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UEFA Euro 2000
UEFA Europees VoetbalkampioenschapBelgië/Nederland 2000 (in Dutch)UEFA Championnat Européen du FootballBelgique/Pays Bas 2000 (in French)UEFA Fußball-EuropameisterschaftBelgien/Niederlande 2000 (in German)
UEFA Euro 2000 logo.svg
UEFA Euro 2000 official logoFootball without frontiers
Tournament details
Host countriesBelgium
Netherlands
Dates10 June – 2 July
Teams16
Venue(s)8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions France (2nd title)
Runners-up Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored85 (2.74 per match)
Attendance1,122,833 (36,220 per match)
Top scorer(s)Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Savo Milošević
Netherlands Patrick Kluivert
(5 goals each)
Best player(s)France Zinedine Zidane
← 1996
2004 →

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.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3]

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 tournament with many exciting matches and a very high standard of play, Euro 2000 is often named by football writers as one of the greatest international tournaments ever.[4][5][6][7]

Bid process[edit]

Belgium and the Netherlands were selected as co-hosts on 14 July 1995 by the UEFA Executive Committee at a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.[8][9]

Hooliganism concerns[edit]

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.[10][11]

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 ahead of an England v Germany match.[12]

Summary[edit]

One of the biggest surprises of the tournament was Portugal, winning Group A with three wins, including a 3–0 win against Germany, with Sérgio Conceição scoring a hat-trick,[13] and a 3–2 win over England, in which they came back from 2–0 down.[14] Romania was the other qualifier from the group, beating England with a late penalty in their last group game.[15]

Belgium had a surprise exit in the group stage, winning the tournament's first game against Sweden,[16] but losing to Turkey and Italy.[17][18] 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.[19] 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.[20] FR Yugoslavia managed to go through as well, despite losing because Norway and Slovenia played to a draw.[21]

France and Italy before the final on 2 July

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 (in addition to 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.[22] 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.[23]

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.[24]

Qualification[edit]

Nationale-Nederlanden building in Rotterdam with "breakthrough" featuring Edgar Davids.
Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying

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.

Qualified teams[edit]

TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament[A]
 BelgiumCo-host14 July 19953 (1972, 1980, 1984)
 NetherlandsCo-host14 July 19955 (1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996)
 Czech Republic[B]Group 9 winner9 June 19994 (1960, 1976, 1980, 1996)
 NorwayGroup 2 winner8 September 19990 (debut)
 SwedenGroup 5 winner8 September 19991 (1992)
 SpainGroup 6 winner8 September 19995 (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996)
 ItalyGroup 1 winner9 October 19994 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1996)
 Germany[C]Group 3 winner9 October 19997 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996)
 FranceGroup 4 winner9 October 19994 (1960, 1984, 1992, 1996)
 RomaniaGroup 7 winner9 October 19992 (1984, 1996)
 FR Yugoslavia[D]Group 8 winner9 October 19994 (1960, 1968, 1976, 1984)[E]
 PortugalBest runner-up9 October 19992 (1984, 1996)
 DenmarkPlay-off winner17 November 19995 (1964, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996)
 EnglandPlay-off winner17 November 19995 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996)
 SloveniaPlay-off winner17 November 19990 (debut)
 TurkeyPlay-off winner17 November 19991 (1996)
  1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
  2. ^ From 1960 to 1980, the Czech Republic competed as Czechoslovakia.
  3. ^ From 1972 to 1988, Germany competed as West Germany.
  4. ^ From 1960 to 1984, FR Yugoslavia competed as Yugoslavia.
  5. ^ FR Yugoslavia were initially to appear in 1992 (after qualifying as Yugoslavia), but were replaced after being banned by the United Nations from all international sport.

