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Olympic Football Tournaments Athens 2004 - Women

  • Teams: 10
  • When: 11 August 2004 to 26 August 2004
  • Final: 26 August 2004
  • Matches: 20
  • Goals Scored: 55 (average 2.8 per match)
  • Attendance: 208637 (average 10431)
      • Winner: USA
      • Runners-Up: Brazil
      • Third: Germany
      • Fourth: Sweden
      • Top Scorers: CRISTIANE (BRA),
      • Birgit PRINZ (GER)
        • FIFA Fair Play award: Japan, Sweden

Overview

US vets hold youth at bay one last time
It was a close-run thing. Women's football heavyweights, USA, looked out for the count on more than one occasion, but coach April Heinrich's experienced team came back off the ropes to beat Brazil 2-1 after extra time and add a second Olympic title to the gold medal won at the 1996 Games in Atlanta.

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