Football At the 2000 Summer Olympics
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Football At the 2000 Summer Olympics
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Australia |
| Dates | 15 - 30 September |
| Teams | 16 (men) + 8 (women) (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 6 (in 5 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) |
The football tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics started on 15 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
 Australia
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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 | |
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* 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 | |
| Totals (6 nations) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Events
Men's tournament
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
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Women's tournament
Awards
FIFA Fair Play Award
References
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 November 2006. Retrieved 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Men's Olympic Football Tournament" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). 13 September 2012. Retrieved 2012.
External links
- Official website (archived)
- Olympic Football Tournaments Sydney 2000 - Men, FIFA.com
- Olympic Football Tournaments Sydney 2000 - Women, FIFA.com
This article uses material from the Wikipedia page available here. It is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
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