UEFA Euro 2000

Also known as 2000 European Championships, Euro 2000, UEFA Euro 2000 schedule

11th European association football championship

AI overview

UEFA Euro 2000 was the 11th European championship for association football (soccer), one of the continent's biggest sporting competitions held every four years. The tournament matters because it represents the highest level of international soccer competition among European nations and determines continental champions.

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Vinony's link graph records 2,000 inbound references to UEFA Euro 2000, and connects out to Germany men's national association football team, Spain men's national football team and Danish Football Association.

It is catalogued under topics including 1999–2000 in Belgian football, 1999–2000 in Dutch football and 2000 in European men's continental football.

Vinony links it to 62 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Country: Netherlands
Followed by: UEFA Euro 2004
Follows: UEFA Euro 1996
Location: Netherlands
Sport: association football
Official website: www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/seasons/2000
Image: Choreography Euro 2000.jpg
Organizer: Union of European Football Associations

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participating team: Turkey men's national football team
end time: 2000-07-02
number of participants: 16
number of matches played/races/starts: 31
number of points/goals/set scored: 85
Commons category: 2000 UEFA European Championship
topic's main category: Category:UEFA Euro 2000
winner: France men's national association football team
start time: 2000-06-10
attendance: 1122833
statistical leader: Zinedine Zidane
sports season of league or competition: UEFA European Championship
edition number: 11
competition class: men's association football
home venue: Johan Cruyff Arena
top scorer: Patrick Kluivert
point in time: 2000-00-00

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Encyclopedic overview

The 2000 UEFA European Football Championship, also known as Euro 2000, was the 11th UEFA European Championship, a football tournament held every four years and organised by UEFA, the sport's governing body in Europe.

The finals tournament was played between 10 June and 2 July 2000, and co-hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands, the first time the tournament had been held in more than one nation. Spain and Austria also bid to host the event. The finals tournament was contested by 16 nations; with the exception of the hosts, Belgium and the Netherlands, the finalists had to go through a qualifying tournament to reach the final stage. France won the tournament by defeating Italy 2–1 in the final, via a golden goal. Germany were defending champions but were eliminated in the Group Stage.

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