UEFA Euro 2000 Totally Explained

Everything about Uefa Euro 2000 totally explained

The 2000 UEFA European Football Championship, or Euro 2000, was the 11th UEFA European Football Championship, which is held every four years and organized by UEFA, football's governing body in Europe.
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. 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.

Overview

Belgium had a surprise exit in the group stage, winning the tournament's first game against Sweden but losing to Turkey and Italy. Italy also eliminated co-host and favorites Netherlands in the semi-finals, despite going down to ten men and facing two penalty kicks. Italian goalkeeper Francesco Toldo made two saves in the penalty shootout (in addition to his penalty save in regulation time) to carry the Italians to the final.
One of the biggest surprises of the tournament was Portugal, winning their group with three wins, including a 3-0 win against Germany. They reached the semi-finals, when they lost in extra-time to France after Zinedine Zidane converted a penalty kick. Several Portuguese players challenged the awarding of the penalty for a handball and were given lengthy suspensions for shoving the referee.(External Link

) The Euro 2000 winner was France, who defeated Italy 2-1 in the final after a golden goal by France's David Trézéguet.
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.(External Link

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Qualification

Belgium and the Netherlands automatically qualified for the tournament as co-hosts.
The following 16 teams participated in the tournament:

(host)
(host)
(first appearance)
(first appearance)

Mascot

The official mascot of this EuroCup was Benelucky, a lion-devil with its hair color being a combination of the flag colors of both host nations.

Stadiums

Netherlands

City	Stadium	Capacity
Amsterdam	Amsterdam ArenA	51,628
Rotterdam	Feijenoord Stadion	51,177
Eindhoven	Philips Stadion	35,000
Arnhem	Gelredome	32,500

Belgium

City	Stadium	Capacity
Brussels	King Baudouin Stadium	50,122
Liège	Stade Maurice Dufrasne	30,023
Bruges	Jan Breydel Stadion	30,000
Charleroi	Stade du Pays de Charleroi	30,000

Match officials

Austria

Günter Benkö

Denmark

Kim Milton Nielsen

Egypt

Gamal Al-Ghandour

England

Graham Poll

France

Gilles Veissière

Germany

Markus Merk

Italy

Pierluigi Collina

Netherlands

Dick Jol

Portugal

Vítor Melo Pereira

Scotland

Hugh Dallas

Spain

José Garcia Aranda

Sweden

Anders Frisk

Switzerland

Urs Meier

Squads

ť For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see UEFA Euro 2000 squads.

Results

First round

All times local (CEST/UTC+2)

Group A

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	9
3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	3
3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

|score = 1 – 1 |report = (Report)

|team2 = |goals1 = Scholl |goals2 = Moldovan |stadium = Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège |attendance = 25,000 |referee = Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) }}

|score = 3 – 2 |report = (Report)

|team2 = |goals1 = Figo
J. Pinto
Nuno Gomes |goals2 = Scholes
McManaman |stadium = Philips Stadion, Eindhoven |attendance = 33,000 |referee = Anders Frisk (Sweden) }}

|score = 0 – 1 |report = (Report)

|team2 = |goals1 = |goals2 = Costinha |stadium = Gelredome, Arnhem |attendance = 18,000 |referee = Gilles Veissière (France) }}

|score = 1 – 0 |report = (Report)

|team2 = |goals1 = Shearer |goals2 = |stadium = Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi |attendance = 30,000 |referee = Pierluigi Collina (Italy) }}

|score = 2 – 3 |report = (Report)

|team2 = |goals1 = Shearer
Owen |goals2 = Chivu
Munteanu
Ganea |stadium = Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi |attendance = 30,000 |referee = Urs Meier (Switzerland) }}

|score = 3 – 0 |report = (Report)

|team2 = |goals1 = Conceição |goals2 = |stadium = Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam |attendance = 44,000 |referee = Dick Jol (Netherlands) }}

Group B

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9
3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

|score = 2 – 1 |report = (Report)

|team2 = |goals1 = Goor
É. Mpenza |goals2 = Mjällby |stadium = King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels |attendance = 50,000 |referee = Markus Merk (Germany) }}

|score = 1 – 2 |report = (Report)

|team2 = |goals1 = Okan |goals2 = Conte
Inzaghi |stadium = Gelredome, Arnhem |attendance = 25,000 |referee = Hugh Dallas (Scotland) }}

|score = 2 – 0 |report = (Report)

|team2 = |goals1 = Totti
Fiore |goals2 = |stadium = King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels |attendance = 46,000 |referee = José Garcia Aranda (Spain) }}

|score = 0 – 0 |report = (Report)

|team2 = |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = Philips Stadion, Eindhoven |attendance = 24,500 |referee = Dick Jol (Netherlands) }}

|score = 2 – 0 |report = (Report)

|team2 = |goals1 = Hakan Ş. |goals2 = |stadium = King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels |attendance = 48,000 |referee = Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) }}

|score = 2 – 1 |report = (Report)

|team2 = |goals1 = Di Biagio
Del Piero |goals2 = Larsson |stadium = Philips Stadion, Eindhoven |attendance = 25,000 |referee = Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal) }}

