Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Australia |
| Dates | 13–28 September |
| Teams | 8 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Norway (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  United States |
| Third place |  Germany |
| Fourth place |  Brazil |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 42 (2.63 per match) |
| Attendance | 326,215 (20,388 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Sun Wen (4 goals) |
| Fair play award | Germany |
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A women's Olympic Football Tournament was held for the second time as part of the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1][2] The tournament features 8 women's national teams from six continental confederations. The 8 teams are drawn into two groups of four and each group plays a round-robin tournament. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the semi-finals and culminating with the gold medal match at Sydney Football Stadium on 28 September 2000.
Medal winners[]
Venues[]
The tournament was held in three venues across three cities:
- Bruce Stadium, Canberra
- Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
- Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Qualification[]
The seven best quarter-finalists at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup and the host nation Australia qualified for the 2000 Olympic women's football tournament.
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Seeding[]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
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Squads[]
Match officials[]
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Group stage[]
Group E[]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Germany
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 |
| Brazil
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 |
 Sweden
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
 Australia
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
Group F[]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| United States
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 |
| Norway
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
| China PR
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
 Nigeria
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 |
| United States | 2 – 0 | Norway |
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| Milbrett 18' Hamm 24' |
Report |
| United States | 1 – 1 | China PR |
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| Foudy 38' | Report | Sun 67' |
Knockout stage[]
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 24 September - Sydney | ||||||
| Norway | 1 | |||||
| 28 September - Sydney | ||||||
| Germany | 0 | |||||
| Norway | 3 | |||||
| 24 September - Canberra | ||||||
| United States | 2 | |||||
| United States | 1 | |||||
| Brazil | 0 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 28 September - Sydney | ||||||
| Germany | 2 | |||||
| Brazil | 0 | |||||
Semi-finals[]
| Germany | 0 – 1 | Norway |
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| Report | Wunderlich 80' (o.g.) |
| United States | 1 – 0 | Brazil |
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| Hamm 60' | Report |
Bronze medal match[]
Gold medal match[]
| Norway | 3 – 2 (a.e.t.) | United States |
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| Espeseth 44' Gulbrandsen 78' Mellgren 102' |
Report | Milbrett 5', 90+2' |
Statistics[]
Goalscorers[]
There were 42 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.62 goals per match. Sun Wen of China was the top scorer of the tournament with four goals.
4 goals
3 goals
Birgit Prinz
Tiffeny Milbrett
2 goals
1 goal
Sunni Hughes- Cheryl Salisbury
Pretinha
Zhao Lihong- Inka Grings
- Ariane Hingst
- Bettina Wiegmann
Perpetua Nkwocha
Gro Espeseth- Ragnhild Gulbrandsen
- Margunn Haugenes
- Hege Riise
Malin Andersson- Brandi Chastain
- Julie Foudy
- Kristine Lilly
- Shannon MacMillan
1 own goal
- Tina Wunderlich (against Norway)
Source: FIFA[3]
Assists[]
5 assists
2 assists
- Formiga
- Maren Meinert
- Bettina Wiegmann
- Mia Hamm
1 assist
Source: FIFA[3]
FIFA Fair Play Award[]
- Winner: Germany
Germany won the FIFA Fair Play Award, given to the team with the best record of fair play during the tournament.[3]
Tournament ranking[]
Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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| 1 | F | Norway
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 12 | Gold medal |
| 2 | F | United States
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 10 | Silver medal |
| 3 | E | Germany
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 12 | Bronze medal |
| 4 | E | Brazil
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5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 | Fourth place |
| 5 | F | China PR
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | E | Sweden
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | |
| 7 | E | Australia (H)
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |
| 8 | F | Nigeria
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 |
References[]
- ^ "SYDNEY 2000: SOCCER; After a Wild, Intense Match, Norway Wins Gold Over the US - New York Times". Nytimes.com. 29 September 2000. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ White, Joseph. "Norway Beats U.S. to Win Soccer Gold - ABC News". Abcnews.go.com. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Statistics – Olympic Football Tournaments Sydney 2000. FIFA. Zürich. 2000.
External links[]
- Women's football at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Women's football at the Summer Olympics
- 2000 in women's association football
- International women's association football competitions hosted by Australia