UEFA Euro 2000

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UEFA Euro 2000

Europees Voetbalkampioenschap België/Nederland 2000 (in Dutch) Championnat d'Europe de football Belgique/Pays-Bas 2000 (in French) Fußball-Europameisterschaft Belgien/Niederlande 2000 (in German)
Football without frontiers
Tournament details
Host countries	Belgium Netherlands
Dates	10 June – 2 July
Teams	16
Venue(s)	8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	France (2nd title)
Runners-up	Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	85 (2.74 per match)
Attendance	1,122,833 (36,220 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Savo Milošević Patrick Kluivert (5 goals each)
Best player(s)	Zinedine Zidane
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The 2000 UEFA European Football Championship, also known as Euro 2000, was the 11th UEFA European Championship, a football tournament held every four years and organised by UEFA, the sport's governing body in Europe. ^[1]

The finals tournament was played between 10 June and 2 July 2000, and co-hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands, the first time the tournament had been held in more than one nation. Spain and Austria also bid to host the event. ^[2] The finals tournament was contested by 16 nations; with the exception of the hosts, Belgium and the Netherlands, the finalists had to go through a qualifying tournament to reach the final stage. France won the tournament by defeating Italy 2–1 in the final, via a golden goal. ^[3]

The finals saw the first major UEFA competition contested in the King Baudouin Stadium (formerly the Heysel Stadium) since the events of the 1985 European Cup final and the Heysel Stadium disaster, with the opening game being played in the rebuilt stadium.

A high-scoring championship with many exciting matches and an elite standard of play, Euro 2000 is often labelled by football writers one of the greatest international tournaments. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

Bid process

Belgium and the Netherlands were selected as co-hosts on 14 July 1995 by the UEFA Executive Committee at a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. ^{[8] [9]}

Hooliganism concerns

Football hooliganism was a significant problem in the Netherlands in the 1990s, especially the fierce rivalry between Ajax and Feyenoord. There were concerns that hooliganism would overshadow the finals. Many instances of violence occurred, including several football riots in Rotterdam between 1995 and 1999, which would host the Euro 2000 final. One of the most infamous incidents was the Battle of Beverwijk in 1997. Although the violence is normally associated with domestic clubs, there were concerns that it could attach to the Dutch national team. ^{[10] [11]}

Violence did eventually occur during the Euro 2000 finals, albeit not involving the Dutch team. On 17 June 174 England fans were arrested in Brussels, Belgium, following violence with Germans ahead of an England v Germany match. ^[12]

Summary

One of the biggest surprises of the tournament was Portugal, winning Group A with three wins, including a 3–0 win against Germany, with Sérgio Conceição scoring a hat-trick, ^[13] and a 3–2 win over England, in which they came back from 2–0 down. ^[14] Romania was the other qualifier from the group, beating England with a late penalty in their last group game. ^[15]

Belgium had a surprise exit in the group stage, winning the tournament's first game against Sweden, ^[16] but losing to Turkey and Italy. ^{[17] [18]} They finished third in Group B, behind Italy and Turkey. The other co-host and favourite, the Netherlands, progressed as expected from Group D, along with World Cup winners France. The Netherlands won the group, by beating France in their last group match. ^[19] Also in Group D, Denmark's three losses with eight goals conceded and none scored set a new record for the worst team performance in the group stages of a Euros. Group C was memorable for the match between FR Yugoslavia and Spain. Spain needed a win to ensure progression, but found themselves trailing 3–2 after Slobodan Komljenović scored in the 75th minute. The Spanish side rescued their tournament by scoring twice in injury time to record a 4–3 victory. ^[20] FR Yugoslavia managed to go through as well, despite losing because Norway and Slovenia played to a draw. ^[21]

France and Italy before the final on 2 July

Italy and Portugal maintained their perfect records in the quarter-finals, beating Romania and Turkey, respectively, and the Netherlands started a goal-avalanche against FR Yugoslavia, winning 6–1. Spain fell 2–1 to France; Raúl missed a late penalty that ended Spanish hopes.

Italy eliminated the Netherlands in the semi-finals, despite going down to ten men and facing two penalty kicks. Italian goalkeeper Francesco Toldo, who had been drafted into the starting XI as Gianluigi Buffon missed the tournament through injury, made two saves in the penalty shootout (in addition to his penalty save in normal time) to carry the Italians to the final.

