| | Event type

Football, Women

Date	13 – 28 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Victoria / Bruce Stadium, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory / Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	124 from 8 countries
Format	Round-robin pools advance teams to single-elimination tournament of four teams.

As in 1996, seven of the quarter-finalists of the last World Cup were qualified for Sydney, which meant that the 1996 finalists - the United States and China - were drawn in the same pool with perennial stronghold Norway. The US, reigning World Champions, came out on top, with Norway also qualifying for the semis. The Scandinavians encountered Germany, and only won the match after a late own goal by Tina Wunderlich. The American squad dealt with the Brazilians, meaning the Americans and Norway would meet for the second time in the tournament. The Americans had won the first encounter 2-0, and scored early in the second game. Espeseth and Gulbrandsen then pulled Norway into the lead, only to see Tiffeny Milbrett score in the dying seconds of the match. As in their semi-final encounter in 1996, the match went into sudden death overtime. After 12 minutes, a pass by Hege Riise bounced off the arm of Dagny Mellgren, who then picked up the ball and scored the golden goal. The Americans protested the hands ball, but Canadian referee Sonia Denoncourt ruled it unintentional and hence legal.

Pos	Number	Team	NOC	Goals	Yellow Cards	Red Cards	Penalty Kicks	Shots	Shots on Goal	Corner Kicks	Free Kicks	Offsides	Fouls Committed
1	–	Norway	NOR	9	9	0	–	45	21	23	0	10	81	Gold
	13	Kristin Bekkevold		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Christine Bøe Jensen		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Gro Espeseth		1	3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Ragnhild Gulbrandsen		1	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Solveig Gulbrandsen		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Margunn Haugenes		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Silje Jørgensen		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Monica Knudsen		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Gøril Kringen		0	2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Unni Lehn		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Dagny Mellgren		2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Bente Nordby		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Marianne Pettersen		2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Anita Rapp		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Hege Riise		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Brit Sandaune		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Anne Tønnessen		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	20	Anne Bugge-Paulsen DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Ingeborg Hovland DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	22	Astrid Johannessen DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	19	Bente Kvitland DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	21	Kjersti Thun DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Per Mathias Høgmo
2	–	United States	USA	9	6	0	–	68	46	34	0	13	62	Silver
	6	Brandi Chastain		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Christie Pearce-Rampone		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Cindy Parlow		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Joy Fawcett		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Julie Foudy		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Kate Sobrero-Markgraf		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Kristine Lilly		1	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Lorrie Fair		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Mia Hamm		2	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Nikki Serlenga		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Shannon MacMillan		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Siri Mullinix		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Tiffeny Milbrett		3	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Carla Overbeck DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Briana Scurry DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	19	Aly Wagner DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	22	Jenni Branam DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	20	Susan Bush DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Michelle French DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Danielle Slaton DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	21	Christie Welsh DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Sara Whalen DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		April Heinrichs
3	–	Germany	GER	8	6	0	–	84	37	38	0	16	86	Bronze
	8	Nicole Brandebusemeyer		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Ariane Hingst		1	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Bettina Wiegmann		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Birgit Prinz		3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Claudia Müller		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Doris Fitschen		0	2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Inka Grings		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Jeannette Götte		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Kerstin Stegemann		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Maren Meinert		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Melanie Hoffmann		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Renate Lingor		2	2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Sandra Minnert		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Silke Rottenberg		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Stefanie Gottschlich		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Steffi Jones		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Tina Wunderlich		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	21	Pia Wunderlich DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	20	Martina Müller DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	22	Andrea Schaller DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	19	Sandra Smisek DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Nadine Angerer DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Tina Theune-Meyer
4	–	Brazil	BRA	5	11	0	–	79	30	39	0	17	69
	3	Juliana		0	2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Andréia		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Cidinha		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Daniela		0	2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Formiga		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Kátia Cilene		2	2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Maycon		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Mônica		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Nenê		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Pretinha		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Raquel		2	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Rosana		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Roseli		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Simone Jatobá		0	2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Sissi		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Suzana		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Tânia Maranhão		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	19	Marisa Nogueira DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	21	Grazielle Nascimento DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	20	Mayla DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	22	Nildinha DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Maravilha DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		José Duarte
5	–	People's Republic of China	CHN	5	2	0	–	42	20	19	0	14	40
	4	Bai Jie		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Fan Yunjie		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Gao Hong		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Jin Yan		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Liu Ailing		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Liu Ying		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Pu Wei		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Sun Wen		4	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Wang Liping		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Wen Lirong		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Xie Huilin		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Zhang Ouying		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Zhao Lihong		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Shui Qingxia DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Han Wenxia DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	22	Bai Lifang DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	19	Fan Chunling DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Pan Lina DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Qiu Haiyan DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Zhu Jing DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Ma Yuanan
6	–	Sweden	SWE	1	2	0	–	51	21	33	0	5	28
	1	Caroline Jönsson		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Cecilia Sandell		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Hanna Ljungberg		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Hanna Marklund		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Jane Törnqvist		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Karolina Westberg		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Kristin Bengtsson		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Linda Fagerström		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Malin Andersson		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Malin Moström		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Malin Swedberg		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Sara Johansson		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Sara Larsson		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Therese Sjögran		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Tina Nordlund		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Victoria Svensson		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Ulrika Karlsson DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Sara Call DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	20	Elin Flyborg DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	22	Ulla-Karin Rönnlund DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	21	Jessika Sundh DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	19	Åsa Lönnqvist DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Marika Domanski Lyfors
7	–	Australia	AUS	2	5	0	–	27	9	6	0	6	48
	13	Alicia Ferguson		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Alison Forman		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Amy Wilson		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Anissa Tann-Darby		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Bridgette Starr		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Bryony Duus		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Cheryl Salisbury		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Dianne Alagich		0	2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Heather Garriock		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Julie Murray		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Kate McShea		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Kelly Golebiowski		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Sacha Wainwright		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Sharon Black		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Sunni Hughes		1	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Tracey Wheeler		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	20	Danielle Small DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	22	Joanna Butland DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	19	Lisa Casagrande DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Peita-Claire Hepperlin DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Lea Trimboli DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	21	Amy Taylor DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Chris Tanzey
8	–	Nigeria	NGR	3	6	0	–	66	28	17	0	34	52
	1	Anna Chiejine		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Eberechi Opara		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Florence Omagbemi		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Gloria Usieta		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Ifeanyi Chiejene		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Judith Chime		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Kikelomo Ajayi		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Maureen Mmadu		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Mercy Akide		2	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Nkiru Okosieme		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Patience Avre		0	2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Perpetua Nkwocha		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Rita Nwadike		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Stella Mbachu		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Yinka Kudaisi		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	22	Precious Dede DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Nkechi Egbe DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	19	Lami Adamu DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Florence Iweta DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	21	Vivian Nkemakolam DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	20	Adaku Okoroafor DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Martha Tarhemba DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Ismaila Mabo

