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| UEFA Championnat Européen du Football Belgique/Pays Bas 2000(French) UEFA Europees Voetbalkampioenschap België/Nederland 2000(Dutch) UEFA Fußball-Europameisterschaft Belgien/Niederlande 2000(German) |
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 UEFA Euro 2000 official logo |
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| Tournament details | |
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| Teams | 16 |
| Venue(s) | 8 (in 8 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |
 France (2 nd title) |
Runners-up  |
 Italy |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 31 |
| Goals scored | 85 (2.74 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,122,833 (36,220 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Patrick Kluivert Savo Milošević(5 goals) |
| Best player | Zinedine Zidane |
The 2000 UEFA European Football Championship, or Euro 2000, was the 11th UEFA European Football Championship, which is held every four years and organized by UEFA, football's governing body in Europe.
The finals of Euro 2000 were co-hosted (the first time this happened) by Belgium and the Netherlands between 10 June and 2 July 2000. The final tournament was contested by 16 nations. With the exception of the national teams of the hosts, Belgium and the Netherlands, the finalists had to go through a qualifying round to reach the final stage. France won the tournament, by defeating Italy 2-1 in the final, via a golden goal.
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Overview
Belgium had a surprise exit in the group stage, winning the tournament's first game against Sweden but losing to Turkey and Italy. Italy also eliminated co-host and favorites Netherlands in the semi-finals, despite going down to ten men and facing two penalty kicks.
Italian goalkeeper Francesco Toldo made two saves in the penalty shootout (in addition to his penalty save in regulation time) to carry the Italians to the final.
One of the biggest surprises of the tournament was Portugal, winning their group with three wins, including a 3-0 win against Germany. They reached the semi-finals, when they lost in extra-time to France after Zinedine Zidane converted a penalty kick. Several Portuguese players challenged the awarding of the penalty for a handball and were given lengthy suspensions for shoving the referee.1 The Euro 2000 winner was France, who defeated Italy 2-1 in the final after a golden goal by France's David Trézéguet.
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.2
Qualification
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 playoff matches to determine the last four qualifiers. Belgium and the Netherlands automatically qualified for the tournament as co-hosts.
The following 16 teams participated in the tournament:
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Mascot
The official mascot of this EuroCup was Benelucky (a pun on Benelux), a lion-devil with its hair color being a combination of the flag colors of both host nations.
Venues
| Rotterdam | Amsterdam | Brussels | Bruges |
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| Feijenoord Stadion Capacity: 51,177 |
Amsterdam ArenA Capacity: 52,140 |
King Baudouin Stadium Capacity: 50,122 |
Jan Breydel Stadium Capacity: 30,000 |
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| Eindhoven | Arnhem | Liège | Charleroi |
| Philips Stadion Capacity: 33,500 |
Gelredome Capacity: 30,082 |
Stade Maurice Dufrasne Capacity: 30,023 |
Stade du Pays de Charleroi Capacity: 30,000 |
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Match officials
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Squads
- For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see UEFA Euro 2000 squads.
