Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Baseball

at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad

Venue| Helliniko Olympic Complex
Dates| 15–25 August 2004
Teams| 8
Medalists
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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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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
Yulieski Gourriel
Norberto González
Osmani Urrutia
Eriel Sánchez
Carlos Tabares
Jonder Martínez
Roger Machado
Danny Miranda
Manuel Vega
Pedro Luis Lazo

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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

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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

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Manager: Kiyoshi Nakahata

## Team squads

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Main article: Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Team squads

Team  | Qualification criteria  | Appearance

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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

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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.[citation needed] Many American ballplayers made it to Athens anyway, as members of the nascent Greek team, which featured only one player actually born in Greece.[citation needed]

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

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

## Bracket

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| Semifinals| | Gold Medal Match

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|  Australia| 1

|  Japan| 0 |

|  Cuba| 6

| |  Australia| 2

|  Canada| 5

|  Cuba| 8 |

| Bronze Medal Match

|  Japan| 11

|  Canada| 2

## Results

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### Preliminary round

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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

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1  |  Japan | 7  | 6  | 1  | 49  | 20  | +29  | .857[a] | -- | Advance to knockout round
2  |  Cuba | 7  | 6  | 1  | 41  | 17  | +24  | .857[a] | --
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[b] | 5
8  |  Italy | 7  | 1  | 6  | 19  | 58  | −39  | .143[b] | 5

Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. ^ a b Japan defeated Cuba 6–3.
2. ^ a b Greece defeated Italy 12–7.

August 15

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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 Martínez (1S)
Home runs:
AUS: None
CUB: Michel Enríquez in 1st, 1 RBI; Osmani Urrutia in 6th, 1 RBI

Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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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)
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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: Norihiro Nakamura in 3rd, 2 RBIs; K. Fukudome in 4th, 1 RBI
ITA: None

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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: Yurendell DeCaster in 4th, 3 RBIs; R. Balentien in 9th, 2 RBIs
GRE: None

August 16

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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)

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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
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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

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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: Frederich Cepeda in 2nd, 1 RBI; Michel Enríquez in 6th, 1 RBI; Ariel Pestano in 7th, 2 RBIs

August 17

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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

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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)
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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

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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: Kenji Johjima in 4th, 1 RBI; Norihiro Nakamura in 4th, 1 RBI; Kazuhiro Wada in 2nd, 2 RBIs
CUB: None

August 18

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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

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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
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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

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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: Eriel Sánchez in 2nd, 1 RBI
TPE: None

August 20

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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

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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
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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; Kazuhiro Wada in 4th, 2 RBIs

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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: Evert-Jan 't Hoen in 8th, 1 RBI; Yurendell DeCaster 9th, 1 RBI
CUB: None

August 21

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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

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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: Yurendell DeCaster in 2nd, 1 RBI; R. Millard in 5th, 1 RBI
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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: Antonio Scull in 2nd, 2 RBIs
CAN: None

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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

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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

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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)
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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

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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

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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)
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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)  Sv: Norberto González (1–0–1)
Home runs:
CAN: R. Radmanovich in 9th, 1 RBI
CUB: None

### Bronze medal match

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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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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: Kenji Johjima in 1st, 2 RBIs
CAN: J. Ware in 5th, 1 RBI

### Final

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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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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: Frederich Cepeda in 4th, 2 RBIs
AUS: Paul Gonzalez in 5th, 1 RBI

## Final standing

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| Place  | Team

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|  Australia
|  Japan
4. |  Canada
5. |  Chinese Taipei
6. |  Netherlands
7. |  Greece
8. |  Italy
|  2004 Olympic champions

Cuba
3rd title

## See also

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* Softball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

## References

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## External links

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* Official result book – Baseball

* v
* t
* e

Olympic champions in baseball

List of Olympic medalists

* 1992:  Cuba
* 1996:  Cuba
* 2000:  United States
* 2004:  Cuba
* 2008:  South Korea
* 2020:  Japan

* v
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Events at the 2004 Summer Olympics (Athens)

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* Boxing
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Tournaments|

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Qualifications|

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Squads|

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Related topics|

* 1919 Inter-Allied Games
* 1968 International Amateur Tournament
* Amateur World Series

Italicised years indicate baseball was featured as a demonstration sport.

* List of medalists
* List of venues

*[Pos]: Position
*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[L]: Lost
*[RF]: Runs for
*[RA]: Runs against
*[RD]: Run difference
*[PCT]: Win percentage
*[GB]: Games behind
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