
UEFA Euro 2000 was the 11th UEFA European Championship, a football tournament held every four years and organized by UEFA, the sport’s governing body in Europe.
Champions: France (2nd title)
Runners-up: Italy
UEFA Player of the Tournament: Zinedine Zidane
Golden Boot: Savo Milošević and
Patrick Kluivert
UEFA Euro 2000 Group stage
Group A
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Points
1. (Qualified) Portugal
3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 9
2. (Qualified) Romania
3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3 England
3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3
4 Germany
3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
Group B
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Points
1. (Qualified) Italy
3 3 0 0 6 2 +4 9
2. (Qualified) Turkey
3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
3 Belgium (Host)
3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
4 Sweden
3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
Group C
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Points
1. (Qualified) Spain
3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 6
2. (Qualified) FR Yugoslavia
3 1 1 1 7 7 0 4
3 Norway
3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4
4 Slovenia
3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
Note: Head-to-head result: Norway 0–1 FR Yugoslavia.
Group D
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Points
1. (Qualified) Netherlands (Host)
3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 9
2. (Qualified) France
3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
3 Czech Republic
3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3
4 Denmark
3 0 0 3 0 8 −8 0
UEFA Euro 2000 Quarter finals
Date Team A Result Team B Venue
24 June 2000 Portugal
2–0 Turkey
Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
24 June 2000 Italy
2–0 Romania
King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
25 June 2000 Netherlands
6–1 FR Yugoslavia
Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam
25 June 2000 Spain
1–2 France
Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
UEFA Euro 2000 Semi finals
28 June 2000 20:45, King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
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2–1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
Henry ![]() Zidane ![]() |
Nuno Gomes ![]() |
29 June 2000 18:00, Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
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0–0 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
Di Biagio ![]() Pessotto ![]() Totti ![]() Maldini ![]() |
Penalties 3–1 |
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UEFA Euro 2000 Final match
2 July 2000 20:00, De Kuip, Rotterdam
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2–1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
Wiltord ![]() Trezeguet ![]() |
Delvecchio ![]() |
UEFA Euro 2000 top goal scorers
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Savo Milošević
FR Yugoslavia 5
2 Patrick Kluivert
Netherlands 5
3 Nuno Gomes
Portugal 4
4 Thierry Henry
France 3
5 Sérgio Conceição
Portugal 3
6 Zlatko Zahovič
Slovenia 3
UEFA Euro 2000 most assist provider list
Rank Player Team Assist
1 Ljubinko Drulović
FR Yugoslavia 4
2 David Beckham
England 3
3 Dennis Bergkamp
Netherlands 3
4 Luís Figo
Portugal 3
5 Demetrio Albertini
Italy 2
UEFA Euro 2000 Team of the Tournament
Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward
Fabien Barthez
Laurent Blanc
Patrick Vieira
Savo Milošević
Francesco Toldo
Marcel Desailly
Zinedine Zidane
Thierry Henry
Lilian Thuram
Demetrio Albertini
Francesco Totti
Fabio Cannavaro
Edgar Davids
Patrick Kluivert
Paolo Maldini
Rui Costa
Nuno Gomes
Alessandro Nesta
Luís Figo
Raúl
Frank de Boer
Pep Guardiola
Summary
The finals tournament was played between June 10 and July 2, 2000, and was co-hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands, marking the first time the tournament was held in more than one nation. Spain and Austria also bid to host the event. The finals tournament featured 16 nations; except for the hosts, Belgium and the Netherlands, all finalists had to qualify through a qualifying tournament. France won the tournament by defeating Italy 2–1 in the final, with the winning goal scored via a golden goal.
The finals saw the first major UEFA competition contested at the King Baudouin Stadium (formerly the Heysel Stadium) since the events of the 1985 European Cup final and the Heysel Stadium disaster, with the opening game being played in the rebuilt stadium.
Euro 2000 was a high-scoring championship with many exciting matches and an elite standard of play, often labeled by football writers as one of the greatest international tournaments.
Qualification
Qualification for the tournament took place throughout 1998 and 1999. Forty-nine teams were divided into nine groups, with each team playing the others in their group on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each group and the best runner-up qualified automatically for the final tournament. The eight other runners-up played an additional set of play-off matches to determine the last four qualifiers. Belgium and the Netherlands automatically qualified for the tournament as co-hosts.
UEFA Euro 2000 Venues
Stadium Capacity City
Amsterdam Arena 52,000 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Feijenoord Stadion 51,000 Rotterdam, Netherlands
King Baudouin Stadium 50,000 Brussels, Belgium
Philips Stadion 33,000 Eindhoven, Netherlands
Jan Breydel Stadium 30,000 Bruges, Belgium
Stade Maurice Dufrasne 30,000 Liège, Belgium
Stade du Pays de Charleroi 30,000 Charleroi, Belgium
GelreDome 30,000 Arnhem, Netherlands