Date | 13 – 30 September 2000 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Victoria / Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales / Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, Queensland / Bruce Stadium, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory / Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, South Australia / Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales | |
Participants | 267 from 16 countries | |
Format | Round-robin pools advance teams to single-elimination tournament of eight teams. |
As in 1996, the Brazilians were favored to finally win an Olympic gold medal, having been the runners-up in 1984 and 1988. Again, their national team coach (Vanderlei Luxemburgo) also led the Olympic squad. And, as in 1996, the Brazilians progressed despite a first round shock loss, this time to South Africa. But, as in Atlanta, the Brazilians went out by a golden goal against an African team. The Brazilians were lucky to get into extra time, Ronaldinho scoring the equaliser in stoppage time despite the “Indomitable Lions“ being down two men due to red cards. Modeste M’Bami ended the Brazilians’ Olympic dream, and Luxemburgo was sacked. Cameroon progressed into the final, coming back from a 78th minute own goal to win 2-1 against Chile. The Spaniards had had a somewhat easier road to the final, winning against Italy and the United States in the knockout phase. The final was a real thriller. Spain went ahead by a goal from Xavi, and missed the opportunity to double the lead when 16-year-old goalie Idriss Kameni stopped a penalty. Gabri then scored the 2-0 anyway, seemingly sealing Spain’s second Olympic title after 1992. But Cameroon fought back, and scored two goals within five minutes in the second half. Gabri was then sent off for a flying tackle, followed by his team mate José Mari when he received his second yellow. This left Cameroon in charge during extra time, and they appeared to have won when a goal by star player Samuel Eto’o was disallowed for offside, although the attacker had started from his own half. After 120 minutes, penalty shots had to decide the champion, the first time in an Olympic football final. All Cameroonians scored, while Iván Amaya missed for Spain. Amaya definitely did not have the night of his life: he had already put a header behind his own keeper for the 2-1.
Date | 13 – 20 September 2000 |
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Pos | Team | NOC | Wins | Ties | Losses | Points | Goals | ||
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1 | Italy | ITA | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5-2 | ||
2 | Nigeria | NGR | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7-6 | ||
3 | Honduras | HON | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6-7 | ||
4 | Australia | AUS | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3-6 |
Match | Date/Time | Team | NOC | Result | Team | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 13 Sep 20:00 | Italy | ITA | 1 – 0 | Australia | AUS | |
Match #2 | 13 Sep 18:30 | Honduras | HON | 3 – 3 | Nigeria | NGR | |
Match #3 | 16 Sep 18:30 | Italy | ITA | 3 – 1 | Honduras | HON | |
Match #4 | 16 Sep 20:00 | Nigeria | NGR | 3 – 2 | Australia | AUS | |
Match #5 | 19 Sep 18:30 | Italy | ITA | 1 – 1 | Nigeria | NGR | |
Match #6 | 19 Sep 20:00 | Honduras | HON | 2 – 1 | Australia | AUS |
Pos | Team | NOC | Wins | Ties | Losses | Points | Goals | ||
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1 | Chile | CHI | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7-3 | ||
2 | Spain | ESP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6-3 | ||
3 | Republic of Korea | KOR | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2-3 | ||
4 | Morocco | MAR | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1-7 |
Match | Date/Time | Team | NOC | Result | Team | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 14 Sep 18:30 | Spain | ESP | 3 – 0 | Republic of Korea | KOR | |
Match #2 | 14 Sep 20:00 | Chile | CHI | 4 – 1 | Morocco | MAR | |
Match #3 | 17 Sep 20:00 | Chile | CHI | 3 – 1 | Spain | ESP | |
Match #4 | 17 Sep 18:30 | Republic of Korea | KOR | 1 – 0 | Morocco | MAR | |
Match #5 | 20 Sep 18:30 | Republic of Korea | KOR | 1 – 0 | Chile | CHI | |
Match #6 | 20 Sep 20:00 | Spain | ESP | 2 – 0 | Morocco | MAR |
Pos | Team | NOC | Wins | Ties | Losses | Points | Goals | ||
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1 | United States | USA | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6-4 | ||
2 | Cameroon | CMR | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5-4 | ||
3 | Kuwait | KUW | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6-8 | ||
4 | Czech Republic | CZE | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5-6 |
Match | Date/Time | Team | NOC | Result | Team | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 13 Sep 19:00 | Cameroon | CMR | 3 – 2 | Kuwait | KUW | |
Match #2 | 13 Sep 20:00 | Czech Republic | CZE | 2 – 2 | United States | USA | |
Match #3 | 16 Sep 19:00 | Kuwait | KUW | 3 – 2 | Czech Republic | CZE | |
Match #4 | 16 Sep 20:00 | Cameroon | CMR | 1 – 1 | United States | USA | |
Match #5 | 19 Sep 19:00 | Cameroon | CMR | 1 – 1 | Czech Republic | CZE | |
Match #6 | 19 Sep 20:00 | United States | USA | 3 – 1 | Kuwait | KUW |
Pos | Team | NOC | Wins | Ties | Losses | Points | Goals | ||
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1 | Brazil | BRA | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5-4 | ||
2 | Japan | JPN | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4-3 | ||
3 | South Africa | RSA | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5-5 | ||
4 | Slovakia | SVK | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4-6 |
Match | Date/Time | Team | NOC | Result | Team | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 14 Sep 19:00 | Brazil | BRA | 3 – 1 | Slovakia | SVK | |
Match #2 | 14 Sep 20:00 | Japan | JPN | 2 – 1 | South Africa | RSA | |
Match #3 | 17 Sep 19:00 | South Africa | RSA | 3 – 1 | Brazil | BRA | |
Match #4 | 17 Sep 20:00 | Japan | JPN | 2 – 1 | Slovakia | SVK | |
Match #5 | 20 Sep 19:00 | Brazil | BRA | 1 – 0 | Japan | JPN | |
Match #6 | 20 Sep 20:00 | Slovakia | SVK | 2 – 1 | South Africa | RSA |
Date | 23 September 2000 |
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Format | Single-elimination. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 23 Sep 18:30 | Spain | ESP | 1 – 0 | Italy | ITA | |
Match #2 | 23 Sep 19:00 | Chile | CHI | 4 – 1 | Nigeria | NGR | |
Match #3 | 23 Sep 20:00 | United States | USA | 2 – 2 | Japan | JPN | AET, 5-4 PS |
Match #4 | 23 Sep 20:00 | Cameroon | CMR | 2 – 1 | Brazil | BRA | AET |
Date | 26 September 2000 |
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Format | Single-elimination. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 26 Sep 20:00 | Spain | ESP | 3 – 1 | United States | USA | |
Match #2 | 26 Sep 20:00 | Cameroon | CMR | 2 – 1 | Chile | CHI |
Date | 29 – 30 September 2000 |
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Format | Medal round. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
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Match 1/2 | 30 Sep 12:00 | Cameroon | CMR | 2 – 2 | Spain | ESP | AET, 5-3 PS |
Match 3/4 | 29 Sep 20:00 | Chile | CHI | 2 – 0 | United States | USA |