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Football, Men

Date13 – 30 September 2000
StatusOlympic
LocationMelbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Victoria / Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales / Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, Queensland / Bruce Stadium, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory / Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, South Australia / Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants267 from 16 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advance teams to single-elimination tournament of eight teams.

As in 1996, the Brazilians were favored to finally win an Olympic gold medal, having been the runners-up in 1984 and 1988. Again, their national team coach (Vanderlei Luxemburgo) also led the Olympic squad. And, as in 1996, the Brazilians progressed despite a first round shock loss, this time to South Africa. But, as in Atlanta, the Brazilians went out by a golden goal against an African team. The Brazilians were lucky to get into extra time, Ronaldinho scoring the equaliser in stoppage time despite the “Indomitable Lions“ being down two men due to red cards. Modeste M’Bami ended the Brazilians’ Olympic dream, and Luxemburgo was sacked. Cameroon progressed into the final, coming back from a 78th minute own goal to win 2-1 against Chile. The Spaniards had had a somewhat easier road to the final, winning against Italy and the United States in the knockout phase. The final was a real thriller. Spain went ahead by a goal from Xavi, and missed the opportunity to double the lead when 16-year-old goalie Idriss Kameni stopped a penalty. Gabri then scored the 2-0 anyway, seemingly sealing Spain’s second Olympic title after 1992. But Cameroon fought back, and scored two goals within five minutes in the second half. Gabri was then sent off for a flying tackle, followed by his team mate José Mari when he received his second yellow. This left Cameroon in charge during extra time, and they appeared to have won when a goal by star player Samuel Eto’o was disallowed for offside, although the attacker had started from his own half. After 120 minutes, penalty shots had to decide the champion, the first time in an Olympic football final. All Cameroonians scored, while Iván Amaya missed for Spain. Amaya definitely did not have the night of his life: he had already put a header behind his own keeper for the 2-1.

