The 2004 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament began on 7 January 2004, and is the 12th

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. 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

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. Players born on or after 1 January 1981 were eligible to play in this competition.

Host nation and venues

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

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. This decision was ratified a year later, on 7 August 2003. 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

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(both of Group B) as host cities of the first stage matches, while

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and

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would host the final stage matches.

Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.

Squads

Groups composition

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:

Match officials

On 10 December 2003, the CONMEBOL Referee Commission announced 11 referees and 22 assistant referees appointed for the tournament. * Claudio Martín **Assistant: Juan Carlos Rebollo *

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**Assistant: Arol Valda * Paulo César de Oliveira **Assistant: Valter José Reis *

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and Pablo Pozo **Assistant: Cristian Julio * Fernando Paneso **Assistant: Carlos Sierra * Pedro Senatore Ramos **Assistant: Félix Badaraco * Carlos Amarilla **Assistants: Amelio Andino *

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**Assistant: Luis Ávila * Gustavo Méndez **Assistant: Pablo Fandiño * Luis Solórzano **Assistants: Gerardo Quintero

Matches

First stage

Group A

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Group B

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Playoffs

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Final stage

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Scorers

;5 goals * Sergio Herrera ;3 goals * Osmar Ferreyra *

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* Luis González * Diego * Marcel *

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* Jean Beausejour * Franklin Salas * José Paolo Guerrero ;2 goals * Gonzalo Rodríguez * Juan Carlos Arce * José Alfredo Castillo *

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* Dudu * Mark González * Joel Soto * José Luis Villanueva * Jhonny Baldeón * Roberto Miña *

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* Diego Figueredo * Julio González *

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* Giancarlo Maldonado ;1 goal * César Delgado * Alejandro Domínguez * Leandro Fernández *

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* Jorge Ortiz * Dagoberto * Maicon * Rubén Bascuñán * Luis Pedro Figueroa * Braulio Leal * Rodrigo Millar *

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* Martín Arzuaga * Álvaro Domínguez * Félix Borja * Luis Checa * José Luis Perlaza * Jorge Achucarro *

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* Osvaldo Díaz * Pablo Giménez *

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* Alberto Junior Rodríguez * Sebastián García *

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* Nicolás Vigneri ;Own goal * Aquivaldo Mosquera (playing against Argentina)

References

External links

CONMEBOL
{{Qualification for the 2004 Summer Olympics Football tournament

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