1999–2000 Football League Cup, Semi-finals
The semi-final draw was made in December 1999 after the conclusion of the quarter finals. Unlike the other rounds, the semi-final ties were played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The first leg matches were played on 12 and 25 January 2000, the second leg matches were played on 26 January and 2 February 2000. Tranmere Rovers reached the first major cup final of their history with a fine win over Bolton Wanderers, while Leicester City's victory over Aston Villa gave them their third appearance in the competition's final in four years.


1999–2000 Football League Cup, Final
The 2000 Worthington Cup Final was played on 27 February 2000 and was contested between Leicester City and Tranmere Rovers at Wembley Stadium. Leicester won the game 2–1.


1999–2000 Football League Trophy
The 1999–2000 Football League Trophy, known as the Auto Windscreens Shield for sponsorship reasons, was the 17th staging of the Football League Trophy, a knock-out competition for English football clubs in Second and Third Division. The winners were Stoke City who beat Bristol City 2–1 in the final.


1999–2000 Football League Trophy
The competition began on 7 December 1999 and ended with the final on 16 April 2000 at the Wembley Stadium.


1999–2000 Football League Trophy
In the first round, there were two sections: North and South. In the following rounds each section gradually eliminates teams in knock-out fashion until each has a winning finalist. At this point, the two winning finalists face each other in the combined final to determine the winners of the Football League Trophy.


1999–2000 Four Hills Tournament
The 1999–2000 Four Hills Tournament took place at the four traditional venues of Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen, located in Germany and Austria, between 29 December 1999 and 6 January 2000.


1999–2000 Frauen-Bundesliga
The Frauen-Bundesliga 1999–2000 was the 10th season of the Frauen-Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 29 August 1999 and ended on 21 May 2000.


1999–2000 French Division 1
The 1999–2000 Ligue 1 season (then called Division 1) was the 62nd since its establishment. AS Monaco won the French Association Football League with 65 points.


1999–2000 French Division 1, Final table
Promoted from Ligue 2, who will play in Division 1 season 2000/2001


1999–2000 French Division 1, Player of the year
The trophy was awarded by the National Union of Professional Footballers to:


1999–2000 French Division 2
The Division 2 season 1999/2000, organised by the LFP was won by Lille OSC and saw the promotions of Lille OSC, EA Guingamp and Toulouse FC, whereas Amiens SC, ASOA Valence and CS Louhans-Cuiseaux were relegated to National.


1999–2000 French Rugby Union Championship
The 1999–2000 French Rugby Union Championship was played by 24 teams divided in the preliminary phase in two pool of 12. The first two team of each pool were directly admitted to the quarter finals. The team classified from 3rd to 6th of each pool were admitted to a Barrage round. The four winners were admitted also to the quarter of finals.


1999–2000 French Rugby Union Championship
Stade Français won the title beating in the final the Colomiers (at the first final of their history). It was the second victory for the Stade Français in the professional era.


1999–2000 French Rugby Union Championship
Ath the end of the season four team were relegated to lower division: Montauban, Toulon, Racing Paris, Nîmes. There was only one promotion from second division, (Béziers), in order to reduce to 21 the number of clubs in first division in 1999–2000, and 16 in the 2000–01 season.


1999–2000 French Rugby Union Championship, Preliminary round, Pool 2
Because of a default of 10 million French francs, the Ligue Nationale de Rugby relegated the June 24, 2000 the RC Toulon in the second division.


1999–2000 French Rugby Union Championship, Preliminary round, Pool 2
A Barrage match was arranged between Aurillac and Racing Paris. It was won by Aurillac, that remain in first division.


1999–2000 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team
The 1999–2000 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team represented California State University, Fresno during the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Jerry Tarkanian's fifth season at Fresno State. The Bulldogs played their home games at Selland Arena and were members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 24–10, 11–3 in WAC play to finish in second place. They defeated No. 14 Tulsa to win the WAC Tournament and earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Bulldogs lost in the first round to eventual Final Four participant Wisconsin.


1999–2000 Fulham F.C. season
During the 1999–2000 English football season, Fulham F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.


1999–2000 Fulham F.C. season, Season summary
Before the 1999-2000 season, Paul Bracewell was appointed as Fulham manager and despite them competing in the top half of Division One throughout the campaign, Bracewell was sacked on 30 March 2000 by millionaire owner Mohamed Al-Fayed after failing to provide instant success that was demanded from the owner who is desperate to see Fulham play Premiership football and Karl-Heinz Riedle along with assistant Roy Evans took over as caretaker managers on a temporary basis until the end of the season and they guided the Cottagers to a 9th-place finish. On 9 April 2000, the more experienced Jean Tigana was appointed as Bracewell's successor and took over in July.


1999–2000 Fulham F.C. season, Players, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1999–2000 Fulham F.C. season, Players, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1999–2000 Fulham F.C. season, Players, Reserve squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1999–2000 Galatasaray S.K. season
The 1999–2000 season was Galatasaray's 96th in existence and the 42nd consecutive season in the 1. Lig. This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club have played in the season. Galatasaray completed a treble of the 1.Lig, Turkish Cup and UEFA Cup.


1999–2000 Gamma Ethniki
The 1999–2000 Gamma Ethniki was the 17th season since the official establishment of the third tier of Greek football in 1983. Akratitos was crowned champion, thus winning promotion to Beta Ethniki. Nafpaktiakos Asteras also won promotion as a runner-up of the league.


1999–2000 Gamma Ethniki
Thesprotos, Agersani Naxos, Niki Volos, Neapolis Thessaloniki, Poseidon Michaniona, Ethnikos Katerini, Keratsini, Karditsa, Edessaikos and Doxa Vyronas were relegated to Delta Ethniki.


1999–2000 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team
The 1999–2000 George Mason Patriots Men's basketball team represents George Mason University during the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was the 34th season for the program, the third under head coach Jim Larrañaga. The Patriots played their home games at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia.


1999–2000 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
The 1999–2000 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University in the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I college basketball season. The Hoyas were coached by Craig Esherick in his first full season as head coach; he had replaced John Thompson in mid-season the previous year after Thompson's resignation. The Hoyas played most of their home games at the MCI Center in Washington, DC, although they played two home games at McDonough Gymnasium on the Georgetown campus. They were members of the Big East Conference and finished the season 19-15, 6-10 in Big East play. They advanced to the semifinals of the 2000 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament before losing to Connecticut. Not invited to the NCAA Tournament, they appeared in the 2000 National Invitation Tournament (NIT) – their third consecutive NIT appearance – and advanced to the second round before losing to California.


1999–2000 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season
After Georgetown stumbled to a 15-16 record the previous season – the Hoyas' first losing season since 1972-73 – Esherick, with control over the team for a full season for the first time, introduced a taller lineup this year centered around 6-foot-7 (201-cm) freshman forward Victor Samnick, 6-foot-10 freshman center (208-cm) Lee Scruggs, and 6-foot-11 (211-cm) junior center Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje. This change reduced junior guard Nat Burton into a reserve role and his offensive production dropped from the previous year, but he nonetheless started 15 of the team's 34 games and averaged 7.1 points and 4.8 rebounds per game for the season. He scored in double figures seven times.


1999–2000 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season
Junior guard Anthony Perry had led the team in scoring the previous year, and he started this season strong, including 18 points against fourth-ranked North Carolina and 19 against sixth-ranked Florida in back-to-back games in the Maui Invitational Tournament in the latter half of November 1999. On January 8, 2000, however, he shot only 1-for-10 (10%) from the field against Seton Hall at the MCI Center, and after that his scoring declined.


1999–2000 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season
By the end of the year, he was averaging only 8.7 points per game, down from 14.0 points per game the previous season, although his shooting average from the field improved from 33.8 percent in 1998-99 to 34.7 percent in 1999-2000 and he scored the winning basket as the Hoyas upset Louisville at the MCI Center at the beginning of February 2000.


1999–2000 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season
With Perry in a shooting slump for much of the season, sophomore guard Kevin Braswell led the team in scoring. Starting all 34 games – in fact, he started all 128 games during his collegiate career – he averaged 22.3 points per game during the three games of the Maui Invitational and scored in double figures 10 times in the first 11 games of the year.


1999–2000 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season
Although he shot only 1-for-13 (7.7%) from the field in the Big East season opener against Providence, he recovered to shoot a combined 45% from the field and average 20 points a game in five straight games in January 2000. Inconsistent play plagued him throughout his career, however, and he followed this successful five-game stretch with another five games in which he shot only a combined 17 percent from the field.


1999–2000 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season
An injury forced junior center Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje to miss the season opener, and it limited him in the next four games. In the sixth and seventh games of the year, however, he scored a combined 35 points and grabbed 21 rebounds against Howard and Bethune–Cookman.


1999–2000 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season
He followed this up with 18 points and 15 rebounds against James Madison at the beginning of January 2000, a career-high 32 points against Southern of New Orleans in February 2000, and 27 points against Pittsburgh three days later; by mid-February he was averaging 18 points, eight rebounds, and three blocked shots per game in Big East play. A foot injury sidelined him late in the regular season, but he finished the year averaging 12.8 points, 7.7 rebounds, and 2.5 blocked shots per game for the season overall.


1999–2000 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Regular season
After the defeat of James Madison at the beginning of 2000, Georgetown's record stood at 8-3 – with two of the losses against Top Six opponents – as Big East play began, and hopes ran high among Hoya fans that the team could win the conference's regular season behind the play of Boumtje-Boumtje, Braswell, Perry, and the others. However, the 1999-2000 Hoyas were a disappointment in conference play, posting a 16-13 regular-season record overall and finishing in a three-way tie for eighth place in the Big East with a 6-10 conference record.


1999–2000 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Big East Tournament
The eighth-place finish gave the Hoyas the No. 9 seed in the 2000 Big East Tournament. In the first round, they upset No. 8 seed West Virginia, with Braswell scoring 19 points, including a game-winning three-pointer with less than a second left in the game.


