Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The football tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics was the second edition of the women's Olympic football tournament and was held from 13 to 28 September 2000. It was hosted at three venues along the Eastern side of Australia with matches being held in Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne.

The tournament features eight women's national teams from six continental confederations with the qualification coming from the previous year's World Cup. The eight teams were 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 the Sydney Football Stadium.

At the end of the group stage, Brazil, Germany, Norway and the United States qualified through to the knockout stage. After Norway and the United States both won the semi-finals, the final was played on the 28 September 2000. The match would go to extra time, with a controversial handball in the 102nd minute from Dagny Mellgren securing Norway the gold medal as they won 3–2. Germany won the bronze medal defeating Brazil 2–0.

Medal winners Gro EspesethBente NordbyMarianne PettersenHege RiiseKristin BekkevoldRagnhild GulbrandsenSolveig GulbrandsenMargunn HaugenesIngeborg HovlandChristine Bøe JensenSilje JørgensenMonica KnudsenGøril KringenAnne TønnessenUnni LehnDagny MellgrenAnita RappBrit SandauneBente Kvitland Brandi ChastainJoy FawcettJulie FoudyMia HammMichelle FrenchKristine LillyTiffeny MilbrettCarla OverbeckCindy ParlowBriana ScurryLorrie FairShannon MacMillanSiri MullinixChristie PearceNikki SerlengaDanielle SlatonKate SobreroSara Whalen Ariane HingstMelanie HoffmannSteffi JonesRenate LingorMaren MeinertSandra MinnertClaudia MüllerBirgit PrinzSilke RottenbergKerstin StegemannBettina WiegmannTina WunderlichNicole BrandebusemeyerNadine AngererDoris FitschenJeannette GötteStefanie GottschlichInka Grings

Venues

The tournament was held in three venues across three cities: Bruce Stadium, Canberra Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Qualification

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.

Africa (CAF)

Asia (AFC)

North and Central America (CONCACAF)

South America (CONMEBOL)

Europe (UEFA)

Oceania (OFC) – host nation

Seeding Pot 1Pot 2 (hosts)

Squads

Match officials

+ Referees Confederation Referee AFC Im Eun-ju (South Korea) CAF Bola Abidoye (Nigeria) CONCACAF Sonia Denoncourt (Canada) Sandra Hunt (United States) CONMEBOL Martha Toro (Colombia) OFC Tammy Ogston (Australia) UEFA Vibeke Karlsen (Norway) Nicole Petignat (Switzerland) Wendy Toms (Great Britain)

+ Assistant referees Confederation Assistant referee AFC Hisae Yoshizawa (Japan) CAF Comfort Cofie (Ghana) CONCACAF Jackeline Sáez Blanquice (Panama) CONMEBOL Ana Isabel Pérez Assante (Peru) Cleidy Mary Nunes Ribeiro (Brazil) OFC Lynn Fox (New Zealand) UEFA Sanna Luhtanen (Finland) Marie-Louise Svanström (Sweden)

Group stage

Group E

Group F

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Statistics

Goalscorers

Assists

FIFA Fair Play Award Winner:

Germany won the FIFA Fair Play Award, given to the team with the best record of fair play during the tournament.

Tournament ranking

References

External links Olympic Football Tournaments Sydney 2000 – Women, FIFA.com RSSSF Summary FIFA Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3) and (Part 4)