UEFA Euro 2000

This article is about the sporting event. For the video game based on this event, see UEFA Euro 2000 (video game).

UEFA Euro 2000

UEFA Europees Voetbalkampioenschap België/Nederland 2000 (Dutch) UEFA Championnat Européen du Football Belgique/Pays Bas 2000 (French) UEFA Fußball-Europameisterschaft Belgien/Niederlande 2000 (German)
120px UEFA Euro 2000 official logo Football without frontiers
Tournament details
Host countries	Belgium Netherlands
Dates	10 June – 2 July
Teams	16
Venue(s)	8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	France (2nd 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 each)
Best player	Zinedine Zidane

The 2000 UEFA European Football Championship, also known as Euro 2000, was the 11th UEFA European Football Championship, which is held every four years and organised by UEFA, association 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. Spain and Austria also bid to host the event. 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.

The finals saw the first major UEFA competition contested in the King Baudouin Stadium (formerly the Heysel Stadium) since the events of the 1985 European Cup Final and the Heysel Stadium disaster, with the opening game being played in the rebuilt stadium.

Summary

One of the biggest surprises of the tournament was Portugal, winning Group A with three wins, including a 3–0 win against Germany, with Sérgio Conceição scoring a hat-trick, and a 3–2 win over England, in which they came back from 2–0 down. Romania was the other qualifier from the group, beating England with a late penalty in their last group game.

Belgium had a surprise exit in the group stage, winning the tournament's first game against Sweden, but losing to Turkey and Italy. They finished third in Group B, behind Italy and Turkey. The other co-host and favourite, the Netherlands, progressed as expected from Group D, along with World Cup winners France. The Netherlands won the group, by beating France in their last group match. Also in Group D, Denmark's three losses with eight goals conceded and none scored set a new record for the worse team performance in the group stages of a Euros. Group C was memorable for the match between Yugoslavia and Spain. Spain needed a win to ensure progression, but found themselves trailing 3–2, after Slobodan Komljenović scored in the 75th minute. The Spanish side rescued their tournament by scoring twice in injury time to record a 4–3 victory. Yugoslavia managed to go through as well, despite losing because Norway and Slovenia played to a draw.

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France and Italy before the final on 2 July

Italy and Portugal maintained their perfect records in the quarter-finals, beating Romania and Turkey, respectively, and the Netherlands started a goal-avalanche against Yugoslavia, winning 6–1. Spain fell 2–1 to France; Raul missed a late penalty that ended Spanish hopes.

Italy eliminated the Netherlands in the semi-finals, despite going down to ten men and facing two penalty kicks. Italian goalkeeper Francesco Toldo, who had been drafted into the starting XI as Gianluigi Buffon missed the tournament through injury, made two saves in the penalty shootout (in addition to his penalty save in normal time) to carry the Italians to the final.

In the other semi-final, Portugal lost in extra time to France after Zinedine Zidane converted a controversial penalty kick. Several Portuguese players challenged the awarding of the penalty for a handball and were given lengthy suspensions for shoving the referee. France won the tournament, defeating Italy 2–1 in the final with a golden goal by David Trezeguet after equalising with a last-minute goal, and became the first team to win the European championship while being world champion.

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.

Qualification

UEFA Euro 2000 finalists and their results

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying

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 play-off matches to determine the last four qualifiers. Belgium and the Netherlands automatically qualified for the tournament as co-hosts.

Qualified teams

See also: UEFA Euro 2000 squads

The following 16 teams participated in the tournament:

Country	Qualified as	Date qualification was secured	Previous appearances in tournament1
Belgium	00Co-hosts	18 January 1998	3 (1972, 1980, 1984)
Netherlands	01Co-hosts	18 January 1998	5 (1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996)
Italy	02Group 1 winner	9 October 1999	4 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1996)
Norway	03Group 2 winner	8 September 1999	0 (debut)
Germany4	04Group 3 winner	9 October 1999	7 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996)
France	05Group 4 winner	9 October 1999	4 (1960, 1984, 1992, 1996)
Sweden	06Group 5 winner	8 September 1999	1 (1992)
Spain	07Group 6 winner	8 September 1999	5 (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996)
Romania	08Group 7 winner	9 October 1999	2 (1984, 1996)
Yugoslavia3	10Group 8 winner	9 October 1999	4 (1960, 1968, 1976, 1984)
Czech Republic2	11Group 9 winner	9 June 1999	4 (1960, 1976, 1980, 1996)
Portugal	12Best runner-up	9 October 1999	2 (1984, 1996)
Denmark	13Play-offs	17 November 1999	5 (1964, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996)
England	14Play-offs	17 November 1999	5 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996)
Slovenia	15Play-offs	17 November 1999	0 (debut)
Turkey	16Play-offs	17 November 1999	1 (1996)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year; Italic indicates host for that year

² as Czechoslovakia before 1996

³ as SFR Yugoslavia before 2000 (qualified in 1992 but was banned by UN from all international sport.)

⁴ as West Germany before 1992

Seeding

The composition of pots 1 to 3 was based on the teams' UEFA coefficient at the end of 1999. The finals draw took place on 12 December 1999.

