UEFA Euro 2000

UEFA Euro 2000
UEFA Championnat Européen du Football Belgique/Pays Bas 2000(French) UEFA Europees Voetbalkampioenschap België/Nederland 2000(Dutch) UEFA Fußball-Europameisterschaft Belgien/Niederlande 2000(German)

Tournament details
Host countries	Belgium Netherlands
Teams	16
Venue(s)	8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	France (2nd title)
Runners-up	Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	85 (2.74 per match)
Attendance	1,122,833 (36,220 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Patrick Kluivert Savo Milošević (5 goals)
Best player	Zinedine Zidane

The 2000 UEFA European Football Championship, or Euro 2000, was the 11th UEFA European Football Championship, which is held every four years and organized by UEFA, football's governing body in Europe.

The finals of Euro 2000 were co-hosted (the first time this happened) by Belgium and the Netherlands between 10 June and 2 July 2000. The final tournament was contested by 16 nations. With the exception of the national teams of the hosts, Belgium and the Netherlands, the finalists had to go through a qualifying round to reach the final stage. France won the tournament, by defeating Italy 2-1 in the final, via a golden goal.

Overview

Belgium had a surprise exit in the group stage, winning the tournament's first game against Sweden but losing to Turkey and Italy. Italy also eliminated co-host and favorites Netherlands in the semi-finals, despite going down to ten men and facing two penalty kicks. Italian goalkeeper Francesco Toldo made two saves in the penalty shootout (in addition to his penalty save in regulation time) to carry the Italians to the final.

One of the biggest surprises of the tournament was Portugal, winning their group with three wins, including a 3-0 win against Germany. They reached the semi-finals, when they lost in extra-time to France after Zinedine Zidane converted a penalty kick. Several Portuguese players challenged the awarding of the penalty for a handball and were given lengthy suspensions for shoving the referee.^[1] The Euro 2000 winner was France, who defeated Italy 2-1 in the final after a golden goal by France's David Trézéguet.

In Britain, Match of the Day named Stefano Fiore's goal against Belgium the Goal of the Tournament, ahead of Patrick Kluivert's against France and Zinedine Zidane's against Spain.^[2]

Qualification

UEFA Euro 2000 finalists.

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying

Qualification for the tournament took place throughout 1998 and 1999. Forty-nine teams were divided into nine groups and each played the others in their group, on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each group and the best runner-up qualified automatically for the final tournament. The eight other runners-up played an additional set of playoff matches to determine the last four qualifiers. Belgium and the Netherlands automatically qualified for the tournament as co-hosts.

The following 16 teams participated in the tournament:

Norway (first appearance)
Portugal
Romania
Slovenia (first appearance)
Spain
Sweden
Turkey
Yugoslavia

Mascot

The official mascot of this EuroCup was Benelucky (a pun on Benelux), a lion-devil with its hair color being a combination of the flag colors of both host nations.

Venues

Rotterdam	Amsterdam	Brussels	Bruges
Feijenoord Stadion Capacity: 51,177	Amsterdam ArenA Capacity: 52,140	King Baudouin Stadium Capacity: 50,122	Jan Breydel Stadium Capacity: 30,000

Eindhoven	Arnhem	Liège	Charleroi
Philips Stadion Capacity: 33,500	Gelredome Capacity: 30,082	Stade Maurice Dufrasne Capacity: 30,023	Stade du Pays de Charleroi Capacity: 30,000

Match officials

Austria

Günter Benkö

Denmark

Kim Milton Nielsen

Egypt

Gamal Al-Ghandour

England

Graham Poll

France

Gilles Veissière

Germany

Markus Merk

Italy

Pierluigi Collina

Netherlands

Dick Jol

Portugal

Vítor Melo Pereira

Scotland

Hugh Dallas

Spain

José Garcia Aranda

Sweden

Anders Frisk

Switzerland

Urs Meier

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see UEFA Euro 2000 squads.

Results

First round

All times local (CEST/UTC+2)

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	9
Romania	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
England	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	3
Germany	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

12 June 2000 18:00	Germany	1 – 1	Romania	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
	Scholl 28'	(Report)	Moldovan 5'

12 June 2000 20:45	Portugal	3 – 2	England	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
	Figo 22' J. Pinto 37' Nuno Gomes 59'	(Report)	Scholes 3' McManaman 18'

17 June 2000 18:00	Romania	0 – 1	Portugal	Gelredome, Arnhem Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
		(Report)	Costinha 90+4'

17 June 2000 20:45	England	1 – 0	Germany	Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
	Shearer 53'	(Report)

20 June 2000 20:45	England	2 – 3	Romania	Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
	Shearer 41' (pen.) Owen 45'	(Report)	Chivu 22' Munteanu 48' Ganea 89' (pen.)