1999–2000 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Big East Tournament
The Hoyas advanced to a quarterfinal meeting the following day with archrival Syracuse, ranked 12th in the nation and seeded No. 1 in the tournament. During the early part of the first half of the game and again early in the second half, Georgetown's defense held Syracuse scoreless for a stretch, allowing the Hoyas to build a seven-point lead. Scruggs shot 9-for-14 (64.3%) from the field and scored 20 points. Braswell also had a 20-point game, including a 10-for-12 (83.3%) performance from the free-throw line, as well as eight assists.


1999–2000 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Big East Tournament
Braswell and Georgetown guard Demetrius Hunter held Syracuse senior point guard Jason Hart to 3-for-10 (30%) shooting from the field. When Braswell passed the ball inside to Boumtje-Boumtje and Boumtje-Boumtje scored on a dunk with 4:29 to play, electrifying the crowd, Georgetown took a 60-51 lead. Syracuse closed to a three-point deficit but got no closer, and after Braswell deflected the ball late in the game, Georgetown won 76-72 in a huge upset. It was only the second time in 19 years that a Big East Tournament No. 1 seed lost in the quarterfinals. During the game, the Hoyas shot 27-for-31 (87.1%) from the free-throw line, while Syracuse shot only 9-for-18 (50%) in free throws.


1999–2000 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, Big East Tournament
The big win over Syracuse gave Georgetown its only appearance in the semifinals of the Big East Tournament between 1997 and 2006. In the semifinal game, the Hoyas faced the tournament's No. 4 seed, 21st-ranked Connecticut, and lost 70-55. The loss left Georgetown with an overall record of 18-14, not enough to receive an invitation to the 2000 NCAA Tournament. It was the third straight season that Georgetown missed the tournament, the first time that had happened since the 1971-72, 1972-73, and 1973-74 teams had missed postseason play in consecutive years.


1999–2000 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, National Invitation Tournament
For the third consecutive season, Georgetown appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). In the first round, the Hoyas went on the road on March 15, 2000, to face favored Virginia on national television in one of the greatest games in both NIT and Georgetown history.


1999–2000 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, National Invitation Tournament
The Hoyas entered the game with both Boumtje-Boumtje and Samnick out with injuries and only nine scholarship players available. In the first half, Braswell shot 1-for-6 (16.7%) in his first six field goal attempts and missed his first two free throws, while Scruggs committed two personal fouls early in the game. Virginia, meanwhile, scored easily and went on a 14-0 run, although Georgetown freshman guard Demetrius Hunter kept Georgetown in the game with four three-point shots and the Hoyas managed to tie the game at 29-29 with 6:36 left in the half.


1999–2000 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, National Invitation Tournament
Virginia pulled away again, and at halftime led 49-38. By five minutes into the second half, the Cavaliers had extended their lead to 58-43, but the Hoyas then went on a 17-2 run to tie the game at 60-60 with under 11 minutes to play. Virginia took the lead with 7:48 left in regulation and the Hoyas lost Hunter, freshman forward Courtland Freeman, and senior center Jameel Watkins to foul-outs. In the final 3:39 of regulation, Virginia shot 1-for-7 (14.3%) from the field, and Georgetown trailed by only four points with less than two minutes left.


1999–2000 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, National Invitation Tournament
With 1:48 remaining, Burton sank two free throws, and, after Virginia failed to score on its next position, Perry scored on a layup to tie the score at 77-77 with 1:14 left. Scruggs blocked a Virginia drive to the basket with two seconds left, Burton missed on a 50-foot (15-meter) last-second shot, and the game went into overtime.


1999–2000 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, National Invitation Tournament
In the first overtime, Virginia opened strong but the Hoyas stayed close and took an 84-83 lead on a Nat Burton tip-in, after which Braswell scored on two free throws to give Georgetown an 86-83 lead. Scruggs began to limp and came out of the game, reducing the Hoyas to only four scholarship players (Braswell, Burton, Perry, and senior forward Rhese Gibson) and walk-on sophomore forward Gharun Hester.


1999–2000 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, National Invitation Tournament
Despite the shortage of personnel, Georgetown held an 88-85 lead with 14 seconds left when Hester fouled Virginia freshman guard Roger Mason, Jr., as he scored, and he sank his free throw to tie the game at 88-88 and force a second overtime. Television cameras had detected a Virginia guard calling a time-out when the Cavaliers had none left, which should have resulted in a technical foul, but when Esherick complained about it between overtime periods he was called for a technical instead.


1999–2000 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, National Invitation Tournament
With 2:51 left in the second overtime and Virginia leading 96-93, an exhausted Scruggs went to the bench. Perry tied the game with a three-pointer, after which Virginia's Donald Hand hit a three-pointer. Braswell then replied wkith another three-pointer – the third three-point shot in a minute – to tie the game at 99-99. After Virginia missed on its next possession and then fouled Gibson, Gibson sank two free throws to give the Hoyas a 101-99 lead.


1999–2000 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, National Invitation Tournament
With 24 seconds remaining, Virginia sophomore forward Chris Williams scored to tie the game at 101-101, making Virginia the first team to score 100 or more points against Georgetown since Seton Hall scored 102 in a win over the Hoyas in January 1976. Time expired, and Georgetown played a third overtime for the first time since January 1955.


1999–2000 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, National Invitation Tournament
With only five players left and three of them playing with four fouls, Georgetown had to avoid fouling and Chris Williams was able to take advantage of that to score twice and give Virginia a 105-101 lead with 3:38 remaining. But then the Hoya defense stopped Virginia on three consecutive possessions while Hester, Burton, and Braswell each scored, giving Georgetown a 107-105 lead with 2:20 left to play. After each team sank two free throws, Virginia scored inside to tie the game at 109-109 with 40 seconds left.


1999–2000 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, National Invitation Tournament
After a time-out, Braswell passed the ball to Hester, who launched a 22-foot (6.7-meter) shot and scored the first three-point field goal of his two-year collegiate career, giving the Hoyas a 112-109 lead with 31 seconds to play. Virginia barely missed a three-pointer in response, Georgetown sank one of two free throws, and the Cavaliers then scored inside to close to 113-111. Virginia got the ball back, again missed a three-pointer, and fouled Braswell with 6.8 seconds remaining.


1999–2000 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, National Invitation Tournament
After Braswell missed one of his two free throws, Virginia was trailing 114-111 and still had a chance to tie the game, but the Cavaliers threw the ball out of bounds and fouled Braswell on the inbounds pass. Braswell sank one of his two free throws and the game finally ended after three-and-a-half hours of play with a 115-111 upset Hoya victory. Scruggs and Braswell required intravenous fluids after the game.


1999–2000 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, National Invitation Tournament
The Hoyas shot 49 percent from the field during the game. Gibson tied his career high with 13 rebounds in 38 minutes of play, while Gharun Hester had career highs in both points scored (9) and rebounds (10).


1999–2000 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, National Invitation Tournament
Braswell scored 11 field goals, 14 free throws, and 40 points in the game – joining Allen Iverson as the only Georgetown players since 1970 to score 40 points in a game – with 14 of his points coming in the second half and 18 in the three overtimes; he shot 4-for-6 (66.7%) from the field and 10-for-12 (83.3%) from the free-throw line in overtime. His 49 minutes of play set a record for the most minutes played by one Georgetown player in a single game.


1999–2000 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, National Invitation Tournament
The game set a number of other records, including the most combined points in a Georgetown game (226, breaking the previous record of 216 set in a game against Holy Cross in January 1973), the most combined points in an NIT game (breaking the previous record of 213 set by Connecticut and Holy Cross in the 1955 NIT), the most three-point field goals made in a Georgetown game (12, tying the record set twice in 1996 in games against Providence and Miami), most points scored by Georgetown in a postseason game (115, breaking the record of 98 set against Texas Tech in the 1996 NCAA Tournament), and the most combined points in a Georgetown post-season game (226, breaking the record of 188 set in the Texas Tech game in the 1996 NCAA Tournament).


1999–2000 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap, National Invitation Tournament
Six days after the grueling win over Virginia, Georgetown faced California in the second round. Braswell was unable to repeat his heroics, shooting 1-for-12 (8.3%) from the field and scoring only two points, and the Hoyas' season came to an end with a 60-49 loss to the Golden Bears.


1999–2000 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Rankings
The team was not ranked in the Top 25 in the AP Poll at any time. It also was not ranked in the Top 25 in the final or postseason Coaches' Poll; its Coaches' Poll rankings during the rest of the season are not available.


1999–2000 Georgian Cup
The 1999–2000 Georgian Cup (also known as the David Kipiani Cup) was the fifty-sixth season overall and tenth since independence of the Georgian annual football tournament.


1999–2000 Georgian Cup, Quarter-finals
The matches were played on 15 March (first legs) and 22 March 2000 (second legs).


1999–2000 Georgian Cup, Semi-finals
The matches were played on 2 May (first legs) and 9 May 2000 (second legs).


1999–2000 Getafe CF season
The 1999–2000 season was the 17th season in the existence of Getafe CF and the club's first season back in the second division of Spanish football. The season covered the period from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000.


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season
During the 1999–2000 English football season, Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division, the third tier of the English football league system. It was the 68th season in which Gillingham competed in the Football League, and the 50th since the club was voted back into the league in 1950. The team started the season in poor form, failing to win any of the first five league games, but then went on a much-improved run and began challenging for promotion to the Football League First Division.


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season
Robert Taylor scored 18 goals in 19 games by November, after which he was signed by Manchester City for £1.5 million, a new record fee for Gillingham. On the last day of the regular season, the team had a chance to gain automatic promotion, but lost and instead had to enter the play-offs. After defeating Stoke City in the semi-finals, Gillingham beat Wigan Athletic in the final to gain promotion to the second tier of the English football league system for the first time in the club's history.


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season
Gillingham also had their best run to date in the FA Cup, beating two Premier League teams before being knocked out by a third, Chelsea, at the quarter-final stage. The team reached the second round of the Football League Cup but were eliminated in the first round of the Football League Trophy. The team played 62 competitive matches, winning 34, drawing 12, and losing 16. Despite leaving the club before the mid-point of the season, Taylor was the team's top goalscorer with 18 goals. Nicky Southall made the most appearances, playing 59 times. The highest attendance recorded at the club's home ground, Priestfield Stadium, was 10,386, for the home leg of the play-off semi-final against Stoke City. Having led the team to promotion, manager Peter Taylor left the club after a single season to become manager of Leicester City of the Premier League.


