Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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{{Infobox football tournament at games

| type = Summer Olympics

| year = 2000

| image = Football, Sydney 2000.png

| image_size = 150

| caption = Football pictogram for the 2000 Summer Olympics

| country = Australia

| venues = 6

| cities = 5

| dates = 13–30 September 2000

| competitors = 391

| nations = 20

| men_teams = 16

| men_confederations = 5

| men_gold = CMR

| men_silver = ESP

| men_bronze = CHI

| women_teams = 8

| women_confederations = 6

| women_gold = NOR

| women_silver = USA

| women_bronze = GER

| prev = 1996

| next = 2004

}}

{{FootballAt2000SummerOlympics}}

The 2000 Football at the Summer Olympics tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics started on 13 September. The men's tournament is played by U-23 (under 23 years old) national teams, with up to three over age players allowed per squad. Article 1 of the tournament regulations states: "The Tournaments take place every four years, in conjunction with the Summer Olympic Games. The associations affiliated to FIFA are invited to participate with their men's U-23 and women's representative teams."{{cite web |url=http://fifa.com/documents/tournaments/olympic/Olympia_e.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=18 July 2012 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061101200002/http://fifa.com/documents/tournaments/olympic/Olympia_e.pdf |archive-date=1 November 2006 }}

Venues

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! colspan="2" | {{Location map+|Australia Sydney|float=center|width=300|caption=Location map of host suburbs in Sydney.|places=

{{Location map~|Australia Sydney|lat=-33.847222|long=151.063333|label=Sydney Olympic Park|position=top}}

{{Location map~|Australia Sydney|lat=-33.889167|long=151.225278|label=Moore Park|position=bottom}}}}

! colspan="6" | {{Location map+|Australia|float=center|width=300|caption=Location map of host cities.|places=

{{Location map~|Australia|lat=-33.867778|long=151.21|label=Sydney|position=top}}

{{Location map~|Australia|lat=-35.25|long=149.102778|label=Canberra|position=bottom}}

{{Location map~|Australia|lat=-34.9075|long=138.568889|label=Adelaide|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Australia|lat=-27.485833|long=153.038056|label=Brisbane|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Australia|lat=-37.82|long=144.983333|label=Melbourne|position=bottom}}}}

colspan="2"|Sydney

!Canberra

!Adelaide

!Brisbane

!Melbourne

style="text-align:center;"|Olympic Stadium

| style="text-align:center;"|Sydney Football Stadium

| style="text-align:center;"|Bruce Stadium

| style="text-align:center;"|Hindmarsh Stadium*

| style="text-align:center;"|Brisbane Cricket Ground

| style="text-align:center;"|Melbourne Cricket Ground

Capacity: 110,000

| Capacity: 43,000

| Capacity: 25,011

| Capacity: 20,000

| Capacity: 36,000

| Capacity: 98,000

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* Hindmarsh Stadium only used during the Men's tournament. Temporary seating was added for the games.

Olympic Stadium only used during the Men's tournament final.

Competition schedule

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style="background-color:#D0A9F5;text-align:center;" |PPreliminaries

| style="background-color:#97DEFF;text-align:center;" |¼

Quarterfinals

| style="background-color:#D9FFB2;text-align:center;" |½

Semifinals

| style="background-color:#FFDF80;text-align:center;" |B

3rd place play-off

| style="background-color:#FFDF80;text-align:center;" |F

Final

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! Event↓/Date →

Wed 13Thu 14Fri 15Sat 16Sun 17Mon 18Tue 19Wed 20Thu 21Fri 22Sat 23Sun 24Mon 25Tue 26Wed 27colspan=2| Thu 28Fri 29Sat 30
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| style="text-align:left;" | Men

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| style="text-align:left;" | Women

