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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox Olympic event
| event       = Baseball
| games       = 2004 Summer
| image       = Baseball, Athens 2004.png
| image_size  = 150px
| caption     = 
| venue       = [[Helliniko Olympic Complex]]
| dates       = 15–25 August 2004
| teams       = 8
| gold        = {{Bb|Cuba}}
| silver      = {{Bb|Australia}}
| bronze      = {{Bb|Japan}}
| prev        = [[Baseball at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000]]
| next        = [[Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008]]
}}
'''[[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==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="background:gold;"|'''Gold'''
| style="background:silver;"|'''Silver'''
| style="background:#c96;"|'''Bronze'''
|- valign="top"
|{{flagIOC|CUB|2004 Summer}}<br>[[Eduardo Paret]]<br>[[Ariel Pestano]]<br>[[Michel Enríquez]]<br>[[Yoandry Urgellés]]<br>[[Danny Betancourt]]<br>[[Adiel Palma]]<br>[[Norge Luis Vera]]<br>[[Alexei Ramírez]]<br>[[Vicyohandri Odelín]]<br>[[Frederich Cepeda]]<br>[[Antonio Scull]]<br>[[Luis Borroto]]<br>[[Frank Montieth]]<br>[[Yorelvis Charles]]<br>[[Yulieski Gourriel]]<br>[[Norberto González]]<br>[[Osmani Urrutia]]<br>[[Eriel Sánchez]]<br>[[Carlos Tabares]]<br>[[Jonder Martínez]]<br>[[Roger Machado (baseball)|Roger Machado]]<br>[[Danny Miranda]]<br>[[Manuel Vega]]<br>[[Pedro Luis Lazo]]<hr>Manager: [[Higinio Vélez]]
|{{flagIOC|AUS|2004 Summer}}<br>[[Jeff Williams (baseball)|Jeff Williams]]<br>[[Gavin Fingleson]]<br>[[Brett Tamburrino]]<br>[[Rodney van Buizen]]<br>[[Andrew Utting]]<br>[[Trent Oeltjen]]<br>[[Nick Kimpton]]<br>[[Ryan Rowland-Smith]]<br>[[Dave Nilsson]]<br>[[Ben Wigmore]]<br>[[Brett Roneberg]]<br>[[Glenn Williams]]<br>[[Rich Thompson (pitcher, born 1984)|Rich Thompson]]<br>[[Wayne Ough]]<br>[[Brendan Kingman]]<br>[[Paul Gonzalez]]<br>[[Tom Brice]]<br>[[Craig Lewis (baseball)|Craig Lewis]]<br>[[Graeme Lloyd]]<br>[[John Stephens (2000s pitcher)|John Stephens]]<br>[[Craig Anderson (2010s pitcher)|Craig Anderson]]<br>[[Chris Oxspring]]<br>[[Phil Stockman]]<br>[[Adrian Burnside]]<hr>Manager: [[Jon Deeble]]
|{{flagIOC|JPN|2004 Summer}}<br>[[Kosuke Fukudome]]<br>[[Michihiro Ogasawara]]<br>[[Norihiro Nakamura]]<br>[[Shinya Miyamoto]]<br>[[Makoto Kaneko (baseball)|Makoto Kaneko]]<br>[[Kenji Johjima]]<br>[[Yoshitomo Tani]]<br>[[Naoyuki Shimizu]]<br>[[Hitoki Iwase]]<br>[[Hiroki Kuroda]]<br>[[Yuya Ando]]<br>[[Daisuke Miura]]<br>[[Daisuke Matsuzaka]]<br>[[Koji Uehara]]<br>[[Hisashi Iwakuma]]<br>[[Tsuyoshi Wada]]<br>[[Arihito Muramatsu]]<br>[[Yoshinobu Takahashi]]<br>[[Atsushi Fujimoto]]<br>[[Takuya Kimura (baseball)|Takuya Kimura]]<br>[[Masahide Kobayashi]]<br>[[Kazuhiro Wada]]<br>[[Ryoji Aikawa]]<br>[[Hirotoshi Ishii]]<hr>Manager: [[Kiyoshi Nakahata]]
|}

