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Template:Infobox Football European Championship The 2000 UEFA European Championship, or Euro 2000, was the 11th UEFA European 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 June 10 and July 2, 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.

Overview

Belgium, however, 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. Francesco Toldo making two saves in the 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.

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.

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:

The F.R. Yugoslavia side would later be renamed Serbia & Montenegro during the Euro 2004 qualifiers. They, neighbours Slovenia and Norway qualified for the first time. Notable absentees included Croatia, who had finished 3rd in the World Cup two years previously, Scotland, Republic of Ireland and Bulgaria.

Stadiums

The Netherlands

Belgium

Match officials

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2000 UEFA European Football Championship squads.

First round

All times local (CET).

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Portugal	9	3	3	0	0	7	2
Romania	4	3	1	1	1	4	4
England	3	3	1	0	2	5	6
Germany	1	3	0	1	2	1	5

Germany	1 – 1	Romania
Scholl 28'	(Report)	Moldovan 5'

Portugal	3 – 2	England
Figo 22' Pinto 37' Nuno Gomes 59'	(Report)	Scholes 3' McManaman 18'

Romania	0 – 1	Portugal
	(Report)	Costinha 90'

England	1 – 0	Germany
Shearer 53'	(Report)

England	2 – 3	Romania
Shearer (pen) 41' Owen 45'	(Report)	Chivu 22' Munteanu 48' Ganea (pen) 89'

Portugal	3 – 0	Germany
Conceição 35', 54', 71'	(Report)

Group B

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

Belgium	2 – 1	Sweden
Goor 43' É. Mpenza 46'	(Report)	Mjällby 53'

Turkey	1 – 2	Italy
Okan 62'	(Report)	Conte 52' Inzaghi (pen) 70'

Italy	2 – 0	Belgium
Totti 6' Fiore 66'	(Report)

Sweden	0 – 0	Turkey
	(Report)

Turkey	2 – 0	Belgium
Hakan Ş. 45', 70'	(Report)

Italy	2 – 1	Sweden
di Biagio 39' del Piero 88'	(Report)	Larsson 77'

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Spain	6	3	2	0	1	6	5
Yugoslavia	4	3	1	1	1	7	7
Norway	4	3	1	1	1	1	1
Slovenia	2	3	0	2	1	4	5

Spain	0 – 1	Norway
	(Report)	Iversen 65'

Yugoslavia	3 – 3	Slovenia
Milošević 67', 73' Drulović 70'	(Report)	Zahovič 23', 57' Pavlin 52'

Slovenia	1 – 2	Spain
Zahovič 59'	(Report)	Raúl 4' Etxeberria 60'

Norway	0 – 1	Yugoslavia
	(Report)	Milošević 8'

Yugoslavia	3 – 4	Spain
Milošević 30' Govedarica 50' Komljenović 75'	(Report)	Alfonso 38', 90'+ Munitis 51' Mendieta (pen) 90'

Slovenia	0 – 0	Norway
	(Report)

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Netherlands	9	3	3	0	0	7	2
France	6	3	2	0	1	7	4
Czech Republic	3	3	1	0	2	3	3
Denmark	0	3	0	0	3	0	8

France	3 – 0	Denmark
Blanc 16' Henry 64' Wiltord 90'	(Report)

Netherlands	1 – 0	Czech Republic
F. de Boer (pen) 89'	(Report)

Czech Republic	1 – 2	France
Poborský (pen) 35'	(Report)	Henry 7' Djorkaeff 60'

Denmark	0 – 3	Netherlands
	(Report)	Kluivert 57' R. de Boer 66' Zenden 77'

Denmark	0 – 2	Czech Republic
	(Report)	Šmicer 64', 67'

France	2 – 3	Netherlands
Dugarry 8' Trézéguet 31'	(Report)	Kluivert 14' F. de Boer 51' Zenden 59'

Knockout stages

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

Quarter-finals

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

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

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

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

Semi-finals

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

Italy	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands
	(Report)

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Final

France	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Italy
Wiltord 90' Trézéguet 103' (g.g)	(Report)	Delvecchio 55'

Result

Euro 2000 Champions
France Second title

Tournament statistics

Top scorers

5 Goals

• Patrick Kluivert (5 matches)
• Savo Milošević (4 matches)

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

Average goals

2.74 Per Game

UEFA Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers

• Francesco Toldo
• Fabien Barthez

Defenders

• Frank de Boer
• Alessandro Nesta
• Fabio Cannavaro
• Marcel Desailly
• Laurent Blanc

Midfielders

• Luís Figo
• Boudewijn Zenden
• Zinedine Zidane
• Edgar Davids
• Patrick Vieira
• Josep Guardiola

Forwards

• Patrick Kluivert
• Francesco Totti
• Nuno Gomes
• Thierry Henry
• Raúl González

UEFA MVP of the Tournament

• Luís Figo

UEFA Player of the Tournament

• Zinedine Zidane

Winning squad

Trivia

• The official song of the event Campione 2000 by the Swedish musician E-type is a popular European football chant. Campione means champion in Italian. After the event, it still continues to be a favorite football chant.
• 3 of the 4 teams in Group D had won the European Championship previously, and the other one - the Czech Republic - came into existence after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, who were 1976 champions.

Further Reading

• "Euro 2000 The Official Guide" Carlton Books Limited, London. ISBN 1-84222-08-3

External links

• EURO 2000 official history
• UEFA official site

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