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Football, Men

Date13 – 30 September 2000
StatusOlympic
LocationMelbourne 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
Participants267 from 16 countries
FormatRound-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.

PosNumberTeamNOC
1CameroonCMRGold
13Aaron Nguimbat
2Albert Meyong Zé
6Clément Beaud
1Daniel Bekono
11Daniel N'Gom Komé
8 Geremi
18Idriss Carlos Kameni
15Joël Epalle
12 Lauren
16Modeste M'Bami
7Nicolas Alnoudji
5Patrice Abanda
10Patrick M'Boma
14Patrick Suffo
3Pierre Womé
9Samuel Eto'o
17Serge Branco
4Serge Mimpo
20Georges Parfait Mbida Messi DNS
CoachJean-Paul Akono
2SpainESPSilver
6David Albelda
14Iván Amaya
7Miguel Ángel Ángulo
1Daniel Aranzubia
3 Capdevila
11Jordi Ferrón
10 Gabri
15Ismael Ruiz
2 Lacruz
13Albert Luque
4 Marchena
9 José Mari
12 Puyol
17 Tamudo
5 Unai
16 Toni
8 Xavi
20Iván Ania DNS
19Javier Dorado DNS
18 Felip DNS
21 Jesuli DNS
22César Laínez DNS
CoachIñaki Sáez
3ChileCHIBronze
2Cristian Álvarez
10Francisco Arrué
5Pablo Contreras
7Sebastián González
4David Henríquez
15Manuel Ibarra
3Claudio Maldonado
11Reinaldo Navia
13Rodrigo Núñez
16Rafael Olarra
17Patricio Ormazábal
8David Pizarro
6Pedro Reyes
1Nelson Tapia
14Rodrigo Tello
9Iván Zamorano
19Mauricio Rojas
18Javier Di Gregorio DNS
22Johnny Herrera DNS
21Milovan Mirosevic DNS
20Andrés Oroz DNS
12Héctor Tapia DNS
CoachNelson Acosta
4United StatesUSA
16Josh Wolff
9Ben Olsen
1Brad Friedel
2Brian Dunseth
3Chad McCarty
11Chris Albright
17Conor Casey
8Danny Califf
15Evan Whitfield
6Frankie Hejduk
4Jeff Agoos
7Joey DiGiamarino
5John O'Brien
13Landon Donovan
10Pete Vagenas
12Ramiro Corrales
14Sasha Victorine
21DaMarcus Beasley DNS
20Chris Brown DNS
18Tim Howard DNS
22Matt Napoleon DNS
19Brian Winters DNS
CoachClive Charles
5ItalyITA
2Alessandro Grandoni
10Andrea Pirlo
15Bruno Cirillo
18Christian Abbiati
14Claudio Rivalta
17Cristiano Zanetti
6Gennaro Gattuso
11Gianluca Zambrotta
7Gianni Comandini
16Ighli Vannucchi
3Luca Mezzano
4Marco Zanchi
13Massimo Ambrosini
12Massimo Margiotta
5Matteo Ferrari
9Nicola Ventola
8Roberto Baronio
1Morgan De Sanctis DNS
21Fabio Firmani DNS
22Cristiano Lupatelli DNS
20Stefano Morrone DNS
19Gennaro Scarlato DNS
CoachMarco Tardelli
6JapanJPN
11Atsuhiro Miura
13Atsushi Yanagisawa
7Hidetoshi Nakata
6Junichi Inamoto
16Koji Nakata
14Masashi Motoyama
17Naohiro Takahara
3Naoki Matsuda
4Ryuzo Morioka
1Seigo Narazaki
10Shunsuke Nakamura
8Tomokazu Myojin
9Tomoyuki Hirase
12Tomoyuki Sakai
5Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
2Yuji Nakazawa
22Hitoshi Sogahata DNS
21Yasuhito Endo DNS
15Norihiro Nishi DNS
18Ryota Tsuzuki DNS
20Satoshi Yamaguchi DNS
19Kota Yoshihara DNS
CoachPhilippe Troussier
7BrazilBRA
10 Alex
4 Álvaro
16 Athirson
2 Baiano
8 Fabiano
6 Fábio Aurélio
3 Fábio Bilica
1 Helton
17 Lucas
9 Edú
5 Marcos Paulo
15 Mozart
12 Roger
7 Ronaldinho Gaúcho
11 Geovanni
14 Lúcio
20 Alexandre Rotweiller DNS
22 Júlio César DNS
18Fábio Costa DNS
19 Flávio DNS
21 Leandro DNS
13 André Luis DNS
CoachVanderlei Luxemburgo
8NigeriaNGR
10Azubuike Oliseh
14Blessing Kaku
8Bright Igbinadolor
3Celestine Babayaro
6Christopher Kanu
5Furo Iyenemi
11Garba Lawal
2Gbenga Okunowo
15Godwin Okpara
1Greg Etafia
12Henry Onwuzuruike
16Isaac Okoronkwo
4Johnson Sunday
17Julius Aghahowa
13Pius Ikedia
7Victor Agali
9Yakubu Aiyegbeni
