Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

2000 Women's Olympic Football Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
Dates	13–28 September
Teams	8 (from 6 confederations)
Venue	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	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 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

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

Further information: Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics § Venues

The tournament was held in three venues across three cities:

• Bruce Stadium, Canberra
• Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
• Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Qualification

Main article: Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 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)

•   Nigeria

Asia (AFC)

•   China

North and Central America (CONCACAF)

•   United States

South America (CONMEBOL)

•   Brazil

Europe (UEFA)

•   Germany
•   Norway
•   Sweden

Oceania (OFC)

•   Australia – host nation

Seeding

Pot 1	Pot 2
Australia (hosts)   United States   China   Brazil	Germany   Nigeria   Norway   Sweden

Squads

Main article: Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads

Match officials

Referees Confederation Referee AFC Im Eun-ju (South Korea) CAF Bola Abidoye (Nigeria) CONCACAF Sonia Denoncourt (Canada) Sandra Hunt (United States) CONMEBOL Martha Toro (Colombia) OFC Tammy Ogston (Australia) UEFA Vibeke Karlsen (Norway) Nicole Petignat (Switzerland) Wendy Toms (Great Britain)

Assistant referees Confederation Assistant referee AFC Hisae Yoshizawa (Japan) CAF Comfort Cofie (Ghana) CONCACAF Jackeline Sáez Blanquice (Panama) CONMEBOL Ana Isabel Pérez Assante (Peru) Cleidy Mary Nunes Ribeiro (Brazil) OFC Lynn Fox (New Zealand) UEFA Sanna Luhtanen (Finland) Marie-Louise Svanström (Sweden)

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

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

13 September 2000

17:00

Australia	0–3	Germany
	Report	Grings 39' Wiegmann 70' Lingor 90'

Bruce Stadium, Canberra

Attendance: 24,800

Referee: Bola Abidoye (Nigeria)

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13 September 2000

17:00

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

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Attendance: 58,432

Referee: Sandra Hunt (United States)

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16 September 2000

17:00

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

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 33,600

Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

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16 September 2000

17:30

Germany	2–1	Brazil
Prinz 33', 41'	Report	Raquel 72'

Bruce Stadium, Canberra

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Martha Toro (Colombia)

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19 September 2000

17:30

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

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 29,400

Referee: Vibeke Karlsen (Norway)

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19 September 2000

17:30

Germany	1–0	Sweden
Hingst 88'	Report

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Wendy Toms (Great Britain)

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

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

14 September 2000

17:30

United States	2–0	Norway
Milbrett 18' Hamm 24'	Report

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Attendance: 16,043

Referee: Im Eun Ju (South Korea)

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14 September 2000

17:30

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

Bruce Stadium, Canberra

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Martha Toro (Colombia)

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17 September 2000

17:30

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

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Attendance: 32,500

Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)

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17 September 2000

17:30

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

Bruce Stadium, Canberra

Attendance: 9,150

Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)

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20 September 2000

17:30

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

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Im Eun Ju (South Korea)

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20 September 2000

17:30

Norway	2–1	China
Pettersen 55' Haugenes 78'	Report	Sun 75' (pen.)

Bruce Stadium, Canberra

Attendance: 11,532

Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

Knockout stage

	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

Semi-finals

24 September 2000

17:30

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

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 16,710

Referee: Im Eun Ju (South Korea)

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24 September 2000

17:30

United States	1–0	Brazil
Hamm 60'	Report

Bruce Stadium, Canberra

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)

Bronze medal match

28 September 2000

17:00

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

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 11,200

Referee: Im Eun Ju (South Korea)

Gold medal match

28 September 2000

20:00

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

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 22,848

Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

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

• Sun Wen

3 goals

• Birgit Prinz
• Tiffeny Milbrett

2 goals

• Kátia
• Raquel
• Renate Lingor
• Mercy Akide
• Dagny Mellgren
• Marianne Pettersen
• Mia Hamm

1 goal

• Sunni Hughes
• Cheryl Salisbury
• Pretinha
• Zhao Lihong
• Inka Grings
• Ariane Hingst
• Bettina Wiegmann
• Perpetua Nkwocha
• Gro Espeseth
• Ragnhild Gulbrandsen
• Margunn Haugenes
• Hege Riise
• Malin Andersson
• Brandi Chastain
• Julie Foudy
• Kristine Lilly
• Shannon MacMillan

1 own goal

• Tina Wunderlich (against Norway)

Source: FIFA ^[3]

Assists

5 assists

• Hege Riise

2 assists

• Formiga
• Maren Meinert
• Bettina Wiegmann
• Mia Hamm

1 assist

• Sharon Black
• Kátia
• Pretinha
• Liu Ailing
• Inka Grings
• Birgit Prinz
• Ragnhild Gulbrandsen
• Julie Foudy
• Shannon MacMillan
• Tiffeny Milbrett
• Carla Overbeck

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]

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. Statistics – Olympic Football Tournaments Sydney 2000. Zürich. 2000.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

External links

• Olympic Football Tournaments Sydney 2000 – Women, FIFA.com
• RSSSF Summary
• FIFA Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3) and (Part 4)