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)

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.

Legend
GGroup stage¼Quarterfinals½SemifinalsBBronze medal matchFGold medal match
13 Wed14 Thu15 Fri16 Sat17 Sun18 Mon19 Tue20 Wed21 Thu22 Fri23 Sat24 Sun25 Mon26 Tue27 Wed28 Thu29 Fri30 Sat
GGGGGG¼½BF

Qualification

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

Means of qualificationBerthsQualified
Host nation1 Australia
CAF Preliminary Competition3 Cameroon
 Morocco
 Nigeria
AFC Preliminary Competition3 Kuwait
 Japan
 South Korea
CONCACAF Preliminary Competition2 Honduras (winner)
 United States (runner-up)
2000 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament2 Brazil (winner)
 Chile (runner-up)
2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship4 Italy (winner)
 Czech Republic (runner-up)
 Spain (third-place)
 Slovakia (fourth-place)
OFC–CAF play-off1 South Africa
Total16

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

Venues

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

Africa
Asia
North and Central America
South America
Europe
Oceania
  • Australia Simon Micallef
  • New Zealand Bruce Grimshaw

Seeding

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

Group A

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:
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'
Attendance: 93,252
Italy 3–1 Honduras
Comandini 12', 22'
Ambrosini 18'		 Report Nesta 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

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:
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'
Attendance: 58,061
Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)
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

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:
Cameroon 3–2 Kuwait
Alnoudji 37'
M'Boma 76'
Lauren 86'		 Report Mutairi 63'
Mubarak 88'
Attendance: 26,730
Referee: Bruce Grimshaw (New Zealand)
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'
Attendance: 22,182
United States 1–1 Cameroon
Vagenas 64' Report M'Boma 16'
Attendance: 22,379
Czech Republic 1–1 Cameroon
Došek 74' Report Lauren 24'
Attendance: 23,442
Referee: Simon Micallef (Australia)
United States 3–1 Kuwait
Califf 40'
Albright 63'
Donovan 88'		 Report Najem 83'
Attendance: 19,684

Group D

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:
Brazil 3–1 Slovakia
Edu 30'
Čišovský 68' (o.g.)
Alex 90+1'		 Report Porázik 26'
Attendance: 24,616
Referee: Simon Micallef (Australia)
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'
Attendance: 36,326
Referee: Bruce Grimshaw (New Zealand)
Slovakia 1–2 Japan
Porázik 83' Report Nakata 67'
Inamoto 74'
Attendance: 15,289
Brazil 1–0 Japan
Alex 5' Report
Attendance: 36,608
Slovakia 2–1 South Africa
Czinege 64'
Šlahor 72'		 Report McCarthy 75'
Attendance: 14,562

Knockout stage

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

United States 2–2 (a.e.t.) Japan
Wolff 68'
Vagenas 90' (pen.)		 Report Yanagisawa 30'
Takahara 72'
Penalties
Vagenas soccer ball with check mark
Agoos soccer ball with check mark
Donovan soccer ball with check mark
Wolff soccer ball with check mark
Victorine soccer ball with check mark		 5–4 soccer ball with check mark Nakamura
soccer ball with check mark Inamoto
soccer ball with check mark Morioka
soccer ball with red X Nakata
soccer ball with check mark Myojin
Attendance: 18,345
Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)
Brazil 1–2 (a.e.t.) Cameroon
Ronaldinho 90+4' Report M'Boma 17'
M'Bami gold-colored soccer ball 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

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 M'Boma 84'
Lauren 89' (pen.)
Attendance: 64,338

Bronze medal match

United States 0–2 Chile
Report Zamorano 69' (pen.), 84'
Attendance: 26,381
Referee: Simon Micallef (Australia)

Gold medal match

Team details
Spain
Cameroon

Final ranking

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:

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
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

References

  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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