20 June 2000 20:45	Portugal	3 – 0	Germany	Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam Attendance: 44,000 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)
	Conceição 35' 54' 71'	(Report)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9
Turkey	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
Belgium	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
Sweden	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

10 June 2000 20:45	Belgium	2 – 1	Sweden	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
	Goor 43' É. Mpenza 46'	(Report)	Mjällby 53'

11 June 2000 14:30	Turkey	1 – 2	Italy	Gelredome, Arnhem Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
	Okan 62'	(Report)	Conte 52' Inzaghi 70' (pen.)

14 June 2000 20:45	Italy	2 – 0	Belgium	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 46,000 Referee: José Garcia Aranda (Spain)
	Totti 6' Fiore 66'	(Report)

15 June 2000 20:45	Sweden	0 – 0	Turkey	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 24,500 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)
		(Report)

19 June 2000 20:45	Turkey	2 – 0	Belgium	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
	Hakan Ş. 45' 70'	(Report)

19 June 2000 20:45	Italy	2 – 1	Sweden	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)
	Di Biagio 39' Del Piero 88'	(Report)	Larsson 77'

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
Yugoslavia	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
Norway	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
Slovenia	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2

13 June 2000 18:00	Spain	0 – 1	Norway	Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
		(Report)	Iversen 65'

13 June 2000 20:45	Yugoslavia	3 – 3	Slovenia	Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)
	Milošević 67' 73' Drulović 70'	(Report)	Zahovič 23' 57' Pavlin 52'

18 June 2000 18:00	Slovenia	1 – 2	Spain	Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
	Zahovič 59'	(Report)	Raúl 4' Etxeberria 60'

18 June 2000 20:45	Norway	0 – 1	Yugoslavia	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
		(Report)	Milošević 8'

21 June 2000 18:00	Yugoslavia	3 – 4	Spain	Jan Breydel Stadion, Bruges Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
	Milošević 30' Govedarica 50' Komljenović 75'	(Report)	Alfonso 38' 90+' Munitis 51' Mendieta 90' (pen.)

21 June 2000 18:00	Slovenia	0 – 0	Norway	Gelredome, Arnhem Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Graham Poll (England)
		(Report)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	3	3	0	7	2	+5	9
France	3	2	1	7	4	+3	6
Czech Republic	3	1	2	3	3	0	3
Denmark	3	0	3	0	8	−8	0

11 June 2000 18:00	France	3 – 0	Denmark	Jan Breydel Stadion, Bruges Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)
	Blanc 16' Henry 64' Wiltord 90'	(Report)

11 June 2000 20:45	Netherlands	1 – 0	Czech Republic	Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
	F. de Boer 89' (pen.)	(Report)

16 June 2000 18:00	Czech Republic	1 – 2	France	Jan Breydel Stadion, Bruges Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Graham Poll (England)
	Poborský 35' (pen.)	(Report)	Henry 7' Djorkaeff 60'

16 June 2000 20:45	Denmark	0 – 3	Netherlands	Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
		(Report)	Kluivert 57' R. de Boer 66' Zenden 77'

21 June 2000 20:45	Denmark	0 – 2	Czech Republic	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
		(Report)	Šmicer 64' 67'

21 June 2000 20:45	France	2 – 3	Netherlands	Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
	Dugarry 8' Trezeguet 31'	(Report)	Kluivert 14' F. de Boer 51' Zenden 59'

Knockout stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 knockout stage

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

24 June – Amsterdam

Turkey	0
		28 June – Brussels
Portugal	2
		Portugal	1
25 June – Bruges
		France (a.e.t.)	2
Spain	1
				2 July – Rotterdam
France	2
				France (a.e.t.)	2
25 June – Rotterdam
				Italy	1
Netherlands	6
		29 June – Amsterdam
Yugoslavia	1
		Netherlands	0 (1)
24 June – Brussels
		Italy (pen.)	0 (3)
Italy	2

Romania	0

Quarter-finals

24 June 2000 18:00	Turkey	0 – 2	Portugal	Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)
		(Report)	Nuno Gomes 44' 56'

