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.

Qualified teams
The following teams have qualified for the final tournament.

AFC
All matches were held in Japan.

CONCACAF
Mexico and the United States earned Olympic qualification places by winning their semi-final matches.

Caribbean Zone
Series A

Series B

Series C

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 2003 Pan American Games, as the South American representative. Brazil also achieved the best performance among CONMEBOL teams at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, having advanced to the quarter-finals, while the confederation's only other team, Argentina, were eliminated in the group stage.

OFC
All matches were held in Fiji.

UEFA
Due to scheduling issues, UEFA did not hold a separate qualifying competition; UEFA instead announced that the top two UEFA teams in 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup were to qualify for the Olympics. As a result, the World Cup winners ' and the runners-up ' qualified for the Olympics (together with the hosts ).