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{{Short description|11th European association football championship}}
{{About|the sporting event|the video game based on this event|UEFA Euro 2000 (video game)}}
{{EngvarB|date=November 2020}}
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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = UEFA Euro 2000
| other_titles = Europees Voetbalkampioenschap<br />België/Nederland 2000 {{nobold|{{in lang|nl}}}}<br />Championnat d'Europe de football<br />Belgique/Pays-Bas 2000 {{nobold|{{in lang|fr}}}}<br />Fußball-Europameisterschaft<br>Belgien/Niederlande 2000 {{nobold|{{in lang|de}}}}
| image = UEFA Euro 2000 logo.svg
| size = 120px
| caption = ''Football without frontiers''
| country = Belgium
| country2 = Netherlands
| dates = 10 June – 2 July
| num_teams = 16
| venues = 8
| cities = 8
| champion = FRA
| champion-flagvar = 1974
| count = 2
| second = ITA
| matches = 31
| goals = 85
| attendance = 1122833
| top_scorer = {{fbicon|FRY}} [[Savo Milošević]]<br />{{fbicon|NED}} [[Patrick Kluivert]]<br />(5 goals each)
| player = {{fbicon|FRA|1974}} [[Zinedine Zidane]]
| prevseason = [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]]
| nextseason = [[UEFA Euro 2004|2004]]
}}

The '''2000 UEFA European Football Championship''', also known as '''Euro 2000''', was the 11th [[UEFA European Championship]], a [[association football|football]] tournament held every four years and organised by [[UEFA]], the sport's governing body in Europe.<ref name="policing_euro">{{cite web |url=http://policestudies.homestead.com/files/adang_cuvelier_policing_euro_2000.pdf |title=Policing Euro 2000 |website=Police Academy of the Netherlands |access-date=5 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105035718/http://policestudies.homestead.com/files/adang_cuvelier_policing_euro_2000.pdf |archive-date=5 January 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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.<ref>Dietrich Schulze-Marmeling: Die Geschichte der Fußball-Europameisterschaft, Verlag Die Werkstatt, {{ISBN|978-3-89533-553-2}}</ref> The finals tournament was contested by 16 nations; with the exception of the hosts, [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] and the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]], the finalists had to go through a qualifying tournament to reach the final stage. [[France national football team|France]] won the tournament by defeating Italy 2–1 in [[UEFA Euro 2000 final|the final]], via a [[golden goal]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=France add Europe to the world|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2000/jul/03/euro2000.sport4|date=2 July 2000|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=19 June 2013 }}</ref> [[Germany national football team|Germany]] were defending champions  but were eliminated in the Group Stage. 

The finals saw the first major UEFA competition contested in the [[King Baudouin Stadium]] (formerly the Heysel Stadium) since the events of the [[1985 European Cup final]] and the [[Heysel Stadium disaster]], with the opening game being played in the rebuilt stadium.

A high-scoring championship with many exciting matches and an elite standard of play, Euro 2000 is often labelled by football writers as one of the greatest international tournaments of all time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the42.ie/the-debate-was-euro-2000-the-greatest-international-tournament-ever-472831-Jun2012/|title=The debate: was Euro 2000 the greatest international tournament ever?|first=Miguel|last=Delaney|date=2 June 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Martin|last=Lipton|title=Soccernet.com Euro 2000 News: So, is this the best tournament we've ever seen?|url=http://www.espnfc.com/euro2000/news/20000627euro2000feat.html|url-status=dead|website=ESPN FC|publisher=[[ESPN]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822021543/http://www.espnfc.com/euro2000/news/20000627euro2000feat.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20170822021543/www.espnfc.com/euro2000/news/20000627euro2000feat.html|archive-date=22 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.balls.ie/football/a-personal-account-of-possibly-the-best-european-championships-of-all-335808|title=A Personal Account of Possibly The Best European Championships of All|first=Paul|last=McNulty|website=[[Balls.ie]]|date=10 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/jun/27/euro2008.euro2000|title=The Joy of Six: great international tournaments|first=Rob|last=Smyth|date=27 June 2008|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref>

==Bid process==
Belgium and the Netherlands were selected as co-hosts on 14 July 1995 by the UEFA Executive Committee at a meeting in [[Geneva]], Switzerland.<ref>{{cite news |title=EK zorgt voor economische impuls|trans-title=European Championship provides economic boost|url=https://krantenbankzeeland.nl/issue/pzc/1995-07-15/edition/null/page/27|work=[[Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant]]|location=[[Vlissingen]]|date=15 July 1995 |access-date=15 November 2017 |language=nl}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Nederland en België hopen quitte te spelen bij EK |trans-title=Netherlands and Belgium are hoping to break even in European Championship |url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/archief/nederland-en-belgie-hopen-quitte-te-spelen-bij-ek~a395282/|newspaper=[[De Volkskrant]] |location=[[Amsterdam]] |date=15 July 1995 |access-date=15 November 2017 |language=nl}}</ref>

===Hooliganism concerns===
[[Football hooliganism]] was a significant problem in the Netherlands in the 1990s, especially the [[De Klassieker|fierce rivalry]] between [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]] and [[Feyenoord]]. There were concerns that hooliganism would overshadow the finals. Many instances of violence occurred, including several football riots in [[Rotterdam]] between 1995 and [[1999 Rotterdam riots|1999]], which would host the Euro 2000 final. One of the most infamous incidents was the [[Battle of Beverwijk]] in 1997. Although the violence is normally associated with domestic clubs, there were concerns that it could attach to the Dutch national team.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/02/theobserver1|title=Holland's hooligan horror|work=The Guardian|date=2 May 1999}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IcPaAAAAQBAJ&q=1996+hooligans+rotterdam&pg=PA159|first=Sean|last=Brown|title=Football Fans Around the World: From Supporters to Fanatics|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317997863|date=13 September 2013}}</ref>

