2000 Categoría Primera A season
The 2000 Categoría Primera A season, known as Copa Mustang 2000 for sponsoring purposes, was the 53th season of the Categoría Primera A, Colombia's top-flight football league. The season started on 12 February and ended on 17 December 2000. América de Cali were the champions, clinching their tenth domestic league title with a 2–0 victory over Deportes Tolima on the final day of the season.


2000 Categoría Primera A season
Atlético Nacional were the defending champions, but placed seventh in the aggregate table and thus failed to qualify for the final stage of the competition.


2000 Categoría Primera A season, Format
The season was split into three stages: the first two stages were the Apertura and Finalización tournaments, in which the 16 teams were first divided into two groups of eight teams, playing seven games, and then all teams in the league played each other once for a total of 22 matches. The winners of each tournament earned a berth into the 2001 Copa Libertadores.


2000 Categoría Primera A season, Format
The third and final stage was played by the top four teams of the aggregate table of both tournaments, who played each other twice to decide the champions of the season, who also qualified for the Copa Libertadores. In case the eventual champion had already won the Apertura or Finalización tournaments, the runners-up of the final stage would take the third Copa Libertadores berth as the season's runners-up.


2000 Categoría Primera A season, Teams
16 teams competed in the season, the top 15 teams of the relegation table of the 1999 season and Real Cartagena, who were promoted as champions of the 1999 Categoría Primera B tournament, replacing Unión Magdalena who were relegated at the end of the previous season.


2000 Categoría Primera A season, Torneo Apertura
The Torneo Apertura (also known as Copa Mustang I) began on 12 February and ended on 2 July.


2000 Categoría Primera A season, Torneo Finalización
The Torneo Finalización (also known as Copa Mustang II) began on 9 July and ended on 26 November. On 17 September 2000, during the 12th round match between Santa Fe and Deportes Tolima, referee Óscar Ruiz disallowed a goal for Santa Fe scored by Jeffrey Díaz after checking the existence of a handball with the help of a replay of the television broadcast of the match.


2000 Categoría Primera A season, Aggregate table
An aggregate table known as Reclasificación including the games of both tournaments (Apertura and Finalización) was used to determine the four teams that would advance to the final stage of the tournament, as well as the team to be relegated at the end of the season. The top four teams in this table at the end of the Torneo Finalización advanced to the final stage, while the team placed last was relegated to Categoría Primera B for the following season.


2000 Categoría Primera A season, Final stage
In the third stage of the tournament, the four qualified teams played each other under a double round-robin system with the team with the most points at the end of this stage being declared as the champion.


2000 Caymanian general election
General elections were held in the Cayman Islands on 8 November 2000. The elections saw the ruling National Team under Truman Bodden suffer a heavy defeat, with Bodden losing his seat. Following the elections, Kurt Tibbetts of the Democratic Alliance was elected as the Leader of Government Business.


2000 Caymanian general election, Campaign
Caymananian elections were traditionally contested on a non-partisan basis, with candidates running as independents and or in groupings known as teams. In the August 1991 a grouping known as the Progressive Democratic Party emerged, and constituted the first substantive Cayman political organisation since the 1960s. The party renamed itself as the National Team, and won power in the 1992 elections.


2000 Caymanian general election, Campaign
Major issues in the election campaign included the Islands' constitutional status, immigration, housing, and environmental protection.


2000 Caymanian general election, Results
John McLean, Agriculture Minister, lost his seat to his cousin, Arden McLean.


2000 Caymanian general election, Aftermath
The United Democratic Party (UDP) was formed in November 2001, and would oust Tibbetts as Leader of Government Business that month in a vote of 9 to 5. Tibbett's would be replaced as Leader of Government Business by McKeeva Bush of the UDP. Tibbett's was elected as leader of the new opposition party, the People's Progressive Movement, in May 2002. The party would go on to win the 2005 general election.


2000 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics
The 14th Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships were held in the Estadio Sixto Escobar in San Juan, Puerto Rico between 14–16 July 2000.


2000 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics, Records
A total of 15 new championship records were set.


2000 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics, Records
The wind-assisted mark of 8.09 m (2.9 m/s) by Cleavon Dillon from Trinidad and Tobago was the best performance in long jump of the Male Junior A (U-20) category, as was the mark of 13.30 s (4.8 m/s) by Toni Ann D'Oyley from Jamaicain 100 metres hurdles of the Female Junior A (U-20) category, the mark of 21.46 s (2.4 m/s) by Darrel Brown from Trinidad and Tobago in 200 metres of the Male Junior B (U-17) category, the mark of 7.35 m (5.1 m/s) by Damion Young from Jamaica in long jump of the Male Junior B (U-17) category, and the mark of 6.17m  (3.4 m/s) by Charisse Bacchus from Trinidad and Tobago in long jump of the Female Junior B (U-17) category,but all five could not be recognized as new records.


2000 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics, Medal summary
Complete results are published on a day by day basis, and medal winners are published by category: Junior A, Male, Junior A, Female, and Junior B.


2000 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics, Medal table
* :There is a mismatch between the unofficial medal count and the published medalcount above. The unofficial count results in only 3 gold medals for both theBahamas and Puerto Rico, only 13 silver medals for Puerto Rico, no silver orany other medal for Saint Lucia, and only 7 bronze medals for Mexico and only2 bronze medals for Barbados. This could be explained by published results being incomplete. In the technical manual the events 2000 metres steeplechase in the Girls under 20 (Junior) category andOctathlon in the Boys under 17 (Youth) category were scheduled, but no results could be found.


2000 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics, Medal table
Assuming that the published medal tables arecorrect,  and working through the published medalcount, the following result could tentatively be assigned:  2000 metressteeplechase girls (U-20): gold for Puerto Rico, silver for Puerto Rico, andbronze for Barbados, octathlon boys (U-17): gold for the Bahamas, silver forSaint Lucia, and bronze for Mexico. The number of events would increase to 82.


2000 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics, Participation (unofficial)
Haiti competed for the first time at the championships. Detailed result lists can be found on the World Junior Athletics History website. An unofficial count yields a number of about 422 athletes (260 junior (under-20) and 162 youth (under-17)) from about 31 countries, a new record number of participating nations:


2000 Central Michigan Chippewas football team
The 2000 Central Michigan Chippewas football team represented Central Michigan University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first season under head coach Mike DeBord, the Chippewas compiled a 2–9 record (2–6 against MAC opponents), finished in last place in the MAC's West Division, and were outscored by their opponents, 376 to 137. The team played its home games in Kelly/Shorts Stadium in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, with attendance of 94,949 in five home games. The team set a single season school record with 90 punts, and Brian Brandt set a school record with 87 punts.


2000 Central Michigan Chippewas football team
The team's statistical leaders included Derrick Vickers with 1,059 passing yards, Vince Webber with 458 rushing yards, and David Hannah with 411 receiving yards. Senior defensive back Brian Leigeb set a single game school record with 26 tackles against Northern Illinois on November 18, 2000, totaled 147 tackles for the season, set a school record with 490 career tackles, and was selected as the team's most valuable player.


2000 Central Michigan Chippewas football team
On December 1, 1999, Mike DeBord was hired as Central Michigan's head football coach. He had previously served as Michigan's offensive coordinator. DeBord was given a four-year contract with an annual base salary of $120,000.


2000 Ceredigion by-election
The Plaid Cymru Member of Parliament for Ceredigion, Cynog Dafis, was unexpectedly elected to the National Assembly for Wales in May 1999 and decided to give up his seat in the House of Commons in order to concentrate on his work in the Assembly. By accepting the office of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead on 10 January 2000, he formally vacated his seat.


2000 Ceredigion by-election
Plaid Cymru selected Simon Thomas, who had been their Director of Policy and responsible for writing their manifestos for the 1997 general election and 1999 Assembly election. Labour, who had come second in the previous general election, chose a local social worker, Maria Battle.


2000 Ceredigion by-election
The election campaign was dominated by the issue of European Objective 1 funding. The constituency was part of the area of Wales that was granted Objective One status in 1999, but under European rules the funding had to be matched by a minimum of 25% from other sources, including private funding and resources from central and local government.


2000 Ceredigion by-election
Plaid Cymru, Conservative and Liberal Democrat politicians demanded this funding be made available solely from central government in addition to the block grant already paid to the Welsh Assembly by the UK Treasury, and the chief reporter for Wales on Sunday newspaper Martin Shipton stood as a single-issue candidate demanding 'Match Funding now'. The Labour administration in the Welsh Assembly insisted that such a demand misrepresented the resourcing of Objective 1 programmes.


2000 Ceredigion by-election
Polling day in the by-election was 3 February. Plaid Cymru retained the seat comfortably, with the Liberal Democrats taking second in a seat they had previously held from 1974 until 1992 – and would win again in 2005.


2000 Challenge Bell
The 2000 Challenge Bell was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Club Avantage Multi-Sports in Quebec City in Canada that was part of Tier III of the 2000 WTA Tour. It was the 8th edition of the Challenge Bell, and was held from October 30 through November 5, 2000. Chanda Rubin won the singles title.


2000 Challenge Bell, Champions, Doubles
Nicole Pratt /  Meghann Shaughnessy def. Els Callens /  Kimberly Po, 6–3, 6–4


2000 Challenge Bell – Doubles
Amy Frazier and Katie Schlukebir were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Alina Jidkova and Tatiana Poutchek.


2000 Challenge Bell – Doubles
Nicole Pratt and Meghann Shaughnessy won the title, defeating Els Callens and Kimberly Po 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


2000 Challenge Bell – Singles
Jennifer Capriati was the defending champion, but lost in the final 6–4, 6–2 to Chanda Rubin.


2000 Challenge Cup
The 2000 Challenge Cup (officially known as the 2000 Silk Cut Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons) is a rugby league football tournament which began its preliminary stages in December 1999 and ended with the final on 29 April 2000.


