2004 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament

The 2004 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament began on 7 January 2004, and is the 12th CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament. This was the 4th tournament is open to players under the age of 23 without any other restriction. There is no qualification stage and all 10 member of CONMEBOL automatic qualified. The winner and the runner-up qualified for 2004 Summer Olympics. Players born on or after 1 January 1981 were eligible to play in this competition.

Host nation and venues
On 16 July 2002, during a meeting of the CONMEBOL Executive Committee, Chile was named as the host country of the tournament at the request of the Football Federation of Chile. This decision was ratified a year later, on 7 August 2003. It was the first time that Chile hosted the CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.

On 22 August 2003, the Football Federation of Chile proposed five host cities, with Concepción (Group A), La Serena and Coquimbo (both of Group B) as host cities of the first stage matches, while Viña del Mar and Valparaíso would host the final stage matches.

Teams
All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.

Groups composition
The groups were composed according to the proposal presented by Reinaldo Sanchez, president of the Football Federation of Chile, on 22 August 2003. The proposal was unanimously approved by the CONMEBOL Executive Committee and the groups were formed as follows:

Match officials
On 10 December 2003, the CONMEBOL Referee Commission announced 11 referees and 22 assistant referees appointed for the tournament.


 * Claudio Martín
 * Assistant: Juan Carlos Rebollo
 * René Ortubé
 * Assistant: Arol Valda
 * Paulo César de Oliveira
 * Assistant: Valter José Reis
 * Carlos Chandía and Pablo Pozo
 * Assistant: Cristian Julio
 * Fernando Paneso
 * Assistant: Carlos Sierra


 * Pedro Senatore Ramos
 * Assistant: Félix Badaraco
 * Carlos Amarilla
 * Assistants: Amelio Andino
 * Gilberto Hidalgo and Víctor Hugo Rivera
 * Assistant: Luis Ávila
 * Gustavo Méndez
 * Assistant: Pablo Fandiño
 * Luis Solórzano
 * Assistants: Gerardo Quintero

Scorers

 * 5 goals
 * 🇨🇴 Sergio Herrera


 * 3 goals
 * 🇦🇷 Osmar Ferreyra
 * 🇦🇷 Luciano Figueroa
 * 🇦🇷 Luis González
 * 🇧🇷 Diego
 * 🇧🇷 Marcel
 * 🇧🇷 Robinho
 * 🇨🇱 Jean Beausejour
 * 🇪🇨 Franklin Salas
 * 🇵🇪 José Paolo Guerrero


 * 2 goals
 * 🇦🇷 Gonzalo Rodríguez
 * 🇧🇴 Juan Carlos Arce
 * 🇧🇴 José Alfredo Castillo
 * 🇧🇷 Alex
 * 🇧🇷 Dudu
 * 🇨🇱 Mark González


 * 🇨🇱 Joel Soto
 * 🇨🇱 José Luis Villanueva
 * 🇪🇨 Jhonny Baldeón
 * 🇪🇨 Roberto Miña
 * 🇵🇾 Fredy Bareiro
 * 🇵🇾 Diego Figueredo
 * 🇵🇾 Julio González
 * 🇵🇪 Wilmer Aguirre
 * 🇻🇪 Giancarlo Maldonado


 * 1 goal
 * 🇦🇷 César Delgado
 * 🇦🇷 Alejandro Domínguez
 * 🇦🇷 Leandro Fernández
 * 🇦🇷 Carlos Tevez
 * 🇧🇴 Jorge Ortiz
 * 🇧🇷 Dagoberto
 * 🇧🇷 Maicon
 * 🇨🇱 Rubén Bascuñán
 * 🇨🇱 Luis Pedro Figueroa


 * 🇨🇱 Braulio Leal
 * 🇨🇱 Rodrigo Millar
 * 🇨🇱 Jorge Valdivia
 * 🇨🇴 Martín Arzuaga
 * 🇨🇴 Álvaro Domínguez
 * 🇪🇨 Félix Borja
 * 🇪🇨 Luis Checa
 * 🇪🇨 José Luis Perlaza
 * 🇵🇾 Jorge Achucarro
 * 🇵🇾 José Devaca
 * 🇵🇾 Osvaldo Díaz
 * 🇵🇾 Pablo Giménez
 * 🇵🇾 Aureliano Torres
 * 🇵🇪 Alberto Junior Rodríguez
 * 🇺🇾 Sebastián García
 * 🇺🇾 Rubén Olivera
 * 🇺🇾 Nicolás Vigneri


 * Own goal
 * 🇨🇴 Aquivaldo Mosquera (playing against Argentina)