18Sam Okoye DNS
19Iloenusi Chikelue DNS
22Ettah Ijoh DNS
20Henry Nwosu Kanu DNS
CoachJo Bonfrère
9Republic of KoreaKOR
14Gang Cheol
7Choi Cheol-Wu
9Kim Do-Hun
6Kim Do-Gyun
16Kim Sang-Sik
18Kim Yong-Dae
8Go Jong-Su
10Lee Cheon-Su
11Lee Dong-Guk
12Lee Yeong-Pyo
13Park Dong-Hyeok
3Park Jae-Hong
2Park Ji-Seong
4Park Jin-Seop
5Sim Jae-Won
19Song Jong-Guk
17Choi Tae-Uk DNS
15Jo Se-Gwon DNS
1Choi Hyeon DNS
20Kim Gil-Sik DNS
21Park Gang-Jo DNS
22Lee Un-Jae DNS
CoachHeo Jeong-Mu
10HondurasHON
9David Suazo
6Carlos Páez
3Elmer Montoya
16Dany Turcios
13Elvis Scott
7Francisco Pavón
8Jaime Rosales
11Jairo Martínez
10Julio César de León
15Julio Suazo
4Júnior Izaguirre
14Luis Ramírez
17Mario Chirinos
2Iván Guerrero
12Maynor Suazo
18Noel Valladares
5Walter López
1Carlos Escobar DNS
20Héctor Gutiérrez DNS
21Jaime Rivera DNS
19Carlos Salinas DNS
CoachRamón Maradiaga
11South AfricaRSA
14Aaron Mokoena
13Abram Nteo
17Benni McCarthy
8Daniel Matsau
3David Kannemeyer
16Delron Buckley
1Emille Baron
2Fabian McCarthy
11Jabu Pule
5Matthew Booth
4Nkhiphitheni Matombo
9Toni Nhleko
6Quinton Fortune
15Siyabonga Nomvethe
7Stanton Fredericks
10Steve Lekoelea
18Brian Baloyi DNS
22Rowen Fernández DNS
19Lebohang Kukame DNS
21Patrick Mbuthu DNS
20Mzunani Mgwigwi DNS
12Dumisa Ngobe DNS
CoachEphraim Mashaba
12KuwaitKUW
11Abdullah Wabran
7Adel Okla
4Bader Al-Shammari
9Bashir Abdul Aziz
17Esam Sakin
10Faraj Saeid
12Hamad Al-Tayyar
3Jamal Mubarak
14Khalaf Al-Mutairi
2Naser Al-Omran
8Naser Al-Othman
6Nawaf Al-Humaidan
13Sadoun Al-Shammari
15Saleh Al-Buraiki
1Shehab Kankone
16Youssef Zayed
19Mansour Al-Ajmi DNS
18Nawaf Al-Khaldi DNS
5Abdullah Husan DNS
21Hussain Al-Khodari DNS
22Saleh Mohammad DNS
20Khaled Abd Al Kudos DNS
CoachRadojko Avramović
13SlovakiaSVK
10Miroslav Barčík
2Marián Čisovšký
1Kamil Čontofalský
9Juraj Czinege
3Miroslav Drobňák
4Peter Hlinka
7Karol Kisel
16Radoslav Kráľ
6Miloš Krško
5Peter Lérant
18Martin Lipčák
15Marek Mintál
8Michal Pančík
12Martin Petráš
17Andrej Porázik
11Ján Šlahor
14Andrej Šupka
13Martin Vyskoč
20Vratislav Greško DNS
22Ján Mucha DNS
21Tomáš Oravec DNS
CoachDušan Radolský
14Czech RepublicCZE
3Adam Petrouš
1Aleš Chvalovský
16Jan Šimák
18Jaroslav Drobný
2Lukáš Došek
7Libor Sionko
14Libor Došek
17Marek Heinz
9Marek Jankulovski
15Martin Vozábal
11Milan Baroš
4Radoslav Kováč
5Roman Lengyel
6Roman Týce
10Tomáš Kučera
8Tomáš Ujfaluši
13Erich Brabec DNS
22Petr Čech DNS
21Martin Čupr DNS
19Marcel Lička DNS
12Jan Polák DNS
20Luděk Stracený DNS
CoachKarel Brückner
15AustraliaAUS
3Stan Lazaridis
7Brett Emerton
11Clayton Zane
1Danny Milosevic
4Hayden Foxe
16Jason Culina
5Josip Skoko
10Kasey Wehrman
8Lucas Neill
15Marco Bresciano
9Mark Viduka
17Michael Curcija
14Nick Rizzo
2Simon Colosimo
6Stephen Laybutt
13Vince Grella
21Archie Thompson DNS
12Con Blatsis DNS
20Buddy Farah DNS
19Dragi Nastevski DNS
22Tynan Scope DNS
18Michael Turnbull DNS
CoachRaul Blanco
16MoroccoMAR
20Aissam Barroudi
17Zakaria Aboub
12Abdel Fattah El-Khattari
8Abdelmajid Oulmers
5Adel Chbouki
3Akram Roumani
11Bouchaib El-Moubarki
4El-Hussain Ouchla
6Fouzi El-Brazi
2Hamid Nater
9Jawad Zairi
16Kareem Ben Kouar
7Mohamed Kharbouch
13Noureddine Kacemi
10Otmane El-Assas
1Tarik El-Jarmouni
15Youssef Safri
18Abdelilah Bagui DNS
14Salaheddine Bassir DNS
21Bouchaib El-Battachi DNS
22Hicham Laaraj DNS
19Abdeslam Ouaddou DNS
CoachSaid El-Khider