Final draw[edit]

The composition of pots 1 to 3 was based on the teams' UEFA coefficient at the end of 1999.[25][26] The finals draw took place on 12 December 1999, 15:00 CET, at the Exhibition Centre in Brussels, Belgium.[27][28][29]

Pot 1[a]
TeamCoeffRank
 Germany[b]2.2787
 Spain[c]2.6111
Pot 2
TeamCoeffRank
 Romania2.6002
 Norway2.5003
 Sweden2.3894
 Czech Republic2.3006
Pot 3
TeamCoeffRank
 FR Yugoslavia2.2229
 Portugal2.10011
 France2.10012
 Italy2.06313
Pot 4
TeamCoeffRank
 England2.00015
 Turkey1.93818
 Denmark1.93819
 Slovenia1.00037
  1. ^ Co-hosts Belgium (coefficient 2.375; rank 5th) and the Netherlands (coefficient 2.250; rank 8th) were automatically assigned to positions B1 and D1, respectively.
  2. ^ Defending champions Germany (coefficient 2.278; rank 7th) were automatically assigned to position A1.
  3. ^ Highest ranked Spain (coefficient 2.611; rank 1st) were automatically assigned to position C1.

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).[27]

The draw resulted in the following groups:

Group A
PosTeam
A1 Germany
A2 Romania
A3 Portugal
A4 England
Group B
PosTeam
B1 Belgium
B2 Sweden
B3 Turkey
B4 Italy
Group C
PosTeam
C1 Spain
C2 Norway
C3 FR Yugoslavia
C4 Slovenia
Group D
PosTeam
D1 Netherlands
D2 Czech Republic
D3 France
D4 Denmark

Venues[edit]

Capacity figures are those for matches at UEFA Euro 2000 and are not necessarily the total capacity that the stadium is capable of holding.[30]

BelgiumNetherlands
BrusselsBrugesAmsterdamRotterdam
King Baudouin StadiumJan Breydel StadiumAmsterdam ArenaFeijenoord Stadion
Capacity: 50,000Capacity: 30,000Capacity: 52,000Capacity: 51,000
Brussels
Brussels
Bruges
Bruges
Liège
Liège
Charleroi
Charleroi
Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Eindhoven
Eindhoven
Arnhem
Arnhem
LiègeCharleroiEindhovenArnhem
Stade Maurice DufrasneStade du Pays de CharleroiPhilips StadionGelreDome
Capacity: 30,000Capacity: 30,000Capacity: 33,000Capacity: 30,000

Team base camps[edit]

The 16 national teams each stayed in their own "team base camp" during the tournament.[31]

TeamBase campRef.
BelgiumLichtaart[32][33]
Czech RepublicKnokke-Heist[34]
DenmarkBrunssum[35]
EnglandSpa/Waterloo[31][36]
FR YugoslaviaEdegem[33][37]
FranceGenval[38]
GermanyVaals[39]
ItalyGrobbendonk[40][41]
NetherlandsHoenderloo[33][42]
NorwayKnokke-Heist[33][43]
PortugalErmelo[33][44]
RomaniaGrimbergen/Arnhem[45]
SloveniaSoestduinen[46][47]
SpainTegelen[48]
SwedenOisterwijk[49]
TurkeyDelden[50]

Squads[edit]

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 squads

Each national team had to submit a squad of 22 players, three of whom must be goalkeepers.

Match officials[edit]

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.[51] 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.[52] 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.[52]

The German referee Markus Merk was selected to referee the opening game between Belgium and Sweden.[53]

RefereesAssistant refereesFourth officials
Günter Benkö Yuri Dupanov Michel Piraux
Kim Milton Nielsen Roland Van Nylen Kyros Vassaras
Gamal Al-Ghandour Ivan Lekov Terje Hauge
Graham Poll Jens Larsen Ľuboš Micheľ
Gilles Veissière Philip Sharp
Markus Merk Jacques Poudevigne
Pierluigi Collina Kurt Ertl
Dick Jol Sergio Zuccolini
Vítor Melo Pereira Dramane Dante
Hugh Dallas Emanuel Zammit
José María García-Aranda Jaap Pool
Anders Frisk Eddie Foley
Urs Meier Nicolae Grigorescu
Igor Šramka
Carlos Martín Nieto
Leif Lindberg
Turgay Güdü

Group stage[edit]

UEFA Euro 2000 finalists and their results

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).

