UEFA Euro 2000

The UEFA Euro 2000, also called Euro 2000, was the eleventh edition of the European Football Championship organised by the UEFA . The tournament was held inBelgium & Netherlands, and lasted from 10 June 2000 to 2 July 2000. It was the first time that a EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP was organized in two countries. The sixteen countries that qualified had played in groups and 16 in eight stadiums. France won the tournament by defeating Italy in the final through a golden goal.



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[hide] *1 participating countries  ==Participating countries[ Edit] == Participating countries:█ █  Winner
 * 2 host cities
 * 3 referees
 * 4 conduct of the tournament
 * 5 Results
 * 5.1 group stage
 * 5.1.1 Group A
 * 5.1.2 Group B
 * 5.1.3 Group C
 * 5.1.4 Group D
 * 5.2 knockout stage
 * 5.2.1 quarter-finals
 * 5.2.2 semifinals
 * 5.2.3 Final
 * 6 Champion
 * 7 goals
 * 7.1 goalscorers
 * 7.2 goals per country
 * 7.3 goal of the tournament
 * 8 individual prices
 * 8.1 UEFA Team of the tournament
 * 8.2 UEFA Golden Shoe
 * 8.3 UEFA player of the tournament
 * 9 Other
 * 10 external link

█ █  Second

█ █  Semi finalists

█ █  Quarter-Finalists

█ █  Eliminated in group stage

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The qualification for the European Championships 2000 took place in 1998 and 1999. 49 countries were divided into nine qualifying groups. This team played home and away matches against each other. The winner of each group qualified automatically for the final tournament, as well as the best number 2. The remaining 8 runners-up went through draw divided into four playoffs (home and away), of which the winner qualified for the final tournament. Belgium & Netherlands were like organising countries automatically qualified.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Big surprises did not occur. Most large countries that on the final round were expected, knew to qualify. Largest Croatia, which was absent on the 1998 World Cup still the third place. Norway and Slovenia knew for the first time to qualify for a European Championship.

<p lang="en" len="86" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The sixteen countries that placed for the final tournament are shown below.
 * <sup len="1" style="line-height:1;">1  A bold date means a Championship during that tournament
 * <sup len="1" style="line-height:1;">2  as West Germany
 * <sup len="1" style="line-height:1;">3  if SFR Yugoslavia
 * <sup len="1" style="line-height:1;">4  as Czecho-Slovakia

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The draw took place on 12 december 1999 in Ghent. The countries were divided into four groups. ==Host Cities<span class="mw-editsection" len="353" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The 31 matches of the 2000 European Championships were held in 8 stadiums, four Belgian and four Dutch. Any stadium had a capacity of at least 29,000 spectators. The Amsterdam ArenA was the largest stadium with 52.960 places, also the Feijenoord Stadium and the King Baudouin stadium had more than 50,000 places. The opening game was played by Belgium and Sweden on 10 June at the King Baudouin stadium, the final was played on 2 July in the Feijenoord Stadium. In the Amsterdam ArenA, the Feijenoord Stadium and the King Baudouin stadium were most matches played, five games were held in these three stadiums.Belgium Netherlands only if both played in their own country. ==Referees<span class="mw-editsection" len="357" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == Building Delftse Poort in Rotterdam with an image of Edgar Davids<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">At the European Championship 2000 whistled 13 referees from different countries. Gamal Al-Ghandour was the only non-European referee at the tournament. Markus Brand led the opening game, Anders Frisk refereed the final.