==Team squads==
{{Main|Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Team squads}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Team
!Qualification criteria
!Appearance
|-
| {{bb|AUS}} || Winner of Oceania Champion vs Africa Champion (South Africa)||&nbsp;3rd
|-
| {{bb|CAN}} || Second place at [[2004 Americas Olympic Baseball Qualifying Tournament|Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Panama]]||&nbsp;1st
|-
| {{bb|TPE}} || Second place at [[2003 Asian Baseball Championship|Asian Championship]]||&nbsp;2nd
|-
| {{bb|CUB}} || First place at [[2004 Americas Olympic Baseball Qualifying Tournament|Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Panama]]||&nbsp;4th
|-
| {{bb|GRE}} || Automatic as host nation of the Olympics||&nbsp;1st
|-
| {{bb|ITA}} || First place at [[2003 European Olympic Baseball Qualifying Tournament|European Olympic Qualification Tournament]]||&nbsp;4th
|-
| {{bb|JPN}} || First place at [[2003 Asian Baseball Championship|Asian Championship]]||&nbsp;4th
|-
| {{bb|NLD}} || Second place at [[2003 European Olympic Baseball Qualifying Tournament|European Olympic Qualification Tournament]]||&nbsp;3rd
|}

==Controversy==
Despite being the defending gold medalists, the [[United States national baseball team|United States]] did not make it to Athens after losing a qualifying game to [[Mexico national baseball team|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.{{cn|date=October 2022}} Many American ballplayers made it to Athens anyway, as members of the nascent Greek team, which featured only one player actually born in Greece.{{cn|date=October 2022}}

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.{{cn|date=October 2022}} The absence of such teams as the USA, Mexico, the Dominican Republic and South Korea led to much media discussion.{{cn|date=October 2022}}

The [[Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 tournament]] changed the qualifying procedure; the United States qualified, as did Cuba and the host country, [[China national baseball team|China]].

==Bracket==
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|RD1=Semifinals
|RD2=Gold Medal Match
|Consol=Bronze Medal Match
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| |'''{{FlagIOC|JPN|2004 Summer}}'''|'''11'''|{{FlagIOC|CAN|2004 Summer}}|2
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==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.
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|H1=0|H2=0|H3=5|H4=0|H5=4|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=x|HR=9|HH=12|HE=0
|WP=[[Adiel Palma]] (1–0)|LP=[[Eelco Jansen]] (0–1)|SV=
|RoadHR=[[Evert-Jan 't Hoen]] in 8th, 1 RBI; [[Yurendell DeCaster]] 9th, 1 RBI|HomeHR=
|}}
{{Col-end}}

;August 21
{{Col-start}}
{{Col-2}}
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|Header=vs.|Date=August 21|Time=10:30–13:33|Location=Field 2
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|WP=[[Hiroki Kuroda]] (2–0)|LP=[[Tsao Chin-Hui]] (0–1–1)|SV=
|RoadHR=[[Chin-Feng Chen|Chen C. F.]] in 3rd, 3 RBIs|HomeHR=Y. Takahashi in 7th, 2 RBIs
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<br>
{{Linescore|Compact=x
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|H1=0|H2=1|H3=0|H4=0|H5=1|H6=0|H7=0|HR=2|HH=4|HE=1
|WP=[[Craig Lewis (baseball)|Craig Lewis]] (1–0)|LP=[[Calvin Maduro]] (0–2)|SV=
|RoadHR=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|HomeHR=[[Yurendell DeCaster]] in 2nd, 1 RBI; R. Millard in 5th, 1 RBI
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{{Col-2}}
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|Road={{FlagIOC|CUB|2004 Summer}}|RoadAbr=CUB
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|H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=2|H8=0|H9=0|HR=2|HH=7|HE=1
|WP=[[Norberto González]]  (1–0)|LP=[[Jason Dickson]] (1–1)|SV=[[Pedro Luis Lazo]] (2S)
|RoadHR=[[Antonio Scull]] in 2nd, 2 RBIs|HomeHR=
|}}
<br>
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|H1=0|H2=1|H3=4|H4=0|H5=1|H6=1|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=7|HH=14|HE=1
|WP=[[Panagiotis Sikaras]] (1–0)|LP=[[W. E. Lucena]] (0–1)|SV=
|RoadHR=C. Bellinger in 6th, 1 RBI; N. Markakis in 7th, 3 RBIs; C. A. Harris in 9th, 1 RBI|HomeHR=J. Ramos Gizzi in 2nd, 1 RBI
|}}
{{Col-end}}