2000 Challenge Cup
The final was held on Saturday, 29 April 2000, at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, UK. The game was won by Bradford Bulls who defeated Leeds Rhinos 24-18.


2000 Challenge Cup, Final, Bradford Bulls team
Stuart Spruce, Nathan McAvoy, Scott Naylor, Michael Withers, Tevita Vaikona, Henry Paul, Robbie Paul, Brian McDermott, James Lowes, Paul Anderson, Jamie Peacock, Mike Forshaw, Brad Mackay


2000 Challenge Cup, Final, Bradford Bulls team
Subs: Leon Pryce, David Boyle, Bernard Dwyer, Stuart Fielden  Coach: Matthew Elliott


2000 Challenge Cup, Final, Leeds Rhinos team
Iestyn Harris, Leroy Rivett, Richie Blackmore, Keith Senior, Francis Cummins, Daryl Powell, Ryan Sheridan, Darren Fleary, Dean Lawford, Barrie McDermott, Adrian Morley, Anthony Farrell, Andy Hay


2000 Challenge Cup, Final, Leeds Rhinos team
Subs: Marcus St Hilaire, Lee Jackson, David Barnhill, Jamie Mathiou Coach: Dean Lance


2000 Challenge Cup, Final, Man of the match
The Lance Todd Trophy was awarded to Henry Paul (Bradford).


2000 Challenge Tour
The 2000 Challenge Tour was a series of golf tournaments known as the Challenge Tour, the official development tour run by the PGA European Tour. The tour was started as the Satellite Tour in 1986 and was renamed the Challenge Tour ready for the start of the 1990 season.


2000 Challenge Tour
The Challenge Tour Rankings was won by Sweden's Henrik Stenson.


2000 Challenge Tour, Rankings
The top 15 on the Challenge Tour Rankings gained membership of the European Tour for the 2001 season.


2000 Champion Hurdle
The 2000 Champion Hurdle was a horse race held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Tuesday 14 March 2000. It was the 71st running of the Champion Hurdle.


2000 Champion Hurdle
The winner for the fourth consecutive year was J. P. McManus's Istabraq, an eight-year-old gelding trained in Ireland by Aidan O'Brien and ridden by Charlie Swan. Istabraq became the fifth horse to win three Champion Hurdles after Hatton's Grace, Sir Ken, Persian War and See You Then.


2000 Champion Hurdle
Istabraq started the 8/15 favourite and won by four lengths from the French challenger Hors La Loi III, with Blue Royal a neck away in third. Apart from Istabraq, the only previous winner of the race to run was Make A Stand who finished last. Eleven of the twelve runners completed the course.


2000 Champions Cup
The 2000 Champions Cup was a professional invitational snooker tournament which was held from 26 August to 3 September 2000, at the Brighton Centre, in Brighton, East Sussex. The tournament was the first of five World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) invitational events of the 2000–01 snooker season and the first overall. It preceded the season's second invitational tournament, the 2000 Scottish Masters. There were eight players who competed in the event: seven were major tournament winners from the 1999–2000 season and one was a wild card entry. The competition featured a total prize fund of £200,000, with £100,000 going to the winner.


2000 Champions Cup
Ronnie O'Sullivan won the tournament, defeating Mark Williams, the world champion, seven frames to five (7–5) to claim the 17th career professional snooker competition of his career. In the semi-finals, O'Sullivan defeated the reigning holder of the Champions Cup trophy Stephen Hendry 5–2 and Williams beat John Higgins 5–2. O'Sullivan made the highest break of the tournament of 140 in his match against wild card entrant Jimmy White. After the tournament, Stephen Lee was fined £8,500 for testing positive for traces of marijuana in his system during a routine drugs test.


2000 Champions Cup, Background
The tournament was first played as the Charity Challenge in 1995. It had the unique distinction of players competing for charity with the prize money being donated to their respective causes. The charity aspect was discarded after five years and the tournament was re-branded the Champions Cup with a new "winner takes all" format of players who won major tournaments from the season prior invited to compete.


2000 Champions Cup, Background
The 2000 Champions Cup was the first of five World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) invitational events of the 2000–01 snooker season and was held at the Brighton Centre in Brighton, East Sussex from 26 August to 3 September. The tournament preceded the 2000 Scottish Masters. The Champions Cup had a prize fund of £200,000, and was broadcast in the United Kingdom on ITV.


2000 Champions Cup, Background, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for 2000 is shown below.


2000 Champions Cup, Background, Rules
A total of seven players who won major tournaments in the 1999–2000 season and one wild card selected by ITV competed in the Champions Cup. All group stage matches were part of a round-robin format and all game were best-of-9 frames until the final which was best-of-13 frames. Entrants were drawn into two groups of four and played one match against the other three in their group. The overall winner of both groups was determined by the number of matches won. In the event of a draw, the number of frames won decided the group winner. If this method proved ineffective, a match between the tied players would occur. The winner of each group was drawn to play the runner-up of the opposite group in the semi-finals.


2000 Champions Cup, Tournament summary, Group stages, Group A
The 12 best-of-9 frame group stage games occurred between 27 August to 1 September. Mark Williams, the world champion who was recovering from a left thumb injury after being bitten several times by his pet rottweiler at his Cwm home, played the tournament's first match against Ken Doherty from Ireland. Doherty forced a final frame decider after coming from 2–0 and 4–2 behind but his chance of victory was gone by missing a challenging yellow ball and Williams won the match five frames to four (5–4).


2000 Champions Cup, Tournament summary, Group stages, Group A
The defending Champions Cup holder Stephen Hendry faced Millennium Cup winner Stephen Lee in a three-hour opening match. Lee took the first two frames and Hendry responded by winning four successive frames with consecutive half-centuries. Lee went level at 4–4 to force a final fame decider that Hendry won with a break of 53.


2000 Champions Cup, Tournament summary, Group stages, Group A
Hendry led early in his match against Doherty with a score of 69–0 until the latter took a 2–1 lead with a break of 66 in the third frame. Hendry equalled the scoreline with a break of 87 until Doherty retook the advantage with the next two frames. Hendry responded by winning the following two frames after that. The final frame was won by Hendry for a 5–4 victory and he entered the semi-final. Williams's second match ended in a 5–3 victory over Lee and stopped his opponent from qualifying for the semi-finals.


2000 Champions Cup, Tournament summary, Group stages, Group A
Doherty finished third in the group after beating Lee 5–3. It had been anticipated that Doherty would come fourth because he trailed Lee 3–1 after the latter compiled breaks of 92, 89 and 102 but Doherty recovered from his performance dip to win the game. Hendry compiled a break of 114 en route to defeating Williams 5–3. Post-match, Hendry said he was demotivated since he was aware he and Williams had already attained qualification for the semi-finals.


2000 Champions Cup, Tournament summary, Group stages, Group B
In his first match since spending five weeks mid-year at the Priory Hospital to treat a bout of depression, Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated John Higgins 5–4 in a tightly fought match that lasted until late in the night on 28 August. O'Sullivan took 79 minutes to defeat wild card entrant Jimmy White 5–2 to give himself an opportunity to qualify for the semi-finals. O'Sullivan began the match with a 140 total clearance and White responded to this by levelling the scoreline 2–2.


2000 Champions Cup, Tournament summary, Group stages, Group B
Further breaks of 102, 107 in the fifth and sixth frames and a clearance of 65 from O'Sullivan in frame seven secured him the victory. Higgins went up against Masters champion Matthew Stevens, winning 5–4. Higgins' first break of 98 in the first frame and individual breaks 30 and 32 gave him the win. After the match, Higgins spoke of his unhappiness over his form and him having half an inch added to his cue to rectify this.


2000 Champions Cup, Tournament summary, Group stages, Group B
Stevens began his match against O'Sullivan with him opening out a 2–1 lead which was nullified when O'Sullivan won the fourth frame. From that point on, O'Sullivan took 33 minutes that had him compile break of 70 to win frame five and took the sixth away from Stevens after he missed an unsteady green ball that was on the edge of a corner pocket and it prevented him from winning that frame. O'Sullivan was unchallenged in the seventh frame and won the match 5–2 to guarantee himself a semi-finals berth. White's next opponent was Stevens.


2000 Champions Cup, Tournament summary, Group stages, Group B
White was 3–1 behind but pulled level with Stevens to 3–3. Victory in the next two frames gave Stevens the match. White conceded to the media shortly after his defeat that his chance of winning the tournament was non-existent after vowing in the days prior to its commencement to be its next champion. For Stevens to qualify for the semi-finals, White needed to whitewash Higgins or win 5–1. Higgins led the match from the beginning to win 5–1 with two breaks of 64 and a third at 54.


2000 Champions Cup, Tournament summary, Knockout rounds, Semi-finals
Williams and Higgins played the first semi-final on 1 September. Leading 4–2, it appeared that Williams would win the match easily by getting a snookered brown ball in the seventh frame. However, Williams missed the brown ball and allowed Higgins to pot it and the blue ball to win the frame. Higgins made a break of 110 to force a final frame decider that Williams won 5–4 with a game-victory clearance of 31 to continue his unbeaten run in the tournament.


2000 Champions Cup, Tournament summary, Knockout rounds, Semi-finals
Williams said after the match, "A few years ago John used to beat me on a regular basis but gradually I've been getting the upper hand. I don't think either of us played that well. But one of my strengths these days is that I can win when I'm not at my best." Higgins confessed that he had not been focused on the tournament as he was due to marry his long-term fiancée in December 2000, "'I'm sure my focus will be back. I've never done all that well right at the start of the season."


2000 Champions Cup, Tournament summary, Knockout rounds, Semi-finals
The second semi-final happened between Hendry and O'Sullivan on 2 September. Hendry scored his 507th career century break (105) to level at 5–2 before O'Sullivan took the lead after Hendry missed his shot on the green ball. That allowed O'Sullivan to clear from the green to pink balls and extend his lead by one frame. Subsequent breaks of 46 and 30 won O'Sullivan the match 5–2. Post-match, Hendry complimented O'Sullivan, "I missed a couple of balls but I thought Ronnie played very well."