In the other semi-final, Portugal lost in extra time to France after Zinedine Zidane converted a controversial penalty kick. Several Portuguese players challenged the awarding of the penalty for a handball and were given lengthy suspensions for shoving the referee. ^[22] France won the tournament, defeating Italy 2–1 in the final with a golden goal by David Trezeguet after equalising with a last-minute goal, and became the first team to win the European championship while being world champion. ^[23]

In Britain, Match of the Day named Stefano Fiore's goal against Belgium the Goal of the Tournament, ahead of Patrick Kluivert's against France and Zinedine Zidane's against Spain. ^[24]

Qualification

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying

Qualification for the tournament took place throughout 1998 and 1999. Forty-nine teams were divided into nine groups and each played the others in their group, on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each group and the best runner-up qualified automatically for the final tournament. The eight other runners-up played an additional set of play-off matches to determine the last four qualifiers. Belgium and the Netherlands automatically qualified for the tournament as co-hosts.

As of 2024, this was the last time Norway qualified for the European Championship finals, as well as the last time that Croatia failed to qualify.

Qualified teams

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament [upper-alpha 1]
Belgium	Co-host	14 July 1995	3 ( 1972 , 1980, 1984)
Netherlands			5 (1976, 1980, 1988 , 1992, 1996)
Czech Republic [upper-alpha 2]	Group 9 winner	9 June 1999	4 (1960, 1976 , 1980, 1996)
Norway	Group 2 winner	8 September 1999	0 (debut)
Sweden	Group 5 winner	8 September 1999	1 ( 1992 )
Spain	Group 6 winner	8 September 1999	5 ( 1964 , 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996)
Italy	Group 1 winner	9 October 1999	4 ( 1968 , 1980 , 1988, 1996)
Germany [upper-alpha 3]	Group 3 winner	9 October 1999	7 ( 1972 , 1976, 1980 , 1984, 1988 , 1992, 1996 )
France	Group 4 winner	9 October 1999	4 ( 1960 , 1984 , 1992, 1996)
Romania	Group 7 winner	9 October 1999	2 (1984, 1996)
Yugoslavia [upper-alpha 4]	Group 8 winner	9 October 1999	4 (1960, 1968, 1976 , 1984)
Portugal	Best runner-up	9 October 1999	2 (1984, 1996)
Denmark	Play-off winner	17 November 1999	5 (1964, 1984, 1988, 1992 , 1996)
England	Play-off winner	17 November 1999	5 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996 )
Slovenia	Play-off winner	17 November 1999	0 (debut)
Turkey	Play-off winner	17 November 1999	1 (1996)

1. Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
2. From 1960 to 1980, the Czech Republic competed as Czechoslovakia.
3. From 1972 to 1988, Germany competed as West Germany.
4. From 1960 to 1984, FR Yugoslavia competed as Yugoslavia.

Final draw

The finals draw took place 15:00 CET on 12 December 1999, at the Brussels Expo in Belgium; and was streamed live on UEFA's official website. ^[25]

The composition of pots 1 to 4 was based on the teams' UEFA national team coefficient ranking at the end of 1999, ^[26] with the exception of pot 1 automatically top seeding Germany as holders along with co-hosts Belgium and Netherlands. ^{[27] [28] [25]}

Pot 1 Team Coeff Rank   Germany (holders) [lower-alpha 1] 2.278 7   Belgium (co-hosts) [lower-alpha 2] 2.375 5   Netherlands (co-hosts) [lower-alpha 3] 2.250 8   Spain [lower-alpha 4] 2.611 1

Pot 2 Team Coeff Rank   Romania 2.600 2   Norway 2.500 3   Sweden 2.389 4   Czech Republic 2.300 6

Pot 3 Team Coeff Rank   FR Yugoslavia 2.222 9   Portugal 2.100 11   France 2.100 12   Italy 2.063 13

Pot 4 Team Coeff Rank   England 2.000 15   Turkey 1.938 18   Denmark 1.938 19   Slovenia 1.000 37

  Automatically selected as a top-seeded team into pot 1, irrespectively of their ranking position.

1. Defending champions Germany (coefficient 2.278; rank 7th) were automatically assigned to position A1.
2. Co-hosts Belgium (coefficient 2.375; rank 5th) were automatically assigned to position B1.
3. Co-hosts Netherlands (coefficient 2.250; rank 8th) were automatically assigned to position D1.
4. Highest ranked Spain (coefficient 2.611; rank 1st) were automatically assigned to position C1.

