| next = 2008

}}

Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on two separate diamonds within the Helliniko Olympic Complex, from 15 to 25 August. For the second time in Olympic competition, professional baseball players were eligible to participate, though no active players from Major League Baseball were available.

The competition consisted of a preliminary round with each team playing all the other teams once, for a total of seven games. The top four teams at the end of this round advanced to the medals round. The medals round consisted of two semifinal games with the winners advancing to the gold medal game. The losing teams of the semifinals would play in the bronze medal game.

Medalists

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| style="background:gold;"|Gold

| style="background:silver;"|Silver

| style="background:#c96;"|Bronze

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|{{flagIOCteam|CUB|2004 Summer}}
Eduardo Paret
Ariel Pestano
Michel Enríquez
Yoandry Urgellés
Danny Betancourt
Adiel Palma
Norge Luis Vera
Alexei Ramírez
Vicyohandri Odelín
Frederich Cepeda
Antonio Scull
Luis Borroto
Frank Montieth
Yorelvis Charles
Yulieski Gourriel
Norberto González
Osmani Urrutia
Eriel Sánchez
Carlos Tabares
Jonder Martínez
Roger Machado
Danny Miranda
Manuel Vega
Pedro Luis Lazo

Manager: Higinio Vélez

|{{flagIOCteam|AUS|2004 Summer}}
Jeff Williams
Gavin Fingleson
Brett Tamburrino
Rodney van Buizen
Andrew Utting
Trent Oeltjen
Nick Kimpton
Ryan Rowland-Smith
Dave Nilsson
Ben Wigmore
Brett Roneberg
Glenn Williams
Rich Thompson
Wayne Ough
Brendan Kingman
Paul Gonzalez
Tom Brice
Craig Lewis
Graeme Lloyd
John Stephens
Craig Anderson
Chris Oxspring
Phil Stockman
Adrian Burnside

Manager: Jon Deeble

|{{flagIOCteam|JPN|2004 Summer}}
Kosuke Fukudome
Michihiro Ogasawara
Norihiro Nakamura
Shinya Miyamoto
Makoto Kaneko
Kenji Johjima
Yoshitomo Tani
Naoyuki Shimizu
Hitoki Iwase
Hiroki Kuroda
Yuya Ando
Daisuke Miura
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Koji Uehara
Hisashi Iwakuma
Tsuyoshi Wada
Arihito Muramatsu
Yoshinobu Takahashi
Atsushi Fujimoto
Takuya Kimura
Masahide Kobayashi
Kazuhiro Wada
Ryoji Aikawa
Hirotoshi Ishii

Manager: Kiyoshi Nakahata

Team squads

Team !Qualification criteria !Appearance
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{{bb\|AUS}}	Winner of Oceania Champion vs Africa Champion (South Africa)	3rd
{{bb\|CAN}}	Second place at Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Panama	1st
{{bb\|TPE}}	Second place at Asian Championship	2nd
{{bb\|CUB}}	First place at Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Panama	4th
{{bb\|GRE}}	Automatic as host nation of the Olympics	1st
{{bb\|ITA}}	First place at European Olympic Qualification Tournament	4th
{{bb\|JPN}}	First place at Asian Championship	4th
{{bb\|NLD}}	Second place at European Olympic Qualification Tournament	3rd

Controversy

Despite being the defending gold medalists, the United States did not make it to Athens after losing a qualifying game to Mexico, 1–0. The Americas Tournament, which decided which two teams from North America, South America and the Caribbean went to Athens, was single-elimination, when almost all other baseball tournaments are double-elimination. Canada eventually defeated Mexico to advance to the Olympics. The qualifying rounds were also scheduled in such a way that the United States could not even use minor-leaguers and had to rely on collegians instead.{{cn|date=October 2022}} Many American ballplayers made it to Athens anyway, as members of the nascent Greek team, which featured only one player actually born in Greece.{{cn|date=October 2022}}

Others took issue with the fact that three of the eight slots in the Olympics (including the hosts) were European, while the Americas and Asia (with much stronger baseball nations) got only two slots apiece.{{cn|date=October 2022}} The absence of such teams as the USA, Mexico, the Dominican Republic and South Korea led to much media discussion.{{cn|date=October 2022}}

The 2008 tournament changed the qualifying procedure; the United States qualified, as did Cuba and the host country, China.

Bracket

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|RD1=Semifinals

|RD2=Gold Medal Match

|Consol=Bronze Medal Match

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| |{{FlagIOC|CAN|2004 Summer}}|5|{{FlagIOC|CUB|2004 Summer}}|8

| |{{FlagIOC|CUB|2004 Summer}}|6|{{FlagIOC|AUS|2004 Summer}}|2

| |{{FlagIOC|JPN|2004 Summer}}|11|{{FlagIOC|CAN|2004 Summer}}|2

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Results

=Preliminary round=

The top four teams (Japan, Cuba, Canada and Australia) advanced to the semifinals. To determine the seed ranking of teams tied in the standings, the result of the two teams' game against each other was used. Japan therefore received first place due to the win over Cuba. In the semi-finals, Japan (#1) played Australia (#4) and Cuba (#2) played Canada (#3). The higher ranked team in each game was the home team.

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;August 22

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=Semifinals=

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=Bronze medal match=

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=Final=

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Final standing

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|File:Silver medal.svg

|style="text-align:left;"|{{Bb|AUS}}

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|File:Bronze medal.svg

|style="text-align:left;"|{{Bb|JPN}}

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|4.

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|5.

|style="text-align:left;"|{{Bb|TPE}}

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|6.

|style="text-align:left;"|{{Bb|NED}}

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|7.

|style="text-align:left;"|{{Bb|GRE}}

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|8.

|style="text-align:left;"|{{Bb|ITA}}

References

External links

[https://digital.la84.org/digital/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/55890/download Official result book – Baseball]

Category:Events at the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004

Summer Olympics

Category:Baseball competitions in Greece

2004 Summer Olympics

Category:International sports competitions hosted by Greece

Category:Men's events at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics#Preliminary round

Medalists

Team squads

Controversy

Bracket

Results

=Preliminary round=

=Semifinals=

=Bronze medal match=

=Final=

Final standing

See also

References

External links