Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

{{Details|Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics#Venues}}

The tournament was held in three venues across three cities:

• Bruce Stadium, Canberra
• Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
• Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

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

The seven best quarter-finalists at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup and the host nation Australia qualified for the 2000 Olympic women's football tournament.

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;Africa (CAF)

• {{fbw|NGA}}

;Asia (AFC)

• {{fbw|CHN}}

;North and Central America (CONCACAF)

• {{fbw|USA}}

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;South America (CONMEBOL)

• {{fbw|BRA}}

;Europe (UEFA)

• {{fbw|GER}}
• {{fbw|NOR}}
• {{fbw|SWE}}

;;Oceania (OFC)

• {{fbw|AUS}} – host nation

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{{main article|Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads}}

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{{Round4-with third

|24 September – Sydney|{{fbw|NOR}}|1|{{fbw|GER}}|0

|24 September – Canberra|{{fbw|USA}}|1|{{fbw|BRA}}|0

|28 September – Sydney|{{fbw|NOR}}|3|{{fbw|USA}}|2

|28 September – Sydney|{{fbw|GER}}|2|{{fbw|BRA}}|0

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{{Goalscorers

|goals=42 |matches=16

|further=Sun Wen of China was the top scorer of the tournament with four goals.

|source=FIFA{{cite book |title=Statistics – Olympic Football Tournaments Sydney 2000 |work=FIFA |year=2000 |location=Zürich}}

|4 goals=

• {{fbwicon|CHN}} Sun Wen

|3 goals=

• {{fbwicon|GER}} Birgit Prinz
• {{fbwicon|USA}} Tiffeny Milbrett

|2 goals=

• {{fbwicon|BRA}} Kátia
• {{fbwicon|BRA}} Raquel
• {{fbwicon|GER}} Renate Lingor
• {{fbwicon|NGR}} Mercy Akide
• {{fbwicon|NOR}} Dagny Mellgren
• {{fbwicon|NOR}} Marianne Pettersen
• {{fbwicon|USA}} Mia Hamm

|1 goal=

• {{fbwicon|AUS}} Sunni Hughes
• {{fbwicon|AUS}} Cheryl Salisbury
• {{fbwicon|BRA}} Pretinha
• {{fbwicon|CHN}} Zhao Lihong
• {{fbwicon|GER}} Inka Grings
• {{fbwicon|GER}} Ariane Hingst
• {{fbwicon|GER}} Bettina Wiegmann
• {{fbwicon|NGR}} Perpetua Nkwocha
• {{fbwicon|NOR}} Gro Espeseth
• {{fbwicon|NOR}} Ragnhild Gulbrandsen
• {{fbwicon|NOR}} Margunn Haugenes
• {{fbwicon|NOR}} Hege Riise
• {{fbwicon|SWE}} Malin Andersson
• {{fbwicon|USA}} Brandi Chastain
• {{fbwicon|USA}} Julie Foudy
• {{fbwicon|USA}} Kristine Lilly
• {{fbwicon|USA}} Shannon MacMillan

|1 own goal=

• {{fbwicon|GER}} Tina Wunderlich (against Norway)

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{{Goalscorers

|assists=yes

|source=FIFA

|5 assists=

• {{fbwicon|NOR}} Hege Riise

|2 assists=

• {{fbwicon|BRA}} Formiga
• {{fbwicon|GER}} Maren Meinert
• {{fbwicon|GER}} Bettina Wiegmann
• {{fbwicon|USA}} Mia Hamm

|1 assist=

• {{fbwicon|AUS}} Sharon Black
• {{fbwicon|BRA}} Kátia
• {{fbwicon|BRA}} Pretinha
• {{fbwicon|CHN}} Liu Ailing
• {{fbwicon|GER}} Inka Grings
• {{fbwicon|GER}} Birgit Prinz
• {{fbwicon|NOR}} Ragnhild Gulbrandsen
• {{fbwicon|USA}} Julie Foudy
• {{fbwicon|USA}} Shannon MacMillan
• {{fbwicon|USA}} Tiffeny Milbrett
• {{fbwicon|USA}} Carla Overbeck

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• Winner: {{fbw|GER}}

Germany won the FIFA Fair Play Award, given to the team with the best record of fair play during the tournament.

{{small|Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.}}

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|status_AUS=H

|team_order=NOR, USA, GER, BRA, CHN, SWE, AUS, NGR

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|win_BRA=2 |draw_BRA=0 |loss_BRA=3 |gf_BRA=5 |ga_BRA=6

|win_CHN=1 |draw_CHN=1 |loss_CHN=1 |gf_CHN=5 |ga_CHN=4

|win_GER=4 |draw_GER=0 |loss_GER=1 |gf_GER=8 |ga_GER=2

|win_NGR=0 |draw_NGR=0 |loss_NGR=3 |gf_NGR=3 |ga_NGR=9

|win_NOR=4 |draw_NOR=0 |loss_NOR=1 |gf_NOR=9 |ga_NOR=6

|win_SWE=0 |draw_SWE=1 |loss_SWE=2 |gf_SWE=1 |ga_SWE=4

|win_USA=3 |draw_USA=1 |loss_USA=1 |gf_USA=9 |ga_USA=5

|name_AUS={{fbw|AUS}}

|name_BRA={{fbw|BRA}}

|name_CHN={{fbw|CHN}}

|name_GER={{fbw|GER}}

|name_NGR={{fbw|NGR}}

|name_NOR={{fbw|NOR}}

|name_SWE={{fbw|SWE}}

|name_USA={{fbw|USA}}

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|group_AUS=E

|group_BRA=E

|group_CHN=F

|group_GER=E

|group_NGR=F

|group_NOR=F

|group_SWE=E

|group_USA=F

|res_col_header=Final result

|col_1st=#FFD700 |text_1st=Gold medal

|col_2nd=#C0C0C0 |text_2nd=Silver medal

|col_3rd=#CD7F32 |text_3rd=Bronze medal

|text_4th=Fourth place

|text_GS=Eliminated in
group stage

|split4=yes

|result1=1st |result2=2nd |result3=3rd |result4=4th |result5=GS |result6=GS |result7=GS |result8=GS

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{{Reflist}}

• [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensolympic/sydney2000/match-center Olympic Football Tournaments Sydney 2000 – Women], FIFA.com
• [https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol2000f-women.html RSSSF Summary]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20111220061439/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/04/58/oft%5f00%5ftr%5fsyd%5fpart1%5f152.pdf FIFA Technical Report (Part 1)], [https://web.archive.org/web/20111220052303/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/04/54/oft%5f00%5ftr%5fsyd%5fpart2%5f152.pdf (Part 2)], [https://web.archive.org/web/20111220061209/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/04/50/oft%5f00%5ftr%5fsyd%5fpart3%5f151.pdf (Part 3)] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20111220064802/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/04/46/oft%5f00%5ftr%5fsyd%5fpart4%5f150.pdf (Part 4)]

{{Summer Olympics women's football tournament winners}}

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