Tiebreakers[edit]

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:[54]

  1. greater number of points in the matches between the teams in question;
  2. greater goal difference in matches between the teams in question;
  3. greater number of goals scored in matches between the teams in question;
  4. greater goal difference in all group games;
  5. greater number of goals scored in all group games;
  6. higher coefficient derived from Euro 2000 and 1998 World Cup qualifiers (points obtained divided by number of matches played);
  7. fair play conduct in Euro 2000;
  8. drawing of lots.

Group A[edit]

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 Group A
PosTeam
  • v
  • t
  • e
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Portugal330072+59Advance to knockout stage
2 Romania31114404
3 England310256−13
4 Germany301215−41
Source: UEFA
Germany 1–1 Romania
  • Scholl Goal 28'
Report
  • Moldovan Goal 5'
Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
Attendance: 28,500
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
Portugal 3–2 England
  • Figo Goal 22'
  • João Pinto Goal 37'
  • Nuno Gomes Goal 59'
Report
  • Scholes Goal 3'
  • McManaman Goal 18'
Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 31,500
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Romania 0–1 Portugal
Report
  • Costinha Goal 90+4'
GelreDome, Arnhem
Attendance: 28,400
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
England 1–0 Germany
  • Shearer Goal 53'
Report
Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
England 2–3 Romania
  • Shearer Goal 41' (pen.)
  • Owen Goal 45'
Report
  • Chivu Goal 22'
  • Munteanu Goal 48'
  • Ganea Goal 89' (pen.)
Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
Portugal 3–0 Germany
  • Conceição Goal 35', 54', 71'
Report
Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam
Attendance: 44,000
Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

Group B[edit]

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 Group B
PosTeam
  • v
  • t
  • e
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Italy330062+49Advance to knockout stage
2 Turkey311132+14
3 Belgium (H)310225−33
4 Sweden301224−21
Source: UEFA
(H) Host.
Belgium 2–1 Sweden
  • Goor Goal 43'
  • É. Mpenza Goal 46'
Report
  • Mjällby Goal 53'
King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 46,700
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Turkey 1–2 Italy
  • Okan Goal 62'
Report
  • Conte Goal 52'
  • Inzaghi Goal 70' (pen.)
GelreDome, Arnhem
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
Italy 2–0 Belgium
  • Totti Goal 6'
  • Fiore Goal 66'
Report
King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 44,500
Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)
Sweden 0–0 Turkey
Report
Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)
Turkey 2–0 Belgium
  • Şükür Goal 45+2', 70'
Report
King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)[note 1]
Italy 2–1 Sweden
  • Di Biagio Goal 39'
  • Del Piero Goal 88'
Report
  • Larsson Goal 77'
Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Group C[edit]

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 Group C
PosTeam
  • v
  • t
  • e
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Spain320165+16Advance to knockout stage
2 FR Yugoslavia31117704[a]
3 Norway31111104[a]
4 Slovenia302145−12
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head result: Norway 0–1 FR Yugoslavia.
Spain 0–1 Norway
Report
  • Iversen Goal 65'
Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
FR Yugoslavia 3–3 Slovenia
  • Milošević Goal 67', 73'
  • Drulović Goal 70'
Report
  • Zahovič Goal 23', 57'
  • Pavlin Goal 52'
Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi
Attendance: 18,500
Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)
Slovenia 1–2 Spain
  • Zahovič Goal 59'
Report
  • Raúl Goal 4'
  • Etxeberria Goal 60'
Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Attendance: 51,300
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Norway 0–1 FR Yugoslavia
Report
  • Milošević Goal 8'
Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
Attendance: 28,750
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
FR Yugoslavia 3–4 Spain
  • Milošević Goal 30'
  • Govedarica Goal 50'
  • Komljenović Goal 75'
Report
  • Alfonso Goal 38', 90+5'
  • Munitis Goal 51'
  • Mendieta Goal 90+4' (pen.)
Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
Attendance: 26,611
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
Slovenia 0–0 Norway
Report
GelreDome, Arnhem
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Group D[edit]