Preliminary Round

Date13 – 20 September 2000

Group A

PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1ItalyITA21075-2Q
2NigeriaNGR12057-6Q
3HondurasHON11146-7
4AustraliaAUS00303-6
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #113 Sep 20:00ItalyITA1 – 0AustraliaAUS
Match #213 Sep 18:30HondurasHON3 – 3NigeriaNGR
Match #316 Sep 18:30ItalyITA3 – 1HondurasHON
Match #416 Sep 20:00NigeriaNGR3 – 2AustraliaAUS
Match #519 Sep 18:30ItalyITA1 – 1NigeriaNGR
Match #619 Sep 20:00HondurasHON2 – 1AustraliaAUS

Group B

PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1ChileCHI20167-3Q
2SpainESP20166-3Q
3Republic of KoreaKOR20162-3
4MoroccoMAR00301-7
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #114 Sep 18:30SpainESP3 – 0Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #214 Sep 20:00ChileCHI4 – 1MoroccoMAR
Match #317 Sep 20:00ChileCHI3 – 1SpainESP
Match #417 Sep 18:30Republic of KoreaKOR1 – 0MoroccoMAR
Match #520 Sep 18:30Republic of KoreaKOR1 – 0ChileCHI
Match #620 Sep 20:00SpainESP2 – 0MoroccoMAR

Group C

PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1United StatesUSA12056-4Q
2CameroonCMR12055-4Q
3KuwaitKUW10236-8
4Czech RepublicCZE02125-6
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #113 Sep 19:00CameroonCMR3 – 2KuwaitKUW
Match #213 Sep 20:00Czech RepublicCZE2 – 2United StatesUSA
Match #316 Sep 19:00KuwaitKUW3 – 2Czech RepublicCZE
Match #416 Sep 20:00CameroonCMR1 – 1United StatesUSA
Match #519 Sep 19:00CameroonCMR1 – 1Czech RepublicCZE
Match #619 Sep 20:00United StatesUSA3 – 1KuwaitKUW

Group D

PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1BrazilBRA20165-4Q
2JapanJPN20164-3Q
3South AfricaRSA10235-5
4SlovakiaSVK10234-6
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #114 Sep 19:00BrazilBRA3 – 1SlovakiaSVK
Match #214 Sep 20:00JapanJPN2 – 1South AfricaRSA
Match #317 Sep 19:00South AfricaRSA3 – 1BrazilBRA
Match #417 Sep 20:00JapanJPN2 – 1SlovakiaSVK
Match #520 Sep 19:00BrazilBRA1 – 0JapanJPN
Match #620 Sep 20:00SlovakiaSVK2 – 1South AfricaRSA

Quarter-Finals

Date23 September 2000
FormatSingle-elimination.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #123 Sep 18:30SpainESP1 – 0ItalyITA
Match #223 Sep 19:00ChileCHI4 – 1NigeriaNGR
Match #323 Sep 20:00United StatesUSA2 – 2JapanJPNAET, 5-4 PS
Match #423 Sep 20:00CameroonCMR2 – 1BrazilBRAAET

Semi-Finals

Date26 September 2000
FormatSingle-elimination.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #126 Sep 20:00SpainESP3 – 1United StatesUSA
Match #226 Sep 20:00CameroonCMR2 – 1ChileCHI

Final Round

Date29 – 30 September 2000
FormatMedal round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/230 Sep 12:00CameroonCMR2 – 2SpainESPAET, 5-3 PS
Match 3/429 Sep 20:00ChileCHI2 – 0United StatesUSA