2004 Americas Olympic Baseball Qualifying Tournament

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.^[1] The tournament was won by Cuba, with Canada also qualifying for the Olympics.^[2][3]

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.^[4][5]

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
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1 November 2003 20:00 (UTC–5)	Mexico	1 – 5	Puerto Rico	Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City
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2 November 2003 20:00 (UTC–5)	Puerto Rico	2 – 4	Cuba	Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City
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3 November 2003 14:00 (UTC–5)	Mexico	4 – 5 (F/13)	Cuba	Estadio Juan Demóstenes Arosemena, Panama City
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4 November 2003 20:00 (UTC–5)	Canada	8 – 2	Mexico	Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City
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5 November 2003 15:00 (UTC–5)	Cuba	7 – 2	Canada	Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City
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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
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31 October 2003 10:00 (UTC–5)	United States	7 – 0	Nicaragua	Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City
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2 November 2003 11:00 (UTC–5)	Brazil	4 – 5	Colombia	Estadio Juan Demóstenes Arosemena, Panama City
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2 November 2003 15:00 (UTC–5)	Panama	11 – 5	Nicaragua	Estadio José Antonio Remón Cantera, Aguadulce
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3 November 2003 20:00 (UTC–5)	Panama	11 – 1 (F/7)	Brazil	Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City
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4 November 2003 10:00 (UTC–5)	Colombia	0 – 10 (F/7)	United States	Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City
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4 November 2003 14:00 (UTC–5)	Nicaragua	0 – 3	Brazil	Estadio Juan Demóstenes Arosemena, Panama City
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5 November 2003 10:00 (UTC–5)	Nicaragua	3 – 6	Colombia	Estadio Juan Demóstenes Arosemena, Panama City
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5 November 2003 20:00 (UTC–5)	United States	3 – 0	Panama	Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City
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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.^[6][7]

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