Prior to the draw, the seeded teams in Pot 1 were assigned positions: Germany (defending champion) to A1, Belgium (co-host) to B1, Spain (highest coefficient) to C1, and the Netherlands (co-host) to D1. Teams were drawn consecutively from Pots 2 to 4 into a group, with each team then being assigned a specific position (for the purposes of determining the match schedules in each group). ^[25]

The draw resulted in the following groups: ^{[29] [30]}

Group A Team   Germany   Romania   Portugal   England

Group B Team   Belgium   Sweden   Turkey   Italy

Group C Team   Spain   Norway   FR Yugoslavia   Slovenia

Group D Team   Netherlands   Czech Republic   France   Denmark

Venues

Capacity figures are those for matches at UEFA Euro 2000 and are not necessarily the total capacity that the stadium is capable of holding. ^[31]

Belgium		Netherlands
Brussels	Bruges	Amsterdam	Rotterdam
King Baudouin Stadium	Jan Breydel Stadium	Amsterdam Arena	Feijenoord Stadion
Capacity: 50,000	Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 52,000	Capacity: 51,000
Brussels Bruges Liège Charleroi		Rotterdam Amsterdam Eindhoven Arnhem
Liège	Charleroi	Eindhoven	Arnhem
Stade Maurice Dufrasne	Stade du Pays de Charleroi	Philips Stadion	GelreDome
Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 33,000	Capacity: 30,000

Team base camps

The 16 national teams each stayed in their own "team base camp" during the tournament. ^[32]

Team	Base camp	Ref.
Belgium	Lichtaart	[33] [34]
Czech Republic	Knokke-Heist	[35]
Denmark	Brunssum	[36]
England	Spa/Waterloo	[32] [37]
FR Yugoslavia	Edegem	[34] [38]
France	Genval	[39]
Germany	Vaals	[40]
Italy	Grobbendonk	[41] [42]
Netherlands	Hoenderloo	[34] [43]
Norway	Knokke-Heist	[34] [44]
Portugal	Ermelo	[34] [45]
Romania	Grimbergen/Arnhem	[46]
Slovenia	Soestduinen	[47] [48]
Spain	Tegelen	[49]
Sweden	Oisterwijk	[50]
Turkey	Delden	[51]

Squads

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 squads

Each national team had to submit a squad of 22 players, three of whom must be goalkeepers.

Match officials

On 15 February 2000, UEFA appointed 12 referees, 16 assistant referees and four fourth officials for the competition, including a referee and an assistant referee from the Confederation of African Football. ^[52] The event saw assistant referees being allowed to intervene an ongoing game, in particular to help the match official apply the 10-metre rule when deciding free-kicks – as well as warn the referee instantly if he had booked or ejected the wrong player, something that was not possible in previous tournaments. ^[53] Also, fourth officials were given a larger role in assisting to take command of the match if any decisions are gone unnoticed by the referee or an assistant referee. ^[53]

The German referee Markus Merk was selected to referee the opening game between Belgium and Sweden. ^[54]

Referees	Assistant referees	Fourth officials
Günter Benkö	Yuri Dupanov	Michel Piraux
Kim Milton Nielsen	Roland Van Nylen	Kyros Vassaras
Gamal Al-Ghandour	Ivan Lekov	Terje Hauge
Graham Poll	Jens Larsen	Ľuboš Micheľ
Gilles Veissière	Philip Sharp
Markus Merk	Jacques Poudevigne
Pierluigi Collina	Kurt Ertl
Dick Jol	Sergio Zuccolini
Vítor Melo Pereira	Dramane Dante
Hugh Dallas	Emanuel Zammit
José María García-Aranda	Jaap Pool
Anders Frisk	Eddie Foley
Urs Meier	Nicolae Grigorescu
	Igor Šramka
	Carlos Martín Nieto
	Leif Lindberg
	Turgay Güdü

Group stage

UEFA Euro 2000 finalists and their results

The teams finishing in the top two positions in each of the four groups progress to the quarter-finals, while the bottom two teams in each group were eliminated.

