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.Torneo Panamericano de Calificación Olímpica http://www.baseball.ch/Cont/SchedAm.html baseball.ch https://web.archive.org/web/20031005081609fw_/http://www.baseball.ch/Cont/SchedAm.html 5 October 2003 22 August 2024 es The tournament was won by Cuba, with Canada also qualifying for the Olympics.Eric Edwards Cuba Wins Olympic Qualifier http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/news/031111aoq_cuba.html Baseball America 11 November 2003 https://web.archive.org/web/20081008031818/http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/news/031111aoq_cuba.html 8 October 2008 22 August 2024José Luis Salmerón Cuba invencible: con boleto y corona http://www.beisbolcubano.cu/home/news.asp?idNews=2203 beisbolcubano.cu 11 November 2003 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402114455/http://www.beisbolcubano.cu/home/news.asp?idNews=2203 2 April 2015 13 January 2025 es 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 were the defending gold medalists. The major reason for defeat was the scheduling of the tournament, which meant the Americans could not even use minor league players.Mike Lopresti Olympics won't be the same without U.S. baseball team https://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/lopresti/2003-11-10-lopresti_x.htm USA Today 10 November 2003 https://web.archive.org/web/20090108065729/https://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/lopresti/2003-11-10-lopresti_x.htm 8 January 2009 22 August 2024 Mexico upsets defending champions https://www.espn.com/oly/news/2003/1107/1656697.html ESPN.com Associated Press 7 November 2003 13 January 2024 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 main WL runs perc true complete CUB, CAN, PUR, MEX Q Q Q Q 2 1 18 14 3 0 16 8 0 3 7 18 1 2 12 13 CAN CUB MEX PUR Q green1 Advance to Final round International Baseball Federation 31 October 2003 15:00 (UTC–5) CAN 8 – 5 11 https://web.archive.org/web/20031105105644/http://www.baseball.ch/Cont/games/1A.html PUR Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City 1 November 2003 20:00 (UTC–5) MEX 1 – 5 https://web.archive.org/web/20031105110205/http://www.baseball.ch/Cont/games/4A.html PUR Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City 2 November 2003 20:00 (UTC–5) PUR 2 – 4 https://web.archive.org/web/20031213183212/http://www.baseball.ch/Cont/games/6A.html CUB Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City 3 November 2003 14:00 (UTC–5) MEX 4 – 5 13 https://web.archive.org/web/20031213185744/http://www.baseball.ch/Cont/games/CUB-MEX.html CUB Estadio Juan Demóstenes Arosemena, Panama City 4 November 2003 20:00 (UTC–5) CAN 8 – 2 https://web.archive.org/web/20040526142357/http://www.baseball.ch/Cont/games/16A.html MEX Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City 5 November 2003 15:00 (UTC–5) CUB 7 – 2 https://web.archive.org/web/20031213130106/http://www.baseball.ch/Cont/games/18A.html CAN Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City Group B main WL runs perc true complete USA, PAN, COL, BRA, NCA Q Q Q Q 1 2 8 16 2 2 11 23 0 4 8 27 3 1 28 9 H 3 0 20 0 BRA COL NCA PAN USA Q green1 Advance to Final round International Baseball Federation 30 October 2003 20:00 (UTC–5) COL 0 – 6 https://web.archive.org/web/20031213175337/http://www.baseball.ch/Cont/games/1B.html PAN Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City 31 October 2003 10:00 (UTC–5) USA 7 – 0 https://web.archive.org/web/20031213182400/http://www.baseball.ch/Cont/games/2B.html NCA Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City 2 November 2003 11:00 (UTC–5) BRA 4 – 5 https://web.archive.org/web/20031213183440/http://www.baseball.ch/Cont/games/6B.html COL Estadio Juan Demóstenes Arosemena, Panama City 2 November 2003 15:00 (UTC–5) PAN 11 – 5 https://web.archive.org/web/20031213131557/http://www.baseball.ch/Cont/games/5B.html NCA Estadio José Antonio Remón Cantera, Aguadulce 3 November 2003 20:00 (UTC–5) PAN 11 – 1 7 https://web.archive.org/web/20040526143222/http://www.baseball.ch/Cont/games/BRA-PAN.html BRA Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City 4 November 2003 10:00 (UTC–5) COL 0 – 10 7 https://web.archive.org/web/20031213173258/http://www.baseball.ch/Cont/games/13B.html USA Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City 4 November 2003 14:00 (UTC–5) NCA 0 – 3 https://web.archive.org/web/20040526142257/http://www.baseball.ch/Cont/games/15B.html BRA Estadio Juan Demóstenes Arosemena, Panama City 5 November 2003 10:00 (UTC–5) NCA 3 – 6 https://web.archive.org/web/20031213174819/http://www.baseball.ch/Cont/games/17B.html COL Estadio Juan Demóstenes Arosemena, Panama City 5 November 2003 20:00 (UTC–5) USA 3 – 0 https://web.archive.org/web/20040526143429/http://www.baseball.ch/Cont/games/20B.html PAN Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City 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.USA vs Brazil has not been rescheduled https://www.espn.com/oly/news/2003/1101/1651848.html ESPN.com 1 November 2003 13 January 2024Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament Schedule http://www.baseball.ch/Cont/ScheduleAM.html baseball.ch https://web.archive.org/web/20031212034346/http://www.baseball.ch/Cont/ScheduleAM.html 12 December 2003 12 January 2025 Final round Third place A1 CUB 5 B4 BRA 0 B2 PAN 3 A3 PUR 5 B1 USA 1 A4 MEX 2 A2 CAN 14 B3 COL 6 A1 CUB 10 A3 PUR 0 A4 MEX 1 A2 CAN 11 A1 CUB 5 A2 CAN 0 A3 PUR 1 A4 MEX 10 References Category:2003 in baseball Category:2003 in Panamanian sport Category:October 2003 sports events in North America Category:November 2003 sports events in North America Category:International baseball competitions hosted by Panama Category:Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics Baseball