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 Group D
PosTeam
  • v
  • t
  • e
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Netherlands (H)330072+59Advance to knockout stage
2 France320174+36
3 Czech Republic31023303
4 Denmark300308−80
Source: UEFA
(H) Host.
France 3–0 Denmark
  • Blanc Goal 16'
  • Henry Goal 64'
  • Wiltord Goal 90+2'
Report
Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
Attendance: 28,100
Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)
Netherlands 1–0 Czech Republic
  • F. de Boer Goal 89' (pen.)
Report
Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Attendance: 50,800
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
Czech Republic 1–2 France
  • Poborský Goal 35' (pen.)
Report
  • Henry Goal 7'
  • Djorkaeff Goal 60'
Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
Attendance: 27,243
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
Denmark 0–3 Netherlands
Report
  • Kluivert Goal 57'
  • R. de Boer Goal 66'
  • Zenden Goal 77'
Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam
Attendance: 51,425
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
Denmark 0–2 Czech Republic
Report
  • Šmicer Goal 64', 67'
Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
France 2–3 Netherlands
  • Dugarry Goal 8'
  • Trezeguet Goal 31'
Report
  • Kluivert Goal 14'
  • F. de Boer Goal 51'
  • Zenden Goal 59'
Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Knockout stage[edit]

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 knockout stage

The knockout stage was a single-elimination tournament with each round eliminating the losers.[54] Any game that was undecided by the end of the regular 90 minutes, was followed by up to thirty minutes of extra time.[54] For the second time the golden goal system was applied, whereby the first team to score during the extra time would become the winner.[54] If no goal was scored there would be a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.[54] For the second time the final was won by a golden goal.[54]

As with every tournament since UEFA Euro 1984, there was no third place play-off.

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).

Bracket[edit]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
25 June – Bruges
 
 
 Spain1
 
28 June – Brussels
 
 France2
 
 France (g.g.)2
 
24 June – Amsterdam
 
 Portugal1
 
 Turkey0
 
2 July – Rotterdam
 
 Portugal2
 
 France (g.g.)2
 
24 June – Brussels
 
 Italy1
 
 Italy2
 
29 June – Amsterdam
 
 Romania0
 
 Italy (p)0 (3)
 
25 June – Rotterdam
 
 Netherlands0 (1)
 
 Netherlands6
 
 
 FR Yugoslavia1
 

Quarter-finals[edit]

Turkey 0–2 Portugal
Report
  • Nuno Gomes Goal 44', 56'
Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)
Italy 2–0 Romania
  • Totti Goal 33'
  • Inzaghi Goal 43'
Report
King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)
Netherlands 6–1 FR Yugoslavia
  • Kluivert Goal 24', 38', 54'
  • Govedarica Goal 51' (o.g.)
  • Overmars Goal 78', 90+1'
Report
  • Milošević Goal 90+2'
Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam
Attendance: 44,000
Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)
Spain 1–2 France
  • Mendieta Goal 38' (pen.)
Report
  • Zidane Goal 32'
  • Djorkaeff Goal 44'
Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
Attendance: 26,614
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Semi-finals[edit]

France 2–1 (a.e.t.) Portugal
  • Henry Goal 51'
  • Zidane Golden goal 117'  (pen.)
Report
  • Nuno Gomes Goal 19'
King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)
Italy 0–0 (a.e.t.) Netherlands
Report
Penalties
  • Di Biagio Penalty scored
  • Pessotto Penalty scored
  • Totti Penalty scored
  • Maldini Penalty missed
3–1
  • Penalty missed F. de Boer
  • Penalty missed Stam
  • Penalty scored Kluivert
  • Penalty missed Bosvelt
Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Final[edit]

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 Final
France 2–1 (a.e.t./g.g.) Italy
  • Wiltord Goal 90+3'
  • Trezeguet Golden goal 103'
Report
  • Delvecchio Goal 55'
De Kuip, Rotterdam
Attendance: 48,200[55]
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Statistics[edit]

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 statistics

Goalscorers[edit]

There were 85 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 2.74 goals per match.

