Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | Australia |
Dates | 15–28 September |
Teams | 8 (from 6 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 5 (in 4 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 42 (2.63 per match) |
Attendance | 326,215 (20,388 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
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Qualification | ||
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Tournament | ||
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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.
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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Qualification
The seven best quarter-finalists at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup and the host nation Australia for the 2000 Olympic women's football tournament.
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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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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
Group F
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 |
United States ![]() | 2 – 0 | ![]() |
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Milbrett 18' Hamm 24' |
Report |
United States ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() |
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Foudy 38' | Report | Sun 67' |
Knockout stages
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
24 September - Sydney | ||||||
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28 September - Sydney | ||||||
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24 September - Canberra | ||||||
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Third place | ||||||
28 September - Sydney | ||||||
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Semi-finals
Germany ![]() | 0 – 1 | ![]() |
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Report | Wunderlich 80' (o.g.) |
United States ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() |
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Hamm 60' | Report |
Bronze Medal match
Gold Medal match
Norway ![]() | 3 – 2 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Espeseth 44' Gulbrandsen 78' Mellgren 102' |
Report | Milbrett 5', 90+2' |
Statistics
Goalscorers
There were 42 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.62 goals per match. Sun Wen of China was the top scorer of the tournament with four goals.
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Tina Wunderlich (against Norway)
Source: FIFA[3]
Assists
5 assists
2 assists
1 assist
Source: FIFA[3]
FIFA Fair Play Award
- Winner:
Germany
Germany won the FIFA Fair Play Award, given to the team with the best record of fair play during the tournament.[3]
Tournament ranking
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 12 |
2 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 10 |
3 | ![]() |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 12 |
4 | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 |
5 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
6 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
7 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
8 | ![]() |
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.
- ^ a b c Statistics – Olympic Football Tournaments Sydney 2000. Zürich. 2000.
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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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