24 June 2000 20:45	Italy	2 – 0	Romania	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 42,500 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)
	Totti 33' Inzaghi 43'	(Report)

25 June 2000 18:00	Netherlands	6 – 1	Yugoslavia	Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam Attendance: 50,000 Referee: José Garcia Aranda (Spain)
	Kluivert 24' 38' 54' Govedarica 51' (o.g.) Overmars 78' 90'	(Report)	Milošević 90+1'

25 June 2000 20:45	Spain	1 – 2	France	Jan Breydel Stadion, Bruges Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
	Mendieta 38' (pen.)	(Report)	Zidane 32' Djorkaeff 44'

Semi-finals

28 June 2000 20:45	France	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Portugal	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)
	Henry 51' Zidane 117' (pen.)	(Report)	Nuno Gomes 19'

29 June 2000 18:00	Italy	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands	Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
		(Report)

		Penalties
	di Biagio Pessotto Totti Maldini	3 –1	F. de Boer Stam Kluivert Bosvelt

Final

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 Final

2 July 2000 20:00	France	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Italy	Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
	Wiltord 90' Trézéguet 103'	(Report)	Delvecchio 55'

Euro 2000 Champions
France Second title

Statistics

Goalscorers

5 goals

4 goals

Nuno Gomes

3 goals

Thierry Henry
Sérgio Conceição
Zlatko Zahovič

2 goals

Vladimír Šmicer
Alan Shearer
Youri Djorkaeff
David Trézéguet
Sylvain Wiltord
Zinedine Zidane
Filippo Inzaghi
Francesco Totti
Frank de Boer
Marc Overmars
Boudewijn Zenden

Gaizka Mendieta
Alfonso Pérez
Hakan Şükür

1 goal

Bart Goor
Émile Mpenza
Karel Poborský
Steve McManaman
Michael Owen
Paul Scholes
Laurent Blanc
Christophe Dugarry
Mehmet Scholl
Antonio Conte
Alessandro Del Piero
Marco Delvecchio
Luigi Di Biagio
Stefano Fiore
Ronald de Boer
Steffen Iversen

Costinha
Luís Figo
Joao Pinto
Cristian Chivu
Ionel Ganea
Viorel Moldovan
Dorinel Munteanu
Miran Pavlin
Joseba Etxeberria
Pedro Munitis
Raúl
Henrik Larsson
Johan Mjällby
Okan Buruk
Ljubinko Drulović
Dejan Govedarica
Slobodan Komljenović

Own goal

Dejan Govedarica (playing against the Netherlands)

Average goals

2.74 goals per game

UEFA Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Fabien Barthez Francesco Toldo	Laurent Blanc Lilian Thuram Marcel Desailly Fabio Cannavaro Paolo Maldini Alessandro Nesta Frank de Boer	Demetrio Albertini Patrick Vieira Josep Guardiola Rui Costa Edgar Davids Luís Figo Zinedine Zidane	Thierry Henry Savo Milošević Raúl Patrick Kluivert Nuno Gomes Francesco Totti

UEFA Player of the Tournament

Zinedine Zidane

Trivia

The official song of the event Campione 2000 by the Swedish musician E-Type is a popular European football chant. Campione means champion in Italian. After the event, it still continues to be a favourite football chant.
3 of the 4 teams in Group D had won the European Championship previously, and the other one – the Czech Republic – came into existence after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, who were champions in 1976.
France are the only reigning World Champions to have won the European Championship. West Germany are the only other team to have held both trophies at the same time, winning the Euro first in 1972.

References

↑ Uefa suspends Portuguese trio, BBC Sport, 2 July, 2000, Accessed 6 June, 2008
↑ Fiore strike scoops top spot, BBC Sport, 1 July, 2000, Accessed 6 June 2008

External links

EURO 2000 Official History

UEFA Euro 2000 stages

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
	Knockout stage	Final

UEFA Euro 2000 general information

Qualification	Squads
Schedule	Officials

UEFA Euro 2000 finalists

Champions: France

Runners-up: Italy

Eliminated in semi-finals: Netherlands • Portugal

Eliminated in quarter-finals: Romania • Spain • Turkey • Yugoslavia

Eliminated in group stage: Belgium • Czech Rep. • Denmark • England • Germany • Norway • Slovenia • Sweden

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