Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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. 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.

Venues
The tournament was held in three venues across three cities:
 * Bruce Stadium, Canberra
 * Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
 * Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

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.


 * Africa (CAF)


 * Asia (AFC)


 * North and Central America (CONCACAF)


 * South America (CONMEBOL)


 * Europe (UEFA)


 * Oceania (OFC)
 * – host nation

Group E














Group F


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Semi-finals
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Bronze medal match
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Gold medal match
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FIFA Fair Play Award

 * Winner:

Germany won the FIFA Fair Play Award, given to the team with the best record of fair play during the tournament.

Tournament ranking
Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.