Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Australia |
| Dates | 13 – 28 September |
| Teams | 8 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 5 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Norway (1st title) |
| Runners-up |
 United States |
| Third place |
 Germany |
| Fourth place |
 Brazil |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 42 (2.63 per match) |
| Attendance | 326,215 (20,388 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
 Sun Wen (4 goals) |
A women's Olympic Football Tournament was held for the second time as part of the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1][2] The tournament features 8 women's national teams from six continental confederations. The 8 teams are drawn into two groups of four and each group plays a round-robin tournament. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the semi-finals and culminating with the gold medal match at Sydney Football Stadium on 28 September 2000.
Medal winners
Venues
- Olympic Stadium, Sydney
- Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
- Bruce Stadium, Canberra
- Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane
- Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Qualification
The seven best teams at the Women's World Cup in 1999 and the host nation Australia were automatically selected for the Olympic tournament. The following eight teams qualified for the 2000 Olympic women's football tournament:
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Seeding
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
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Squads
Match officials
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First round
Group E
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Germany |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 |
| Brazil |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 |
 Sweden |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
 Australia |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
Group F
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| United States |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 |
| Norway |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
| China PR |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
 Nigeria |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 |
17 September 2000 17:30 |
| Norway |
3 – 1 | Nigeria |
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| Mellgren 22' Riise 62' (pen.) Pettersen 90'+ |
Report | Akide 78' |
20 September 2000 17:30 |
| United States |
3 – 1 | Nigeria |
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| Chastain 26' Lilly 35' MacMillan 56' |
Report | Akide 48' |
Knockout stages
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
| 24 September - Sydney | |||||||
| Norway |
1 | ||||||
| Germany |
0 | ||||||
| 28 September - Sydney | |||||||
| Norway |
3 | ||||||
| United States |
2 | ||||||
| Third place | |||||||
| 24 September - Canberra | 28 September - Sydney | ||||||
| United States |
1 | Germany |
2 | ||||
| Brazil |
0 | Brazil |
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Semi-finals
Bronze Medal match
Gold Medal match
28 September 2000 20:00 |
| Norway |
3 – 2 (a.e.t.) | United States |
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| Espeseth 44' Gulbrandsen 78' Mellgren 102' |
Report | Milbrett 5', 90+' |
FIFA Fair play award
Goalscorers
With four goals, Sun Wen of China is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 42 goals were scored by 28 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.
- 4 goals
- Sun Wen (3 apps)
- 3 goals
- Birgit Prinz (5 apps)
- Tiffeny Milbrett (5 apps)
- 2 goals
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- 1 goal
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- Own goal
- Tina Wunderlich (playing against Norway)
Final ranking
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | Norway (NOR) |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 12 |
| 2 | United States (USA) |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 10 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 12 |
| 4 | Brazil (BRA) |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | –1 | 6 |
| 5 | China (CHN) |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
| 6 | Sweden (SWE) |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 7 | Australia (AUS) |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 1 |
| 8 | Nigeria (NGR) |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | –6 | 0 |
References
- ↑ "SYDNEY 2000: SOCCER; After a Wild, Intense Match, Norway Steals One From U.S. - New York Times". Nytimes.com. 29 September 2000. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
- ↑ White, Joseph. "Norway Beats U.S. to Win Soccer Gold - ABC News". Abcnews.go.com. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
External links
- Olympic Football Tournaments Sydney 2000 - Women, FIFA.com
- RSSSF Summary
- FIFA Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3) and (Part 4)
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