Violence did eventually occur during the Euro 2000 finals, albeit not involving the Dutch team. On 17 June, 174 England fans were arrested in Brussels, Belgium, following violence with Germans and [[Turks in Belgium|local Turkish groups]] ahead of an England v Germany match.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/euro2000/teams/england/794529.stm|title=Fans battle with Belgian police|website=BBC News|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=17 June 2000}}</ref>

==Summary==
One of the biggest surprises of the tournament was Portugal, winning Group A with three wins, including a 3–0 victory against Germany, with [[Sérgio Conceição]] scoring a hat-trick,<ref>{{cite news |title=Holders Germany suffer heavy defeat |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/euro2000/797033.stm |website=BBC Sport |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=20 June 2000 |access-date=16 May 2012}}</ref> and a 3–2 victory against England, in which they came back from 2–0 down.<ref>{{cite news |title=England crushed in five-goal classic |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/euro2000/788135.stm|website=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|date=13 June 2000|access-date=16 May 2012}}</ref> Romania was the other qualifier from the group, beating England with a late penalty in their last group game.<ref>{{cite news |title=Late penalty breaks English hearts |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/euro2000/teams/england/799159.stm|website=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|date=20 June 2000 |access-date=16 May 2012}}</ref>

Belgium had a surprise exit in the group stage, winning the tournament's first game against Sweden,<ref>{{cite news|title=Belgium kick off with fine win |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/euro2000/785765.stm |website=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|date=10 June 2000 |access-date=16 May 2012}}</ref> but losing to Turkey and Italy.<ref>{{cite news |title=Turks through as Belgium crash out|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/euro2000/797842.stm|website=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|date=19 June 2000 |access-date=16 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Italy head for quarter-finals |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/euro2000/teams/italy/791409.stm |website=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|date=14 June 2000 |access-date=16 May 2012}}</ref> They finished third in Group B, behind Italy and Turkey. The other co-host and favourite, the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]], progressed as expected from Group D, along with World Cup winners France. The Netherlands won the group, by beating France in their last group match.<ref>{{cite news |title=Group D goes Dutch |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/euro2000/800748.stm |website=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|date=21 June 2000 |access-date=16 May 2012}}</ref> Also in Group D, Denmark's three losses with eight goals conceded and none scored set a new record for the worst team performance in the group stages of a Euros. Group C was memorable for the match between FR Yugoslavia and Spain. Spain needed a win to ensure progression, but found themselves trailing 3–2 after [[Slobodan Komljenović]] scored in the 75th minute. The Spanish side rescued their tournament by scoring twice in injury time to record a 4–3 victory.<ref>{{cite news |title=Spain survive in seven-goal classic |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/euro2000/800459.stm |website=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|date=21 June 2000 |access-date=16 May 2012}}</ref> FR Yugoslavia managed to go through as well, despite losing because Norway and Slovenia played to a draw.<ref>{{cite news |title=Norway crash out after Slovenia draw |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/euro2000/800614.stm |website=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|date=21 June 2000 |access-date=16 May 2012}}</ref>

[[File:Italy - France, 2 July 2000.jpg|thumb|left|France and Italy before the final on 2 July]]
Italy and Portugal maintained their perfect records in the quarter-finals, beating Romania and Turkey, respectively, and the Netherlands started a goal-avalanche against FR Yugoslavia, winning 6–1. Spain fell 2–1 to France; Raúl missed a late penalty that ended Spanish hopes.

Italy eliminated the Netherlands in the semi-finals, despite going down to ten men and facing two [[Penalty kick (association football)|penalty kicks]]. Italian goalkeeper [[Francesco Toldo]], who had been drafted into the starting XI as [[Gianluigi Buffon]] missed the tournament through injury, made two saves in the penalty shootout – apart from his penalty save in normal time – to carry the Italians to the final.

In the other semi-final, Portugal lost in extra time to France after [[Zinedine Zidane]] converted a controversial penalty kick. Several Portuguese players challenged the awarding of the penalty for a handball and were given lengthy suspensions for shoving the referee.<ref>{{cite news |title=UEFA suspends Portuguese trio |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/euro2000/teams/portugal/815848.stm|website=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|date=2 July 2000 |access-date=6 June 2008 }}</ref> France won the tournament, defeating Italy 2–1 in the final with a golden goal by [[David Trezeguet]] after equalising with a last-minute goal, and became the first team to win the European championship while being world champion.<ref>{{cite news |first1=Matt |last1=Born |first2=Patrick |last2=Bishop |title=Golden goal gives France victory in Euro 2000 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/1346455/Golden-goal-gives-France-victory-in-Euro-2000.html|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=3 July 2000 |access-date=15 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/portugal-france-euro-2000-penalty-33053626 | title='I was on the pitch for Portugal's Euros meltdown – they wanted to fight' | website=[[Daily Mirror]] | date=18 June 2024 }}</ref>

In Britain, ''[[Match of the Day]]'' named [[Stefano Fiore]]'s goal against Belgium the Goal of the Tournament, ahead of [[Patrick Kluivert]]'s against France and Zinedine Zidane's against Spain.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fiore strike scoops top spot|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/euro2000/the_bbc_team/814570.stm|website=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|date=1 July 2000 |access-date=6 June 2008 }}</ref>

==Qualification==
{{main|UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying}}
Qualification for the tournament took place throughout 1998 and 1999. Forty-nine teams were divided into nine groups and each played the others in their group, on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each group and the best runner-up qualified automatically for the final tournament. The eight other runners-up played an additional set of play-off matches to determine the last four qualifiers. [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] and [[Netherlands national football team|the Netherlands]] automatically qualified for the tournament as co-hosts. Notably, this was the only European Championship Belgium appeared in between 1984 and 2016.