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season, Background and preseason
The 1999–2000 season was Gillingham's 68th season playing in the Football League and the 50th since the club was elected back into the League in 1950 after being voted out in 1938. It was the club's fourth consecutive season in the Football League Second Division, the third tier of the English football league system. In the 1998–99 season, Gillingham had reached the Second Division play-off final but lost to Manchester City following a penalty shoot-out and thus missed out on promotion to the First Division.


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season, Background and preseason
One month after the play-off final, Tony Pulis was dismissed from his job as the club's manager, amid accusations of gross misconduct on his part, a decision which led to a lengthy and acrimonious court case between Pulis and club owner Paul Scally. In early July, Scally appointed Peter Taylor as the club's new manager; Taylor had left his post as head coach of the England under-21 team the previous month. The new manager appointed Andy Hessenthaler, who had played for the club since 1996, to a player-coach role; Steve Butler, who had left the club a year earlier, returned from Peterborough United to take up a similar position.


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season, Background and preseason
The club signed several other new players before the start of the season. Taylor's first signing was Junior Lewis, a  midfielder who joined from non-League club Hendon; he had previously played under Taylor's management at Dover Athletic. Barry Miller, a defender, also stepped up from non-League football, having last played for Farnborough, and former Port Vale defender Brian McGlinchey also joined the club; both players had been released by their previous clubs at the end of the preceding season but played for Gillingham on a trial basis during pre-season and performed well enough to be offered contracts.


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season, Background and preseason
Andy Thomson and Christian Lee, both forwards,  were signed from Oxford United and Northampton Town respectively; Gillingham paid transfer fees of £25,000 for Thomson and £35,000 for Lee. The club also signed Anthony Williams on loan from Blackburn Rovers to act as back-up for Vince Bartram, the club's first-choice goalkeeper. The team prepared for the upcoming season with a number of friendly matches against non-League teams. Writing in The Times, Nick Szczepanik did not tip Gillingham for a top-six finish, stating that the team had "missed their chance" following the previous season's play-off final defeat.


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season, Background and preseason
Significant redevelopment work took place at the club's Priestfield Stadium in the close season. The Rainham End terracing was demolished and a new stand of the same name built in its place over the summer. The main stand was also demolished, but the work to build its replacement encountered various delays. The new Medway Stand did not open to spectators until the latter stages of the season, and some of the facilities would not be completed until more than a year after work began.


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season, Background and preseason
The project also caused financial problems for the club, as the work eventually cost significantly more than had been originally estimated. The team's first-choice kit, featuring blue and black striped shirts, was unchanged from the previous season with the exception of local newspaper the Medway News replacing dairy brand Kool as the shirt sponsor. A new change kit, to be worn in the event of a clash of colours with the opposition, was adopted, with yellow shirts replacing the previous season's black and red stripes.


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season, Second Division, August–December
Gillingham began the season with an away game against Bury; Thomson scored on his debut but Gillingham lost 2–1. The first home game a week later against Bristol Rovers also resulted in a defeat. The team then gained three consecutive draws, and after five games were in 22nd position in the 24-team division.


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season, Second Division, August–December
The match against Blackpool on 21 August included a controversial incident after Gillingham goalkeeper Bartram intentionally kicked the ball out of play so that an injured Blackpool player could receive medical treatment; when Blackpool took the throw-in they retained possession of the ball and scored the equalising goal. Manager Taylor was ejected from the technical area by the referee for entering the field of play and arguing with him over an unwritten rule that in such circumstances the player taking the throw-in returns the ball to the opposition.


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season, Second Division, August–December
Gillingham gained their first league win of the season at the sixth attempt on 4 September, defeating Oldham Athletic 2–1 after scoring two goals in the first six minutes of the match. The second was scored by Emmanuel Omoyinmi on his debut after joining on loan from West Ham United; the following week he scored again as Gillingham beat Oxford United 2–1 to move into the top half of the league table. The team then suffered another setback, losing to Preston North End. September ended with Gillingham in 15th place in the division.


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season, Second Division, August–December
On 9 October, Gillingham achieved their biggest win of the season, defeating Wrexham 5–1 at Priestfield; Robert Taylor scored a hat-trick inside the last half-hour of the game. Four games later, he repeated the feat, scoring all three goals in a 3–0 victory over Bristol City. That match marked Pulis's first appearance at Priestfield since his dismissal from the role of Gillingham manager, as he was now in charge of Bristol City; he received a standing ovation from the home fans.


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season, Second Division, August–December
Taylor scored for the fifth consecutive game in a 4–1 win over Scunthorpe United on 23 November, taking his total to 15 goals in 15 Second Division games; two days later, he was signed by Manchester City for a transfer fee of £1.5 million, a new record for the highest fee received by Gillingham for a player. His initial replacement in the starting line-up was Rodney Rowe, a recent signing from York City. Despite losing their most prolific goalscorer, the team won their first three games without Taylor and were in fifth position in the league table after a 2–1 victory over Colchester United on 26 December. Gillingham's final match of 1999 resulted in a 2–0 defeat away to Wigan Athletic.


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season, Second Division, January–May
Gillingham signed two new players on 2 January, making them the first club in English professional football to conclude transfer business in the year 2000. Striker Iffy Onuora and midfielder Ty Gooden both joined from Swindon Town for a combined transfer fee of £200,000. It marked the start of a second spell at the club for Onuora, who had played for Gillingham between 1996 and 1998; he was a regular starter for the remainder of the season, with Rowe largely used only as a substitute.


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season, Second Division, January–May
The team's first match of 2000 resulted in a 2–2 draw at home to Reading; Thomson gave Gillingham the lead in the 90th minute, but their opponents then equalised in injury time. The next two games both ended in defeat, and a goalless draw away to Chesterfield in the first match of February meant that the team had gone five games without a win. This left the team in seventh position in the table, albeit having played fewer games than all the teams above them.


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season, Second Division, January–May
On 5 February, Gillingham won a Second Division match for the first time in 2000, defeating Stoke City 3–0. It was the start of a run of four consecutive victories, which also included a win away to Preston North End, who had been top of the division going into the match. In the match against Preston, striker Carl Asaba, the team's top goalscorer in the previous season, made his first Football League appearance for nine months following a lengthy absence due to a hernia which required three operations.


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season, Second Division, January–May
In March, Gillingham inflicted Bristol City's first home league defeat of the season. Gillingham lost consecutive away games against Colchester United and Wycombe Wanderers over the Easter weekend, but then beat Chesterfield 1–0, beginning an eight-game unbeaten run. This run included victories within four days over two of the other teams chasing promotion, Wigan Athletic and Burnley; following the latter win, Stephen Wood of The Times noted that Gillingham were "entering their best form at the perfect moment".


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season, Second Division, January–May
In the penultimate game of the season, Asaba scored Gillingham's third hat-trick of the season as the team beat Cardiff City 4–1. The result left Gillingham second in the table going into the final game, ahead of Burnley on goal difference; Gillingham would finish in that position and gain automatic promotion to the First Division if their result away to Wrexham matched or bettered that achieved by Burnley away to Scunthorpe United. Gillingham, however, lost 1–0, while Burnley won and thus moved above Gillingham into second place.


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season, Second Division, January–May
Finishing third meant that Gillingham entered the play-offs for the final promotion place along with the three teams that finished below them. After the match, manager Taylor told the press "We are a bit sore, but we will be fine. It's up to me to earn my money and lift them. But I've got no doubts; I've always said that the spirit is first-class. Now it's going to be tested".


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season, Second Division, Play-offs
In the play-off semi-finals, Gillingham played sixth-place finishers Stoke City. In the first match of the two-legged tie, Stoke scored two goals in the first eight minutes. Although Gooden scored after 18 minutes, Stoke extended their lead to 3–1 in the second half. In the fifth minute of injury time, Hessenthaler scored to make the final score 3–2. Before half-time of the second leg, Stoke's Clive Clarke was sent off.


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season, Second Division, Play-offs
Graham Kavanagh was also dismissed early in the second half, leaving Stoke with just nine players, after which Barry Ashby scored a goal for Gillingham to bring the aggregate score level at 3–3. In extra time, Onuora and Paul Smith scored further goals for Gillingham, who thus secured victory by a final aggregate score of 5–3. The crowd of 10,386 was the season's largest attendance at Priestfield.


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season, Second Division, Play-offs
Gillingham played Wigan Athletic in the final at Wembley Stadium. Gillingham took the lead in the first half when Wigan defender Pat McGibbon scored an own goal under pressure from Onuora. Wigan equalised shortly after half-time, and believed they had taken the lead when Southall blocked a shot from Wigan's Arjan de Zeeuw on the goal-line; the Wigan players believed that the ball had in fact crossed the line, but the referee ruled otherwise.


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season, Second Division, Play-offs
With no further goals being scored by either team, the match went into extra time, during which Wigan took a 2–1 lead when Stuart Barlow scored a penalty kick. Gillingham scored two goals in the last six minutes through Butler and Thomson, both of whom had come on as substitutes, to win 3–2. Gillingham thus gained promotion to the second tier of English football for the first time in the club's 107-year history.


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season, Cup matches, FA Cup
As a Second Division team, Gillingham entered the 1999–2000 FA Cup in the first round and were drawn to play away to Cheltenham Town, newly-promoted into the Football League Third Division from the Football Conference. The match at Cheltenham's Whaddon Road ground ended 1–1, necessitating a replay at Priestfield, which Gillingham won 3–2. In the second round, Gillingham played Darlington of the Third Division and won 3–1.


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season, Cup matches, FA Cup
Darlington were reinstated into the competition, however, when they were randomly selected from all the teams defeated in the second round to fill the vacant slot in the third round left by Manchester United's decision to withdraw from the FA Cup to take part in the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship. In the third round, Gillingham played away to Walsall of the First Division and held them to a 1–1 draw. The replay also finished 1–1, but unlike in the initial match the rules of the competition meant that extra time was played and Gillingham scored again to win 2–1.


