| Date | 16 September 2000 — 20:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales | |
| Referee | Carlos Simon |  BRA |
| Linesman | Vladimir Fernández |  ESA |
| Linesman | Volodymyr Petrov |  UKR |
| 4th Official | Stéphane Bré |  FRA |
| Attendance | 38,080 |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Goals | After Half 1 | After Half 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Nigeria |  NGR | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| – | Australia |  AUS | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Nigeria| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Shots | Shots on Goal | Corner Kicks | Offsides | Fouls Committed | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 17 | Julius Aghahowa | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 13 | Pius Ikedia | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 7 | Victor Agali | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 9 | Yakubu Aiyegbeni | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 4 | Johnson Sunday | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 10 | Azubuike Oliseh | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 3 | Celestine Babayaro | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 11 | Garba Lawal | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 14 | Blessing Kaku | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 6 | Christopher Kanu | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 15 | Godwin Okpara | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 16 | Isaac Okoronkwo | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Goalkeeper | 1 | Greg Etafia | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Team Totals | 3 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 23 | |||||
| Coach | Jo Bonfrère | ||||||||||
Australia| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Shots | Shots on Goal | Corner Kicks | Offsides | Fouls Committed | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 9 | Mark Viduka | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 11 | Clayton Zane | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 17 | Michael Curcija | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 2 | Simon Colosimo | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 3 | Stan Lazaridis | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 5 | Josip Skoko | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 7 | Brett Emerton | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 8 | Lucas Neill | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 10 | Kasey Wehrman | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 13 | Vince Grella | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 14 | Nick Rizzo | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 4 | Hayden Foxe | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 6 | Stephen Laybutt | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Goalkeeper | 1 | Danny Milosevic | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Team Totals | 2 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 17 | |||||
| Coach | Raul Blanco | ||||||||||
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 (1) | Yakubu Aiyegbeni | | yellow | ||
| 43 (1) | Celestine Babayaro | | yellow | ||
| 56 (2) | Celestine Babayaro | | red | ||
| 56 (2) | Brett Emerton | | red | ||
| 57 (2) | Stan Lazaridis | | yellow | ||
| 57 (2) | Azubuike Oliseh | | yellow | ||
| 88 (2) | Julius Aghahowa | | yellow |
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 (1) | Pius Ikedia | | 1-0 | ||
| 22 (1) | Julius Aghahowa | | 2-0 | ||
| 41 (1) | Hayden Foxe | | 2-1 | ||
| 44 (1) | Kasey Wehrman | | 2-2 | ||
| 64 (2) | Victor Agali | | 3-2 |
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 (2) | Kasey Wehrman | | out | ||
| 61 (2) | Lucas Neill | | in | ||
| 74 (2) | Simon Colosimo | | out | ||
| 74 (2) | Nick Rizzo | | in | ||
| 79 (2) | Michael Curcija | | out | ||
| 79 (2) | Clayton Zane | | in | ||
| 81 (2) | Victor Agali | | out | ||
| 81 (2) | Blessing Kaku | | in | ||
| 85 (2) | Pius Ikedia | | out | ||
| 85 (2) | Johnson Sunday | | in |
