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UEFA Euro 2000 final
The UEFA Euro 2000 final was the final match of UEFA Euro 2000, the eleventh European Championship, UEFA's top football competition for national teams. The match was played at De Kuip in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on 2 July 2000, and was contested between world champions France and Italy.
En route to the final, France were drawn in Group D, alongside hosts the Netherlands, Denmark, and the Czech Republic, and ended the group stage as runners-up to the Netherlands. They then defeated Spain in the quarter-finals, before progressing to the final following a victory over Portugal in the semi-finals, won via a golden goal from Zinedine Zidane. Meanwhile, Italy were allocated to Group B, alongside Turkey, Belgium, and Sweden, winning the group with maximum points. In the quarter-finals, they defeated Romania, before a semi-final penalty shoot-out victory over the Netherlands saw them progress to the final.
The final took place in front of 48,100 spectators, and was refereed by Swedish official Anders Frisk. After Italy's Marco Delvecchio opened the scoring in the 56th minute, France would equalise in the fourth minute of stoppage time through Sylvain Wiltord, sending the match to extra time. Just two minutes before the interval in extra time, France's David Trezeguet would half-volley the ball into the top corner, netting a golden goal that confirmed France's 2–1 victory and their second European Championship title.
Following their 1998 FIFA World Cup success on home soil, France became the first World Cup winners to go on to lift the subsequent European Championship. As winners, they would have qualified for the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup as UEFA's representative; however, they had already secured an automatic spot in the tournament as hosts. After both Euro runners-up Italy and 2002 World Cup runners-up Germany both declined to participate, the spot was eventually given to World Cup bronze-medalists Turkey.
UEFA Euro 2000 was the eleventh edition of the UEFA European Football Championship, UEFA's football competition for national teams. Qualifying rounds were played on a home-and-away round-robin tournament basis prior to the final tournament being co-hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands, between 10 June and 2 July 2000. The 16 qualified teams were divided into four groups of four with each team playing one another once. The winners of each group then faced the runners-up from the other groups in quarter-finals. The successful teams then progressed to the semi-finals and the winners there qualified for the final.
In the previous international tournament, the 1998 FIFA World Cup, France were champions, beating Brazil in the final. Italy were knocked out at the quarter-final stage by France, losing in a penalty shoot-out after the match ended goalless. That match represented the last time prior to the 2000 final that the sides had faced one another. The 2000 final was the 31st meeting between the sides, with Italy winning 16, France victorious in 6, with the remainder ending in a draw. Both sides had won the European Championship once before, Italy defeating Yugoslavia in the 1968 final and France beating Spain in the 1984 final.
France were assigned to UEFA Euro 2000 Group D where they faced the Netherlands, Denmark and the Czech Republic. In the first group match, France played Denmark on 11 June 2000 at the Jan Breydel Stadium in Bruges, Belgium. Within two minutes of kick-off, a mistake from Marcel Desailly allowed Jon Dahl Tomasson to shoot but his strike was straight at France's goalkeeper Fabien Barthez. Nicolas Anelka then hit the side-netting of the Denmark goal before Laurent Blanc scored in the 16th minute. Midway through the second half, Thierry Henry doubled his side's lead after running half the length of the pitch with the ball following a pass from Zinedine Zidane and scoring past Peter Schmeichel, the Denmark goalkeeper. Sylvain Wiltord made it 3–0 in stoppage time from close range after a cross from Patrick Vieira.
France's second game in the group saw them face the Czech Republic at the Jan Breydel Stadium on 16 June 2000. Pavel Nedvěd forced Barthez to make an early save and in the fifth minute, Jiří Němec crossed for Jan Koller whose header was wide. Two minutes later, France took the lead through Henry who intercepted a weak backpass from Petr Gabriel to strike the ball under Pavel Srníček, the Czech Republic goalkeeper, and into the net. Both sides missed chances to score but in the 35th minute, Karel Poborský equalised for the Czech Republic from the penalty spot after Didier Deschamps was adjudged to have fouled Nedvěd inside the France penalty area. In the 60th minute, France retook the lead when Youri Djorkaeff scored from a Henry pass, and although Koller hit the France crossbar, the match ended 2–1, securing France's progression from the group stages with a game to spare.
