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The 2000 UEFA European Football Championship, also known as Euro 2000, was the 11th UEFA European Championship, a football tournament held every four years and organised by UEFA, the sport's governing body in Europe.<ref name="policing_euro">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The finals tournament was played between 10 June and 2 July 2000, and co-hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands, the first time the tournament had been held in more than one nation. Spain and Austria also bid to host the event.<ref>Dietrich Schulze-Marmeling: Die Geschichte der Fußball-Europameisterschaft, Verlag Die Werkstatt, Template:ISBN</ref> The finals tournament was contested by 16 nations; with the exception of the hosts, Belgium and the Netherlands, the finalists had to go through a qualifying tournament to reach the final stage. France won the tournament by defeating Italy 2–1 in the final, via a golden goal.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
The finals saw the first major UEFA competition contested in the King Baudouin Stadium (formerly the Heysel Stadium) since the events of the 1985 European Cup final and the Heysel Stadium disaster, with the opening game being played in the rebuilt stadium.
A high-scoring championship with many exciting matches and an elite standard of play, Euro 2000 is often labelled by football writers as one of the greatest international tournaments of all time.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Bid processEdit
Belgium and the Netherlands were selected as co-hosts on 14 July 1995 by the UEFA Executive Committee at a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Hooliganism concernsEdit
Football hooliganism was a significant problem in the Netherlands in the 1990s, especially the fierce rivalry between Ajax and Feyenoord. There were concerns that hooliganism would overshadow the finals. Many instances of violence occurred, including several football riots in Rotterdam between 1995 and 1999, which would host the Euro 2000 final. One of the most infamous incidents was the Battle of Beverwijk in 1997. Although the violence is normally associated with domestic clubs, there were concerns that it could attach to the Dutch national team.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Violence did eventually occur during the Euro 2000 finals, albeit not involving the Dutch team. On 17 June, 174 England fans were arrested in Brussels, Belgium, following violence with Germans and local Turkish groups ahead of an England v Germany match.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
SummaryEdit
One of the biggest surprises of the tournament was Portugal, winning Group A with three wins, including a 3–0 victory against Germany, with Sérgio Conceição scoring a hat-trick,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and a 3–2 victory against England, in which they came back from 2–0 down.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Romania was the other qualifier from the group, beating England with a late penalty in their last group game.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Belgium had a surprise exit in the group stage, winning the tournament's first game against Sweden,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> but losing to Turkey and Italy.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> They finished third in Group B, behind Italy and Turkey. The other co-host and favourite, the Netherlands, progressed as expected from Group D, along with World Cup winners France. The Netherlands won the group, by beating France in their last group match.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Also in Group D, Denmark's three losses with eight goals conceded and none scored set a new record for the worst team performance in the group stages of a Euros. Group C was memorable for the match between FR Yugoslavia and Spain. Spain needed a win to ensure progression, but found themselves trailing 3–2 after Slobodan Komljenović scored in the 75th minute. The Spanish side rescued their tournament by scoring twice in injury time to record a 4–3 victory.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> FR Yugoslavia managed to go through as well, despite losing because Norway and Slovenia played to a draw.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Italy and Portugal maintained their perfect records in the quarter-finals, beating Romania and Turkey, respectively, and the Netherlands started a goal-avalanche against FR Yugoslavia, winning 6–1. Spain fell 2–1 to France; Raúl missed a late penalty that ended Spanish hopes.
Italy eliminated the Netherlands in the semi-finals, despite going down to ten men and facing two penalty kicks. Italian goalkeeper Francesco Toldo, who had been drafted into the starting XI as Gianluigi Buffon missed the tournament through injury, made two saves in the penalty shootout – apart from his penalty save in normal time – to carry the Italians to the final.
In the other semi-final, Portugal lost in extra time to France after Zinedine Zidane converted a controversial penalty kick. Several Portuguese players challenged the awarding of the penalty for a handball and were given lengthy suspensions for shoving the referee.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> France won the tournament, defeating Italy 2–1 in the final with a golden goal by David Trezeguet after equalising with a last-minute goal, and became the first team to win the European championship while being world champion.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In Britain, Match of the Day named Stefano Fiore's goal against Belgium the Goal of the Tournament, ahead of Patrick Kluivert's against France and Zinedine Zidane's against Spain.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
QualificationEdit
{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Qualification for the tournament took place throughout 1998 and 1999. Forty-nine teams were divided into nine groups and each played the others in their group, on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each group and the best runner-up qualified automatically for the final tournament. The eight other runners-up played an additional set of play-off matches to determine the last four qualifiers. Belgium and the Netherlands automatically qualified for the tournament as co-hosts. Notably, this was the only European Championship Belgium appeared in between 1984 and 2016.