2000 Champions Cup, Tournament summary, Knockout rounds, Semi-finals
O'Sullivan said, "I'm just trying to get myself right mentally and get to handle some of the situations that come through being a professional sportsman. For me, Mark, Stephen and John Higgins are the top three, and I'm the slight underdog against them. They've got the consistency but it's on the day, whoever hits top form. The main thing for me is that life's more enjoyable. I'm enjoying breathing. Every day's a bonus."


2000 Champions Cup, Tournament summary, Knockout rounds, Semi-finals
The best-of-13 frame final occurred on 3 September. Williams was ill with overnight food poisoning but began by taking the first two frames with breaks of 67 and 77 as O'Sullivan did not pot a ball during this period. The third frame fell to O'Sullivan's favour with a break of 66. Williams took a ten-minute respite to seek medical treatment after frame three was over. He returned to the arena to win frames four and five at 68–36 and 78–45.


2000 Champions Cup, Tournament summary, Knockout rounds, Semi-finals
When play resumed after the interval, O'Sullivan complied breaks of 51, 78 and 95 to secure the following two frames as Williams did not hit a single ball. O'Sullivan won the eighth frame and added the next after being 45–0 down within 50 minutes. Williams' condition deteriorated but he levelled at 5–5. In frame 11, Williams made a break of 27 but missed a red ball down the side cushion while using the rest. It allowed O'Sullivan to accumulate breaks of 77 and a quickly-compiled 91 to win the match 7–5.


2000 Champions Cup, Tournament summary, Knockout rounds, Semi-finals
It was O'Sullivan's second Champions Cup victory after the 1996 edition and the 17th tournament win of his career. The victory earned him £100,000 prize money and a further £5,000 for scoring the tournament's highest break (140). Post-match, O'Sullivan spoke of his emotions over his success which he dedicated to those who helped him during his recovery process, "I have been through a lot of stuff in the last couple of months. But I've got my life back in order now. The public will see a different side of me from now on. At 24 I've started my life again.


2000 Champions Cup, Tournament summary, Knockout rounds, Semi-finals
In the past I've been on a treadmill of turmoil but I am going to soak up this victory and enjoy it." Williams said of his defeat to O'Sullivan, "I was suffering from food poisoning of some sort, but that's no excuse. Ronnie played well and I was beaten by the better player."


2000 Champions Cup, Drugs testing
Lee was found to have tested positive for traces of the banned substance marijuana in his system at a routine urine test conducted during the tournament on 28 August. He was asked to meet the WPBSA disciplinary committee at the governing body's headquarters in Bristol on 14 November to establish whether he had violated its rules on drugs taking. Complicated legal and scientific arguments forced the postponement of the inquiry until 7 January 2001. The inquiry accepted that Lee did not use marijuana to better his performance and instructed him to relinquish £7,500 prize money and pay £1,000 costs.


2000 Champions Cup, Results
The players highlighted in bold text in the table indicate who progressed to the semi-finals. Players in bold to the right of the tables denote match winners.


2000 Charlotte Sting season
The 2000 WNBA season was the fourth season for the Charlotte Sting. The team missed the playoffs for the first time in franchise history. They posted the worst record in the East and in franchise history, where that would remain until the 2005 season.


2000 Chatham Cup
The 2000 Chatham Cup was the 73rd annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.


2000 Chatham Cup
Up to the last 16 of the competition, the cup was run in three regions (northern, central, and southern), with an open draw from the quarter-finals on. National League teams received a bye until the Fourth Round (last 32). In all, 123 teams took part in the competition. Note: Different sources give different numberings for the rounds of the competition. Some record five rounds prior to the quarter-finals; others note a qualifying round followed by four full rounds.


2000 Chatham Cup, The 2000 final
Napier City Rovers won the league/cup double. As the league changed from a club competition to one contested by regional franchises in 2004, they were the last team ever to do so.


2000 Chatham Cup, The 2000 final
The Jack Batty Memorial Cup is awarded to the player adjudged to have made to most positive impact in the Chatham Cup final. The winner of the 2008 Jack Batty Memorial Cup was Jimmy Cudd of Napier City Rovers.


2000 Chattanooga Mocs football team
The 2000 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Mocs were led by first-year head coach Donnie Kirkpatrick and played their home games at Finley Stadium. They finished the season 5–6 overall and 3–5 in SoCon play to tied for sixth place.


2000 Cheltenham Borough Council election
The 2000 Cheltenham Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in Gloucestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2000 Cheltenham Borough Council election, Background
Since the 1999 election the Conservatives had gained a majority on the council after 2 councillors including 1 Liberal Democrat had defected to them.


2000 Cheltenham Borough Council election, Election result
The results saw the Conservatives increase their majority on the council after gaining seats from the Liberal Democrats.


2000 Cheltenham Gold Cup
The 2000 Cheltenham Gold Cup was a horse race which took place at Cheltenham on Thursday 16 March 2000. It was the 73rd running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, and it was won by Looks Like Trouble. The winner was ridden by Richard Johnson and trained by Noel Chance. The pre-race favourite See More Business finished fourth.


2000 Cheltenham Gold Cup
It was the second victory in the Gold Cup for Noel Chance, who had won the race three years earlier with Mr Mulligan. The winning time of 6m 30.3s set a new record – the previous best was 6m 30.9s in 1990.


2000 Cheltenham Gold Cup, Full result
* The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter. nk = neck; PU = pulled-up; UR = unseated rider.† Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated.


2000 Cherwell District Council election
The 2000 Cherwell District Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Cherwell District Council in Oxfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.


2000 Cherwell District Council election
The results saw the Conservatives gain 7 seats, 6 of them from the Labour Party, to win a majority on the council for the first time since 1995. Conservative gains came mainly in the Banbury and Bicester areas, with the biggest name Labour councillor to lose in the election being the former mayor, John Hanna. One of the Conservative winners in the election was Mary Young, who won in South East Kidlington ward to become a councillor for the first time at the age of 81. Turnout in the election varied from a high of 53% in Ruscote to a low of 11% in Neithrop.


2000 Chevrolet Cup
The 2000 Chevrolet Cup was an ATP men's tournament held in Santiago, Chile. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was held from February 28 to March 6. Gustavo Kuerten won the singles title.


2000 Chevrolet Cup, Finals, Doubles
Gustavo Kuerten /  Antonio Prieto defeated  Lan Bale /  Piet Norval 6–2, 6–4


2000 Chevrolet Cup – Doubles
The event was not held in 1999. The defending champions from 1998 were Mariano Hood and Sebastián Prieto, but they lost in the first round this year.


2000 Chevrolet Cup – Doubles
Gustavo Kuerten and Antonio Prieto won the title, defeating Lan Bale and Piet Norval 6–2, 6–4 in the final.


2000 Chevrolet Cup – Singles
Gustavo Kuerten won the title, defeating Mariano Puerta 7–6(7–3), 6–3 in the final.


2000 Chevy Silverado 200
The 2000 Chevy Silverado 200 was a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race held on July 15, 2000. It was known for being the last NASCAR race broadcast by CBS. Dennis Setzer lead 30 laps and won. Mike Joy, Buddy Baker, and Ned Jarrett called the action.


2000 Chicago Bears season
The 2000 season was the Chicago Bears' 81st in the National Football League (NFL). The team failed to improve on their 6–10 from 1999, finishing with a 5–11 record under head coach Dick Jauron. The season saw the addition of rookie sensation Brian Urlacher who would win the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year Award.


2000 Chicago Bears season
The Bears in 2000 played an NFL record 13 games against opponents that ended the season with a winning record, including four in their own division twice each; the Bears had a record of 4–9 against these teams.


2000 Chicago Cubs season
The 2000 Chicago Cubs season was the 129th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 125th in the National League and the 85th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished sixth and last in the National League Central with a record of 65–97.


2000 Chicago Cubs season
During this season, the Cubs played in the first game held outside North America on Opening Day. The Cubs played the New York Mets in front of over 55,000 at the Tokyo Dome in Japan. The Cubs won the game by a score of 5-3.


2000 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season
On May 11, 2000, Glenallen Hill was responsible for a memorable event in the annals of Chicago Cubs baseball lore. On that day, Hill became the first and so far only player to hit a pitched ball onto the roof of a five-story residential building across the street from the left field wall of Wrigley Field.


2000 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season
Sammy Sosa, despite hitting only 50 home runs (he had hit over 60 the previous two seasons), won his only home run crown.


2000 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2000 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2000 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2000 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2000 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2000 Chicago Marathon
The 2000 Chicago Marathon was the 23rd running of the annual marathon race in Chicago, United States and was held on October 22. The elite men's race was won by Morocco's Khalid Khannouchi in a time of 2:07:01 hours and the women's race was won by Kenya's Catherine Ndereba in 2:21:33.


2000 Chicago White Sox season
The 2000 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 101st season. They finished the regular season with a 95-67 record, good enough for first place in the American League Central, 5 games ahead of the second place Cleveland Indians.


2000 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


2000 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2000 Chilean telethon
The 2000 Chilean telethon was the 16th Teletón solidarity campaign held in Chile, taking place on 1–2 December 2000. The theme for 2000 was "A Challenge to all Chileans." The goal was met and exceeded with a final collection of CL$6,772,445,028. The poster boy for the event was Ignacio Soto.


2000 Chilean telethon
This version was performed 2 years after the previous because in December 1999, because the presidential elections took place. This was the first telethon to be held during the government of Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle. , making 2000 the first year the telethon was held under the leadership of Ricardo Lagos Escobar.


2000 Chilean telethon, Performances
At 10:00 PM on Friday December 1, the 2000 Telethon kicked off with a musical number performed by entertainer Antonio Vodanovic alongside all of the poster boys and girls from the previous crusades from 1978 to 1998 on the façade of the Teatro Teletón, where each performer (Álvaro Véliz, José Alfredo Fuentes, Cecilia Echenique, Rachel and Mala Junta) sang the end of their year's song. Don Francisco gave his traditional speech of encouragement and the best moments of past telethons were projected on a giant screen.


