Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament


The men's football tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney and four other cities in Australia from 15 to 30 September. It was the 22nd edition of the men's Olympic football tournament.
The final, played at the Olympic Stadium in Sydney, Australia, attracted the Olympic Games Football attendance record of 104,098 which broke the previous record of 101,799 set at the Rose Bowl for the gold medal match of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, with Cameroon winning the gold.

Qualification

The following 16 teams qualified for the 2000 Olympic men's football tournament:
Means of qualificationBerthsQualified
Host nation1
AFC Preliminary Competition3

CAF Preliminary Competition4


CONCACAF Preliminary Competition2
2000 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament2
1999 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament0Eliminated in playoffs to 4th
placed African country South Africa
2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship4


Total16

Four countries competed for the first time in 2000: the Czech Republic and Slovakia, South Africa and Honduras.

Venues

Six venues were used during the tournament, four of them outside of Sydney at cities around Australia. Stadium Australia hosted the Final.

Match officials

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Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

Note: Extra time periods were played under the golden goal rule.

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final ranking

Statistics

Goalscorers

With six goals, Iván Zamorano of Chile is the top goalscorer in the tournament. In total, 103 goals were scored by 62 different players, with six of them credited as own goals.
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