2000 British motorcycle Grand Prix, 500cc race report
On the parade lap back to parc-fermé, Rossi does a burnout as a handful of fans come up to him and congratulate him on his win. He stands on his bike and celebrates in jubilant fashion as well. Roberts Jr. rides up to him and shakes hands with him whilst still onto the bike to congratulate him on his win.


2000 British motorcycle Grand Prix, 500cc race report
The important figures hand out the trophies, with the audience cheering loudly as McWilliams receives his third-place trophy. The Italian national anthem plays and after it is done, the podium girls put wreaths around the necks of the trio and give them all a kiss on the cheek. Then they hand them the champagne with Rossi then cheekily spraying it on one of the girls, then on the rest of the riders.


2000 British motorcycle Grand Prix, 500cc race report
When Roberts Jr. was questioned about his tyre choice, he said the following:


2000 British motorcycle Grand Prix, 500cc race report
"It was a difficult choice until the rain started again, and I'm surprised the tyres held up when the track dried out. I had a lot on mind during the race, like concentrating on not falling down, and keeping an edge to my tyres just in case the rain restarted, and with this in mind, I let Valentino and Jeremy go mid-race. When Valentino got passed him, I tried to go as well, but had to wait until the last lap. I knew I could get the Aprilia there, because I could hear that the engine wasn't as strong as the V4s."


2000 British motorcycle Grand Prix, 500cc race report
When McWilliams was asked about his last-lap fight with Roberts Jr., he commented the following:


2000 British motorcycle Grand Prix, 500cc race report
"I made two mistakes. I think now that perhaps I went too hard mid-race in trying to get away, which finished the tyres, and then I missed a gear on the last lap, and allowed Kenny through. He learnt from his last attempt too, and kept it tight at Melbourne so that I couldn't slide back on the inside. I'm happy to be on the podium though. We didn't think we were going to go anywhere from the fourth row of the grid, and when the rain came down, I was just laughing. We put wets on and couldn't care less - we were going out just to see what we could get as others fell down! This is a better end to a difficult week for Irish motorsports, and this podium is for Joey."


2000 British motorcycle Grand Prix, 500cc race report
When Rossi was asked how he felt after his win, he responded with the following:


2000 British motorcycle Grand Prix, 500cc race report
"I am very happy. We were ready to win in dry conditions but, when the rain came, we were very afraid, and would have been happy with a podium. The race was not so much fun, with the rear wheel spinning all the time, but my rhythm was not too bad and I was able to get past Barros and Abe before getting up to the lead. The tyre is now completely finished, and it was not easy even on the straight. it was very hard to beat Jeremy, but I managed to get by two or three laps from the end, and I am very pleased to win."


2000 British motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round nine has concluded.


2000 Brown Bears football team
The 2000 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University during the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Brown was declared ineligible for the Ivy League championship, though its league record would have placed it in a tie for third.


2000 Brown Bears football team
In their third season under head coach Phil Estes, the Bears compiled a 7–3 record and outscored opponents 375 to 301. Gordon Chen, N. Finneran and Drew Inzer were the team captains.


2000 Brown Bears football team
Before the season began, the Council of Ivy Group Presidents voted to exclude Brown from the football championship for one year in response to a report that Brown basketball, football, soccer and volleyball coaches had connected prospective student-athletes with offers of private financial assistance. The NCAA ruled that the students implicated in the report were not at fault and would retain their eligibility, but the Ivy League, with its stricter rules about financial aid, chose a harsher penalty to send a message to Brown and other member schools that recruiting violations would not be tolerated. Football and the other three Brown teams were also hit with tighter restrictions on recruiting activities for 2001 and 2002.


2000 Brown Bears football team
The Bears' 4–3 conference record in 2000 would have tied for third in the Ivy League standings, but because the team was declared ineligible, the league's record book lists it as the last-place team. Brown outscored Ivy opponents 266 to 245.


2000 Brown Bears football team
Brown played its home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.


2000 Brownlow Medal
The 2000 Brownlow Medal was the 73rd year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home-and-away season. Shane Woewodin of the Melbourne Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-four votes during the 2000 AFL season.


2000 Brownlow Medal
The Essendon Football Club set a record for the highest number of votes collected as a team, with 116 out of a possible 132 votes. The club polled at least one vote in every game, including all six votes in 14 games.


2000 Broxbourne Borough Council election
The Broxbourne Council election, 2000 was held to elect council members of the Broxbourne Borough Council, the local government authority of the borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England.


2000 Broxbourne Borough Council election, Results summary
An election was held in 12 wards on 4 May 2000.


2000 Broxbourne Borough Council election, Results summary
The Conservative Party won all 12 seats making 1 gain at the expense of the Labour Party in Waltham Cross Ward.


2000 Broxbourne Borough Council election, Results summary
Mark Farrington won Cheshunt North Ward for the Conservative Party having "crossed the floor" of the Council Chamber since the 1999 Local Government election when he had won a Cheshunt North seat for the Labour Party.


2000 Broxbourne Borough Council election, Results summary
This was the first local election since 1995 where the British National Party had fielded any candidates.


2000 Broxbourne Borough Council election, Results summary
The new political balance of the council following this election was:


2000 Bucknell Bison football team
The 2000 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University during the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Bucknell finished fifth in the Patriot League.


2000 Bucknell Bison football team
In their sixth year under head coach Tom Gadd, the Bison compiled a 6–5 record. Vince Ficca, Justin Lustig and Lucas Phillips were the team captains.


2000 Bucknell Bison football team
The Bison outscored opponents 242 to 172. Their 2–4 conference record placed fifth in the seven-team Patriot League standings.


2000 Bucknell Bison football team
Bucknell played its home games at Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium on the university campus in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.


2000 Buffalo Bills season
The 2000 Buffalo Bills season was the team's 41st and 31st as part of the National Football League. The Bills total offense ranked 9th in the league and their total defense ranked 3rd in the league. The 2000 season was the first since the 1987 season that long-time Bills players Bruce Smith, Andre Reed and Thurman Thomas were not on the team together, as all were released just days after the Bills were eliminated from the 1999 playoffs. Smith and Reed signed with the Redskins, while Thomas signed with the Dolphins.


2000 Buffalo Bills season
The Buffalo Bills finished in fourth place in the AFC East and finished the National Football League's 2000 season with a record of 8 wins and 8 losses. Though the Bills were 7–4 after eleven games, they lost their next four in a row, only avoiding a losing season in the final game of the year.


2000 Buffalo Bills season
The 2000 season marked a turning point in Buffalo's history. From 2000 until 2016, the Bills would fail to make the playoffs, a streak that would end in 2017. After the 2000 season ended, general manager John Butler left the team to take the same position with the San Diego Chargers.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Quarterback controversy
Doug Flutie led the Bills to a 10–5 record in 1999 but, in a controversial decision, was replaced by Rob Johnson for the playoffs by coach Wade Phillips, who later said he was ordered to do so by Bills owner Ralph Wilson. The Bills lost 22–16 to the eventual AFC champion Tennessee Titans in a game that has become known as the Music City Miracle, where the Titans scored on the penultimate play of the game—a kickoff return following the Bills' apparent game-clinching field goal with 16 seconds left.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Quarterback controversy
After the season ended, Flutie was named the Bills' backup and only played late in games or when Johnson was injured; the two split playing time in seven games. Despite getting his chances in December to help the team, Flutie was unable to get the team key wins in December, sealing his fate as a casualty to a roster cut. Flutie would be released at the end of the 2000 season and Johnson would spend an injury-plagued 2001 season with the Bills before also being released.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Special teams futility
Phillips was fired shortly after the season by Wilson, citing Phillips' refusal to fire special teams coach Ronnie Jones. (Football statistics site Football Outsiders calculates that the 2000 Bills had the worst special teams unit of any single-season team from 1993–2010.) Said Wilson at the time, "Buffalo special teams' record was among the worst in the National Football League last season. ... I felt we needed a change and that my request was reasonable... I did not want to release Wade, but his refusal left me with no option."


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Special teams futility
Said Football Outsiders of Buffalo's special teams in 2000, "Could special teams possibly be that negative? Oh, yes. They could. The 2000 Buffalo Bills had the worst special teams of any team in any season for which [Football Outsiders has] data. I would not be shocked if they had the worst special teams of all time, except maybe for some expansion teams in the sixties and seventies. Everything about special teams was horrible for the Bills that year, but Steve Christie was the biggest black hole among a galaxy of sucking black holes. ...