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Medal summary

=Medal table=

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template = flagIOC

| event = 2000 Summer

| team =

| gold_CMR = 1 | silver_CMR = 0 | bronze_CMR = 0

| gold_NOR = 1 | silver_NOR = 0 | bronze_NOR = 0

| gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 1 | bronze_ESP = 0

| gold_USA = 0 | silver_USA = 1 | bronze_USA = 0

| gold_CHI = 0 | silver_CHI = 0 | bronze_CHI = 1

| gold_GER = 0 | silver_GER = 0 | bronze_GER = 1

}}

=Events=

{{MedalistTable|type=Event}}
Men

|valign=top|{{flagIOCteam|CMR|2000 Summer}}
Samuel Eto'o
Serge Mimpo
Clément Beaud
Aaron Nguimbat
Joël Epalle
Modeste M'bami
Patrice Abanda
Nicolas Alnoudji
Daniel Bekono
Serge Branco
Lauren
Carlos Kameni
Patrick Mboma
Albert Meyong
Daniel Kome
Geremi
Patrick Suffo
Pierre Womé

|valign=top|{{flagIOCteam|ESP|2000 Summer}}
David Albelda
Iván Amaya
Miguel Ángel Angulo
Daniel Aranzubia
Joan Capdevila
Jordi Ferrón
Gabri
Xavi
Jesús Lacruz
Albert Luque
Carlos Marchena
Felip Ortiz
Carles Puyol
José María Romero
Ismael
Raúl Tamudo
Antonio Velamazán
Unai Vergara

|valign=top|{{flagIOCteam|CHI|2000 Summer}}
Pedro Reyes
Nelson Tapia
Héctor Tapia
Iván Zamorano
Javier di Gregorio
Cristián Álvarez
Francisco Arrué
Pablo Contreras
Sebastián González
David Henríquez
Manuel Ibarra
Claudio Maldonado
Reinaldo Navia
Rodrigo Núñez
Rafael Olarra
Patricio Ormazábal
David Pizarro
Rodrigo Tello
Mauricio Rojas

Women

|valign=top|{{flagIOCteam|NOR|2000 Summer}}
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
Anne Tønnessen
Unni Lehn
Dagny Mellgren
Anita Rapp
Brit Sandaune
Bente Kvitland

|valign=top|{{flagIOCteam|USA|2000 Summer}}
Brandi Chastain
Joy Fawcett
Julie Foudy
Mia Hamm
Michelle French
Kristine Lilly
Tiffeny Milbrett
Carla Overbeck
Cindy Parlow
Briana Scurry
Lorrie Fair
Shannon MacMillan
Siri Mullinix
Christie Pearce
Nikki Serlenga
Danielle Slaton
Kate Sobrero
Sara Whalen

|valign=top|{{flagIOCteam|GER|2000 Summer}}
Ariane Hingst
Melanie Hoffmann
Steffi Jones
Renate Lingor
Maren Meinert
Sandra Minnert
Claudia Müller
Birgit Prinz
Silke Rottenberg
Kerstin Stegemann
Bettina Wiegmann
Tina Wunderlich
Nicole Brandebusemeyer
Nadine Angerer
Doris Fitschen
Jeannette Götte
Stefanie Gottschlich
Inka Grings

Men's tournament

{{main|Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament}}

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width=25%|Group A

!width=25%|Group B

!width=25%|Group C

!width=25%|Group D

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|

  • {{fbu|23|Australia}}
  • {{fbu|23|Honduras|1949}}
  • {{fbu|23|Italy}}
  • {{fbu|23|Nigeria}}

|

  • {{fbu|23|Chile}}
  • {{fbu|23|Morocco}}
  • {{fbu|23|South Korea|1997}}
  • {{fbu|23|Spain}}

|

  • {{fbu|23|Cameroon}}
  • {{fbu|23|Czech Republic}}
  • {{fbu|23|Kuwait}}
  • {{fbu|23|United States}}

|

  • {{fbu|23|Brazil}}
  • {{fbu|23|Japan}}
  • {{fbu|23|Slovakia}}
  • {{fbu|23|South Africa}}

Women's tournament

{{main|Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament}}

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width=43%|Group E

!width=43%|Group F

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|

  • {{fbw|Australia}}
  • {{fbw|Brazil}}
  • {{fbw|Germany}}
  • {{fbw|Sweden}}

|

  • {{fbw|China PR}}
  • {{fbw|Nigeria}}
  • {{fbw|Norway}}
  • {{fbw|United States}}

Awards

=FIFA Fair Play Award=

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width=83%|Country
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|

  • {{fbw|Brazil}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompoly/51/98/88/statisticalkit-mensoft2012.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505030832/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompoly/51/98/88/statisticalkit-mensoft2012.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 May 2012 |title=Men's Olympic Football Tournament |work=Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) |date=13 September 2012 |access-date=14 September 2012}}

References

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