As of [[UEFA Euro 2024|2024]], this was the only time [[Norway national football team|Norway]] qualified for the European Championship finals, the last time they qualified for a major tournament until the [[2026 FIFA World Cup]] as well as the only time that [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]] failed to qualify for the European Championship finals since gaining independence.

===Qualified teams===
{{:UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying}}

===Final draw===
The finals draw took place 15:00 [[Central European Time|CET]] on 12 December 1999, at the [[Brussels Expo]] in Belgium; and was streamed live on UEFA's official website.<ref name="draw procedure"/>

The composition of pots 1 to 4 was based on the teams' [[UEFA_coefficient#Men's national team coefficient|UEFA national team coefficient ranking]] at the end of 1999,<ref>{{cite web|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406113408/http://englandfootballonline.com/TeamRank/RankUEFA1999.html|archive-date=6 April 2017|url=http://englandfootballonline.com/TeamRank/RankUEFA1999.html|title=UEFA European National Team Ranking Table 1999|publisher=England Football Online|date=21 December 2001|access-date=8 June 2022}}</ref> with the exception of pot 1 automatically top seeding Germany as holders along with co-hosts Belgium and Netherlands.<ref>{{cite news |first1=Glenn |last1=Moore |first2=Nick |last2=Harris |title=England sent to the bottom of Euro 2000 class |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-england-sent-to-the-bottom-of-euro-2000-class-1127256.html |newspaper=[[The Independent]]|publisher=Independent Print |date=19 November 1999 |access-date=9 July 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Blow for England's Euro hopes |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/559128.stm |website=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|date=10 December 1999 |access-date=9 July 2012 }}</ref><ref name="draw procedure"/> 

{|
|- valign=top
|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ Pot 1
|-
!width=150|Team !! {{Tooltip|Coeff|UEFA national team coefficient}} !! {{Tooltip|Rank|Ranking on UEFA national team coefficient}}
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| {{nowrap|{{fb|GER}} <small>(holders)</small>{{efn|Defending champions Germany (coefficient 2.278; rank 7th) were automatically assigned to position A1.}}}} ||align=right|2.278 || align=center| 7
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| {{nowrap|{{fb|BEL}} <small>(co-hosts)</small>{{efn|Co-hosts Belgium (coefficient 2.375; rank 5th) were automatically assigned to position B1.}}}} ||align=right|2.375 || align=center| 5
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| {{nowrap|{{fb|NED}} <small>(co-hosts)</small>{{efn|Co-hosts Netherlands (coefficient 2.250; rank 8th) were automatically assigned to position D1.}}}} ||align=right|2.250 || align=center| 8
|-
| {{fb|ESP}}{{efn|Highest ranked Spain (coefficient 2.611; rank 1st) were automatically assigned to position C1.}} ||align=right|2.611 || align=center| 1
|}
|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ Pot 2
|-
!width=150|Team !! {{Tooltip|Coeff|UEFA national team coefficient}} !! {{Tooltip|Rank|Ranking on UEFA national team coefficient}}
|-
| {{fb|ROU}} ||align=right|2.600 || align=center| 2
|-
| {{fb|NOR}} ||align=right|2.500 || align=center| 3
|-
| {{fb|SWE}} ||align=right|2.389 || align=center| 4
|-
| {{fb|CZE}} ||align=right|2.300 || align=center| 6
|}
|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ Pot 3
|-
!width=150|Team !! {{Tooltip|Coeff|UEFA national team coefficient}} !! {{Tooltip|Rank|Ranking on UEFA national team coefficient}}
|-
| {{fb|FRY|name=FR Yugoslavia}} ||align=right|2.222 || align=center| 9
|-
| {{fb|POR}} ||align=right|2.100 || align=center| 11
|-
| {{fb|FRA|1974}} ||align=right|2.100 || align=center| 12
|-
| {{fb|ITA}} ||align=right|2.063 || align=center| 13
|}
|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ Pot 4
|-
!width=150|Team !! {{Tooltip|Coeff|UEFA national team coefficient}} !! {{Tooltip|Rank|Ranking on UEFA national team coefficient}}
|-
| {{fb|ENG}} ||align=right|2.000 || align=center| 15
|-
| {{fb|TUR}} ||align=right|1.938 || align=center| 18
|-
| {{fb|DEN}} ||align=right|1.938 || align=center| 19
|-
| {{fb|SVN}} ||align=right|1.000 || align=center| 37
|}
|}
{{legend|#ccffcc|Automatically selected as a top-seeded team into pot 1, irrespectively of their ranking position.}}
{{notelist}}

Prior to the draw, the seeded teams in Pot 1 were assigned positions: Germany (defending champion) to A1, Belgium (co-host) to B1, Spain (highest coefficient) to C1, and the Netherlands (co-host) to D1. Teams were drawn consecutively from Pots 2 to 4 into a group, with each team then being assigned a specific position (for the purposes of determining the match schedules in each group).<ref name="draw procedure">{{cite news |url=http://www.uefa.com/NewsData/Euro2000/News/indexp.asp?News=5810 |title=UEFA detail EURO 2000 Final Tournament draw procedure |website=UEFA|date=10 December 1999 |access-date=20 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000518230833/http://www.uefa.com/NewsData/Euro2000/News/indexp.asp?News=5810 |archive-date=18 May 2000}}</ref>

The draw resulted in the following groups:<ref>{{cite web |title=Big names thrown in deep end |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8k1OAAAAIBAJ&pg=4566,2669356&dq=kevin+keegan&hl=en |date=14 December 1999 |page=44 |website=New Straits Times |access-date=18 June 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=EURO 2000™ final tournament draw |url=http://www.uefa.com/EURO2000/Index_Frame.asp?Filename=Draw/index.asp |website=UEFA|access-date=20 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000229163250/http://www.uefa.com/EURO2000/Index_Frame.asp?Filename=Draw/index.asp |archive-date=29 February 2000 |url-status = dead}}</ref>

