| Tourney Name: | Women's Olympic Football Tournament |
| Year: | 2000 |
| Size: | 150 |
| Country: | Australia |
| Dates: | 13–28 September |
| Num Teams: | 8 |
| Confederations: | 6 |
| Venues: | 3 |
| Cities: | 3 |
| Count: | 1 |
| Matches: | 16 |
| Goals: | 42 |
| Prevseason: | 1996 |
| Nextseason: | 2004 |
The football tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics was the second edition of the women's Olympic football tournament and was held from 13 to 28 September 2000.[1] [2] It was hosted at three venues along the Eastern side of Australia with matches being held in Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne.
The tournament features eight women's national teams from six continental confederations with the qualification coming from the previous year's World Cup. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four and each group plays a round-robin tournament. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the semi-finals and culminating with the gold medal match at the Sydney Football Stadium.
At the end of the group stage, Brazil, Germany, Norway and the United States qualified through to the knockout stage. After Norway and the United States both won the semi-finals, the final was played on the 28 September 2000. The match would go to extra time, with a controversial handball in the 102nd minute from Dagny Mellgren securing Norway the gold medal as they won 3–2. Germany won the bronze medal defeating Brazil 2–0.
The tournament was held in three venues across three cities:
See main article: Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification. The seven best quarter-finalists at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup and the host nation Australia qualified for the 2000 Olympic women's football tournament.
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See main article: article and Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads.
| Confederation | Referee |
|---|---|
| AFC | Im Eun-ju (South Korea) |
| CAF | Bola Abidoye (Nigeria) |
| CONCACAF | Sonia Denoncourt (Canada) |
| Sandra Hunt (United States) | |
| CONMEBOL | Martha Toro (Colombia) |
| OFC | Tammy Ogston (Australia) |
| UEFA | Vibeke Karlsen (Norway) |
| Nicole Petignat (Switzerland) | |
| Wendy Toms (Great Britain) |
| Confederation | Assistant referee |
|---|---|
| AFC | Hisae Yoshizawa (Japan) |
| CAF | Comfort Cofie (Ghana) |
| CONCACAF | Jackeline Sáez Blanquice (Panama) |
| CONMEBOL | Ana Isabel Pérez Assante (Peru) |
| Cleidy Mary Nunes Ribeiro (Brazil) | |
| OFC | Lynn Fox (New Zealand) |
| UEFA | Sanna Luhtanen (Finland) |
| Marie-Louise Svanström (Sweden) |
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Germany won the FIFA Fair Play Award, given to the team with the best record of fair play during the tournament.