Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Australia |
Dates | 13 – 30 September |
Teams | 16 (men) + 8 (women) (from 6 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 6 (in 6 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions |
Cameroon (men) Norway (women) |
Runners-up |
Spain (men) United States (women) |
Third place |
Chile (men) Germany (women) |
Fourth place |
United States (men) Brazil (women) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 48 |
Goals scored | 145 (3.02 per match) |
Attendance | 1,350,795 (28,142 per match) |
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Tournament |
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Squads |
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The football 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 | Sydney | Canberra | Adelaide | Brisbane | Melbourne | |
Stadium Australia | 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°53′21″S 151°13′31″E / 33.88917°S 151.22528°E | 35°15′0″S 149°6′10″E / 35.25000°S 149.10278°E | 34°54′27″S 138°34′8″E / 34.90750°S 138.56889°E | 27°29′9″S 153°2′17″E / 27.48583°S 153.03806°E | 37°49′12″S 144°59′0″E / 37.82000°S 144.98333°E | |
* Hindmarsh Stadium only used during the Men's tournament. Temporary seating was added for the games.
Competition schedule
P | Preliminaries | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | B | 3rd place play-off | F | Final |
Event↓/Date → | Wed 13 | Thu 14 | Fri 15 | Sat 16 | Sun 17 | Mon 18 | Tue 19 | Wed 20 | Thu 21 | Fri 22 | Sat 23 | Sun 24 | Mon 25 | Tue 26 | Wed 27 | Thu 28 | Fri 29 | Sat 30 | |
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Men | P | P | P | P | P | P | ¼ | ½ | B | F | |||||||||
Women | P | P | P | P | P | P | ½ | B | F |
Medal summary
Medal table
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 | |
Total | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Events
Men's tournament
Main article: Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
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Women's tournament
Group E | Group F |
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Awards
FIFA Fair Play Award
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References
- ↑ http://fifa.com/documents/tournaments/olympic/Olympia_e.pdf
- ↑ "Men's Olympic Football Tournament" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). 13 September 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
External links
- Official website (archived)
- Olympic Football Tournaments Sydney 2000 - Men, FIFA.com
- Olympic Football Tournaments Sydney 2000 - Women, FIFA.com
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