UEFA Euro 2000 knockout stage

Last updated September 17, 2025

The knockout stage of UEFA Euro 2000 started with the first quarter-final on 24 June and ended with the final on 2 July 2000.

Format

Any game in the knockout stage that was undecided by the end of the regular 90 minutes, was followed by up to 30 minutes of extra time (two 15-minute halves). In extra time, the golden goal rule was applied, whereby the match would immediately end upon either team scoring, with the team having scored being declared the winner. If scores were still level after 30 minutes of extra time, there would be a penalty shoot-out to determine who progressed to the next round. As with every tournament since UEFA Euro 1984, there was no third place play-off.

Qualified teams

The top two placed teams from each of the four groups qualified for the knockout stage.

Group	Winners	Runners-up
A	Portugal	Romania
B	Italy	Turkey
C	Spain	FR Yugoslavia
D	Netherlands	France

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

In the first quarter-final, Portugal defeated Turkey thanks to a brace from striker Nuno Gomes. Italy beat Romania by the same scoreline, with Francesco Totti and Filippo Inzaghi scoring a goal apiece.

The Netherlands thrashed FR Yugoslavia 6–1 in the third match, Patrick Kluivert (3) and Marc Overmars (2) amongst the scorers. In the final game, Spain's European dream came to an end with a 2–1 loss to France: Gaizka Mendieta's penalty goal was sandwiched by goals from Zinedine Zidane and Youri Djorkaeff. Raúl failed to convert a last-minute penalty kick that would have sent the match to extra time.

Portugal vs Turkey

24 June 2000

18:00

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

Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam

Attendance: 42,000

Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

Portugal

Turkey


GK	1	Vítor Baía (c)
CB	2	Jorge Costa
CB	5	Fernando Couto	37'
CB	13	Dimas
CM	15	Costinha	41'	46'
CM	17	Paulo Bento
RW	11	Sérgio Conceição
AM	10	Rui Costa	39'	87'
LW	7	Luís Figo
CF	8	João Pinto	29'
CF	21	Nuno Gomes		75'
Substitutions:
MF	6	Paulo Sousa	60'	46'
FW	9	Ricardo Sá Pinto		75'
MF	19	Capucho		87'
Manager:
Humberto Coelho


GK	1	Rüştü Reçber
CB	4	Fatih Akyel
CB	3	Ogün Temizkanoğlu (c)	82'	84'
CB	5	Alpay Özalan	30'
RWB	11	Tayfun Korkut
LWB	16	Ergün Penbe
CM	2	Tayfur Havutçu
CM	7	Okan Buruk	32'	62'
CM	20	Hakan Ünsal	56'
CF	6	Arif Erdem		62'
CF	9	Hakan Şükür
Substitutions:
DF	14	Suat Kaya		62'
FW	17	Oktay Derelioğlu		62'
MF	10	Sergen Yalçın		84'
Manager:
Mustafa Denizli

Man of the Match:
Luís Figo (Portugal)^[1]

Assistant referees:
Jaap Pool (Netherlands)
Roland Van Nylen (Belgium)
Fourth official:
Markus Merk (Germany)

Italy vs Romania

24 June 2000

20:45

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

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 41,000

Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Italy

Romania


GK	12	Francesco Toldo
CB	5	Fabio Cannavaro
CB	13	Alessandro Nesta
CB	15	Mark Iuliano
RWB	17	Gianluca Zambrotta
LWB	3	Paolo Maldini (c)		46'
CM	18	Stefano Fiore
CM	4	Demetrio Albertini	38'
AM	8	Antonio Conte		55'
CF	9	Filippo Inzaghi
CF	20	Francesco Totti		75'
Substitutions:
DF	11	Gianluca Pessotto		46'
MF	14	Luigi Di Biagio		55'
FW	10	Alessandro Del Piero		75'
Manager:
Dino Zoff


GK	12	Bogdan Stelea
RB	4	Iulian Filipescu
CB	17	Miodrag Belodedici
CB	3	Liviu Ciobotariu
LB	13	Cristian Chivu
RM	14	Florentin Petre
CM	5	Constantin Gâlcă		68'
CM	10	Gheorghe Hagi (c)	55' 59'
LM	8	Dorinel Munteanu
CF	9	Viorel Moldovan		54'
CF	7	Adrian Mutu
Substitutions:
FW	18	Ionel Ganea		54'
MF	15	Ioan Lupescu		68'
Manager:
Emerich Jenei

