Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Baseball
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Baseball; at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Helliniko Olympic Complex
Dates	15–25 August 2004
Teams	8
Medalists

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

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cuba (CUB) 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 Norberto González Osmani Urrutia Eriel Sánchez Carlos Tabares Jonder Martínez Roger Machado Danny Miranda Manuel Vega Pedro Luis Lazo Manager: Higinio Vélez	Australia (AUS) 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	Japan (JPN) 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
Australia	Winner of Oceania Champion vs Africa Champion (South Africa)	3rd
Canada	Second place at Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Panama	1st
Chinese Taipei	Second place at Asian Championship	2nd
Cuba	First place at Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Panama	4th
Greece	Automatic as host nation of the Olympics	1st
Italy	First place at European Olympic Qualification Tournament	4th
Japan	First place at Asian Championship	4th
Netherlands	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. Many American ballplayers made it to Athens anyway, as members of the nascent Greek team, which featured only one player actually born in Greece.

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. The absence of such teams as the USA, Mexico, the Dominican Republic and South Korea led to much media discussion.

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

Bracket

Semifinals		Gold Medal Match



Australia	1

Japan	0
		Cuba	6

		Australia	2
Canada	5

Cuba	8
		Bronze Medal Match



		Japan	11

		Canada	2

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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Japan	7	6	1	49	20	+29	.857[lower-alpha 1]	—	Advance to knockout round
2	Cuba	7	6	1	41	17	+24	.857[lower-alpha 1]	—
3	Canada	7	5	2	39	17	+22	.714	1
4	Australia	7	4	3	49	30	+19	.571	2
5	Chinese Taipei	7	3	4	24	28	−4	.429	3
6	Netherlands	7	2	5	29	55	−26	.286	4
7	Greece (H)	7	1	6	24	49	−25	.143[lower-alpha 2]	5
8	Italy	7	1	6	19	58	−39	.143[lower-alpha 2]	5

Source:
(H) Hosts
Notes:

Japan defeated Cuba 6–3.
Greece defeated Italy 12–7.

August 15


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	3
Cuba	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	x	4	10	1
WP: Adiel Palma (1–0) LP: Craig Anderson (0–1) Sv: Jonder Martinez (1S) Home runs: AUS: None CUB: M. Enriquez in 1st, 1 RBI; O.Urrutia in 6th, 1 RBI


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4
Canada	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	2	x	7	9	1
WP: Mike Johnson (1–0) LP: Chang Chih-Chia (0–1)


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Japan	2	0	3	1	1	4	1	12	13	0
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
WP: Koji Uehara (1–0) LP: Anthony Massimino (0–1) Home runs: JPN: N. Nakamura in 3rd, 2 RBIs; K. Fukudome in 4th, 1 RBI ITA: None


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Netherlands	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	5	11	13	1
Greece	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
WP: Calvin Maduro (1–0) LP: Clinton Zavaras (0–1) Home runs: NED: Y. de Caster in 4th, 3 RBIs; R. Balentien in 9th, 2 RBIs GRE: None

August 16


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chinese Taipei	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	8	2
Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
WP: Wang Chien-Ming (1–0) LP: John Stephens (0–1) Sv: Tsao Chin-Hui (1S)


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Netherlands	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	1
Japan	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	x	8	11	1
WP: Hiroki Kuroda (1–0) LP: Diego Markwell (0–1) Home runs: NED: None JPN: A. Fujimoto in 8th, 2 RBIs


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Italy	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	9	4
Canada	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	x	9	6	0
WP: Jason Dickson (1–0) LP: David Rollandini (0–1) Home runs: ITA: None CAN: P. L. Laforest in 2nd, 3 RBIs


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Greece	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	4	3	1
Cuba	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	x	5	10	1
WP: Norge Luis Vera (1–0) LP: Jared Theodorakos (0–1) Sv: Pedro Luis Lazo (1S) Home runs: GRE: None CUB: F. Cepeda in 2nd, 1 RBI; M. Enriquez in 6th, 1 RBI; A. Pestano in 7th, 2 RBIs

August 17


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Canada	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	7	11	0
Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
WP: Shawn Hill (1–0) LP: Patrick Beljaards (0–1) Home runs: CAN: P. Orr in 2nd, 3 RBIs; P. L. Laforest in 3rd, 1 RBI; R. Clapp in 4th, 1 RBI NED: None


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	6	12	0
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
WP: Chris Oxspring (1–0) LP: Michael Marchesano (0–1)


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Greece	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	1
Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	0	x	7	9	0
WP: Pan Wei-lun (1–0) LP: Peter Soteropoulos (0–1) Home runs: GRE: C. A. Harris in 7th, 1 RBI TPE: Chen C. Y. in 3rd, 1 RBI


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Japan	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	6	12	2
Cuba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	7	2
WP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (1–0) LP: Vicyohandri Odelín (0–1) Sv: Hirotoshi Ishii (1S) Home runs: JPN: K. Jojima in 4th, 1 RBI; N. Nakamura in 4th, 1 RBI; K. Wada in 2nd, 2 RBIs CUB: None

August 18


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Italy	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	4	8	1
Netherlands	2	0	1	0	0	3	2	2	x	10	14	1
WP: Patrick de Lange (1–0) LP: Kaseygarret Olenberger (0–1) Home runs: ITA: J. Ramos Gizzi in 4th, 1 RBI NED: S. Adriana in 3rd, 1 RBI


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Canada	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	0
Greece	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3
WP: Paul Spoljaric (1–0) LP: Meleti Ross Melehes (0–1) Sv: Aaron Myette


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Australia	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	3	0	9	15	1
Japan	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	4	9	1
WP: Ryan Rowland-Smith (1–0) LP: Daisuke Miura (0–1) Sv: Jeff Williams (1S) Home runs: AUS: D. Nilsson in 8th, 1 RBI JPN: K. Fukudome in 5th, 3 RBIs


