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2004 Americas Olympic Baseball Qualifying Tournament

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Two spots in the Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics were available to baseball teams of the Pan American Baseball Confederation. To decide which teams would qualify, a tournament was held in 2003 in Panama, from 30 October to 10 November in the Estadio Nacional de Panamá and the Estadio Juan Demóstenes Arosemena in Panama City and the Estadio José Antonio Remón Cantera in Aguadulce. The tournament was won by Cuba, with Canada also qualifying for the Olympics.

Notably, the United States team did not qualify, after losing to Mexico in the quarterfinals. This elicited shock in the American media as the USA was the defending Olympic champions after winning the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Withdrawals

Although the tournament was originally scheduled to include 13 teams, four withdrew before their first game: Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, Aruba and the Bahamas. As the Bahamas were a last-minute withdrawal, the tournament structure was left unbalanced, with one group larger than the other.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1  Cuba 3 3 0 16 8 +8 1.000 Advance to Final round
2  Canada 3 2 1 18 14 +4 .667 1
3  Puerto Rico 3 1 2 12 13 −1 .333 2
4  Mexico 3 0 3 7 18 −11 .000 3
Source: International Baseball Federation
31 October 2003
15:00 (UTC–5)
Canada  8 – 5 (F/11)  Puerto Rico Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City
Boxscore

1 November 2003
20:00 (UTC–5)
Mexico  1 – 5  Puerto Rico Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City
Boxscore

2 November 2003
20:00 (UTC–5)
Puerto Rico  2 – 4  Cuba Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City
Boxscore

3 November 2003
14:00 (UTC–5)
Mexico  4 – 5 (F/13)  Cuba Estadio Juan Demóstenes Arosemena, Panama City
Boxscore

4 November 2003
20:00 (UTC–5)
Canada  8 – 2  Mexico Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City
Boxscore

5 November 2003
15:00 (UTC–5)
Cuba  7 – 2  Canada Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City
Boxscore

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 20 0 +20 1.000 Advance to Final round
2  Panama (H) 4 3 1 28 9 +19 .750 0.5
3  Colombia 4 2 2 11 23 −12 .500 1.5
4  Brazil 3 1 2 8 16 −8 .333 2
5  Nicaragua 4 0 4 8 27 −19 .000 3.5
Source: International Baseball Federation
(H) Hosts
30 October 2003
20:00 (UTC–5)
Colombia  0 – 6  Panama Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City
Boxscore

31 October 2003
10:00 (UTC–5)
United States  7 – 0  Nicaragua Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City
Boxscore

2 November 2003
11:00 (UTC–5)
Brazil  4 – 5  Colombia Estadio Juan Demóstenes Arosemena, Panama City
Boxscore
2 November 2003
15:00 (UTC–5)
Panama  11 – 5  Nicaragua Estadio José Antonio Remón Cantera, Aguadulce
Boxscore

3 November 2003
20:00 (UTC–5)
Panama  11 – 1 (F/7)  Brazil Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City
Boxscore

4 November 2003
10:00 (UTC–5)
Colombia  0 – 10 (F/7)  United States Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City
Boxscore
4 November 2003
14:00 (UTC–5)
Nicaragua  0 – 3  Brazil Estadio Juan Demóstenes Arosemena, Panama City
Boxscore

5 November 2003
10:00 (UTC–5)
Nicaragua  3 – 6  Colombia Estadio Juan Demóstenes Arosemena, Panama City
Boxscore
5 November 2003
20:00 (UTC–5)
United States  3 – 0  Panama Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City
Boxscore

Note: The game between the United States and Brazil was delayed due to weather. Before it could be played it became irrelevant to the standings, and was therefore cancelled.

Final round

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
A1  Cuba 5
B4  Brazil 0
A1  Cuba 10
A3  Puerto Rico 0
B2  Panama 3
A3  Puerto Rico 5
A1  Cuba 5
A2  Canada 0
B1  United States 1
A4  Mexico 2
A4  Mexico 1 Third place
A2  Canada 11
A2  Canada 14 A3  Puerto Rico 1
B3  Colombia 6 A4  Mexico 10

References

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  2. Edwards, Eric (11 November 2003). "Cuba Wins Olympic Qualifier". Baseball America. Archived from the original on 8 October 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  3. Salmerón, José Luis (11 November 2003). "Cuba invencible: con boleto y corona". beisbolcubano.cu (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  4. Lopresti, Mike (10 November 2003). "Olympics won't be the same without U.S. baseball team". USA Today. Archived from the original on 8 January 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  5. "Mexico upsets defending champions". ESPN.com. Associated Press. 7 November 2003. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  6. "USA vs Brazil has not been rescheduled". ESPN.com. 1 November 2003. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  7. "Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament Schedule". baseball.ch. Archived from the original on 12 December 2003. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
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