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Football At The 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's Qualification
The qualification for women's football tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The following qualification tournaments were held to determine the participating nations. FIFA report, page 132. Qualified teams The following teams have qualified for the final tournament. AFC All matches were held in Japan. Group A Group B Group C Semifinals Third-place match Final Awards CAF CONCACAF Mexico and the United States earned Olympic qualification places by winning their semi-final matches. Preliminary round Caribbean Zone Series A Series B Series C North/Central American Zone Group stage Eight teams participated in the group stage. The top two teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals. Knockout stage The winners of the semi-finals qualified for the Olympics. CONMEBOL CONMEBOL did not hold the qualifying competition for the one spot but nominated , the winners of 2003 South American Women's Football Championship and 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football At The 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's Tournament
Women's Olympic Football tournament was held for the third time at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The tournament featured 10 women's national teams from six continental confederations. The 10 teams were drawn into two groups of three and one group of four and each group played a round-robin tournament. At the end of the group stage, the top teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the gold medal match at Karaiskakis Stadium on 26 August 2004. Qualification Several qualification tournaments were held to determine the participating nations. Venues The tournament was held in five venues across five cities: *Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens *Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion *Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Patras *Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki *Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos Seeding Originally, the tournament was planned to form two groups of five teams in the group stage, then play a knockout stage by four teams (two top teams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coca-Cola West Hiroshima Stadium
is a multi-purpose stadium in Hiroshima, Japan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was the home stadium of Sanfrecce Hiroshima Sanfrecce Hiroshima ( ja, サンフレッチェ広島, translit=''Sanfuretche Hiroshima'') is a Japanese professional football club based in Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the co ... until 1995. The stadium holds 13,800 people. External links Stadium information Football venues in Japan AFC Asian Cup stadiums Athletics (track and field) venues in Japan Sports venues in Hiroshima Multi-purpose stadiums in Japan Sports venues completed in 1941 1941 establishments in Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima {{japan-stadium-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eriko Arakawa
is a Japanese football player. She plays for Chifure AS Elfen Saitama and formerly played for Japan national team. Club career Arakawa was born in Nerima, Tokyo on 30 October 1979. In 1997, she joined L.League club Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza (later ''Nippon TV Beleza'') from youth team. She was selected Best Eleven in 2003 and 2004. In the September 2008 WPS International Draft, she was drafted by FC Gold Pride in the top level US based Women's Professional Soccer league. In her first appearance for FC Gold Pride, Arakawa scored the club's first ever goal against the Boston Breakers in a 2–1 victory. It would turn out to be her only goal of the season. Following the end of the 2009 WPS season, she was back to Nippon TV Beleza. In 2010, she moved to Urawa Reds. From 2013, she played for Chifure AS Elfen Saitama (2013-2014, 2016), Nippon TV Beleza (2015) and Nippon Sport Science University Fields Yokohama (2017). She is currently playing for Chifure AS Elfen Saitama from 2018. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Stadium (Tokyo)
was a multi-purpose stadium in Kasumigaokamachi, Kasumigaoka, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The stadium served as the main stadium for the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as being the venue for track and field events at the 1964 Summer Olympics. The Japan national football team's home matches and major football club cup finals were held at the stadium. The stadium's official capacity was 57,363, but the seating capacity was only 48,000 seats. Demolition was completed in May 2015, and the site was redeveloped with a Japan National Stadium, new larger-capacity Olympic Stadium. The new stadium was the main venue for the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2020 Summer Paralympics, Paralympics. The original plans for the new stadium were scrapped in July 2015 by Prime Minister of Japan, Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, who announced a rebid after a public outcry because of increased building costs. As a result, the new design was not ready for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, as originally inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yayoi Kobayashi
is a former Japanese football player. She played for Japan national team. Club career Kobayashi was born in Tama on September 18, 1981. She played for Nippon TV Beleza from 1997 to 2014. In her 18 seasons, she played 223 matches in L.League. The club won L.League championship 8 times and 2nd position 10 times. She also became top scorer in 2000 season and she was selected Best Eleven in 2000 and 2001. National team career On March 24, 1999, when Kobayashi was 17 years old, she debuted and scored a goal for Japan national team against France. She was a member of Japan for 1999, 2003 World Cup and 2004 Summer Olympics. She also played at 2001, 2003 AFC Championship and 2002 Asian Games The 2002 Asian Games ( ko, 2002년 아시아 경기대회/2002년 아시안 게임, Icheoni-nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheoni-nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the XIV Asian Games ( ko, 제14회 아시아 경기대회/제14회 아시안 .... She played 54 games and scored 12 goals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kozue Ando