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season, Cup matches, FA Cup
Gillingham's opponents in the fourth round were Bradford City of the Premier League. Gillingham took a two-goal lead and, although Bradford scored in the last 15 minutes, Gillingham scored a third moments later and defeated their higher-level opponents 3–1 to reach the last 16 of the FA Cup for only the second time in the club's history. It was also the first time that Gillingham had defeated a team from the highest division of English football in the FA Cup since 1908. In the fifth round, Gillingham played another Premier League team, Sheffield Wednesday.


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season, Cup matches, FA Cup
Wednesday scored in the first half and with 20 minutes of the match left, the score remained 1–0. Mark Saunders scored an equalising goal in the 70th minute and two minutes later Thomson scored to give Gillingham the lead. Southall added a third goal in the last 10 minutes and Gillingham won 3–1 to reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup for the first time. For the third consecutive round, Gillingham faced Premier League opposition, this time Chelsea. Although Gillingham restricted their opponents to a single goal in the first half, the Premier League team scored a further four after the interval to make the final score 5–0.


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season, Cup matches, Football League Cup
As a Second Division team, Gillingham entered the 1999–2000 Football League Cup in the first round and were drawn to play Brighton & Hove Albion of the Third Division. The first leg of the two-legged tie took place at the Withdean Stadium, Brighton's new home after a period spent sharing Priestfield Stadium, and resulted in a 2–0 win for Gillingham. The score was the same in the second leg, so Gillingham progressed to the second round with a 4–0 win on aggregate. In the next round Gillingham were paired with Bolton Wanderers of the First Division. The first leg at Priestfield ended in a 4–1 victory for the visitors and Bolton won the second leg 2–0 to secure a 6–1 aggregate victory and eliminate Gillingham from the competition.


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season, Cup matches, Football League Cup
Gillingham's participation in the League Cup had repercussions months after the team were eliminated from the competition. Omoyinmi, who was on loan from West Ham United, played in both matches against Bolton. When his loan ended, he returned to West Ham and played briefly as a substitute in their League Cup quarter-final victory over Aston Villa in December. As he had already played for a different team earlier in the competition, however, he was cup-tied and therefore not eligible to play for West Ham. Due to the presence on the pitch of an ineligible player, the teams were ordered to replay the match and West Ham lost the second game and were eliminated from the competition.


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season, Cup matches, Football League Trophy
In the first round of the 1999–2000 Football League Trophy, a competition for Second and Third Division teams, Gillingham played Torquay United of the Third Division. With several regular players rested, Gillingham were defeated 3–0 by their lower-division opponents and were thus eliminated from the competition at the earliest stage. The attendance of 2,718 was the lowest of the season at Priestfield.


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season, Players
Southall made the most appearances for Gillingham during the season, playing in 59 of the team's 62 matches; he missed only one Second Division game, one FA Cup game, and one League Cup game. Six other players made over 50 appearances: Paul Smith played 58 times, Hessenthaler and Ashby 57 times each, Bartram 56 times, Lewis 55 times, and Butters 54 times. Two players, both goalkeepers, played only one game during the season.


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season, Players
Charlie Mitten played in goal in the team's one match in the League Trophy, and Steve Mautone played in one league match when Bartram was unable to make it to the ground in time due to a traffic accident. In both cases it was the only appearance the player ever made for Gillingham.


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season, Players
Even though he left before the mid-point of the season, Taylor was the team's leading goalscorer, with 18 goals in 19 games before his move to Manchester City; his total was made up of 15 goals in the Second Division, 2 in the FA Cup and 1 in the League Cup. His two hat-tricks, scored within a little over three weeks of each other, made him only the 13th player in 68 seasons to score multiple Football League hat-tricks for Gillingham. Thomson scored 14 times across all competitions, and Southall was the only other player to reach double figures, with 13 goals.


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season, Players
FW = Forward, MF = Midfielder, GK = Goalkeeper, DF = Defender


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season, Players
a.   Gooden joined the club after Taylor left and was allocated the squad number which Taylor had previously worn. Mautone joined the club after Omoyinmi left and was allocated the squad number which Omoyinmi had previously worn.


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season, Aftermath
Following the play-off final, the Gillingham players and officials celebrated promotion with an open-top bus parade around the town of Gillingham. The club offered a new contract to Taylor to remain as manager for Gillingham's first season in the First Division, but he rejected it and left to take over as manager of Premier League team Leicester City. In his place, the club appointed Hessenthaler to a player-manager position, the first managerial appointment of his career.


1999–2000 Gillingham F.C. season, Aftermath
Gillingham secured a mid-table finish in the club's first season in the second tier of English football, ending the season in 13th position in the 24-team division. The team spent five seasons in the second tier, renamed the Football League Championship in 2004, before being relegated at the end of the 2004–05 season.


1999–2000 Glasgow Warriors season
The 1999–2000 season is the fourth in the history of the Glasgow Warriors as a professional side. During this season the young professional side competed as Glasgow Caledonians.


1999–2000 Glasgow Warriors season
This season saw Glasgow Caledonians compete in the competitions: the Welsh-Scottish League and the European Champions Cup, the Heineken Cup.


1999–2000 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad
Props Willie Anderson Gavin Blackburn Alan Brown Danny Herrington Dave Hilton Gordon McIlwham Euan Murray Alan Watt


1999–2000 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad
Loose Forwards Gareth Flockhart Donnie Macfadyen Jon Petrie Roland Reid John Shaw Gordon Simpson Martin Waite


1999–2000 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad
Back Three Michael Bartlett Ashley Bond Rory Coupar James Craig Rory Kerr Shaun Longstaff Torquil Mathewson Glenn Metcalfe Rowen Shepherd Derek Stark


1999–2000 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Academy players
The Glasgow Thistles squad was once again sent to New Zealand in the summer of 2000.


1999–2000 Glasgow Warriors season, Player statistics
During the 1999–2000 season, Glasgow have used 36 different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and points scored by each player.


1999–2000 Glasgow Warriors season, Player statistics
The statistics for the first match of the Scottish Inter-District Championship are included in the Welsh-Scottish League statistics.


1999–2000 Glasgow Warriors season, Player movements, Player transfers, In
Jonathan Stuart from  Leicester Tigers Alan Brown from  Dundee HSFP Danny Herrington from  Kirkcaldy RFC Torquil Mathewson from  Glasgow Hawks Gavin Blackburn from  London Scottish Ashley Bond from  Sportive Ortheziene Roland Reid from  Golden Lions Craig Chalmers from  Edinburgh Reivers Dave Hilton from  Bath Rugby Alan Watt from  Currie RFC Andy Nicol from  Bath Rugby Michael Bartlett from  Canterbury Rory Kerr from  West of Scotland Ian McInroy from  West of Scotland Dougie Hall from  Hillhead Jordanhill Darren Burns from  Edinburgh Reivers Barry Irving from  London Scottish Steve Griffiths from  Leeds Tykes Donnie Macfadyen from  Boroughmuir


1999–2000 Glasgow Warriors season, Player movements, Player transfers, Out
Derrick Patterson to  Stade Français Tom Smith to  CA Brive Stuart Grimes to  Newcastle Falcons Kevin McKenzie retirement Rob Wainwright retirement John Manson retirement Alan Kittle to  Musselburgh Guy Perrett sabbatical to focus on medical studies Gordon Mackay to  Lyon OU Murray Wallace to  Boulder Colorado Chris Paterson to  Edinburgh Reivers Cameron Little to  Glasgow Hawks Luke Smith to  Racing 92 John Leslie to  Munakata Sanix Blues Aaron Collins to  Gala Matt McGrandles to  Stirling County Chris Simmers to  Glasgow Hawks


1999–2000 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 1
Glasgow Caledonians:  A Bulloch; J Craig, J Stuart, I Jardine, S Longstaff; T Hayes, A Nicol; D Hilton, G Scott, W Anderson, S Campbell, S Griffiths, G Flockhart, M Waite, G Simpson. Replacements - I McInroy, R Kerr, B Irving, G Beveridge, F Stott, Gavin Blackburn, G McIlwham,C Docherty, A Watt, D Burns, J Shaw, Torquil Mathewson, D McFadyen


1999–2000 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 1
Ulster: J Bell, S Bell, G Leslie, M Blair, S Bromley, A Clarke, S Coulter, J Cunningham, M Edwards, J Fitzpatrick, R Fredericks, D Topping, D Humphreys, P Johns, G Longwell, N Malone, S Mason, T McWhirter, E Miller, D O'Cuinneagain, J Topping, A Ward, R Irwin, R Weir


1999–2000 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 2
Ontario: S Rodgers; J Collins, B Luke, D Daypuck, S Keenan; C Robinson, R Stickel; B Stoikos, L Gardiner, M Jacques, I Dann, M Carter, J Tomlinson, P Ross, D Swindells


1999–2000 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 2
Glasgow Caledonians: A Bulloch; T Mathewson, J Stuart, I Jardine, S Longstaff; T Hayes, A Nicol; G McIlwham, G Scott, W Anderson, S Griffiths, D Burns, G Flockhart, G Simpson, D McFadyen


1999–2000 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 3
Uruguay A: A Ibarria, G Souza, C Arocena, De Freitas, A Vazquaz, S Arocena, E Caffera, M Brussoni, L Machado, F Victor, G Manini, F Auesperg, S Mosquera, G Laffitte, N Achard.


1999–2000 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 3
Glasgow Caledonians: A Bulloch, S Longstaff, I McInroy, J Stuart, R Kerr, B Irving, G Beveridge, G McIlwham, C Docherty, A Watt, S Campbell, J Petrie, J White, G Simpson, M Waite. Substitutions: W Anderson for Watt (40), G Blackburn for McIlwham (47), F Stott for Beveridge (64), T Mathewson for Longstaff (70).


1999–2000 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 4
Glasgow Caledonians:B Irving; T Mathewson, A Bulloch, I Jardine, R Kerr; T Hayes, F Stott; G McIlwham, G Scott, W Anderson, S Griffiths, D Burns, J White, G Flockhart, D McFadyen. Replacements: J Stuart, Graeme Beveridge, S Campbell, M Waite, G Blackburn, A Watt, C Docherty. Used: G Beveridge for Stott, 70; AWatt for Anderson, 80.


