Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Football

at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad

Football pictogram for the 2000 Summer Olympics

Event details
Games| 2000 Summer Olympics
Host country| Australia
Dates| 13–30 September 2000
Venues| 6 (in 5 host cities)
Competitors| 391 from 20 nations
Men's tournament
Teams| 16 (from 5 confederations)
| Medalists

Gold|  Cameroon
Silver|  Spain
Bronze|  Chile
Women's tournament
Teams| 8 (from 6 confederations)
| Medalists

Gold|  Norway
Silver|  United States
Bronze|  Germany
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Football at the
2000 Summer Olympics

Qualification
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Tournament
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Squads
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The 2000 Football at the Summer Olympics 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

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Sydney Olympic Park

Moore Park

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Location map of host suburbs in Sydney.

Sydney

Canberra

Adelaide

Brisbane

Melbourne

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Location map of host cities.

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Sydney | Canberra | Adelaide | Brisbane | Melbourne
Olympic Stadium | 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
33°50′50″S 151°3′48″E﻿ / ﻿33.84722°S 151.06333°E﻿ / -33.84722; 151.06333 | 33°53′21″S 151°13′31″E﻿ / ﻿33.88917°S 151.22528°E﻿ / -33.88917; 151.22528 | 35°15′0″S 149°6′10″E﻿ / ﻿35.25000°S 149.10278°E﻿ / -35.25000; 149.10278 | 34°54′27″S 138°34′8″E﻿ / ﻿34.90750°S 138.56889°E﻿ / -34.90750; 138.56889 | 27°29′9″S 153°2′17″E﻿ / ﻿27.48583°S 153.03806°E﻿ / -27.48583; 153.03806 | 37°49′12″S 144°59′0″E﻿ / ﻿37.82000°S 144.98333°E﻿ / -37.82000; 144.98333
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* Hindmarsh Stadium only used during the Men's tournament. Temporary seating was added for the games. Olympic Stadium only used during the Men's tournament final.

## Competition schedule

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

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Women | P | P |  | P | P |  | P | P |  |  |  | ½ |  |  |  | B | F |  |

## Medal summary

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### Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Cameroon| 1| 0| 0| 1
Norway| 1| 0| 0| 1
3|  Spain| 0| 1| 0| 1
United States| 0| 1| 0| 1
5|  Chile| 0| 0| 1| 1
Germany| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (6 entries)| 2| 2| 2| 6

### Events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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 Kome
Geremi
Patrick Suffo
Pierre Womé |  Spain (ESP)
David Albelda
Iván Amaya
Miguel Ángel Angulo
Daniel Aranzubia
Joan Capdevila
Jordi Ferrón
Gabri
Xavi
Jesús Lacruz
Albert Luque
Carlos Marchena
Felip Ortiz
Carles Puyol
José María Romero
Ismael
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

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Main article: Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Group A  | Group B  | Group C  | Group D

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* Australia
* Honduras
* Italy
* Nigeria

* Chile
* Morocco
* South Korea
* Spain

* Cameroon
* Czech Republic
* Kuwait
* United States

* Brazil
* Japan
* Slovakia
* South Africa

## Women's tournament

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Main article: Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Group E  | Group F

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* Australia
* Brazil
* Germany
* Sweden

* China
* Nigeria
* Norway
* United States

## Awards

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### FIFA Fair Play Award

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Country

* Brazil[2]

## References

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1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 November 2006. Retrieved 18 July 2012.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. ^ "Men's Olympic Football Tournament" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). 13 September 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Association football at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

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

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* List of medalists
* Records
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* Hat-tricks
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* List of venues
* List of official match balls

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Events at the 2000 Summer Olympics (Sydney)

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