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 | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Australia |
| Dates | 13–28 September |
| Teams | 8 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | Sydney Football Stadium Melbourne Cricket Ground Bruce Stadium |
| 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) |
| Fair play award | Germany |
Medal winnersEdit
VenuesEdit
The tournament was held in three venues across three cities:
QualificationEdit
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.
SeedingEdit
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
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SquadsEdit
Match officialsEdit
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Group stageEdit
Group EEdit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Foudy 38' | Report | Sun 67' |
Knockout stageEdit
| 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' |
StatisticsEdit
GoalscorersEdit
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
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Tina Wunderlich (against Norway)
Source: FIFA[3]
AssistsEdit
5 assists
2 assists
1 assist
Source: FIFA[3]
FIFA Fair Play AwardEdit
- 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 rankingEdit
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
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 12 | Gold medal |
| 2 | F | United States
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 10 | Silver medal |
| 3 | E | Germany
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 12 | Bronze medal |
| 4 | E | Brazil
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5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 | Fourth place |
| 5 | F | China PR
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | E | Sweden
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | |
| 7 | E | Australia (H)
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |
| 8 | F | Nigeria
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "SYDNEY 2000: SOCCER; After a Wild, Intense Match, Norway Wins Gold Over the US - 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.
- ^ a b c d Statistics – Olympic Football Tournaments Sydney 2000. FIFA. Zürich. 2000.