Results
First round
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 Portugal |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9 |
 Romania |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
 England |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 |
 Germany |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
| 12 June 2000 18:00 |
Germany |
1 – 1 | Romania |
Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) |
Scholl  28' |
(Report) | Moldovan 5' |
| 12 June 2000 20:45 |
Portugal |
3 – 2 | England |
Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden) |
| Figo 22' J. Pinto 37'Nuno Gomes 59' |
(Report) | Scholes 3' McManaman 18' |
| 17 June 2000 18:00 |
Romania |
0 – 1 | Portugal |
Gelredome, Arnhem Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France) |
| (Report) | Costinha 90+4' |
| 17 June 2000 20:45 |
England |
1 – 0 | Germany |
Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy) |
| Shearer 53' |
(Report) |
| 20 June 2000 20:45 |
England |
2 – 3 | Romania |
Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland) |
| Shearer 41' (pen.) Owen 45' |
(Report) | Chivu 22' Munteanu 48'Ganea 89' (pen.) |
| 20 June 2000 20:45 |
Portugal |
3 – 0 | Germany |
Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam Attendance: 44,000 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands) |
| Conceição 35' 54' 71' |
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Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Italy |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 9 |
 Turkey |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
.svg){kind=small} Belgium |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 |
 Sweden |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 |
| 10 June 2000 20:45 |
Belgium |
2 – 1 | Sweden |
King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany) |
| Goor 43' É. Mpenza 46' |
(Report) | Mjällby 53' |
| 11 June 2000 14:30 |
Turkey |
1 – 2 | Italy |
Gelredome, Arnhem Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland) |
| Okan 62' |
(Report) | Conte 52' Inzaghi 70' (pen.) |
| 14 June 2000 20:45 |
Italy |
2 – 0 | Belgium |
King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 46,000 Referee: José Garcia Aranda (Spain) |
| Totti 6' Fiore 66' |
(Report) |
| 15 June 2000 20:45 |
Sweden |
0 – 0 | Turkey |
Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 24,500 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands) |
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| 19 June 2000 20:45 |
Turkey |
2 – 0 | Belgium |
King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) |
| Hakan Ş. 45' 70' |
(Report) |
| 19 June 2000 20:45 |
Italy |
2 – 1 | Sweden |
Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal) |
| Di Biagio 39' Del Piero 88' |
(Report) | Larsson 77' |
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 Spain |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 |
| Yugoslavia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
 Norway |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
 Slovenia |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
| 13 June 2000 18:00 |
Spain |
0 – 1 | Norway |
Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt) |
| (Report) | Iversen 65' |
| 13 June 2000 20:45 |
Yugoslavia |
3 – 3 | Slovenia |
Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal) |
| Milošević 67' 73' Drulović 70' |
(Report) | Zahovič 23' 57' Pavlin 52' |
| 18 June 2000 18:00 |
Slovenia |
1 – 2 | Spain |
Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany) |
| Zahovič 59' |
(Report) | Raúl 4' Etxeberria 60' |
| 18 June 2000 20:45 |
Norway |
0 – 1 | Yugoslavia |
Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland) |
| (Report) | Milošević 8' |
| 21 June 2000 18:00 |
Yugoslavia |
3 – 4 | Spain |
Jan Breydel Stadion, Bruges Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France) |
| Milošević 30' Govedarica 50'Komljenović 75' |
(Report) | Alfonso 38' 90+' Munitis 51'Mendieta 90' (pen.) |
| 21 June 2000 18:00 |
Slovenia |
0 – 0 | Norway |
Gelredome, Arnhem Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Graham Poll (England) |
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Group D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Netherlands |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9 |
| France |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 |
 Czech Republic |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 Denmark |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 |
| 11 June 2000 18:00 |
France |
3 – 0 | Denmark |
Jan Breydel Stadion, Bruges Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria) |
| Blanc 16' Henry 64'Wiltord 90' |
(Report) |
| 11 June 2000 20:45 |
Netherlands |
1 – 0 | Czech Republic |
Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy) |
| F. de Boer 89' (pen.) |
(Report) |
| 16 June 2000 18:00 |
Czech Republic |
1 – 2 | France |
Jan Breydel Stadion, Bruges Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Graham Poll (England) |
| Poborský 35' (pen.) |
(Report) | Henry 7' Djorkaeff 60' |
| 16 June 2000 20:45 |
Denmark |
0 – 3 | Netherlands |
Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland) |
| (Report) | Kluivert 57' R. de Boer 66'Zenden 77' |
| 21 June 2000 20:45 |
Denmark |
0 – 2 | Czech Republic |
Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt) |
| (Report) | Šmicer 64' 67' |
| 21 June 2000 20:45 |
France |
2 – 3 | Netherlands |
Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden) |
| Dugarry 8' Trezeguet 31' |
(Report) | Kluivert 14' F. de Boer 51'Zenden 59' |
Knockout stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 24 June – Amsterdam | ||||||||||
| Turkey |
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| 28 June – Brussels | ||||||||||
| Portugal |
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| Portugal |
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| 25 June – Bruges | ||||||||||
| France (a.e.t.) |
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| Spain |
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| 2 July – Rotterdam | ||||||||||
| France |
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| France (a.e.t.) |
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| 25 June – Rotterdam | ||||||||||
| Italy |
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