PosTeamNOC
1CameroonCMRGold
Aaron Nguimbat
Albert Meyong Zé
Clément Beaud
Daniel Bekono
Daniel N'Gom Komé
Geremi
Idriss Carlos Kameni
Joël Epalle
Lauren
Modeste M'Bami
Nicolas Alnoudji
Patrice Abanda
Patrick M'Boma
Patrick Suffo
Pierre Womé
Samuel Eto'o
Serge Branco
Serge Mimpo
Georges Parfait Mbida Messi DNS
CoachJean-Paul Akono
2SpainESPSilver
David Albelda
Iván Amaya
Miguel Ángel Ángulo
Daniel Aranzubia
Capdevila
Jordi Ferrón
Gabri
Ismael Ruiz
Lacruz
Albert Luque
Marchena
José Mari
Carles Puyol
Tamudo
Unai
Toni
Xavi
Iván Ania DNS
Javier Dorado DNS
Felip DNS
Jesuli DNS
César Laínez DNS
CoachIñaki Sáez
3ChileCHIBronze
Cristian Álvarez
Francisco Arrué
Pablo Contreras
Sebastián González
David Henríquez
Manuel Ibarra
Claudio Maldonado
Reinaldo Navia
Rodrigo Núñez
Rafael Olarra
Patricio Ormazábal
David Pizarro
Pedro Reyes
Nelson Tapia
Rodrigo Tello
Iván Zamorano
Mauricio Rojas
Javier Di Gregorio DNS
Johnny Herrera DNS
Milovan Mirosevic DNS
Andrés Oroz DNS
Héctor Tapia DNS
CoachNelson Acosta
4United StatesUSA
Josh Wolff
Ben Olsen
Brad Friedel
Brian Dunseth
Chad McCarty
Chris Albright
Conor Casey
Danny Califf
Evan Whitfield
Frankie Hejduk
Jeff Agoos
Joey DiGiamarino
John O'Brien
Landon Donovan
Pete Vagenas
Ramiro Corrales
Sasha Victorine
DaMarcus Beasley DNS
Chris Brown DNS
Tim Howard DNS
Matt Napoleon DNS
Brian Winters DNS
CoachClive Charles
5ItalyITA
Alessandro Grandoni
Andrea Pirlo
Bruno Cirillo
Christian Abbiati
Claudio Rivalta
Cristiano Zanetti
Gennaro Gattuso
Gianluca Zambrotta
Gianni Comandini
Ighli Vannucchi
Luca Mezzano
Marco Zanchi
Massimo Ambrosini
Massimo Margiotta
Matteo Ferrari
Nicola Ventola
Roberto Baronio
Morgan De Sanctis DNS
Fabio Firmani DNS
Cristiano Lupatelli DNS
Stefano Morrone DNS
Gennaro Scarlato DNS
CoachMarco Tardelli
6JapanJPN
Atsuhiro Miura
Atsushi Yanagisawa
Hidetoshi Nakata
Junichi Inamoto
Koji Nakata
Masashi Motoyama
Naohiro Takahara
Naoki Matsuda
Ryuzo Morioka
Seigo Narazaki
Shunsuke Nakamura
Tomokazu Myojin
Tomoyuki Hirase
Tomoyuki Sakai
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
Yuji Nakazawa
Hitoshi Sogahata DNS
Yasuhito Endo DNS
Norihiro Nishi DNS
Ryota Tsuzuki DNS
Satoshi Yamaguchi DNS
Kota Yoshihara DNS
CoachPhilippe Troussier
7BrazilBRA
Alex
Álvaro
Athirson
Baiano
Fabiano
Fábio Aurélio
Fábio Bilica
Helton
Lucas
Edú
Marcos Paulo
Mozart
Roger
Ronaldinho Gaúcho
Geovanni
Lúcio
Alexandre Rotweiller DNS
Júlio César DNS
Fábio Costa DNS
Flávio DNS
Leandro DNS
André Luis DNS
CoachVanderlei Luxemburgo
8NigeriaNGR
Azubuike Oliseh
Blessing Kaku
Bright Igbinadolor
Celestine Babayaro
Christopher Kanu
Furo Iyenemi
Garba Lawal
Gbenga Okunowo
Godwin Okpara
Greg Etafia
Henry Onwuzuruike
Isaac Okoronkwo
Johnson Sunday
Julius Aghahowa
Pius Ikedia
Victor Agali
Yakubu Aiyegbeni
Sam Okoye DNS
Iloenusi Chikelue DNS
Ettah Ijoh DNS
Henry Nwosu Kanu DNS
CoachJo Bonfrère
9Republic of KoreaKOR
Gang Cheol
Choi Cheol-U
Kim Do-Hun
Kim Do-Gyun
Kim Sang-Sik
Kim Yong-Dae
Go Jong-Su
Lee Cheon-Su
Lee Dong-Uk
Lee Yeong-Pyo
Park Dong-Hyeok
Park Jae-Hong
Park Ji-Seong
Park Jin-Seop
Sim Jae-Won
Song Jong-Guk
Choi Tae-Uk DNS
Jo Se-Gwon DNS
Choi Hyeon DNS
Kim Gil-Sik DNS
Park Gang-Jo DNS
Lee Un-Jae DNS
CoachHeo Jeong-Mu
10HondurasHON
David Suazo
Carlos Páez
Elmer Montoya
Dany Turcios
Elvis Scott
Francisco Pavón
Jaime Rosales
Jairo Martínez
Julio César de León
Julio Suazo
Júnior Izaguirre
Luis Ramírez
Mario Chirinos
Iván Guerrero
Maynor Suazo
Noel Valladares
Walter López
Carlos Escobar DNS
Héctor Gutiérrez DNS
Jaime Rivera DNS
Carlos Salinas DNS
CoachRamón Maradiaga
11South AfricaRSA
Aaron Mokoena
Abram Nteo
Benni McCarthy
Daniel Matsau
David Kannemeyer
Delron Buckley
Emille Baron
Fabian McCarthy
Jabu Pule
Matthew Booth
Nkhiphitheni Matombo
Toni Nhleko
Quinton Fortune
Siyabonga Nomvethe
Stanton Fredericks
Steve Lekoelea
Brian Baloyi DNS
Rowen Fernández DNS
Lebohang Kukame DNS
Patrick Mbuthu DNS
Mzunani Mgwigwi DNS
Dumisa Ngobe DNS
CoachEphraim Mashaba
12KuwaitKUW
Abdullah Wabran
Adel Okla
Bader Al-Shammari
Bashir Abdul Aziz
Esam Sakin
Faraj Saeid
Hamad Al-Tayyar
Jamal Mubarak
Khalaf Al-Mutairi
Naser Al-Omran
Naser Al-Othman
Nawaf Al-Humaidan
Sadoun Al-Shammari
Saleh Al-Buraiki
Shehab Kankone
Youssef Zayed
Mansour Al-Ajmi DNS
Nawaf Al-Khaldi DNS
Abdullah Husan DNS
Hussain Al-Khodari DNS
Saleh Mohammad DNS
Khaled Abd Al Kudos DNS
CoachRadojko Avramović
13SlovakiaSVK
Miroslav Barčík
Marián Čisovšký
Kamil Čontofalský
Juraj Czinege
Miroslav Drobňák
Peter Hlinka
Karol Kisel
Radoslav Kráľ
Miloš Krško
Peter Lérant
Martin Lipčák
Marek Mintál
Michal Pančík
Martin Petráš
Andrej Porázik
Ján Šlahor
Andrej Šupka
Martin Vyskoč
Vratislav Greško DNS
Ján Mucha DNS
Tomáš Oravec DNS
CoachDušan Radolský
14Czech RepublicCZE
Adam Petrouš
Aleš Chvalovský
Jan Šimák
Jaroslav Drobný
Lukáš Došek
Libor Sionko
Libor Došek
Marek Heinz
Marek Jankulovski
Martin Vozábal
Milan Baroš
Radoslav Kováč
Roman Lengyel
Roman Týce
Tomáš Kučera
Tomáš Ujfaluši
Erich Brabec DNS
Petr Čech DNS
Martin Čupr DNS
Marcel Lička DNS
Jan Polák DNS
Luděk Stracený DNS
CoachKarel Brückner
15AustraliaAUS
Stan Lazaridis
Brett Emerton
Clayton Zane
Danny Milosevic
Hayden Foxe
Jason Culina
Josip Skoko
Kasey Wehrman
Lucas Neill
Marco Bresciano
Mark Viduka
Michael Curcija
Nick Rizzo
Simon Colosimo
Stephen Laybutt
Vince Grella
Archie Thompson DNS
Con Blatsis DNS
Buddy Farah DNS
Dragi Nastevski DNS
Tynan Scope DNS
Michael Turnbull DNS
CoachRaul Blanco
16MoroccoMAR
Aissam Barroudi
Zakaria Aboub
Abdel Fattah El-Khattari
Abdelmajid Oulmers
Adel Chbouki
Akram Roumani
Bouchaib El-Moubarki
El-Hussain Ouchla
Fouzi El-Brazi
Hamid Nater
Jawad Zairi
Kareem Ben Kouar
Mohamed Kharbouch
Noureddine Kacemi
Otmane El-Assas
Tarik El-Jarmouni
Youssef Safri
Abdelilah Bagui DNS
Salaheddine Bassir DNS
Bouchaib El-Battachi DNS
Hicham Laaraj DNS
Abdeslam Ouaddou DNS
CoachSaid El-Khider