Man of the Match:
Alessandro Nesta (Italy)^[2]

Assistant referees:
Jacques Poudevigne (France)
Igor Šramka (Slovakia)
Fourth official:
Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Netherlands vs FR Yugoslavia

25 June 2000

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)

Netherlands

FR Yugoslavia


GK	1	Edwin van der Sar		65'
RB	15	Paul Bosvelt	48'
CB	3	Jaap Stam
CB	4	Frank de Boer (c)
LB	19	Arthur Numan
RM	11	Marc Overmars
CM	7	Philip Cocu
CM	8	Edgar Davids
LM	5	Boudewijn Zenden		86'
CF	9	Patrick Kluivert		60'
CF	10	Dennis Bergkamp
Substitutions:
FW	21	Roy Makaay		60'
GK	22	Sander Westerveld		65'
MF	16	Ronald de Boer		86'
Manager:
Frank Rijkaard


GK	22	Ivica Kralj
RB	13	Slobodan Komljenović
CB	5	Miroslav Đukić
CB	11	Siniša Mihajlović
LB	14	Niša Saveljić	56'
RM	10	Dragan Stojković (c)	52'
CM	16	Dejan Govedarica
CM	7	Vladimir Jugović
LM	17	Ljubinko Drulović	70'
CF	8	Predrag Mijatović
CF	9	Savo Milošević
Substitutions:
MF	6	Dejan Stanković	52'
MF	19	Jovan Stanković	56'
FW	18	Darko Kovačević	70'
Manager:
Vujadin Boškov

Man of the Match:
Patrick Kluivert (Netherlands)^[3]

Assistant referees:
Carlos Martín Nieto (Spain)
Jens Larsen (Denmark)
Fourth official:
Günter Benkö (Austria)

Spain vs France

25 June 2000

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)

Spain

France


GK	1	Santiago Cañizares
RB	2	Míchel Salgado	64'
CB	5	Abelardo (c)
CB	18	Paco	71'
LB	3	Agustín Aranzábal
RM	16	Gaizka Mendieta		57'
CM	4	Pep Guardiola	61'
CM	7	Iván Helguera		77'
LM	9	Pedro Munitis		73'
CF	11	Alfonso	55'
CF	10	Raúl
Substitutions:
FW	20	Ismael Urzaiz		57'
FW	17	Joseba Etxeberria		73'
MF	14	Gerard		77'
Manager:
José Antonio Camacho


GK	16	Fabien Barthez
RB	15	Lilian Thuram
CB	8	Marcel Desailly
CB	5	Laurent Blanc
LB	3	Bixente Lizarazu
CM	4	Patrick Vieira
CM	7	Didier Deschamps (c)	60'
RW	6	Youri Djorkaeff
AM	10	Zinedine Zidane
LW	12	Thierry Henry		81'
CF	21	Christophe Dugarry
Substitutions:
FW	9	Nicolas Anelka		81'
Manager:
Roger Lemerre

Man of the Match:
Zinedine Zidane (France)^[4]

Assistant referees:
Nicolae Grigorescu (Romania)
Philip Sharp (England)
Fourth official:
Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Semi-finals

France and Italy both emerged victorious from their semi-finals against difficult opposition to reach the final. France beat Portugal 2–1 after extra-time; Nuno Gomes gave Portugal the lead in the 19th minute, which they held until just after half-time, when Thierry Henry equalised. The game went to extra-time and looked to be heading for a penalty shootout until Zidane struck the golden goal in the 117th minute.