is a Japanese football player. Ando currently plays club football for the Urawa Reds. She previously played for the Japan national team before retiring in 2015. Club career Ando was born in Utsunomiya on 9 July 1982. In 2002, when she was a University of Tsukuba student, she left university club and joined Saitama Reinas FC (later ''Urawa Reds''). In 2002 season, she scored 10 goals and she was selected Young Player Awards. She became top scorer and she was selected MVP awards in 2004 and 2009. She was also selected Best Eleven 6 times. From 2010, she played for German Bundesliga club Duisburg, Frankfurt and Essen. At Frankfurt, she won UEFA Women's Champions League in 2014–15 season. In June 2017, she returned to Japan and joined Urawa Reds. National team career In June 1999, when Ando was 16 years old, she was selected for Japan national team for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. At this competition, on 26 June, she debuted against Norway. She played in the World Cup fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium
Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium (駒沢オリンピック公園総合運動場陸上競技場) is a multi-purpose stadium in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. The stadium is an integral feature of Komazawa Olympic Park and is currently used mostly for football matches (although mostly amateur and women's matches) and rugby union games. The stadium has a capacity of 20,010. The stadium hosted some of the football preliminaries for the 1964 Summer Olympics. Some J. League Division 1, J. League Division 2, J. League Cup, and Emperor's Cup matches, (including the Finals on 1965 and 1966), had also been played at the stadium. Access 12 minutes walk from Komazawa-daigaku Station (Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line The is a major commuter line operated by the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation and connecting south-western suburbs of Tokyo and neighbouring Kanagawa Prefecture, with its western terminus of , to a major railway junction of western d ...) References 1964 Summer Olympics official ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homare Sawa
is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward or a midfielder. Regarded by many as one of the greatest female footballers of all time and the greatest Asian female footballer of all time, Sawa had a professional club career spanning 24 seasons, mostly with Nippon TV Beleza and INAC Kobe Leonessa. She also spent 22 years with the Japan national team, most notably captaining them to a FIFA Women's World Cup win in 2011 and an Olympic silver medal finish in 2012. Sawa made her club debut in 1991 at the age of 12, and later went on to win five titles with Nippon TV Beleza between 1991 and 1999 before departing to the United States to play football in the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA). She played for two WUSA clubs- the Atlanta Beat and the Denver Diamonds- before returning to the Japanese league in 2004. Sawa won another nine titles with Nippon TV Beleza in four years, but departed the club again in 2008. That year, Japan reached their first Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emi Yamamoto
is a Japanese football player. She plays for Chifure AS Elfen Saitama. She played for the Japanese national team. Club career Yamamoto was born in Miura on 9 March 1982. After graduating from high school, she joined Tasaki Perule FC in 2000. She was selected Best Young Player awards in 2000 season. The club won L.League championship in 2003 and 2nd position 4 times. However, the club was disbanded in 2008 due to financial strain. From 2009, she went to the United States and Italy. In 2014, she returned to Japan and joined Yokohama FC Seagulls (later NHK Spring Yokohama FC Seagulls). National team career On 12 January 2003, Yamamoto debuted for the Japanese national team against the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori .... She played at the 2003 AF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karina Maruyama
is a Japanese ''tarento'' and former football player. She played for the Japanese national team. Since her retirement, Maruyama has been active as a television personality, represented by the talent agency Horipro. Club career Maruyama was born in Ota, Tokyo on 26 March 1983. After graduating from Nippon Sport Science University, she joined TEPCO Mareeze in 2005 and was assigned to the section of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Maruyama was selected as the L. League's Best Young Player for the 2005 season. She played in the L. League until the 2009 season. She left the league in 2010 to play for the Philadelphia Independence in the United States. In September, she returned to Japan and joined JEF United Chiba. In 2012, she moved to Speranza FC Osaka-Takatsuki (later ''Konomiya Speranza Osaka-Takatsuki''). She retired at the end of the 2016 season. National team career In August 2002, Maruyama was selected to the Japan U-20 national team to play in the 2002 U-19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mio Otani
is a former Japanese Association football, football player. She played for Japan women's national football team, Japan national team. Club career Otani was born in Koka, Shiga, Koka on May 5, 1979. After graduating from high school, she joined Tasaki Perule FC in 1998. She became top scorer for 3 years in a row (2001 L.League, 2001 and 2003 L.League, 2003). In 2003 season, she was also selected MVP awards and the club won L.League championship. In 2005 L.League, 2005 season, she became top scorer again. However, the club was disbanded in 2008 due to financial strain. So, she retired end of 2008 season. She scored 150 goals in 180 matches in L.League. She was also selected Best Eleven for 3 years in a row (2001 L.League, 2001-2006 L.League, 2006). National team career On May 31, 2000, Otani debuted for Japan women's national football team, Japan national team against Australia women's national soccer team, Australia. She was a member of Japan for 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2003, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomomi Miyamoto
(former name; Tomomi Mitsui, 三井 ともみ) is a former Japanese football player. She played for Japan national team. Club career Miyamoto was born in Sagamihara on December 31, 1978. After graduating from high school, she joined Prima Ham FC Kunoichi (later ''Iga FC Kunoichi'') in 1997. She was selected Best Eleven 2 times (1999 and 2003). She took maternity leave in 2005 season. She came back from 2006 season. In 2009, she moved to TEPCO Mareeze. In 2011, she returned to Iga FC Kunoichi. End of 2012 season, she retired. National team career On June 8, 1997, when Miyamoto was 18 years old, she debuted and scored a goal for Japan national team against China. She was a member of Japan for 1999, 2003, 2007 World Cup and 2004 Summer Olympics. She also played at 1997, 1999, 2003 AFC Championship, 1998 and 2002 Asian Games The 2002 Asian Games ( ko, 2002년 아시아 경기대회/2002년 아시안 게임, Icheoni-nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheoni-nyeon Asian Geim), offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
