A women's Olympic Football Tournament was held for the second time as part of the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1][2] The tournament features 8 women's national teams from six continental confederations. The 8 teams are drawn into two groups of four and each group plays a round-robin tournament. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the semi-finals and culminating with the gold medal match at Sydney Football Stadium on 28 September 2000.
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Australien |
| Dates | 15–28 September |
| Teams | 8 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 5 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Norwegen (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Vereinigte Staaten |
| Third place |  Deutschland |
| Fourth place |  Brasilien |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 42 (2.63 per match) |
| Attendance | 326,215 (20,388 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Sun Wen (4 goals) |
Medal winners
Venues
Three venues were used during the tournament, two of them outside of Sydney at cities around Australia. The Finals and the Gold Medal match were held at the Sydney Football Stadium.
| Sydney | Melbourne | Canberra |
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| Sydney Football Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Bruce Stadium |
| Capacity: 42,500 | Capacity: 98,000 | Capacity: 25,011 |
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File:MCG stadium.jpg | 
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Qualification
The seven best teams at the Women's World Cup in 1999 and the host nation Australia were automatically selected for the Olympic tournament. The following eight teams qualified for the 2000 Olympic women's football tournament:
Seeding
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
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Squads
Match officials
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First round
Group E
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Deutschland
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 |
| Brasilien
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 |
 Schweden
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
 Australien
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
| Australien | 0 – 3 | Deutschland |
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| Bericht | Grings 39' Wiegmann 70' Lingor 90+' |
| Deutschland | 2 – 1 | Brasilien |
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| Prinz 33', 41' | Bericht | Raquel 72' |
| Deutschland | 1 – 0 | Schweden |
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| Hingst 88' | Bericht |
Group F
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Vereinigte Staaten
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 |
| Norwegen
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
| China
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
 Nigeria
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 |
| Vereinigte Staaten | 2 – 0 | Norwegen |
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| Milbrett 18' Hamm 24' |
Bericht |
| Vereinigte Staaten | 1 – 1 | China |
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| Foudy 38' | Bericht | Sun 67' |
Knockout stages
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 24 September - Sydney | ||||||
| Norwegen | 1 | |||||
| 28 September - Sydney | ||||||
| Deutschland | 0 | |||||
| Norwegen | 3 | |||||
| 24 September - Canberra | ||||||
| Vereinigte Staaten | 2 | |||||
| Vereinigte Staaten | 1 | |||||
| Brasilien | 0 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 28 September - Sydney | ||||||
| Deutschland | 2 | |||||
| Brasilien | 0 | |||||
Semi-finals
| Deutschland | 0 – 1 | Norwegen |
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| Bericht | Wunderlich 80' (o.g.) |
| Vereinigte Staaten | 1 – 0 | Brasilien |
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| Hamm 60' | Bericht |
Bronze Medal match
| Deutschland | 2 – 0 | Brasilien |
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| Lingor 64' Prinz 79' |
Bericht |
Gold Medal match
| Norwegen | 3 – 2 (a.e.t.) | Vereinigte Staaten |
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| Espeseth 44' Gulbrandsen 78' Mellgren 102' |
Bericht | Milbrett 5', 90+2' |
FIFA Fair play award
Goalscorers
With four goals, Sun Wen of China is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 42 goals were scored by 28 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.
- 4 goals
Sun Wen (3 apps)
- 3 goals
Birgit Prinz (5 apps)
Tiffeny Milbrett (5 apps)
- 2 goals
Kátia Cilene (5 apps)- Raquel (5 apps)
- Renate Lingor (5 apps)
Mercy Akide (3 apps)
Dagny Mellgren (5 apps)- Marianne Pettersen (5 apps)
- Mia Hamm (5 apps)
- 1 goal
Cheryl Salisbury (3 apps)- Sunni Hughes (3 apps)
- Pretinha (5 apps)
- Zhao Lihong (3 apps)
- Ariane Hingst (5 apps)
- Bettina Wiegmann (5 apps)
- Inka Grings (5 apps)
- Perpetua Nkwocha (3 apps)
- Gro Espeseth (5 apps)
- Hege Riise (5 apps)
- Margunn Haugenes (5 apps)
- Ragnhild Gulbrandsen (5 apps)
Malin Andersson (3 apps)- Brandi Chastain (5 apps)
- Julie Foudy (5 apps)
- Kristine Lilly (5 apps)
- Shannon MacMillan (5 apps)
- Own goal
- Tina Wunderlich (playing against Norway)
Final ranking
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 |  Norwegen (NOR)
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 12 |
| 2 |  Vereinigte Staaten (USA)
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 10 |
| 3 |  Deutschland (GER)
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 12 |
| 4 | Brasilien (BRA)
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5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 |
| 5 |  China (CHN)
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
| 6 |  Schweden (SWE)
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
| 7 |  Australien (AUS)
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
| 8 |  Nigeria (NGR)
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 |
References
- ^ "SYDNEY 2000: SOCCER; After a Wild, Intense Match, Norway Wins Gold Over the US - New York Times". Nytimes.com. 29 September 2000. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ White, Joseph. "Norway Beats U.S. to Win Soccer Gold - ABC News". Abcnews.go.com. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
External links
- Olympic Football Tournaments Sydney 2000 - Women, FIFA.com
- RSSSF Summary
- FIFA Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3) and (Part 4)
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