Italy drew 0–0 in normal time with the Netherlands and it remained the same through extra-time. The game went to penalties and Italy won the penalty shoot-out 3–1. The Netherlands had a particularly dismal showing from the penalty spot this game, with Frank de Boer having a penalty saved and Kluivert hitting the post during normal time, in addition to the failure of the Dutch to convert three out of their four penalties taken during the shoot-out. Perhaps most infamous was Jaap Stam's attempt during the shoot-out (which ballooned well over the crossbar), described by the BBC as "one of the worst spot kicks ever".^[5]

France vs Portugal

28 June 2000

20:45

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

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 48,000

Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)

France

Portugal


GK	16	Fabien Barthez
RB	15	Lilian Thuram
CB	8	Marcel Desailly	39'
CB	5	Laurent Blanc
LB	3	Bixente Lizarazu
CM	4	Patrick Vieira	23'
CM	7	Didier Deschamps (c)
CM	17	Emmanuel Petit		87'
AM	10	Zinedine Zidane
CF	9	Nicolas Anelka		72'
CF	12	Thierry Henry		105'
Substitutions:
FW	13	Sylvain Wiltord		72'
MF	11	Robert Pires		87'
FW	20	David Trezeguet		105'
Manager:
Roger Lemerre


GK	1	Vítor Baía (c)
RB	14	Abel Xavier
CB	5	Fernando Couto
CB	2	Jorge Costa	55'
LB	13	Dimas	62'	91'
CM	15	Costinha
CM	4	José Luís Vidigal	44'	61'
RW	11	Sérgio Conceição
AM	10	Rui Costa		78'
LW	7	Luís Figo	54'
CF	21	Nuno Gomes	117'
Substitutions:
MF	17	Paulo Bento		61'
FW	8	João Pinto	107'	78'
DF	3	Rui Jorge		91'
Manager:
Humberto Coelho

Man of the Match:
Zinedine Zidane (France)^[6]

Assistant referees:
Igor Šramka (Slovakia)
Roland Van Nylen (Belgium)
Fourth official:
Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Italy vs Netherlands

29 June 2000

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)

Italy

Netherlands


GK	12	Francesco Toldo	38'
RB	17	Gianluca Zambrotta	15' 34'
CB	5	Fabio Cannavaro
CB	13	Alessandro Nesta
CB	15	Mark Iuliano	16'
LB	3	Paolo Maldini (c)	45'
RM	14	Luigi Di Biagio	87'
CM	4	Demetrio Albertini		77'
LM	18	Stefano Fiore		83'
CF	10	Alessandro Del Piero
CF	9	Filippo Inzaghi		67'
Substitutions:
FW	21	Marco Delvecchio		67'
DF	11	Gianluca Pessotto		77'
MF	20	Francesco Totti		83'
Manager:
Dino Zoff


GK	1	Edwin van der Sar
RB	15	Paul Bosvelt
CB	3	Jaap Stam	93'
CB	4	Frank de Boer (c)
LB	12	Giovanni van Bronckhorst	75'
RM	11	Marc Overmars
CM	7	Philip Cocu		95'
CM	8	Edgar Davids	50'
LM	5	Boudewijn Zenden	28'	77'
CF	9	Patrick Kluivert
CF	10	Dennis Bergkamp		86'
Substitutions:
FW	14	Peter van Vossen		77'
MF	6	Clarence Seedorf		86'
MF	20	Aron Winter		95'
Manager:
Frank Rijkaard

Man of the Match:
Francesco Toldo (Italy)^[7]

Assistant referees:
Kurt Ertl (Germany)
Philip Sharp (England)
Fourth official:
José María García-Aranda (Spain)

Final

2 July 2000

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^[8]

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

France

Italy


GK	16	Fabien Barthez
RB	15	Lilian Thuram	58'
CB	8	Marcel Desailly
CB	5	Laurent Blanc
LB	3	Bixente Lizarazu		86'
CM	4	Patrick Vieira
CM	7	Didier Deschamps (c)
RW	6	Youri Djorkaeff		76'
AM	10	Zinedine Zidane
LW	12	Thierry Henry
CF	21	Christophe Dugarry		58'
Substitutions:
FW	13	Sylvain Wiltord		58'
FW	20	David Trezeguet		76'
MF	11	Robert Pires		86'
Manager:
Roger Lemerre


GK	12	Francesco Toldo
CB	5	Fabio Cannavaro	42'
CB	13	Alessandro Nesta
CB	15	Mark Iuliano
RWB	11	Gianluca Pessotto
LWB	3	Paolo Maldini (c)
CM	4	Demetrio Albertini
CM	14	Luigi Di Biagio	31'	66'
AM	18	Stefano Fiore		53'
SS	20	Francesco Totti	90'
CF	21	Marco Delvecchio		86'
Substitutions:
FW	10	Alessandro Del Piero		53'
MF	16	Massimo Ambrosini		66'
FW	19	Vincenzo Montella		86'
Manager:
Dino Zoff

