Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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.

2000 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryAustralia
Dates13–28 September
Teams8 (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 played16
Goals scored42 (2.63 per match)
Attendance326,215 (20,388 per match)
Top scorer(s)China 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.

Medal winners

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Gold Silver Bronze
  Norway (NOR)
Gro Espeseth
Bente Nordby
Marianne Pettersen
Hege Riise
Kristin Bekkevold
Ragnhild Gulbrandsen
Solveig Gulbrandsen
Margunn Haugenes
Ingeborg Hovland
Christine Bøe Jensen
Silje Jørgensen
Monica Knudsen
Gøril Kringen
Anne Tønnessen
Unni Lehn
Dagny Mellgren
Anita Rapp
Brit Sandaune
Bente Kvitland
  United States (USA)
Brandi Chastain
Joy Fawcett
Julie Foudy
Mia Hamm
Michelle French
Kristine Lilly
Tiffeny Milbrett
Carla Overbeck
Cindy Parlow
Briana Scurry
Lorrie Fair
Shannon MacMillan
Siri Mullinix
Christie Pearce
Nikki Serlenga
Danielle Slaton
Kate Sobrero
Sara Whalen
  Germany (GER)
Ariane Hingst
Melanie Hoffmann
Steffi Jones
Renate Lingor
Maren Meinert
Sandra Minnert
Claudia Müller
Birgit Prinz
Silke Rottenberg
Kerstin Stegemann
Bettina Wiegmann
Tina Wunderlich
Nicole Brandebusemeyer
Nadine Angerer
Doris Fitschen
Jeannette Götte
Stefanie Gottschlich
Inka Grings

Venues

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The tournament was held in three venues across three cities:

Qualification

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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.

Africa (CAF)
Asia (AFC)
North and Central America (CONCACAF)
South America (CONMEBOL)
Europe (UEFA)
Oceania (OFC)

Seeding

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Pot 1 Pot 2

Squads

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Match officials

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Group stage

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Group E

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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
Source: [citation needed]
Australia  0–3  Germany
Report Grings   39'
Wiegmann   70'
Lingor   90'
Attendance: 24,800

Sweden  0–2  Brazil
Report Pretinha   21'
Kátia   70'

Australia  1–1  Sweden
Salisbury   57' Report Andersson   66' (pen.)

Germany  2–1  Brazil
Prinz   33', 41' Report Raquel   72'
Attendance: 17,000

Australia  1–2  Brazil
Hughes   33' Report Raquel   56'
Kátia   64'

Germany  1–0  Sweden
Hingst   88' Report

Group F

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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
Source: [citation needed]
United States  2–0  Norway
Milbrett   18'
Hamm   24'
Report

China  3–1  Nigeria
Zhao   12'
Sun   57', 83'
Report Nkwocha   85>pen.'
Attendance: 16,000

United States  1–1  China
Foudy   38' Report Sun   67'

Norway  3–1  Nigeria
Mellgren   22'
Riise   62' (pen.)
Pettersen   90'
Report Akide   78'
Attendance: 9,150

United States  3–1  Nigeria
Chastain   26'
Lilly   35'
MacMillan   56'
Report Akide   48'

Norway  2–1  China
Pettersen   55'
Haugenes   78'
Report Sun   75' (pen.)
Attendance: 11,532

Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
24 September – Sydney
 
 
  Norway1
 
28 September – Sydney
 
  Germany0
 
  Norway3
 
24 September – Canberra
 
  United States2
 
  United States1
 
 
  Brazil0
 
Third place
 
 
28 September – Sydney
 
 
  Germany2
 
 
  Brazil0

Semi-finals

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Germany  0–1  Norway
Report Wunderlich   80' (o.g.)

United States  1–0  Brazil
Hamm   60' Report
Attendance: 11,000

Bronze medal match

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Germany  2–0  Brazil
Lingor   64'
Prinz   79'
Report

Gold medal match

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Norway  3 – 2 (a.e.t./g.g.)  United States
Espeseth   44'
Gulbrandsen   78'
Mellgren   102'
Report Milbrett   5', 90'

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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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

Source: FIFA[3]

Assists

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5 assists

2 assists

1 assist

Source: FIFA[3]

FIFA Fair Play Award

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Germany won the FIFA Fair Play Award, given to the team with the best record of fair play during the tournament.[3]

Tournament ranking

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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

References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ White, Joseph. "Norway Beats U.S. to Win Soccer Gold – ABC News". Abcnews.go.com. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d Statistics – Olympic Football Tournaments Sydney 2000. Zürich. 2000. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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