Seeded	Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Germany Belgium (co-hosts) Spain Netherlands (co-hosts)	Czech Republic Norway Romania Sweden	France Italy Portugal Yugoslavia	Denmark England Slovenia Turkey

Venues

Rotterdam Amsterdam Eindhoven Arnhem Bruges Brussels Liège Charleroi
	Rotterdam Amsterdam Eindhoven Arnhem	Rotterdam	Amsterdam
		Feijenoord Stadion Capacity: 50,000	Amsterdam Arena Capacity: 50,000
	Brussels Bruges Liège Charleroi	Eindhoven	Arnhem
		Philips Stadion Capacity: 33,000	GelreDome Capacity: 30,000
Brussels	Bruges	Liège	Charleroi
King Baudouin Stadium Capacity: 50,000	Jan Breydel Stadium Capacity: 30,000	Stade Maurice Dufrasne Capacity: 30,000	Stade du Pays de Charleroi Capacity: 30,000
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Note: Capacity figures are those for matches at UEFA Euro 2000 and are not necessarily the total capacity that the stadium is capable of holding.

Broadcasting

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 broadcasting rights

Match ball

Adidas Terrestra Silverstream was unveiled as the official match ball of the competition in December 1999 at Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht's home arena by Edwin van der Sar and Zinedine Zidane.

Match officials

On 15 February 2000, UEFA appointed 12 referees, 16 assistant referees and four fourth officials for the competition, including a referee and an assistant referee from the Confederation of African Football. The event saw assistant referees being allowed to intervene an ongoing game, in particular to help the match official apply the 10-metre rule when deciding free-kicks – as well as warn the referee instantly if he had booked or ejected the wrong player, something that was not possible in previous tournaments. Also, fourth officials were given a larger role in assisting to take command of the match if any decisions are gone unnoticed by the referee or an assistant referee.

Referees	Assistant referees	Fourth officials
Günter Benkö	Yury Dupanau	Michel Piraux
Kim Milton Nielsen	Roland Van Nylen	Kyros Vassaras
Gamal Al-Ghandour	Ivan Lekov	Terje Hauge
Graham Poll	Jens Larsen	Ľuboš Micheľ
Gilles Veissière	Philip Sharp
Markus Merk	Jacques Poudevigne
Pierluigi Collina	Kurt Ertl
Dick Jol	Sergio Zuccolini
Vítor Melo Pereira	Dramane Dante
Hugh Dallas	Emanuel Zammit
José García-Aranda	Jaap Pool
Anders Frisk	Eddie Foley
Urs Meier	Nicolae Grigorescu
	Igor Šramka
	Carlos Martín Nieto
	Leif Lindberg
	Turgay Güdü

Results

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Nationale-Nederlanden building in Rotterdam with "breakthrough" featuring Edgar Davids.

All times local (CEST/UTC+2)

Group stage

Group A

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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
Germany	1–1	Romania
Portugal	3–2	England
17 June 2000
Romania	0–1	Portugal
England	1–0	Germany
20 June 2000
England	2–3	Romania
Portugal	3–0	Germany

Group B

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9
Turkey	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
Belgium	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
Sweden	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

10 June 2000
Belgium	2–1	Sweden
11 June 2000
Turkey	1–2	Italy
14 June 2000
Italy	2–0	Belgium
15 June 2000
Sweden	0–0	Turkey
19 June 2000
Turkey	2–0	Belgium
Italy	2–1	Sweden

Group C

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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
Spain	0–1	Norway
Yugoslavia	3–3	Slovenia
18 June 2000
Slovenia	1–2	Spain
Norway	0–1	Yugoslavia
21 June 2000
Yugoslavia	3–4	Spain
Slovenia	0–0	Norway

Group D

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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
France	3–0	Denmark
Netherlands	1–0	Czech Republic
16 June 2000
Czech Republic	1–2	France
Denmark	0–3	Netherlands
21 June 2000
Denmark	0–2	Czech Republic
France	2–3	Netherlands

Knockout stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	25 June – Bruges
	Spain	1
					28 June – Brussels
	France	2
					France (aet)	2
	24 June – Amsterdam
					Portugal	1
	Turkey	0
									2 July – Rotterdam
	Portugal	2
									France (aet)	2
	24 June – Brussels
									Italy	1
	Italy	2
					29 June – Amsterdam
	Romania	0
					Italy (pen.)	0 (3)
	25 June – Rotterdam
					Netherlands	0 (1)
	Netherlands	6
	Yugoslavia	1

Quarter-finals

Turkey v Portugal

24 June 2000 18:00

Turkey	0–2	Portugal
	Report	Nuno Gomes  44', 56'

Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam Attendance: 44,000 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

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Italy v Romania

24 June 2000 20:45

Italy	2–0	Romania
Totti  33' Inzaghi  43'	Report

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 42,500 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

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Netherlands v Yugoslavia

25 June 2000 18:00

Netherlands	6–1	Yugoslavia
Kluivert  24', 38', 54' Govedarica  51' (o.g.) Overmars  78', 90+1'	Report	Milošević  90+2'

Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam Attendance: 47,700 Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