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cuba	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	2	10	15	1
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	6	1
WP: Luis Borroto (1–0) LP: Tu Chang-Wei (0–1) Sv: Danny Betancourt (1S) Home runs: CUB: E. Sanchez in 2nd, 1 RBI TPE: None

August 20


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Italy	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	5	7	0
Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	4	8	0
WP: Peter Nyari (1–0) LP: Yang Chien-Fu (0–1) Home runs: ITA: M. Chiarini in 4th, 1 RBI; J. Buccheri in 6th, 1 RBI; C. Liverziani in 9th, 2 RBIs TPE: Peng C. M. in 7th, 1 RBI


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Greece	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	6	14	0
Australia	0	0	3	0	0	2	5	1	x	11	10	0
WP: Ryan Rowland-Smith (2–0) LP: Sean Spencer (0–1) Home runs: GRE: Peter Maestrales in 2nd, 1 RBI; J. Kavourias in 8th, 1 RBI AUS: B. Roneberg in 3rd; P. Gonzalez in 3rd, 2 RBIs; G. Roneberg in 6th, 1 RBI; 1 RBI; B. Kingman in 7th, 3 RBIs


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1
Japan	2	1	1	3	1	0	0	1	x	9	11	0
WP: Tsuyoshi Wada (1–0) LP: Mike Johnson (1–1) Home runs: CAN: None JPN: Y. Takahashi in 1st, 2 RBIs; Y. Tani in 2nd, 1 RBI; K. Wada in 4th, 2 RBIs


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	0
Cuba	0	0	5	0	4	0	0	0	x	9	12	0
WP: Adiel Palma (1–0) LP: Eelco Jansen (0–1) Home runs: NED: E. J. 'T Hoen in 8th, 1 RBI; Y. de Casterin 9th, 1 RBI CUB: None

August 21


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chinese Taipei	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	1
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	4	10	0
WP: Hiroki Kuroda (2–0) LP: Tsao Chin-Hui (0–1–1) Home runs: TPE: Chen C. F. in 3rd, 3 RBIs JPN: Y. Takahashi in 7th, 2 RBIs


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Australia	9	5	5	1	0	2	0	22	17	2
Netherlands	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	1
WP: Craig Lewis (1–0) LP: Calvin Maduro (0–2) Home runs: AUS: B. Roneberg in 1st, 2 RBIs; R. van Buizen in 3rd, 4 RBIs; G. Fingleson in 2nd, 3 RBIs; G. Williams in 6th, 2 RBIs NED: Y. de Caster in 2nd, 1 RBI; R. Millard in 5th, 1 RBI


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cuba	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	5	10	0
Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	7	1
WP: Norberto González (1–0) LP: Jason Dickson (1–1) Sv: Pedro Luis Lazo (2S) Home runs: CUB: A. Scull in 2nd, 2 RBIs CAN: None


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Greece	0	0	0	2	2	2	4	0	2	12	14	3
Italy	0	1	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	14	1
WP: Panagiotis Sikaras (1–0) LP: W. E. Lucena (0–1) Home runs: GRE: C. Bellinger in 6th, 1 RBI; N. Markakis in 7th, 3 RBIs; C. A. Harris in 9th, 1 RBI ITA: J. Ramos Gizzi in 2nd, 1 RBI

August 22


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chinese Taipei	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	5	9	1
Netherlands	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6
WP: Pan Wei-lun (2–0) LP: Patrick de Lange (1–1) Home runs: TPE: None NED: E. Kingsale in 4th, 1 RBI


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cuba	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	11	0
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
WP: Luis Borroto (2–0) LP: Michael Marchesano (0–2)


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Japan	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	6	13	0
Greece	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	1
WP: Naoyuki Shimizu (1–0) LP: Meleti Ross Melehes (0–2) Home runs: JPN: K. Fukudome in 7th, 2 RBIs; Y. Takahashi in 7th, 2 RBIs GRE: E. D. Pappas in 7th, 1 RBI


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Canada	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	6	11	12	0
Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
WP: Phil Devey (1–0) LP: Adrian Burnside (0–1) Home runs: CAN: J. Ware in 9th, 3 RBIs; R. Radmanovich in 4th, 2 RBIs AUS: None

Semifinals


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Australia	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	2
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
WP: Chris Oxspring (2–0) LP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (1–1) Sv: Jeff Williams (2S)


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Canada	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	5	9	1
Cuba	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	x	8	13	2
WP: Danny Betancourt (1–0–1) LP: Chris Begg (0–1) Home runs: CAN: R. Radmanovich in 9th, 1 RBI CUB: None

Bronze medal match


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Japan	2	0	4	1	0	0	0	4	0	11	13	0
Canada	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	5	0
WP: Tsuyoshi Wada (2–0) LP: Mike Johnson (1–2) Home runs: JPN: K. Jojima in 1st, 2 RBIs CAN: J. Ware in 5th, 1 RBI

Final


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cuba	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	6	13	1
Australia	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	7	0
WP: Adiel Palma (3–0) LP: John Stephens (0–2) Sv: Danny Betancourt (1–0–2) Home runs: CUB: F. Cepeda in 4th, 2 RBIs AUS: P. Gonzalez in 5th, 1 RBI

Final standing

Place	Team
	Cuba
	Australia
	Japan
4.	Canada
5.	Chinese Taipei
6.	Netherlands
7.	Greece
8.	Italy

2004 Olympic champions
Cuba 3rd title

References

External links

Official result book – Baseball

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[table_hth_JPN0.92490735925963-1] Japan defeated Cuba 6–3.

[table_hth_GRE0.92490735925963-2] Greece defeated Italy 12–7.

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