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Special teams futility
Christie's average kickoff went only 55.6 yards, 7.5 yards less than the league average. And the bad kickoffs didn't just come late in the season in Buffalo's usual snow and wind. ... On the season, 18 of his kickoffs went for 50 yards or less. No other kicker had more than 10 kicks that short. ... Buffalo allowed opponents kick returns worth 22 points more than the league average. ... So the average opposing drive after a Buffalo kickoff started at the 37-yard line. Wow." Buffalo hired Tom Donahoe to become the new general manager the following season. Donahoe hired Tennessee Titans defensive coordinator Gregg Williams to be the head coach in a season which saw the rebuilding team struggle to a 3–13 record.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at New York Jets
The 2–0 Bills traveled to New Jersey to take on the 2–0 Jets in a battle for first place in the AFC East. However, numerous blunders by the Bills, particularly on special teams, assured that they would receive their first loss of the season.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at New York Jets
The Bills opened the scoring with Rob Johnson throwing a 3-yard touchdown pass to Eric Moulds for a 7–0 lead. But on the very next play, Jets kick returner Kevin Williams returned the ensuing kickoff 97 yards for a game-tying touchdown. In the second quarter, the Jets drove to the Bills' 5-yard line when the Bills held on a 3rd and 1. Jets coach Al Groh elected to go for it, and on the fourth down play, running back Curtis Martin broke through for a 5-yard touchdown run to make it 14–7 Jets.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at New York Jets
With 1:17 to go, the Bills faced a third down at their own 26-yard line when Johnson went long for receiver Jeremy McDaniel. Two Jets defenders misplayed the ball, and McDaniel caught the pass and went in untouched for the 74-yard touchdown to tie the game at 14 with 1:07 to go in the half. However, the Bills' worst play of the game came at the end of the half.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at New York Jets
With time expiring at the end of the half, Jets QB Vinny Testaverde heaved a Hail Mary towards the end zone, and Jets defensive back Marcus Coleman, who checked into the game as an eligible receiver for the Hail Mary attempt, caught the pass between numerous Bills defenders. This score made it 21–14 Jets at the half.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at New York Jets
The Bills never recovered from this turn of events as the second half was defined by numerous costly errors. On the first possession of the second half, veteran kicker Steve Christie missed a 45-yard field goal. With the Bills trailing 24–14 at the beginning of the fourth quarter they drove into Jets territory. Rob Johnson then completed a pass to Peerless Price to get the Bills into the red zone, but he fumbled and the ball was recovered by the Jets. The Bills defense forced a three-and-out on the next possession.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at New York Jets
On the ensuing punt, Bills cornerback Chris Watson started up the middle then cut to the right sideline, but Jets defensive back Chris Hayes, who was blocked at the beginning of the play but got back up as the play continued, hit Watson from behind and forced him to fumble, with the Jets recovering the ball. Finally, Watson muffed a short punt later in the quarter, which was recovered by Hayes.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at New York Jets
Although the Bills outgained the Jets 354–279 with Rob Johnson completing 21 of 36 passes for 293 yards and 2 touchdowns with one interception, the Bills committed four turnovers compared to just one by the Jets.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at New York Jets
With the loss, the Bills fell to 2–1 heading into their bye week.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Indianapolis Colts
The Bills hosted the Colts in a Week 5 divisional matchup.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Indianapolis Colts
Although the Bills dominated the first half, they failed to convert three red zone drives into touchdowns, and settled for three Steve Christie field goals to make it 9–0 in the second quarter. A Peyton Manning touchdown pass to Marvin Harrison made it 9–7 Bills at the half. In the fourth quarter, Manning found Terrence Wilkins for a 10-yard touchdown pass, and a two-point conversion made it 15–9 Colts. With 1:08 to go, Rob Johnson went long for Eric Moulds, who caught the pass for a 40-yard touchdown to make it 16–15 Bills. However, the Colts drove to the Bills' 28-yard line, and kicker Mike Vanderjagt made a 45-yard field goal as time expired to win the game for the Colts.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Miami Dolphins
The Bills traveled next to South Florida to take on the Dolphins. Much interest in the game revolved around longtime Bills running back Thurman Thomas, who had signed with the Dolphins in the offseason and who was playing his first game against his former team.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Miami Dolphins
The Bills trailed 13–3 at halftime, with the primary score being Dolphins QB Jay Fiedler's 20-yard touchdown pass to Leslie Shepherd. In the third quarter, a Matt Turk punt pinned the Bills at their own 1-yard line, and on second down on the ensuing drive, running back Jonathan Linton was stuffed in the end zone for a safety to make it 15–3. In the fourth quarter, the Bills began to come back. The Bills drove to the Dolphins' 5-yard line, but again, Rob Johnson failed to get the Bills into the end zone and they settled for a field goal.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Miami Dolphins
On their next drive, the Bills went inside the 5 again, and this time scored a touchdown with rookie running back Sammy Morris breaking a tackle on a 3-yard touchdown run. The Bills then got the ball back with 4:59 to go with a chance to take the lead. Rob Johnson threw a screen pass to Morris, but in his effort to gain extra yards, he was stripped of the football by Miami cornerback Sam Madison, and fellow corner Patrick Surtain returned the fumble 20 yards for a touchdown.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Miami Dolphins
On the next drive, Johnson was forced to leave the game due to an injury, and Doug Flutie received his first action of the season. Flutie's first play was a 25-yard pass to Jeremy McDaniel to convert a 3rd and 21, but another Flutie miracle would not happen as Jerry Wilson intercepted Flutie later in the drive to clinch the win for the Dolphins.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Miami Dolphins
The game was dominated by the Dolphin defense. Aside from their safety and touchdown, they sacked the Bills quarterbacks 6 times, with 5 coming with Rob Johnson under center. Dolphins lineman Trace Armstrong led the defense with 3.5 sacks. Both the Bills and Dolphins gained 254 yards in this contest.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. San Diego Chargers
With the Bills hosting the 0–6 Chargers, it was widely expected that the Bills would get back on track upon returning home for their Week 7 matchup. But what ensued was a hard-fought victory rather than a dominant one.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. San Diego Chargers
After Chargers kicker John Carney opened the scoring with a field goal to make it 3–0, the Bills scored two unanswered touchdowns. Sammy Morris ran for a 32-yard touchdown to make it 7–3. On the next drive, running back Jonathan Linton fumbled at the one-yard line, but lineman Jerry Ostroski fell on the ball in the end zone for a rare offensive lineman touchdown, making the score 14–3 Bills. However, the Chargers took over for the next one and a half quarters. Chargers quarterback Jim Harbaugh found Curtis Conway for a touchdown to make it 14–10 at the half.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. San Diego Chargers
In the third quarter, a Jermaine Fazande two-yard touchdown run and a 51-yard touchdown pass from Harbaugh to Jeff Graham made it 24–14 Chargers heading into the final quarter. Early in the fourth quarter, Rob Johnson found running back Shawn Bryson for an 11-yard touchdown to make it 24–21. With 2:33 left, the Bills got the ball back, needing at least a field goal to force overtime. Johnson drove the Bills into the red zone, but barely avoided a disastrous turnover with 11 seconds left when his pass on 3rd and goal was nearly intercepted by Junior Seau. The Bills settled for a 29-yard field goal by Steve Christie to force overtime.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. San Diego Chargers
In overtime, Rob Johnson was knocked out of the game after being hit upon throwing a pass, and the Bills were forced to punt. Safety Henry Jones intercepted Jim Harbaugh on the next possession, and with Johnson out of the game, Doug Flutie came off the bench to lead the Bills. Flutie got the Bills into field goal range for Steve Christie. Christie's first attempt from 41 yards was no good as it sailed wide of the goalpost, but the play was nullified due to a false start. This made Christie's second attempt 46 yards, but this attempt went just over the crossbar for the game-winning field goal.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. San Diego Chargers
Before being knocked out of the game, Rob Johnson was 29 of 47 for 321 yards with 1 touchdown and 1 interception. Eric Moulds caught 11 passes for 170 yards.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Minnesota Vikings
The Bills' next game was at Minnesota against the undefeated Vikings. With Rob Johnson out due to the injury he sustained the previous week, Doug Flutie made his first start of the season.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Minnesota Vikings
Throughout the game, the Bills demonstrated the potential for an upset bid. The Bills led 10–6 at halftime, helped by a 25-yard touchdown pass from Doug Flutie to Eric Moulds. After the Vikings took a 13–10 lead on a Daunte Culpepper touchdown pass to Cris Carter, the Bills went on a 13-play, 80-yard drive, ending with Sammy Morris's one-yard touchdown run. On the next drive, linebacker Sam Rogers intercepted Culpepper, and the Bills capitalized with Flutie hitting Morris for an 18-yard touchdown to make it 24–13.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Minnesota Vikings
The Vikings then scored a touchdown with Culpepper throwing another touchdown to Carter with 9:34 to go, with a two-point conversion making it 24–21. Bills kicker Steve Christie kicked a 48-yard field goal to make it 27–21. However, with 3:48 to go, Daunte Culpepper rolled right, then threw a bomb deep towards the left side of the end zone. Vikings receiver Randy Moss got behind two Bills defenders, caught the pass, and kept both feet in bounds for the go-ahead touchdown. On the Bills' next drive, Peerless Price lost a fumble, setting up the Vikings with a short field.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Minnesota Vikings
The Bills' defense held, and the Vikings settled for Gary Anderson kicking a 21-yard field goal to make it 31–27. Anderson's field goal represented his 2,004th total point in the NFL, making him the NFL's all-time leading scorer (Morten Andersen eventually surpassed his record). This historic accomplishment being said, the Bills still had a chance to win. Starting from their own 20-yard line, Flutie drove the Bills to the 42-yard line in the game's final moments. But his Hail Mary attempt at the end of the game fell incomplete.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Minnesota Vikings
Doug Flutie went 28 of 43 for 294 yards and 2 touchdowns, while Eric Moulds caught 12 passes for 135 yards and a touchdown.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. New York Jets
With the Bills at 3–4 and 0–3 in the division, they were in a must-win situation upon returning home to face the Jets. The Jets were 6–1 and in first place in the AFC East coming off their comeback from a 23-point fourth-quarter deficit the previous Monday Night against the Dolphins, a game now known as the Monday Night Miracle.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. New York Jets
The two teams traded touchdowns in the opening quarter. Running back Sammy Morris went in with a 1-yard plunge for the Bills to strike first, then Jets quarterback Vinny Testaverde found Fred Baxter for a 12-yard touchdown pass to tie it at 7–7. In the second quarter, the Bills took over. The Bills defense forced Testaverde to throw two interceptions, one of which was intercepted by safety Henry Jones and returned 45 yards for a touchdown to make it 17–7. At the end of the quarter the Jets were driving inside the Bills' red zone, but Sam Rogers sacked Testaverde and forced him to fumble, and linebacker Sam Cowart recovered the ball to end the drive.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. New York Jets
Although the Bills were up by 10 heading into the second half, no one considered the game a sure win at this point, especially considering that four of the Jets' six wins at this point were come-from-behind wins. And sure enough, the Jets came back to tie the score at 17 by the end of the third quarter. Vinny Testaverde found receiver Wayne Chrebet for a 10-yard touchdown pass to tie the score. In the fourth quarter, the Bills drove into field goal range, but Steve Christie's go-ahead field goal attempt was blocked.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. New York Jets
On the ensuing drive, Bills linebacker Keith Newman forced the usually sure-handed Jets running back Curtis Martin to fumble, and Sam Cowart recovered the ball for his second fumble recovery of the day. On the next play, Doug Flutie went long and hit Eric Moulds for a 52-yard bomb that got the Bills to the Jets' 1-yard line, but an offensive pass interference pushed the Bills back from the goal line and they settled for Christie's 29-yard field goal to make it 20–17 Bills with 6:18 to go.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. New York Jets
The Jets then drove into field goal range, when the Bills defense held and forced the Jets to settle for John Hall's field goal with 2:25 to go to tie the score at 20. Doug Flutie then led the Bills in the waning moments of the game to the Jets' 14-yard line before taking an intentional loss of yards to get the ball in the middle of the field for Steve Christie's game-winning field goal attempt. Christie's attempt from 32 yards was good as time expired.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at New England Patriots
The Bills traveled to Foxborough to take on the New England Patriots. With the Patriots at 2–6 heading into the game having lost three straight games, the Bills were the favorite to win the game, but the game turned into a tough battle that took a fifth quarter to decide a winner.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at New England Patriots
Early in the game, Patriots quarterback (and future Bill) Drew Bledsoe injured a finger on his throwing hand when throwing a pass, during which his hand struck another player's helmet in the process. Due to the lingering effects of the injury, he was unable to return to the game. As his replacement, Patriots coach Bill Belichick turned not to then-rookie and future 7-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady, but veteran John Friesz to lead the Patriots against the Bills for the remainder of the game.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at New England Patriots
Given the Patriots' record and the loss of their starting quarterback, the first half looked like it would be an easy win for the Bills. The Bills jumped out to a 10–0 lead when Doug Flutie found tight end Jay Riemersma for a 9-yard touchdown pass. But with 1:11 to go in the half, Flutie fumbled a snap, which was recovered by the Patriots' Willie McGinest in Bills territory to set up an Adam Vinatieri 48-yard field goal to make it 10–3 Bills at the half. This set the tone for the remainder of the game.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at New England Patriots
