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The 2000 UEFA European Championship, or Euro 2000, was the 11th edition of the UEFA European Championship, a competition between the national football teams of Europe held every four years and organised by UEFA, football's governing body in Belgium and the Netherlands between June 10 and July 2, 2000. The final tournament was contested by 16 nations. With the exception of the national teams of the hosts, Belgium and the Netherlands, the finalists had to go through a qualifying round to reach the final stage.

The Euro 2000 winner was France, who beat Italy 2-1 in the final after a golden goal by France's Belgium and the Netherlands qualified automatically as co-hosts of the Euro 2000 final tournament. The following teams also qualified for the final tournament:

For details concerning the qualifying phase, check 2000 UEFA European Championship (qualifying).

Stadiums

The Netherlands

Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam - Capacity: 50,000
Feijenoord Stadion (De Kuip), Rotterdam - Capacity: 50,000
Philips Stadion, Eindhoven - Capacity: 33,000
Gelredome, Arnhem - Capacity 30,000

Belgium

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels - Capacity: 50,000
Jan Breydel Stadion, Brugge - Capacity: 30,000
Stade de Sclessin, Liege - Capacity: 30,000
Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi - Capacity: 30,000

First round

All times local (CET)

Group A

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Portugal	3	3	0	0	7	2	9
Romania	3	1	1	1	4	4	4
England	3	1	0	2	5	6	3
Germany	3	0	1	2	1	5	1


12 June
	Germany	1 - 1	Romania	Sclessin (1800)
		(HT: 1-1)		Ref: Kim Milton Nielsen (Den)
	Scholl 28'		Moldovan 5'

	Portugal	3 - 2	England	Philips (2045)
		(HT: 2-2)		Ref: Anders Frisk (Swe)
	Figo 22'		Scholes 3'
	Jo�o Pinto 37'		McManaman 18'
	Nuno Gomes 59'

17 June
	Romania	0 - 1	Portugal	Gelredome (1800)
		(HT: 0-0)		Ref: Gilles Veissi�re (Fra)
			Costinha 90'

	England	1 - 0	Germany	Pays de Charleroi (2045)
		(HT: 0-0)		Ref: Pierluigi Collina (Ita)
	Shearer 53'

20 June
	England	2 - 3	Romania	Pays de Charleroi (2045)
		(HT: 2-1)		Ref: Urs Meier (Swi)
	Shearer (pen) 41'		Chivu 22'
	Owen 45'		Munteanu 48'
			Ganea (pen) 89'

	Portugal	3 - 0	Germany	Feijenoord (2045)
		(HT: 1-0)		Ref: Dick Jol (Net)
	Concei��o 35'
	Concei��o 54'
	Concei��o 71'

Group B

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Italy	3	3	0	0	6	2	9
Turkey	3	1	1	1	3	2	4
Belgium	3	1	0	2	2	5	3
Sweden	3	0	1	2	2	4	1


10 June
	Belgium	2 - 1	Sweden	King Baudouin (2045)
		(HT: 1-0)		Ref: Markus Merk (Ger)
	Goor 43'		Mj�llby 53'
	E. Mpenza 46'

11 June
	Turkey	1 - 2	Italy	Gelredome (1430)
		(HT: 0-0)		Ref: Hugh Dallas (Sco)
	Okan Buruk 62'		Conte 52'
			Inzaghi (pen) 70'

14 June
	Italy	2 - 0	Belgium	King Baudouin (2045)
		(HT: 1-0)		Ref: Garcia Aranda (Spa)
	Totti 6'
	Fiore 66'

15 June
	Sweden	0 - 0	Turkey	Philips (2045)
		(HT: 0-0)		Ref: Dick Jol (Ned)

19 June
	Turkey	2 - 0	Belgium	King Baudouin (2045)
		(HT: 1-0)		Ref: Kim Milton Nielsen (Den)
	Hakan S�k�r 45'
	Hakan S�k�r 70'

	Italy	2 - 1	Sweden	Philips (2045)
		(HT: 1-0)		Ref: V�tor Pereira (Por)
	Di Biagio 39'		Larsson 77'
	Del Piero 88'

Group C

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Spain	3	2	0	1	6	5	6
Yugoslavia	3	1	1	1	7	7	4
Norway	3	1	1	1	1	1	4
Slovenia	3	0	2	1	4	5	2


13 June
	Spain	0 - 1	Norway	Feijenoord (1830)
		(HT: 0-0)		Ref: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egy)
			Iversen 65'

	Yugoslavia	3 - 3	Slovenia	Pays de Charleroi (2045)
		(HT: 0-1)		Ref: V�tor Pereira (Por)
	Milosevic 67'		Zahovic 23'
	Drulovic 70'		Pavlin 52'
	Milosevic 73'		Zahovic 57'

18 June
	Slovenia	1 - 2	Spain	ArenA (1800)
		(HT: 0-1)		Ref: Markus Merk (Ger)
	Zahovic 59'		Ra�l 4'
			Etxeberria 60'

	Norway	0 - 1	Yugoslavia	Sclessin (2045)
		(HT: 0-1)		Ref: Hugh Dallas (Sco)
			Milosevic 8'

21 June
	Yugoslavia	3 - 4	Spain	Jan Breydel (1800)
		(HT: 1-1)		Ref: Gilles Veissi�re (Fra)
	Milosevic 30'		Alfonso P�rez 38'
	Govedarica 50'		Munitis 51'
	Komljenovic 75'		Mendieta (pen) 90'
			Alfonso P�rez 90'

	Slovenia	0 - 0	Norway	Gelredome (1800)
		(HT: 0-0)		Ref: Graham Poll (Eng)