As of 2024, this was the only time Norway qualified for the European Championship finals, as well as the last time that Croatia failed to qualify.
Qualified teamsEdit
Final drawEdit
The finals draw took place 15:00 CET on 12 December 1999, at the Brussels Expo in Belgium; and was streamed live on UEFA's official website.<ref name="draw procedure"/>
The composition of pots 1 to 4 was based on the teams' UEFA national team coefficient ranking at the end of 1999,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> with the exception of pot 1 automatically top seeding Germany as holders along with co-hosts Belgium and Netherlands.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="draw procedure"/>
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Prior to the draw, the seeded teams in Pot 1 were assigned positions: Germany (defending champion) to A1, Belgium (co-host) to B1, Spain (highest coefficient) to C1, and the Netherlands (co-host) to D1. Teams were drawn consecutively from Pots 2 to 4 into a group, with each team then being assigned a specific position (for the purposes of determining the match schedules in each group).<ref name="draw procedure">Template:Cite news</ref>
The draw resulted in the following groups:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
VenuesEdit
Capacity figures are those for matches at UEFA Euro 2000 and are not necessarily the total capacity that the stadium is capable of holding.<ref name="stadiums">Template:Cite news</ref>
| Belgium | Netherlands | ||
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| Brussels | Bruges | Amsterdam | Rotterdam |
| King Baudouin Stadium | Jan Breydel Stadium | Amsterdam Arena | Feijenoord Stadion |
| Capacity: 50,000 | Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 52,000 | Capacity: 51,000 |
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| Liège | Charleroi | Eindhoven | Arnhem |
| Stade Maurice Dufrasne | Stade du Pays de Charleroi | Philips Stadion | GelreDome |
| Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 33,000 | Capacity: 30,000 |
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Team base campsEdit
The 16 national teams each stayed in their own "team base camp" during the tournament.<ref name="bases">Template:Cite news</ref>
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| Belgium | Lichtaart | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="hotels">Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Czech Republic | Knokke-Heist | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Denmark | Brunssum | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| England | Spa/Waterloo | <ref name="bases"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| FR Yugoslavia | Edegem | <ref name="hotels"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| France | Genval | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Germany | Vaals | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Italy | Grobbendonk | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Netherlands | Hoenderloo | <ref name="hotels"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Norway | Knokke-Heist | <ref name="hotels"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Portugal | Ermelo | <ref name="hotels"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
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| Slovenia | Soestduinen | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Spain | Tegelen | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Sweden | Oisterwijk | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Turkey | Delden | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
SquadsEdit
{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Each national team had to submit a squad of 22 players, three of whom had to be goalkeepers.
Match officialsEdit
On 15 February 2000, UEFA appointed 12 referees, 16 assistant referees and four fourth officials for the competition, including a referee and an assistant referee from the Confederation of African Football.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The event saw assistant referees being allowed to intervene an ongoing game, in particular to help the match official apply the 10-metre rule when deciding free-kicks – as well as warn the referee instantly if he had booked or ejected the wrong player, something that was not possible in previous tournaments.<ref name="regulations">Template:Cite news</ref> Also, fourth officials were given a larger role in assisting to take command of the match if any decisions are gone unnoticed by the referee or an assistant referee.<ref name="regulations"/>
The German referee Markus Merk was selected to referee the opening game between Belgium and Sweden.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
| Referees | Assistant referees | Fourth officials |
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| Template:Fbaicon Kim Milton Nielsen | Template:Fbaicon Roland Van Nylen | Template:Fbaicon Kyros Vassaras |
| Template:Fbaicon Gamal Al-Ghandour | Template:Fbaicon Ivan Lekov | Template:Fbaicon Terje Hauge |
| Template:Fbaicon Graham Poll | Template:Fbaicon Jens Larsen | Template:Fbaicon Ľuboš Micheľ |
| Template:Fbaicon Gilles Veissière | Template:Fbaicon Philip Sharp | |
| Template:Fbaicon Markus Merk | Template:Fbaicon Jacques Poudevigne | |
| Template:Fbaicon Pierluigi Collina | Template:Fbaicon Kurt Ertl | |
| Template:Fbaicon Dick Jol | Template:Fbaicon Sergio Zuccolini | |
| Template:Fbaicon Vítor Melo Pereira | Template:Fbaicon Dramane Dante | |
| Template:Fbaicon Hugh Dallas | Template:Fbaicon Emanuel Zammit | |
| Template:Fbaicon José María García-Aranda | Template:Fbaicon Jaap Pool | |
| Template:Fbaicon Anders Frisk | Template:Fbaicon Eddie Foley | |
| Template:Fbaicon Urs Meier | Template:Fbaicon Nicolae Grigorescu | |
| Template:Fbaicon Igor Šramka | ||
| Template:Fbaicon Carlos Martín Nieto | ||
| Template:Fbaicon Leif Lindberg | ||
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Group stageEdit
The teams finishing in the top two positions in each of the four groups progress to the quarter-finals, while the bottom two teams in each group were eliminated.
