UEFA Euro 2000

UEFA Euro 2000
UEFA Europees Voetbalkampioenschap; België/Nederland 2000 (in Dutch); UEFA Championnat Européen du Football; Belgique/Pays Bas 2000 (in French); UEFA Fußball-Europameisterschaft; Belgien/Niederlande 2000 (in German)
Tournament details
Host countries	Belgium; Netherlands
Dates	10 June – 2 July
Teams	16
Venue(s)	8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	France (2nd title)
Runners-up	Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	85 (2.74 per match)
Attendance	1,122,833 (36,220 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Patrick Kluivert; Savo Milošević; (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Zinedine Zidane
	← 1996 2004 →

The 2000 UEFA European Football Championship, or Euro 2000, was the 11th UEFA European Football Championship. The championship is held every four years and organized by UEFA. UEFA is association football's governing body in Europe.

The finals of Euro 2000 were co-hosted (the first time this happened) by Belgium and the Netherlands, between 10 June and 2 July 2000. Spain and Austria also bid to host the event.^[1] The final tournament had 16 nations. Except for Belgium and the Netherlands, the finalists had to go through a qualifying round to reach the final stage. France won the tournament. They defeated Italy 2–1 in the final, by a golden goal.

The finals were in the King Baudouin Stadium.

Qualified teams[change | change source]

The following 16 teams were in the tournament:

Country	Qualified as	Date of qualification	Previous appearances in tournament^{1, 2}
Belgium	00Co-hosts	18 January 1998	3 (1972, 1980, 1984)
Netherlands	01Co-hosts	18 January 1998	5 (1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996)
Italy	02Group 1 winner	9 October 1999	4 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1996)
Norway	03Group 2 winner	9 October 1999	0 (debut)
Germany	04Group 3 winner	9 October 1999	7 (1972,⁴ 1976,⁴ 1980,⁴ 1984,⁴ 1988,⁴ 1992, 1996)
France	05Group 4 winner	9 October 1999	4 (1960, 1984, 1992, 1996)
Sweden	06Group 5 winner	9 October 1999	1 (1992)
Spain	07Group 6 winner	10 October 1999	5 (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996)
Romania	08Group 7 winner	9 October 1999	1 (1996)
Yugoslavia	10Group 8 winner	9 October 1999	4 (1960, 1968, 1976, 1984, 1992⁵)
Czech Republic	11Group 9 winner	9 October 1999	4 (1960,³ 1976,³ 1980,³ 1996)
Portugal	12Best runner-up	9 October 1999	2 (1984, 1996)
Denmark	13Play-offs	17 November 1999	5 (1964, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996)
England	14Play-offs	17 November 1999	5 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996)
Slovenia	15Play-offs	17 November 1999	0 (debut)
Turkey	16Play-offs	17 November 1999	1 (1996)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year

² Italic indicates host for that year

³ as Czechoslovakia

⁴ as West Germany

⁵ Did not qualify but replaced Yugoslavia, who were under sanctions by the UN Security Council Resolution 757 and banned from appearing.^[2] Denmark were group 4 runners-up.

Final rankings[change | change source]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	France	6	5	0	1	13	7	+6	15
2	Italy	6	4	1	1	9	4	+5	13
Eliminated in the Semi-finals
3	Netherlands	5	4	1	0	13	3	+10	13
4	Portugal	5	4	0	1	10	4	+6	12
Eliminated in the Quarter-finals
5	Spain	4	2	0	2	7	7	0	6
6	Turkey	4	1	3	0	3	4	-1	4
7	Romania	4	2	0	2	4	6	-2	4
8	Yugoslavia	4	1	1	2	8	13	–5	4
Eliminated in the Group stage
9	Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
10	Norway	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
11	England	3	1	1	1	5	6	–1	4
12	Belgium	3	1	1	1	2	5	–3	4
13	Slovenia	3	0	2	1	4	5	–1	2
14	Sweden	3	0	1	2	2	4	–2	1
15	Germany	3	0	1	2	1	5	–4	1
16	Denmark	3	0	0	3	0	8	–8	0

Rankings are based on performance, not team skill. Also, these rankings are unofficial and are not based on head-to-head record.

Goalscorers[change | change source]

5 goals

4 goals

Nuno Gomes

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

Dejan Govedarica (playing against the Netherlands)

Awards[change | change source]

UEFA Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Fabien Barthez Francesco Toldo	Laurent Blanc Marcel Desailly Lilian Thuram Fabio Cannavaro Paolo Maldini Alessandro Nesta Frank de Boer	Patrick Vieira Zinedine Zidane Demetrio Albertini Edgar Davids Rui Costa Luís Figo Josep Guardiola	Thierry Henry Francesco Totti Patrick Kluivert Nuno Gomes Savo Milošević Raúl

Golden Boot

Patrick Kluivert
Savo Milošević
(5 goals)

UEFA Player of the Tournament

Zinedine Zidane

Mascot[change | change source]

The mascot for the tournament was Benelucky. The name is a pun on Benelux. He is a lion-devil with hair colour a combination of the flag colours of both host nations. The lion is the national football emblem of the Netherlands and a devil is for Belgium, the team being nicknamed "the Red Devils".^[3]

References[change | change source]

↑ Dietrich Schulze-Marmeling: Die Geschichte der Fußball-Europameisterschaft, Verlag Die Werkstatt, ISBN 978-3-89533-553-2
↑ "United Nations Security Council Resolution 757 (Implementing Trade Embargo on Yugoslavia)". United Nations. University of Minnesota Human Rights Center. 30 May 1992. Retrieved 18 August 2008.
↑ Kell, Tom (6 December 2010). "Euro 2012 mascots have big shoes to fill". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 9 July 2012.

[1] Dietrich Schulze-Marmeling: Die Geschichte der Fußball-Europameisterschaft, Verlag Die Werkstatt, ISBN 978-3-89533-553-2

[2] "United Nations Security Council Resolution 757 (Implementing Trade Embargo on Yugoslavia)". United Nations. University of Minnesota Human Rights Center. 30 May 1992. Retrieved 18 August 2008.

[3] Kell, Tom (6 December 2010). "Euro 2012 mascots have big shoes to fill". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 9 July 2012.

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