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{{Infobox International Football Competition
| tourney_name       = Pestabola Merdeka
| year               = 2000
| other_titles       =
| image              =
| size               =
| caption            =
| country            = Malaysia
| dates              = 13–19 August
| num_teams          = 4
| venues             = 1
| cities             = 1
| champion           = New Zealand
| count              = 1
| second             = Malaysia
| third              =
| fourth             =
| matches            = 7
| goals              = 13
| attendance         =
| top_scorer         =
| player             =
| prevseason         = [[1995 Merdeka Tournament|1995]]
| nextseason         = [[2001 Merdeka Tournament|2001]]
}}

The '''2000 Merdeka Tournament''' was the 36th incidence of the [[Merdeka Tournament]] and was held 13 to 19 August 2000.

==Groups==
===Group stage===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|bgcolor=#CCFFCC style="width: 20px;"|
|Teams qualified for next phase
|}

'''Single Group Stage'''

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="165"|Team
!width="20"|Pts
!width="20"|Pld
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|D
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|GF
!width="20"|GA
!width="20"|GD
|- style="background: #ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Malaysia national football team|Malaysia]]
|7||3||2||1||0||5||1||+4
|- style="background: #ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[New Zealand national football team|New Zealand]]
|7||3||2||1||0||4||0||+4
|- bgcolor=
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Oman}} [[Oman national football team|Oman]]
|3||3||1||0||2||1||3||–2
|- bgcolor=
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Malaysia national football team|Malaysia U-22]]
|0||3||0||0||3||1||7||–6
|}
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|date=13 August<br />18:30
|team1=[[Malaysia national football team|Malaysia U-22]] {{flagicon|Malaysia}}
|score= 0–1
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|Oman}} [[Oman national football team|Oman]]
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Hani Al-Dhabet]] {{goal|90}}
|stadium=
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|referee=
}}
----
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|date=13 August<br />20:30
|team1=[[New Zealand national football team|New Zealand]] {{flagicon|New Zealand}}
|score= 0–0
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|team2={{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Malaysia national football team|Malaysia]]
|goals1=
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|stadium=
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----
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|date=15 August<br />18:30
|team1=[[New Zealand national football team|New Zealand]] {{flagicon|New Zealand}}
|score= 3–0
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Malaysia national football team|Malaysia U-22]]
|goals1=[[Chris Killen]] {{goal|5||23||45}}
|goals2=
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----
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|date=15 August<br />20:30
|team1=[[Oman national football team|Oman]] {{flagicon|Oman}}
|score= 0–2
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Malaysia national football team|Malaysia]]
|goals1=
|goals2= [[Anuar Jusoh]] {{goal|53}} <br> [[Rusdi Suparman]] {{goal|84}}
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
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|date=17 August<br />18:30
|team1=[[Oman national football team|Oman]] {{flagicon|Oman}}
|score= 0–1
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[New Zealand national football team|New Zealand]]
|goals1=
|goals2= [[Brad Scott (New Zealand footballer)|Brad Scott]] {{goal|63}}
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=17 August<br />20:30
|team1=[[Malaysia national football team|Malaysia]] {{flagicon|Malaysia}}
|score= 3–1
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Malaysia national football team|Malaysia U-22]]
|goals1=[[S. Sivaram]] {{goal|16}}<br>[[R. Suresh Kumar]] {{goal|65}}<br>[[Ooi Hoe Guan]] {{goal|89}}
|goals2= [[Leong Hong Seng]] {{goal|75}}
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=
}}

===Finals===

{{footballbox
|date=19 August<br />20:30
|team1=[[Malaysia national football team|Malaysia]] {{flagicon|Malaysia}}
|score= 0–2
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[New Zealand national football team|New Zealand]]
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Ryan Nelsen]] {{goal|14}}<br>[[Paul Urlovic]] {{goal|37}} 
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=
}}

==Award==

{{winners|fb|2000 Merdeka Tournament winner|New Zealand|1st}}

==External links==
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/merdeka00.html 2000 Merdeka Tournament at RSSF.com website]

{{Pestabola Merdeka}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Merdeka Cup}}
[[Category:Merdeka Tournament|2000]]
[[Category:2000 in Asian football]]
[[Category:2000 in New Zealand association football]]
[[Category:2000 in Malaysian football]]
[[Category:2000–01 in Omani football]]
[[Category:August 2000 sports events in Asia|Mer]]