Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Australia |
Dates | 13–30 September |
Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 6 (in 5 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Cameroon (1st title) |
Runners-up | Spain |
Third place | Chile |
Fourth place | United States |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 32 |
Goals scored | 103 (3.22 per match) |
Attendance | 1,034,500 (32,328 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Iván Zamorano (6 goals) |
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The men's football tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney and four other cities in Australia from 15 to 30 September. It was the 22nd edition of the men's Olympic football tournament.
The final, played at the Olympic Stadium in Sydney, Australia, attracted the Olympic Games Football attendance record of 104,098 which broke the previous record of 101,799 set at the Rose Bowl for the gold medal match of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, with Cameroon winning the gold.[1]
Competition schedule[]
The match schedule of the tournament.
G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
13 Wed | 14 Thu | 15 Fri | 16 Sat | 17 Sun | 18 Lun | 19 Tue | 20 Wed | 21 Thu | 22 Fri | 23 Sat | 24 Sun | 25 Lun | 26 Tue | 27 Wed | 28 Thu | 29 Fri | 30 Sat |
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G | G | G | G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | B | F |
Qualification[]
The following 16 teams qualified for the 2000 Olympic men's football tournament:
Means of qualification | Berths | Qualified |
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Host nation | 1 | Australia |
1999 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament | 0 | Eliminated in playoffs to 4th
placed African country South Africa |
CAF Preliminary Competition | 4 | Cameroon Morocco Nigeria South Africa |
AFC Preliminary Competition | 3 | Kuwait Japan South Korea |
CONCACAF Preliminary Competition | 2 | Honduras (winner) United States (runner-up) |
2000 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament | 2 | Brazil (winner) Chile (runner-up) |
2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship | 4 | Italy (winner) Czech Republic (runner-up) Spain (third-place) Slovakia (fourth-place) |
Total | 16 |
Four countries competed for the first time in 2000: the and Slovakia (previously champions together as Czechoslovakia at the 1980 Summer Olympics), South Africa and Honduras.
- http://www.rsssf.com/tableso/ol2000q.html#Oceania - OFC Results
Squads[]
Venues[]
Six venues were used during the tournament, four of them outside of Sydney at cities around Australia. Stadium Australia hosted the Final.
Sydney | Melbourne | Sydney |
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Stadium Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Sydney Football Stadium |
Capacity: 110,000 | Capacity: 98,000 | Capacity: 42,500 |
Brisbane | Canberra | Adelaide |
Brisbane Cricket Ground | Bruce Stadium | Hindmarsh Stadium |
Capacity: 37,000 | Capacity: 25,011 | Capacity: 20,000 |
Match officials[]
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Seeding[]
Pot 1: Africa | Pot 2: Americas | Pot 3: Europe | Pot 4: Asia-Oceania |
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Group stage[]
Group A[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 |
Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 5 |
Honduras | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 |
Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 0 |
Group B[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Chile | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 |
Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 |
South Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 6 |
Morocco | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |
South Korea | 0–3 | Spain |
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Report | Velamazán 10' José Mari 26' Xavi 37' |
South Korea | 1–0 | Morocco |
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Lee Chun-soo 53' | Report |
South Korea | 1–0 | Chile |
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Lee Dong-gook 28' | Report |
Group C[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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United States | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 |
Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 |
Kuwait | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 |
Czech Republic | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 |
Cameroon | 3–2 | Kuwait |
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Alnoudji 37' M'Boma 76' Lauren 86' |
Report | Mutairi 63' Mubarak 88' |
United States | 2–2 | Czech Republic |
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Albright 21' Wolff 44' |
Report | Jankulovski 28' Došek 52' (pen.) |
United States | 1–1 | Cameroon |
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Vagenas 64' | Report | M'Boma 16' |
Czech Republic | 1–1 | Cameroon |
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Došek 74' | Report | Lauren 24' |
Group D[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 |
South Africa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 |
Brazil | 3–1 | Slovakia |
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Edu 30' Cisovský 68' (o.g.) Alex 90+1' |
Report | Porázik 26' |
South Africa | 1–2 | Japan |
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Nomvethe 31' | Report | Takahara 45+1', 79' |
Brazil | 1–3 | South Africa |
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Edu 11' | Report | Fortune 10' Nomvethe 74' Lekoelea 90' |
Slovakia | 2–1 | South Africa |
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Czinege 64' Šlahor 72' |
Report | McCarthy 75' |
Knockout stage[]
Note: Extra time periods were played under the golden goal rule.
