Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on two separate diamonds within the Helliniko Olympic Complex, from August 15 to August 25. This was a male-only event.

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.

1 Medalists
2 Team squads
3 Bracket
4 Results

[edit] Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cuba (CUB) Danny Betancourt Luis Borroto Frederich Cepeda Yorelvis Charles Michel Enríquez Norberto González Yulieski Gourriel Pedro Luis Lazo Roger Machado Jonder Martínez Danny Miranda Frank Montieth Vicyohandri Odelin Adiel Palma Eduardo Paret Ariel Pestano Alexei Ramírez Eriel Sánchez Antonio Scull Carlos Tabares Yoandri Urgelles Osmani Urrutia Manuel Vega Norge Luis Vera Manager: Higinio Vélez Coaches: Carlos Cepero Pedro Pérez José Elosegui Francisco Escaurrido	Australia (AUS) Craig Anderson Thomas Brice Adrian Burnside Gavin Fingleson Paul Gonzalez Nick Kimpton Brendan Kingman Craig Lewis Graeme Lloyd David Nilsson Trent Oeltjen Wayne Ough Chris Oxspring Brett Roneberg Ryan Rowland Smith John Stephens Phil Stockman Brett Tamburrino Dick Thompson Andrew Utting Ben Wigmore Glenn Williams Jeff Williams Rodney van Buizen Manager: Jon Deeble Coaches: Tony Harris Paul Elliott Philip Dale	Japan (JPN) Ryoji Aikawa Yuya Ando Atsushi Fujimoto Kosuke Fukudome Hirotoshi Ishii Hisashi Iwakuma Hitoki Iwase Kenji Jojima Makoto Kaneko Takuya Kimura Masahide Kobayashi Hiroki Kuroda Daisuke Matsuzaka Daisuke Miura Shinya Miyamoto Arihito Muramatsu Norihiro Nakamura Michihiro Ogasawara Naoyuki Shimizu Yoshinobu Takahashi Yoshitomo Tani Koji Uehara Kazuhiro Wada Tsuyoshi Wada Manager: Kiyoshi Nakahata Coaches: Yutaka Ono Yutaka Takagi

[edit] Team squads

Main article: Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics - 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

[edit] Bracket

Semi finals			Finals


Australia	1
Japan	0


			Cuba	6
			Australia	2


			Third place

Canada	5	Japan	11
Cuba	8		Canada	2

[edit] Results

[edit] 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.

**Preliminary rankings**
Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	Pct
Japan	7	6	1	49	20	.857
Cuba	7	6	1	41	17	.857
Canada	7	5	2	39	17	.714
Australia	7	4	3	49	30	.571
Chinese Taipei	7	3	4	24	28	.429
Netherlands	7	2	5	29	55	.285
Greece	7	1	6	24	49	.143
Italy	7	1	6	19	58	.143

August 15

Australia vs. **Cuba**
August 15—10:30–13:03 at Field 2
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)
HRs: CUB – M. Enriquez in 1st, 1 RBI; O.Urrutia in 6th, 1 RBI

Chinese Taipei vs. **Canada**
August 15—18:30–21:04 at Field 2
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)

**Japan** vs. Italy
August 15—11:30–13:45 at Field 1
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Japan	2	0	3	1	1	4	1	–	–	12	13	0
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
WP: Koji Uehara (1-0) LP: Anthony Massimino (0-1)
HRs: JPN – N. Nakamura in 3rd, 2 RBI; K. Fukudome in 4th, 1 RBI

Netherlands vs. Greece
August 15—19:30–22:02 at Field 1
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)
HRs: NED – Y. de Caster in 4th, 3 RBI; R. Balentien in 9th, 2 RBI

August 16

Chinese Taipei vs. Australia
August 16—10:30–12:55 at Field 2
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)

Netherlands vs. Japan
August 16—18:30–21:58 at Field 2
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)
HRs: JPN – A. Fujimoto in 8th, 2 RBI

Italy vs. Canada
August 16—11:30–14:15 at Field 1
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	1	1	0	0	5	0	x	9	6	0
WP: Jason Dickson (1-0) LP: David Rollandini (0-1)
HRs: CAN – P. L. Laforest in 2nd, 3 RBI

Greece vs. Cuba
August 16—19:30–21:51 at Field 1
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)
HRs: CUB – F. Cepeda in 2nd, 1 RBI; M. Enriquez in 6th, 1 RBI; A. Pestano in 7th, 2 RBI

August 17

Canada vs. Netherlands
August 17—10:30–12:47 at Field 2
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)
HRs: CAN – P. Orr in 2nd, 3 RBI; P. L. Laforest in 3rd, 1 RBI; R. Clapp in 4th, 1 RBI

Australia vs. Italy
August 17—18:30–20:55 at Field 2
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)

Greece vs. Chinese Taipei
August 17—11:30–14:04 at Field 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)
HRs: GRE – C. A. Harris in 7th, 1 RBI TPE – Chen C. Y. in 3rd, 1 RBI