Group D

	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
Netherlands	3	3	0	7	2	9
France	3	2	1	7	4	6
Czech Republic	3	1	2	3	3	3
Denmark	3	0	3	0	8	0


11 June
	France	3 - 0	Denmark	Jan Breydel (1800)
		(HT: 1-0)		Ref: G�nter Benk� (Aut)
	Blanc 16'
	Henry 64'
	Wiltord 90'

	Netherlands	1 - 0	Czech Republic	ArenA (2045)
		(HT: 0-0)		Ref: Pierluigi Collina (Ita)
	F. de Boer (pen) 89'

16 June
	Czech Republic	1 - 2	France	Jan Breydel (1800)
		(HT: 1-1)		Ref: Graham Poll (Eng)
	Poborsk� (pen) 35'		Henry 7'
			Djorkaeff 60'

	Denmark	0 - 3	Netherlands	Feijenoord (2045)
		(HT: 0-0)		Ref: Urs Meier (Swi)
			Kluivert 57'
			R. de Boer 66'
			Zenden 77'

21 June
	Denmark	0 - 2	Czech Republic	Sclessin (2045)
		(HT: 0-0)		Ref: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egy)
			Šmicer 64'
			Šmicer 67'

	France	2 - 3	Netherlands	ArenA (2045)
		(HT: 2-1)		Ref: Anders Frisk (Swe)
	Dugarry 8'		Kluivert 14'
	Tr�z�guet 31'		F. de Boer 51'
			Zenden 59'

Quarter-finals

24 June
	Turkey	0 - 2	Portugal	ArenA (1800)
		(HT: 0-1)		Ref: Dick Jol (Net)
			Nuno Gomes 44'
			Nuno Gomes 56'

	Italy	2 - 0	Romania	King Baudouin (2045)
		(HT: 2-0)		Ref: V�tor Pereira (Por)
	Totti 33'
	Inzaghi 43'

25 June
	Netherlands	6 - 1	Yugoslavia	Feijenoord (1800)
		(HT: 2-0)		Ref: Garcia Aranda (Spa)
	Kluivert 24'		Milosevic 90'
	Kluivert 38'
	Govedarica (og) 51'
	Kluivert 54'
	Overmars 78'
	Overmars 90'

	Spain	1 - 2	France	Jan Breydel (2045)
		(HT: 1-2)		Ref: Pierluigi Collina (Ita)
	Mendieta (pen) 38'		Zidane 32'
			Djorkaeff 44'

Semi-finals

28 June
	France	2 - 1	Portugal	King Baudouin (2045)
		(HT: 0-1)		Ref: G�nter Benk� (Aut)
		(FT: 1-1)
	Henry 51'		Nuno Gomes 19'
	Zidane (pen) 117'
	Match ended on Zidane's golden goal

29 June
	Italy	0 - 0	Netherlands	ArenA (1800)
		(HT: 0-0)		Ref: Markus Merk (Ger)
		(FT: 0-0)
		(ET: 0-0)
	Italy won 3-1 on penalties
	Di Biagio - goal	1-0	save - F. de Boer
	Pessotto - goal	2-0	miss - Stam
	Totti - goal	3-1	goal - Kluivert
	Maldini - save	3-1	save - Bosvelt

Final

2 July
	France	2 - 1	Italy	Feijenoord (2000)
		(HT: 0-0)		Ref: Anders Frisk (Swe)
		(FT: 1-1)
	Wiltord 90'		Delvecchio 55'
	Tr�z�guet 103'
	Match ended on Tr�z�guet's golden goal

	EURO 2000 champions: FRANCE

Top Scorers

5 goals

4 goals

Nuno Gomes

3 goals

S�rgio Concei��o
Thierry Henry
Zlatko Zahovic

2 goals

Vladim�r Šmicer
Alan Shearer
Youri Djorkaeff - David Tr�z�guet - Sylvain Wiltord - Zinedine Zidane
Filippo Inzaghi - Francesco Totti
Frank de Boer - Marc Overmars - Boudewijn Zenden
Gaizka Mendieta - Alfonso P�rez
Hakan Ş�k�r

The Winning Squad

France
Number	Player	Club in 2000
Goalkeepers
16	Fabien Barthez	Monaco
1	Bernard Lama	Paris Saint-Germain
22	Ulrich Ram�	Bordeaux
Defenders
5	Laurent Blanc	Inter Milan
2	Vincent Candela	Roma
8	Marcel Desailly	Chelsea
18	Franck Leboeuf	Chelsea
3	Bixente Lizarazu	Bayern Munich
15	Lilian Thuram	Parma
Midfielders
7	Didier Deschamps	Chelsea
6	Youri Djorkaeff	Kaiserslautern
19	Christian Karembeu	Real Madrid
14	Johan Micoud	Bordeaux
17	Emmanuel Petit	Arsenal
11	Robert Pires	Marseille
4	Patrick Vieira	Arsenal
10	Zinedine Zidane	Juventus
Forwards
12	Thierry Henry	Arsenal
20	David Tr�z�guet	Monaco
13	Sylvain Wiltord	Bordeaux
9	Nicolas Anelka	Real Madrid
21	Christophe Dugarry	Bordeaux
Coach: Roger Lem�rre

External sites

EURO 2000 official history (http://www.euro2004.com/history/Year=2000/index.html)
UEFA official site (http://www.uefa.com)

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2000 UEFA European Football Championship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (346 words)
	The 2000 UEFA European Championship, or Euro 2000, was the 11th UEFA European Championship, which is held every four years and organised by UEFA, 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 June 10 and July 2, 2000.
	The Euro 2000 winner was France, who defeated Italy 2-1 in the final after a golden goal by France's David Trézéguet.

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