After a poor punt by Bills punter Chris Mohr and an 18-yard return by Patriots receiver Troy Brown, the Patriots had great position at the Bills' 34 to start a drive with 10:28 to go in the third quarter, and they drove to the Bills' 1-yard line. Rather than play it safe and run the ball, New England attempted to pass at the goal line and the Bills capitalized with linebacker John Holecek intercepting John Friesz's pass in the end zone to end the scoring opportunity.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at New England Patriots
In the fourth quarter, another good punt return by Brown (this one 25 yards) set up another Patriots drive that reached the Bills' one-yard line. Two running plays were stuffed by the Bills line, and an incomplete pass brought up fourth and goal at the 1. The Patriots went for it, and rookie running back J.R. Redmond got the necessary yardage with a one-yard touchdown run to tie the score at 10–10 with 9 minutes remaining.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at New England Patriots
Another poor special teams play by the Bills (a 37-yard punt followed by a 12-yard return) set up the Patriots in good field position with 3:53 to go with a chance to take the lead, and Adam Vinatieri kicked a 43-yard field goal with just over 2 minutes remaining, giving the Patriots a 13–10 lead. Doug Flutie got the Bills into field goal range with a 24-yard pass to Jeremy McDaniel and an 11-yard scramble before a controversial play occurred.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at New England Patriots
With the Bills at the Patriots' 20-yard line with 13 seconds left, Flutie found Peerless Price at the goal line for a pass that would at least get the Bills to the Patriots' one-yard line in the waning moments of the game, and which potentially could have been a touchdown due to Price knocking over the goal line's pylon in the process. However, the officials ruled that Price had committed pass interference in order to make the catch, and a potential touchdown turned into a 10-yard penalty to push the Bills back to the brink of Steve Christie's range. With no timeouts left, the Bills sent out Christie to attempt a 48-yard field goal, and his attempt went just barely over the crossbar to tie the score at 13 and force overtime.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at New England Patriots
In overtime, the Patriots got the ball first, but the Bills forced them to punt and drove down the field for Steve Christie's game-winning 32-yard field goal.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at New England Patriots
Although the Bills outgained the Patriots 315–189, poor special teams play gave the Patriots good field position to start their drives. Nonetheless, this win put the Bills back above .500 with a 5–4 record.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Chicago Bears
The Bills' next game was against the 2–7 Bears at home. After the score was 6–3 Bills at halftime, the Bills took over the hapless Bears in the second half. Doug Flutie ran in for a one-yard touchdown in the third quarter to make it 13–3. The game's most notable play was the Bills' game-clinching score with less than three minutes to go. The Bears were driving at the Bills' 32-yard line when linebacker Sam Rogers forced Bears quarterback Shane Matthews to fumble. Linebacker Keith Newman recovered the loose ball and began rumbling down the field before Bears receiver Eddie Kennison hustled down the field and forced Newman to also fumble, but nickel corner Daryl Porter recovered the fumble and ran the remaining 23 yards for a touchdown to make it 20–3 Bills.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Chicago Bears
The Bills forced four turnovers in the game, three interceptions and the aforementioned fumble.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Chicago Bears
Of particular note regarding this game involved the quarterback controversy between Doug Flutie and Rob Johnson. Although Johnson was healthy again as this game approached, Bills coach Wade Phillips kept Flutie as the starter coming off two straight wins, but also gave Johnson a few snaps at quarterback. This strategy at quarterback would change, however, as the season progressed.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Kansas City Chiefs
Although Doug Flutie had won his last three starts heading into this game, head coach Wade Phillips turned to a now-healthy Rob Johnson as his starting quarterback for this game. Johnson led the Bills on their opening drive to a touchdown, capped by a 9-yard touchdown pass to Eric Moulds. The score was 7–3 at the half.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Kansas City Chiefs
In the third quarter, a 13-yard touchdown pass from Chiefs quarterback Elvis Grbac to tight end Tony Gonzalez gave the Chiefs a 10–7 lead heading into the final quarter. Early in the fourth quarter, Rob Johnson threw over the middle for the end zone for Jay Riemersma. His pass was nearly intercepted by a Chiefs defender, but he dropped the potential interception and the ball bounced behind him right into Riemersma's waiting arms to make the score 14–10.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Kansas City Chiefs
The Chiefs answered with Grbac hitting Gonzalez for his second touchdown of the day to make it 17–14 with just under 8 minutes to go. With the help of a pass interference penalty by the Chiefs, the Bills drove to the Chiefs' 3-yard line for a 1st and goal. A four-yard loss on a running play and a sack set up 3rd and goal at the 12-yard line with 3:06 to go.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Kansas City Chiefs
Rob Johnson dropped back to pass, then ran towards the left sideline when he dove for the end zone and was hit out of bounds by Chiefs linebacker Marvcus Patton. Johnson was initially ruled out at the 1, but the Bills challenged, and replays showed that while he was being hit out of bounds, Johnson had reached over the pylon with the football, and the call was reversed to a touchdown to make the score 21–17.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Kansas City Chiefs
On the ensuing drive, the Chiefs drove to the Bills' 25-yard line by the two-minute warning, but Grbac was intercepted by Keion Carpenter to end the scoring threat. The Chiefs defense used up their remaining timeouts to force a three-and-out to get one last chance to potentially win the game. However, Grbac's Hail Mary attempt was broken up by Eric Moulds, who checked into the game as a defender for the Hail Mary attempt.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Kansas City Chiefs
With this win, the Bills had won their fourth straight game and were in the middle of a crowded AFC playoff race. They were one game behind the division-leading Dolphins, and at 7–4 were tied with the Colts and Jets for second place in the AFC East.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Bills traveled to Tampa to take on the 6–5 Bucs in a must-win game for both teams to stay in the playoff race in their respective conferences.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Although the Bills defense harassed the Tampa Bay offense, holding them to 180 yards of total offense and sacking Shaun King seven times, including three consecutive plays in the first half with Sam Cowart and Ted Washington (in a combined effort), Cowart again, and Marcellus Wiley all contributing sacks during this span, the Bills trailed 10–7 heading into the final quarter. With the often-sacked Rob Johnson back under center, the Bucs sacked him 6 times during the game.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
In the fourth quarter, Bucs running back Warrick Dunn scored on a 6-yard touchdown run to make it 17–7 with under 12 minutes to go. The Bills answered with Rob Johnson hitting Eric Moulds for a 19-yard touchdown with 9 minutes to go. With 5:52 to go, the Bills were forced to punt, and Bucs punt returner Karl Williams returned the ensuing punt 73 yards for a touchdown to make it 24–14.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
On the Bills' next drive, Johnson was violently thrown to the ground by Derrick Brooks in a hit that knocked him out of the game, but somehow, Johnson flipped the ball to Shawn Bryson as he was being tackled and a sure sack became a 15-yard gain to set up a Steve Christie field goal to make it 24–17 with 2:30 to go. The Bills attempted an onside kick, but the Bucs recovered. Two plays later, Dunn broke through the Bills' defense for a 39-yard touchdown run to clinch the game.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Bills lost even though they outgained the Bucs 433–180 and held the ball for 36:17 compared to the Bucs' 23:43.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Miami Dolphins
With the Bills at 7–5 and behind the AFC wild card spots by a game, they were in a must-win situation at home against the division-leading Dolphins. It was expected that given the cold weather expected for the game in Buffalo and the Bills' history of defeating the Dolphins throughout the 1990s, the Bills would at least be competitive. However, the Dolphins dominated all afternoon.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Miami Dolphins
Dolphins quarterback Jay Fiedler, back after missing the team's previous game, opened the scoring by finding running back Lamar Smith on a screen pass for a 6-yard touchdown to make it 7–0. In the second quarter, a spectacular one-handed catch by Dolphins receiver Oronde Gadsden set up a 6-yard touchdown from Fiedler to Gadsden to make it 14–0.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Miami Dolphins
On the ensuing drive, Rob Johnson was sacked on consecutive plays, then on third down was intercepted by Sam Madison, who went on a lengthy return, juking and avoiding numerous Bills defenders from sideline to sideline before finally going down on his own at the Bills' 11. This set up an Olindo Mare field goal to make it 17–0. A 14-yard touchdown from Fiedler to Leslie Shepherd made it 24–0 Dolphins at the half, and the score was 30–0 heading into the final quarter.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Miami Dolphins
The Dolphins defense completely harassed Rob Johnson, who went 6-of-18 for just 44 yards and 2 interceptions while being sacked 5 times. Johnson was benched for Doug Flutie, who also played poorly, going 2-of-9 for 31 yards and an interception.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Miami Dolphins
This loss not only ended the Bills' chances of winning the AFC East with the team now 3 games behind the Dolphins, but put them 2 games behind the final Wild Card berth in the AFC playoffs.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Indianapolis Colts
The Bills traveled to Indianapolis to face the Colts in a Monday night game with high stakes for both teams. With both teams at 7–6 and 1+1⁄2 games behind the final AFC wild card spot (the Jets having lost the previous night), both teams needed to win in order to stay alive in the playoff race.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Indianapolis Colts
The first half was relatively low scoring, with the Colts leading 9–6 at halftime. But the floodgates opened in the second half on the Bills. After Colts running back Edgerrin James scored a touchdown, Rob Johnson was sacked on the ensuing possession by Jeff Burris and forced to fumble, with lineman Bernard Holsey recovering the loose ball and returning it 48 yards for a touchdown to make the score 23–6. The Bills' ensuing drive ended with a Sammy Morris one-yard touchdown to make it 23–12 heading into the final quarter due to a failed two-point conversion.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Indianapolis Colts
With 10:16 to go in the game, James scored another touchdown for the Colts, and three plays later, Johnson was intercepted by the Colts' Mustafah Muhammad for a 40-yard interception return for a touchdown to make it 37–12 Colts. After this play, Johnson was benched again for Doug Flutie, who led the Bills down the field and threw a 29-yard touchdown to Peerless Price with just over 6 minutes to go, with the two-point conversion making the score 37–20. However, Edgerrin James's third touchdown of the day with 4:18 to go clinched the game for the Colts.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Indianapolis Colts
The Colts scored 44 points despite the Bills holding the Colts to just 237 yards of total offense and Peyton Manning having only 132 yards passing. The Colts had 9 sacks, with Rob Johnson being sacked a whopping 8 times.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. New England Patriots
In their final home game of the year, the Bills faced the Patriots. Due to high winds that reached up to 25 mph and a snowstorm that intensified as the game progressed, passing from both teams was severely limited with the two teams combining for 88 rushing attempts in the game.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. New England Patriots
The Bills and Patriots traded field goals and reached a 3–3 stalemate at halftime. During the first half, Rob Johnson was injured again upon being hit during a pass attempt, ending his season. Doug Flutie came in for the second quarter as the snowstorm began to take full effect. Both teams blew chances to take the lead in the third quarter. A 23-yard field goal attempt by Steve Christie was blocked by Patriots defensive end Chad Eaton, and the Patriots were stopped on a 4th-and-1 when linebacker Keith Newman stuffed Patriots running back Tony Carter on a rushing attempt.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. New England Patriots
In the fourth quarter, the teams finally found the end zone. Flutie took off for a 32-yard run to the Patriots' 1-yard line, and then found Sheldon Jackson for a 1-yard touchdown pass to make it 10–3. After both teams exchanged punts, the Patriots scored on a 13-yard touchdown run by Kevin Faulk to tie the score at 10 with just under 5 minutes to go. In the final moments of regulation, Drew Bledsoe drove the Patriots to the Bills' 10-yard line, but Adam Vinatieri missed the field goal from 27 yards, and the game went into overtime.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. New England Patriots
In overtime, Doug Flutie led the Bills into field goal range, but Steve Christie's 30 yard attempt with 6:22 remaining was blocked again by Chad Eaton. The Patriots then drove inside the Bills' red zone with about 3 minutes to go, which would normally be enough to send in the kicker for a game-winning field goal. But the blinding snowstorm had intensified by this point, the wind had reached its peak strength and the snow was so dense visibility was poor for both teams, so the Patriots kept driving with the game dangerously close to being a tie. They finally ended their drive at the Bills' 6-yard line with just 23 seconds remaining, and this time, Adam Vinatieri's 24-yard attempt was good to win the game for the Patriots.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. New England Patriots
On the ESPN show NFL Primetime, this was the only non-primetime game for the Bills that season that was not set to the song "Powersurge." It was assigned that week to Colts–Dolphins instead.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Seattle Seahawks
The Bills' disappointing season ended on a high note in a Saturday night game at Seattle. The Bills jumped out to a 21–7 lead in the first quarter, with Doug Flutie hitting Shawn Bryson and Peerless Price for touchdown passes. After Seahawks kick returner (and future Bill) Charlie Rogers returned the ensuing kickoff 81 yards for a touchdown, the Bills answered with running back Antowain Smith scoring on a 9-yard touchdown run to make it 21–7. Seahawks quarterback Jon Kitna scored on a 1-yard run to make the score 21–14 in the second quarter, but Flutie then hit Jay Riemersma on a 6-yard touchdown pass to make it 28–14 at the half. Smith then added two more touchdown runs in the second half.


