UEFA Euro 2000

This article is about the sporting event. For the video game based on this event, see UEFA Euro 2000 (video game).
UEFA Euro 2000
UEFA Europees Voetbalkampioenschap
België/Nederland 2000 (Dutch)
UEFA Championnat Européen du Football
Belgique/Pays Bas 2000 (French)
UEFA Fußball-Europameisterschaft
Belgien/Niederlande 2000 (German)

UEFA Euro 2000 official logo
Football without frontiers
Tournament details
Host countries Belgium
Netherlands
Dates 10 June – 2 July
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) Netherlands Patrick Kluivert
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Savo Milošević
(5 goals each)
Best player France Zinedine Zidane

The 2000 UEFA European Football Championship, also known as Euro 2000, was the 11th UEFA European Football Championship, which is held every four years and organised by UEFA, association football's governing body in Europe.[1]

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. Spain and Austria also bid to host the event.[2] 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.[3]

The finals saw the first major UEFA competition contested in the King Baudouin Stadium (formerly the Heysel Stadium) since the events of the 1985 European Cup Final and the Heysel Stadium disaster, with the opening game being played in the rebuilt stadium.

Summary

One of the biggest surprises of the tournament was Portugal, winning Group A with three wins, including a 3–0 win against Germany, with Sérgio Conceição scoring a hat-trick,[4] and a 3–2 win over England, in which they came back from 2–0 down.[5] Romania was the other qualifier from the group, beating England with a late penalty in their last group game.[6]

Belgium had a surprise exit in the group stage, winning the tournament's first game against Sweden,[7] but losing to Turkey and Italy.[8][9] They finished third in Group B, behind Italy and Turkey. The other co-host and favourite, the Netherlands, progressed as expected from Group D, along with World Cup winners France. The Netherlands won the group, by beating France in their last group match.[10] Also in Group D, Denmark's three losses with eight goals conceded and none scored set a new record for the worse team performance in the group stages of a Euros. Group C was memorable for the match between Yugoslavia and Spain. Spain needed a win to ensure progression, but found themselves trailing 3–2, after Slobodan Komljenović scored in the 75th minute. The Spanish side rescued their tournament by scoring twice in injury time to record a 4–3 victory.[11] Yugoslavia managed to go through as well, despite losing because Norway and Slovenia played to a draw.[12]

France and Italy before the final on 2 July

Italy and Portugal maintained their perfect records in the quarter-finals, beating Romania and Turkey, respectively, and the Netherlands started a goal-avalanche against Yugoslavia, winning 6–1. Spain fell 2–1 to France; Raul missed a late penalty that ended Spanish hopes.

Italy eliminated the Netherlands in the semi-finals, despite going down to ten men and facing two penalty kicks. Italian goalkeeper Francesco Toldo, who had been drafted into the starting XI as Gianluigi Buffon missed the tournament through injury, made two saves in the penalty shootout (in addition to his penalty save in normal time) to carry the Italians to the final.

In the other semi-final, Portugal lost in extra time to France after Zinedine Zidane converted a controversial penalty kick. Several Portuguese players challenged the awarding of the penalty for a handball and were given lengthy suspensions for shoving the referee.[13] France won the tournament, defeating Italy 2–1 in the final with a golden goal by David Trezeguet after equalising with a last-minute goal, and became the first team to win the European championship while being world champion.[14]

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.[15]

Qualification

UEFA Euro 2000 finalists and their results

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 play-off matches to determine the last four qualifiers. Belgium and the Netherlands automatically qualified for the tournament as co-hosts.