2000 Chilean telethon, Performances
Among others, Pedro Fernández, Lucero, and Myriam Hernández performed. The emotional highpoint of the telethon came when Millaray Viera, the daughter of the deceased Uruguayan singer Gervasio, performed a tribute both to her father and to all those who had died and supported the charity event during the 22 years it had been running.


2000 Chilean telethon, Performances
At midnight, a group of sports professionals led by Eliseo Salazar and including such sports luminaries as  Mario Mauriziano, Gert Weil, Carlos Cazsely, Rocío Ravest, and Fernando González performed an original musical number. The second section began with a set of cumbias broadcast from the Teatro Monumental and performed by Daniel Fuensalida, Miguel Piñera, Luis 'Chichón' Hernández, and Gloria Aros. Other participants included Tropical Sound, Antonio Ríos, Alegría, and Organización X.


2000 Chilean telethon, Performances
In the early hours of the morning the comedians took the stage with celebrity performances by Checho Hirane and Cristian García-Huidobro. Memo Bunke, Millennium Show, Dinamita Show, Melón and Malame, Dino Gordillo and Daniel Alcaíno as Peter Veneno also performed. Then, the much anticipated "Vedetón arrived, presented by Leo Caprile and with the participation of Marcos 'Charola' Pizarro, where the cabaret stars Beatriz Alegret, Tatiana Merino, Marcia Saenz and Anoika Wade arrived dressed as prisoners. Those responsible for freeing them were members of the popular and controversial theatre group 'Los Sin Vergüenzas'.


2000 Chilean telethon, Performances
At dawn the female section began with Kike Morandé and the new comedy persona Charly Badulaque, a character of Claudio Reyes. Some of the other participants were Nicolas Massú, Jorge Zabaleta, Pedro Lladser and Fernando González, who finished as the section winner.


2000 Chilean telethon, Performances
In the morning there was a large drop-off in donations which was followed by an electrical failure that affected the whole theatre. Mario Kreutzberger asked Chilectra about the possibility of a generator. Following this was a segment of La Nueva Ola with the presenter from Radio Pudahuel, Pablo Aguilera. The children's section was then broadcast from the Central Court of the Chile National Stadium.


2000 Chilean telethon, Performances
In the afternoon Disfruta, Lider, and Santa Isabel performed. The reduction of donations was becoming worrying, leading to an improvised appearance of the Venezuelan artist José Luis Rodríguez, 'El Puma', who made a passionate speech to the Chileans to get up and take part, along with singing "El Pavo Real". Donations increased greatly after his performance.


2000 Chilean telethon, Performances
Before going to the newscasts from the separate television channels, Lider announced that they had collected $250,387,198 in total. Following the broadcasts, the latest total of $3,524,679,023 was read out in the theatre.


2000 Chilean telethon, Performances
At 10 p.m. on Saturday, 2 December the final section began in the Chile National Stadium with the winner of "Nace una Estrella" (A Star is Born) singing the Ode To Joy. Artists such as Alberto Plaza, Lucero, Pedro Fernández, Fulanito, Gondwana, Douglas, Azul Azul, and Elvis Crespo were onstage.


2000 Chilean telethon, Performances
The final total of $6,450,614,205 was given and Don Francisco thanked all those who had taken part in this solidarity campaign. The entertainers and artists boarded the Tren de la Felicidad (The Happiness Train) for an Olympic circuit, becoming a symbol of the campaign. In addition, over the scoreboard, written in fireworks was the phrase "Gracias Chile" (Thank you Chile), as had happened in 1995, 1996, and 1998.


2000 Chilean telethon, Performances, Telethon lottery
The Telethon company put on a contest for the campaign despite the few sponsors involved that year. It was called "El Numero Magico" (The Magic Number) and consisted of a lottery. To qualify for the draw, you had to show a  preference for products and services available on that Telethon. The prize was a total of $1,000,000 in products associated with the 16th solidarity campaign.


2000 Chilean telethon, Performances, Telethon lottery
The winning number selected was announced in the news broadcasts (Teletrece (Canal 13), 24 Horas (TVN), Meganoticias (Megavisión), Chilevisión Noticias (Chilevisión), Telediario (Red Televisión), and Página Uno (UCV TV)).


2000 Chilean telethon, Performances, Related events
Distinguishing itself from previous years, Telethon 2000 also created several events to help large companies collect significant donations.


2000 China Open (snooker)
The 2000 China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 9–17 December 2000 at the Mission Hills Resort in Shenzhen, China. It was the fourth ranking event of the 2000/2001 season.


2000 China Open (snooker)
The reigning champion was Ronnie O'Sullivan, who retained his title by defeating Mark Williams in the final 9–3.


2000 Chinese Football Super Cup
The 2000 LG Chinese Football Super Cup (Chinese: LG杯2000年度中国足球超霸杯赛) was the 6th Chinese Football Super Cup, contested by Chinese Jia-A League 2000 winners Dalian Shide and 2000 Chinese FA Cup winners Chongqing Lifan. Dalian Shide won their 2nd title after winning 4–1.


2000 Chinese Jia-A League
The 2000 Chinese Jia-A League season is the seventh season of professional association football and the 39th top-tier overall league season in China. It was named the Pepsi Chinese Jia-A League for sponsorship reasons, while the league started on March 19 and ended on October 1, 2000, and saw Dalian Shide win the championship.


2000 Chinese census
The 2000 Chinese census, officially the Fifth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China (Chinese: 中华人民共和国第五次全国人口普查), was conducted by the government of the People's Republic of China with 1 November 2000 as its zero hour. The total population was calculated as 1,295,330,000. The census also covered population growth, number of households, sex, age, ethnicity, educational attainment, and urban and rural population.


2000 Chinese census
The census did not include the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau.


2000 Chinese census, Population by province-level division
Based on the results of the Fifth National Population Census, Henan was the most populous province-level division, Shandong was ranked second, Guangdong and Sichuan were third and fourth, and Jiangsu, Hebei, Hunan, Hubei, Anhui, and Zhejiang were ranked fifth through tenth. Hainan, Ningxia, Qinghai, and Tibet were the four least populous, with fewer than 10 million people each. Tibet was the least populous of all, with 2,620,000 people.


2000 Chinese census, Population by province-level division
There were nine province-level divisions with more than 50 million people, eighteen with 10–50 million people, and four with less than 10 million people.


2000 Chinese census, Population by province-level division, Distribution of ethnic minorities
There were four province-level divisions with an ethnic minority population of more than 10 million: in decreasing order, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Xinjiang. There were two more provinces, Liaoning and Hunan, with an ethnic minority population of more than 5 million. Fourteen more, including Inner Mongolia and Sichuan, had an ethnic minority population of more than 1 million. Three more (Shandong, Beijing, and Fujian) had more than 500,000, while the remaining eight had more than 100,000 each.


2000 Chinese census, Population by province-level division, Distribution of ethnic minorities
There were 13 province-level divisions where the proportion of ethnic minorities was higher than the national average. In Tibet and Xinjiang more than 50% of the population belonged to ethnic minorities: 93.94% in Tibet and 59.43% in Xinjiang. In Qinghai, Guangxi, Guizhou, Ningxia, and Yunnan the ethnic minority population was greater than 30%. In Inner Mongolia it was 20.83%. In Hainan, Liaoning, and Hunan it was more than 10%, and in Jilin and Gansu it was also greater than the nationwide proportion of 8.41%.


2000 Chinese census, Ethnicity
The Han Chinese population had increased by 11.22% since the 1990 census, going from 91.96% of the population to 91.59%. The ethnic minority population had increased by 16.70% since the 1990 census, going from 8.04% of the population to 8.41%. The ethnic minority population grew at a higher rate than the Han population due to affirmative action under the one-child policy.


2000 Chinese census, Ethnicity
After Han, the second most populous ethnic group was the Zhuang, followed by the Manchus, each of which had more than 10 million people, and the Hui with 9,817,000 people.


2000 Chinese census, Ethnicity
There were more than 8 million Miao, Uyghurs, and Tujia; 7,762,000 Yi; more than 5 million Mongols and Tibetans; more than 1 million but less than 3 million of each of nine ethnic groups including the Buyi, Dong, Koreans, and Kazakhs; more than 100,000 but less than 1 million of each of 17 ethnic groups including the She, Lisu, and Kyrgyz; and more than 10,000 but less than 100,000 of each of 13 ethnic groups including the Blang and Tajiks.


2000 Chinese census, Ethnicity
Seven other ethnic groups, including the Moinba, Oroqen, and Drung, had a population of less than 10,000 each; among them, the Tatars, Hezhe, indigenous Taiwanese, and Lhoba had less than 50,000 each. The least populous ethnic group was the Lhoba, with only 2,965 people. There were 734,438 people belonging to unrecognized ethnic groups, including 710,486 in Guizhou (96.74% of the total), 7,404 in Yunnan (1.01%), and more than 1,000 in each of Tibet, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Jiangsu.


2000 Chinese census, Key indices, Population growth
The population had increased by 132,150,000 (11.66%) over the population of 1,133,680,000 from the Fourth National Census on 1 July 1990. The average rate of population growth per year was 1.07%.


2000 Chinese census, Key indices, Households
There were 348,370,000 households, with 1,198,390,000 people. The average household size was 3.44 people, a decrease of 0.52 from the 1990 average household size of 3.96.


2000 Chinese census, Key indices, Sex
There were 653,550,000 males (51.63% of the population) and 612,280,000 females (48.37%). The sex ratio was 106.74 men for every 100 women.


2000 Chinese census, Key indices, Age
There were 289,790,000 children aged 0-14, representing 22.89% of the population; 887,930,000 people aged 15–64, representing 70.15% of the population; and 88,110,000 people aged 65 and older, representing 6.96% of the population. The proportion of people 14 and under had decreased by 4.8% since the 1990 census, and the proportion of people 65 and over had increased by 1.39%.


