2000 European Football Championship
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UEFA Euro 2000 UEFA Championnat Européen du Football Belgique/Pays Bas 2000(French) UEFA Europees Voetbalkampioenschap België/Nederland 2000(Dutch) UEFA Fußball-Europameisterschaft Belgien/Niederlande 2000(German)
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)
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.

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

UEFA Euro 2000 finalists.

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 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:

Mascot

The official mascot of this EuroCup was Benelucky, a lion-devil with its hair color being a combination of the flag colors of both host nations.

Venues

Rotterdam	Amsterdam	Brussels	Bruges
Feijenoord Stadion Capacity: 51,177	Amsterdam ArenA Capacity: 52,140	King Baudouin Stadium Capacity: 50,122	Jan Breydel Stadium Capacity: 30,000
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

Match officials

Squads

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

Results

First round

All times local (CEST/UTC+2)

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

2000-06-12 18:00	Germany	1 – 1	Romania	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
	Scholl  28'	(Report)	Moldovan  5'

2000-06-12 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'

2000-06-17 18:00	Romania	0 – 1	Portugal	Gelredome, Arnhem Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
		(Report)	Costinha  90+4'

2000-06-17 20:45	England	1 – 0	Germany	Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
	Shearer  53'	(Report)

2000-06-20 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.)

2000-06-20 20:45	Portugal	3 – 0	Germany	Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam Attendance: 44,000 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)
	Conceição  35'  54'  71'	(Report)

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

2000-06-10 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'

2000-06-11 14:30	Turkey	1 – 2	Italy	Gelredome, Arnhem Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
	Okan  62'	(Report)	Conte  52' Inzaghi  70' (pen.)

2000-06-14 20:45	Italy	2 – 0	Belgium	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 46,000 Referee: José Garcia Aranda (Spain)
	Totti  6' Fiore  66'	(Report)

2000-06-15 20:45	Sweden	0 – 0	Turkey	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 24,500 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)
		(Report)

2000-06-19 20:45	Turkey	2 – 0	Belgium	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
	Hakan Ş.  45'  70'	(Report)

2000-06-19 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
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

2000-06-13 18:00	Spain	0 – 1	Norway	Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
		(Report)	Iversen  65'

2000-06-13 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'

2000-06-18 18:00	Slovenia	1 – 2	Spain	Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
	Zahovič  59'	(Report)	Raúl  4' Etxeberria  60'

2000-06-18 20:45	Norway	0 – 1	Yugoslavia	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
		(Report)	Milošević  8'

2000-06-21 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.)

2000-06-21 18:00	Slovenia	0 – 0	Norway	Gelredome, Arnhem Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Graham Poll (England)
		(Report)

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

2000-06-11 18:00	France	3 – 0	Denmark	Jan Breydel Stadion, Bruges Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)
	Blanc  16' Henry  64' Wiltord  90'	(Report)

2000-06-11 20:45	Netherlands	1 – 0	Czech Republic	Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
	F. de Boer  89' (pen.)	(Report)

2000-06-16 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'

2000-06-16 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'

2000-06-21 20:45	Denmark	0 – 2	Czech Republic	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
		(Report)	Šmicer  64'  67'

2000-06-21 20:45

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