2000 Buffalo Bills season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Seattle Seahawks
Doug Flutie achieved a perfect passer rating in his final game as a Buffalo Bill, going 20-of-25 with 366 yards and 3 touchdowns with no interceptions. Antowain Smith, also playing his final game as a Bill, ran for 147 yards and 3 touchdowns on just 17 carries. The Bills amassed 579 yards of total offense.


2000 Buffalo Bulls football team
The 2000 Buffalo Bulls football team represented the University at Buffalo in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulls offense scored 177 points while the defense allowed 452 points.


2000 Bulgarian Cup Final
The 2000 Bulgarian Cup Final was played at the Hristo Botev Stadium in Plovdiv on May 31, 2000 and was contested between the sides of Neftochimic Burgas and Levski Sofia. The match was won by Levski Sofia.


2000 Bulldogs RLFC season
The 2000 Bulldogs RLFC season was the 66th in the club's history. Coached by Steve Folkes and captained by Darren Britt, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2000 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season 11th.


2000 Bundamba state by-election
A by-election was held in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland seat of Bundamba on 5 February 2000. It was triggered by the resignation of sitting Labor member Bob Gibbs. It was held concurrently with the Woodridge state by-election.


2000 Bundamba state by-election
The seat was retained by Labor Party with the election of candidate Jo-Ann Miller.


2000 Bundamba state by-election, Background
Bob Gibbs first entered parliament at the 1977 state election when he was elected as the Labor member for the seat of Wolston. Wolston was abolished at the 1992 state election, partly replaced by the new seat of Bundamba which Gibbs won and held thereafter. Typically a safe Labor seat, the rise of One Nation at the 1998 state election made the contest for Bundamba closer than usual; Gibbs prevailed with 56.2% of the two party preferred vote.


2000 Bundamba state by-election, Background
On 14 December 2000, Gibbs announced his resignation from parliament in order to become Queensland's North American Trade Commissioner.


2000 Bundamba state by-election, Results
In the absence of a One Nation candidate—Heather Hill represented the One Nation breakaway faction that would later be registered as the City Country Alliance—the major parties' share of the vote increased. Consequently, the seat reverted to its typical safe Labor status.


2000 Bundamba state by-election, Aftermath
Labor's retention of Bundamba and Woodridge meant that the government of Peter Beattie retained its one-seat majority in parliament.


2000 Burgenland state election
The Burgenland state election of 2000 was held in the Austrian state of Burgenland on 3 December 2000.


2000 Burgenland state election
The Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) won the election, with Hans Niessl returning as state governor (Landeshauptmann). He had previously taken over the office in late 2000 from Karl Stix.


2000 Burnley Borough Council election
The 2000 Burnley Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of  Burnley Borough Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.


2000 Burnley Borough Council election, Campaign
The election saw 17 seats contested with 2 seats up for election in Gawthorpe ward after the resignation of a Labour councillor. In total 42 candidates stood in the election, with Labour defending 14 of the 17 seats being contested. When the candidates were announced there was controversy in Queensgate ward after the independent candidates, Pat Chadwick, claimed that an independent Conservative candidate had been put up to stand in the election by Labour. She claimed Labour were attempting to split her vote in order to ensure victory for Labour, however Labour described the claims as nonsense.


2000 Burnley Borough Council election, Campaign
In Danehouse ward there was a tighter system for obtaining proxy votes than in the 1999 election but overall the number of absent votes were only a 100 less than in 1999, while split fairly evenly between Labour and the Liberal Democrats. On election day itself Labour called for the resignation of a Liberal Democrat councillor in Danehouse ward, Arif Khan, after claiming his parents were registered for proxy votes despite living in Pakistan; however Khan denied doing anything wrong.


2000 Burnley Borough Council election, Election result
The results saw Labour lose their majority on the council for the first time since the early 1970s.


2000 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to Bury Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 27.38%.