2000 Chinese census, Key indices, Educational attainment
Among the population, 45,710,000 people had attended higher education; 141,090,000 people had attended high school (including vocational high school); 429,890,000 had attended middle school; and 451,910,000 had attended elementary school. (These figures include people who completed the level of education indicated, people who failed to complete it, and current students.)


2000 Chinese census, Key indices, Educational attainment
In comparison with the 1990 census, the following changes happened (per 100,000 people):


2000 Chinese census, Key indices, Educational attainment
The illiteracy rate (people age 15 and above who are unable to read or can only read very little) was 85,070,000 people. The illiteracy rate had decreased from 15.88% in 1990 to 6.72% in 2000, a decrease of 9.16 percentage points.


2000 Chinese census, Key indices, Urban and rural population
The urban population was 455,940,000 (36.09%), and the rural population was 807,390,000 (63.91%). The urban population had increased by 9.86% since 1990.


2000 Chinese census, Analysis
The 2000 census counted people according to their hukou rather than their location of actual residence. Experts believe that it may have underestimated the proportion of the population living in urban areas.


2000 Chorley Borough Council election
Elections to Chorley Borough Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.


2000 Chrono des Herbiers
The 2000 Chrono des Herbiers was the 19th edition of the Chrono des Nations cycle race and was held on 22 October 2000. The race started and finished in Les Herbiers. The race was won by Jean Nuttli.


2000 Church bombings of South India
The 2000 Church bombings refers to the serial bombings of churches in the southern Indian states of Karnataka, Goa and Andhra Pradesh by the Islamist extremist group Deendar Anjuman in the year 2000.


2000 Church bombings of South India, Bombings
On 21 May 2000, a Christian congregation at Machilipatnam was bombed.


2000 Church bombings of South India, Bombings
On 28 May 2000, bombs exploded in churches at Medak and Vikarabad.


2000 Church bombings of South India, Bombings
On 8 June 2000, two bombs exploded at the St Annes Church in Wadi. The church was damaged and two persons were injured.


2000 Church bombings of South India, Bombings
On 9 June 2000, a bomb exploded in the St. Andrews church in Vasco, Goa.


2000 Church bombings of South India, Bombings
On 8 July 2000, two churches bombed in Andhra Pradesh, Gewett Memorial Baptist Church in Ongole and the Mother Vannini Catholic Church in Tadepalligudem town. The blast in the Ongole church injured three persons.


2000 Church bombings of South India, Bombings
On 8 July 2000, a blast took place at the St Johns Lutheran Church in Hubbali.


2000 Church bombings of South India, Bombings
On 9 July 2000, an bomb exploded at the St Peter Paul Church in Bengaluru.


2000 Church bombings of South India, Bombings
On 9 July 2000, a bomb went off accidentally while the terrorists were transporting them in a Maruti van.


2000 Church bombings of South India, Aftermath
Deendar Anjuman was banned in May 2001 for engineering the serial bomb blasts, and carrying out a hate campaign against the Christian community. The group's founder Siddique is reported to have hated Christians after the British colonial government in 1934 jailed Siddiqui and 18 of his followers for indulging in inflammatory speeches and writings.


2000 Church bombings of South India, Aftermath
In October 2007 the ban was extended and the group declared an unlawful association under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for "indulging in activities which are pre-judicial to the security of the country having the potential to disturb peace and communal harmony and to disrupt the secular fabric of the country".


2000 Church bombings of South India, Aftermath
In 2008, Capital punishment was awarded to 11 people and life sentence to 12 others by a local court. The prime accused in the case, Zia-ul-Hassan was the son of Syed Siddique Hussain, the founder of Deendar Anjuman. Zia-ul-Hassan had migrated to Pakistan and used to visit Hyderabad during his father's death anniversary. The accused believed that "blasts at churches in India would trigger a civil war between Hindus and Christians, and a religious leader from Afghanistan would invade and conquer India, which would be converted into an Islamic country".


2000 Church bombings of South India, Aftermath
The serial blasts were carried out by activists of Deendar Channabasaveshwara Anjuman, founded in the 1920s. The conspiracy was hatched in October 1999 in Hyderabad, during the death anniversary of its founder Hajrath Moulana Siddiqui.


2000 Cincinnati Bearcats football team
The 2000 Cincinnati Bearcats football team represented the University of Cincinnati in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team, coached by Rick Minter, played its home games in Nippert Stadium, as it has since 1924.


2000 Cincinnati Bengals season
The 2000 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team's 33rd year in professional football and its 31st with the National Football League. Corey Dillon would rank fifth in the NFL with 1,435 rushing yards and set a franchise record for most rushing yards in one season. On October 22, 2000, Dillon set a franchise record by rushing for 278 yards in one game.


2000 Cincinnati Bengals season
After being shut out in two of their first three games and a home loss to the Browns 24–7 in week 1, Coach Bruce Coslet resigned; he was replaced by former All-Pro Detroit Lions DB and Bengal defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau. Under LeBeau, the Bengals dropped their first three games, with an eventual long losing streak finally coming to an end on October 22 against the Denver Broncos at the new Paul Brown Stadium. The Bengals defeated the Broncos 31–21 as RB Corey Dillon set a single-game record by rushing for 278 yards.


2000 Cincinnati Bengals season
The Bengals used it as springboard to win their next game in Cleveland despite not scoring a touchdown. The Bengals offense would continue to struggle as 2nd year quarterback Akili Smith, the team's No. 1 draft pick out of Oregon, was overwhelmed by the NFL game. Corey Dillon set a team record by rushing for 1,435 yards, but with Smith's struggles as starting quarterback, the team floundered with a season-ending record of 4–12.


2000 Cincinnati Masters
The 2000 Cincinnati Masters was a men's tennis tournament and the 99th edition of the event previously known as the Great American Insurance ATP Championships. The tournament was part of the Tennis Masters Series of the 2000 ATP Tour. It took place in Mason, Ohio, United States, from August 7 through August 14, 2000. Thomas Enqvist won the singles title.


2000 Cincinnati Masters
The tournament previously appeared on the Tier III of the WTA Tour; no event was held from 1989 to 2003.


2000 Cincinnati Masters, Finals, Doubles
Mark Woodforde /  Todd Woodbridge defeated  Ellis Ferreira /  Rick Leach  7–6(8–6), 6–4


2000 Cincinnati Masters – Doubles
Jonas Björkman and Byron Black were the defending champions, but Black did not compete this year. Björkman teamed up with Max Mirnyi and lost in quarterfinals to Sébastien Lareau and Daniel Nestor.


2000 Cincinnati Masters – Doubles
Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge won the title by defeating Ellis Ferreira and Rick Leach 7–6(8–6), 6–4 in the final.


2000 Cincinnati Masters – Singles
Pete Sampras was the defending champion, but lost in the third round this year.


2000 Cincinnati Masters – Singles
Thomas Enqvist won the title, defeating Tim Henman 7–6(7–5), 6–4 in the final.


2000 Cincinnati Reds season
The Cincinnati Reds' 2000 season was a season in American baseball. It consisted of the Cincinnati Reds attempting to win the National League Central, although coming short at 2nd place. They had 85 wins and 77 losses. They Reds became only the second team in the modern era of baseball to not be shut out for an entire season, joining the 1932 New York Yankees. The 2020 Los Angeles Dodgers later accomplished this feat, but their season was shortened to 60 games.


2000 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2000 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2000 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games Pitched; GS = Games Started; IP = Innings Pitched; W= Wins; L = Losses; K = Strikeouts; ERA = Earned Run Average; WHIP = Walks + Hits Per Innings Pitched


2000 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2000 Citrix Tennis Championships
The 2000 Citrix Tennis Championships was an ATP men's tennis tournament held in Delray Beach, Florida, USA and was part of the International Series of the 2000 ATP Tour. The tournament was held from February 28 to March 6, 2000. Sixth-seeded Stefan Koubek won the singles title.


2000 Citrix Tennis Championships, Finals, Doubles
Brian MacPhie /  Nenad Zimonjić defeated  Joshua Eagle /  Andrew Florent 7–5, 6–4


2000 Citrix Tennis Championships – Doubles
Max Mirnyi and Nenad Zimonjić were the defending champions, but did not participate together this year. Mirnyi partnered Mark Knowles, losing in the semifinals. Zimonjić partnered Brian MacPhie and successfully defended his title.


2000 Citrix Tennis Championships – Doubles
Macphie and Zimonjić won in the final 7–5, 6–4, against Joshua Eagle and Andrew Florent.


2000 Citrix Tennis Championships – Singles
Stefan Koubek defeated Álex Calatrava 6–1, 4–6, 6–4 to win the 2000 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships.


2000 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election
The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council elections were held on Thursday, 4 May 2000, with one third of the council up for election. Labour lost control of the council to no overall control.


2000 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Election result
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:


2000 City of Lincoln Council election
Elections to City of Lincoln Council in Lincolnshire, England, were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2000 Clemson Tigers baseball team
The 2000 Clemson Tigers baseball team represented Clemson University in the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team played their home games at Beautiful Tiger Field in Clemson, South Carolina.


2000 Clemson Tigers baseball team
The team was coached by Jack Leggett, who completed his seventh season at Clemson. The Tigers reached the 2000 College World Series, their ninth appearance in Omaha.


2000 Clemson Tigers baseball team, Ranking movements
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2000 Clemson Tigers football team
The 2000 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson University during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season.


2000 Cleveland Browns season
The 2000 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 48th season with the National Football League and 52nd overall. It was the 2nd season of the "new Browns" which returned to the NFL in 1999.


2000 Cleveland Browns season
Kicker Phil Dawson was the Browns’ leading scorer with 59 points. The Browns total offense ranked 31st (last) in the league, while their total defense ranked 26th in the league. The 2000 Browns’ 161 points scored (10.06 per game) is the third-fewest ever by a team in a 16-game schedule tied with the 1998 Eagles and behind the 1992 Seahawks and 1991 Colts.