1999–2000 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 4
Edinburgh Reivers:S Lang; K Milligan, M Di Rollo, K Utterson, C Sharman; S Welsh, G Burns; R McNulty, G McKelvey, B Stewart, N Hines, I Fullarton, S Scott, G Hayter, G Dall. Subs: A Common for Lang, 39; M Proudfoot for Stewart, 55; A Jacobsen for McNulty, 67; M Lee for Utterson, 70.


1999–2000 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 4
By winning all 3 three matches in Ontario, Glasgow won the Canadian Tri-Continental Tournament.


1999–2000 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Scottish Inter-District Championship
Still with only Glasgow and Edinburgh remaining as professional teams in Scotland, the Tri-Series was ran again. This time however the tournament had no sponsor as Tennents had pulled out of the competition.


1999–2000 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Scottish Inter-District Championship
The first tie of the Tri-Series was held jointly with the Welsh-Scottish League. The match is shown below for convenience, however since it is also a Welsh-Scottish League match and is included in those statistics, only 2 matches for the Scottish Inter-District Championship are recorded for statistical purposes.


1999–2000 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Scottish Inter-District Championship, 1999-2000 League Table
Only for completeness. The Tri-Series was run as a best of three.


1999–2000 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitive debuts this season
A player's nationality shown is taken from the nationality at the highest honour for the national side obtained; or if never capped internationally their place of birth. Senior caps take precedence over junior caps or place of birth; junior caps take precedence over place of birth. A player's nationality at debut may be different from the nationality shown. Combination sides like the British and Irish Lions or Pacific Islanders are not national sides, or nationalities.


1999–2000 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitive debuts this season
Players in BOLD font have been capped by their senior international XV side as nationality shown.


1999–2000 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitive debuts this season
Players in Italic font have capped either by their international 7s side; or by the international XV 'A' side as nationality shown.


1999–2000 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitive debuts this season
Players in normal font have not been capped at senior level.


1999–2000 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitive debuts this season
A position in parentheses indicates that the player debuted as a substitute. A player may have made a prior debut for Glasgow Warriors in a non-competitive match, 'A' match or 7s match; these matches are not listed.


1999–2000 Golden State Warriors season
The 1999–2000 NBA season was the Warriors' 54th season in the National Basketball Association, and 38th in the San Francisco Bay Area. The city of Oakland hosted the 2000 NBA All-Star Game. During the offseason, the Warriors acquired Mookie Blaylock from the Atlanta Hawks, and rookie guard Vonteego Cummings from the Indiana Pacers. The Warriors struggled losing 16 of their first 18 games as head coach P. J. Carlesimo was fired after a 6–21 start, and was replaced with General Manager Garry St. Jean, where the team suffered a 12-game losing streak between December and January.


1999–2000 Golden State Warriors season
Second-year star Antawn Jamison led the Warriors in scoring with 19.6 points per game, and was invited to the Slam Dunk Contest during the All-Star Weekend, but did not participate due to a knee injury, and was out for the remainder of the season after 43 games. Chris Mills, Erick Dampier and Terry Cummings all missed large parts of the season due to injuries. At midseason, the Warriors traded John Starks to the Chicago Bulls, and acquired second-year guard Larry Hughes, and former Warriors forward Billy Owens from the Philadelphia 76ers in a three-team trade.


1999–2000 Golden State Warriors season
The Warriors lost 23 of their final 26 games, and finished sixth in the Pacific Division with a 19–63 record. Following the season, Donyell Marshall was traded to the Utah Jazz in a four-team trade, Owens was dealt along with Jason Caffey to the Milwaukee Bucks, Terry Cummings retired and St. Jean was fired as coach.


1999–2000 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team
The 1999-2000 Gonzaga men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University as a member of the West Coast Conference during the 1999-2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by first-year coach Mark Few and reached the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament.


1999–2000 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final
The 1999–2000 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final was held in Lyon, France from January 13 to 16, 2000. It was the culmination of the 1999–2000 Grand Prix Series. Skaters qualified for the event by accumulating points throughout the season. The events of the series were the 1999 Skate America, the 1999 Skate Canada International, the 1999 Sparkassen Cup on Ice, the 1999 Trophée Lalique, the 1999 Cup of Russia, and the 1999 NHK Trophy. The top six skaters in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing met at the final to crown the Grand Prix Final Champion.


1999–2000 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final
The format of the event differed from other years. Singles and pair skaters competed in the short program and the free skating, and ice dancers competed in the original dance and the free dance. The top four finishers in each discipline were split in groups of two and then competed head-to-head in different free skating finals.


1999–2000 Greek Basket League
The 1999–2000 Greek Basket League season was the 60th season of the Greek Basket League, the highest tier professional basketball league in Greece. It was also the 8th season of Greek Basket League championship that was regulated by HEBA (ESAKE). The winner of the league was Panathinaikos, which beat PAOK in the league's playoff's finals, although the regular season winner was Olympiacos. The clubs Sporting and Esperos were relegated to the Greek A2 League. The top scorer of the league was Alphonso Ford, a player of Peristeri. Željko Rebrača was voted the MVP of the league.


1999–2000 Greek Football Cup
The 1999–2000 Greek Football Cup was the 58th edition of the Greek Football Cup.


1999–2000 Greek Football Cup, Tournament details
Totally 56 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 20 from Gamma. It was held in 6 rounds, included final. An additional round was held between first and second, with 4 matches, in order that the teams would continue to be 16.


1999–2000 Greek Football Cup, Tournament details
This year came back the phase of groups in the First round, after its provisional three-year suppression. Until quarter-finals, all matches were single. The most interesting round was Second, after drawing of Olympiacos against PAOK and Aris against Panathinaikos, with the home teams to take the qualification with difficulty.


1999–2000 Greek Football Cup, Tournament details
Final was contested by AEK Athens, who previously eliminated rivals Olympiacos and Ionikos, for their first and only time in history, having favourable draws in their course to the Final, but also after a very difficult qualification from First round in the goals difference, after triple equivalence in standings with Leonidio and Panetolikos. However, the win with score 8–0 against Nafpaktiakos Asteras in quarter-finals was remarkable.


1999–2000 Greek Football Cup, Tournament details
AEK Athens easily won the game 3-0 and earned their 12th cup in club's history. A remarkable moment of the Final was at 32th minute while score was 0-0, after a cross from Petkov, Demis Nikolaidis scored with his hand. The referee Douros did not realize the violation of Nikolaidis and ran towards the center of the field, with Nikolaidis immediately showing him that he should not count the goal. The referee approached Nikolaidis, who explained to him exactly what happened. As a result, the referee changed his decision, canceled the goal and gave handball and showed Nikolaidis a yellow card for his violation. Nikolaidis was later honored by the International Olympic Committee for his fair play towards the referee of the final.


1999–2000 Greek Football Cup, First round
The phase was played in a single round-robin format. Each win gained 3 points, each draw gained 1 point, and each loss did not gain any points.


1999–2000 Greek Football Cup, Quarter-finals
First legs were held on 9, 10, 16 and 17 February 2000. Second legs on 1, 2, 8 and 9 March.


1999–2000 Greek Football Cup, Semi-finals
First legs were held on 12 April 2000 and second were held on 19th.


1999–2000 Greek Football Cup, Final
The 56th Greek Cup Final was played at the Olympic Stadium.


1999–2000 Grimsby Town F.C. season
During the 1999–2000 English football season, Grimsby Town F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.


1999–2000 Grimsby Town F.C. season, Season summary
After a brilliant first full season back in the second tier finishing 11th, Grimsby a season later really struggled and finished the 1999–2000 season in 20th, avoiding relegation at the expense of Buckley's former club Walsall.


1999–2000 Grimsby Town F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1999–2000 Grimsby Town F.C. season, Squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1999–2000 Guildford Flames season
The 1999–2000 season, was the Guildford Flames' eighth year of ice hockey. The Guildford Flames competed in the British National League.


1999–2000 Guildford Flames season
The season saw the Flames get their first-ever taste of foreign opposition, with the visit of Manitoba Bison to the Guildford Spectrum on Wednesday 15 December 1999, one of four matches on their UK tour.


1999–2000 Guildford Flames season, Schedule And Results, Benson & Hedges Cup
The big surprise of the 1999 Benson & Hedges Cup was the failure of the defending Plate holders, Guildford Flames, to get past the first round of the Cup. Unfortunately for Stan Marple's team, they were drawn into the difficult Group C which produced the eventual Plate finalists, Basingstoke Bison and Slough Jets. That said, Flames were the only BNL team to beat the Bison, 5-1, on the first weekend of the season, a contest best remembered for Bison turning up without their strip and a mass brawl in the final minute.


1999–2000 Guildford Flames season, Schedule And Results, British National League Play-Offs
The top eight BNL teams qualified for the playoffs. In the Quarter-Finals the teams were split into two groups of four with the teams finishing 1st, 4th, 5th and 8th in the league going into Group A and the others into Group B. Teams tied on points in the Quarter-Final group stages were separated first by wins in normal time, then by away wins in normal time. The two top teams in each group qualified for the Semi-Finals with the winner of one group playing a best-of-three series against the runner-up in the other group. Home ice advantage went to the top team in each group. The winning semi-finalists competed for the title in a best-of-five finals series, with the home ice advantage going to the team that finished highest in the league.


1999–2000 Guildford Flames season, Schedule And Results, NTL: Christmas Cup
The third Christmas Cup campaign was open to the ten British National League clubs and played on a knockout basis over the Christmas and New Year period. The draw for the quarter-finals was based on the league's final standings in 1998/1999 with first playing eighth, second playing seventh and so on. The last placed sides, Edinburgh Capitals and Paisley Pirates, first played off against league newcomers, Milton Keynes Kings and Solihull Blaze, for the right to enter the competition proper. The Cup was sponsored by telecoms and cable TV company, ntl:, the league's new partner.


