FOOTBALL AT THE 2000 SUMMER OLYMPICS

The 'football tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics' was the 20th official Olympic Games football tournament. A women's tournament was held for the second time.

Contents
Venues
Football Medal Winners at the Sydney 2000 Olympics
Men
Qualification
Medal Winners
Match Officials
Tournament details
Group Stages
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stages
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Bronze Medal game
Gold Medal game
Women
Medal Winners
Qualification
Match Officials
Premlinary round
Group E
Group F
Knockout stages
Semi-finals
Bronze Medal game
Gold Medal game
FIFA Fair play award
Women's tournament
Top scorers
Women's tournament
Top scoring teams
Women's tournament
Top qualifiers
Men's tournament
Women's tournament

Venues



★ 'Olympic Stadium', Sydney

★ 'Football Stadium', Sydney

★ 'Bruce Stadium', Canberra

★ 'Hindmarsh Stadium', Adelaide

★ 'Brisbane Cricket Ground', Brisbane

★ 'Melbourne Cricket Ground', Melbourne

Football Medal Winners at the Sydney 2000 Olympics


'Event:''Gold:''Silver:''Bronze:'
Men's FootballCameroonSpainChile
Women's FootballNorwayUSAGermany

Men


Qualification


The following sixteen teams qualified for the 2000 Olympics football tournament:

★ 'Africa (CAF)'















★ 'Asia (AFC)'












★ 'North and Central America (CONCACAF)'







★ 'South America (CONMEBOL)'









★ 'Europe (UEFA)'















★ 'Hosting nation'



Four countries competed for the first time in 2000: the Czech Republic and Slovakia (previously champions together in 1980 Summer Olympics as Czechoslovakia), South Africa and Honduras.

Medal Winners


Gold
'Gold Medal' –

Samuel Eto'o

Serge Mimpo

Clement Beaud

Aaron Nguimbat

Joel Epalle

Modeste Mbami

Patrice Abanda

Nicolas Alnoudji

Daniel Bekono

Serge Branco

Lauren

Carlos Kameni

Patrick Mboma

Albert Meyong

Daniel Ngom Kome

Geremi

Patrick Suffo

Pierre Wome

Coach: Jean-Paul Akono
Silver
'Silver Medal' –

David Albelda

Iván Amaya

Miguel Ángel Angulo

Daniel Aranzubia

Joan Capdevila

Jordi Ferron

Gabriel García

Xavier Hernández

Jesús María Lacruz

Albert Luque

Carlos Marchena

Felipe Ortiz

Carles Puyol

José María Romero

Ismael Ruiz

Raúl Tamudo

Antonio Velamazán

Unai Vergara

Coach: Iñaki Sáez
Bronze
'Bronze Medal'

Pedro Reyes

Nelson Tapia

Iván Zamorano

Javier di Gregorio

Cristian Álvarez

Francisco Arrue

Pablo Contreras

Sebastián González

David Henríquez

Manuel Ibarra

Claudio Maldonado

Reinaldo Navia

Rodrigo Núñez

Rafael Olarra

Patricio Ormazábal

David Pizarro

Rodrigo Tello

Mauricio Rojas

Coach: Nelson Acosta

Match Officials


;Africa

Mourad Daami

Falla N'Doye

Felix Tangawarima


;Asia

Jun Lu

Saad Mane


;North and Central America

Peter Prendergast

Felipe Ramos


;South America

Mario Sanchez Yanten

Carlos Eugênio Simon


;Europe

Stéphane Bré

Herbert Fandel

Ľuboš Micheľ


;Oceania

Simon Micallef

Bruce Grimshaw

Tournament details


Group Stages

Group A

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Group B

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320173'6'
320163'6'
320123'6'
300317'0'



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Group C

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312054'5'
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Group D

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320154'6'
320143'6'
310255'3'
310246'3'



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Knockout stages



Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Bronze Medal game

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Gold Medal game

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Women


Medal Winners


Gold
'Gold Medal' –

Gro Espeseth

Bente Nordby

Marianne Pettersen

Hege Riise

Kristin Bekkevold

Ragnhild Gulbrandsen

Solveig Gulbrandsen

Margunn Haugenes

Ingeborg Hovland

Christine Bøe Jensen

Silje Jørgensen

Monica Knudsen

Gøril Kringen

Unni Lehn

Dagny Mellgren

Anita Rapp

Brit Sandaune

Bente Kvitland

Coach: Per Mathias Høgmo
Silver
'Silver Medal' –

Brandi Chastain

Joy Fawcett

Julie Foudy

Mia Hamm

Kristine Lilly

Tiffeny Milbrett

Carla Overbeck

Cindy Parlow

Briana Scurry

Lorrie Fair

Michelle French

Shannon MacMillan

Siri Mullinix

Christie Pearce

Nikki Serlenga

Danielle Slaton

Kate Sobrero

Sara Whalen

Coach:
Bronze
'Bronze Medal' –

Ariane Hingst

Melanie Hoffmann

Steffi Jones

Renate Lingor

Maren Meinert

Sandra Minnert

Claudia Mueller

Birgit Prinz

Silke Rottenberg

Kerstin Stegemann

Bettina Wiegmann

Tina Wunderlich

Nicole Brandebusemeyer

Nadine Angerer

Doris Fitschen

Jeannette Goette

Stefanie Gottschlich

Inka Grings

Coach: Tina Theune-Meyer

Qualification


The following eight teams qualified for the 2000 Olympics football tournament:

★ 'Africa (CAF)'






★ 'Asia (AFC)'






★ 'North and Central America (CONCACAF)'




★ 'South America (CONMEBOL)'






★ 'Europe (UEFA)'












★ 'Hosting nation'



Match Officials


;Africa

Bola Abidoye


;Asia

Im Eun Ju
;North and Central America

Sonia Denoncourt

Sandra Hunt


;South America

Martha Toro
;Europe

Vibeke Karlsen

Nicole Petignat

Wendy Toms


;Oceania

Tammy Ogsten


Premlinary round


Group E

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330061'9'
320153'6'
301214'1'
301226'1'



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Group F

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321062'7'
320154'6'
311154'4'
300339'0'



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Knockout stages

Semi-finals

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Bronze Medal game

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Gold Medal game

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FIFA Fair play award


Women's tournament


Germany

Top scorers


Women's tournament

'4 goals'

Sun Wen, in 3 games
'3 goals'

Tiffeny Milbrett, in 5 games

Birgit Prinz, in 5 games
'2 goals'

Mercy Akide, in 3 games

Mia Hamm, in 5 games

Katia, in 5 games

Renate Lingor, in 5 games

Dagny Mellgren, in 5 games

Marianne Pettersen, in 5 games

Raquel, in 5 games

Top scoring teams


Women's tournament


Norway - United States 9 goals

Germany 8 goals

Brazil - China 5 goals

Top qualifiers


Men's tournament


Italy 7 points

Brazil - Chile - Japan - Spain 6 points
Women's tournament


Germany 9 points

United States 7 points

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