{|
|- valign=top
|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ [[#Group A|Group A]]
|-
!width=120|Team
|-
| align=center| {{fb|GER}}
|-
| align=center| {{fb|ROU}}
|-
| align=center| {{fb|POR}}
|-
| align=center| {{fb|ENG}}
|}
|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ [[#Group B|Group B]]
|-
!width=120|Team
|-
| align=center| {{fb|BEL}}
|-
| align=center| {{fb|SWE}}
|-
| align=center| {{fb|TUR}}
|-
| align=center| {{fb|ITA}}
|}
|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ [[#Group C|Group C]]
|-
!width=120|Team
|-
| align=center| {{fb|ESP}}
|-
| align=center| {{fb|NOR}}
|-
| align=center| {{fb|FR Yugoslavia|name=FR Yugoslavia}}
|-
| align=center| {{fb|SVN}}
|}
|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ [[#Group D|Group D]]
|-
!width=120|Team
|-
| align=center| {{fb|NED}}
|-
| align=center| {{fb|CZE}}
|-
| align=center| {{fb|FRA|1974}}
|-
| align=center| {{fb|DEN}}
|}
|}

==Venues==
Capacity figures are those for matches at UEFA Euro 2000 and are not necessarily the total capacity that the stadium is capable of holding.<ref name="stadiums">{{cite news|title=Venues prepare for summer drama |url=http://www.euro2000.org/en/venues/0,1068,,00.html|website=UEFA|access-date=12 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010810002245/http://www.euro2000.org/en/venues/0%2C1068%2C%2C00.html |archive-date=10 August 2001 |url-status = dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="2" | Belgium
! colspan="2" |Netherlands
|-
! [[Brussels]]
! [[Bruges]]
![[Amsterdam]]
![[Rotterdam]]
|-
| [[King Baudouin Stadium]]
| [[Jan Breydel Stadium]]
|[[Johan Cruyff Arena|Amsterdam Arena]]
|[[De Kuip|Feijenoord Stadion]]
|-
| Capacity: '''50,000'''
| Capacity: '''30,000'''
| Capacity: '''52,000'''
| Capacity: '''51,000'''
|-
| [[File:Stade Roi Baudouin.JPG|200px]]
|[[File:Bruges Jan Breydel Stadium 1.jpg|alt=|200x200px]]
|[[File:Amsterdam Arena Roof Open.jpg|200px]]
|[[File:Rotterdam De Kuip 2.jpg|alt=|200x200px]]
|-
! colspan="2" |{{Location map+|Belgium|float=center|width=410|caption=|places=
{{Location map~|Belgium|lat=50.895706|long=4.334083|label=[[Brussels]]|position=right}}
{{Location map~|Belgium|lat=51.193272|long=3.180583|label=[[Bruges]]|position=bottom}}
{{Location map~|Belgium|lat=50.609908|long=5.543344|label=[[Liège]]|position=bottom}}
{{Location map~|Belgium|lat=50.414609|long=4.453787|label=[[Charleroi]]|position=left}}}}
! colspan="2" |{{Location map+|Netherlands|float=center|width=317|caption=|places=
{{Location map~|Netherlands|lat=51.893894|long=4.523253|label=[[Rotterdam]]|position=top}}
{{Location map~|Netherlands|lat=52.314167|long=4.941944|label=[[Amsterdam]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~|Netherlands|lat=51.441781|long=5.467442|label=[[Eindhoven]]|position=top}}
{{Location map~|Netherlands|lat=51.962883|long=5.892814|label=[[Arnhem]]|position=right}}}}
|-
![[Liège]]
![[Charleroi]]
![[Eindhoven]]
![[Arnhem]]
|-
|[[Stade Maurice Dufrasne]]
|[[Stade du Pays de Charleroi]]
|[[Philips Stadion]]
|[[GelreDome]]
|-
| Capacity: '''30,000'''
| Capacity: '''30,000'''
| Capacity: '''33,000'''
| Capacity: '''30,000'''
|-
|[[File:Standard liege kaerjeng02.jpg|200px]]
|[[File:Stade du pays de Charleroi 1.jpg|200px]]
|[[File:Philips Stadion.jpg|alt=|200x200px]]
|[[File:Gelredome Binnenkant.jpg|alt=|200x200px]]
|}

===Team base camps===
The 16 national teams each stayed in their own "team base camp" during the tournament.<ref name="bases">{{cite news |title=Euro 2000 hopefuls arriving at respective bases |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=20000606&id=WwEzAAAAIBAJ&pg=3593,2718209&hl=en |newspaper=[[New Straits Times]] |agency=[[Agence France-Presse]] |date=6 June 2000 |access-date=25 June 2016}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Team
! Base camp
! class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| Belgium
| [[Lichtaart]]
| <ref>{{cite news |title=Lichtaart livre ses premiers secrets d'alcôve Nos bons petits Diables ont bon pied bon oeil " Physiquement, on récupère bien " |url=http://archives.lesoir.be/lichtaart-livre-ses-premiers-secrets-d-alcove-nos-bons-_t-20000606-Z0JA1T.html |website=[[Le Soir]] |date=6 June 2000 |access-date=25 June 2016 |language=fr }}</ref><ref name="hotels">{{Cite news|title=Echte kampioenen logeren in Chateau du Lac |url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/sport/echte-kampioenen-logeren-in-chateau-du-lac~a569870/ |newspaper=[[De Volkskrant]] |date=5 June 2000 |access-date=25 June 2016 |language=nl |trans-title=Real champions stay in Château du Lac}}</ref>
|-
| Czech Republic
| [[Knokke-Heist]]
| <ref>{{cite news |title=Čeští fotbalisté se ubytovali v belgickém městečku Knokke-Heist |url=http://www.radio.cz/cz/rubrika/bulletin/zpravy-streda-07-cervna-2000 |website=[[Radio Prague]] |date=7 June 2000 |access-date=25 June 2016 |language=cs |trans-title=Czech footballers staying in the Belgian town of Knokke-Heist}}</ref>
|-
| Denmark
| [[Brunssum]]
| <ref>{{cite news|title=Landsholdet ankommet til Holland |url=http://www.dbu.dk/nyheder/2000/juni/landsholdet_ankommet_til_holland|publisher=[[Danish Football Union]]|date=5 June 2000 |access-date=25 June 2016 |language=da |trans-title=The national team arrives in Holland}}</ref>
|-
| England
| [[Spa, Belgium|Spa]]/[[Waterloo, Belgium|Waterloo]]
| <ref name="bases"/><ref>{{cite news |title=English 'hooligans' refused entry |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/euro2000/teams/england/780981.stm |website=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=7 June 2000 |access-date=25 June 2016}}</ref>
|-
| FR Yugoslavia
| [[Edegem]]
| <ref name="hotels"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Boškov i dalje optimista|trans-title=Boškov still optimistic|url=http://www.arhiva.srbija.gov.rs/vesti/2000-06/07/20052.html|publisher=[[Government of Serbia]] |date=7 June 2000 |access-date=25 June 2016 |language=sr}}</ref>
|-
| France
| [[Rixensart|Genval]]
| <ref>{{cite news |title=Lemerre stands by heroes of '98 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=20000522&id=tOBOAAAAIBAJ&pg=3020,222907&hl=en |newspaper=New Straits Times |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=22 May 2000 |access-date=25 June 2016}}</ref>
|-
| Germany
| [[Vaals]]
| <ref>{{cite news |first=Katrin |last=Weber-Klüver |title=Trainingsquartier: "Hoch soll'n sie leben" |url=http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/trainingsquartier-hoch-soll-n-sie-leben-a-80017.html |website=[[Der Spiegel]] |date=8 June 2000 |access-date=25 June 2016 |language=de }}</ref>
|-
| Italy
| [[Grobbendonk]]
| <ref>{{cite news |title=Calcio: Azzurri a Geel durante Euro 2000 |url=http://www1.adnkronos.com/Archivio/AdnAgenzia/2000/05/05/Sport/CALCIO-AZZURRI-A-GEEL-DURANTE-EURO-2000_195700.php |agency=[[Adnkronos]] |date=5 May 2000 |access-date=25 June 2016 |language=it |trans-title=Football: Azzurri in Geel during Euro 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Enrico |last=Curro |title=Europei, allarme hooligans|trans-title=Europeans, alarm hooligans|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2000/06/06/europei-allarme-hooligans.html|newspaper=[[La Repubblica]] |date=6 June 2000 |access-date=25 June 2016 |language=it}}</ref>
|-
| Netherlands
| [[Hoenderloo]]
| <ref name="hotels"/><ref>{{cite news |first=Willem |last=Vissers |title=Onneembare veste voor gewone stervelingen|trans-title=Impregnable fortress for mere mortals|url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/sport/onneembare-veste-voor-gewone-stervelingen~a578246/ |website=[[De Volkskrant]] |date=7 June 2000 |access-date=25 June 2016 |language=nl}}</ref>
|-
| Norway
| [[Knokke-Heist]]
| <ref name="hotels"/><ref>{{cite news |first=Dag Vidar |last=Hanstad |title=Norge på plass i Belgia|trans-title=Norway in place in Belgium|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/sport/em2000/d144415.htm|url-status=dead|newspaper=[[Aftenposten]]|date=7 June 2000 |access-date=25 June 2016 |language=no|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000819150855/http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/sport/em2000/d144415.htm |archive-date=19 August 2000}}</ref>
|-
| Portugal
| [[Ermelo, Netherlands|Ermelo]]
| <ref name="hotels"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Portugese voetballers tijdens EK in Ermelo |url=http://snv.courant.nu/issue/SNA/2000-01-10/edition/0/page/7 |newspaper=Schilders Dagblad |date=10 January 2000 |access-date=25 June 2016 |language=nl}}</ref>
|-
| Romania
| [[Grimbergen]]/[[Arnhem]]
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.frf.ro/euro2000.html |title=Delegatia Romaniei|trans-title=Delegation Romania|url-status=dead|website=[[Romanian Football Federation]] |access-date=25 June 2016 |language=ro |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001117122400/http://www.frf.ro/euro2000.html |archive-date=17 November 2000}}</ref>
|-
| Slovenia
| [[Soestduinen]]
| <ref>{{cite news|title=National team arrived to the Netherlands |url=http://www.nzs.si/2000/eng/novice/novice-vsebina-a.html#n45 |website=[[Football Association of Slovenia]] |date=6 June 2000 |access-date=25 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000619171904/http://www.nzs.si/2000/eng/novice/novice-vsebina-a.html |archive-date=19 June 2000 |url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Soestduinen baza slovenskih nogometašev|trans-title=Soestduinen the base of the Slovenian footballers|url=https://www.sta.si/458527/soestduinen-baza-slovenskih-nogometasev |agency=[[Slovenian Press Agency]] |date=9 January 2000 |access-date=25 June 2016 |language=sl}}</ref>
|-
| Spain
| [[Tegelen]]
| <ref>{{cite news |first=Diego |last=Torres |title=Llegada al cuartel general|trans-title=Arrival at the headquarters|url=http://elpais.com/diario/2000/06/05/deportes/960156001_850215.html |newspaper=[[El País]] |date=5 June 2000 |access-date=25 June 2016 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
| Sweden
| [[Oisterwijk]]
| <ref>{{cite news |first1=Johan |last1=Esk |first2=Lars |last2=Grimlund |first3=Berndt |last3=Rosqvist |title=Från förväntan – till förtvivlan|trans-title=From expectation to desperation|url=https://www.dn.se/arkiv/sport/fran-forvantan-till-fortvivlan/ |newspaper=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |date=21 June 2000 |access-date=25 June 2016 |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
| Turkey
| [[Delden]]
| <ref>{{cite news |title=Yolculuk bugün|trans-title=Travel Today|url=http://www.yenisafak.com/arsiv/2000/mayis/30/spor.html |website=[[Yeni Şafak]] |date=30 May 2000 |access-date=25 June 2016 |language=tr}}</ref>
|}

==Squads==
{{main|UEFA Euro 2000 squads}}
Each national team had to submit a squad of 22 players, three of whom had to be goalkeepers.