2000 Cleveland Browns season
Nevertheless, their four games without even scoring is the most in the NFL since the 1977 Buccaneers failed to score six times; by contrast the 2016 and 2017 Browns went a combined 1–31 but never failed to score a point in any game. Even the 1999 Browns scored 217 points, or 3.50 more per game than the 2000 version.


2000 Cleveland Indians season
The 2000 Cleveland Indians season was the 100th season for the franchise, within the American Major League Baseball organization. For the season two new Players were signed; Chris Coste and Mark Whiten. The results of the season consisted of 90 wins and 72 losses.


2000 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


2000 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


2000 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2000 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2000 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2000 Cleveland Rockers season
The 2000 WNBA season was the 4th season for the Cleveland Rockers.


2000 Cleveland Rockers season, Offseason, Expansion Draft
The following players were selected by the Portland Fire in the draft.


2000 Clipsal 500
The 2000 Clipsal 500 Adelaide was the second running of the Adelaide 500 race. Racing was held form Friday 7 April until Sunday 9 April 2000. The race was held for V8 Supercars and was Round 3 of the 2000 Shell Championship Series.


2000 Clipsal 500, Format
The format, unique to V8 Supercar and loosely similar to the Pukekohe 500 format, splits the 500 kilometres into two separate 250 kilometres races each held on a different day. Unlike the 1999 race the two races were no longer combined into a single timesheet. Points were still assigned separately to the races, and they combined to award a round result.


2000 Clásica de Almería
The 2000 Clásica de Almería was the 15th edition of the Clásica de Almería cycle race and was held on 27 February 2000. The race started in Puebla de Vícar and finished in Vera. The race was won by Isaac Gálvez.


2000 Clásica de San Sebastián
The 2000 Clásica de San Sebastián was the 20th edition of the Clásica de San Sebastián cycle race and was held on 12 August 2000. The race started and finished in San Sebastián. The race was won by Erik Dekker of the Rabobank team.


2000 Clásico RCN
The 40th edition of the annual Clásico RCN was held from August 11 to August 20, 2000 in Colombia. The stage race with an UCI rate of 2.4 started in Medellín and finished in Bogotá. RCN stands for "Radio Cadena Nacional" one of the oldest and largest radio networks in the nation.


2000 Coca-Cola 600
The 2000 Coca-Cola 600, the 41st running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on May 28, 2000 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Contested for 400 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) speedway, it was the twelfth race of the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Matt Kenseth of Roush Racing won the race, earning his first career Winston Cup Series win.


2000 Coca-Cola 600
Ted Musgrave (No. 15), Steve Grissom (No. 44), Ed Berrier (No. 90), Darrell Waltrip (No. 66), and Dave Marcis (No. 71) all failed to qualify for the event. Carl Long (No. 85) qualified 35th, but he gave up his race seat so Darrell Waltrip could compete in one final Coca-Cola 600. During a red flag for rain, Carl took over for Darrell and finished the race. This was Bud Moore's last attempt as a car owner, ending four decades of racing for the hall of famer.


2000 Coca-Cola 600
Robby Gordon (No. 13) was attempting to do the 'double,' competing in the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 on the same day. Rain delays at Indianapolis did not allow Robby to start the 600. P.J. Jones started the car and is credited with the start and points. Robby took over the car after a rain delay for rain.


2000 Coca-Cola 600
Early in the race, Tim Fedewa took over driving duties from John Andretti (No. 43) as Andretti was still recovering from injuries suffered in a practice crash and a crash in the previous week's The Winston all-star race.


2000 Coca-Cola 600
The race featured five cars with military paint schemes, similar to the 1991 Daytona 500. Dale Jarrett (No. 88, Air Force), Ricky Rudd (No. 28, Marines), Bobby Hamilton (No. 4, Navy), Mike Skinner (No. 31, Army), and Jerry Nadeau (No. 25, Coast Guard) were the participants. Other notable paint schemes featured included Dale Earnhardt's brightly-colored Peter Max scheme, Jeff Gordon's "End of the Rainbow," Ken Schrader's Green M&Ms, and Terry Labonte's Berry Swirl Froot Loops. Many schemes carried over from The Winston.


2000 Coca-Cola 600
The top five drivers from the Carsdirect.com 400 at Las Vegas (Jeff Burton, Tony Stewart, Mark Martin, Bill Elliott, and Bobby Labonte) earlier in the season competed for the Winston No Bull 5 million dollar bonus. None of them won the bonus.


2000 Coca-Cola 600
On the day of the race, 0.13 inches of precipitation were recorded around the speedway.


2000 Coca-Cola 600, Background
Lowe's Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States, 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and The Winston, as well as the UAW-GM Quality 500. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Marcus G. Smith (son of Bruton Smith) as track president.


2000 Colchester Borough Council election
The 2000 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Colchester Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


2000 Colchester Borough Council election, Background
Before the election the Liberal Democrats had the most seats on the council with 25, compared to 18 for the Conservative Party, 15 for the Labour Party, 1 for the Tiptree Residents' Association and 1 other independent. Among the 20 councillors who were defending seats at the election were the Liberal Democrat leader of the council for the last two years, Colin Sykes in Stanway, and the Liberal Democrat mayor Martin Hunt in Prettygate.


2000 Colchester Borough Council election, Background
Four Liberal Democrat and three Labour councillors stood down at the election including the Liberal Democrat former leader of the council, Steve Cawley in Shrub End.


2000 Colchester Borough Council election, Election result
The Conservatives gained four seats, while the Liberal Democrats suffered a net loss of two seats. The Liberal Democrats just remained the largest party, but among those to lose their seats to the Conservatives were the council leader Colin Sykes in Stanway by 54 votes and the mayor Martin Hunt in Prettygate by 213 votes. Labour remained third after losing two seats, but also gaining one, while Tony Webb was the only independent to remain on the council after holding his seat in Tiptree.


2000 Colchester Borough Council election, Election result
Following the election Bill Frame was chosen as leader of the Liberal Democrat group defeating Terry Sutton and he then became the new leader of the council.


2000 Colchester Borough Council election, By-elections between 2000 and 2002, Mile End
A by-election took place in Mile End on 22 November 2001 after the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor David Goatley due to pressure of work.


2000 Colgate Red Raiders football team
The 2000 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University during the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Colgate tied for second in the Patriot League.


2000 Colgate Red Raiders football team
In its fifth season under head coach Dick Biddle, the team compiled a 7–4 record. Barry HoAire, Randall Joseph and Alex Houston were the team captains.


2000 Colgate Red Raiders football team
Despite their winning record, the Red Raiders were outscored 240 to 235. Their 4–2 conference record tied for second place in the seven-team Patriot League standings.


2000 Colgate Red Raiders football team
Colgate was ranked No. 25 in the preseason national Division I-AA poll, but dropped out of the top 25 before it had played a game, and remained unranked for the remainder of the year.


2000 Colgate Red Raiders football team
This season marked the final appearance of "Red Raiders" as Colgate's team name. In August 2001, the university trustees announced that all Colgate athletic teams would be known simply as "Raiders". Though the name "Red Raiders" was not originally a reference to Native Americans, such imagery had built up over the years, and the students and faculty who had asked for the change cited increasing sensitivity to racial stereotypes as their reason.


2000 Colgate Red Raiders football team
The team played its home games at Andy Kerr Stadium in Hamilton, New York.


2000 College Baseball All-America Team
An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889.


2000 College Baseball All-America Team
The NCAA recognizes three different All-America selectors for the 2000 college baseball season: the American Baseball Coaches Association (since 1947), Baseball America (since 1981), and Collegiate Baseball (since 1991).


2000 College Football All-America Team
The 2000 College Football All-America Team is composed of the following All-American Teams: Associated Press, Football Writers Association of America, American Football Coaches Association, Walter Camp Foundation, The Sporting News, Pro Football Weekly, Football News, Sports Illustrated and Rivals.com.


2000 College Football All-America Team
The College Football All-America Team is an honor given annually to the best American college football players at their respective positions. The original usage of the term All-America seems to have been to such a list selected by football pioneer Walter Camp in the 1890s. The NCAA officially recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine Consensus All-Americans.


2000 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament
The 2000 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament was held at Coy Tillett, Sr., Memorial Field in Manteo, North Carolina from May 16 through May 20. The event determined the champion of the Colonial Athletic Association for the 2000 season. Second-seeded East Carolina won the tournament for the seventh time, and second in a row, and earned the CAA's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2000 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament
Entering the event, East Carolina had won the most championships, with six. Old Dominion and Richmond had each won three, while George Mason had won twice.


2000 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
The CAA's teams were seeded one to eight based on winning percentage from the conference's round robin regular season. They played a double-elimination tournament.


2000 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament, Most Valuable Player
Lee Delfino was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Delfino was a shortstop for East Carolina.


2000 Colonial Classic – Draw
Thomas Enqvist was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Andre Agassi.


2000 Colonial Classic – Draw
Andre Agassi won the final after receiving a walkover from Mark Philippoussis due to neck strain.


2000 Colorado Buffaloes football team
The 2000 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team played their home games at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado. They participated in the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. They were coached by head coach Gary Barnett.


2000 Colorado Rockies season
The Colorado Rockies' 2000 season was the eighth for the Rockies. They competed in the National League West. Buddy Bell was their manager. They played home games at Coors Field. They finished with a record of 82-80, 4th in the NL West.


2000 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2000 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2000 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2000 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2000 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2000 Colorado State Rams football team
The 2000 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by eighth-year head coach Sonny Lubick and played its home games at Hughes Stadium. They finished the regular season with a 9–2 record overall and a 6–1 record in Mountain West Conference games, making them conference champions. The team was selected to play in the Liberty Bowl, in which they defeated Louisville.


2000 Columbia Lions football team
The 2000 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Columbia tied for second-to-last in the Ivy League.


2000 Columbia Lions football team
In their 12th season under head coach Ray Tellier, the Lions compiled a 3–7 record and were outscored 302 to 256. Jason Pease and Avery Moseley were the team captains.