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams participated in the tournament:

Country Qualified as Date qualification was secured Previous appearances in tournament1
 Belgium Co-hosts18 January 19983 (1972, 1980, 1984)
 Netherlands Co-hosts18 January 19985 (1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996)
 Italy Group 1 winner9 October 19994 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1996)
 Norway Group 2 winner8 September 19990 (debut)
 Germany4 Group 3 winner9 October 19997 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996)
 France Group 4 winner9 October 19994 (1960, 1984, 1992, 1996)
 Sweden Group 5 winner8 September 19991 (1992)
 Spain Group 6 winner8 September 19995 (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996)
 Romania Group 7 winner9 October 19992 (1984, 1996)
 Yugoslavia3 Group 8 winner9 October 19994 (1960, 1968, 1976, 1984)
 Czech Republic2 Group 9 winner9 June 19994 (1960, 1976, 1980, 1996)
 Portugal Best runner-up9 October 19992 (1984, 1996)
 Denmark Play-offs17 November 19995 (1964, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996)
 England Play-offs17 November 19995 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996)
 Slovenia Play-offs17 November 19990 (debut)
 Turkey Play-offs17 November 19991 (1996)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year; Italic indicates host for that year
2 as Czechoslovakia before 1996
3 as SFR Yugoslavia before 2000 (qualified in 1992 but was banned by UN from all international sport.)
4 as West Germany before 1992

Seeding

The composition of pots 1 to 3 was based on the teams' UEFA coefficient at the end of 1999.[16][17] The finals draw took place on 12 December 1999.[18]

Seeded Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

Venues

Rotterdam
Amsterdam
Eindhoven
Arnhem
Bruges
Brussels
Liège
Charleroi
Netherlands Rotterdam Netherlands Amsterdam
Feijenoord Stadion
Capacity: 50,000[19]		 Amsterdam Arena
Capacity: 50,000[19]
Netherlands Eindhoven Netherlands Arnhem
Philips Stadion
Capacity: 33,000[19]		 GelreDome
Capacity: 30,000[19]
Belgium Brussels Belgium Bruges Belgium Liège Belgium Charleroi
King Baudouin Stadium
Capacity: 50,000[19]		 Jan Breydel Stadium
Capacity: 30,000[19]		 Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Capacity: 30,000[19]		 Stade du Pays de Charleroi
Capacity: 30,000[19]

Note: Capacity figures are those for matches at UEFA Euro 2000 and are not necessarily the total capacity that the stadium is capable of holding.

Broadcasting

Match ball

Adidas Terrestra Silverstream was unveiled as the official match ball of the competition in December 1999 at Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht's home arena by Edwin van der Sar and Zinedine Zidane.[20][21]

Match officials

On 15 February 2000, UEFA appointed 12 referees, 16 assistant referees and four fourth officials for the competition, including a referee and an assistant referee from the Confederation of African Football.[22] The event saw assistant referees being allowed to intervene an ongoing game, in particular to help the match official apply the 10-metre rule when deciding free-kicks – as well as warn the referee instantly if he had booked or ejected the wrong player, something that was not possible in previous tournaments.[23] Also, fourth officials were given a larger role in assisting to take command of the match if any decisions are gone unnoticed by the referee or an assistant referee.[23]

Referees Assistant referees Fourth officials
Austria Günter Benkö Belarus Yury Dupanau Belgium Michel Piraux
Denmark Kim Milton Nielsen Belgium Roland Van Nylen Greece Kyros Vassaras
Egypt Gamal Al-Ghandour Bulgaria Ivan Lekov Norway Terje Hauge
England Graham Poll Denmark Jens Larsen Slovakia Ľuboš Micheľ
France Gilles Veissière England Philip Sharp
Germany Markus Merk France Jacques Poudevigne
Italy Pierluigi Collina Germany Kurt Ertl
Netherlands Dick Jol Italy Sergio Zuccolini
Portugal Vítor Melo Pereira Mali Dramane Dante
Scotland Hugh Dallas Malta Emanuel Zammit
Spain José García-Aranda Netherlands Jaap Pool
Sweden Anders Frisk Republic of Ireland Eddie Foley
Switzerland Urs Meier Romania Nicolae Grigorescu
Slovakia Igor Šramka
Spain Carlos Martín Nieto
Sweden Leif Lindberg
Turkey Turgay Güdü

Results

Nationale-Nederlanden building in Rotterdam with "breakthrough" featuring Edgar Davids.