All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).
TiebreakersEdit
If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:<ref name="rules">Template:Cite news</ref>
- greater number of points in the matches between the teams in question;
- greater goal difference in matches between the teams in question;
- greater number of goals scored in matches between the teams in question;
- greater goal difference in all group games;
- greater number of goals scored in all group games;
- higher coefficient derived from Euro 2000 and 1998 World Cup qualifiers (points obtained divided by number of matches played);
- fair play conduct in Euro 2000;
- drawing of lots.
Group AEdit
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Group BEdit
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Group CEdit
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Group DEdit
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Knockout stageEdit
{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} The knockout stage was a single-elimination tournament with each round eliminating the losers.<ref name="rules"/> Any game that was undecided by the end of the regular 90 minutes, was followed by up to thirty minutes of extra time.<ref name="rules"/> For the second time the golden goal system was applied, whereby the first team to score during the extra time would become the winner.<ref name="rules"/> If no goal was scored there would be a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.<ref name="rules"/> For the second time the final was won by a golden goal.<ref name="rules"/>
As with every tournament since UEFA Euro 1984, there was no third place play-off.
All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).
BracketEdit
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Quarter-finalsEdit
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Semi-finalsEdit
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FinalEdit
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StatisticsEdit
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GoalscorersEdit
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AwardsEdit
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| Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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| Template:Fbicon Fabien Barthez Template:Fbicon Francesco Toldo |
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Template:Fbicon Savo Milošević Template:Fbicon Thierry Henry Template:Fbicon Francesco Totti Template:Fbicon Patrick Kluivert Template:Fbicon Nuno Gomes Template:Fbicon Raúl |
Golden Boot
- Template:Fbicon Patrick Kluivert (5 goals)
- Template:Fbicon Savo Milošević (5 goals)
UEFA Player of the Tournament
- Template:Fbicon Zinedine Zidane<ref name="team"/>
Prize moneyEdit
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A sum of CHF120 million was awarded to the 16 qualified teams in the competition.<ref name="finalists"/><ref name="prize money">Template:Cite news</ref> France, the winners of the tournament, received a total prize money of CHF14.4 million.<ref name="finalists"/> Below is a complete list of the allocations:<ref name="prize money"/>
Extra payment based on teams performances:
- Winner: CHF14.4 million
- Runner-up: CHF13.2 million
- Semi-finals: CHF10.2 million
- Quarter-finals: CHF7.8 million
- Group stage:
- Third place: CHF5.4 million
- Fourth place: CHF4.8 million
On 9 July 2000, UEFA refused to hand FR Yugoslavia their prize money of CHF7.8 million, because of alleged ties between the Football Association of FR Yugoslavia and Slobodan Milošević's government.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> However, no connections were found and the Football Association of FR Yugoslavia later received their money with an additional bonus.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
MarketingEdit
Slogan and theme songEdit
Template:See also The slogan of the competition was "Football without frontiers".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> "Campione 2000" by E-Type was the official anthem of the event.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Match ballEdit
The Adidas Terrestra Silverstream was unveiled as the official match ball of the competition on 13 December 1999 at Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht's home arena by Alessandro Del Piero, Edwin van der Sar, Zinedine Zidane and Luc Nilis.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
MascotEdit
The official mascot for the tournament was Benelucky<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> (a pun on Benelux), a lion-devil hybrid with its mane having the flag colours of both host nations. The lion is the national football emblem of the Netherlands and a devil is the emblem of Belgium (the team being nicknamed "the Red Devils").<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
SponsorshipsEdit
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BroadcastingEdit
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NotesEdit
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
- UEFA Euro 2000 at UEFA.com
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