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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.
UEFA Euro 2000 was the eleventh edition of the UEFA European Football Championship, UEFA's football competition for national teams. [2] Qualifying rounds were played on a home-and-away round-robin tournament basis prior to the final tournament being co-hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands, between 10 June and 2 July 2000. [3]
France, who had won the 1998 FIFA World Cup, [20] met Italy in the Feijnoord Stadion in the Netherlands, both nations making their second appearance in the final. A second-half goal from Marco Delvecchio saw Italy take a 1–0 lead into injury time , when Sylvain Wiltord scored a "last-gasp" equaliser to send the match into extra time.
The UEFA European Championship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations). Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the UEFA European Nations' Cup, changing to the current name in 1968.
The Netherlands thrashed FR Yugoslavia 6–1 in the third match, Patrick Kluivert (3) and Marc Overmars (2) amongst the scorers. In the final game, Spain's European dream came to an end with a 2–1 loss to France: Gaizka Mendieta's penalty goal was sandwiched by goals from Zinedine Zidane and Youri Djorkaeff.
West Germany v France (1982 FIFA World Cup) 1998 FIFA World Cup final; UEFA Euro 2000 final; 2001 France v Algeria football match; 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup final; 2006 FIFA World Cup final; 2009 Republic of Ireland v France football matches
France and Belgium have since contested 75 official matches against each other, the most all-time between each team. Aside from Belgium, France have contested matches against almost 90 other national teams. Of the 90 teams, France have not lost to 40 of them having earned a perfect winning percentage against 26 of the teams.
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