2000 Buy.com Tour
The 2000 Buy.com Tour season ran from February 3 to October 29. The season consisted of 31 official money golf tournaments, of which 30 were played in the United States  The top 15 players on the year-end money list earned their PGA Tour card for 2001.


2000 Buy.com Tour, Schedule
The number in parentheses after winners' names shows the player's total number of wins on the tour including that event. No one accumulates many wins on the tour because success at this level soon leads to promotion to the PGA Tour.


2000 Buy.com Tour graduates
This is a list of players who graduated from the Buy.com Tour in 2000. The top 15 players on the Buy.com Tour's money list in 2000 earned their PGA Tour card for 2001.


2000 Buy.com Tour graduates
*PGA Tour rookie for 2001. T = TiedGreen background indicates the player retained his PGA Tour card for 2002 (finished inside the top 125). Yellow background indicates player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2002, but retained conditional status (finished between 126–150). Red background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2002 (finished outside the top 150).


2000 CA-TennisTrophy
The 2000 CA-TennisTrophy was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2000 ATP Tour. It was the 26th edition of the tournament and was held from 9 October through 15 October 2000. Sixth-seeded Tim Henman won the singles title.


2000 CA-TennisTrophy, Finals, Doubles
Yevgeny Kafelnikov /  Nenad Zimonjić defeated  Jiří Novák /  David Rikl 6–4, 6–4


2000 CA-TennisTrophy – Doubles
David Prinosil and Sandon Stolle were the defending champions, but Prinosil did not participate this year. Stolle partnered David Adams, losing in the first round.


2000 CA-TennisTrophy – Doubles
Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Nenad Zimonjić won the title, defeating Jiří Novák and David Rikl 6–4, 6–4 in the final.


2000 CA-TennisTrophy – Singles
Greg Rusedski was the defending champion but lost in the second round.


2000 CA-TennisTrophy – Singles
Tim Henman won in the final 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 against Tommy Haas.


2000 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2000 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament was held from March 3–6, 2000 at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia. The winner of the tournament was UNC Wilmington, who received an automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.


2000 CAF Champions League
The 2000 CAF Champions League was the 36th awarding of Africa's premier club football tournament prize organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 4th prize under the CAF Champions League format. Hearts of Oak SC of Ghana defeated ES Tunis of Tunisia in the final to win their first title.


2000 CAF Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Preliminary round
1 AS de Vacoas-Phoenix were ejected from the competition for fielding an ineligible player.


2000 CAF Champions League, Qualifying rounds, First round
1 APR FC withdrew after the first leg; they were banned from CAF competitions for three years and fined $4000. 2 Black Africa SC withdrew.


2000 CAF Champions League, Knockout stage, Final
1 The match was interrupted for 18 minutes at 75' with ES Tunis leading 1–0 after teargas was fired into a rioting crowd by police, with one canister landing in the VIP box. ES Tunis protested against the result, but the protest was rejected. It was also marred by the antics of Espérance's goalkeeper Chokri El Ouaer who deliberately injured himself with the intent to get the game abandoned. He was banned for one year by CAF for gamesmanship after the game.


2000 CAF Champions League, Top goalscorers
The top scorers from the 2000 CAF Champions League are as follows:


2000 CAF Champions League Final
The 2000 CAF Champions League Final was a football tie held over two legs in December 2000. Hearts of Oak of Ghana beat Espérance of Tunisia 5-2.


2000 CAF Champions League Final, Qualified teams
In the following table, finals until 1996 were in the African Cup of Champions Club era, since 1997 were in the CAF Champions League era.


2000 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Stade El Menzah
Stade Olympique El Menzah is a multi-purpose stadium, located in the north of Tunis, Tunisia.


2000 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Stade El Menzah
It is built to host the 1967 Mediterranean Games at the same time as the Olympic swimming pool and gymnasium. Since then, it is an integral part of Tunisia's main sports complex. Tunisia's three major football teams, ES Tunis, Club Africain and Stade Tunisien played their games there. The stadium is completely renovated for the 1994 African Cup of Nations. It has a capacity of 39,858 seats. The VIP section consists of a grandstand and 2 salons that can accommodate 300 people in a "cocktail" configuration.


2000 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Ohene Djan Stadium
The Accra Sports Stadium, formerly named the Ohene Djan Stadium is a multi-use, 39,800  all-seater stadium in Accra. Ghana, mostly used for association football matches. It is also used for rugby union.


2000 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Ohene Djan Stadium
The stadium was inaugurated in 1952 by a football match played between Accra XI and Kumasi XI.


2000 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Ohene Djan Stadium
The stadium is also the home of one of Africa's most popular clubs, Hearts of Oak as well as Great Olympics, but Ghana's national team matches are sometimes played there.


2000 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Ohene Djan Stadium
During the 2000 African Cup of Nations in Ghana and Nigeria, the stadium hosted 9 matches, and was also the venue of the 1978 final.


2000 CAF Champions League Final, Format
The final was decided over two legs, with aggregate goals used to determine the winner. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule would have been applied, and if still level, the tie would have proceeded directly to a penalty shootout (no extra time is played).


2000 CAF Champions League group stage
The group stage of the 2000 CAF Champions League was played from 22 July to 12 November 2000. A total of eight teams competed in the group stage.


2000 CAF Champions League group stage, Format
In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners of each group advanced directly to the final.


2000 CAF Champions League group stage, Groups
The matchdays were 22–23 July, 4–7 August, 19–20 August, 13–15 September, 27 October–4 November, and 11–12 November 2000.


2000 CAF Cup
The 2000 CAF Cup was the 9th edition of the CAF Cup, the African continental club competition for runners up of the respective domestic leagues. It was won by Algerian team JS Kabylie who beat Ismaily SC of Egypt on the away goals rule in the final, after they finished level on aggregate 1-1.


2000 CAF Cup, First round
1 AC Semassi, Aslad Moundou and Saint Anthony's withdrew before first leg


2000 CAF Cup, Semi-finals
Ismaily won 7-0 on aggregate and advanced to the final.


2000 CAF Cup, Semi-finals
JS Kabylie won 2-1 on aggregate and advanced to the final.


2000 CAF Cup, Finals, Second Leg
1-1 on aggregate, JS Kabylie won on away goals rule


2000 CARIFTA Games
The 29th CARIFTA Games was held at the National Stadium in St. George's, Grenada, on April 22–24, 2000. A detailed report on the results was given.


2000 CARIFTA Games, Participation (unofficial)
Detailed result lists can be found on the "St. Lucia online", and on the "World Junior Athletics History"website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 265athletes (154 junior (under-20) and 111 youth (under-17)) from about 21countries:  Anguilla (5), Antigua and Barbuda (7), Bahamas (27), Barbados(23), Belize (1), Bermuda (9), British Virgin Islands (2), Cayman Islands (7),Dominica (3), Grenada (33), Guadeloupe (12), Guyana (2), Jamaica (55),Martinique (35), Netherlands Antilles (1), Saint Kitts and Nevis (2), SaintLucia (1), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2), Trinidad and Tobago (35),Turks and Caicos Islands (1), US Virgin Islands (2).


2000 CARIFTA Games, Records
In the boys' U-20 category, Dwayne Henclewood from Jamaica threw the discus 50.41m.


2000 CARIFTA Games, Records
In the girls' U-20 category, Veronica Campbell from Jamaica finished the 200 metres in 23.05 seconds. Sheree Francis from Jamaica equalled the 1.79 m jumped by Nicola Springer, Barbados, in high jump in the year 1987. Claudia Villeneuve from Martinique set new records in shot put (15.29m) and discus throw (50.14m). And Keitha Moseley from Barbados achieved 3,695 points in heptathlon. Moreover, Adrianna Lamalle from Martinique reached 13.64s in the 100 metres hurdles event.


2000 CARIFTA Games, Records
In the boys' U-17 category, the star of the games, Darrel Brown from Trinidad and Tobago, set two new records of 10.36s in 100 metres, and 21.20s in 200 metres, and (most probably) helped the Trinidad and Tobago 4 × 100 metres relay team to finish in 40.87s. 16.07 metres is the new shot put record for Kimani Kirton from Jamaica.


2000 CARIFTA Games, Records
Finally, in the girls' U-20 category, Janill Williams from Antigua and Barbuda won the 1,500 metres in the new championships record time of 4:32.89.


2000 CARIFTA Games, Austin Sealy Award
The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded for the second time in the role to Darrel Brown from Trinidad and Tobago. He won (at least) 2 gold medals (100m, and 200m) in the youth (U-17) category (there is no information on the composition of the Trinidad and Tobago relay teams).


2000 CARIFTA Games, Medal summary
Medal winners are published by category: Boys under 20 (Junior), Girls under 20 (Junior), Boys under 17 (Youth), and Girls under 17 (Youth). Complete results can be found on the "St. Lucia online", and on the "World Junior Athletics History"website.


2000 CART season
The 2000 FedEx Championship Series season was the twenty-second in the CART era of U.S. open-wheel racing, consisted of 20 races, beginning in Homestead, Florida on March 26, 2000 and concluding in Fontana, California on October 30, 2000. The FedEx Championship Series Drivers' Champion was  Gil de Ferran. Rookie of the Year was Kenny Bräck.


2000 CART season
The relative decline of Chip Ganassi Racing and an atypical parity among the major engine and chassis builders led to the most wide-open championship race in the history of the series, with seven different winners in the first seven races of the year and 11 drivers winning a race. From 1997–1999, only two drivers came within 50 points of the champion, 9 would do so in 2000.


