Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | Australia |
Dates | 13 – 30 September |
Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 6 (in 5 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions |
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Runners-up |
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Third place |
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Fourth place |
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Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 32 |
Goals scored | 103 (3.22 per match) |
Attendance | 1,034,500 (32,328 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
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The men's football tournament was held at the 2000 Summer Olympics from 13 to 30 September. It was the 20th edition of the men's Olympic football tournament.
The final, played at the Olympic Stadium, attracted the Olympic Games Football attendance record of 104,098 to break the previous record of 101,799 set at the Rose Bowl for the gold medal match of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Qualification
The following 16 teams qualified for the 2000 Olympic men's football tournament:
Means of qualification | Berths | Qualified |
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Host nation | 1 | ![]() |
AFC Preliminary Competition | 3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
CAF Preliminary Competition | 4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
CONCACAF Preliminary Competition | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
2000 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
OFC Preliminary Competition | 0 | Eliminated in playoffs to 4th placed African country South Africa |
2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship | 4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Total | 16 |
Four countries competed for the first time in 2000: the Czech Republic and Slovakia (previously champions together as Czechoslovakia at the 1980 Summer Olympics), South Africa and Honduras.
Squads
Match officials
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Seeding
Pot 1: Africa | Pot 2: Americas | Pot 3: Europe | Pot 4: Rest of the World |
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Group stage
Group A
Team |
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | –1 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 0 |
13 September 2000 18:30 |
Nigeria ![]() |
3–3 | ![]() |
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Igbinadolor ![]() Agali ![]() Aiyegbeni ![]() |
Report | Suazo ![]() León ![]() |
16 September 2000 20:00 |
Australia ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
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Foxe ![]() Wehrman ![]() |
Report | Ikedia ![]() Aghahowa ![]() Agali ![]() |
Group B
Team |
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 6 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | –6 | 0 |
14 September 2000 20:00 |
Morocco ![]() |
1–4 | ![]() |
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Ouchla ![]() |
Report | Zamorano ![]() Navia ![]() |
Group C
Team |
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | –2 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | –1 | 2 |
13 September 2000 19:00 |
Cameroon ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
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Alnoudji ![]() M'Boma ![]() Lauren ![]() |
Report | Mutairi ![]() Mubarak ![]() |
13 September 2000 20:00 |
United States ![]() |
2–2 | ![]() |
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Albright ![]() Wolff ![]() |
Report | Jankulovski ![]() Došek ![]() |
16 September 2000 19:00 |
Czech Republic ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
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Heinz ![]() Lengyel ![]() |
Report | Mutairi ![]() Saeed ![]() |
Group D
Team |
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | –2 | 3 |
Knockout stage
Note: Extra time periods were played under the golden goal rule.
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
23 September – Adelaide | ||||||||||
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2 (5) | |||||||||
26 September – Sydney | ||||||||||
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2 (4) | |||||||||
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3 | |||||||||
23 September – Sydney | ||||||||||
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1 | |||||||||
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0 | |||||||||
30 September – Sydney | ||||||||||
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1 | |||||||||
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2 (3) | |||||||||
23 September – Brisbane | ||||||||||
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2 (5) | |||||||||
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1 | |||||||||
26 September – Melbourne | ||||||||||
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2 | |||||||||
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1 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
23 September – Melbourne | ||||||||||
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2 | 29 September – Sydney | ||||||||
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4 | |||||||||
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0 | |||||||||
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1 | |||||||||
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2 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
23 September 2000 18:30 |
United States ![]() |
2–2 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Wolff ![]() Vagenas ![]() |
Report | Yanagisawa ![]() Takahara ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Vagenas ![]() Agoos ![]() Donovan ![]() Wolff ![]() Victorine ![]() |
5–4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
23 September 2000 20:00 |
Chile ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
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Contreras ![]() Zamorano ![]() Navia ![]() Tello ![]() |
Report | Agali ![]() |
Semi-finals
26 September 2000 20:00 |
Spain ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
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Tamudo ![]() Angulo ![]() José Mari ![]() |
Report | Vagenas ![]() |
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
30 September 2000 12:00 |
Spain ![]() |
2–2 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Xavi ![]() Gabri ![]() |
Report | Amaya ![]() Eto'o ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Xavi ![]() Capdevila ![]() Amaya ![]() Albelda ![]() |
3–5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Final ranking
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 12 |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 13 |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 12 |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | –2 | 6 |
5 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 |
6 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 |
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
8 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | –2 | 5 |
9 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 6 |
10 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | –1 | 4 |
11 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
12 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 |
13 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 |
14 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 |
15 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 0 |
16 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |
Statistics
Goalscorers
With six goals, Iván Zamorano of Chile is the top goalscorer in the tournament. In total, 103 goals were scored by 62 different players, with six of them credited as own goals.
- 6 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Hayden Foxe
Kasey Wehrman
Ronaldinho
Nicolas Alnoudji
Samuel Eto'o
Modeste M'bami
Pablo Contreras
Rafael Olarra
Rodrigo Tello
Marek Heinz
Roman Lengyel
Julio César de León
Massimo Ambrosini
Andrea Pirlo
Junichi Inamoto
Hidetoshi Nakata
Atsushi Yanagisawa
Lee Dong-gook
Lee Chun-soo
Bader Najem
El Houssaine Ouchla
Bright Igbinadolor
Pius Ikedia
Garba Lawal
Juraj Czinege
Ján Šlahor
Quinton Fortune
Steve Lekoelea
Benni McCarthy
Miguel Ángel Angulo
Jesús Lacruz
Raúl Tamudo
Toni Velamazán
Danny Califf
Landon Donovan
- 1 own goal
Patrice Abanda (playing against Chile)
Jaime Rosales (playing against Australia)
Alessandro Nesta (playing against Honduras)
Samuel Okunowo (playing against Italy)
Marián Čišovský (playing against Brazil)
Iván Amaya (playing against Cameroon)
References
- ↑ Higham 2012, p. 99.
Bibliography
- Higham, James (2012). Sport Tourism Destinations. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-7506-5937-6.
External links
- Olympic Football Tournaments Sydney 2000 - Men, FIFA.com
- RSSSF Summary
- FIFA Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3) and (Part 4)