==Course of the tournament<span class="mw-editsection" len="366" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == The French and Italian national team prior to the final of the European ChampionshipsAlessandro Del Piero and Francesco Tottiin the final in the tub<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In Group A Portugal knew itself with three victories for the quarter finals places. After a 0-2 – behind one eventually won 3-2 to England. Romania was late in injury time with 0-1, the match against Germany was won by a hat-trick of Sérgio Conceição (3-0). Romania managed to qualify, played as a second one drew with Germany and won through a late penalty kick by England (2-3). As a result, England and reigning European champion Germany were surprisingly eliminated in the group stage.
 * Günter Benkö
 * Kim Milton Nielsen
 * Gamal Al-Ghandour
 * Graham Poll
 * Gilles Veissière
 * Markus Brand
 * Pierluigi Collina
 * Dick Jol
 * Vítor Melo Pereira
 * Hugh Dallas
 * José Garcia Aranda
 * Anders Frisk
 * Urs Meier

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Italy qualified In Group B with nine points by victories over Turkey (1-2), Belgium (2-0) and Sweden (2-1). Turkey was number 2 by a goalless draw against Sweden and a 2-0 victory over Belgium, both hits were scored by Hakan Şükür. Belgium won the opening game of the tournament by Sweden, but this was not enough to reach the quarter finals. Belgium became the first host country of an European Championship that did not survive the group stage.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In Group C Spain began with a 0-1 defeat against Norway, but was still groepwinnaar debutant by victories on Slovenia (1-2) and Yugoslavia (3-4). In the last game Spain 3-2 in injury time, a bow-deficit to a victory. Yugoslavia was second with four points, by a 3-3 draw against Slovenia and a 1-0 victory over Norway. Savo Milošević scored four times for Yugoslavia in the group stage. Norway won with the same goal difference as many points as Yugoslavia, but was third on the basis of the goal average.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In Group D Netherlands was host country group winner with nine points. Both Denmark as Netherlands defeated France 3-0. Netherlands won her first game of exportableCzech Republic by a penalty kick just before time, France holds a 1-2-victory over the Czechs. Because both countries after two duels were sure of the quarter-finals, the clash went only to the first place. After trailing twice to have come with 2-3 Netherlands won eventually by France. Czech Republic Denmark's won thanks to two goals byVladimír Šmicer, Denmark ended up as the only country with 0 points, without a goal to have made.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The quarter-finals knew little surprises. Portugal won by Turkey by two goals from Nuno Gomes. Italy defeated Romania 2-0. Netherlands impressed with a 6-1 victory over Yugoslavia, including a hat-trick of goals from Kluivert and Overmarstwo. France won 1-2 by Spain.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the semi-final between France and Portugal came latter on lead, the equalizer in the second half fell. France got a controversial penalty kick In extra time because of an alleged handball in the area assigned by Abel Xavier. The penalty kick was exploited by Zinédine Zidane, due to the Sudden Death scheme this meant the victory for France. Paulo Bento, Abel Xavier and Nuno Gomes were suspended for a long time after they referee Günter Benkö had criticized and pushed for his decision.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The semi-final between Italy and Netherlands Netherlands knew an offensive, with a ratio of 21 in goal attempts against 4. After 34 minutes Zambrotta received his second yellow card, leaving Italy with ten man further. Netherlands got two penalties in regular time, these were however missed by Frank de Boer (' 39, rescue Francesco Toldo) and Patrick Kluivert (' 62, pole). Also after extra time it remained 0-0. The 3-1 penalty shootout was won by Italy, including two rescues of Toldo.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">On July 2, France and Italy played the final in the Feijenoord Stadium. Italy seemed to win for a long time after Marco Delvecchio had opened the score in the second half.In the 90th minute however, Sylvain Wiltord scored the tying run. Substitute David Trézéguet scored In extra time then the Golden Goal. This was the winner of Euro 2000, France was the second European title for France. ==Results<span class="mw-editsection" len="351" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Group Stage<span class="mw-editsection" len="352" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ====Group A<span class="mw-editsection" len="349" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ====

====Group B<span class="mw-editsection" len="349" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ====

====Group C<span class="mw-editsection" len="349" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ====

====Group D<span class="mw-editsection" len="350" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ====

===Knockout Stage<span class="mw-editsection" len="355" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ====Quarter-Finals<span class="mw-editsection" len="355" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ====

