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) |
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Tournament details | |
Host countries | ![]() ![]() |
Teams | 16 |
Venue(s) | 8 (in 8 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions ![]() |
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Runners-up ![]() |
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Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 31 |
Goals scored | 85 (2.74 per match) |
Attendance | 1,122,833 (36,220 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() (5 goals) |
Best player | ![]() |
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.
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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 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:
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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.
Rotterdam | Amsterdam | Brussels | Bruges |
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Feijenoord Stadion Capacity: 51,177 |
Amsterdam ArenA Capacity: 52,140 |
King Baudouin Stadium Capacity: 50,122 |
Jan Breydel Stadium Capacity: 30,000 |
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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 |
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All times local (CEST/UTC+2)
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
12 June 2000 18:00 |
Germany ![]() |
1 – 1 | ![]() |
Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) |
Scholl ![]() |
(Report) | Moldovan ![]() |
12 June 2000 20:45 |
Portugal ![]() |
3 – 2 | ![]() |
Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden) |
Figo ![]() J. Pinto ![]() Nuno Gomes ![]() |
(Report) | Scholes ![]() McManaman ![]() |
17 June 2000 18:00 |
Romania ![]() |
0 – 1 | ![]() |
Gelredome, Arnhem Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France) |
(Report) | Costinha ![]() |
17 June 2000 20:45 |
England ![]() |
1 – 0 | ![]() |
Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy) |
Shearer ![]() |
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20 June 2000 20:45 |
England ![]() |
2 – 3 | ![]() |
Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland) |
Shearer ![]() Owen ![]() |
(Report) | Chivu ![]() Munteanu ![]() Ganea ![]() |
20 June 2000 20:45 |
Portugal ![]() |
3 – 0 | ![]() |
Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam Attendance: 44,000 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands) |
Conceição ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 9 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 |
10 June 2000 20:45 |
Belgium ![]() |
2 – 1 | ![]() |
King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany) |
Goor ![]() É. Mpenza ![]() |
(Report) | Mjällby ![]() |
11 June 2000 14:30 |
Turkey ![]() |
1 – 2 | ![]() |
Gelredome, Arnhem Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland) |
Okan ![]() |
(Report) | Conte ![]() Inzaghi ![]() |
14 June 2000 20:45 |
Italy ![]() |
2 – 0 | ![]() |
King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 46,000 Referee: José Garcia Aranda (Spain) |
Totti ![]() Fiore ![]() |
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15 June 2000 20:45 |
Sweden ![]() |
0 – 0 | ![]() |
Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 24,500 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands) |
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19 June 2000 20:45 |
Turkey ![]() |
2 – 0 | ![]() |
King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) |
Hakan Ş. ![]() ![]() |
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19 June 2000 20:45 |
Italy ![]() |
2 – 1 | ![]() |
Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal) |
Di Biagio ![]() Del Piero ![]() |
(Report) | Larsson ![]() |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
13 June 2000 18:00 |
Spain ![]() |
0 – 1 | ![]() |
Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt) |
(Report) | Iversen ![]() |
13 June 2000 20:45 |
Yugoslavia ![]() |
3 – 3 | ![]() |
Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal) |
Milošević ![]() ![]() Drulović ![]() |
(Report) | Zahovič ![]() ![]() Pavlin ![]() |
18 June 2000 18:00 |
Slovenia ![]() |
1 – 2 | ![]() |
Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany) |
Zahovič ![]() |
(Report) | Raúl ![]() Etxeberria ![]() |
18 June 2000 20:45 |
Norway ![]() |
0 – 1 | ![]() |
Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland) |
(Report) | Milošević ![]() |
21 June 2000 18:00 |
Yugoslavia ![]() |
3 – 4 | ![]() |
Jan Breydel Stadion, Bruges Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France) |
Milošević ![]() Govedarica ![]() Komljenović ![]() |
(Report) | Alfonso ![]() ![]() Munitis ![]() Mendieta ![]() |
21 June 2000 18:00 |
Slovenia ![]() |
0 – 0 | ![]() |
Gelredome, Arnhem Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Graham Poll (England) |
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 |
11 June 2000 18:00 |
France ![]() |
3 – 0 | ![]() |
Jan Breydel Stadion, Bruges Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria) |
Blanc ![]() Henry ![]() Wiltord ![]() |
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11 June 2000 20:45 |
Netherlands ![]() |
1 – 0 | ![]() |
Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy) |
F. de Boer ![]() |
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16 June 2000 18:00 |
Czech Republic ![]() |
1 – 2 | ![]() |
Jan Breydel Stadion, Bruges Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Graham Poll (England) |
Poborský ![]() |
(Report) | Henry ![]() Djorkaeff ![]() |
16 June 2000 20:45 |
Denmark ![]() |
0 – 3 | ![]() |
Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland) |
(Report) | Kluivert ![]() R. de Boer ![]() Zenden ![]() |
21 June 2000 20:45 |
Denmark ![]() |
0 – 2 | ![]() |
Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt) |
(Report) | Šmicer ![]() ![]() |
21 June 2000 20:45 |
France ![]() |
2 – 3 | ![]() |
Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden) |
Dugarry ![]() Trezeguet ![]() |
(Report) | Kluivert ![]() F. de Boer ![]() Zenden ![]() |
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24 June – Amsterdam | ||||||||||
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28 June – Brussels | ||||||||||
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25 June – Bruges | ||||||||||
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2 July – Rotterdam | ||||||||||
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25 June – Rotterdam | ||||||||||
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29 June – Amsterdam | ||||||||||
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24 June – Brussels | ||||||||||
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24 June 2000 18:00 |
Turkey ![]() |
0 – 2 | ![]() |
Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands) |
(Report) | Nuno Gomes ![]() ![]() |
24 June 2000 20:45 |
Italy ![]() |
2 – 0 | ![]() |
King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 42,500 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal) |
Totti ![]() Inzaghi ![]() |
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25 June 2000 18:00 |
Netherlands ![]() |
6 – 1 | ![]() |
Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam Attendance: 50,000 Referee: José Garcia Aranda (Spain) |
Kluivert ![]() ![]() ![]() Govedarica ![]() Overmars ![]() ![]() |
(Report) | Milošević ![]() |
25 June 2000 20:45 |
Spain ![]() |
1 – 2 | ![]() |
Jan Breydel Stadion, Bruges Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy) |
Mendieta ![]() |
(Report) | Zidane ![]() Djorkaeff ![]() |
28 June 2000 20:45 |
France ![]() |
2 – 1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria) |
Henry ![]() Zidane ![]() |
(Report) | Nuno Gomes ![]() |
29 June 2000 18:00 |
Italy ![]() |
0 – 0 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany) |
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di Biagio ![]() Pessotto ![]() Totti ![]() Maldini ![]() |
3 –1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2 July 2000 20:00 |
France ![]() |
2 – 1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden) |
Wiltord ![]() Trézéguet ![]() |
(Report) | Delvecchio ![]() |
Euro 2000 Champions |
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2.74 goals per game
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UEFA Player of the Tournament
UEFA Euro 2000 stages
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