1999–2000 Guinea-Bissau general election
General elections were held in Guinea-Bissau on 28 November 1999, with a second round for the presidential election on 16 January 2000. The presidential election resulted in a victory for opposition leader Kumba Ialá of the Party for Social Renewal (PRS), who defeated Malam Bacai Sanhá of the ruling African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde. The PRS were also victorious in the National People's Assembly election, winning 38 of the 102 seats. This was the first time an opposition party won an election since the country's independence in the 1970s.


1999–2000 Guinea-Bissau general election
Voter turnout was 71.9% for the second round of the presidential election.


1999–2000 HNK Hajduk Split season
The 1999–2000 season was the 89th season in Hajduk Split’s history and their ninetieth in the Prva HNL. Their 3rd place finish in the 1998–99 season meant it was their 9th successive season playing in the Prva HNL.


1999–2000 HNK Hajduk Split season, Notes
1. Match as awarded to Hrvatski Dragovoljac because was Hajduk fielded suspended player.


1999–2000 HNK Hajduk Split season, Notes
2. Match abandoned after 81 minutes due to crowd trouble. Due this the match was awarded to Šibenik.


1999–2000 HNK Hajduk Split season, Notes
3. Match abandoned after 86 minutes due to mass fight between both clubs' supporters and the police. The match was a registered with 2:0 Hajduk's win and the club was punished by having their three matches behind closed doors.


1999–2000 HNK Rijeka season
The 1999–2000 season was the 54th season in Rijeka's history. It was their 9th season in the Prva HNL and 26th successive top tier season.


1999–2000 HNK Rijeka season, Matches, Squad statistics
Competitive matches only. Appearances in brackets indicate numbers of times the player came on as a substitute.


1999–2000 Hamburger SV season
The 1999–2000 Hamburger SV season was the 112th season in the club's history. During the 1999–2000 season, they competed in the Bundesliga, in which they finished 3rd alongside the DFB-Pokal where they reached the third round and the UEFA Intertoto Cup, where they were finalists, losing to Montpellier on penalties. The season covers the period from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000.


1999–2000 Hamburger SV season, Season summary
Hamburg rose to third place in the final table - their highest finish since finishing as runners-up in 1987.


1999–2000 Hamburger SV season, First team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1999–2000 Hamburger SV season, First team squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1999–2000 Hartlepool United F.C. season
During the 1999–2000 English football season, Hartlepool United Football Club competed in the Football League Third Division where they finished in 7th position on 72 points and qualified for the play-offs but lost to local rivals Darlington in the semi-final.


1999–2000 Hartlepool United F.C. season, Players, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1999–2000 Hazfi Cup
The 1999–2000 Hazfi Cup was the 13th season of the Iranian football knockout competition. Teams from Tehran or Tehran province play each other only once.


1999–2000 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season
The 1999–2000 season was Heart of Midlothian F.C. 's 17th consecutive season in the top level of Scottish football, playing in the Scottish Premier League. Hearts also competed in the Scottish Cup and League Cup.


1999–2000 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Players, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1999–2000 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Players, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1999–2000 Heineken Cup
The 1999–2000 Heineken Cup was the fifth edition of the Heineken Cup of rugby. Teams from France, Ireland, Italy, Wales, England and Scotland were divided into six pools of four and played home and away matches against each other. The pool winners and two best runners-up qualified for the knockout stages.


1999–2000 Heineken Cup pool stage
In the 1999–2000 Heineken Cup pool stage matches, teams received


1999–2000 Hellenic Football League
The 1999–2000 Hellenic Football League season was the 47th in the history of the Hellenic Football League, a football competition in England.


1999–2000 Hellenic Football League
At the end of the season the Hellenic League merged with the Chiltonian League. 17 clubs from the latter formed Division One East, while Hellenic League Division One clubs formed Division One West.


1999–2000 Hellenic Football League, Premier Division
The Premier Division featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:


1999–2000 Hellenic Football League, Division One
Division One featured 13 clubs which competed in Division One last season, along with two new clubs, joined from the Oxfordshire Senior League:


1999–2000 Hertha BSC season
The 1999–2000 Hertha BSC season was the 107th season in club history. The club played their home matches at Olympic Stadium. The season began on 11 August 1999 and finished on 20 May 2000. The club finished 6th in the Bundesliga. The club were eliminated in the fourth round of the DFB-Pokal, the preliminary round of the DFB-Ligapokal and the Second Group Stage of the Champions League.


1999–2000 Hibernian F.C. season
Season 1999–2000 was Hibs' first season back in the top flight of Scottish football, the newly founded Scottish Premier League, after gaining promotion from the First Division in 1999. Hibs re-established themselves well in the top flight, finishing in sixth place. The club also had a good Scottish Cup run, but were disappointingly beaten 2–1 by Aberdeen, who finished bottom of the SPL, in the semi-final at Hampden Park. The season was also memorable for Hibs fans due to a 3–0 win in the "Millennium derby" against Hearts. There was a landmark day towards the end of the season, as the last game on the Easter Road slope was played.


1999–2000 Hibernian F.C. season, Scottish League Cup
As a club newly promoted to the SPL, Hibs entered at the second round stage of the competition, in which they defeated Clyde in a penalty shootout. This win sent Hibs through to a third round match against Kilmarnock at Rugby Park. In that match, Hibs conceded two early goals, and despite efforts by Pat McGinlay and Kenny Miller, Kilmarnock ran out 3–2 winners.


1999–2000 Hibernian F.C. season, Player stats
During the 1999–2000 season, Hibs used 29 different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.


1999–2000 Highland Football League
The 1999–2000 Highland Football League was won by Keith. Fort William finished bottom.


1999–2000 Hofstra Flying Dutchmen basketball team
The 1999–2000 Hofstra Flying Dutchmen basketball team represented Hofstra University from Hempstead, New York in the 1999–2000 season. Led by head coach Jay Wright, Hofstra finished with a record of 24–7, the best in the AEC, and won the AEC tournament. As a result of winning the tournament, Hofstra was invited to the NCAA Tournament.


1999–2000 Hofstra Flying Dutchmen basketball team
This was the final season that Hofstra's sports teams were known as the Flying Dutchmen and Flying Dutchwomen. In summer 2000, the school officially changed their nickname to the Pride.


1999–2000 Hofstra Flying Dutchmen basketball team, Postseason results
AEC Tournament3/4/00 @ Bob Carpenter Center, Newark, DE Vs. Boston U. W, 80–623/5/00 @ Bob Carpenter Center, Newark, DE Vs. Drexel W, 69–513/11/00 @ Mack Sports Complex, Hempstead, NY Vs. Delaware W, 76–69NCAA Tournament3/17/00 @ Marine Midland Arena, Buffalo, NY Vs. Oklahoma State L, 66–86


1999–2000 Honduran Liga Nacional
The 1999–2000 Honduran Liga Nacional was the 35th season in the Honduran top division, the tournament was divided into two halves (Apertura and Clausura) and it determined the 35th and 36th national champions in the league's history. The league games started 18 September 1999.


1999–2000 Honduran Liga Nacional, Apertura
The Apertura was the opening half of 1999–2000 season in the Honduran Liga Nacional.


1999–2000 Honduran Liga Nacional, Clausura
The Clausura tournament of the 1999–2000 season in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras started on 11 March 2000 at San Pedro Sula with a scoreless match between C.D. Marathón and C.D. Platense.


1999–2000 Honduran Liga Nacional, Clausura, Final round, Semifinals
Note: Motagua (3rd) had the right to play the second leg at home after finishing above Marathón (5th) in the regular season; Marathón however claimed they had to close the series at home after they defeated Platense in the Hexagonal who finished 2nd; eventually Motagua granted home-field advantage in the second leg at San Pedro Sula.


1999–2000 Honduran Liga Nacional, Relegation
Relegation was determined by the aggregate table of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments.


1999–2000 Honduran Segunda División
The 1999–2000 Honduran Segunda División was the 33rd season of the Honduran Segunda División. Under the management of Juan Ramos, Deportes Savio won the tournament after defeating Palestino F.C. in the final series and obtained promotion to the 2000–01 Honduran Liga Nacional.


1999–2000 Hong Kong FA Cup
1999–2000 Hong Kong FA Cup was the 25th staging of the Hong Kong FA Cup.


1999–2000 Hong Kong FA Cup
It was competed by all of the 8 teams from Hong Kong First Division League. The competition kicked off on 30 March 2000 and finished on 9 April with the final.


1999–2000 Hong Kong FA Cup
Happy Valley won the cup for the first time after beating Orient & Yee Hope Union by 7-2 in the final, the highest scoring final in the cup history.


1999–2000 Hong Kong First Division League
The 1999–2000 Hong Kong First Division League season was the 89th since its establishment. The season began on the 7 September 1999 and ended on 20 May 2000.


1999–2000 Hong Kong First Division League, Second stage
NB: Teams take points and goals halved from first phase. GF and GA is rounded.


1999–2000 Houston Rockets season
The 1999–2000 NBA season was the Rockets' 33rd season in the National Basketball Association, and 29th season in the city of Houston. This season is notable for the Rockets acquiring top draft pick Steve Francis from the University of Maryland in a trade from the Vancouver Grizzlies, who drafted him with the second overall pick in the 1999 NBA draft. During the offseason, the Rockets acquired Walt Williams, Kelvin Cato and Carlos Rogers from the Portland Trail Blazers, and signed free agent Shandon Anderson.


1999–2000 Houston Rockets season
The Rockets got off to a bad start losing ten of their first twelve games, but later won six straight games in January, but then lost eight straight in March. Hakeem Olajuwon played just 44 games due to a hernia injury, and breathing problems. The Rockets won seven of their final ten games in April, and finished sixth in the Midwest Division with a record of 34–48, failing to qualify for the playoffs, which was the first time they missed the postseason since the 1991–92 season.


1999–2000 Houston Rockets season
After he already announced in the off-season that the upcoming season would be his last, Charles Barkley suffered a knee injury in December, which forced an early end to his career. However, he would return on April 19, 2000 against the Vancouver Grizzlies, his final NBA game. He came off the bench and scored on a put-back, scoring his final career points, after which he received a standing ovation. After the game, Barkley retired, ending his 16-year NBA career. He averaged 14.5 points and 10.5 rebounds per game in 20 games this season.