;August 22
{{Col-start}}
{{Col-2}}
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|Road={{FlagIOC|TPE|2004 Summer}}|RoadAbr=TPE
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|H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=1|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=1|HH=1|HE=6
|WP=[[Pan Wei-lun]] (2–0)|LP=[[Patrick de Lange]] (1–1)|SV=
|RoadHR=|HomeHR=E. Kingsale in 4th, 1 RBI
|}}
<br>
{{Linescore|Compact=x
|Header=vs.|Date=August 22|Time=18:30–20:39|Location=Field 2
|Road={{FlagIOC|CUB|2004 Summer}}|RoadAbr=CUB
|R1=0|R2=3|R3=1|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=1|R9=0|RR=5|RH=11|RE=0
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|H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=0|HH=2|HE=1
|WP=[[Luis Borroto]] (2–0)|LP=[[Michael Marchesano]] (0–2)|SV=
|RoadHR=|HomeHR=
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{{Col-2}}
{{Linescore|Compact=x
|Header=vs.|Date=August 22|Time=11:30–14:29|Location=Field 1
|Road={{FlagIOC|JPN|2004 Summer}}|RoadAbr=JPN
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|H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=1|H8=0|H9=0|HR=1|HH=4|HE=1
|WP=[[Naoyuki Shimizu]] (1–0)|LP=[[Meleti Ross Melehes]] (0–2)|SV=
|RoadHR=K. Fukudome in 7th, 2 RBIs; Y. Takahashi in 7th, 2 RBIs|HomeHR=E. D. Pappas in 7th, 1 RBI
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<br>
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|H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=0|HH=4|HE=2
|WP=[[Phil Devey]] (1–0)|LP=[[Adrian Burnside]] (0–1)|SV=
|RoadHR=J. Ware in 9th, 3 RBIs; R. Radmanovich in 4th, 2 RBIs|HomeHR=
|}}
{{Col-end}}

===Semifinals===
{{Col-start}}
{{Col-2}}
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|Road={{FlagIOC|AUS|2004 Summer}}|RoadAbr=AUS
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|H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=0|HH=5|HE=0
|WP=[[Chris Oxspring]] (2–0)|LP=[[Daisuke Matsuzaka]] (1–1)|SV=[[Jeff Williams (baseball)|Jeff Williams]] (2S)
|RoadHR=|HomeHR=
|}}
{{Col-2}}
{{Linescore|Compact=x
|Header=vs.|Date=August 24|Time=19:30–23:03|Location=Field 1
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|H1=2|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=6|H9=x|HR=8|HH=13|HE=2
|WP=[[Danny Betancourt]] (1–0–1)|LP=[[Chris Begg]] (0–1)|SV=[[Norberto González]] (1–0–1)
|RoadHR=R. Radmanovich in 9th, 1 RBI|HomeHR=
|}}
{{Col-end}}

===Bronze medal match===
{{Linescore|Compact=x
|Header=vs.|Date=August 25|Time=11:30–14:20|Location=Field 1
|Road={{FlagIOC|JPN|2004 Summer}}|RoadAbr=JPN
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|WP=[[Tsuyoshi Wada]] (2–0)|LP=[[Mike Johnson (1990s pitcher)|Mike Johnson]] (1–2)|SV=
|RoadHR=[[Kenji Johjima]] in 1st, 2 RBIs|HomeHR=J. Ware in 5th, 1 RBI
|}}

===Final===
{{Linescore|Compact=x
|Header=vs.|Date=August 25|Time=20:00–23:14|Location=Field 1
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|WP=[[Adiel Palma]] (3–0)|LP=[[John Stephens (2000s pitcher)|John Stephens]] (0–2)|SV=[[Danny Betancourt]] (1–0–2)
|RoadHR=[[Frederich Cepeda]] in 4th, 2 RBIs|HomeHR=[[Paul Gonzalez]] in 5th, 1 RBI
|}}

==Final standing==
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
{| style=border-collapse:collapse border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#efefef;"
!width=35|Place
!width=185|Team
|- align=center
|[[File:Gold medal.svg|16px|Gold]]   
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Bb|CUB}}
|- align=center 
|[[File:Silver medal.svg|16px|Silver]] 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Bb|AUS}}
|- align=center 
|[[File:Bronze medal.svg|16px|Bronze]] 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Bb|JPN}}
|- align=center
|''4.''
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Bb|CAN}}
|- align=center
|''5.''
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Bb|TPE}}
|- align=center
|''6.''
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Bb|NED}}
|- align=center
|''7.''
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Bb|GRE}}
|- align=center
|''8.''
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Bb|ITA}}
|}
{{col-break | width=25%}}
{{Winners|bb|2004 Olympic champions|CUB|3rd}}
{{col-end}}

==See also==
*[[Softball at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://digital.la84.org/digital/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/55890/download Official result book – Baseball]

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