2000 Columbia Lions football team
The Lions' 1–6 conference record tied for worst in the Ivy League standings, though both they and Dartmouth are shown as tied for sixth, as 4–3 Brown was excluded from the championship and recorded as finishing last. Columbia was outscored 246 to 156 by Ivy opponents.


2000 Columbia Lions football team
Columbia played its homes games at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium in Upper Manhattan, in New York City.


2000 Commonwealth Avenue collapse
On January 25, 1971, a luxury condominium building under construction at 2000 Commonwealth Avenue in Brighton, Boston, Massachusetts, collapsed, killing 4 construction workers and injuring 30 others.


2000 Commonwealth Avenue collapse, History
The construction of the 2000 Commonwealth Avenue building began in autumn 1969. The building that collapsed was to have contained 133 condominium apartments. The collapse occurred the day before the building's scheduled "top out" day.


2000 Commonwealth Avenue collapse, Collapse
The building collapsed while concrete was being poured on the top floor of the building. Two-thirds of the building was destroyed by a progressive collapse. Approximately 100 men were working in or around the building.


2000 Commonwealth Avenue collapse, Collapse
A difficult and dangerous search by rescue workers, involving days of digging, led to the recovery from the building's basement of the bodies of the four workers who died in the collapse. The search was postponed for 36 hours while the Boston building commissioner and other experts confirmed the stability of the remaining structure, a delay that angered the coworkers and family members of the missing men.


2000 Commonwealth Avenue collapse, Collapse
Papasedero was last seen after the collapse had begun entering the basement garage, where Tintindo and Cingolani, members of his crew, had been working, to search for them.


2000 Commonwealth Avenue collapse, Cause
Contributory causes of the collapse included lack of quality control and inspections, concrete weakened when left unprotected from cold weather, deficiencies in shoring and reinforcing bars and overly high construction loads on the roof slab. A commission of inquiry concluded that the primary causes of the collapse were lack of shoring and low concrete strength. On July 23, 1972, Controlled Demolition, Inc., imploded the unfinished building after the completion of the recovery effort.


2000 Commonwealth Avenue collapse, Further reading
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2000 Commonwealth Youth Games
The 2000 Commonwealth Youth Games were held in August 2000, in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh.


2000 Commonwealth Youth Games, Medal count
This is the full table of the medal count of these Games. These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silvers is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically. This follows the system used by the IOC, IAAF and BBC.


2000 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup
The 2000 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the eighth edition of the competition between the champions of former republics of Soviet Union. It was won by Spartak Moscow for the fifth time. For the second time in a row the competition was played in a two-division format introduced a year before.


2000 Conference USA Baseball Tournament
The 2000 Conference USA Baseball Tournament was the 2000 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Florida Power Park in St. Petersburg, Florida from May 17–21. Houston defeated Cincinnati in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2000 Conference USA Baseball Tournament
The tournament's format was changed slightly from the format used from 1996 to 1999. The play-in round that had been used to determine which of the lowest seeds would participate in the eight-team bracket was eliminated. Instead, only the top eight of the conference's ten teams in the regular season qualified for the tournament. The loss of the play-in round shortened the tournament from six to five days.


2000 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2000 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 8–11 at The Pyramid in Memphis, Tennessee.


2000 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
Saint Louis upset DePaul in the championship game, 56–49, to clinch their first Conference USA men's tournament championship.


2000 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
The Billikens, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by fellow C-USA members Cincinnati, DePaul, and Louisville, who all earned at-large bids.


2000 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
There were no new changes to the tournament format. The top four teams were given byes into the quarterfinal round while the remaining eight teams were placed into the first round. All seeds were determined by overall regular season conference records.


2000 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2000 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament was the sixth edition of the Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the Conference USA champion and guaranteed representative into the 2000 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament was hosted by Saint Louis University and the games were played at Hermann Stadium.


2000 Congressional Bribery Scandal in Argentina
The 2000 Congressional Bribery Scandal in Argentina was allegedly a corruption case that took place in April 2000. Fernando de la Rua, the president at that time, introduced a bill to Congress to reduce corporation costs. On May 11, 2000, this bill officially became Law 25,250 (Labor Flexibility Law). However, due to this scandal it became infamously known as the “Banelco Law”.


2000 Congressional Bribery Scandal in Argentina
It was investigated whether de la Rua’s government, which belonged to the Radical Party, gave money to the senators of the Justicialist Party to pass the law. However, the Justice concluded that there was no evidence of the alleged bribery.


2000 Congressional Bribery Scandal in Argentina
This scandal is considered one of the main reasons for the resignation of the former vice president Carlos Alvarez, on October 6, 2000. This episode caused a break in the political coalition between the Radical Party and the Frepaso Party, which altogether formed the alliance called Alliance for Work, Justice and Education. Furthermore, this rupture exacerbated the crisis that de la Rua’s government was already facing.


2000 Congressional Bribery Scandal in Argentina, History, Bill
In January, 2000, De La Rua, following the advice of the IMF, sent to Congress a labor reform bill that included among other items:


2000 Congressional Bribery Scandal in Argentina, History, Bill
De la Rua’s office gained the support of the Secretary of the General Confederation of Labor, Héctor Daer. This support raised opposition from a segment inside of this confederation that was led by Hugo Moyano, who confronted Daer and called for an assembly that culminated in declaring him as the new general secretary of the confederation. However, this was not recognized by Daer, which led to a breakup inside this organization.


2000 Congressional Bribery Scandal in Argentina, History, Bill
At that time, the majority of the House of Representatives was from the Radical Party which favored the President’s agenda. The senate, on the other hand, was mostly composed of the opposition (Justicialist Party) that allegedly was against this bill. Even though Moyano did not believe that the law was going to pass, he still called for a general strike against its passage. Nonetheless, on May 11, 2000 this bill finally passed the Senate, on the condition that the minimum wage could not decrease for the next two years.


2000 Congressional Bribery Scandal in Argentina, History, Corruption allegations
Hugo Moyano addressed the press on May 29, 2000 declaring that Alberto Flamarique, who was the labor minister at that time, had said “we have Banelco (e-transfers) to convince senators”, supposedly implying that the government can easily buy votes from senators. Purportedly, this took place in a meeting with the Sanitation Workers Syndicate while discussing the terms of the new law. Flamarique denied these accusations. On the other hand, Moyano reaffirmed what Flamarique allegedly said.


2000 Congressional Bribery Scandal in Argentina, History, Corruption allegations
This scandal led to a political crisis that culminated with the resignation of the vice president Carlos Alvarez who was part of the Frepaso Party. This Party, in spite of being an ally of President de la Rua, voted mostly against this law.


2000 Congressional Bribery Scandal in Argentina, History, Corruption allegations
In 2003 the parliamentary secretary Mario Pontaquarto declared in an interview, that he took part in an operation to bribe senators through the Secretariat of Intelligence (SIDE). The journalist, Maria Villosio, said that allegedly the negotiations to buy senators’ votes took place in the president’s office and the president himself had said “Deal with Santibañes.” who at that time was the head of the SIDE.


2000 Congressional Bribery Scandal in Argentina, Trial
In December, 2003, Mario Pontaquarto was subpoenaed by Judge Norberto Oyarbide, who was then replacing the assigned Judge Canicoba Corral. Pontaquarto stated that he transported 5 million dollars taken from the Secretariat of Intelligence’s fund to Senator Emilio Cantarero’s house. This amount of money was supposed to be divided among four senators in exchange for positive votes to pass the law. In addition, Pontaquarto declared that Senator Jose Genoud and Minister of Labor Alberto Flamarique, allegedly also received money.


2000 Congressional Bribery Scandal in Argentina, Trial
In 2005, this case was declared a mistrial. Daniel Rafecas was assigned as the new judge for this case and a new investigation began. Rafecas indicted the former parliamentary secretary Pontaquarto, President de la Rua, former Secretary of Intelligence Santibañes, former Minister of Labor Flamarique, and the Senators Alberto Tell, Remo Costazo, Ricardo Branda, and Augusto Alasino.


2000 Congressional Bribery Scandal in Argentina, Trial
In 2016, after an investigation of the movement of money from the Secretariat of Intelligence accounts, it was determined that there was no evidence that support Pontaquarto’s version. All the people that were indicted were acquitted by Judges Miguel Pons, Guillermo Gordo, and Fernando Ramirez because they considered that it was not possible to prove that a felony had been committed.


2000 Congressional Bribery Scandal in Argentina, Repeal
The infamous Banelco Law was repealed in 2004 by the government of president Nestor Kirchner, who introduced another law to replace it. The new law received 215 votes in favor, 23 against, and 1 abstention. This time the law passage had the consent of the main unions of the country.


2000 Connecticut Democratic presidential primary, Results
The 2000 Democratic Primary in Connecticut was held on March 7th, 2000. The two candidates competing for the votes and 67 delegates in Connecticut were Al Gore and Bill Bradley. Al Gore won the Connecticut primary with 55.60% of the votes in Connecticut.


2000 Connecticut Huskies football team
The 2000 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season as an independent. This was Connecticut's first season competing at the NCAA Division I-A, having transitioned from NCAA Division I-AA, where they were a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The Huskies competed as a transitional member as they increased the scholarship count to the Division I-A level of 85. Led by Randy Edsall in his second year as head coach, Connecticut finished the season with a record of 4–8.


2000 Connecticut Huskies men's soccer team
The 2000 Connecticut Huskies men's soccer team represented the University of Connecticut during the 2000 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Huskies won their second NCAA title, and third overall when including NSCAA championships. The Huskies were coached by Ray Reid, in his fourth season. They played home games at Morrone Stadium.


2000 Consadole Sapporo season
This is the page for the 2000 Consadole Sapporo season.


2000 Cook County, Illinois elections
The Cook County, Illinois general election was held on November 7, 2002.


2000 Cook County, Illinois elections
Elections were held for Clerk of the Circuit Court, Recorder of Deeds, State's Attorney, four seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, and judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County.


