The men's football tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in

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and four other cities in

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from 13 to 30 September. It was the 22nd edition of the men's Olympic football tournament. The final, played at the

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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

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. Cameroon won the gold medal with a victory over Spain, the country's first Olympic gold in history.

Competition schedule

The match schedule of the tournament.

Qualification

The following 16 teams qualified for the 2000 Olympic men's football tournament: Four countries competed for the first time in 2000: the

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and

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(previously champions together as

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at the

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and

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Squads

Venues

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

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hosted the Final.

Match officials

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* Falla N'Doye * Felix Tangawarima ;Asia * Lu Jun * Saad Mane ;North and Central America * Peter Prendergast * Felipe Ramos ;South America * Mario Sánchez Yantén * Carlos Simon ;Europe * Stéphane Bré * Herbert Fandel * Ľuboš Micheľ ;Oceania * Simon Micallef * Bruce Grimshaw

Seeding

The draw for the tournament took place on 3 June 2000. Australia, South Korea, the United States and Brazil were seeded for the draw and placed into groups A–D, respectively. The remaining teams were drawn from four pots with teams from the same region kept apart.

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

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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. ;6 goals * Iván Zamorano ;4 goals * Patrick Mboma * Reinaldo Navia * David Suazo ;3 goals * Lauren *

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* Victor Agali * Gabri * José Mari * Peter Vagenas ;2 goals *

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* Edu * Lukáš Došek * Gianni Comandini * Khalaf Al-Mutairi * Faraj Saeed * Andrej Porázik * Siyabonga Nomvethe *

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* Josh Wolff ;1 goal * Hayden Foxe * Kasey Wehrman * Ronaldinho * Nicolas Alnoudji *

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* Modeste M'bami * Pablo Contreras * Rafael Olarra * Rodrigo Tello *

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* Roman Lengyel * Julio César de León *

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* Junichi Inamoto * Hidetoshi Nakata * Atsushi Yanagisawa * Lee Dong-gook * Lee Chun-soo * Jamal Mubarak * Bader Najem * El Houssaine Ouchla * Bright Igbinadolor * Pius Ikedia * Garba Lawal * Juraj Czinege * Ján Šlahor * Quinton Fortune * Steve Lekoelea * Benni McCarthy * Miguel Ángel Angulo * Jesús Lacruz * Raúl Tamudo * Toni Velamazán * Danny Califf *

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;1 own goal * Patrice Abanda (playing against Chile) * Jaime Rosales (playing against Australia) * Gianni Comandini (playing against Honduras) * Samuel Okunowo (playing against Italy) * Marián Čišovský (playing against Brazil) * Iván Amaya (playing against Cameroon)

References

Bibliography

External links

Olympic Football Tournaments Sydney 2000 - Men
FIFA.com
FIFA Technical Report (Part 1)(Part 2)(Part 3)
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