Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
A women's Olympic Football Tournament was held for the second time as part of the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1][2] The tournament features 8 women's national teams from six continental confederations. The 8 teams are 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 Sydney Football Stadium on 28 September 2000.
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Australia |
| Dates | 15 – 28 September |
| Teams | 8 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 5 (in 4 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(s) |  Sun Wen (4 goals) |
Medal winnersEdit
VenuesEdit
Three venues were used during the tournament, two of them outside of Sydney at cities around Australia. The Finals and the Gold Medal match were held at the Sydney Football Stadium.
| Sydney | Melbourne | Canberra |
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| Sydney Football Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Bruce Stadium |
| Capacity: 42,500 | Capacity: 98,000 | Capacity: 25,011 |
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QualificationEdit
The seven best teams at the Women's World Cup in 1999 and the host nation Australia were automatically selected for the Olympic tournament. The following eight teams qualified for the 2000 Olympic women's football tournament:
SeedingEdit
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
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SquadsEdit
Match officialsEdit
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First roundEdit
Group EEdit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Germany
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 |
| Brazil
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 |
 Sweden
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
 Australia
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
Group FEdit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| United States
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 |
| Norway
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
| China PR
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
 Nigeria
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 |
| United States | 2 – 0 | Norway |
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| Milbrett 18' Hamm 24' |
Report |
| United States | 1 – 1 | China PR |
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| Foudy 38' | Report | Sun 67' |
Knockout stagesEdit
| 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-finalsEdit
| Germany | 0 – 1 | Norway |
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| Report | Wunderlich 80' (o.g.) |
| United States | 1 – 0 | Brazil |
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| Hamm 60' | Report |
Bronze Medal matchEdit
Gold Medal matchEdit
| Norway | 3 – 2 (a.e.t.) | United States |
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| Espeseth 44' Gulbrandsen 78' Mellgren 102' |
Report | Milbrett 5', 90+2' |
FIFA Fair play awardEdit
GoalscorersEdit
With four goals, Sun Wen of China is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 42 goals were scored by 28 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.
- 4 goals
Sun Wen (3 apps)
- 3 goals
Birgit Prinz (5 apps)
Tiffeny Milbrett (5 apps)
- 2 goals
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- 1 goal
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- Own goal
- Tina Wunderlich (playing against Norway)
Final rankingEdit
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 |  Norway (NOR)
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 12 |
| 2 |  United States (USA)
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 10 |
| 3 |  Germany (GER)
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 12 |
| 4 | Brazil (BRA)
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5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | –1 | 6 |
| 5 |  China (CHN)
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
| 6 |  Sweden (SWE)
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 7 |  Australia (AUS)
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 1 |
| 8 |  Nigeria (NGR)
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | –6 | 0 |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "SYDNEY 2000: SOCCER; After a Wild, Intense Match, Norway Steals One From U.S. - New York Times". Nytimes.com. 29 September 2000. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ White, Joseph. "Norway Beats U.S. to Win Soccer Gold - ABC News". Abcnews.go.com. Retrieved 15 September 2012.