2000 CART season
Penske Racing returned to prominence using Honda engines and abandoning their house chassis for a Reynard 2KI. Gil de Ferran and Helio Castroneves (the latter replacing the deceased Greg Moore), combined for 5 wins, 4 of which were on the road courses the team had not been competitive on in their previous chassis and engine. Veterans Michael Andretti and Paul Tracy, who were 1 and 2 in the championship after the Vancouver round, would fall short after poor finishes down the stretch. Most surprising of all to observers was the return to prominence of Patrick Racing, with veterans Adrian Fernandez and Roberto Moreno finishing second and third respectively in the championship.


2000 CART season
Off the track, while CART remained fiscally strong, anxiety regarding the series' decline in prominence led to the ouster of CEO Andrew Craig at the midpoint of the season, leading to his replacement by Bobby Rahal. The series left open the traditional Indianapolis 500 date of Memorial Day, allowing teams to enter the Indy Racing League sanctioned race for the first time since 1995. Chip Ganassi Racing did so, with their driver Juan Pablo Montoya winning the race handily with purchased IRL equipment.


2000 CART season
While a competitive triumph for CART, Ganassi's efforts showed the continuing allure of the 500 for CART teams and their sponsors. 2000 would be also final season for DaimlerChrysler via Mercedes-Benz brand as an engine manufacturer as DaimlerChrysler decided to shut down their CART program and coincidentally DaimlerChrysler defected to NASCAR Winston Cup Series via Dodge brand in 2001.


2000 CART season, Drivers and constructors
The following teams and drivers competed in the 2000 CART Championship Series season. Five years after the return of Firestone, rival tire manufacturer Goodyear withdrew from CART and its rival the Indy Racing League. So all cars ran on Firestone Firehawk tires. All teams were based in the United States.


2000 CART season, Season summary, Schedule
O  Oval/Speedway R  Dedicated road course S  Temporary street circuit


2000 CART season, Season summary, Schedule
† The Nazareth round was initially scheduled to be the second round on April 9, 2000, but snow caused the race's postponement.


2000 CART season, Season summary, Schedule
Milwaukee was scheduled to be on June 4, but was postponed due to rain.


2000 CART season, Season summary, Schedule
Fontana was scheduled for October 29, but during a caution on lap 22 for Cristiano da Matta crashing, rain began to fall and the remainder of the race was postponed to the next day.


2000 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 2000 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 29th CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. It was played between March 10 and March 18, 2000. First round and play-in games were played at campus sites, while all 'final four' games were played at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. By winning the tournament, Michigan State received the Central Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


2000 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The tournament featured three rounds of play. The two teams that finish below tenth place in the standings were not eligible for postseason play. In the quarterfinals, the first and tenth seeds, the second and ninth seeds, the third and eighth seeds, the fourth and seventh seeds and the fifth and sixth seeds played a best-of-three series, with the top three ranked winners advancing to the semifinals and two lower-seeded teams playing in a single play-in game to determine the final qualifier. In the semifinals, the remaining highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play a single-game, with the winners advancing to the finals. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.


2000 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Conference Standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against


2000 CECAFA Cup
The 2000 CECAFA Cup was the 24th edition of the football tournament, which involves teams from Southern and Central Africa. The matches were played in Uganda, a decision which Tanzania protested, but to no avail. Tanzania were also banned from international football by FIFA, the world football governing body. The matches were played from 18 November to 2 December 2000. Prior to the tournament, Djibouti withdrew due to monetary difficulties, but re-entered. Sudan and Zanzibar also withdrew, but stayed out. The reasoning behind their withdrawal was unknown.


2000 CECAFA Cup
Nine teams entered the tournament, as opposed to the twelve teams competing at the previous tournament in 1999. However, there were only eight different nations competing in the tournament as Uganda entered two teams: Uganda (A) and Uganda (B). Uganda (A) was in Group A, and Uganda (B) was in Group B, enabling the two the correct set-up to be able to meet each other in the final, as occurred here. Both Ugandas topped their respective groups, and progressed to the knockout stages along with Ethiopia and Rwanda.


2000 CECAFA Cup
Uganda (A) beat Rwanda, and Uganda (B) beat Ethiopia to mean that "the Cranes" (Uganda [A]) and "the Lions" (Uganda (B)) would meet in the final. In the final, Uganda (A) captained by George Ssimwogerere of Express, won 2–0. Ethiopia finished third after beating Rwanda on penalties 4–2 after the match finished 0–0.


2000 CECAFA Cup, Background
The CECAFA Cup is considered Africa's oldest football tournament, and involves teams from Central and Southern Africa. The tournament was originally named the Gossage Cup, contested by the four nations of Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika (modern day Tanzania), and Zanzibar; it ran from 1929 until 1965. In 1967, this became the East and Central African Senior Challenge Cup, often shortened to simply the Challenge Cup, which was competed for five years, until 1971, before the CECAFA Cup was introduced in 1973.


2000 CECAFA Cup, Background
The 1999 champions were Rwanda (B), in 2000 they emerged from their group second, after Uganda (B), 5 points behind but 2 points ahead of the next team, Eritrea. They were then knocked out in the semi-finals against Uganda (A). The 2000 champions, Uganda, were knocked out in the 1999 semi-finals by none other than Rwanda.


2000 CECAFA Cup, Participants
9 teams from 8 countries competed, three teams from the original tournament competed (excluding Tanganyika, which changed names and is currently called Tanzania), all 8 nations at this tournament had competed at the 1999 CECAFA Cup.


2000 CECAFA Cup, Group stage
The group stage began on 18 November and ended on 27 November with Group A's final match between Ethiopia and Burundi. At the end of the group stage, the teams who finished bottom of their group were eliminated, along with the two teams above them (in Group A), and the team above them (in Group B), whereas the teams positioned in the top two slots in the groups progressed to the knock-out rounds. Due to there being an odd number of teams, Group A contained more matches and an additional team, with a total of 5 to Group B's 4 teams.


2000 CECAFA Cup, Group stage
If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings (in descending order):


2000 CECAFA Cup, Team statistics
Teams are ranked using the same tie-breaking criteria as in the group stage, except for the top four teams.


2000 CFL Draft
The 2000 CFL Draft took place on Tuesday, April 18, 2000. 46 players were chosen for Canadian Football League teams from among the 504 eligible CIAU football players from Canadian universities, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA. Of the 46 draft selections, 22 players were drafted from Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union institutions.


2000 CFL Draft, Trades
In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft. This is a partial list due to references being limited.


2000 CFL season
The 2000 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 47th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 43rd Canadian Football League season.


2000 CFL season, CFL News in 2000
The CFL ends the 20th century on a continued upward curve.


2000 CFL season, CFL News in 2000
After the 1999 season, league attendance levels and television ratings continued to grow. Attendance around the league had an increase of 5.6%, which went over '98 season figures as 1,718,312 fans filled their teams' stadium. Meanwhile, TSN's television ratings also increased by 17.9% over their '98 season ratings. In 2000, CFL attendance and TSN television ratings continued to increase further going over the '99 season figures.


2000 CFL season, CFL News in 2000
Both, acting Commissioner & Chairman, John Tory and President & COO, Jeff Giles resigned from their respective posts. On Wednesday, November 1, Michael Lysko was named as the tenth CFL Commissioner in league history.


2000 CFL season, CFL News in 2000
Calgary hosted the Grey Cup game and was successful in their week-long festival to celebrate the 88th championship season. The Grey Cup game, itself ended with another classic finish as the BC Lions spoiled the Montreal Alouettes two-point convert attempt to hang on and win the Grey Cup, 28–26. Immediately following the game, BC Lions legendary kicker Lui Passaglia, who kicked the winning points, retired after 25 seasons.


2000 CFL season, Regular season standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points


2000 CFL season, Grey Cup playoffs
The BC Lions are the 2000 Grey Cup Champions, defeating the Montreal Alouettes 28–26, at Calgary's McMahon Stadium. The Lions became the first team with a losing record (8–10, 1 OTL) to win the Grey Cup. The Lions' Robert Drummond (RB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player and Sean Millington (FB) was the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.


2000 CFU Club Championship
The 2000 Caribbean Football Union Club Championship was an international club football competition held in the Caribbean to determine the region's qualifiers to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. The winners Joe Public F.C. advanced to CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2000.


2000 CFU Club Championship, History
Originally a final tournament with 8 teams was planned, with as participants:


2000 CFU Club Championship, History
This was to be held October 28 – November 5, 2000.


2000 CFU Club Championship, History
However, in preparation of a 'dramatically enhanced' CONCACAF club competition, the set-up was changed completely; 4 groups with 14 teams in all were formed; the winners of which to progress to the final championship round. Of the above 8 teams, 3, viz. Chelsea, Notre Dame, and Defence Force, were suddenly not invited - on whatever criteria.


2000 CFU Women's Caribbean Cup
The 2000 Caribbean Football Union Women's Championship was the inaugural Women's international football tournament to take place in the Caribbean region. The tournament was organised by the Caribbean Football Union.


2000 CFU Women's Caribbean Cup
Thirteen countries entered the competition, although co-hosts Trinidad and Tobago withdrew before playing a game.


2000 CFU Women's Caribbean Cup, Group stage
The group stage was referred to as the 'semi final round'.


2000 CFU Women's Caribbean Cup, Group stage, Group 1
Original scheduled to take place between 12–16 July 2000, the group games took place in August.


2000 CFU Women's Caribbean Cup, Group stage, Group 2
Originally scheduled for 11–16 August and to be hosted in Trinidad & Tobago. Group 2 was cancelled. Instead a "Final Round" would occur in place of Group 2 and the Final.


2000 CFU Women's Caribbean Cup, Final round
The games took place in November 2000 in Castries, St. Lucia.


2000 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 2000 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament (also known as the 2000 CHA Final Five) was played between March 10 and March 12, 2000 at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Niagara defeated Alabama-Huntsville 3–2 in the championship game to win the inaugural tournament.


