Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
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The football tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics was the second edition of the women's Olympic football tournament and was held from 13 to 28 September 2000.[1][2] It was hosted at three venues along the Eastern side of Australia with matches being held in Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne.
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Australia |
| Dates | 13–28 September |
| Teams | 8 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Norway (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  United States |
| Third place |  Germany |
| Fourth place |  Brazil |
| 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) |
| Fair play award | Germany |
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The tournament features eight women's national teams from six continental confederations with the qualification coming from the previous year's World Cup. The eight teams were 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 the Sydney Football Stadium.
At the end of the group stage, Brazil, Germany, Norway and the United States qualified through to the knockout stage. After Norway and the United States both won the semi-finals, the final was played on the 28 September 2000. The match would go to extra time, with a controversial handball in the 102nd minute from Dagny Mellgren securing Norway the gold medal as they won 3–2. Germany won the bronze medal defeating Brazil 2–0.
The tournament was held in three venues across three cities:
The seven best quarter-finalists at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup and the host nation Australia qualified for the 2000 Olympic women's football tournament.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
|---|---|
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| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 |
| Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 |
| Sweden | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
| Australia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 |
| Norway | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
| China | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 |
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 24 September – Sydney | ||||||
| Norway | 1 | |||||
| 28 September – Sydney | ||||||
| Germany | 0 | |||||
| Norway | 3 | |||||
| 24 September – Canberra | ||||||
| United States | 2 | |||||
| United States | 1 | |||||
| Brazil | 0 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 28 September – Sydney | ||||||
| Germany | 2 | |||||
| Brazil | 0 | |||||
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]
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]
Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F | Norway | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 12 | Gold medal |
| 2 | F | United States | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 10 | Silver medal |
| 3 | E | Germany | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 12 | Bronze medal |
| 4 | E | Brazil | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 | Fourth place |
| 5 | F | China | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | E | Sweden | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | |
| 7 | E | Australia (H) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |
| 8 | F | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 |
Source: FIFA[3]
(H) Hosts
- ^ "SYDNEY 2000: SOCCER; After a Wild, Intense Match, Norway Wins Gold Over the US – New York Times". The New York Times. 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 d Statistics – Olympic Football Tournaments Sydney 2000. Zürich. 2000. CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)