==Match officials==
On 15 February 2000, [[UEFA]] appointed 12 referees, 16 assistant referees and four fourth officials for the competition, including a referee and an assistant referee from the [[Confederation of African Football]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Referees for Euro 2000 Final Tournament appointed |url=http://www.uefa.com/NewsData/Euro2000/News/indexp.asp?News=5996|website=UEFA|date=15 February 2000 |access-date=12 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000407154946/http://www.uefa.com/NewsData/Euro2000/News/indexp.asp?News=5996 |archive-date= 7 April 2000 |url-status = dead}}</ref> The event saw assistant referees being allowed to intervene an ongoing game, in particular to help the match official apply the 10-metre rule when deciding free-kicks – as well as warn the referee instantly if he had booked or ejected the wrong player, something that was not possible in previous tournaments.<ref name="regulations">{{cite news |first=Andy |last=Hooper |title=Six-second rule hits Euro 2000 keepers |url=http://www.espnfc.com/euro2000/news/20000414lawchanges.html|website=ESPN FC|publisher=ESPN|date=13 April 2000 |access-date=27 August 2014}}</ref> Also, fourth officials were given a larger role in assisting to take command of the match if any decisions are gone unnoticed by the referee or an assistant referee.<ref name="regulations"/>
 
The German referee [[Markus Merk]] was selected to referee the opening game between Belgium and Sweden.<ref>{{cite news |title=German referee takes charge of opening game |url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/german-referee-takes-charge-of-opening-game.aspx?pageID=438&n=german-referee-takes-charge-of-opening-game-2000-06-10 |website=[[Hürriyet Daily News]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=10 June 2000 |access-date=25 June 2016}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Referees
!Assistant referees
!Fourth officials
|-
|{{fbaicon|AUT}} [[Günter Benkö]]
|{{fbaicon|BLR|1995}} Yuri Dupanov
|{{fbaicon|BEL}} [[Michel Piraux]]
|-
|{{fbaicon|DEN}} [[Kim Milton Nielsen]]
|{{fbaicon|BEL}} Roland Van Nylen
|{{fbaicon|GRE}} [[Kyros Vassaras]]
|-
|{{fbaicon|EGY}} [[Gamal Al-Ghandour]]
|{{fbaicon|BUL}} Ivan Lekov
|{{fbaicon|NOR}} [[Terje Hauge]]
|-
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Graham Poll]]
|{{fbaicon|DEN}} Jens Larsen
|{{fbaicon|SVK}} [[Ľuboš Micheľ]]
|-
|{{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} [[Gilles Veissière]]
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Philip Sharp (referee)|Philip Sharp]]
|
|-
|{{fbaicon|GER}} [[Markus Merk]]
|{{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Jacques Poudevigne
|
|-
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Pierluigi Collina]]
|{{fbaicon|GER}} Kurt Ertl
|
|-
|{{fbaicon|NED}} [[Dick Jol]]
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} Sergio Zuccolini
|
|-
|{{fbaicon|POR}} [[Vítor Melo Pereira]]
|{{fbaicon|MLI}} Dramane Dante
|
|-
|{{fbaicon|SCO}} [[Hugh Dallas]]
|{{fbaicon|MLT}} Emanuel Zammit
|
|-
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[José María García-Aranda]]
|{{fbaicon|NED}} Jaap Pool
|
|-
|{{fbaicon|SWE}} [[Anders Frisk]]
|{{fbaicon|IRL}} Eddie Foley
|
|-
|{{fbaicon|SUI}} [[Urs Meier]]
|{{fbaicon|ROU}} Nicolae Grigorescu
|
|-
|
|{{fbaicon|SVK}} Igor Šramka
|
|-
|
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} Carlos Martín Nieto
|
|-
|
|{{fbaicon|SWE}} Leif Lindberg
|
|-
|
|{{fbaicon|TUR}} Turgay Güdü
|
|}

==Group stage==
[[File:Euro 2000.png|thumb|upright=1.6|UEFA Euro 2000 finalists and their results]]

The teams finishing in the top two positions in each of the four groups progress to the quarter-finals, while the bottom two teams in each group were eliminated.

''All times are local, [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]]).''

===Tiebreakers===
If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:<ref name="rules">{{cite news|title=Tournament rules |url=http://www.euro2000.org/en/tournament/page2/0,1074,,00.html |website=UEFA|access-date=25 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000817012753/http://www.euro2000.org/en/tournament/page2/0%2C1074%2C%2C00.html |archive-date=17 August 2000 |url-status = dead}}</ref>
# greater number of points in the matches between the teams in question;
# greater goal difference in matches between the teams in question;
# greater number of goals scored in matches between the teams in question;
# greater goal difference in all group games;
# greater number of goals scored in all group games;
# higher coefficient derived from Euro 2000 and 1998 World Cup qualifiers (points obtained divided by number of matches played);
# fair play conduct in Euro 2000;
# drawing of lots.

