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
Dates15 – 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) Iván Zamorano
(6 goals)

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]

Qualification

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

Means of qualificationBerthsQualified
Host nation1 Australia
AFC Preliminary Competition3 Kuwait
 Japan
 South Korea
CAF Preliminary Competition4 Cameroon
 Morocco
 Nigeria
 South Africa
CONCACAF Preliminary Competition2 Honduras (winner)
 United States (runner-up)
2000 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament2 Brazil (winner)
 Chile (runner-up)
1999 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament0Eliminated in playoffs to 4th

placed African country South Africa

2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship4 Italy (winner)
 Czech Republic (runner-up)
 Spain (third-place)
 Slovakia (fourth-place)
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. Stadium Australia hosted the Final.

Sydney Melbourne Sydney
Stadium Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground Sydney Football Stadium
Capacity: 110,000 Capacity: 98,000 Capacity: 42,500
Brisbane Canberra Adelaide
Brisbane Cricket Ground Bruce Stadium Hindmarsh Stadium
Capacity: 37,000 Capacity: 25,011 Capacity: 20,000

Match officials

Seeding

Pot 1: Africa Pot 2: Americas Pot 3: Europe Pot 4: Rest of the World

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'

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'

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'

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'
Cisovský  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

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)
 
 Spain3
 
23 September – Sydney
 
 United States1
 
 Italy0
 
30 September – Sydney Olympic
 
 Spain1
 
 Spain2 (3)
 
23 September – Brisbane
 
 Cameroon (p)2 (5)
 
 Brazil1
 
26 September – Melbourne
 
 Cameroon (aet)2
 
 Chile1
 
23 September – Melbourne
 
 Cameroon2 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
Agoos
Donovan
Wolff
Victorine
5–4 Nakamura
Inamoto
Morioka
Nakata
Myojin
Attendance: 18,345
Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)

Brazil 1–2 (a.e.t.) 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

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.)

Bronze medal match

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

Gold medal match

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: 114,000[2]
Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico)

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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