Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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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 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.

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 final would go to extra time, with a goal in the 102nd minute from Dagny Mellgren secured Norway the gold medal as they 3–2 over the United States. Germany won the bronze medal defeating Brazil 2–0.

Medal winners

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
   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

The tournament was held in three venues across three cities:

Qualification

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

Pot 1 Pot 2

Squads

Match officials

Group stage

Group E

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
Australia 0–3 Germany
Report Grings 39'
Wiegmann 70'
Lingor 90'
Bruce Stadium, Canberra
Attendance: 24,800
)


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

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

Australia 1–2 Brazil
Hughes 33' Report
Kátia
64'
Norway
)

Group F

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
United States 2–0 Norway
Milbrett 18'
Hamm 24'
Report
Im Eun Ju (South Korea
)



Norway 3–1 Nigeria
Mellgren 22'
Riise 62' (pen.)
Pettersen 90'
Report Akide 78'
Australia
)

United States 3–1 Nigeria
Chastain 26'
Lilly 35'
MacMillan 56'
Report Akide 48'
Im Eun Ju (South Korea
)

Knockout stage

 
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


Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Statistics

Goalscorers

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

5 assists

2 assists

1 assist

Source: FIFA[3]

FIFA Fair Play Award

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

Tournament ranking

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

  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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