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking: ^[55]

1. greater number of points in the matches between the teams in question;
2. greater goal difference in matches between the teams in question;
3. greater number of goals scored in matches between the teams in question;
4. greater goal difference in all group games;
5. greater number of goals scored in all group games;
6. higher coefficient derived from Euro 2000 and 1998 World Cup qualifiers (points obtained divided by number of matches played);
7. fair play conduct in Euro 2000;
8. drawing of lots.

Group A

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Romania	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	England	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	3
4	Germany	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

Source: UEFA

12 June 2000 (2000-06-12)

18:00

Germany	1–1	Romania
Scholl 28'	Report	Moldovan 5'

Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège

Attendance: 28,500

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

12 June 2000 (2000-06-12)

20:45

Portugal	3–2	England
Figo 22' João Pinto 37' Nuno Gomes 59'	Report	Scholes 3' McManaman 18'

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Attendance: 31,500

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

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17 June 2000 (2000-06-17)

18:00

Romania	0–1	Portugal
	Report	Costinha 90+4'

GelreDome, Arnhem

Attendance: 28,400

Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

17 June 2000 (2000-06-17)

20:45

England	1–0	Germany
Shearer 53'	Report

Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi

Attendance: 29,000

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

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20 June 2000 (2000-06-20)

20:45

England	2–3	Romania
Shearer 41' (pen.) Owen 45'	Report	Chivu 22' Munteanu 48' Ganea 89' (pen.)

Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

20 June 2000 (2000-06-20)

20:45

Portugal	3–0	Germany
Conceição 35', 54', 71'	Report

Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam

Attendance: 44,000

Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

Group B

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Turkey	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
3	Belgium (H)	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
4	Sweden	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Source: UEFA
(H) Hosts

10 June 2000 (2000-06-10)

20:45

Belgium	2–1	Sweden
Goor 43' É. Mpenza 46'	Report	Mjällby 53'

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 46,700

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

11 June 2000 (2000-06-11)

14:30

Turkey	1–2	Italy
Buruk 62'	Report	Conte 52' Inzaghi 70' (pen.)

GelreDome, Arnhem

Attendance: 22,500

Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

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14 June 2000 (2000-06-14)

20:45

Italy	2–0	Belgium
Totti 6' Fiore 66'	Report

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 44,500

Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

15 June 2000 (2000-06-15)

20:45

Sweden	0–0	Turkey
	Report

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

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19 June 2000 (2000-06-19)

20:45

Turkey	2–0	Belgium
Şükür 45+2', 70'	Report

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 48,000

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) ^{[note 1]}

19 June 2000 (2000-06-19)

20:45

Italy	2–1	Sweden
Di Biagio 39' Del Piero 88'	Report	Larsson 77'

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Group C

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	FR Yugoslavia	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4 [lower-alpha 1]
3	Norway	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4 [lower-alpha 1]
4	Slovenia	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2

Source: UEFA
Notes:

1. Head-to-head result: Norway 0–1 FR Yugoslavia.

13 June 2000 (2000-06-13)

18:00

Spain	0–1	Norway
	Report	Iversen 65'

Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam

Attendance: 41,000

Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

13 June 2000 (2000-06-13)

20:45

FR Yugoslavia	3–3	Slovenia
Milošević 67', 73' Drulović 70'	Report	Zahovič 23', 57' Pavlin 52'

Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi

Attendance: 18,500

Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

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18 June 2000 (2000-06-18)

18:00

Slovenia	1–2	Spain
Zahovič 59'	Report	Raúl 4' Etxeberria 60'

Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam

Attendance: 51,300

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

18 June 2000 (2000-06-18)

20:45

Norway	0–1	FR Yugoslavia
	Report	Milošević 8'

Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège

Attendance: 28,750

Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

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21 June 2000 (2000-06-21)

18:00

FR Yugoslavia	3–4	Spain
Milošević 30' Govedarica 50' Komljenović 75'	Report	Alfonso 38', 90+5' Munitis 51' Mendieta 90+4' (pen.)

Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges

Attendance: 26,611

Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

21 June 2000 (2000-06-21)

18:00

Slovenia	0–0	Norway
	Report

GelreDome, Arnhem

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Group D

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands (H)	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	France	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
3	Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
4	Denmark	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0

Source: UEFA
(H) Hosts

11 June 2000 (2000-06-11)

18:00

France	3–0	Denmark
Blanc 16' Henry 64' Wiltord 90+2'	Report

Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges

Attendance: 28,100

Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)

11 June 2000 (2000-06-11)

20:45

Netherlands	1–0	Czech Republic
F. de Boer 89' (pen.)	Report

Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam

Attendance: 50,800

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

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16 June 2000 (2000-06-16)

18:00

Czech Republic	1–2	France
Poborský 35' (pen.)	Report	Henry 7' Djorkaeff 60'

Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges

Attendance: 27,243

Referee: Graham Poll (England)

16 June 2000 (2000-06-16)

20:45

Denmark	0–3	Netherlands
	Report	Kluivert 57' R. de Boer 66' Zenden 77'

Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam

Attendance: 51,425

Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

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21 June 2000 (2000-06-21)

20:45

Denmark	0–2	Czech Republic
	Report	Šmicer 64', 67'

Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

21 June 2000 (2000-06-21)

20:45

France	2–3	Netherlands
Dugarry 8' Trezeguet 31'	Report	Kluivert 14' F. de Boer 51' Zenden 59'

Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Knockout stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 knockout stage

The knockout stage was a single-elimination tournament with each round eliminating the losers. ^[55] Any game that was undecided by the end of the regular 90 minutes, was followed by up to thirty minutes of extra time. ^[55] For the second time the golden goal system was applied, whereby the first team to score during the extra time would become the winner. ^[55] If no goal was scored there would be a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. ^[55] For the second time the final was won by a golden goal. ^[55]

As with every tournament since UEFA Euro 1984, there was no third place play-off.

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	25 June – Bruges
	Spain	1
					28 June – Brussels
	France	2
					France (g.g.)	2
	24 June – Amsterdam
					Portugal	1
	Turkey	0
									2 July – Rotterdam
	Portugal	2
									France (g.g.)	2
	24 June – Brussels
									Italy	1
	Italy	2
					29 June – Amsterdam
	Romania	0
					Italy (p)	0 (3)
	25 June – Rotterdam
					Netherlands	0 (1)
	Netherlands	6
	FR Yugoslavia	1

Quarter-finals

24 June 2000 (2000-06-24)

18:00

Portugal	2–0	Turkey
Nuno Gomes 44', 56'	Report

Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam

Attendance: 42,000

Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

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24 June 2000 (2000-06-24)

20:45

Italy	2–0	Romania
Totti 33' Inzaghi 43'	Report

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 41,000

Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

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25 June 2000 (2000-06-25)

18:00

Netherlands	6–1	FR Yugoslavia
Kluivert 24', 38', 54' Govedarica 51' (o.g.) Overmars 78', 90+1'	Report	Milošević 90+2'

Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam

Attendance: 44,000

Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

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25 June 2000 (2000-06-25)

20:45

Spain	1–2	France
Mendieta 38' (pen.)	Report	Zidane 32' Djorkaeff 44'

Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges

Attendance: 26,614

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Semi-finals

28 June 2000 (2000-06-28)

20:45

France	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Portugal
Henry 51' Zidane  117' (pen.)	Report	Nuno Gomes 19'

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 48,000

Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)

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29 June 2000 (2000-06-29)

18:00

Italy	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands
	Report
Penalties
Di Biagio Pessotto Totti Maldini	3–1	F. de Boer Stam Kluivert Bosvelt

Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Final

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 final

2 July 2000 (2000-07-02)

20:00

France	2–1 (a.e.t./g.g.)	Italy
Wiltord 90+4' Trezeguet  103'	Report	Delvecchio 55'

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 48,100 ^[56]

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Statistics

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 statistics

Goalscorers

There were 85 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 2.74 goals per match.

5 goals

• Savo Milošević
• Patrick Kluivert

4 goals

• Nuno Gomes

3 goals

• Thierry Henry
• Sérgio Conceição
• Zlatko Zahovič

2 goals

• Vladimír Šmicer
• Alan Shearer
• Youri Djorkaeff
• David Trezeguet
• Sylvain Wiltord
• Zinedine Zidane
• Filippo Inzaghi
• Francesco Totti
• Frank de Boer
• Marc Overmars
• Boudewijn Zenden
• Alfonso
• Gaizka Mendieta
• Hakan Şükür