1999–2000 Houston Rockets season
Francis averaged 18.0 points, 5.3 rebounds, 6.6 assists and 1.5 steals per game, as he was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team, and shared Rookie of the Year honors with Elton Brand of the Chicago Bulls. He also participated in the Rookie-Sophomore Game and the Slam Dunk Contest during the All-Star Weekend. Francis finished second in the Dunk Contest to Vince Carter of the Toronto Raptors.


1999–2000 Houston Rockets season, Player statistics
NOTE: Please write the players statistics in alphabetical order by last name.


1999–2000 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season
Following the sacking of Peter Jackson at the end of the previous season, owner Barry Rubery hired Steve Bruce as his replacement, and Huddersfield finished in 8th place in Division One that season, just 2 points outside the play-offs. This season also saw Town beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the Worthington Cup.


1999–2000 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Squad at the start of the season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1999–2000 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
Rubery and managing director Ian Ayre talked up the side's chances of promotion, pointing to the acquisition of the high-profile Steve Bruce as a clear indication of their ambition. More serious investment brought the likes of Clyde Wijnhard, Chris Lucketti, Giorgos Donis, Scott Sellars, Kenny Irons, Ken Monkou and Dean Gorré to the club.


1999–2000 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
The Terriers tore up the Division for the first few months playing attractive attacking football in the 7–1 annihilation of Crystal Palace (their best league result for 20 years), plus notable wins over rivals Ipswich Town, recently relegated Premier League side Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City and Nottingham Forest. During October and November, Town won 6 games in a row, a best for 17 years. In early October, the side even scored a famous 1–0 victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the League Cup and were widely considered to be 'the best Town side in 30 years'. They lost to fellow Premier League side Wimbledon in the next round.


1999–2000 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
By Christmas time, Town were top of the table, but the loss of key defenders Steve Jenkins, Chris Lucketti, Ken Monkou and David May (who only made one appearance for Town because of injury) all suffered injuries at the wrong time. At the turn of the year, with the side suffering a blip in form, manager Bruce accepted the BBC's offer to cover previous club Manchester United's involvement in the much-derided FIFA Club World Championship in Brazil. With Town's form suffering, his popularity with the club's supporters plummeted.


1999–2000 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
A run of 2 wins in 13 games didn't help things much either. Also during that run star striker Marcus Stewart was surprisingly sold to fellow 1st Division side Ipswich Town for a record fee of £2.75million. Less than a month later, he scored Ipswich's winning goal in a 2-1 win between the sides at Portman Road. Town signed Sheffield United's striker Martin Smith. Following that dreadful run Town went on a run of 6 games unbeaten, which saw Town on the verge of a play-off place with 4 games left.


1999–2000 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
After losing 3-0 at home to fellow play-off contenders Bolton Wanderers, they beat relegated Port Vale, meaning Town would get a play-off spot by winning their last 2 games at home to Stockport County and away to Fulham at Craven Cottage, but instead they lost them 2-0 and 3-0 respectively. In the end, if they won either of those last 2 games they would have got a play-off place.


1999–2000 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Squad at the end of the season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1999–2000 Hull City A.F.C. season
During the 1999–2000 English football season, Hull City Association Football Club competed in the Football League Third Division.


1999–2000 Hull City A.F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1999–2000 Hull City A.F.C. season, Squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1999–2000 I-Divisioona season
The 1999–2000 I-Divisioona season was the 26th and final season of the I-Divisioona, the second level of Finnish ice hockey. The second-level Finnish league became the Mestis for the 2000-01 season. 12 teams participated in the league, and Kärpät Oulu, Vaasan Sport, and Diskos Jyväskylä qualified for the promotion/relegation round of the SM-liiga.


1999–2000 IHL season
The 1999–2000 IHL season was the 55th season of the International Hockey League, a North American minor professional league. 13 teams participated in the regular season, and the Chicago Wolves won the Turner Cup.


1999–2000 IHL season, Offseason
The Indianapolis Ice departed the IHL and joined the CHL for the CHL’s 1999-00 season.


1999–2000 IHL season, Offseason
The Las Vegas Thunder we’re forced to fold after the UNLV refused to renew their lease to continue playing at Thomas & Mack Center forcing the Thunder to fold after failing to negotiate with Orleans Arena and MGM Grand Garden Arena


1999–2000 IHL season, Player statistics, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


1999–2000 IHL season, Player statistics, Leading goaltenders
Note: GP = Games played; Min – Minutes Played; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts


1999–2000 IIHF Continental Cup
The Continental Cup 1999–2000 was the third edition of the IIHF Continental Cup. The season started on September 24, 1999, and finished on December 28, 1999.


1999–2000 IIHF Continental Cup
The tournament was won by HC Ambrì-Piotta, who won the final group.


1999–2000 IIHF Continental Cup, First Group Stage, Group M standings
HC Košice, HC Keramika Plzeň, VEU Feldkirch, HC Ambrì-Piotta, Ak Bars Kazan, HK Neman Grodno     :  bye


1999–2000 ISL season
The 1999–2000 Ice Hockey Superleague season was the fourth season of the Sekonda Ice Hockey Superleague (ISL).


1999–2000 ISL season
There were no changes in the teams from the 1998–99 season. However the league introduced a wage cap of £500,000 for this season.


1999–2000 ISL season, Benson & Hedges Cup
The 1999 Benson & Hedges Cup consisted of the teams from the ISL and the teams from the British National League (BNL). The BNL teams were split into three groups of four teams (groups A, B and C) and the ISL teams were split into two groups of four teams (groups D and E). Each team played the other teams in the group once at home and away.


1999–2000 ISL season, Benson & Hedges Cup
The group winners from the BNL groups and the best runner-up entered the knock-out stage in a preliminary challenge round qualifier with the winners progressing to the challenge round to meet the fourth placed teams from the ISL group stage. The winners of the challenge rounds entered the quarter finals with the top three teams from each ISL group.


1999–2000 ISL season, Benson & Hedges Cup
All games after the group stages were home and away aggregate scores except for the challenge round and the final itself which were one-off games. The final was held at Sheffield Arena.


1999–2000 ISL season, Benson & Hedges Cup, Finals, Final
The final took place at Sheffield Arena between Manchester Storm and London Knights.


1999–2000 ISL season, Challenge Cup
All eight teams in the league competed in the Challenge Cup. The first round was the first home and away meeting of each team in the league with the points counting towards both the Challenge Cup table and the league table. The top four teams progressed to the semi finals. The semi finals were home and away games with the winner on aggregate progressing to the one off final game.


1999–2000 ISL season, Challenge Cup
In a repeat of the previous season's Challenge Cup final, Sheffield Steelers took on the Nottingham Panthers and won the competition.


1999–2000 ISL season, League
Each team played three home games and three away games against each of their opponents. All eight teams were entered into the playoffs.


1999–2000 ISL season, Playoffs
All eight teams in the league took part in the playoffs. Group A consisted of Bracknell, London, Newcastle and Nottingham while Group B consisted of Ayr, Cardiff, Manchester and Sheffield. The top two teams from each playoff group qualified for the finals weekend. The third place playoff was dropped for this season.


1999–2000 ISU Junior Grand Prix
The 1999–2000 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the third season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the junior-level complement to the Grand Prix of Figure Skating, which was for senior-level skaters. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The top skaters from the series met at the Junior Grand Prix Final.


1999–2000 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Competitions
The locations of the JGP events change yearly. In the 1999–2000 season, the series was composed of the following events:


1999–2000 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Junior Grand Prix Final qualifiers
The following skaters qualified for the 1999–2000 Junior Grand Prix Final, in order of qualification.


1999–2000 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Junior Grand Prix Final qualifiers
There were eight qualifiers in singles and six in pairs and ice dance.


1999–2000 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Junior Grand Prix Final qualifiers
There was an unbreakable tie in 4th place standings in the pairs event, and so Chantal Poirier / Craig Buntin of Canada and Aliona Savchenko / Stanislav Morozov of Ukraine both qualified in 4th position. There were no 5th place qualifiers in pairs, because that spot was left empty as a result of the tie for fourth. The two teams had tied exactly, down to the 7th tiebreaker. In later years, a different final tiebreaker was added, one which would have allowed for this tie to be broken.


1999–2000 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup
The 2000 Short Track Speed Skating World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season for short track speed skating. The season began on 19 October 1999 and ended on 4 February 2000. The World Cup was organised by the ISU who also ran world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.


1999–2000 Icelandic Hockey League season
The 1999-00 Icelandic Hockey League season was the ninth season of the Icelandic Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Iceland. Three teams participated in the league, and Skautafelag Reykjavikur won the championship.


1999–2000 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The 1999–2000 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Members of the Big West Conference, the Vandals were led by third-year head coach David Farrar and played their home games on campus at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho.


1999–2000 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The Vandals were 12–16 overall in the regular season and 6–10 in conference play, tied for third in the East division standings.


1999–2000 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
They met West division champion Long Beach State in the first round of the conference tournament and lost by eleven points.


1999–2000 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
The 1999–2000 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.


1999–2000 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
In 2000, for the third time in four seasons, Illinois advanced to the NCAA Tournament, this time as a #4 seed. After defeating Penn in the opening round, the Illini season ended with a defeat to eventual national runner-up Florida. The Fighting Illini spent much of the season ranked in the Top 25, climbing as high as No. 15 in late December. An early three-game losing streak in Big Ten play put the Illini in a hole to start league play at 1-3.


1999–2000 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
But, Illinois went on to win 10 of the last 12 league games before finishing second in the Big Ten Tournament. During the February 19th game vs. Northwestern, the Illini would set an NCAA record fewest points allowed in the first half of a game by giving up only 6 points. Cory Bradford earned second-team All-Big Ten honors after leading Illinois in scoring and the Big Ten in three-point field goals. Forward Brian Cook was named Co-Freshman of the Year in the conference and earned All-Tournament honors with strong play in the Big Ten Tournament.


1999–2000 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team
The 1999–2000 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team represented Illinois State University during the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Redbirds, led by first year head coach Tom Richardson, played their home games at Redbird Arena and competed as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference.


1999–2000 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team
They finished the season 10–20, 5–13 in conference play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They were the number eight seed for the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. They were defeated by Wichita State University in their opening round game.