Japan vs. Cuba
August 17—19:30–22:47 at Field 1
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 Odelin (0-1) SV: Hirotoshi Ishii (1S)
HRs: JPN – K. Jojima in 4th, 1 RBI; N. Nakamura in 4th, 1 RBI; K. Wada in 2nd, 2 RBI

August 18

Italy vs. Netherlands
August 18—10:30–13:25 at Field 2
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)
HRs: ITA – J. Ramos Gizzi in 4th, 1 RBI NED – S. Adriana in 3rd, 1 RBI

Canada vs. Greece
August 18—18:30–21:05 at Field 2
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

Australia vs. Japan
August 18—11:30–14:49 at Field 1
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)
HRs: AUS – D. Nilsson in 8th, 1 RBI JPN – K. Fukudome in 5th, 3 RBI

Cuba vs. Chinese Taipei
August 18—19:30–22:44 at Field 1
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)
HRs: CUB – E. Sanchez in 2nd, 1 RBI

August 20

Italy vs. Chinese Taipei
August 20—10:30–13:19 at Field 2
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)
HRs: ITA – M. Chiarini in 4th, 1 RBI; J. Buccheri in 6th, 1 RBI; C. Liverziani in 9th, 2 RBI TPE – Peng C. M. in 7th, 1 RBI

Greece vs. Australia
August 20—18:30–21:20 at Field 2
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)
HRs: GRE – P. Maestrales in 2nd, 1 RBI; J. Kavourias in 8th, 1 RBI AUS – B. Roneberg in 3rd; P. Gonzalez in 3rd, 2 RBI; G. Roneberg in 6th, 1 RBI; 1 RBI; B. Kingman in 7th, 3 RBI

Canada vs. Japan
August 20—11:30–14:04 at Field 1
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)
HRs: JPN – Y. Takahashi in 1st, 2 RBI; Y. Tani in 2nd, 1 RBI; K. Wada in 4th, 2 RBI

Netherlands vs. Cuba
August 20—19:30–22:05 at Field 1
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)
HRs: NED – E. J. 'T Hoen in 8th, 1 RBI; Y. de Casterin 9th, 1 RBI

August 21

Chinese Taipei vs. Japan
August 21—10:30–13:33 at Field 2
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	1x	4	10	0
WP: Hiroki Kuroda (2-0) LP: Tsao Chin-Hui (0-1-1)
HRs: TPE – Chen C. F. in 3rd, 3 RBI JPN – Y. Takahashi in 7th, 2 RBI

Australia vs. Netherlands
August 21—18:30–20:44 at Field 2
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	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)
HRs: AUS – B. Roneberg in 1st, 2 RBI; R. van Buizen in 3rd, 4 RBI; G. Fingleson in 2nd, 3 RBI; G. Williams in 6th, 2 RBI NED – Y. de Caster in 2nd, 1 RBI; R. Millard in 5th, 1 RBI

Cuba vs. Canada
August 21—11:30–14:28 at Field 1
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 Gonzalez (1-0) LP: Jason Dickson (1-1) SV: Pedro Luis Lazo (2S)
HRs: CUB – A. Scull in 2nd, 2 RBI

Greece vs. Italy
August 21—19:30–22:38 at Field 1
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Greece	0	0	0	2	2	2	4	0	2	11	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)
HRs: GRE – C. Bellinger in 6th, 1 RBI; N. Markakis in 7th, 3 RBI; C. A. Harris in 9th, 1 RBI ITA – J. Ramos Gizzi in 2nd, 1 RBI

August 22

Chinese Taipei vs. Netherlands
August 22—10:30–13:10 at Field 2
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 (1-0) LP: Patrick de Lange (1-1)
HRs: NED – E. Kingsale in 4th, 1 RBI

Cuba vs. Italy
August 22—18:30–20:39 at Field 2
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)

Japan vs. Greece
August 22—11:30–14:29 at Field 1
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)
HRs: JPN – K. Fukudome in 7th, 2 RBI; Y. Takahashi in 7th, 2 RBI GRE – E. D. Pappas in 7th, 1 RBI

Canada vs. Australia
August 22—19:30–22:13 at Field 1
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)
HRs: CAN – J. Ware in 9th, 3 RBI; R. Radmanovich in 4th, 2 RBI

[edit] Semifinals

Australia vs. Japan
August 24—11:30–14:13 at Field 1
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)

Canada vs. Cuba
August 24—19:30–23:03 at Field 1
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)
HRs: CAN – R. Radmanovich in 9th, 1 RBI

[edit] Bronze medal match

Japan vs. Canada
August 25—11:30–14:20 at Field 1
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)
HRs: JPN – K. Jojima in 1st, 2 RBI CAN – J. Ware in 5th, 1 RBI

[edit] Final

Cuba vs. Australia
August 25—20:00–23:14 at Field 1
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)
HRs: CUB – F. Cepeda in 4th, 2 RBI AUS – P. Gonzalez in 5th, 1 RBI

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