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UEFA Euro 2000 final
The UEFA Euro 2000 final was the final match of UEFA Euro 2000, the eleventh European Championship, UEFA's top football competition for national teams. The match was played at De Kuip in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on 2 July 2000, and was contested between world champions France and Italy.
En route to the final, France were drawn in Group D, alongside hosts the Netherlands, Denmark, and the Czech Republic, and ended the group stage as runners-up to the Netherlands. They then defeated Spain in the quarter-finals, before progressing to the final following a victory over Portugal in the semi-finals, won via a golden goal from Zinedine Zidane. Meanwhile, Italy were allocated to Group B, alongside Turkey, Belgium, and Sweden, winning the group with maximum points. In the quarter-finals, they defeated Romania, before a semi-final penalty shoot-out victory over the Netherlands saw them progress to the final.
The final took place in front of 48,100 spectators, and was refereed by Swedish official Anders Frisk. After Italy's Marco Delvecchio opened the scoring in the 56th minute, France would equalise in the fourth minute of stoppage time through Sylvain Wiltord, sending the match to extra time. Just two minutes before the interval in extra time, France's David Trezeguet would half-volley the ball into the top corner, netting a golden goal that confirmed France's 2–1 victory and their second European Championship title.
Following their 1998 FIFA World Cup success on home soil, France became the first World Cup winners to go on to lift the subsequent European Championship. As winners, they would have qualified for the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup as UEFA's representative; however, they had already secured an automatic spot in the tournament as hosts. After both Euro runners-up Italy and 2002 World Cup runners-up Germany both declined to participate, the spot was eventually given to World Cup bronze-medalists Turkey.
UEFA Euro 2000 was the eleventh edition of the UEFA European Football Championship, UEFA's football competition for national teams. Qualifying rounds were played on a home-and-away round-robin tournament basis prior to the final tournament being co-hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands, between 10 June and 2 July 2000. The 16 qualified teams were divided into four groups of four with each team playing one another once. The winners of each group then faced the runners-up from the other groups in quarter-finals. The successful teams then progressed to the semi-finals and the winners there qualified for the final.
In the previous international tournament, the 1998 FIFA World Cup, France were champions, beating Brazil in the final. Italy were knocked out at the quarter-final stage by France, losing in a penalty shoot-out after the match ended goalless. That match represented the last time prior to the 2000 final that the sides had faced one another. The 2000 final was the 31st meeting between the sides, with Italy winning 16, France victorious in 6, with the remainder ending in a draw. Both sides had won the European Championship once before, Italy defeating Yugoslavia in the 1968 final and France beating Spain in the 1984 final.
France were assigned to UEFA Euro 2000 Group D where they faced the Netherlands, Denmark and the Czech Republic. In the first group match, France played Denmark on 11 June 2000 at the Jan Breydel Stadium in Bruges, Belgium. Within two minutes of kick-off, a mistake from Marcel Desailly allowed Jon Dahl Tomasson to shoot but his strike was straight at France's goalkeeper Fabien Barthez. Nicolas Anelka then hit the side-netting of the Denmark goal before Laurent Blanc scored in the 16th minute. Midway through the second half, Thierry Henry doubled his side's lead after running half the length of the pitch with the ball following a pass from Zinedine Zidane and scoring past Peter Schmeichel, the Denmark goalkeeper. Sylvain Wiltord made it 3–0 in stoppage time from close range after a cross from Patrick Vieira.
France's second game in the group saw them face the Czech Republic at the Jan Breydel Stadium on 16 June 2000. Pavel Nedvěd forced Barthez to make an early save and in the fifth minute, Jiří Němec crossed for Jan Koller whose header was wide. Two minutes later, France took the lead through Henry who intercepted a weak backpass from Petr Gabriel to strike the ball under Pavel Srníček, the Czech Republic goalkeeper, and into the net. Both sides missed chances to score but in the 35th minute, Karel Poborský equalised for the Czech Republic from the penalty spot after Didier Deschamps was adjudged to have fouled Nedvěd inside the France penalty area. In the 60th minute, France retook the lead when Youri Djorkaeff scored from a Henry pass, and although Koller hit the France crossbar, the match ended 2–1, securing France's progression from the group stages with a game to spare.