2000 Cook County, Illinois elections, Election information
2000 was a presidential election year in the United States. The primaries and general elections for Cook County races coincided with those for federal races (President and House) and those for state elections.


2000 Cook County, Illinois elections, Election information, Voter turnout, Primary election
Voter turnout in Cook County during the primaries was 28.26%. The city of Chicago saw 32.82% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 23.13% turnout.


2000 Cook County, Illinois elections, Election information, Voter turnout, General election
The general election saw 71.50% turnout, with 1,988,821 ballots cast. Chicago saw 70.22% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 72.94% turnout.


2000 Cook County, Illinois elections, Clerk of the Circuit Court
In the 2000 Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County election,  incumbent third-term clerk Aurelia Pucinski, a Republican who had been elected as a Democrat (switching parties in 1998), did not seek reelection. Democrat Dorothy A. Brown was elected to succeed her.


2000 Cook County, Illinois elections, Clerk of the Circuit Court
Brown's election made her the first African-American to serve as clerk of the circuit court of Cook County.


2000 Cook County, Illinois elections, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Primaries, Democratic
The following candidates ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court:


2000 Cook County, Illinois elections, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Primaries, Republican
The following candidate ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court:


2000 Cook County, Illinois elections, Recorder of Deeds
In the 2000 Cook County Recorder of Deeds election, incumbent Recorder of Deeds Eugene Moore, a Democrat, was elected to his first full term. Moore had first been appointed in 1999 (after Jesse White resigned to become Illinois Secretary of State).


2000 Cook County, Illinois elections, Recorder of Deeds, Primaries, Democratic
The following candidate ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court:


2000 Cook County, Illinois elections, Recorder of Deeds, Primaries, Republican
The following candidate ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court:


2000 Cook County, Illinois elections, State's Attorney
In the 2000 Cook County State's Attorney election, incumbent first-term State's Attorney Richard A. Devine, a Democrat, was reelected.


2000 Cook County, Illinois elections, State's Attorney, Primaries, Democratic
The following candidate ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court:


2000 Cook County, Illinois elections, State's Attorney, Primaries, Republican
The following candidate ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court:


2000 Cook County, Illinois elections, Water Reclamation District Board
In the 2000 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election, four of the nine seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago board were up for election. Three were up in a regularly-scheduled at-large election, while a fourth seat was up in for a separate special election.


2000 Cook County, Illinois elections, Judicial elections
Pasrtisan elections were held for judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County due to vacancies. Retention elections were also held for the Circuit Court.


2000 Cook County, Illinois elections, Judicial elections
Partisan elections were also held for subcircuit courts judgeships due to vacancies. Retention elections were held for other judgeships.


2000 Cook County, Illinois elections, Ballot questions
One ballot questions was included on ballots county-wide during the March primary.


2000 Cook County, Illinois elections, Ballot questions, Tobacco Settlement
A ballot question involving tobacco settlement funds was included on the March primary ballot.


2000 Cook County, Illinois elections, Other elections
Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect both the Democratic and Republican committeemen for the wards of Chicago.


2000 Cook Islands Round Cup
The 2000 season of the Cook Islands Round Cup was the twenty seventh recorded season of top flight association football competition in the Cook Islands, with any results between 1951 and 1969 and also in 1986 and 1988–1990 currently unknown. Nikao Sokattack won the championship, their first recorded championship. Tupapa Maraerenga were runners-up.


2000 Copa Apertura
The Copa Apertura 2000 was the 28th edition of the Chilean Cup tournament. The competition started on February 19, 2000 and concluded on May 11, 2000. Only first level teams took part in the tournament. Universidad de Chile won the competition for their third time, beating Santiago Morning 2–1 in the final.


2000 Copa Apertura Final
The 2000 Copa Apertura Final was played between Universidad de Chile and Santiago Morning at the Estadio Nacional in Santiago, Chile on May 11. Universidad de Chile won the match 2-1 after extra time.


2000 Copa Bolivia
This is the five edition of Copa Bolivia. Defending Champions are Oriente Petrolero for the second time.


2000 Copa Colsanitas
The 2000 Copa Colsanitas was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Club Campestre El Rancho in Bogotá, Colombia that was part of the Tier IV category of the 2000 WTA Tour. It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from 7 February through 13 February 2000. Unseeded Patricia Wartusch won the singles title and earned $22,000.


2000 Copa Colsanitas, Finals, Doubles
Laura Montalvo /  Paola Suárez defeated  Rita Kuti-Kis /  Petra Mandula 6–4, 6–2


2000 Copa Colsanitas – Doubles
Seda Noorlander and Christína Papadáki were the defending champions, but Papadáki did not compete this year after retiring from professional tennis in 1999. Noorlander teamed up with Giana Gutiérrez and lost in quarterfinals to Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez and Conchita Martínez Granados.


2000 Copa Colsanitas – Doubles
Laura Montalvo and Paola Suárez won the title by defeating Rita Kuti-Kis and Petra Mandula 6–4, 6–2 in the final.


2000 Copa Colsanitas – Singles
Fabiola Zuluaga was the defending champion, but lost in second round to runner-up Tathiana Garbin.


2000 Copa Colsanitas – Singles
Patricia Wartusch won the title by defeating Tathiana Garbin 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 in the final.


2000 Copa Libertadores
The 2000 edition of the Copa Libertadores was the 41st in the tournament's history. It was held between February 15 and June 21. Thirty-two teams participated in this event.


2000 Copa Libertadores Finals
The 2000 Copa Libertadores Final was a two-legged football match-up to determine the 2000 Copa Libertadores champion. It was contested by Argentine club Boca Juniors and Brazilian club Palmeiras. The first leg of the tie was played on 14 June at Boca Juniors' venue, La Bombonera, with the second leg played on 21 June at Estádio do Morumbi in São Paulo.


2000 Copa Libertadores Finals
After both matches finished tied, Boca Juniors won the Cup by penalty shoot-out.


2000 Copa Libertadores Finals, Final summary, First leg
Assistant referees: William Martínez (Uruguay) Rubén Meneses (Uruguay)Fourth official: Daniel Bello (Uruguay)


2000 Copa Libertadores Finals, Final summary, Second leg
Assistant referees: Celestino Galván (Paraguay) Miguel Ángel Giacomuzzi (Paraguay)Fourth official: Ricardo Grance (Paraguay)


2000 Copa Merconorte
The Copa Merconorte 2000 was an association football tournament held in 2000. Atlético Nacional of Colombia beat Millonarios also of Colombia in the final.


2000 Copa Merconorte, Group stage
Each team played the other teams in the group twice during the group stage. The first place team advanced to the second round.


2000 Copa Mercosur
The Copa Mercosur 2000 was the 3rd staging of the international club cup.


2000 Copa Mercosur
The competition started on 1 August 2000 and concluded on 20 December 2000 with Vasco da Gama beating Palmeiras in the final.


2000 Copa Mercosur, Quarter-finals, Second leg
1–1 on aggregate, Vasco da Gama won 5–4 on penalties.


2000 Copa Perú
The 2000 Copa Perú season (Spanish: Copa Perú 2000), the promotion tournament of Peruvian football.


2000 Copa Perú
The tournament has 5 stages. The first four stages are played as mini-league round-robin tournaments, except for third stage in region IV, which is played as a knockout stage. The final stage features two knockout rounds and a final four-team group stage to determine the two promoted teams.


2000 Copa Perú
This year 27 teams qualified for the Etapa Regional (Regional Stage): 1 team relegated last year from First Division and 26 champions from each department (including 2 from Lima (the capital) - Peru is politically divided in 24 Departments and 1 Constitutional Province).


2000 Copa Perú
All these teams are divided into 8 groups by geographical proximity; then each winner qualifies for the Etapa Nacional (National Stage).


2000 Copa Perú
Those 8 teams will play, again by geographical proximity, home and away matches, in a knock-out tournament. The winner of the final will be promoted to the First Division.


2000 Copa Perú, Departmental Stage
The following list shows the teams that qualified for the Regional Stage.


2000 Copa Perú, Regional stage
The following list shows the teams that qualified for the Regional Stage.


2000 Copa Perú, Regional stage, Region I
Region I includes qualified teams from Amazonas, Lambayeque, Piura and Tumbes region.


2000 Copa Perú, Regional stage, Region II
Region II includes qualified teams from Ancash, Cajamarca and La Libertad region.


2000 Copa Perú, Regional stage, Region III
Region III includes qualified teams from Loreto, San Martín and Ucayali region.


2000 Copa Perú, Regional stage, Region IV
Region IV includes qualified teams from Callao, Ica and Lima region.


2000 Copa Perú, Regional stage, Region V
Region V includes qualified teams from Huánuco, Junín and Pasco region.


2000 Copa Perú, Regional stage, Region VI
Region VI includes qualified teams from Apurímac, Ayacucho and Huancavelica region.


2000 Copa Perú, Regional stage, Region VII
Region VII includes qualified teams from Cusco, Madre de Dios and Puno region.


2000 Copa Perú, Regional stage, Region VIII
Region VIII includes qualified teams from Arequipa, Moquegua and Tacna region.


2000 Copa Perú, National Stage
The National Stage started on November. The winner of the National Stage will be promoted to the First Division.


2000 Copa de la Reina de Fútbol
The 2000 Copa de la Reina de Fútbol was the 18th edition of the main Spanish women's football cup. It was played between 23 April and 25 June 2000 and Levante won its first title ever.


2000 Copa del Rey Final
The 2000 Copa del Rey Final was a football match between Atlético Madrid and Espanyol that took place on 27 May 2000 to decide the winner of the 1999–2000 Copa del Rey, the 98th staging of Spain's primary football cup.


2000 Copa del Rey Final
The match was played at the Estadio Mestalla, Valencia CF's home stadium, with Espanyol beating Atlético Madrid 2–1 and earning their third ever Copa del Rey title.