| Year: | 2004 |
| Country: | Chile |
| Dates: | 7 January – 25 January |
| Num Teams: | 10 |
| Venues: | 5 |
| Cities: | 5 |
| Champion: | ARG |
| Count: | 4 |
| Second: | PAR |
| Second-Flagvar: | 1990 |
| Third: | BRA |
| Fourth: | CHI |
| Matches: | 28 |
| Goals: | 89 |
| Top Scorer: |  Sergio Herrera (5 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 2000 |
| Nextseason: | 2020 |
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.
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso | Estadio La Portada | |
| Capacity: 13,000[7] | Capacity: 18,000 | |
| Viña del Mar | Valparaíso | |
| Estadio Sausalito | Estadio Playa Ancha | |
| Capacity: 18,000 | Capacity: 16,000 | |
| Concepción | ||
| Estadio Municipal de Concepción | ||
| Capacity: 32,000 | ||
All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.
| Team | data-sort-type="number" | Appearance | Previous best top-4 performance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10th | (1960, 1964, 1980) | ||
| 7th | (1987) | ||
| (holders) | 12th | (1968, 1971, 1976, 1984, 1987, 1996, 2000) | |
| (hosts) | 11th | (1984, 2000) | |
| 12th | (1968, 1971, 1980, 1992) | ||
| 9th | (1984, 1992) | ||
| 8th | (1992) | ||
| 11th | (1960) | ||
| 10th | (1976) | ||
| 9th | (1980, 1996) |
See main article: 2004 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament squads.
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]
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On 10 December 2003, the CONMEBOL Referee Commission announced 11 referees and 22 assistant referees appointed for the tournament.[8]
| Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 1 |
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| Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 0 |
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| Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 1 |
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Osmar Ferreyra Luciano Figueroa Luis González
Diego Marcel Robinho
Jean Beausejour
Franklin Salas
José Paolo Guerrero Joel Soto José Luis Villanueva Jhonny Baldeón Roberto Miña
Fredy Bareiro Diego Figueredo Julio González Wilmer Aguirre César Delgado Alejandro Domínguez Leandro Fernández Carlos Tevez Dagoberto Maicon Rubén Bascuñán Luis Pedro Figueroa Braulio Leal Rodrigo Millar Jorge Valdivia Martín Arzuaga Álvaro Domínguez Félix Borja Luis Checa José Luis Perlaza Jorge Achucarro José Devaca Osvaldo Díaz Pablo Giménez Aureliano Torres Alberto Junior Rodríguez
Sebastián García Rubén Olivera Nicolás Vigneri Aquivaldo Mosquera (playing against Argentina)