# Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics

The 2000 Football at the Summer Olympics tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics started on 13 September. The men's tournament is played by U-23 (under 23 years old) national teams, with up to three over age players allowed per squad. Article 1 of the tournament regulations states: "The Tournaments take place every four years, in conjunction with the Summer Olympic Games. The associations affiliated to FIFA are invited to participate with their men's U-23 and women's representative teams."

## Venues

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| Sydney | Sydney | Canberra | Adelaide | Brisbane | Melbourne |
| Olympic Stadium | Sydney Football Stadium | Bruce Stadium | Hindmarsh Stadium* | Brisbane Cricket Ground | Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| Capacity: 110,000 | Capacity: 43,000 | Capacity: 25,011 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 36,000 | Capacity: 98,000 |
| 33°50′50″S 151°3′48″E﻿ / ﻿33.84722°S 151.06333°E﻿ / -33.84722; 151.06333 | 33°53′21″S 151°13′31″E﻿ / ﻿33.88917°S 151.22528°E﻿ / -33.88917; 151.22528 | 35°15′0″S 149°6′10″E﻿ / ﻿35.25000°S 149.10278°E﻿ / -35.25000; 149.10278 | 34°54′27″S 138°34′8″E﻿ / ﻿34.90750°S 138.56889°E﻿ / -34.90750; 138.56889 | 27°29′9″S 153°2′17″E﻿ / ﻿27.48583°S 153.03806°E﻿ / -27.48583; 153.03806 | 37°49′12″S 144°59′0″E﻿ / ﻿37.82000°S 144.98333°E﻿ / -37.82000; 144.98333 |
* Hindmarsh Stadium only used during the Men's tournament. Temporary seating was added for the games. Olympic Stadium only used during the Men's tournament final.

## Competition schedule

| P | Preliminaries | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | B | 3rd place play-off | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | Wed 13 | Thu 14 | Fri 15 | Sat 16 | Sun 17 | Mon 18 | Tue 19 | Wed 20 | Thu 21 | Fri 22 | Sat 23 | Sun 24 | Mon 25 | Tue 26 | Wed 27 | Thu 28 | Thu 28 | Fri 29 | Sat 30 |
| Men | P | P | | P | P | | P | P | | | ¼ | | | ½ | | | | B | F |
| Women | P | P | | P | P | | P | P | | | | ½ | | | | B | F | | |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Cameroon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Chile | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | Cameroon (CMR) Samuel Eto'o Serge Mimpo Clément Beaud Aaron Nguimbat Joël Epalle Modeste M'bami Patrice Abanda Nicolas Alnoudji Daniel Bekono Serge Branco Lauren Carlos Kameni Patrick Mboma Albert Meyong Daniel Kome Geremi Patrick Suffo Pierre Womé | Spain (ESP) David Albelda Iván Amaya Miguel Ángel Angulo Daniel Aranzubia Joan Capdevila Jordi Ferrón Gabri Xavi Jesús Lacruz Albert Luque Carlos Marchena Felip Ortiz Carles Puyol José María Romero Ismael Raúl Tamudo Antonio Velamazán Unai Vergara | Chile (CHI) Pedro Reyes Nelson Tapia Héctor Tapia Iván Zamorano Javier di Gregorio Cristián Álvarez Francisco Arrué Pablo Contreras Sebastián González David Henríquez Manuel Ibarra Claudio Maldonado Reinaldo Navia Rodrigo Núñez Rafael Olarra Patricio Ormazábal David Pizarro Rodrigo Tello Mauricio Rojas |
| Women | Norway (NOR) Gro Espeseth Bente Nordby Marianne Pettersen Hege Riise Kristin Bekkevold Ragnhild Gulbrandsen Solveig Gulbrandsen Margunn Haugenes Ingeborg Hovland Christine Bøe Jensen Silje Jørgensen Monica Knudsen Gøril Kringen Anne Tønnessen Unni Lehn Dagny Mellgren Anita Rapp Brit Sandaune Bente Kvitland | United States (USA) Brandi Chastain Joy Fawcett Julie Foudy Mia Hamm Michelle French Kristine Lilly Tiffeny Milbrett Carla Overbeck Cindy Parlow Briana Scurry Lorrie Fair Shannon MacMillan Siri Mullinix Christie Pearce Nikki Serlenga Danielle Slaton Kate Sobrero Sara Whalen | Germany (GER) Ariane Hingst Melanie Hoffmann Steffi Jones Renate Lingor Maren Meinert Sandra Minnert Claudia Müller Birgit Prinz Silke Rottenberg Kerstin Stegemann Bettina Wiegmann Tina Wunderlich Nicole Brandebusemeyer Nadine Angerer Doris Fitschen Jeannette Götte Stefanie Gottschlich Inka Grings |

## Men's tournament

| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| Australia  Honduras  Italy  Nigeria | Chile  Morocco  South Korea  Spain | Cameroon  Czech Republic  Kuwait  United States | Brazil  Japan  Slovakia  South Africa |

## Women's tournament

| Group E | Group F |
| Australia  Brazil  Germany  Sweden | China  Nigeria  Norway  United States |

## Awards
### FIFA Fair Play Award

* Country
* Brazil