Preliminary Round

Date13 – 20 September 2000

Group A

PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1ItalyITA21075-2Q
2NigeriaNGR12057-6Q
3HondurasHON11146-7
4AustraliaAUS00303-6
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #113 Sep 20:00ItalyITA1 – 0AustraliaAUS
Match #213 Sep 18:30HondurasHON3 – 3NigeriaNGR
Match #316 Sep 18:30ItalyITA3 – 1HondurasHON
Match #416 Sep 20:00NigeriaNGR3 – 2AustraliaAUS
Match #519 Sep 18:30ItalyITA1 – 1NigeriaNGR
Match #619 Sep 20:00HondurasHON2 – 1AustraliaAUS

Group B

PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1ChileCHI20167-3Q
2SpainESP20166-3Q
3Republic of KoreaKOR20162-3
4MoroccoMAR00301-7
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #114 Sep 18:30SpainESP3 – 0Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #214 Sep 20:00ChileCHI4 – 1MoroccoMAR
Match #317 Sep 20:00ChileCHI3 – 1SpainESP
Match #417 Sep 18:30Republic of KoreaKOR1 – 0MoroccoMAR
Match #520 Sep 18:30Republic of KoreaKOR1 – 0ChileCHI
Match #620 Sep 20:00SpainESP2 – 0MoroccoMAR

Group C

PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1United StatesUSA12056-4Q
2CameroonCMR12055-4Q
3KuwaitKUW10236-8
4Czech RepublicCZE02125-6
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #113 Sep 19:00CameroonCMR3 – 2KuwaitKUW
Match #213 Sep 20:00Czech RepublicCZE2 – 2United StatesUSA
Match #316 Sep 19:00KuwaitKUW3 – 2Czech RepublicCZE
Match #416 Sep 20:00CameroonCMR1 – 1United StatesUSA
Match #519 Sep 19:00CameroonCMR1 – 1Czech RepublicCZE
Match #619 Sep 20:00United StatesUSA3 – 1KuwaitKUW

Group D

PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1BrazilBRA20165-4Q
2JapanJPN20164-3Q
3South AfricaRSA10235-5
4SlovakiaSVK10234-6
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #114 Sep 19:00BrazilBRA3 – 1SlovakiaSVK
Match #214 Sep 20:00JapanJPN2 – 1South AfricaRSA
Match #317 Sep 19:00South AfricaRSA3 – 1BrazilBRA
Match #417 Sep 20:00JapanJPN2 – 1SlovakiaSVK
Match #520 Sep 19:00BrazilBRA1 – 0JapanJPN
Match #620 Sep 20:00SlovakiaSVK2 – 1South AfricaRSA

Quarter-Finals

Date23 September 2000
FormatSingle-elimination.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #123 Sep 18:30SpainESP1 – 0ItalyITA
Match #223 Sep 19:00ChileCHI4 – 1NigeriaNGR
Match #323 Sep 20:00United StatesUSA2 – 2JapanJPNAET, 5-4 PS
Match #423 Sep 20:00CameroonCMR2 – 1BrazilBRAAET

Semi-Finals

Date26 September 2000
FormatSingle-elimination.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #126 Sep 20:00SpainESP3 – 1United StatesUSA
Match #226 Sep 20:00CameroonCMR2 – 1ChileCHI

Final Round

Date29 – 30 September 2000
FormatMedal round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/230 Sep 12:00Cameroon 1CMR2 – 2SpainESPAET, 5-3 PS
Match 3/429 Sep 20:00ChileCHI2 – 0United StatesUSA