===Group A===
{{main|UEFA Euro 2000 Group A}}
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===Group B===
{{main|UEFA Euro 2000 Group B}}
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===Group C===
{{main|UEFA Euro 2000 Group C}}
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===Group D===
{{main|UEFA Euro 2000 Group D}}
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==Knockout stage==
{{Main|UEFA Euro 2000 knockout stage}}
The knockout stage was a [[single-elimination tournament]] with each round eliminating the losers.<ref name="rules"/> Any game that was undecided by the end of the regular 90 minutes, was followed by up to thirty minutes of [[Overtime (sports)#Association football|extra time]].<ref name="rules"/> For the second time the [[Golden goal#Association football|golden goal system]] was applied, whereby the first team to score during the extra time would become the winner.<ref name="rules"/> If no goal was scored there would be a [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-out]] to determine the winner.<ref name="rules"/> For the second time the final was won by a golden goal.<ref name="rules"/>

As with every tournament since [[UEFA Euro 1984]], there was no [[third place play-off]].

''All times are local, [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]]).''

===Bracket===
{{#lst:UEFA Euro 2000 knockout stage|bracket}}

===Quarter-finals===
{{#lst:UEFA Euro 2000 knockout stage|qf1}}
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===Semi-finals===
{{#lst:UEFA Euro 2000 knockout stage|sf1}}
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===Final===
{{main|UEFA Euro 2000 final}}
{{#lst:UEFA Euro 2000 Final|final}}

==Statistics==
{{main|UEFA Euro 2000 statistics}}

===Goalscorers===
{{#lst:UEFA Euro 2000 statistics|Goalscorers}}

===Awards===
;UEFA Team of the Tournament<ref name="team">{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/491990.pdf |title=UEFA Euro 2008 Information |access-date=30 June 2008|publisher=UEFA |page=88 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071127110833/http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/491990.pdf |archive-date=27 November 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="width:25%"| Goalkeepers
!style="width:25%"| Defenders
!style="width:25%"| Midfielders
!style="width:25%"| Forwards
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| {{fbicon|FRA|1974}} [[Fabien Barthez]]<br />{{fbicon|ITA}} [[Francesco Toldo]]
| {{fbicon|FRA|1974}} [[Laurent Blanc]]<br />{{fbicon|FRA|1974}} [[Marcel Desailly]]<br />{{fbicon|FRA|1974}} [[Lilian Thuram]]<br />{{fbicon|ITA}} [[Fabio Cannavaro]]<br />{{fbicon|ITA}} [[Paolo Maldini]]<br />{{fbicon|ITA}} [[Alessandro Nesta]]<br />{{fbicon|NED}} [[Frank de Boer]]
| {{fbicon|FRA|1974}} [[Patrick Vieira]]<br />{{fbicon|FRA|1974}} [[Zinedine Zidane]]<br />{{fbicon|ITA}} [[Demetrio Albertini]]<br />{{fbicon|NED}} [[Edgar Davids]]<br />{{fbicon|POR}} [[Rui Costa]]<br />{{fbicon|POR}} [[Luís Figo]]<br />{{fbicon|ESP}} [[Pep Guardiola]]
| {{fbicon|FR Yugoslavia}} [[Savo Milošević]]<br />{{fbicon|FRA|1974}} [[Thierry Henry]]<br />{{fbicon|ITA}} [[Francesco Totti]]<br />{{fbicon|NED}} [[Patrick Kluivert]]<br />{{fbicon|POR}} [[Nuno Gomes]]<br />{{fbicon|ESP}} [[Raúl (footballer)|Raúl]]
|}

'''Golden Boot'''
*{{fbicon|NED}} [[Patrick Kluivert]] (5 goals)
*{{fbicon|FR Yugoslavia}} [[Savo Milošević]] (5 goals)

'''UEFA Player of the Tournament'''
*{{fbicon|FRA|1974}} [[Zinedine Zidane]]<ref name="team"/>

===Prize money===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:12px; text-align:center; float:right; margin:0.5em 0 1em 1em;"
|+ Prize money
|-
!Rank!!Team!![[Swiss franc|CHF]]Million<ref name="finalists">{{cite news|title=Euro 2000 finalists to share 120 million francs|url=http://www.uefa.com/newsdata/uefa/News/IndexP.asp|website=UEFA|date=6 July 2000 |access-date=23 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000707005516/http://www.uefa.com/newsdata/uefa/News/IndexP.asp |archive-date=7 July 2000}}</ref>
|-
|1||style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|FRA|1974}}||14.4
|-
|2||style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ITA}}||13.2
|-
|3||style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|NED}}<br />{{fb|POR}}||10.2
|-
|5||style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ROU}}<br />{{fb|ESP}}<br />{{fb|TUR}}<br />{{fb|FR Yugoslavia|name=FR Yugoslavia}}||7.8
|-
|9||style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|BEL}}<br />{{fb|CZE}}<br />{{fb|ENG}}<br />{{fb|NOR}}||5.4
|-
|13||style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|DEN}}<br />{{fb|GER}}<br />{{fb|SVN}}<br />{{fb|SWE}}||4.8
|}

A sum of [[Swiss franc|CHF]]120 million was awarded to the 16 qualified teams in the competition.<ref name="finalists"/><ref name="prize money">{{cite news |title=Major financial rewards for finals participants |url=http://www.uefa.com/NewsData/Euro2000/News/indexp.asp?News=5910|website=UEFA|date=20 January 2000 |access-date=4 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010429035653/http://www.uefa.com/NewsData/Euro2000/News/indexp.asp?News=5910 |archive-date=29 April 2001}}</ref> France, the winners of the tournament, received a total prize money of CHF14.4 million.<ref name="finalists"/> Below is a complete list of the allocations:<ref name="prize money"/>

Extra payment based on teams performances:
*Winner: CHF14.4 million
*Runner-up: CHF13.2 million
*Semi-finals: CHF10.2 million
*Quarter-finals: CHF7.8 million
*Group stage: 
**Third place: CHF5.4 million
**Fourth place: CHF4.8 million