1999–2000 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The 1999–2000 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Bobby Knight, and it would ultimately be his last full season coaching the Hoosiers. The team played its home games in  Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.


1999–2000 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 20–9 and a conference record of 10–6, finishing 4th in the Big Ten Conference. After losing to the Fighting Illini in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament, the Hoosiers were invited to dance in the 2000 NCAA Tournament. IU lost in the first round to Pepperdine.


1999–2000 Indiana Pacers season
The 1999–2000 NBA season was the Pacers' 24th season in the National Basketball Association, and 33rd season as a franchise. It was their first season playing at the Conseco Fieldhouse. During the offseason, the Pacers acquired top draft pick and high school star Jonathan Bender from the Toronto Raptors. The Pacers played around .500 with a 7–7 start to the season, but then won 15 of their next 17 games.


1999–2000 Indiana Pacers season
The team finished first place in the Central Division with a 56–26 record, highlighted by a franchise-best 25-game winning streak at home, which was worthy of the Eastern Conference first seed in the playoffs, guaranteed home-court advantage throughout the Eastern Conference playoffs for the first time in franchise history, and an all-time franchise best win-loss record. Jalen Rose, who played the previous three seasons off the Pacers' bench, became a starter replacing Chris Mullin in the lineup at small forward, and led the team in scoring with 18.2 points per game, and was named Most Improved Player of the Year.


1999–2000 Indiana Pacers season
Reggie Miller finished second on the team in scoring averaging 18.1 points per game, while Rik Smits provided them with 12.9 points per game, Dale Davis averaged 10.0 points and 9.9 rebounds per game, and Austin Croshere played an increased role as the team's sixth man averaging 10.3 points per game off the bench. Miller and Davis were both selected for the 2000 NBA All-Star Game in Oakland.


1999–2000 Indiana Pacers season
In the playoffs, the Pacers defeated the Milwaukee Bucks in five games in the Eastern Conference First Round, and the Philadelphia 76ers in six games in the Eastern Conference Semi-finals, before preceding to defeat their arch-rivals, the New York Knicks in a tough, hard-fought six-game series in the Eastern Conference Finals for the fifth time in seven years, en route to advancing to the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history. However, the Pacers would lose in the Finals to the Los Angeles Lakers in six games.


1999–2000 Indiana Pacers season
Following the season, Larry Bird resigned as head coach, Davis was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers, Mullin was released and later re-signed as a free agent with his former team, the Golden State Warriors, Mark Jackson signed with the Toronto Raptors, and Smits retired after playing 12 seasons in the NBA with the Pacers.


1999–2000 Indiana Pacers season, Regular season
The Pacers began a new era by moving into Conseco Fieldhouse after 25 years at Market Square Arena. They would start the season with a 7-7 record but finished with a 56-26 record, good enough to win their 2nd straight division title. The Pacers even won 25 straight games at their new arena.


1999–2000 Indiana Pacers season, NBA Finals, Summary
The following scoring summary is written in a line score format, except that the quarter numbers are replaced by game numbers.


1999–2000 Indiana Pacers season, NBA Finals, Aspects
Although the Lakers were one of the more talented teams in the NBA the previous year, they failed to win a single game against the San Antonio Spurs in the 1999 NBA Playoffs. Twenty-four days after being swept by the eventual league champion, the Lakers signed Phil Jackson as head coach. Jackson, famous for coaching Michael Jordan and the six-time champion Chicago Bulls, would build his triangle offense around Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant. general manager Jerry West surrounded O'Neal and Bryant with effective role players such as Glen Rice, Ron Harper (who had experience with Jackson's triangle offense as part of the '96–'98  Bulls), and A. C. Green (member of the last two Lakers championship teams).


1999–2000 Indiana Pacers season, NBA Finals, Aspects
Along with these starters, the Lakers also possessed a strong bench. Robert Horry not only had championship experience with the Houston Rockets but also was a threat on the perimeter and a defensive star. Derek Fisher was a defensively minded point-guard with the ability to shoot well from long range. Rick Fox, acquired after being released by the Boston Celtics, was the Lakers' sixth man. With a healthy O'Neal, the Lakers dominated the regular season, with winning streaks of 11, 16, and 19 en route to a 67–15 record, tying the 1992 Chicago Bulls and 1986 Boston Celtics as the fifth best record in NBA regular season history.


1999–2000 Indiana Pacers season, NBA Finals, Aspects
Although many expected the Lakers to reach the Finals, the road would be a rocky one. In the first round, the Lakers won the first two games against the Sacramento Kings, only to drop the next two games in Sacramento. The Lakers then defeated Sacramento in Game 5, 113–86, to face the Phoenix Suns in the conference semi-finals. The Lakers clobbered the Suns, winning the series 4–1 (with their only loss coming in Game 4).


1999–2000 Indiana Pacers season, NBA Finals, Aspects
In Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals against the Portland Trail Blazers, Rasheed Wallace earned two technical fouls and was ejected; the Lakers took advantage of Wallace's absence and secured victory. The Trail Blazers stormed back in the next game, giving the Lakers their worst home loss of the season in a 106–77 shellacking. This setback did not affect Los Angeles, as they assembled a 3–1 series lead by winning the next two games in Portland. The Lakers underestimated the Trail Blazers, however.


1999–2000 Indiana Pacers season, NBA Finals, Aspects
Led by former Jackson linchpin Scottie Pippen, Portland won back-to-back elimination games and forced a series-deciding Game 7. Amid several controversial foul calls by referee Dick Bavetta against members of the Trail Blazers, Portland relinquished a 75–60 fourth quarter lead. Rallying back with a 25–4 run, the Lakers won the game and secured a berth in the NBA Finals.


1999–2000 Indiana Pacers season, NBA Finals, Aspects
In the 1997–1998 NBA season, the Chicago Bulls narrowly defeated the Pacers, 4 games to 3, in the Eastern Conference Finals. The 1998–1999 NBA season began with a lockout but saw Indiana return to the Eastern Conference Finals, where they fell to the New York Knicks. The 1999–2000 NBA season brought several major changes to the Pacers. It was their first season at Conseco Fieldhouse, as well as their first since 1993 without center Antonio Davis, who was traded for the rights to the No. 5 overall pick in the 1999 NBA Draft. Jalen Rose replaced Chris Mullin in the starting line up, winning the NBA Most Improved Player award, while Austin Croshere replaced him as the sixth man.


1999–2000 Indiana Pacers season, NBA Finals, Aspects
The Pacers started the season 7–7 but eventually finished with an Eastern Conference best 56–26 record, including a franchise-best 25 game win streak at home. The Pacers, like the Lakers, struggled in the playoffs. They needed a clutch Travis Best three-pointer to dispatch the Milwaukee Bucks in five games. Indiana faced the Philadelphia 76ers in the second round and took the series in six games, earning a trip to the Eastern Conference Finals. The Pacers would face their rival Knicks, winning a memorable six game series in a reversal of fortunes from years past. With the victory, Indiana advanced to the first NBA Finals in franchise history, becoming the second former ABA team to do so.


1999–2000 Indiana Pacers season, NBA Finals, Game 1
The Lakers dominated from the start. The Lakers shot 15-for-20 (75%) in the first period while the Pacers shot only 7-for-20 (35%). Miller would miss all of his shots in the first quarter to give the Lakers a 15-point lead. Croshere came off the bench to keep the Pacers alive in the 2nd quarter, scoring 9 points and grabbing 4 rebounds in the quarter. Although the Pacers attempted a comeback in the 2nd quarter, they were still down by 12.


1999–2000 Indiana Pacers season, NBA Finals, Game 1
In the 3rd quarter, it would be Jackson who led the Pacers to a comeback, cutting the Lakers lead by 2. Miller also hit his first field goal in the 3rd quarter, though it would be his last. The Lakers handled the Pacers in the final quarter, with a 13–2 run winning by 17 points. O'Neal scored 43 points and grabbed 19 rebounds.


1999–2000 Indiana Pacers season, NBA Finals, Game 2
Los Angeles and Indiana were evenly matched for the first quarter, both scoring 28. However, Los Angeles suffered a major setback when Kobe Bryant left the game in the 2nd quarter due to a sprained ankle and did not return. Jalen Rose later admitted that he intentionally stuck out his foot when Kobe shot a jumpshot in order to trip him when he landed. Ron Harper went in for Bryant and scored 21 points for the game. Desperate to try to gain the lead, Larry Bird resorted to the "Hack-a-Shaq" strategy.


1999–2000 Indiana Pacers season, NBA Finals, Game 2
Shaq shot 39 free throws, making only 18, an NBA record for most free throws attempted. Despite this low percentage, Shaq made 9 of 16 in the 4th quarter to keep a Lakers lead. The Pacers cut the lead to 99–96 and were looking to foul Shaq, but when Shaq got the ball he passed to Robert Horry who converted not only the layup, but the foul shot as well giving them a 102–96 lead en route to a 111–104 Lakers victory.


1999–2000 Indiana Pacers season, NBA Finals, Game 3
Taking advantage of Kobe Bryant's ankle injury, Indiana restored a semblance of parity to the proceedings. Kobe's absence was felt as the Pacers had an 11–2 run in the first quarter to take an 8-point lead. Austin Croshere once again had another huge 2nd quarter, scoring 8 points as the Pacers shot 61% from the field. The Lakers tried to make a run to get back into the game, but upon doings so, Indiana answered with 12 straight points and led by 17. The Lakers were desperate and attempted another run to get within 3 points, but Reggie Miller nailed all his free throws at the end of the game to give Indiana a 9-point win.


1999–2000 Indiana Pacers season, NBA Finals, Game 4
The Pacers took a quick 9–2 lead due to Rik Smits hitting his first four shots. Kobe Bryant attempted to play with his sore ankle but only managed to score 6 points in the first half. Even though Bryant and O'Neal were in foul trouble in the first half (each picking up his third with 5 minutes remaining in the second quarter), Indiana could not take advantage and did not extend their lead. This would be a problem as Kobe Bryant scored 10 points and the Lakers took a 62–60 lead due to a Glen Rice three-pointer.