Man of the Match:
Thierry Henry (France)^[8]^[a]

Assistant referees:^[12]
Leif Lindberg (Sweden)
Jens Larsen (Denmark)
Fourth official:
José María García-Aranda (Spain)

Notes

↑ While some UEFA sources credit Italy's Francesco Totti as the man of the match for the final,^[9]^[10]^[11] UEFA's Technical Study Group named Thierry Henry as the award winner.^[8]

References

↑ "Sending-off the turning point". UEFA . Union of European Football Associations. 24 June 2000. Archived from the original on 11 July 2000. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
↑ "Well organised and disciplined". UEFA . Union of European Football Associations. 24 June 2000. Archived from the original on 29 August 2000. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
↑ "Dutch superior in every way". UEFA . Union of European Football Associations. 25 June 2000. Archived from the original on 3 October 2000. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
↑ "Both teams should be congratulated". UEFA . Union of European Football Associations. 25 June 2000. Archived from the original on 29 August 2000. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
↑ "Dutch fire blanks in shoot-out". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 30 June 2000. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
↑ "A brilliantly exciting game". UEFA . Union of European Football Associations. 28 June 2000. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
↑ "Italy win 3–1 on penalties". UEFA . Union of European Football Associations. 29 June 2000. Archived from the original on 2 October 2000. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
1 2 3 "The Final – and the Man of the Match". Euro 2000 Technical Report and Statistics (PDF). UEFA. 2000. p. 107. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
↑ "Euro 2000 team of the tournament". UEFA. 2 May 2016. Archived from the original on 21 July 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
↑ Saffer, Paul (10 July 2016). "Iniesta holds off Ronaldo as man of the match master". UEFA. Archived from the original on 21 May 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
↑ "Francesco Totti". UEFA. 3 June 2015. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
↑ "UEFA Euro 2000 – History – France-Italy". UEFA. Archived from the original on 4 November 2006. Retrieved 26 December 2017.

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[12] While some UEFA sources credit Italy's Francesco Totti as the man of the match for the final,^[9]^[10]^[11] UEFA's Technical Study Group named Thierry Henry as the award winner.^[8]

[1] "Sending-off the turning point". UEFA . Union of European Football Associations. 24 June 2000. Archived from the original on 11 July 2000. Retrieved 1 July 2013.

[2] "Well organised and disciplined". UEFA . Union of European Football Associations. 24 June 2000. Archived from the original on 29 August 2000. Retrieved 1 July 2013.

[3] "Dutch superior in every way". UEFA . Union of European Football Associations. 25 June 2000. Archived from the original on 3 October 2000. Retrieved 1 July 2013.

[4] "Both teams should be congratulated". UEFA . Union of European Football Associations. 25 June 2000. Archived from the original on 29 August 2000. Retrieved 1 July 2013.

[5] "Dutch fire blanks in shoot-out". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 30 June 2000. Retrieved 14 June 2010.

[6] "A brilliantly exciting game". UEFA . Union of European Football Associations. 28 June 2000. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 1 July 2013.

[7] "Italy win 3–1 on penalties". UEFA . Union of European Football Associations. 29 June 2000. Archived from the original on 2 October 2000. Retrieved 1 July 2013.

[man_of_the_match-8] 1 2 3 "The Final – and the Man of the Match". Euro 2000 Technical Report and Statistics (PDF). UEFA. 2000. p. 107. Retrieved 6 January 2023.

[9] "Euro 2000 team of the tournament". UEFA. 2 May 2016. Archived from the original on 21 July 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2017.

[10] Saffer, Paul (10 July 2016). "Iniesta holds off Ronaldo as man of the match master". UEFA. Archived from the original on 21 May 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.

[11] "Francesco Totti". UEFA. 3 June 2015. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

[officials-13] "UEFA Euro 2000 – History – France-Italy". UEFA. Archived from the original on 4 November 2006. Retrieved 26 December 2017.

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UEFA Euro 2000 knockout stage

Contents

Format

Qualified teams

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Portugal vs Turkey

Italy vs Romania

Netherlands vs FR Yugoslavia

Spain vs France

Semi-finals

France vs Portugal

Italy vs Netherlands

Final

Notes

References

External links