Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The football tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics started on 15 September. The men's tournament is played by U-23 (under 23 years old) national teams, with up to three over age players allowed per squad. Article 1 of the tournament regulations states: "The Tournaments take place every four years, in conjunction with the Summer Olympic Games. The associations affiliated to FIFA are invited to participate with their men's U-23 and women's representative teams."[1]
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| Games | 2000 Summer Olympics | ||||||||
| Host country | Australia | ||||||||
| Dates | 15–30 September 2000 | ||||||||
| Venues | 6 (in 5 host cities) | ||||||||
| Competitors | 391 from 20 nations | ||||||||
| Men's tournament | |||||||||
| Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) | ||||||||
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| Women's tournament | |||||||||
| Teams | 8 (from 6 confederations) | ||||||||
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Venues
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| Sydney | Canberra | Adelaide | Brisbane | Melbourne | ||
| Olympic Stadium | Sydney Football Stadium | Bruce Stadium | Hindmarsh Stadium* | Brisbane Cricket Ground | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Capacity: 110,000 | Capacity: 43,000 | Capacity: 25,011 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 36,000 | Capacity: 98,000 | |
| 33°50′50″S 151°3′48″E | 33°53′21″S 151°13′31″E | 35°15′0″S 149°6′10″E | 34°54′27″S 138°34′8″E | 27°29′9″S 153°2′17″E | 37°49′12″S 144°59′0″E | |
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* Hindmarsh Stadium only used during the Men's tournament. Temporary seating was added for the games. Olympic Stadium only used during the Men's tournament final.
Competition schedule
| P | Preliminaries | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | B | 3rd place play-off | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | Wed 13 | Thu 14 | Fri 15 | Sat 16 | Sun 17 | Mon 18 | Tue 19 | Wed 20 | Thu 21 | Fri 22 | Sat 23 | Sun 24 | Mon 25 | Tue 26 | Wed 27 | Thu 28 | Fri 29 | Sat 30 | |
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| Men | P | P | P | P | P | P | ¼ | ½ | B | F | |||||||||
| Women | P | P | P | P | P | P | ½ | B | F | ||||||||||
Medal summary
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Cameroon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 |  Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 |  Chile | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Events
Men's tournament
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
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Women's tournament
| Group E | Group F |
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References
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 November 2006. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - "Men's Olympic Football Tournament" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). 13 September 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Association football at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
- Official website (archived)
- Olympic Football Tournaments Sydney 2000 - Men, FIFA.com
- Olympic Football Tournaments Sydney 2000 - Women, FIFA.com
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