On 9 July 2000, UEFA refused to hand [[Serbia and Montenegro national football team|FR Yugoslavia]] their prize money of CHF7.8 million, because of alleged ties between the [[Football Association of Serbia and Montenegro|Football Association of FR Yugoslavia]] and [[Slobodan Milošević]]'s government.<ref>{{cite news |title=Swiss blocking Yugoslav Euro 2000 income says official |url=https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/decani/conversations/topics/31755|url-status=dead|publisher=Yahoo|via=Reuters |date=9 July 2000 |access-date=15 September 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140915020319/https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/decani/conversations/topics/31755|archive-date=15 September 2014}}</ref> However, no connections were found and the Football Association of FR Yugoslavia later received their money with an additional bonus.<ref>{{cite news |title=Swiss release Yugoslav payments |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/825996.stm|website=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|date=9 July 2000 |access-date=15 September 2014}}</ref>
{{clear}}

==Marketing==
===Slogan and theme song===
{{see also|Euro 2000: The Official Album}}
The slogan of the competition was "Football without frontiers".<ref>{{cite news |first=Dion |last=Fanning |title=Portugal can rise above the gloom |url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/portugal-can-rise-above-the-gloom-26254960.html|newspaper=Irish Independent |date=4 June 2000 |access-date=17 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Openingsceremonie Euro 2000 wordt groots spektakel |url=http://www.gva.be/cnt/oid88375/archief-openingsceremonie-euro-2000-wordt-groots-spektakel|newspaper=[[Gazet van Antwerpen]]|date=8 June 2000 |access-date=17 September 2014 |language=nl}}</ref> "[[Campione 2000]]" by [[E-Type (musician)|E-Type]] was the official anthem of the event.<ref>{{cite news|title=The A to Z of Euro 2000™ |url=http://www.euro2000.org/en/news/story/0,1068,55602,00.html|website=UEFA|date=3 July 2000 |access-date=17 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000815195736/http://www.euro2000.org/en/news/story/0%2C1068%2C55602%2C00.html |archive-date=15 August 2000 |url-status = dead}}</ref>

===Match ball===
[[File:Euro 2000 ball.JPG|thumb|The Adidas Terrestra Silverstream, the match ball used at the tournament.]]
The Adidas Terrestra Silverstream was unveiled as the official match ball of the competition on 13 December 1999 at [[Constant Vanden Stock Stadium]], [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]]'s home arena by [[Alessandro Del Piero]], [[Edwin van der Sar]], Zinedine Zidane and [[Luc Nilis]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Soccer – New Adidas ball for Euro 2000 – Adidas Terrestra Silverstream |url=http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/photos/75842/25-excellent-archive-photos-of-young-zinedine-zidane-happy-birthday-zizou.html/attachment/soccer-new-adidas-ball-for-euro-2000-adidas-terrestra-silverstream-2|website=Who Ate All the Pies|access-date=26 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626193335/http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/photos/75842/25-excellent-archive-photos-of-young-zinedine-zidane-happy-birthday-zizou.html/attachment/soccer-new-adidas-ball-for-euro-2000-adidas-terrestra-silverstream-2 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=26 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Geert |last=Lambaerts |title=Alessandro Del Piero: "België wordt sterkste tegenstander" |url=http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dst14121999_066 |newspaper=[[De Standaard]] |date=14 December 1999 |access-date=28 June 2016 |language=nl |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

===Mascot===
[[File:Euro2000mascot.png|thumb|Benelucky, the Euro 2000 [[UEFA European Championship mascot|mascot]]]]
The official mascot for the tournament was ''Benelucky''<ref>{{cite news|title=Euro 2000 mascot named |url=http://www.uefa.com/NewsData/Euro2000/News/indexp.asp?News=2810|website=UEFA|date=16 September 1999 |access-date=12 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000303015522/http://www.uefa.com/NewsData/Euro2000/News/indexp.asp?News=2810 |archive-date= 3 March 2000 |url-status = dead}}</ref> (a pun on [[Benelux]]), a lion-devil hybrid with its mane having the flag colours of both host nations. The lion is the national football emblem of the Netherlands and a devil is the emblem of Belgium (the team being nicknamed "the Red Devils").<ref>{{cite news |first=Tom |last=Kell |title=Euro 2012 mascots have big shoes to fill |url=https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/news/0253-0d7c95165429-195f7ca76150-1000--the-weird-and-wonderful-world-of-euro-mascots/|website=UEFA|date=6 December 2010 |access-date=9 July 2012}}</ref>

===Sponsorships===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Official Sponsors<ref name="Sponsors">{{Cite web |title=Sponsors |url=http://www.euro2000.org/en/hosts/sponsors/0%2C1068%2C%2C00.html |url-status=dead|website=UEFA|access-date=8 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001216152900/http://www.euro2000.org/en/hosts/sponsors/0,1068,,00.html |archive-date=16 December 2000}}</ref>
!Official Suppliers<ref name="Sponsors"/>
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* [[Carlsberg Group|Carlsberg]]
* [[Coca-Cola]]
* [[Fujifilm]]
* [[Hyundai Motor Company|Hyundai]]
* [[JVC]]
* [[Mastercard]]
* [[McDonald's]]
* [[Philips]]
* [[PlayStation]]
* [[Pringles]]
* [[PSINet]]
* [[Sportal]]
| style="vertical-align:top;" |
* [[Adecco]]
* [[Adidas]]
* [[Cisco Systems]]
* [[Connexxion]]
* [[KLM]]
* [[Lever Fabergé]]
* [[Nestlé|Nestlé Cereals]]
* [[Telfort]]
* [[TotalFina]]
|}

==Broadcasting==
{{main|UEFA Euro 2000 broadcasting rights}}

==Notes==
{{reflist|group=note}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111116162616/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2000/index.html UEFA Euro 2000] at UEFA.com
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010509203119/http://www.euro2000.org/en/home/0%2C1068%2C%2C00.html |title=Official website |date=9 May 2001}}

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