With Belgium and the Netherlands qualifying automatically as hosts, the remaining 49 UEFA member nations entered a qualifying competition which involved nine groups (four of six teams, five of five). The UEFA word, the UEFA logo and all marks related to UEFA competitions, are protected by trademarks and/or copyright of UEFA. Group winners (Portugal, Italy, Spain and Netherlands) faced runners-up from other groups (Romania, Turkey, Yugoslavia and France). In France, where strikers are seemingly de rigueur (see truckers, meatpackers, airline workers), it has long been a mystery why Gallic authorities have been unable to find a decent one on the soccer field. • In 2000, France became the only World Cup holders to win the UEFA European Championship; seven players were in the starting XIs for both finals. More recently, he coached Estonia's beach soccer team. "A team needs a great general," coach Lemerre said after the EURO 2000 decider. A defender on Holland's 1988 European championship team, Rijkaard, 37, took over as coach of the Oranje two years ago and inherited a dazzling array of creative talent, to say nothing of the crushing expectations that came with it: Win Euro 2000 on your home soil or else. But when Wiltord raced down the left side and sent a miraculous bullet into the net, Trezeguet's game-winner was almost a fait accompli. That haul included four goals in a 9-0 win against Austria on 27 March 1999 and a 19-minute hat-trick in San Marino four days later. "The French attack has many great years ahead of it," says Wenger. Italy led through Marco Delvecchio until Sylvain Wiltord beat Francesco Toldo in added time, and then David Trezeguet volleyed the 'golden goal' winner 13 minutes into extra time. UEFA EURO 2020 - EURO 2000: all you need to know - News.

As the Dutch blitzed through their first four opponents by a combined score of 13-3 (including a 3-2 defeat of France's B team), all of Holland turned into a tangerine dream. Indeed, the French fielded a frighteningly gifted and complete lineup at the monthlong tournament played in Belgium and Holland.
I'm sure neither team wants it to come to that in this final. Powered by the brilliance of Zinédine Zidane, 1998 FIFA World Cup winners France prevailed at EURO 2000, but they rode their luck in the final against Italy on 2 July 2000. The nine group winners and best-ranked runners-up (Portugal) qualified for the finals directly, while the other eight runners-up competed in four play-off ties for the remaining slots at EURO 2000 (England, Denmark, Slovenia and Turkey prevailing). Download it for free. The Flora Tallinn striker was just 19, and would become (in May 2006, aged 27) the youngest player to win 100 caps though his record no longer stands. Follow Euro 2000 and more than 5000 competitions on FlashScore.co.uk! In the World Cup '98 final Zidane scored two goals with his head, but his majesty in Euro 2000 came from his feet, which he used to curl candy-cane free kicks into the net (as he did in a 2-1 victory over Spain in the quarterfinals) and to spin around defenders, ball in tow, as though they were stationary orange cones. As well as the final venue, Rotterdam's Feijenoord Stadium, the Netherlands staged matches at the Amsterdam ArenA, the PSV Stadium in Eindhoven and Arnhem's GelreDome. The winger came to the tournament fresh from winning the first of four domestic league titles with Anderlecht. Well, the national search can now be called off. It was a great thing for our country.". UEFA's technical team also selected a 22-man squad of the finals. Euro 2000 table. Within minutes of Italy's victory, Rijkaard resigned as coach.

Use of UEFA.com signifies your agreement to the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy. O Campeonato Europeu de Futebol de 2000, mais referido como Euro 2000, foi a 11ª edição do Campeonato Europeu de seleções masculinas de futebol organizado pela UEFA.. Teve como anfitriões a Bélgica e os Países Baixos, responsabilidade esta que foi, pela primeira vez, partilhada por duas nações, decorrendo de 10 de junho a 2 de julho.A França, recente campeã … Aggregate: 1-1.¬~AA÷lSUoDHa2¬AD÷942793200¬ADE÷942793200¬AB÷3¬CR÷3¬AC÷3¬CX÷Ukraine¬ER÷Final¬RW÷0¬AX÷0¬BX÷-1¬WQ÷¬WM÷UKR¬AE÷Ukraine¬JA÷buzLpvGb¬WU÷ukraine¬AS÷0¬AZ÷0¬GRA÷0¬AG÷1¬WN÷SLO¬AF÷Slovenia¬JB÷viiIqbV4¬WV÷slovenia¬AS÷0¬AZ÷0¬BZ÷1¬GRB÷0¬AH÷1¬AM÷1st leg result: 1-2. Then the Dutch dream went up in smoke. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. BBC One London, 2 July 2000 17.30. In the 1998 Quarter-finals, France got the better of Italy in the shoot-out. Time limits and T&Cs apply. At World Cup '98, France somehow won with a crew of forwards as bumbling as Inspector Clouseau, none of whom scored a goal after the first round.
Bet Credits available for use upon settlement of bets to value of qualifying deposit. Returns exclude Bet Credits stake. Henry was reborn. "I don't even have to look when I give him the ball. "I know when Nico wants to go behind the defense and when he wants the ball at his feet," Henry explains. Even the Sky High hash bar got into the act, installing a big-screen television, tacking up a poster of the Dutch team alongside one of Bob Marley and offering contraband Euro 2000 T-shirts emblazoned with the slogan of a joint-paper company: DRAAIT ORANJE NET ZO LEKKER (Only Holland Will Roll So Well). At Rotterdam's De Kuip Stadium on Sunday, a goal in second-half stoppage time by Sylvain Wiltord and one in the 103rd minute by David Trezeguet--substitute strikers both--helped lift Les Bleus past Italy 2-1 for the European championship and into a hallowed place in soccer history. Who won EURO 2000? EURO 2000 final highlights: France 2-1 Italy, Yugoslavia's Savo Milošević scored five goals at EURO 2000, Zinédine Zidane was EURO 2000's Player of the Tournament, Watch Conte's acrobatic goal against Turkey at EURO 2000. • All the teams in Group D at the 2000 finals had previously won the competition (Netherlands, France, Czech Republic – as part of Czechoslovakia – and Denmark). Help: Find all of the Euro 2000 season's results, Euro 2000 and Euro 2000 table. After the match ended, golden confetti rained down, and a delirious French fan raised a sign that spoke for a nation: ENCORE!