====Semifinals<span class="mw-editsection" len="356" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ====

====Final<span class="mw-editsection" len="349" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ==Champion<span class="mw-editsection" len="351" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Goals<span class="mw-editsection" len="353" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Goalscorers<span class="mw-editsection" len="359" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">5 goals

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">4 goals
 * Patrick Kluivert
 * Savo Milošević

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">3 goals
 * Nuno Gomes

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">2 goals
 * Thierry Henry
 * Sérgio Conceição
 * Zlatko Zahovič

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">1 goal
 * Vladimír Šmicer
 * Alan Shearer
 * Youri Djorkaeff
 * David Trézéguet
 * Sylvain Wiltord
 * Zinédine Zidane
 * Filippo Inzaghi
 * Francesco Totti
 * Frank de Boer
 * Marc Overmars
 * Boudewijn Zenden
 * Gaizka Mendieta
 * Alfonso Pérez
 * Hakan Şükür

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Own goal
 * Bart Goor
 * Emile Mpenza
 * Karel Poborský
 * Steve McManaman
 * Michael Owen
 * Paul Scholes
 * 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
 * Sharon Munteanu
 * Miran Pavlin
 * Joseba Etxeberria
 * Pedro Munitis
 * Raúl González
 * Henrik Larsson
 * Johan Mjällby
 * Okan Buruk
 * Ljubinko Drulović
 * Dejan Govedarica
 * Slobodan Komljenović

<p len="17" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;"> ===Goals per country<span class="mw-editsection" len="362" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Total: 85 goals (2.74 per match) ===Goal of the tournament<span class="mw-editsection" len="368" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The most beautiful goal UEFA itself chose not to this edition of the European Championships. In England chose the BBC's Match of the Day hit by Stefano Fiore against Belgium as goal of the tournament, with Patrick Kluivert's goal against France as a second and Zinedine Zidane's third goal against Spain.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" len="187" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [1] ==Individual prices<span class="mw-editsection" len="362" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Zinedine Zidane was voted player of the tournament by UEFA. Patrick Kluivert and Savo Milošević were both top scorer of the tournament with five goals, and received the Golden Shoe. In the Team of the tournament were 22 players included, of which seven of champion France. From this selection was also a best arrangement formed by UEFA.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" len="187" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [2] ===UEFA Team of the tournament<span class="mw-editsection" len="369" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;"> ===UEFA Golden Shoe<span class="mw-editsection" len="361" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===UEFA player of the tournament<span class="mw-editsection" len="371" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ==Other<span class="mw-editsection" len="349" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Euro 2000 mascot was Benelucky. Benelucky was created by Utrecht student Jurrian Rabee, after UEFA had kept a contest which 5000 entries followed.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" len="187" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [3]  the name Benelucky is a play on 'Benelux', as well as a contraction of the Latin word ' bene ' and the English ' lucky ', together referred to as ' good luck '. The mascot was presented at the exhibition game Netherlands-Belgium on 4 september 1999. Benelucky has the head and mane of a lion and the horns and tail of a devil, referring to, respectively, the ' Dutch lion ' and the ' Red Devils '. The moons contain mascot the colors of both flags.
 * Dejan Govedarica
 * Patrick Kluivert
 * Savo Milošević
 * Zinédine Zidane

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The official song of the European Championships 2000 Campione 2000 (Italian for champion) by Swedish musician E-Type. An official Euro 2000 album was also released, featuring 21 songs.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Was the slogan of the Euro 2000 Football without Frontiers (football without borders). This slogan referred to the collaboration between Netherlands and Belgium host countries, and was also meant to underline the European character of the international tournament.


 * <p lang="en" len="220" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Dutch fans on the City Hall square in Rotterdam
 * <p lang="en" len="234" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Dutch fans on the old port in Rotterdam


 * <p lang="en" len="57" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Italian fans during the final at De Kuip Stadium in Rotterdam