Group C

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2

|score = 0 – 1 |report = (Report)

|team2 = |goals1 = |goals2 = Iversen |stadium = Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam |attendance = 45,000 |referee = Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt) }}

|score = 3 – 3 |report = (Report)

|team2 = |goals1 = Milošević
Drulović |goals2 = Zahovič
Pavlin |stadium = Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi |attendance = 15,000 |referee = Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal) }}

|score = 1 – 2 |report = (Report)

|team2 = |goals1 = Zahovič |goals2 = Raúl
Etxeberria |stadium = Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam |attendance = 45,000 |referee = Markus Merk (Germany) }}

|score = 0 – 1 |report = (Report)

|team2 = |goals1 = |goals2 = Milošević |stadium = Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège |attendance = 24,000 |referee = Hugh Dallas (Scotland) }}

|score = 3 – 4 |report = (Report)

|team2 = |goals1 = Milošević
Govedarica
Komljenović |goals2 = Alfonso
Munitis
Mendieta |stadium = Jan Breydel Stadion, Bruges |attendance = 22,000 |referee = Gilles Veissière (France) }}

|score = 0 – 0 |report = (Report)

|team2 = |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = Gelredome, Arnhem |attendance = 22,000 |referee = Graham Poll (England) }}

Group D

Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	3	0	7	2	+5	9
3	2	1	7	4	+3	6
3	1	2	3	3	0	3
3	0	3	0	8	−8	0

|score = 3 – 0 |report = (Report)

|team2 = |goals1 = Blanc
Henry
Wiltord |goals2 = |stadium = Jan Breydel Stadion, Bruges |attendance = 29,000 |referee = Günter Benkö (Austria) }}

|score = 1 – 0 |report = (Report)

|team2 = |goals1 = F. de Boer |goals2 = |stadium = Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam |attendance = 50,000 |referee = Pierluigi Collina (Italy) }}

|score = 1 – 2 |report = (Report)

|team2 = |goals1 = Poborský |goals2 = Henry
Djorkaeff |stadium = Jan Breydel Stadion, Bruges |attendance = 25,000 |referee = Graham Poll (England) }}

|score = 0 – 3 |report = (Report)

|team2 = |goals1 = |goals2 = Kluivert
R. de Boer
Zenden |stadium = Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam |attendance = 50,000 |referee = Urs Meier (Switzerland) }}

|score = 0 – 2 |report = (Report)

|team2 = |goals1 = |goals2 = Šmicer |stadium = Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège |attendance = 25,000 |referee = Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt) }}

|score = 2 – 3 |report = (Report)

|team2 = |goals1 = Dugarry
Trezeguet |goals2 = Kluivert
F. de Boer
Zenden |stadium = Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam |attendance = 50,000 |referee = Anders Frisk (Sweden) }}

Knockout stage

|0||2 |25 June – Bruges||1||2 |25 June – Rotterdam||6||1 |24 June – Brussels||2||0
|28 June – Brussels||1| (a.e.t.)|2 |29 June – Amsterdam||0 (1)| (pen.)|0 (3)
|2 July – Rotterdam| (a.e.t.)|2||1 }}

Quarter-finals

|score = 0 – 2 |report = (Report)

|team2 = |goals1 = |goals2 = Nuno Gomes |stadium = Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam |attendance = 45,000 |referee = Dick Jol (Netherlands) }}

|score = 2 – 0 |report = (Report)

|team2 = |goals1 = Totti
Inzaghi |goals2 = |stadium = King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels |attendance = 42,500 |referee = Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal) }}

|score = 6 – 1 |report = (Report)

|team2 = |goals1 = Kluivert
Govedarica
Overmars |goals2 = Milošević |stadium = Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam |attendance = 50,000 |referee = José Garcia Aranda (Spain) }}

|score = 1 – 2 |report = (Report)

|team2 = |goals1 = Mendieta |goals2 = Zidane
Djorkaeff |stadium = Jan Breydel Stadion, Bruges |attendance = 30,000 |referee = Pierluigi Collina (Italy) }}

Semi-finals

|score = 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) |report = (Report)

|team2 = |goals1 = Henry
Zidane |goals2 = Nuno Gomes |stadium = King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels |attendance = 50,000 |referee = Günter Benkö (Austria) }}

|score = 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) |report = (Report)

|team2 = |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam |attendance = 50,000 |referee = Markus Merk (Germany) }}

Pessotto
Totti
Maldini |penaltyscore = 3 –1 |penalties2 = F. de Boer
Stam
Kluivert
Bosvelt }}

Final

|score = 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) |report = (Report)

|team2 = |goals1 = Wiltord
Trézéguet |goals2 = Delvecchio |stadium = Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam |attendance = 50,000 |referee = Anders Frisk (Sweden) }}

Statistics

Goalscorers

5 goals

Patrick Kluivert (5 matches)

Savo Milošević (4 matches) 4 goals

Nuno Gomes 3 goals

Thierry Henry

Sérgio Conceição

Zlatko Zahovič 2 goals

Youri Djorkaeff

Filippo Inzaghi

Frank de Boer

Gaizka Mendieta

Hakan Şükür

Average goals

2.74 goals per game

UEFA Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Francesco Toldo Fabien Barthez	Frank de Boer Alessandro Nesta Fabio Cannavaro Marcel Desailly Laurent Blanc	Luís Figo Boudewijn Zenden Zinedine Zidane Edgar Davids Patrick Vieira Josep Guardiola	Patrick Kluivert Francesco Totti Nuno Gomes Thierry Henry Savo Milošević

UEFA Player of the Tournament

Zinedine Zidane

Trivia

The official song of the event Campione 2000 by the Swedish musician E-Type is a popular European football chant. Campione means champion in Italian. After the event, it still continues to be a favourite football chant.

3 of the 4 teams in Group D had won the European Championship previously, and the other one – the Czech Republic – came into existence after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, who were champions in 1976.Further Information

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