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
23 September – Adelaide | ||||||||||
United States (p) | 2 (5) | |||||||||
26 September – Sydney | ||||||||||
Japan | 2 (4) | |||||||||
United States | 1 | |||||||||
23 September – Sydney | ||||||||||
Spain | 3 | |||||||||
Italy | 0 | |||||||||
30 September – Sydney Olympic | ||||||||||
Spain | 1 | |||||||||
Spain | 2 (3) | |||||||||
23 September – Brisbane | ||||||||||
Cameroon (p) | 2 (5) | |||||||||
Brazil | 1 | |||||||||
26 September – Melbourne | ||||||||||
Cameroon (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||
Cameroon | 2 | |||||||||
23 September – Melbourne | ||||||||||
Chile | 1 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
Chile | 4 | |||||||||
29 September – Sydney | ||||||||||
Nigeria | 1 | |||||||||
United States | 0 | |||||||||
Chile | 2 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals[]
United States | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Japan |
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Wolff 68' Vagenas 90' (pen.) |
Report | Yanagisawa 30' Takahara 72' |
Penalties | ||
Vagenas Agoos Donovan Wolff Victorine |
5–4 | Nakamura Inamoto Morioka Nakata Myojin |
Semi-finals[]
Bronze medal match[]
United States | 0–2 | Chile |
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Report | Zamorano 69' (pen.), 84' |
Gold medal match[]
Spain | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Cameroon |
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Xavi 2' Gabri 45+2' |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Amaya 53' (o.g.) Eto'o 58' |
Penalties | ||
Xavi Capdevila Amaya Albelda |
3–5 | M'Boma Eto'o Geremi Lauren Womé |
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Final ranking[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Cameroon (CMR) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 12 |
2 | Spain (ESP) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 13 |
3 | Chile (CHI) | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 12 |
4 | United States (USA) | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 6 |
5 | Italy (ITA) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 |
6 | Japan (JPN) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 |
7 | Brazil (BRA) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
8 | Nigeria (NGR) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 5 |
9 | South Korea (KOR) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 6 |
10 | Honduras (HON) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 |
11 | South Africa (RSA) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
12 | Kuwait (KUW) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 |
13 | Slovakia (SVK) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 |
14 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 |
15 | Australia (AUS) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 0 |
16 | Morocco (MAR) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |
Statistics[]
Goalscorers[]
With six goals, Iván Zamorano of Chile is the top goalscorer in the tournament. In total, 103 goals were scored by 62 different players, with six of them credited as own goals.
- 6 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- Lauren
- Naohiro Takahara
- Khalaf Al-Mutairi
- Victor Agali
- Gabri
- José Mari
- Peter Vagenas
- 2 goals
- Alex
- Edu
- Lukáš Došek
- Gianni Comandini
- Faraj Saeed
- Andrej Porázik
- Siyabonga Nomvethe
- Xavi
- Chris Albright
- Josh Wolff
- 1 goal
- Hayden Foxe
- Kasey Wehrman
- Ronaldinho
- Nicolas Alnoudji
- Samuel Eto'o
- Modeste M'bami
- Pablo Contreras
- Rafael Olarra
- Rodrigo Tello
- Marek Heinz
- Roman Lengyel
- Julio César de León
- Massimo Ambrosini
- Andrea Pirlo
- Junichi Inamoto
- Hidetoshi Nakata
- Atsushi Yanagisawa
- Lee Dong-gook
- Lee Chun-soo
- Bader Najem
- El Houssaine Ouchla
- Bright Igbinadolor
- Pius Ikedia
- Garba Lawal
- Juraj Czinege
- Ján Šlahor
- Quinton Fortune
- Steve Lekoelea
- Benni McCarthy
- Miguel Ángel Angulo
- Jesús Lacruz
- Raúl Tamudo
- Toni Velamazán
- Danny Califf
- Landon Donovan
- 1 own goal
- Patrice Abanda (playing against Chile)
- Jaime Rosales (playing against Australia)
- Alessandro Nesta (playing against Honduras)
- Samuel Okunowo (playing against Italy)
- Marián Čišovský (playing against Brazil)
- Iván Amaya (playing against Cameroon)
References[]
- ^ "Football at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ^ Higham 2012, p. 99.
Bibliography[]
- Higham, James (2012). Sport Tourism Destinations. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-7506-5937-6.
External links[]
- Olympic Football Tournaments Sydney 2000 - Men, FIFA.com
- RSSSF Summary
- FIFA Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3) and (Part 4)
- Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics