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{{Infobox International Football Competition
| tourney_name = UEFA Euro 2000
| other_titles = UEFA Europees Voetbalkampioenschap<br />België/Nederland 2000 {{in lang|nl}}<br />UEFA Championnat Européen du Football<br />Belgique/Pays Bas 2000 {{in lang|fr}}<br />UEFA Fußball-Europameisterschaft<br>Belgien/Niederlande 2000 {{in lang|de}}
| image = 
| size = 120px
| caption = 
| country = Belgium
| country2 = Netherlands
| dates = 10 June – 2 July
| num_teams = 16
| venues = 8
| cities = 8
| champion = France
| count = 2
| second = Italy
| matches = 31
| goals = 85
| attendance = 1122833
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|NED}} [[Patrick Kluivert]]<br />{{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} [[Savo Milošević]]<br />(5 goals)
| player = {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Zinedine Zidane]]
| prevseason = [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]]
| nextseason = [[UEFA Euro 2004|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.<ref>Dietrich Schulze-Marmeling: Die Geschichte der Fußball-Europameisterschaft, Verlag Die Werkstatt, {{ISBN|978-3-89533-553-2}}</ref> 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==
The following 16 teams were in the tournament:
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col"| Country
! scope="col"| Qualified as
! scope="col"| Date of qualification 
! scope="col"| Previous appearances in tournament<sup>'''[[#1|1]]''', '''[[#2|2]]'''</sup>
|-
! scope="row"| {{fb|BEL}}
| <span style="display:none">00</span>Co-hosts || {{dts|18 January 1998}} || 3 (''[[UEFA Euro 1972|1972]]'', [[UEFA Euro 1980|1980]], [[UEFA Euro 1984|1984]])
|-
! scope="row"| {{fb|NED}}
| <span style="display:none">01</span>Co-hosts || {{dts|18 January 1998}} || 5 ([[UEFA Euro 1976|1976]], [[UEFA Euro 1980|1980]], '''[[UEFA Euro 1988|1988]]''', [[UEFA Euro 1992|1992]], [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]])
|-
! scope="row"| {{fb|ITA}}
| <span style="display:none">02</span>[[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 1|Group 1]] winner || {{dts|9 October 1999}} || | 4 ('''''[[UEFA Euro 1968|1968]]''''', ''[[UEFA Euro 1980|1980]]'', [[UEFA Euro 1988|1988]], [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]])
|-
! scope="row"| {{fb|NOR}}
| <span style="display:none">03</span>[[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 2|Group 2]] winner || {{dts|9 October 1999}} || | 0 (debut)
|-
! scope="row"| {{fb|GER}}
| <span style="display:none">04</span>[[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 3|Group 3]] winner || {{dts|9 October 1999}} || | 7 ('''[[UEFA Euro 1972|1972]]''',<sup>[[#4|4]]</sup> [[UEFA Euro 1976|1976]],<sup>[[#4|4]]</sup> '''[[UEFA Euro 1980|1980]]''',<sup>[[#4|4]]</sup> [[UEFA Euro 1984|1984]],<sup>[[#4|4]]</sup> ''[[UEFA Euro 1988|1988]]'',<sup>[[#4|4]]</sup> [[UEFA Euro 1992|1992]], '''[[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]]''')
|-
! scope="row"| {{fb|FRA}}
| <span style="display:none">05</span>[[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 4|Group 4]] winner || {{dts|9 October 1999}} || | 4 (''[[1960 European Nations' Cup|1960]]'', '''''[[UEFA Euro 1984|1984]]''''', [[UEFA Euro 1992|1992]], [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]])
|-
! scope="row"| {{fb|SWE}}
| <span style="display:none">06</span>[[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 5|Group 5]] winner || {{dts|9 October 1999}} || | 1 (''[[UEFA Euro 1992|1992]]'')
|-
! scope="row"| {{fb|ESP}}
| <span style="display:none">07</span>[[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 6|Group 6]] winner || {{dts|10 October 1999}} || | 5 ('''''[[1964 European Nations' Cup|1964]]''''', [[UEFA Euro 1980|1980]], [[UEFA Euro 1984|1984]], [[UEFA Euro 1988|1988]], [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]])
|-
! scope="row"| {{fb|ROU}}
| <span style="display:none">08</span>[[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 7|Group 7]] winner || {{dts|9 October 1999}} || | 1 ([[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]])
|-
! scope="row"| {{fb|FR Yugoslavia}}
| <span style="display:none">10</span>[[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 8|Group 8]] winner || {{dts|9 October 1999}} || | 4 ([[1960 European Nations' Cup|1960]], [[UEFA Euro 1968|1968]], [[UEFA Euro 1976|1976]], [[UEFA Euro 1984|1984]], [[UEFA Euro 1992|1992]]<sup>[[#5|5]]</sup>)
|-
! scope="row"| {{fb|CZE}}
| <span style="display:none">11</span>[[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 9|Group 9]] winner || {{dts|9 October 1999}} || 4 ([[1960 European Nations' Cup|1960]],<sup>[[#3|3]]</sup> '''[[UEFA Euro 1976|1976]]''',<sup>[[#3|3]]</sup> [[UEFA Euro 1980|1980]],<sup>[[#3|3]]</sup> [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]])
|-
! scope="row"| {{fb|POR}}
| <span style="display:none">12</span>[[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying#Best runner-up|Best runner-up]] || {{dts|9 October 1999}} || | 2 ([[UEFA Euro 1984|1984]], [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]])
|-
! scope="row"| {{fb|DEN}}
| <span style="display:none">13</span>[[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying play-offs|Play-offs]] || {{dts|17 November 1999}} || | 5 ([[1964 European Nations' Cup|1964]], [[UEFA Euro 1984|1984]], [[UEFA Euro 1988|1988]], '''[[UEFA Euro 1992|1992]]''', [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]])
|-
! scope="row"| {{fb|ENG}}
| <span style="display:none">14</span>[[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying play-offs|Play-offs]] || {{dts|17 November 1999}} || | 5 ([[UEFA Euro 1968|1968]], [[UEFA Euro 1980|1980]], [[UEFA Euro 1988|1988]], [[UEFA Euro 1992|1992]], ''[[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]]'')
|-
! scope="row"| {{fb|SLO}}
| <span style="display:none">15</span>[[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying play-offs|Play-offs]] || {{dts|17 November 1999}} || | 0 (debut)
|-
! scope="row"| {{fb|TUR}}
| <span style="display:none">16</span>[[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying play-offs|Play-offs]] || {{dts|17 November 1999}} || | 1 ([[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]])
|}

:<div id="1"><sup>1</sup> '''Bold''' indicates champion for that year</div>
:<div id="2"><sup>2</sup> ''Italic'' indicates host for that year</div>
:<div id="3"><sup>3</sup> as [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]]</div>
:<div id="4"><sup>4</sup> as [[Germany national football team|West Germany]]</div>
:<div id="5"><sup>5</sup> Did not qualify but replaced [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]], who were under sanctions by the [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 757|UN Security Council Resolution 757]] and banned from appearing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/peace/docs/scres757.html |title=United Nations Security Council Resolution 757 (Implementing Trade Embargo on Yugoslavia) |work=United Nations |publisher=University of Minnesota Human Rights Center |date=30 May 1992 |accessdate=18 August 2008 }}</ref> Denmark were [[UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying Group 4|group 4 runners-up]].</div>

=== Final rankings ===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=30 abbr="Position" |Pos
!width=210 |Team
!width=30 abbr="Played" |Pld
!width=30 abbr="Won" |W
!width=30 abbr="Drawn" |D
!width=30 abbr="Lost" |L
!width=30 abbr="Goals for" |GF
!width=30 abbr="Goals against" |GA
!width=30 abbr="Goal difference" |GD
!width=30 abbr="Points" |Pts
|- bgcolor=#FFD700
|1
|align=left|{{fb|France}}
|6||5||0||1||13||7||+6||'''15'''
|- bgcolor=#C0C0C0
|2
|align=left|{{fb|Italy}}
|6||4||1||1||9||4||+5||'''13'''
|-
|colspan=10 bgcolor=f2f2f2|'''Eliminated in the Semi-finals'''
|- bgcolor=
|3
|align=left|{{fb|Netherlands}}
|5||4||1||0||13||3||+10||'''13'''
|- bgcolor=
|4
|align=left|{{fb|Portugal}}
|5||4||0||1||10||4||+6||'''12'''
|-
|colspan=10 bgcolor=f2f2f2|'''Eliminated in the Quarter-finals'''
|- bgcolor=
|5
|align=left|{{fb|Spain}}
|4||2||0||2||7||7||0||'''6'''
|- bgcolor=
|6
|align=left|{{fb|Turkey}}
|4||1||3||0||3||4||-1||'''4'''
|- bgcolor=
|7
|align=left|{{fb|Romania}}
|4||2||0||2||4||6||-2||'''4'''
|- bgcolor=
|8
|align=left|{{fb|Yugoslavia}}
|4||1||1||2||8||13||–5||'''4'''
|-
|colspan=10 bgcolor=f2f2f2|'''Eliminated in the Group stage'''
|- bgcolor=
|9
|align=left|{{fb|Czech Republic}}
|3||1||1||1||3||3||0||'''4'''
|- bgcolor=
|10
|align=left|{{fb|Norway}}
|3||1||1||1||1||1||0||'''4'''
|- bgcolor=
|11
|align=left|{{fb|England}}
|3||1||1||1||5||6||–1||'''4'''
|- bgcolor=
|12
|align=left|{{fb|Belgium}}
|3||1||1||1||2||5||–3||'''4'''
|- bgcolor=
|13
|align=left|{{fb|Slovenia}}
|3||0||2||1||4||5||–1||'''2'''
|- bgcolor=
|14
|align=left|{{fb|Sweden}}
|3||0||1||2||2||4||–2||'''1'''
|- bgcolor=
|15
|align=left|{{fb|Germany}}
|3||0||1||2||1||5||–4||'''1'''
|- bgcolor=
|16
|align=left|{{fb|Denmark}}
|3||0||0||3||0||8||–8||'''0'''
|}
<small><li>Rankings are based on performance, not team skill. Also, these rankings are unofficial and are '''not based on head-to-head record'''.</li></small>

===Goalscorers===
{{col-start|width=75%}}
{{col-3}}
;5 goals
*{{flagicon|NED}} [[Patrick Kluivert]]
*{{flagicon|SCG}} [[Savo Milošević]]
{{col-end}}

;4 goals
{{col-start|width=75%}}
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Nuno Gomes]]
{{col-end}}

;3 goals
{{col-start|width=75%}}
{{col-3}}
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Thierry Henry]]
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Sérgio Conceição]]
*{{flagicon|SVN}} [[Zlatko Zahovič]]
{{col-end}}

;2 goals
{{col-start|width=75%}}
{{col-4}}
*{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Vladimír Šmicer]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Alan Shearer]]
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Youri Djorkaeff]]
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[David Trézéguet]]
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sylvain Wiltord]]
{{col-4}}
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Zinedine Zidane]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Filippo Inzaghi]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Francesco Totti]]
*{{flagicon|NED}} [[Frank de Boer]]
*{{flagicon|NED}} [[Marc Overmars]]
{{col-4}}
*{{flagicon|NED}} [[Boudewijn Zenden]]
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Gaizka Mendieta]]
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Alfonso Pérez]]
*{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Hakan Şükür]]
{{col-end}}

;1 goal
{{col-start|width=75%}}
{{col-3}}
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Bart Goor]]
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Émile Mpenza]]
*{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Karel Poborský]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Steve McManaman]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Michael Owen]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Paul Scholes]]
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Laurent Blanc]]
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Christophe Dugarry]]
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Mehmet Scholl]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Antonio Conte]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Alessandro Del Piero]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Marco Delvecchio]]
{{col-3}}
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Luigi Di Biagio]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Stefano Fiore]]
*{{flagicon|NED}} [[Ronald de Boer]]
*{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Steffen Iversen]]
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Costinha]]
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Luís Figo]]
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[João Vieira Pinto|João Pinto]]
*{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Cristian Chivu]]
*{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Ionel Ganea]]
*{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Viorel Moldovan]]
*{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Dorinel Munteanu]]
{{col-3}}
*{{flagicon|SVN}} [[Miran Pavlin]]
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Joseba Etxeberria]]
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Pedro Munitis]]
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Raúl González|Raúl]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Henrik Larsson]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Johan Mjällby]]
*{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Okan Buruk]]
*{{flagicon|SCG}} [[Ljubinko Drulović]]
*{{flagicon|SCG}} [[Dejan Govedarica]]
*{{flagicon|SCG}} [[Slobodan Komljenović]]
{{col-end}}

{{col-start|width=75%}}
;Own goal
*{{flagicon|SCG}} [[Dejan Govedarica]] (playing against the Netherlands)
{{col-end}}

==Awards==
;UEFA Team of the Tournament
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="25%" | Goalkeepers
! width="25%" | Defenders
! width="25%" | Midfielders
! width="25%" | Forwards
|- valign="top"
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Fabien Barthez]]<br />{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Francesco Toldo]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Laurent Blanc]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Marcel Desailly]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Lilian Thuram]]<br />{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Fabio Cannavaro]]<br />{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Paolo Maldini]]<br />{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Alessandro Nesta]]<br />{{flagicon|NED}} [[Frank de Boer]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Patrick Vieira]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Zinedine Zidane]]<br />{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Demetrio Albertini]]<br />{{flagicon|NED}} [[Edgar Davids]]<br />{{flagicon|POR}} [[Rui Costa]]<br />{{flagicon|POR}} [[Luís Figo]]<br />{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Josep Guardiola]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Thierry Henry]]<br />{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Francesco Totti]]<br />{{flagicon|NED}} [[Patrick Kluivert]]<br />{{flagicon|POR}} [[Nuno Gomes]]<br />{{flagicon|SCG}} [[Savo Milošević]]<br />{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Raúl González|Raúl]]
|}

;Golden Boot
*{{flagicon|NED}} [[Patrick Kluivert]]
*{{flagicon|SCG}} [[Savo Milošević]]<br />(5 goals)

'''UEFA Player of the Tournament'''
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Zinedine Zidane]]

==Mascot==
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".<ref>{{cite news | first=Tom | last=Kell | title=Euro 2012 mascots have big shoes to fill | url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/news/newsid=1554989.html | work=UEFA.com | publisher=Union of European Football Associations | date=6 December 2010 | accessdate=9 July 2012 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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