5 goals

  • Savo Milošević
  • Patrick Kluivert

4 goals

  • Nuno Gomes

3 goals

  • Thierry Henry
  • Sérgio Conceição
  • Zlatko Zahovič

2 goals

  • Vladimír Šmicer
  • Alan Shearer
  • Youri Djorkaeff
  • David Trezeguet
  • Sylvain Wiltord
  • Zinedine Zidane
  • Filippo Inzaghi
  • Francesco Totti
  • Frank de Boer
  • Marc Overmars
  • Boudewijn Zenden
  • Alfonso
  • Gaizka Mendieta
  • Hakan Şükür

1 goal

  • Bart Goor
  • Émile Mpenza
  • Karel Poborský
  • Steve McManaman
  • Michael Owen
  • Paul Scholes
  • Ljubinko Drulović
  • Dejan Govedarica
  • Slobodan Komljenović
  • Laurent Blanc
  • Christophe Dugarry
  • Mehmet Scholl
  • Antonio Conte
  • Alessandro Del Piero
  • Marco Delvecchio
  • Luigi Di Biagio
  • Stefano Fiore
  • Ronald de Boer
  • Steffen Iversen
  • Costinha
  • Luís Figo
  • João Pinto
  • Cristian Chivu
  • Ionel Ganea
  • Viorel Moldovan
  • Dorinel Munteanu
  • Miran Pavlin
  • Joseba Etxeberria
  • Pedro Munitis
  • Raúl
  • Henrik Larsson
  • Johan Mjällby
  • Okan Buruk

1 own goal

  • Dejan Govedarica (against Netherlands)

Source: UEFA[56]

Awards[edit]

UEFA Team of the Tournament[57]
GoalkeepersDefendersMidfieldersForwards
Fabien Barthez
Francesco Toldo		 Laurent Blanc
Marcel Desailly
Lilian Thuram
Fabio Cannavaro
Paolo Maldini
Alessandro Nesta
Frank de Boer		 Patrick Vieira
Zinedine Zidane
Demetrio Albertini
Edgar Davids
Rui Costa
Luís Figo
Pep Guardiola		 Savo Milošević
Thierry Henry
Francesco Totti
Patrick Kluivert
Nuno Gomes
Raúl
Golden Boot
  • Patrick Kluivert (5 goals)
  • Savo Milošević (5 goals)

UEFA Player of the Tournament

  • Zinedine Zidane[57]

Prize money[edit]

Prize money
RankTeamCHFMillion[58]
1 France14.4
2 Italy13.2
3 Netherlands
 Portugal		10.2
5 Romania
 Spain
 Turkey
 FR Yugoslavia		7.8
9 Belgium
 Czech Republic
 England
 Norway		5.4
13 Denmark
 Germany
 Slovenia
 Sweden		4.8

A sum of CHF120 million was awarded to the 16 qualified teams in the competition.[58][59] France, the winners of the tournament, received a total prize money of CHF14.4 million.[58] Below is a complete list of the allocations:[59]

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.[60] However, no connections were found and the Football Association of FR Yugoslavia later received their money with an additional bonus.[61]

Marketing[edit]

Slogan and theme song[edit]

See also: Euro 2000: The Official Album

The slogan of the competition was "Football without frontiers".[62][63] "Campione 2000" by E-Type was the official anthem of the event.[64]

Match ball[edit]

The match ball used at the tournament.

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.[65][66]

Mascot[edit]

Benelucky, the Euro 2000 mascot

The official mascot for the tournament was Benelucky[67] (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").[68]

Sponsorship[edit]

UEFA distinguishes between global sponsors and national sponsors. Global Euro sponsors can come from any country and have exclusive worldwide sponsorship rights for a UEFA Euro championship. National (event) sponsors come from a host country and only have sponsorship rights within that country.[69]

Global sponsorsEvent sponsors
BelgiumNetherlands
  • Connexxion[70]
  • KLM[70]
  • Lever Fabergé[70]
  • Telfort[70][72]

Broadcasting[edit]

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 broadcasting rights

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Nielsen suffered an injury in the 39th minute and was replaced by fourth official Günter Benkö (Austria).

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External links[edit]

  • UEFA Euro 2000 at UEFA.com
  • Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 9 May 2001)