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Spain v France

25 June 2000 20:45

Spain	1–2	France
Mendieta  38' (pen.)	Report	Zidane  32' Djorkaeff  44'

Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges Attendance: 27,600 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Semi-finals

France v Portugal

28 June 2000 20:45

France	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Portugal
Henry  51' Zidane  117'  (pen.)	Report	Nuno Gomes  19'

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 47,000 Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)

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Italy v Netherlands

29 June 2000 18:00

Italy	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands
	Report
	Penalties
Di Biagio Pessotto Totti Maldini	3–1	F. de Boer Stam Kluivert Bosvelt

Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam Attendance: 51,300 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Final

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 Final

France v Italy

2 July 2000 20:00

France	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Italy
Wiltord  90+3' Trezeguet  103'	Report	Delvecchio  55'

Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam Attendance: 48,200 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Statistics

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 statistics

Patrick Kluivert and Savo Milošević were the top goalscorers with five goals each.

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Patrick Kluivert
• Savo Milošević

4 goals

• Nuno Gomes

3 goals

• Thierry Henry
• Sérgio Conceição
• Zlatko Zahovič

2 goals

• Vladimír Šmicer
• Alan Shearer
• Youri Djorkaeff
• David Trézéguet
• Sylvain Wiltord

• Zinedine Zidane
• Filippo Inzaghi
• Francesco Totti
• Frank de Boer
• Marc Overmars

• Boudewijn Zenden
• Gaizka Mendieta
• Alfonso Pérez
• Hakan Şükür

1 goal

• Bart Goor
• Émile 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

• Dorinel Munteanu
• Miran Pavlin
• Joseba Etxeberria
• Pedro Munitis
• Raúl
• Henrik Larsson
• Johan Mjällby
• Okan Buruk
• Ljubinko Drulović
• Dejan Govedarica
• Slobodan Komljenović

Own goal

• Dejan Govedarica (playing against the Netherlands)

Penalty kicks

Not counting penalty shoot-outs, eleven penalty kicks were awarded during the tournament.

Scored

• Alan Shearer in a match against Romania
• Ionel Ganea in a match against England
• Filippo Inzaghi in a match against Turkey
• Gaizka Mendieta in a match against Yugoslavia
• Frank de Boer in a match against Czech Republic
• Karel Poborský in a match against France
• Gaizka Mendieta in a match against France
• Zinedine Zidane in a match against Portugal

Missed

• Raúl in a match against France, over the bar
• Frank de Boer in a match against Italy, stopped by Francesco Toldo
• Patrick Kluivert in a match against Italy, hit the post

Awards

UEFA Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Fabien Barthez Francesco Toldo	Laurent Blanc Marcel Desailly Lilian Thuram Fabio Cannavaro Paolo Maldini Alessandro Nesta Frank de Boer	Patrick Vieira Zinedine Zidane Demetrio Albertini Edgar Davids Rui Costa Luís Figo Pep Guardiola	Thierry Henry Francesco Totti Patrick Kluivert Nuno Gomes Savo Milošević Raúl

Golden Boot

• Patrick Kluivert
• Savo Milošević
  (5 goals each)

UEFA Player of the Tournament

• Zinedine Zidane

Prize money

A sum of CHF120 million was awarded to the 16 qualified teams in the competition. Below is a complete list of the allocations:

Extra payment based on teams performances:

• Winner: CHF14.4 million
• Runner-up: CHF13.2 million
• Semi-finals: CHF10.2 million
• Quarter-finals: CHF7.8 million
• Group stage:
  • Third place: CHF5.4 million
  • Fourth place: CHF4.8 million

On 9 July 2000, UEFA refused to hand FR Yugoslavia their prize money of CHF7.8 million, because of alleged ties between the Football Association of FR Yugoslavia and Slobodan Milošević's government. However, no connections were found and the Yugoslavian governing body later received their money with an additional bonus.

Marketing

Slogan and theme song

The slogan of the competition was "Football without frontiers". "Campione 2000" by E-Type was the official anthem of the event.

Mascot

Benelucky, the Euro 2000 mascot

The official mascot for the tournament was Benelucky (a pun on Benelux), named a lion-devil with its hair colour being a combination of the flag colours of both host nations. The lion is the national football emblem of the Netherlands and a devil is the emblem of Belgium (the team being nicknamed "the Red Devils").

Sponsorship

UEFA distinguishes between global sponsors and national sponsors. Global Euro sponsors can come from any country and have exclusive worldwide sponsorship rights for a UEFA Euro championship. National (event) sponsors come from a host country and only have sponsorship rights within that country.

Global sponsors	Event sponsors
	Belgium	Netherlands
Adidas Adecco Carlsberg Cisco Systems Coca-Cola Fujifilm Hyundai JVC MasterCard McDonald's Nestlé Cereals Philips PlayStation Pringles PSINet Sportal Total Fina Unilever		Connexxion KLM Lever Fabergé Telfort

See also

• Euro 2000: The Official Album

External links

• UEFA Euro 2000 history at Union of European Football Associations
• UEFA Euro 2000 coverage at BBC Sport
• Official website (archived) (English) (French) (German) (Spanish) (Italian) (Dutch)