2000 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The tournament featured three rounds of play. The top five teams in the regular season conference standings advanced to the tournament. In the first round, the fourth and fifth ranked seeds, Air Force and Findlay, played for entry into the semifinals, to which the top three seeds received byes. The winners of the two semifinal games then played for the championship on March 12, 2000.


2000 CHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format, Conference standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against


2000 CIAU football season
The 2000 CIAU football season began on September 2, 2000, and concluded with the 36th Vanier Cup national championship on December 2 at the SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario, with the Ottawa Gee-Gees winning their second championship. Twenty-four universities across Canada competed in CIAU football this season, the highest level of amateur play in Canadian football, under the auspices of the Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union (CIAU).


2000 CIAU football season, Results, Regular season standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime Losses, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points


2000 CIAU football season, Results, Top 10
Ranks in italics are teams not ranked in the top 10 poll but received votes. NR = Not Ranked. Source:


2000 CIAU football season, Results, Championships
The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the Atlantic Bowl and the Churchill Bowl, the national semi-final games. This year, the Dunsmore Cup Ontario-Quebec champion visited the Ontario conference's Yates Cup championship team for the Churchill Bowl. The winners of the Atlantic conference Loney Bowl championship hosted the winners of the Canada West conference Hardy Trophy for the Atlantic Bowl.


2000 COMESA Cup
The 2000 COMESA Cup was the first and only edition of the COMESA Cup. Rwanda defeated Zimbabwe in the final to win the title. The tournament stood in place of the 2000 COSAFA Cup and was competition to the 2000 CECAFA Cup.


2000 COMESA Cup, History
The tournament, which was sponsored by Coca Cola, was originally created by politicians from 22 member states of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). The creation of the competition was seen as a threat to the existence of CECAFA which could potentially be replaced by COMESA's new interest in football. It was announced in July 2000 that the tournament would take place in Lusaka, Zambia where the COMESA headquarters are located.


2000 COMESA Cup, Qualifying
Originally fourteen member associations from nations who were members of COMESA were expected to participate in a qualifying tournament from 27 August to 24 September 2000. In the end, the qualifiers were cancelled and only five teams competed in the single-elimination tournament.


2000 COMESA Cup, Matches
The final tournament matches were originally scheduled to begin 10 October 2000 but were later pushed back to 28 October.


2000 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
The 2000 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 36th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It determined that year's club champion of association football in the CONCACAF region.


2000 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
The Final Tournament was played in Los Angeles, California, and won by the Los Angeles Galaxy over C.D. Olimpia in the final match. This was also the last win by an MLS team in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup, now named the CONCACAF Champions League.


2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup
The 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the fifth edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF), and the 15th overall CONCACAF tournament. It was held in Los Angeles, Miami, and San Diego in the United States. The format of the tournament changed from 1998; it was expanded to twelve teams, split into four groups of three. The top two teams in each group would advance to the quarter-finals. Peru and Colombia were invited from CONMEBOL, and the Republic of Korea were invited from AFC.


2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup
With all three games in Group D ending in ties and Canada tied with the Republic of Korea on every tiebreaker, a coin toss was used. Canada won and advanced to the quarter-finals. They went on to win their first and to date only Gold Cup title. In the quarter-finals, Canada upset defending champions Mexico in golden goal extra time 2–1. They defeated Trinidad and Tobago in the semi-finals 1–0 after Craig Forrest saved a first-half penalty. Already assured as CONCACAF champions, Canada topped invitees Colombia 2–0 in the final.


2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup
The tournament marks the only time a CONCACAF Gold Cup has been won by a country other than the United States or Mexico, and the only time in the tournament's history that neither the United States nor Mexico made the final.


2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Qualified teams, Qualification play-off
A qualification competition was held in the United States in October 1999. The following four teams competed in the playoff:


2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Squads
The 12 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 18 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.


2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Group stage, Group D
Note: Canada and South Korea required a coin toss as a final tiebreaker.


2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final
The 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final was a football match played on 27 February 2000 at the Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, to determine the winner of the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Canada beat Colombia 2–0. This was Canada's first Gold Cup title and its second major title, the first since the 1985 CONCACAF Championship. As the Gold Cup champions, Canada represented CONCACAF at the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup in Japan.


2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final, Background
As the lowest-ranked member of the North American Football Union, Canada didn't enter the CONCACAF Gold Cup automatically and had to play the qualification, held in 1999 in the United States. The Canadians qualified by leading the group ahead of Haiti, the other qualified nation, Cuba and El Salvador, both failed to qualify.


2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final, Background
Colombia, a member of CONMEBOL was invited to the tournament by CONCACAF. Peru was also invited to the 2000 edition, making them the second South American countries to play the Gold Cup after Brazil, which participated in 1996 and in 1998. By reaching the final match, Colombia repeated the same record as Brazil in 1998.


2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final, Background
Both, Colombia and Canada had been runner-ups in their groups during the first round, respectively Groups A and D. However, Canada and South Korea, another invited participant, tied in every criteria in Group D and the qualification had to be decided in the coin toss, favoring Canada.


2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final, Background
By the time of the competition, Canada hadn't win a major title since 1985 while Colombia was yet to win a big honor in its history.


2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads
These are the squads for the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup.


2000 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament qualification
The 2000 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament qualification determined which five teams qualified for the 2000 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament.


2000 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament squads
The 2000 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament was an international football tournament that was held in the United States from 21 to 30 April 2000. The six national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of eighteen players.


2000 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament squads
The age listed for each player is on 21 April 2000, the first day of the tournament. A flag is included for coaches who are of a different nationality than their own national team. Players marked in bold have been capped at full international level.


2000 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament squads, Group D, United States
The 18-man final squad was announced on 7 April 2000.


2000 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament
The 2000 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament was the tenth edition of the CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament, the quadrennial, international, age-restricted football tournament organised by CONCACAF to determine which men's under-23 national teams from the North, Central America and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament. It was held in the United States, from 21 and 30 April 2000.


2000 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament
Honduras won the tournament with a 2–1 final win over the United States. As the top two teams, Honduras and the United States both qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Australia as CONCACAF representatives.


2000 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament, Qualification
All 41 CONCACAF nations entered the competition, and with the hosts United States qualifying automatically, the other 40 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining five spots in the final tournament.


2000 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament, Squads
Each team has to submit a list of 18-man (two players have to be goalkeepers).


2000 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament, Final ranking
As 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.


2000 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament, Qualified teams for Summer Olympics
The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics.


2000 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
The 2000 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup was the fifth staging of the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup, and the first after being rebranded as the Women's Gold Cup. Brazil and China PR were guests.


2000 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament
The 2000 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament began on 19 January 2000 and was the 11th CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament. This was the 3rd tournament open to players under the age of 23 without any other restriction. There was no qualification stage and all 10 members of CONMEBOL automatically qualified. The winner and the runner-up qualified for 2000 Summer Olympics. Players born on or after 1 January 1977 were eligible to play in this competition.


2000 COSAFA Cup
The 2000 COSAFA Cup is the 4th edition of the football tournament that involves teams from COSAFA. Zimbabwe beat Lesotho 3-0 in the final for their first COSAFA Cup title.


2000 COSAFA Cup, First round
Seychelles and Madagascar registered for the tournament following their admission to COSAFA (like Mauritius) but were excluded from participation due to 'budgetary constraints'.


2000 CPSL League Cup
The 2000 CPSL League Cup was the 3rd edition of the Canadian Professional Soccer League's league cup tournament running from July through late September. Toronto Olympians successfully defended their league cup title after defeating the St. Catharines Roma Wolves 1-0 at Birchmount Stadium in Toronto, Ontario, thus establishing a tournament record of most consecutive title wins. The format used in the competition was the traditional group stage with the winners of each group receiving an automatic bye to the semi-finals.


2000 CR Vasco da Gama season
The 2000 season was Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama's 102nd year in existence, the club's 85th season in existence of football, and the club's 30th season playing in the Brasileirão Série A, the top flight of Brazilian football.


2000 CR Vasco da Gama season, Competitions
Times from 1 January to 26 February 2000 and from 8 October to 31 December 2000 are UTC–2, from 27 February 2000 to 7 October 2000 UTC–3.


2000 CR Vasco da Gama season, Competitions, Club World Championship, Club World Championship squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000 Cable & Wireless ODI Series
The 2000 Cable & Wireless ODI Series was a One Day International (ODI) cricket where West Indies played host to Pakistan and Zimbabwe. Pakistan and West Indies reached the Finals, which Pakistan won 2–1.


2000 Cable & Wireless ODI Series, Final series
Pakistan won the best of three final series against West Indies 2–1.


2000 Cairns Cyclones season
The 2000 Cairns Cyclones season was the fifth and final season that the Cairns Cyclones rugby league team competed in the Queensland Cup. Due to sponsorship requirements, the competition was renamed the Bundy Gold Cup. Twelve teams competed in the 22 round competition. The Cairns Cyclones team was managed by Nigel Tillett and coached by Brad Tessman.


2000 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
The 2000 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University during the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season.


2000 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
Cal Poly competed as an NCAA Division I-AA independent in 2000. The Mustangs were led by fourth-year head coach Larry Welsh and played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California. The Mustangs finished the season with a record of three wins and eight losses (3–8) for the third consecutive year. Overall, the team was outscored by its opponents 246–345 for the season. This was the last year as Cal Poly head coach for Larry Welsh. He finished his four years with a record of 19-25, or a .431 winning percentage.


2000 Cal Poly Mustangs football team, Team players in the NFL
No Cal Poly Mustang players were selected in the 2001 NFL Draft.


2000 Cal Poly Mustangs football team, Team players in the NFL
The following finished their college career in 2000, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.