All times local (CEST/UTC+2)

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Portugal 330072+59
 Romania 31114404
 England 310256−13
 Germany 301215−41
12 June 2000
Germany 1–1 Romania
Portugal 3–2 England
17 June 2000
Romania 0–1 Portugal
England 1–0 Germany
20 June 2000
England 2–3 Romania
Portugal 3–0 Germany

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy 330062+49
 Turkey 311132+14
 Belgium 310225−33
 Sweden 301224−21
10 June 2000
Belgium 2–1 Sweden
11 June 2000
Turkey 1–2 Italy
14 June 2000
Italy 2–0 Belgium
15 June 2000
Sweden 0–0 Turkey
19 June 2000
Turkey 2–0 Belgium
Italy 2–1 Sweden

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 320165+16
 Yugoslavia 31117704
 Norway 31111104
 Slovenia 302145−12
13 June 2000
Spain 0–1 Norway
Yugoslavia 3–3 Slovenia
18 June 2000
Slovenia 1–2 Spain
Norway 0–1 Yugoslavia
21 June 2000
Yugoslavia 3–4 Spain
Slovenia 0–0 Norway

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Netherlands 330072+59
 France 320174+36
 Czech Republic 31023303
 Denmark 300308−80
11 June 2000
France 3–0 Denmark
Netherlands 1–0 Czech Republic
16 June 2000
Czech Republic 1–2 France
Denmark 0–3 Netherlands
21 June 2000
Denmark 0–2 Czech Republic
France 2–3 Netherlands

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
25 June – Bruges        
  Spain  1
28 June – Brussels
  France  2  
  France (aet)  2
24 June – Amsterdam
      Portugal  1  
  Turkey  0
2 July – Rotterdam
  Portugal  2  
  France (aet)  2
24 June – Brussels    
    Italy  1
  Italy  2
29 June – Amsterdam
  Romania  0  
  Italy (pen.)  0 (3)
25 June – Rotterdam
      Netherlands  0 (1)  
  Netherlands  6
  Yugoslavia  1  
 

Quarter-finals

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

24 June 2000
20:45
Italy  2–0  Romania
Totti  33'
Inzaghi  43' 		Report

25 June 2000
18:00
Netherlands  6–1  Yugoslavia
Kluivert  24', 38', 54'
Govedarica  51' (o.g.)
Overmars  78', 90+1' 		Report Milošević  90+2'

25 June 2000
20:45
Spain  1–2  France
Mendieta  38' (pen.) Report Zidane  32'
Djorkaeff  44'
Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
Attendance: 27,600
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Semi-finals

28 June 2000
20:45
France  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Portugal
Henry  51'
Zidane  117'  (pen.) 		Report Nuno Gomes  19'

Final

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 Final

2 July 2000
20:00
France  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Italy
Wiltord  90+3'
Trezeguet  103' 		Report Delvecchio  55'
Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam
Attendance: 48,200
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Statistics

Patrick Kluivert and Savo Milošević were the top goalscorers with five goals each.[24]

Goalscorers

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

Penalty kicks

Not counting penalty shoot-outs, eleven penalty kicks were awarded during the tournament.

Scored
Missed

Awards

UEFA Team of the Tournament
Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards
France Fabien Barthez
Italy Francesco Toldo		 France Laurent Blanc
France Marcel Desailly
France Lilian Thuram
Italy Fabio Cannavaro
Italy Paolo Maldini
Italy Alessandro Nesta
Netherlands Frank de Boer		 France Patrick Vieira
France Zinedine Zidane
Italy Demetrio Albertini
Netherlands Edgar Davids
Portugal Rui Costa
Portugal Luís Figo
Spain Pep Guardiola		 France Thierry Henry
Italy Francesco Totti
Netherlands Patrick Kluivert
Portugal Nuno Gomes
Serbia and Montenegro Savo Milošević
Spain Raúl
Golden Boot

UEFA Player of the Tournament

Prize money

A sum of CHF120 million was awarded to the 16 qualified teams in the competition.[25] Below is a complete list of the allocations:[25]

Extra payment based on teams performances:

On 9 July 2000, UEFA refused to hand FR Yugoslavia their prize money of CHF7.8 million, because of alleged ties between the Football Association of FR Yugoslavia and Slobodan Milošević's government.[26] However, no connections were found and the Yugoslavian governing body later received their money with an additional bonus.[27]

Marketing

Slogan and theme song

The slogan of the competition was "Football without frontiers".[28][29] "Campione 2000" by E-Type was the official anthem of the event.[30]

Mascot

Benelucky, the Euro 2000 mascot

The official mascot for the tournament was Benelucky[31] (a pun on Benelux), named a lion-devil with its hair colour being a combination of the flag colours of both host nations. The lion is the national football emblem of the Netherlands and a devil is the emblem of Belgium (the team being nicknamed "the Red Devils").[32]

Sponsorship

UEFA distinguishes between global sponsors and national sponsors. Global Euro sponsors can come from any country and have exclusive worldwide sponsorship rights for a UEFA Euro championship. National (event) sponsors come from a host country and only have sponsorship rights within that country.[33]

Global sponsorsEvent sponsors
Belgium Netherlands

See also

References

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  4. ↑ "Holders Germany suffer heavy defeat". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 20 June 2000. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
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  6. ↑ "Late penalty breaks English hearts". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 20 June 2000. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
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  8. ↑ "Turks through as Belgium crash out". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 19 June 2000. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
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  11. ↑ "Spain survive in seven-goal classic". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 21 June 2000. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  12. ↑ "Norway crash out after Slovenia draw". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 21 June 2000. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  13. ↑ "UEFA suspends Portuguese trio". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2 July 2000. Retrieved 6 June 2008.
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  15. ↑ "Fiore strike scoops top spot". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 1 July 2000. Retrieved 6 June 2008.
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  18. ↑ "Big names thrown in deep end". New Straits Times. 14 December 1999. p. 44. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Venues prepare for summer drama". UEFA.com (Union of European Football Associations). Archived from the original on 10 August 2001. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
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  22. ↑ "Referees for Euro 2000 Final Tournament appointed". UEFA.com (Union of European Football Associations). 15 February 2000. Archived from the original on 7 April 2000. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  23. 1 2 Hooper, Andy (13 April 2000). "Six-second rule hits Euro 2000 keepers". ESPN (Entertainment and Sports Programming Network). Retrieved 27 August 2014.
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  25. 1 2 "Major financial rewards for finals participants". UEFA.com (Union of European Football Associations). 20 January 2000. Archived from the original on 29 April 2001. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  26. ↑ "Swiss blocking Yugoslav Euro 2000 income says official". Reuters. 9 July 2000. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  27. ↑ "Swiss release Yugoslav payments". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 9 July 2000. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  28. ↑ Fanning, Dion (4 June 2000). "Portugal can rise above the gloom". Irish Independent. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  29. ↑ "Openingsceremonie Euro 2000 wordt groots spektakel". Gazet van Antwerpen (in Dutch). 8 June 2000. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
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  31. ↑ "Euro 2000 mascot named". UEFA.com (Union of European Football Associations). 16 September 1999. Archived from the original on 3 March 2000. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  32. ↑ Kell, Tom (6 December 2010). "Euro 2012 mascots have big shoes to fill". UEFA.com (Union of European Football Associations). Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  33. ↑ "UEFA Euro 2012 official sponsors" (PDF). Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  34. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Suppliers". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 16 December 2000. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  35. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Sponsors". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 16 December 2000. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
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