1 goal

• Bart Goor
• Émile Mpenza
• Karel Poborský
• Steve McManaman
• Michael Owen
• Paul Scholes
• Ljubinko Drulović
• Dejan Govedarica
• Slobodan Komljenović
• Laurent Blanc
• Christophe Dugarry
• Mehmet Scholl
• Antonio Conte
• Alessandro Del Piero
• Marco Delvecchio
• Luigi Di Biagio
• Stefano Fiore
• Ronald de Boer
• Steffen Iversen
• Costinha
• Luís Figo
• João Pinto
• Cristian Chivu
• Ionel Ganea
• Viorel Moldovan
• Dorinel Munteanu
• Miran Pavlin
• Joseba Etxeberria
• Pedro Munitis
• Raúl
• Henrik Larsson
• Johan Mjällby
• Okan Buruk

1 own goal

• Dejan Govedarica (against Netherlands)

Source: UEFA ^[57]

Awards

UEFA Team of the Tournament ^[58]

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Fabien Barthez Francesco Toldo	Laurent Blanc Marcel Desailly Lilian Thuram Fabio Cannavaro Paolo Maldini Alessandro Nesta Frank de Boer	Patrick Vieira Zinedine Zidane Demetrio Albertini Edgar Davids Rui Costa Luís Figo Pep Guardiola	Savo Milošević Thierry Henry Francesco Totti Patrick Kluivert Nuno Gomes Raúl

Golden Boot

• Patrick Kluivert (5 goals)
• Savo Milošević (5 goals)

UEFA Player of the Tournament

• Zinedine Zidane ^[58]

Prize money

Prize money

Rank	Team	CHFMillion [59]
1	France	14.4
2	Italy	13.2
3	Netherlands   Portugal	10.2
5	Romania   Spain   Turkey   FR Yugoslavia	7.8
9	Belgium   Czech Republic   England   Norway	5.4
13	Denmark   Germany   Slovenia   Sweden	4.8

A sum of CHF120 million was awarded to the 16 qualified teams in the competition. ^{[59] [60]} France, the winners of the tournament, received a total prize money of CHF14.4 million. ^[59] Below is a complete list of the allocations: ^[60]

Extra payment based on teams performances:

• Winner: CHF14.4 million
• Runner-up: CHF13.2 million
• Semi-finals: CHF10.2 million
• Quarter-finals: CHF7.8 million
• Group stage:
  • Third place: CHF5.4 million
  • Fourth place: CHF4.8 million

On 9 July 2000, UEFA refused to hand FR Yugoslavia their prize money of CHF7.8 million, because of alleged ties between the Football Association of FR Yugoslavia and Slobodan Milošević's government. ^[61] However, no connections were found and the Football Association of FR Yugoslavia later received their money with an additional bonus. ^[62]

Marketing

Slogan and theme song

See also: Euro 2000: The Official Album

The slogan of the competition was "Football without frontiers". ^{[63] [64]} "Campione 2000" by E-Type was the official anthem of the event. ^[65]

Match ball

The Adidas Terrestra Silverstream, the match ball used at the tournament.

The Adidas Terrestra Silverstream was unveiled as the official match ball of the competition on 13 December 1999 at Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht's home arena by Alessandro Del Piero, Edwin van der Sar, Zinedine Zidane and Luc Nilis. ^{[66] [67]}

Mascot

Benelucky, the Euro 2000 mascot

The official mascot for the tournament was Benelucky ^[68] (a pun on Benelux), a lion-devil hybrid with its mane having the flag colours of both host nations. The lion is the national football emblem of the Netherlands and a devil is the emblem of Belgium (the team being nicknamed "the Red Devils"). ^[69]

Sponsorship

UEFA distinguishes between global sponsors and national sponsors. Global Euro sponsors can come from any country and have exclusive worldwide sponsorship rights for a UEFA Euro championship. National (event) sponsors come from a host country and only have sponsorship rights within that country. ^[70]

Global sponsors	Event sponsors
	Belgium	Netherlands
Adidas [71] Adecco [71] Carlsberg [72] Cisco Systems [71] Coca-Cola [72] Fujifilm [72] Hyundai [72] JVC [72] MasterCard [72] McDonald's [72] Nestlé Cereals [71] Philips [72] PlayStation [72] Pringles [72] PSINet [72] [73] Sportal [72] Total Fina [71] Unilever [74]		Connexxion [71] KLM [71] Lever Fabergé [71] Telfort [71] [73]

Broadcasting

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 broadcasting rights

Notes

1. Nielsen suffered an injury in the 39th minute and was replaced by fourth official Günter Benkö (Austria).

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External links

• UEFA Euro 2000 at UEFA.com
• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 9 May 2001)