Preliminary Round

Date	13 – 20 September 2000

Group E

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Germany	GER	3	0	0	9	6-1	Q
2	Brazil	BRA	2	0	1	6	5-3	Q
3	Sweden	SWE	0	1	2	1	1-4
4	Australia	AUS	0	1	2	1	2-6

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	13 Sep 17:00	Brazil	BRA	2 – 0	Sweden	SWE
Match #2	13 Sep 17:00	Germany	GER	3 – 0	Australia	AUS
Match #3	16 Sep 17:30	Australia	AUS	1 – 1	Sweden	SWE
Match #4	16 Sep 17:30	Germany	GER	2 – 1	Brazil	BRA
Match #5	19 Sep 17:30	Germany	GER	1 – 0	Sweden	SWE
Match #6	19 Sep 17:30	Brazil	BRA	2 – 1	Australia	AUS

Group F

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	United States	USA	2	1	0	7	6-2	Q
2	Norway	NOR	2	0	1	6	5-4	Q
3	People's Republic of China	CHN	1	1	1	4	5-4
4	Nigeria	NGR	0	0	3	0	3-9

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	14 Sep 17:30	United States	USA	2 – 0	Norway	NOR
Match #2	14 Sep 17:30	People's Republic of China	CHN	3 – 1	Nigeria	NGR
Match #3	17 Sep 17:30	People's Republic of China	CHN	1 – 1	United States	USA
Match #4	17 Sep 17:30	Norway	NOR	3 – 1	Nigeria	NGR
Match #5	20 Sep 17:30	United States	USA	3 – 1	Nigeria	NGR
Match #6	20 Sep 17:30	Norway	NOR	2 – 1	People's Republic of China	CHN

Semi-Finals

Date	24 September 2000
Format	Single-elimination.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	24 Sep 17:30	Norway	NOR	1 – 0	Germany	GER
Match #2	24 Sep 17:30	United States	USA	1 – 0	Brazil	BRA

Final Round

Date	28 September 2000
Format	Medal round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	28 Sep 17:00	Norway	NOR	3 – 2	United States	USA	AET
Match 3/4	28 Sep 20:00	Germany	GER	2 – 0	Brazil	BRA