Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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.

2000 Men's Olympic Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryAustralia
Dates13–30 September
Teams16 (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 played32
Goals scored103 (3.22 per match)
Attendance1,034,500 (32,328 per match)
Top scorer(s)Chile Iván Zamorano
(6 goals)
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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. Cameroon won the gold medal with a victory over Spain,[1] the country's first Olympic gold in history.

Competition schedule

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The match schedule of the tournament.

Legend
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 Mon 19 Tue 20 Wed 21 Thu 22 Fri 23 Sat 24 Sun 25 Mon 26 Tue 27 Wed 28 Thu 29 Fri 30 Sat
G G G G G G ¼ ½ B F

Qualification

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The following 16 teams qualified for the 2000 Olympic men's football tournament:

Means of qualification Berths Qualified
Host nation 1   Australia
CAF Preliminary Competition 3   Cameroon
  Morocco
  Nigeria
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)
OFC–CAF play-off 1   South Africa
Total 16

Four countries competed for the first time in 2000: the Czech Republic and Slovakia (previously champions together as Czechoslovakia at the 1980 Summer Olympics), South Africa and Honduras.

Squads

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Venues

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Six venues were used during the tournament, four of them outside of Sydney at cities around Australia. Olympic stadium hosted the Final.

Sydney Melbourne
Olympic Stadium Sydney Football Stadium Melbourne Cricket Ground
Capacity: 110,000 Capacity: 42,500 Capacity: 98,000
   
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

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The draw for the tournament took place on 3 June 2000. Australia, South Korea, the United States and Brazil were seeded for the draw and placed into groups A–D, respectively. The remaining teams were drawn from four pots with teams from the same region kept apart.

Pot 1: Host, Top-Seeded teams from Americas and Asia Pot 2: Europe Pot 3: Africa Pot 4: Non-top seeded teams from Americas and Asia

Group stage

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  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
Source: [citation needed]
Nigeria  3–3  Honduras
Igbinadolor   50'
Agali   78'
Yakubu   90+1'
Report Suazo   36', 76'
León   60'
Attendance: 13,386

Australia  0–1  Italy
Report Pirlo   81'

Italy  3–1  Honduras
Comandini   12', 22'
Ambrosini   18'
Report Comandini   29' (o.g.)
Attendance: 18,301
Referee: Lu Jun (China)

Australia  2–3  Nigeria
Foxe   41'
Wehrman   44'
Report Ikedia   16'
Aghahowa   22'
Agali   64'
Attendance: 38,080
Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)

Italy  1–1  Nigeria
Okunowo   65' (o.g.) Report Lawal   40'
Attendance: 18,340
Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico)

Australia  1–2  Honduras
Rosales   51' (o.g.) Report Suazo   3', 60'
Attendance: 37,788

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  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
Source: [citation needed]
South Korea  0–3  Spain
Report Velamazán   10'
José Mari   26'
Xavi   37'
Attendance: 14,060
Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico)

Morocco  1–4  Chile
Ouchla   79' Report Zamorano   36', 45+1' (pen.), 55'
Navia   72' (pen.)
Attendance: 22,654
Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)

South Korea  1–0  Morocco
Lee Chun-soo   53' Report
Attendance: 12,753

Spain  1–3  Chile
Lacruz   54' Report Olarra   24'
Navia   41', 90'

South Korea  1–0  Chile
Lee Dong-gook   28' Report
Attendance: 16,309

Spain  2–0  Morocco
José Mari   33'
Gabri   90'
Report
Attendance: 24,623
Referee: Lu Jun (China)

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  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
Source: [citation needed]
Cameroon  3–2  Kuwait
Alnoudji   37'
M'Boma   76'
Lauren   86'
Report Mutairi   63'
Mubarak   88'

United States  2–2  Czech Republic
Albright   21'
Wolff   44'
Report Jankulovski   28'
Došek   52' (pen.)
Attendance: 24,800
Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)

Czech Republic  2–3  Kuwait
Heinz   2'
Lengyel   90+1'
Report Mutairi   56'
Saeed   64', 73'

United States  1–1  Cameroon
Vagenas   64' Report M'Boma   16'
Attendance: 22,379

Czech Republic  1–1  Cameroon
Došek   74' Report Lauren   24'

United States  3–1  Kuwait
Califf   40'
Albright   63'
Donovan   88'
Report Najem   83'

Group D

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  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
Source: [citation needed]
Brazil  3–1  Slovakia
Edu   30'
Čišovský   68' (o.g.)
Alex   90+1'
Report Porázik   26'

South Africa  1–2  Japan
Nomvethe   31' Report Takahara   45+1', 79'
Attendance: 17,500

Brazil  1–3  South Africa
Edu   11' Report Fortune   10'
Nomvethe   74'
Lekoelea   90'

Slovakia  1–2  Japan
Porázik   83' Report Nakata   67'
Inamoto   74'
Attendance: 15,289

Brazil  1–0  Japan
Alex   5' Report

Slovakia  2–1  South Africa
Czinege   64'
Šlahor   72'
Report McCarthy   75'
Attendance: 14,562

Knockout stage

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Note: Extra time periods were played under the golden goal rule.

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal match
 
          
 
23 September – Adelaide
 
 
  United States (p)2 (5)
 
26 September – Sydney
 
  Japan2 (4)
 
  United States1
 
23 September – Sydney
 
  Spain3
 
  Italy0
 
30 September – Sydney Olympic
 
  Spain1
 
  Spain2 (3)
 
23 September – Brisbane
 
  Cameroon (p)2 (5)
 
  Brazil1
 
26 September – Melbourne
 
  Cameroon (a.e.t.)2
 
  Cameroon2
 
23 September – Melbourne
 
  Chile1 Bronze medal match
 
  Chile4
 
29 September – Sydney
 
  Nigeria1
 
  United States0
 
 
  Chile2
 

Quarter-finals

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United States  2–2 (a.e.t.)  Japan
Wolff   68'
Vagenas   90' (pen.)
Report Yanagisawa   30'
Takahara   72'
Penalties
Vagenas  
Agoos  
Donovan  
Wolff  
Victorine  
5–4   Nakamura
  Inamoto
  Morioka
  Nakata
  Myojin

Brazil  1–2 (a.e.t./g.g.)  Cameroon
Ronaldinho   90+4' Report M'Boma   17'
M'Bami   113'
Attendance: 37,332

Italy  0–1  Spain
Report Gabri   86'
Attendance: 38,134
Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)

Chile  4–1  Nigeria
Contreras   17'
Zamorano   18'
Navia   42'
Tello   65'
Report Agali   76'
Attendance: 44,425
Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)

Semi-finals

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Spain  3–1  United States
Tamudo   16'
Angulo   25'
José Mari   87'
Report Vagenas   42' (pen.)
Attendance: 39,800

Chile  1–2  Cameroon
Abanda   78' (o.g.) Report Mboma   84'
Lauren   89' (pen.)

Bronze medal match

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United States  0–2  Chile
Report Zamorano   69' (pen.), 84'

Gold medal match

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Spain  2–2 (a.e.t.)  Cameroon
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
Attendance: 104,098[2]
Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico)
Team details
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Spain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cameroon

Final ranking

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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
Source: [citation needed]

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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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
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

References

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  1. ^ "Football at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  2. ^ Higham 2012, p. 99.

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