2000 Cal State Northridge Matadors football team
The 2000 Cal State Northridge Matadors football team represented Cal State Northridge during the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season.


2000 Cal State Northridge Matadors football team
Cal State Northridge competed in the Big Sky Conference for the last time in 2000. In 2001, the team would play as a Division I-AA independent. The 2000 Matadors were led by second-year head coach Jeff Kearin. They played home games at North Campus Stadium in Northridge, California. Cal State Northridge finished the season with a record of four wins and seven losses (4–7, 2–6 Big Sky).


2000 Cal State Northridge Matadors football team, Team players in the NFL
No Cal State Northridge players were selected in the 2001 NFL Draft.


2000 Calabrian regional election
The Calabrian regional election of 2000 took place on 16 April 2000.


2000 Calabrian regional election
Giuseppe Chiaravalloti (Forza Italia, House of Freedoms) was narrowly elected President of the Region.


2000 Calder Cup playoffs
The 2000 Calder Cup playoffs of the American Hockey League began on April 11, 2000. The sixteen teams that qualified, eight from each conference, played best-of-five series for division semifinals and best-of-seven series for division finals and conference finals. The conference champions played a best-of-seven series for the Calder Cup. The Calder Cup Final ended on June 4, 2000 with the Hartford Wolf Pack defeating the Rochester Americans four games to two to win the first Calder Cup in team history.


2000 Calder Cup playoffs
Hartford's Derek Armstrong won the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as AHL playoff MVP. Rochester's Mika Noronen set an AHL playoff record by posting 6 shutouts during the playoffs while teammate Domenic Pittis tied the AHL record for assists in a single playoff with 26. In winning their first five home games of the 2000 Calder Cup Playoffs, the Providence Bruins set an AHL playoff record by winning 16 consecutive playoff home games, a streak that included 10 consecutive home wins from the 1999 Calder Cup Playoffs and a win from the 1997 Calder Cup Playoffs.


2000 Calder Cup playoffs, Playoff seeds
After the 1999–2000 AHL regular season, 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The top four teams from each division qualified for the playoffs. However, due to the uneven number of teams in the Eastern Conference, it was possible for the fifth-placed team in the New England Division to crossover to the Atlantic Division. This could only happen if the fifth-placed team in the New England Division earned more points than the fourth-placed team in the Atlantic Division.


2000 Calder Cup playoffs, Playoff seeds
In this case, the fifth-placed team from the New England Division would play in place of the fourth-placed team from the Atlantic Division in that part of the playoff bracket. The Hartford Wolf Pack were the Eastern Conference regular season champions as well as the Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy winners with the best overall regular season record. The Rochester Americans were the Western Conference regular season champions.


2000 Calder Cup playoffs, Bracket
In each round the team that earned more points during the regular season receives home ice advantage, meaning they receive the "extra" game on home-ice if the series reaches the maximum number of games. There is no set series format due to arena scheduling conflicts and travel considerations.


2000 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. The total turnout of the election was 28.97% (40,190 voters of an electorate of 138,748). The winning candidate in each ward is highlighted in bold.


2000 Calgary Stampeders season
The 2000 Calgary Stampeders season was the 44th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 63rd overall. The Stampeders finished in 1st place in the West Division with a 12–5–1 record. They appeared in the West Final but they lost to the BC Lions.


2000 California Democratic presidential primary
The 2000 California Democratic presidential primary was held on March 7, 2000, the same day as the Republican primary. Vice President Al Gore carried the primary in a landslide over former Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey. The 2000 Democratic National Convention was held in the state, from August 14-17.


2000 California Golden Bears football team
The 2000 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth year under head coach Tom Holmoe, the Golden Bears compiled a 3–8 record (2–6 against Pac-10 opponents), finished in last place in the Pac-10, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined score of 295 to 246.


2000 California Golden Bears football team
The team's statistical leaders included Kyle Boller with 2,121 passing yards, Joe Igber with 901 rushing yards, and Geoff McArthur with 336 receiving yards.


2000 California Proposition 21
California Proposition 21, known also as Prop 21, was a proposition proposed and passed in 2000 that increased a variety of criminal penalties for crimes committed by youth and incorporated many youth offenders into the adult criminal justice system. Major provisions of the proposition, as summarized by Attorney General of California are:


2000 California Proposition 21
The proposition received considerable controversy and was subject to vigorous protests by youth and human rights groups, but was eventually passed. Opponents included the Californians for Justice, the Critical Resistance Youth Force Coalition, and the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. Prop 21 received the support of 62.1% (4,491,166) of the voters while 37.9% (2,742,148) voted against the proposition. Only the comparatively liberal counties of the San Francisco Bay Area voted by majority against the measure.


2000 California Proposition 21, Results of vote
In February 2001, state Court of Appeal in San Diego invalidated provisions of the law requiring 14- to 17-year-olds to be tried in the adult courts.


2000 California Proposition 22
Proposition 22  was a law enacted by California voters in March 2000 stating that marriage was between one man and one woman. In November 2008, Proposition 8 was also passed by voters, again only allowing marriage between one man and one woman.


2000 California Proposition 22
The Act was proposed by means of the initiative process. It was authored by state Senator William "Pete" Knight and is known informally as the Knight initiative. Voters adopted the measure on March 7, 2000, with 61% in favor to 39% against. The margin of victory surprised many, since a Field Poll immediately prior to the election estimated support at 53%, with 40% against and 7% undecided.


2000 California Proposition 22
The Act added Section 308.5 of the Family Code, which read "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California". Because the Act was an ordinary statute, it could be struck down if it were inconsistent with the state constitution, as happened on May 15, 2008, when the state supreme court, ruling in In re Marriage Cases, declared that same-sex couples had a constitutional right to marry. This 4–3 decision invalidated Proposition 22 and some related California laws.


2000 California Proposition 22
Proposition 22 provoked debate long after its passage. In November 2008 California voters overturned the In re Marriage Cases decision by approving an amendment of the state constitution called Proposition 8. In June 2010, Proposition 8 was declared unconstitutional by U.S district judge Vaughn Walker based on the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. In June 2013, the United States Supreme Court in Hollingsworth v. Perry ruled that the Intervenor-Defendants had no Article III standing to appeal Walker's ruling, keeping Proposition 8 unenforceable throughout California and enabling same-sex marriage to resume just two days after the decision.


2000 California Proposition 22, Statutory framework
Prior to 1977, marriage was defined in Section 4100 of the California Civil Code. This stated that marriage is "a personal relation arising out of a civil contract, to which consent of the parties making that contract is necessary". While related sections of the law made references to sex, a State Assembly committee that was debating adding sex-specific terms to this section in 1977 noted: "Under existing law it is not clear whether partners of the same sex can get married". That year, the legislature amended the legal definition of marriage to remove any ambiguity. In 1992 the legal definition of marriage was moved from the Civil Code to Section 300 of the Family Code.


2000 California Proposition 22, Statutory framework
When Proposition 22 came before voters, marriage was defined in the Family Code as "a personal relation arising out of a civil contract between a man and a woman, to which the consent of the parties capable of making that contract is necessary" [italics added].


2000 California Proposition 22, Statutory framework
Even though the definition governing who may marry explicitly precluded contracting a same-sex marriage in California, a separate provision, Section 308, governed recognition of marriages contracted elsewhere. This stated that a "marriage contracted outside this state that would be valid by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the marriage was contracted is valid in this state". Advocates of Proposition 22 described Section 308 as a "loophole", apparently forcing California to recognize a same-sex marriage validly contracted in some other state.


2000 California Proposition 22, Statutory framework
To address this, Proposition 22 did not reword the existing provisions of the Family Code, but added to them the declaration that "only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California". The official citation of Proposition 22, the "California Defense of Marriage Act", is almost the same as that of a federal law, the Defense of Marriage Act, which was enacted by Congress in 1996. This federal law had a similar purpose, and was intended to prevent any state from being obligated to recognize a same-sex marriage contracted in another state.


2000 California Proposition 22, Disputes over its effect
Central to many subsequent disputes over Prop 22's effect is a distinction between statutes enacted by the legislature and initiative statutes enacted directly by the electorate. The legislature is free to amend or rescind its own enactments, but voters must approve any attempt by the legislature to amend or repeal an initiative statute unless the initiative itself states otherwise.


2000 California Proposition 22, Disputes over its effect, Controversy over domestic partnerships
In 1999, California enacted the first in a series of domestic partnership provisions. California courts have entertained several challenges to legislative expansions of the domestic partnership scheme enacted after Prop 22. Generally, these challenges alleged that the legislature inappropriately amended Prop 22 by making California's domestic partnership scheme too similar to marriage, or more broadly, that Prop 22 made 'any' subsequent recognition of same-sex partnerships beyond the legislature's inherent power. California Courts of Appeal rejected those claims, noting that domestic partnerships already existed as a legal institution separate from marriage at the time Prop 22 was enacted.


2000 California Proposition 22, Disputes over its effect, Controversy over marriage licensing within California
In September 2005, the California legislature passed a bill, A.B. 849, eliminating the gender requirements for marriage now found in Family Code section 300. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed the bill. In his veto message, Schwarzenegger argued that passing a law that would implicitly repeal Section 308.5 required the assent of the electorate (and separately made note of pending court challenges).


2000 California Proposition 22, Disputes over its effect, Controversy over marriage licensing within California
In ruling on the disputes between Prop 22 and the domestic partnership enactments, California Courts of Appeal have reached differing conclusions as to Prop 22's scope within the marriage statutes.


2000 California Proposition 22, Disputes over its effect, Controversy over marriage licensing within California
In Armijo v. Miles, the Second Appellate District distinguished Prop 22 from the case at bar by noting, in part, that the initiative prevented the recognition of same-sex marriages conducted outside California: