Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Tournament details
Host country	Australia
Dates	13 – 30 September
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Cameroon (men) Norway (women)
Runners-up	Spain (men) United States (women)
Third place	Chile (men) Germany (women)
Fourth place	United States (men) Brazil (women)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	145 (3.02 per match)
Attendance	1,350,795 (28,142 per match)

Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Tournament
men women
Squads
men women

The football 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."^[1]

Venues 1
Competition schedule 2
Medal summary 3
- Medal table 3.1
- Events 3.2
Men's tournament 4
Women's tournament 5
Awards 6
- FIFA Fair Play Award 6.1
References 7
External links 8

Venues

Australia
Sydney	Sydney	Canberra	Adelaide	Brisbane	Melbourne
Stadium Australia	Sydney Football Stadium	Bruce Stadium	Hindmarsh Stadium*	Brisbane Cricket Ground	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Capacity: 110,000	Capacity: 43,000	Capacity: 25,011	Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 36,000	Capacity: 98,000

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

Competition schedule

P	Preliminaries	¼	Quarterfinals	½	Semifinals	B	3rd place play-off	F	Final

Event↓/Date →	Wed 13	Thu 14	Fri 15	Sat 16	Sun 17	Mon 18	Tue 19	Wed 20	Thu 21	Fri 22	Sat 23	Sun 24	Mon 25	Tue 26	Wed 27	Thu 28		Fri 29	Sat 30
Men	P	P		P	P		P	P			¼			½				B	F
Women	P	P		P	P		P	P				½				B	F

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cameroon	1	0	0	1
1	Norway	1	0	0	1
3	Spain	0	1	0	1
3	United States	0	1	0	1
5	Chile	0	0	1	1
5	Germany	0	0	1	1
Total		2	2	2	6

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Cameroon (CMR) 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 Ngom Kome Geremi Patrick Suffo Pierre Womé	Spain (ESP) David Albelda Iván Amaya Miguel Ángel Angulo Daniel Aranzubia Joan Capdevila Jordi Ferrón Gabriel García Xavi Jesús María Lacruz Albert Luque Carlos Marchena Felip Ortiz Carles Puyol José María Romero Ismael Ruiz Raúl Tamudo Antonio Velamazán Unai Vergara	Chile (CHI) 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	Norway (NOR) 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	United States (USA) 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	Germany (GER) 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

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Australia Honduras Italy Nigeria	Chile Morocco South Korea Spain	Cameroon Czech Republic Kuwait United States	Brazil Japan Slovakia South Africa

Women's tournament

Group E	Group F
Australia Brazil Germany Sweden	China PR Nigeria Norway United States

Awards

FIFA Fair Play Award

Country
Brazil^[2]

References

^ http://fifa.com/documents/tournaments/olympic/Olympia_e.pdf
^ "Men’s Olympic Football Tournament". Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). 13 September 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.

External links

Official website (archived)
Olympic Football Tournaments Sydney 2000 - Men, FIFA.com
Olympic Football Tournaments Sydney 2000 - Women, FIFA.com

Events at the 2000 Summer Olympics (Sydney)

Archery Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Football Gymnastics Handball Field hockey Judo Modern pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Softball Swimming Synchronized swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling

Football at the Summer Olympics

Tournaments

Qualifications

Men	1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012

Women	2008 2012

Squads

Men	1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012

Women	1996 2000 2004 2008 2012

Categories

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Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics