2000 Kent State Golden Flashes football team
The team's statistical leaders included Chante Murphy with 800 rushing yards, Zach Williams with 1,120 passing yards, and Matt Curry with 511 receiving yards.


2000 Kentucky Derby
The 2000 Kentucky Derby was the 126th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 6, 2000. There were 153,204 in attendance. The winning horse Fusaichi Pegasus was the first betting favorite to win the Derby since Spectacular Bid in 1979. This was the last Kentucky Derby race to be broadcast on ABC, ending a 25-year association with the network; NBC took over the broadcast rights the next year and has broadcast the race since then.


2000 Kentucky Wildcats football team
The 2000 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Southeastern Conference in the Eastern Division. The team played their home games at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky. They were led by head coach Hal Mumme, who was fired after the end of the season.


2000 Kids' Choice Awards
The 13th Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards was held on April 15, 2000, at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, live on Nickelodeon, with around 17,000 in attendance at the venue. Rosie O'Donnell hosted for the fifth consecutive year, along with LL Cool J, David Arquette, Mandy Moore, and Frankie Muniz as co-hosts. The  show featured a SpongeBob SquarePants short to introduce the Favorite Cartoon nominees and announce the winner.


2000 Kids' Choice Awards
Over 15 million voters cast ballots for the ceremony, including for ten online-only categories.


2000 Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship
The 2000 Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 36th staging of the Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board in 1929.


2000 Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship
On 22 October 2000, Dunnamaggin won the championship after a 5–09 to 1–06 victory over St. Martin's in the final at Nowlan Park. It was their second championship title overall and the first title since 1995.


2000 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
The 2000 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship was the 106th staging of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board in 1887. The championship began on 19 August 2000 and ended on 22 October 2000.


2000 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
Glenmore were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by O'Loughlin Gaels at the semi-final stage.


2000 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
On 15 October 2000, Graigue-Ballycallan won the title after a 0-16 to 0-09 defeat of O'Loughlin Gaels in the final at Nowlan Park. It was their second championship title overall and their first title in two championship seasons. It remains their last championship triumph.


2000 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
Nigel Skehan of the O'Loughlin Gaels club was the championship's top scorer with 2-23.


2000 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes
The 2000 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes was a horse race held at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday 29 July 2000. It was the 50th running of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.


2000 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes
The winner was Michael Tabor's Montjeu, a four-year-old bay colt trained in France by John Hammond and ridden by Mick Kinane. Montjeu's victory was the first in the race for Hammond and Tabor and the third for Kinane after Belmez (1990) and King's Theatre (1994).


2000 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, The race
The race attracted a field of seven runners: four from the United Kingdom, and one each from France, Ireland and Japan. Favourite for the race was the Irish-bred French-trained Montjeu, who was the European champion three-year-old in 1999 when his victories included the Prix du Jockey Club, Irish Derby and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. In the early part of 2000 he had added further Group One victories in the Tattersalls Gold Cup and the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud.


2000 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, The race
The British-trained runners were the Godolphin stable's Fantastic Light, winner of the Dubai Sheema Classic, the Coronation Cup winner Daliapour, the 1999 Tattersalls Gold Cup winner Shiva (a Japanese-bred mare trained by Henry Cecil and Beat All, a Michael Stoute-trained four year old who had finished third behind Oath and Daliapour in the 1999 Epsom Derby. The Irish challenger was the Aga Khan's Raypour, a 100/1 outsider, acting as a pacemaker (running) for Daliapour. Japan was represented by Air Shakur, a three-year-old colt who had won the Satsuki Shō before being narrowly beaten in the Japanese Derby. Montjeu headed the betting at odds of 1/3 ahead of Daliapour (13/2), Air Shakur (10/1) and Fantastic Light (12/1).


2000 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, The race
Raypour took an early lead and set the pace from Daliapour, Shiva and Beat All with Air Shakur, Fantastic Light and Montjeu towards the rear of the field. Daliapour overtook his pacemaker three furlongs from the finish and led the field into the straight from Raypour, Beat All and Shiva with Montjeu and Fantastic Light making progress. Montjeu moved up on the outside to take lead approaching the final furlong and won very easily by one and three quarter lengths from Fantastic Light who stayed on to beat Daliapour by three and a half lengths for second place. The next three place were filled by Beat All, Air Shakur and Raypour with Shiva finishing last after being eased down in the final furlong.


2000 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament
The 2000 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament was the third edition of this international football competition. It took place in the summer of 2000, less than a week before the Euro 2000. Matches were held on 4  and 6 June 2000 in Morocco. Host nation Morocco, France (who went on to win the Euro the following month), Japan and Jamaica participated in the tournament, and all matches took place at the Stade Mohamed V, home of Moroccan clubs Raja Casablanca and Wydad Casablanca. The tournament was played in a cup format, with only four games played (two semifinals, a final and a third-place match).


2000 King's Cup
The 31st King's Cup finals were held from 20 to 27 February 2000 at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. The King's Cup (คิงส์คัพ) is an annual football tournament; the first tournament was played in 1968.


2000 King's Cup
Hosts Thailand won the tournament beating Finland 5–1 in the final.


2000 King's Cup, Venue
All matches held at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand


2000 Kipawa earthquake
The 2000 Kipawa earthquake (or 2000 Kipawa "Millennium" earthquake ) struck Quebec and Ontario, Canada with a moment magnitude of 5.2 at 6:22 a.m. on January 1. It occurred in the Western Quebec Seismic Zone. The main shock epicenter was located in Lake Kipawa about 10 km (6 mi) north of Témiscaming in southwestern Quebec and 70 km (43 mi) northeast of North Bay, Ontario. The shaking was strongest within 50 km (31 mi) of the epicenter. It was felt in Témiscaming, North Bay and as far away as Toronto, making it one of the most significant earthquakes in Canada in 2000. The earthquake was triggered by major thrust faults associated with the Ottawa-Bonnechere Graben.


2000 Kipawa earthquake
Minor damage was reported during this earthquake, including fallen light objects, a damaged ventilation pipe and fractures in plaster. Its epicenter was very close to that of the 1935 Timiskaming earthquake and lies in a group of 76 located earthquakes since 1935. Seventeen aftershocks were recorded.


2000 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 18.0%. The election in Longview ward was postponed until June.


2000 Konica V8 Lites Series
The 2000 Konica V8 Lites Series was an Australian motor racing competition for V8 Supercars. It was the inaugural standalone series for the second tier of V8 Supercar racing. The series began on 26 March 2000 at the Eastern Creek Raceway and finished on 27 August at Mallala Motor Sport Park and was contested over five rounds across four different states.


2000 Konica V8 Lites Series
The series was won by Dean Canto who placed first in five of the fifteen races of the series and finished 31 points ahead of Matthew White. Wayne Wakefield placed third.


2000 Konica V8 Lites Series, Vehicle eligibility
All cars were required to comply with the Technical Regulations applicable to V8 Supercars as defined within CAMS Group 3A. Eligible models were Ford and Holden vehicles up to, but not including, the Ford AU Falcon and the Holden VT Commodore.


2000 Konica V8 Lites Series, Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers competed in the 2000 Konica V8 Lites Series.


2000 Konica V8 Lites Series, Race calendar
The series was contested over five rounds. Each round comprised three races.


2000 Konica V8 Lites Series, Points system
Points were awarded for the top ten positions in each race on the following basis:


2000 Korean FA Cup
2000 Korean FA Cup, known as the Seoul Bank FA Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 5th edition of the Korean FA Cup.


2000 Korean League Cup
In 2000 season, There were two Korean League Cup competitions. One is Adidas Cup 2000 and the other is Daehan Fire Insurance Cup 2000 This article is regarding Adidas Cup 2000.


2000 Korean League Cup, Format
The Adidas Cup is a football tournament. All matches were played in Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul.


2000 Korean League Cup (Supplementary Cup)
In 2000 season, There were two Korean League Cup competitions. One is Adidas Cup 2000 and the other is Daehan Fire Insurance Cup 2000. This article is regarding Daehan Fire Insurance Cup 2000.


2000 Korean League Cup (Supplementary Cup)
Tournament was started March 19 and ended May 5, 2000.


2000 Kremlin Cup
The 2000 Kremlin Cup was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow in Russia that was part of the International Series of the 2000 ATP Tour and of Tier I of the 2000 WTA Tour. The  tournament was held from 23 October through 29 October 2000.


2000 Kremlin Cup, Finals, Men's Doubles
Jonas Björkman /  David Prinosil defeated  Jiří Novák /  David Rikl 6–2, 6–3


2000 Kremlin Cup, Finals, Women's Doubles
Julie Halard-Decugis /  Ai Sugiyama defeated  Martina Hingis /  Anna Kournikova 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(5)


2000 Kremlin Cup – Men's Doubles
Justin Gimelstob and Daniel Vacek were the defending champions, but did not participate this year.


2000 Kremlin Cup – Men's Doubles
Jonas Björkman and David Prinosil won the title, defeating Jiří Novák and David Rikl 6–2, 6–3 in the final.


2000 Kremlin Cup – Men's Singles
Yevgeny Kafelnikov was the defending champion and won in the final 6–2, 7–5 against David Prinosil.


2000 Kremlin Cup – Women's Doubles
Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions, but lost in semifinals to tournament winners Julie Halard-Decugis and Ai Sugiyama.


2000 Kremlin Cup – Women's Doubles
Halard-Decugis and Sugiyama won the title by defeating Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5) in the final.


2000 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles
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2000 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles
Nathalie Tauziat was the defending champion, but lost to Anna Kournikova in the semifinals.


2000 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles
Martina Hingis won the title, defeating Kournikova in the final 6–3, 6–1.


2000 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.


2000 Kroger St. Jude International
The 2000 Kroger St. Jude International was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Memphis, United States, that was part of the ATP International Series Gold of the 2000 ATP Tour. It was the 30th edition of the tournament and was held from 14 February through 20 February. Magnus Larsson, who was seeded 16th,  won the singles title.


2000 Kroger St. Jude International, Finals, Doubles
Justin Gimelstob /  Sébastien Lareau defeated  Jim Grabb /  Richey Reneberg, 6–2, 6–4


2000 Kvalserien
The 2000 Kvalserien was the 26th edition of the Kvalserien. It determined two teams of the participating ones would play in the 2000–01 Elitserien season and which four teams would play in the 2000–01 Allsvenskan season.


2000 Kyrgyz parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Kyrgyzstan on 20 February 2000, with a second round on 12 March. The Union of Democratic Forces, an alliance of Asaba, the Party of Economic Revival, the Social Democratic Party and the Unity Party, emerged as the largest bloc in Parliament, with 12 of the 105 seats. Voter turnout was 64.4%.


2000 Kyrgyz presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Kyrgyzstan on 29 October 2000. The result was a victory for incumbent President Askar Akayev, who was re-elected with over 70% of the vote. International election monitors described the vote as failing to meet international standards. Voter turnout was 78.4%.


2000 Kyrgyzstan League, Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and SKA PVO Bishkek won the championship.


2000 L.League
Statistics of L. League in the 2000 season. Nippon TV Beleza won the championship.


2000 LG Cup (Iran)
The LG Cup Four Nations is an exhibition association football tournament that took place in Iran.


2000 LNBP season
The 2000 LNBP was the 1st season of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional, one of the professional basketball leagues of Mexico. It started on August 7, 2000 and ended in December 2000. The league title was won by Correcaminos UAT Tampico, which defeated Correcaminos UAT Victoria in the championship series.


2000 LNBP season, Format
11 teams take part in the season. Since the number of teams is odd, one team rests each week. The teams are divided in two groups (A and B), and their ranking among these groups depends on their position in the regular season standings. The first 4 teams of each group qualify for the postseason.


2000 LNBP season, Playoffs
Note: for reasons not specified on the LNBP website, La Ola Roja del Distrito Federal was the fourth team qualified from the Group B, despite being ranked 5th. The team playing the first game at home is listed first.


2000 LNBP season, All-Star Game
The first LNBP All-Star Game was played in Ciudad Victoria at the Gimnasio Multidisciplinario de la Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas de Ciudad Victoria on October 19, 2000 at 20:30, and was broadcast by ESPN2. The game was played between a team of Mexican players (Mexicanos) and a team of foreign players (Extranjeros). The Mexican won, 104–98. The game MVP was Mexican José Escobedo.


2000 LPGA Championship
The 2000 LPGA Championship was the 46th LPGA Championship, played June 22–25 at DuPont Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware. This was the second of four major championships on the LPGA Tour in 2000.


2000 LPGA Championship
Defending champion Juli Inkster won her second consecutive LPGA Championship on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff with Stefania Croce, and became the first to successfully defend the title since 1984.


2000 LPGA Championship
On Saturday, her 40th birthday, Inkster was the 54-hole co-leader with Wendy Ward after a 65 (−6). On a blustery Sunday, she had a three-shot lead with five holes to play, but made a double bogey on 14 and missed a six-foot (1.8 m) par putt on the final hole for 75. In the sudden-death playoff, Inkster parred both holes to win the sixth of her seven major titles.


2000 LPGA Championship
The DuPont Country Club hosted this championship for eleven consecutive seasons, from 1994 through 2004.


2000 LPGA Tour
The 2000 LPGA Tour was the 51st season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 13 to November 19. The season consisted of 36 official money events. Karrie Webb won the most tournaments, seven. She also led the money list with earnings of $1,876,853.


2000 LPGA Tour
The U.S. Women's Open was the first tournament with a purse over $2,000,00 and a winner's share of $500,000. This was the last season that the du Maurier Classic (now known as the Canadian Women's Open) was considered an LPGA major. It was replaced as a major by the Women's British Open in 2001. There were seven first-time winners in 2000: Dorothy Delasin, Sophie Gustafson, Lorie Kane, Laurel Kean, Janice Moodie, Grace Park, and Charlotta Sörenstam.


2000 LPGA Tour
The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.


2000 LPGA Tour, Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 2000 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.


2000 LSU Tigers baseball team
The 2000 LSU Tigers baseball team represented Louisiana State University in the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Alex Box Stadium. The team was coached by Skip Bertman in his 17th season at LSU.


2000 LSU Tigers baseball team
The Tigers won the College World Series, defeating the Stanford Cardinal in the championship game for Bertman's fifth and final national championship at LSU.


2000 LSU Tigers baseball team, Tigers in the 2000 MLB Draft
The following members of the LSU Tigers baseball program were drafted in the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft.


2000 LSU Tigers football team
The 2000 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Coached by Nick Saban in his first year at LSU, the Tigers played their home games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Saban led the team to a turnaround from a 3–8 record in 1999 to an 8–4 record and a victory in the Peach Bowl.


2000 La Flèche Wallonne
The 2000 La Flèche Wallonne was the 64th edition of La Flèche Wallonne cycle race and was held on 12 April 2000. The race started in Charleroi and finished in Huy. The race was won by Francesco Casagrande of the Vini Caldirola team.


2000 Labatt Brier
The 2000 Labatt Brier, the Canadian men's curling championship, was held from March 4 to 12 at Saskatchewan Place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. This was the last Brier sponsored by Labatt.


2000 Labatt Brier
Skip Greg McAulay of British Columbia beat out notable teams such as Kevin Martin and Jeff Stoughton, and went on to defeat Russ Howard with a score of 9–5 in the final.


2000 Labatt Brier, Teams
Skip : Kevin MartinThird: Don WalchukSecond: Carter RycroftLead: Don BartlettAlternate: Jules Owchar


2000 Labatt Brier, Teams
Skip : Greg McAulayThird: Brent PierceSecond: Bryan MikiLead: Jody Sveistrup Alternate: Darrin Fenton


2000 Labatt Brier, Teams
Skip : Jeff Stoughton Third: Jon MeadSecond: Garry Van Den BergheLead: Doug Armstrong Alternate: Darryl Gunnlaugson


2000 Labatt Brier, Teams
Skip : Russ HowardThird: Wayne TallonSecond: Rick PerronLead: Grant OdishawAlternate: Terry Odishaw


2000 Labatt Brier, Teams
Skip : Rick RowsellThird: Peter HollettSecond: Ken EllisLead: Craig DowdenAlternate: Wayne Young


2000 Labatt Brier, Teams
Skip : Tim PhillipsThird: Roger SauvéSecond: Ron HendersonLead: Dan SauvéAlternate: Paul Sauvé


2000 Labatt Brier, Teams
Skip : Shawn AdamsThird: Jeff HopkinsSecond: Ben BlanchardLead: Jason BlanchardAlternate: Robert MacArther


2000 Labatt Brier, Teams
Skip : Peter CornerThird: Todd BrandwoodSecond: Drew MacklinLead: Dwayne PyperAlternate: Bill Mackay


2000 Labatt Brier, Teams
Skip : Andrew RobinsonThird: Evan SullivanSecond: Brian ScalesLead: Bob PritchettAlternate: Kevin Champion


2000 Labatt Brier, Teams
Skip : François RobergeThird: Maxime ElmalehSecond: Éric SylvainLead: Jean GagnonAlternate: Michel St-Onge


2000 Labatt Brier, Teams
Skip : Bruce KorteThird: Darrell McKeeSecond: Roger KorteLead: Rory GolanowskiAlternate: Neil Cursons


2000 Labatt Brier, Teams
Skip : Chad CowanThird: Doug BryantSecond: Jason NolanLead: Ross MilwardAlternate: Paul Cowan


2000 Ladies European Tour
The 2000 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from January through December 2000. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).


2000 Ladies European Tour, Tournaments
The table below shows the 2000 schedule. The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the Ladies European Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for members of the tour.


2000 Lafayette Leopards football team
The 2000 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College during the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Leopards tied for last in the Patriot League.


2000 Lafayette Leopards football team
In their first year under head coach Frank Tavani, the Leopards compiled a 2–9 record. Mike Levy and Phil Yarberough were the team captains.


2000 Lafayette Leopards football team
The Leopards were outscored 350 to 244. Their 1–5 conference record tied for worst in the seven-team Patriot League standings.


2000 Lafayette Leopards football team
Lafayette played its home games at Fisher Field on College Hill in Easton, Pennsylvania.


2000 Lao League, Overview
Vientiane Municipality FC won the sixth national games, beating Champassak Province FC from the south of Laos. There is some debate as to whether this was the national championship. One source suggests that it was however, there is also evidence that National Bank, who played in the top division, won the National Trophy and that this is assumed to have been a cup competition and could have been the national title for the year.


2000 Lao League, Overview, Sixth National Games
The following teams took part in sixth National Games which may well have been the national championship for the year:


2000 Las Vegas Bowl
The 2000 Las Vegas Bowl was the ninth edition of the annual college football bowl game. It featured the Arkansas Razorbacks and the hometown UNLV Rebels.


2000 Las Vegas Bowl, Game summary
Arkansas scored first on a 7-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Robby Hampton to wide receiver Rod Stinson for a 7-0 Razorback lead. In the second quarter, UNLV tied the score at 7, following a 19-yard touchdown pass from Jason Thomas to Nate Turner. Arkansas answered with a 25-yard touchdown pass from Hampton to Boo Williams, giving the Razorbacks a 14–7 lead. But with Thomas and Turner connecting for their second score, the game became a 14–14 tie at intermission.


2000 Las Vegas Bowl, Game summary
In the third quarter, Jason Thomas notched his third passing touchdown of the game, a 54 yarder to Troy Mason, giving UNLV a 21–14 lead it wouldn't relinquish. In the fourth quarter, Dillon Pieffer kicked a 26-yard field goal to increase the Rebels lead to 24–14. Kevin Brown's 14 yard touchdown run made the final margin 31–14.


2000 Latin Billboard Music Awards
The 7th annual Billboard Latin Music Awards, which honor the most popular albums, songs, and performers in Latin music, took place in Miami.


2000 Latvian Football Cup
Latvian Football Cup 2000 was the fifty-ninth season of the Latvian annual football knock-out competition.


2000 Latvian Higher League
The 2000 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the tenth domestic competition since the Baltic nation gained independence from the Soviet Union on 6 September 1991. Eight teams competed in this edition, with Skonto FC claiming the title.


2000 Laurence Olivier Awards
The 2000 Laurence Olivier Awards were held in 2000 in London celebrating excellence in West End theatre by the Society of London Theatre.


2000 Laurence Olivier Awards, Productions with multiple nominations and awards
The following 23 productions, including two operas, received multiple nominations:


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


2000 Lazio regional election
Francesco Storace (National Alliance) was elected President, defeating incumbent Piero Badaloni (The Democrats).


2000 Lebanese general election
General elections were held in Lebanon between 27 August and 3 September 2000 to elect the 128 members of the Parliament of Lebanon. Independent candidates won the majority of seats, although most of them were considered members of various blocs. Voter turnout was 40.5%.


2000 Lebanese general election, Results
Of the 86 independent MPs, 48 were considered to be members of various blocs:


2000 Leeds City Council election
The Leeds City Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough Council in West Yorkshire, England. Since the last election, Labour had lost a by-election to the Lib Dems in Harehills, and long-serving Chapel Allerton councillor, Garth Frankland, had defected from Labour to Left Alliance. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout in the election was 27.5%.


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


2000 Legg Mason Tennis Classic
The 2000 Legg Mason Tenis Classic was the 31st edition of the Washington Open and was played on outdoor hard courts. The tournament was part of the International Series Gold of the 2000 ATP Tour. It was held at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington, D.C. from August 14 through August 20, 2000.


2000 Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Finals, Doubles
Alex O'Brien /  Jared Palmer defeated  Andre Agassi /  Sargis Sargsian, 7–5, 6–1


2000 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Doubles
Justin Gimelstob and Sébastien Lareau were the defending champions, but none competed this year.


2000 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Doubles
Alex O'Brien and Jared Palmer won the title by defeating Andre Agassi and Sargis Sargsian 7–5, 6–1 in the final.


2000 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Doubles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2000 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Singles
Andre Agassi was the defending champion, but lost in the final to Àlex Corretja, 2–6, 3–6.


2000 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2000 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team
The 2000 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Lehigh won its third consecutive Patriot League championship.


2000 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team
In their seventh year under head coach Kevin Higgins, the Mountain Hawks went undefeated (11–0) in the regular season, ending the year at 12–1 after losing in the second round of the national playoffs. Matt Andrews, Bryant Appling, Dustin Grande and Brian McDonald were the team captains.


2000 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team
Including playoff games, the Mountain Hawks outscored opponents 337 to 160. Their 6–0 conference record topped the seven-team Patriot League standings.


2000 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team
Lehigh was ranked No. 24 in the preseason national Division I-AA poll, but dropped out of the top 25 before its first game. After that opening win, the Mountain Hawks re-entered the rankings at No. 21 and steadily climbed to No. 8, where they ended the year.


2000 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team
Despite their conference championship and undefeated record, Lehigh did not host any playoff games. The Mountain Hawks defeated No. 6 Western Illinois and then lost to a familiar foe, No. 3 Delaware, on the road.


2000 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team
Lehigh played its home games at Goodman Stadium on the university's Goodman Campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.


2000 Libertarian National Convention
The 2000 Libertarian National Convention was held in Anaheim, California, from June 30 to July 4, 2000. Harry Browne was again chosen as the party's presidential nominee, becoming the first Libertarian Party candidate to be nominated twice for president.


2000 Libertarian National Convention
The theme of the 2000 convention was "America's Future: Liberty, Responsibility, & Community."


2000 Libertarian National Convention
The Libertarians hold a National Convention every two years to vote on party bylaws, platform and resolutions and elect national party officers and a judicial committee. Every four years it nominates presidential and vice presidential candidates.


2000 Libertarian National Convention, Voting for presidential nomination, First ballot
Harry Browne was elected on the first ballot, gathering a majority of the voting delegates and securing the nomination.


2000 Libertarian National Convention, Voting for vice presidential nomination
A separate vote was held for the vice presidential nomination. Former Bellflower, California Mayor, Art Olivier was nominated on the second ballot.


2000 Libertarian National Convention, Voting for vice presidential nomination, First ballot
After the first round, the rules were suspended, and a motion carried to only allow the top two candidates to appear on the second ballot.


2000 Libertarian National Convention, Voting for vice presidential nomination, Second ballot
Art Oliver defeated Steve Kubby on the second ballot, securing the Libertarian Party nomination for Vice President.


2000 Liberty Bowl
The 2000 Liberty Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game played on December 29, 2000, at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. The 42nd edition of the Liberty Bowl was played between the Colorado State Rams and the Louisville Cardinals. The game was sponsored by the Axa Equitable Life Insurance Company and was branded as the AXA Liberty Bowl. Colorado State won the game, 22–17; Colorado State running back Cecil Sapp, the game's MVP, ran for a career-high 160 yards and a touchdown.


2000 Libyan Premier League, Overview
It was contested by 15 teams, and Al-Ahly (Tripoli) won the championship.


2000 Libyan Super Cup
The 2000 Libyan Super Cup was the fourth edition of the Super Cup, and was meant to be played on December 31, 2000, between LPL winners Al Ahly Tripoli and Libyan Cup runners-up Al Swihli at the Rajab Omar Stadium in Tripoli. This was a repeat of the Libyan Cup final that was played in the same year. Al Swihli did not show for the cup final and once again, the match was not played as Al Swihli did not show, and Al Ahly Tripoli were therefore awarded a 2–0 victory. Al Swihli later apologised for not showing.


2000 Libyan Super Cup
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2000 Liechtenstein referendums
Three referendums were held in Liechtenstein during 2000. The first was held on 27 February on amending the law promoting cheap living, and was rejected by 66.3% of voters. The second was held on 18 June on the law on gaining and losing citizenship of the country, and was approved by 50.1% of voters, a margin of just 15 votes. The third on 24 September concerned an agreement with neighbouring Switzerland on performance related tax on heavy load traffic, and was approved by 71% of voters.


2000 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season
Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 2000 season was the club's 70th year of existence, the 47th year in professional football, and the 40th in the top level of professional football in Ecuador.


2000 Liga Indonesia Premier Division Final
The 2000 Liga Indonesia Premier Division Final was a football match which was played on 23 July 2000 at Gelora Senayan Main Stadium in Jakarta. It was contested by PSM Makassar and Pupuk Kaltim to determine the winner of the 1999–2000 Liga Indonesia Premier Division. PSM Makassar won the match 3–2 to claim their first-ever professional title.


2000 Liga Perdana 1
The 2000 Liga Perdana 1 season is the third season of Liga Perdana 1. A total of 12 teams participated in the season.


2000 Liga Perdana 1
Selangor, Johor and Perlis was promoted from Liga Perdana 2 to increase the total number of teams competing in the league from ten to 12 teams.


2000 Liga Perdana 1
The season kicked off on April 15, 2000. Selangor dominated the season and ended up winning the title.


2000 Liga Perdana 1, Teams
12 teams competing in the third season of Liga Perdana 1. Perlis and Johor were promoted while Kedah was relegated to Liga Perdana 2.


2000 Liga Perdana 2
The 2000 Liga Perdana 2 season is the third season of Liga Perdana 2. A total of ten teams participated in the season.


2000 Liga Perdana 2
Kedah was relegated from Liga Perdana 1 to join the Liga Perdana 2.


2000 Liga Perdana 2
The season kicked off on 14 April 2000. Kelantan won the title and was promoted to Liga Perdana 1 alongside Malacca.


2000 Liga Perdana 2, Teams
Ten teams competing in the third season of Liga Perdana 2.


2000 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol
The 2000 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol, or 2000 FIBA South American League, was the fifth edition of the second-tier tournament for professional basketball clubs from South America. The tournament began on 16 February 2000, and finished on 17 April 2000. Brazilian team Vasco da Gama won their second title, defeating Argentine club Atenas in the Grand Finals.


2000 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol, Format
Teams were split into four groups of four teams each, and played each other in a round-robin format. The top two teams from each group advanced to the final stage, a best-of-three direct playoff elimination in the quarterfinals and the semifinals, and a best-of-five elimination series in the Grand Finals, where the champion was decided.


2000 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano
The 2000 season of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano was the 43rd season of top-tier football in Bolivia.


2000 Light Years from Home
"2000 Light Years from Home" is a song from the Rolling Stones' 1967 psychedelic rock album Their Satanic Majesties Request. Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, it also appeared as the B-side to the American single "She's a Rainbow", and charted as a single in Germany.


2000 Light Years from Home
Jagger reportedly wrote the lyrics in Brixton prison following his conviction on drug charges in June 1967. The song was recorded by the band at Olympic Studios during July and September 1967. The working title of the instrumental backing was "Toffee Apple". Brian Jones performs prominent accompaniment on Mellotron.


2000 Light Years from Home
The number was regularly featured during the Stones' 1989–90 Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tours; until 1997, when "She's a Rainbow" was also added to the band's stage repertoire, it was the only track from Satanic Majesties that the band had performed in concert. For the first time in 23 years, The Rolling Stones played “2000 Light Years from Home" on 29 June 2013 at The Glastonbury Festival.


2000 Light Years from Home, Live version
In 1991, a live version was released as the B-side to "Highwire."


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


2000 Ligurian regional election
Sandro Biasotti (an independent close to Forza Italia) was elected President, defeating incumbent Giancarlo Mori (Italian People's Party).


2000 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
The 2000 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship was the 106th staging of the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Limerick County Board.


2000 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
Ahane were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Patrickswell at the semi-final stage.


2000 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
On 8 October 2000, Patrickswell won the championship after a 0-16 to 0-15 defeat of Doon in the final. It was their 17th championship title overall and their first title in three championship seasons.


2000 Lithuanian Athletics Championships
The 2000 Lithuanian Athletics Championships were held at the S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium in Kaunas on August 3 and August 4, 2000.


2000 Lithuanian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Lithuania on 8 October 2000. All 141 seats in the Seimas were up for election, 71 of them in single-seat constituencies based on first-past-the-post voting; the remaining 70, in a nationwide constituency  based on proportional representation. Altogether, around 700 candidates competed in the single-seat constituencies, while over 1,100 candidates were included in the electoral lists for the nationwide constituency.


2000 Lithuanian parliamentary election, Background
In 1996 Lithuanian parliamentary election the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Conservatives won 70 seats. They formed a coalition with second-place Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party. By 1998 Lithuania was hit Russian finansial crisis, which (along with the conflicts between ruling coalition, Prime Ministers Gediminas Vagnorius and Rolandas Paksas and President of Republic Valdas Adamkus) caused two replacements of government.


2000 Lithuanian parliamentary election, Background
Economic turmoil caused decline of support of main parties (the Homeland Union and the Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania). The other parties that benefited from aforementioned parties were the Liberal Union of Lithuania (especially after Paksas became its leader) and the New Union (Social Liberals). In municipal elections of 2000, these two parties combined won 30.67 per cent of the vote, while the Homeland Union and the Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania together won 17.74 per cent of the votes.


2000 Lithuanian parliamentary election, Background
As response to this situation, the Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania, the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania and the New Democracy Party formed electoral coalition in July 2000 with Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas as its candidate to the Prime Minister. The Homeland Union formed alliance with the Political Prisoners and Deportees Union of Lithuania.


2000 Lithuanian parliamentary election, Electoral system
The 141 members of the Seimas were elected by parallel voting; 70 were elected by proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency, with 71 elected by first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies. Previously members from the single-member constituencies had been elected using the two-round system, but the electoral system was changed prior to the elections to scrap the second round and allow members to be elected by plurality. These changes had been introduced by the Homeland Union and passed by the Seimas on 19 July 2000. Although President Valdas Adamkus vetoed the Act, the veto was overturned and the changes had been implemented.


2000 Lithuanian parliamentary election, Results
Only four party lists passed five per cent threshold. The Social Democratic coalition of former President Algirdas Brazauskas received the largest share of the popular vote in the nationwide constituency (31 per cent) and won the most seats in the Seimas (51 seats), but short of the 71 seats needed for the majority. New Union (Social Liberals), led by Artūras Paulauskas, came second in the nationwide constituency (19.64 per cent), winning 29 seats in the parliament.


2000 Lithuanian parliamentary election, Results
The centre-right Liberal Union, led by the Mayor of Vilnius and former Prime Minister Rolandas Paksas, became as the largest single party in the parliament, with 34 seats and 17.25 per cent of the vote in the nationwide constituency. The possible "New Politics" Coalition (consisting Liberal Union, New Union (Social Liberals), Lithuanian Centre Union and Modern Christian-Democratic Union) won 66 seats, but it too came short of absolute majority.


2000 Lithuanian parliamentary election, Results
The Homeland Union, which had led the government for the previous four years, performed poorly in the elections, receiving only 8.62 per cent of the vote and winning eight seats, down from more than 30% of the vote and 70 seats in the previous elections. Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius and many other prominent ministers were beaten in their constituencies. In the electoral campaign dominated by economic issues, the party was punished by voters for the economic recession and high unemployment, as well as its austerity policy. The Social Democratic coalition, on the other hand, had promised the end to austerity, including lower taxes and higher social spending.


2000 Lithuanian parliamentary election, Results
Two Modern Christian-Democratic Union candidates were elected in the proportional vote, having run on the lists of the New Union (Social Liberals) and the Liberal Union of Lithuania.


2000 Lithuanian parliamentary election, Analysis
Social Democratic coalition won most votes in most of Lithuania. Kaunas and Vilnius were narrowly won by the Liberal Union of Lithuania, while New Union (Social Liberals) got the most votes in Trakai, Širvintos, Varėna, Kėdainiai and, to lesser extent, Vilnius districts. In these municipalities Liberal Union and New Union had their best performances in municipal elections of 2000.


2000 Lithuanian parliamentary election, Aftermath
After disastrious results leaders of the Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party and the Lithuanian Centre Union, Algirdas Saudargas and Romualdas Ozolas, respectively, tendered resignation from their positions. Poor results would also affect other minor parties. Homeland People's Party leader Laima Liucija Andrikienė proposed merger of all center-right parties. It would happen gradually from 2001 to 2008, when the Homeland Union (which received their worst result ever in these elections) would merge with most them. Poor results also cause disintegration of the Lithuanian Centre Union, which would merge with the Liberal Union of Lithuania in 2003.


2000 Lithuanian parliamentary election, Aftermath, Government formation
The Liberal Union, the New Union (Social Liberals), the Centre Union, the Modern Christian Democrats and the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania formed a coalition after the election (these parties combined and two MPs, who joined New Union's parliamentary group, had 68 members), with Rolandas Paksas appointed as the new Prime Minister and Artūras Paulauskas elected as the Speaker of the Seimas. The coalition was not long-lasting and collapsed in June 2001 amid disagreements over privatisation and other reforms.


2000 Little League Softball World Series
The 2000 Little League Softball World Series was held in Portland, Oregon from August 13 to August 19, 2000. Four teams from the United States and four from throughout the world competed for the Little League Softball World Champions.


2000 Little League Softball World Series, Teams
Each team that competes in the tournament will come out of one of the 8 regions.


2000 Little League World Series
The 2000 Little League World Series took place August 20 to August 26 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Sierra Maestra Little League of Maracaibo, Venezuela defeated Bellaire Little League of Bellaire, Texas in the championship game of the 54th Little League World Series.


2000 Little League World Series, Pool play
After three U.S. teams finished pool play with a 2–1 record, the team that had allowed the fewest runs per innings played (Bellaire) was declared the pool winner; Davenport was then named pool runner-up due to their win over Vancouver in head-to-head play.


2000 Liverpool City Council election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council.


2000 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
The 2000 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was the 86th edition of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège cycle race and was held on 16 April 2000. The race started in Liège and finished in Ans. The race was won by Paolo Bettini of the Mapei team.


2000 Lombard regional election
The Lombard regional election of 2000 took place on 16 April 2000. The 7th term of the Regional Council was chosen.


2000 Lombard regional election
Roberto Formigoni (Forza Italia) was re-elected for the second time in a row President, defeating Mino Martinazzoli (Italian People's Party). His re-election resulted in a landslide, as this time he was supported also by the Northern League.


2000 Lombard regional election, Electoral law
Lombardy uses national Tatarella Law of 1995 to elect its Council. Sixty-four councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and open lists; remained seats and votes are grouped at regional level where a Hare quota is used, and then distributed to provincial party lists.


2000 Lombard regional election, Electoral law
Sixteen councillors are elected at-large using a general ticket: parties are grouped in alliances, and the alliance which receives a plurality of votes elects all its candidates, its leader becoming the President of Lombardy. If a coalition wins more than 50% of the total seats in the Council with PR, only 8 candidates from the regional list will be chosen and the number of those elected in provincial constituencies will be 72; if the winning alliance receives less than 50% of votes, special seats are added to the Council to ensure a large majority for the President's coalition.


2000 Lombard regional election, Council apportionment
According to the official 1991 Italian census, the 64 Council seats which must be covered by proportional representation were so distributed between Lombard provinces.


2000 Lombard regional election, Council apportionment
The allocation is not fixed. Remaining seats and votes after proportional distribution, are all grouped at regional level and divided by party lists. The consequent division of these seats at provincial level usually change the original apportionment. Only 43 seats were directly assigned at provincial level, and the final distribution between provinces changed in this way.


2000 Lombard regional election, Council apportionment
As it can be seen, the landslide victory of the House of Freedoms caused the distribution of seven more seats to the oppositions at provincial level. Bergamo and Varese received two new seats, Cremona and Lodi and Sondrio one each.


2000 Lombard regional election, Results
The 1999 European election marked a turning point in relations between Forza Italia and the Northern League. Silvio Berlusconi's attempt to destroy the League by a media campaign aimed at shifting protesting votes to the Italian Radicals, succeeded only in part: the consensus of the federalist movement had fallen so sharply, but not enough to ensure the coalition of the Knight from possible disasters like the 1996 election. In addition, the assembly works in parliament had highlighted a growing programmatic convergence between the two major Lombard parties. And so, in view of the 2001 general election, Berlusconi and Umberto Bossi put aside the old, and even bloody quarrels, and formed a new coalition: the House of Freedoms, which found in the regional elections its first test.


2000 Lombard regional election, Results
The combination of what were the major forces of regional politics, securing a safe and agile reappointment to the Communion and Liberation's incumbent President, Roberto Formigoni, which ensured stability of the Regional Cabinet that the new regulations wanted to coincide in term with the legislature. Forza Italia was confirmed as the largest party in the region with an historic 34% of the vote, while Lega Nord was the second largest party with 15%.


2000 Lombard regional election, Results
The Olive Tree, an alliance comprising several centre-left parties including the Italian People's Party, the Democrats of the Left, The Democrats, the Federation of the Greens and Italian Renewal, which here run in a single list for the first time in Italian history, had a great shock losing a fifth of its votes, falling at only 20%.


2000 London Assembly election
The first elections for members of the London Assembly were held on 4 May 2000, alongside the first mayoral election.


2000 London Assembly election
The assembly elections used the mixed member proportional representation, a form of additional member system, with 14 directly elected constituencies and 11 London-wide top-up seats.


2000 London Broncos season
The 2000 London Broncos season was the twenty-first in the club's history and their fifth season in the Super League. The club was coached by John Monie, competing in Super League V and finishing in 11th place. The club also got to the fifth round of the Challenge Cup.


2000 London Broncos season, 2000 Challenge Cup
The year after reaching their maiden Final, the Broncos were knocked out of the cup at the fifth round stage.


2000 London Labour Party mayoral selection
The London Labour Party mayoral selection of 2000 was the process by which the Labour Party selected its candidate for Mayor of London, to stand in the 2000 mayoral election. Frank Dobson, MP for Holborn and St. Pancras, was selected to stand, defeating former Leader of the Greater London Council Ken Livingstone and Glenda Jackson, MP for Hampstead and Highgate.


2000 London Labour Party mayoral selection
Livingstone went on to run as an independent candidate in the Mayoral election, defeating Dobson, who came third behind Conservative candidate Steven Norris.


2000 London Labour Party mayoral selection, Selection process
The Labour candidate was selected via an Electoral College of Labour Party MPs, MEPs, GLA candidates, members and affiliated unions. Individual London Labour members were invited to vote via a postal ballot. Affiliated unions were not obliged to ballot members; instead some cast block votes (plumped for one candidate).


2000 London Labour Party mayoral selection, Result
Livingstone won amongst party members (60% to Dobson's 40%) and among affiliated unions (72% to Dobson's 28%, a more than 2:1 vote). Dobson's landslide victory (173:27 in ratio) amongst the systemic third of votes attributed to MPs, MEPS and GLA candidates saw him win narrowly overall: forming a simple electoral college outcome of 52% to 48%.


2000 London Labour Party mayoral selection, Aftermath
Livingstone described the result as "tainted" because the election system gave greater weight to the votes of London Labour MPs, MEPs, & GLA candidates, rather than rank-and-file party members and decided to contest the election as an Independent. On handing in nomination papers he was automatically expelled from the Labour Party. Livingstone as an Independent won the election, with Dobson coming third (winning 13% of the popular vote).


2000 London Marathon
The 2000 London Marathon was the 20th running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 16 April. The elite men's race was won by Portugal's António Pinto in a time of 2:06:36 hours and the women's race was won by Kenya's Tegla Loroupe in 2:24:33.


2000 London Marathon
In the wheelchair races, Britain's Kevin Papworth (1:41:50) and Sarah Piercy (2:23:30) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively.


2000 London Marathon
Around 93,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 42,596 had their applications accepted and 32,620 started the race. A total of 31,561 runners finished the race, comprising 24,613 men and 6948 women.


2000 London mayoral election
The 2000 London mayoral election was held on 4 May 2000 to elect the Mayor of London. It was the first election to the office established that year, after a referendum in London.


2000 London mayoral election, Candidate selection, Conservatives
Steve Norris had lost the original selection ballot for Conservative candidate to Jeffrey Archer, but Archer stood down as a candidate when a newspaper printed a story accusing him of committing perjury during a 1987 libel trial (he was later convicted and imprisoned).


2000 London–Sydney Marathon
The 2000 London–Sydney Marathon was the fourth running of the London–Sydney Marathon. The rally took place between the 3rd of June and the 4th of July 2000. The event covered 10,000 miles (16,000 km) through Europe, Asia and Australia. It was won by Stig Blomqvist and Ben Rainsford in a Ford Capri Perana.


2000 London–Sydney Marathon, Background
In 2000, Nick Brittan and his company, Trans World Events, who had organise the 1993 edition and other similar endurance events in the 1990s decided to organise another London–Sydney Marathon, once again featuring pre-1971 cars as the 'Millennium Celebration of the first epic event in 1968'. The 2000 edition would see former World Rally Champions Hannu Mikkola and Stig Blomqvist as well as former World Rally Championship Runner-Up Michèle Mouton and former Grand Prix winner Clay Regazzoni competing in the event.


2000 London–Sydney Marathon, Background
The route would see competitors cross Europe in the first fourteen days of the event before the cars would be airlifted by the Antonov An-124 cargo planes hired by TWE from Turkey to Thailand with competitors driving through Thailand and Malaysia for the next eight days before being airlifted to Australia for the last ten days of the rally.


2000 Los Angeles Dodgers season
The 2000 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 111th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 43rd season in Los Angeles, California. In 2000, the team set a club record for home runs with 211, led by Gary Sheffield, who tied Duke Snider's single-season club mark with 43. Eric Karros became the L.A. Dodger all-time leader with his 229th home run and Dave Hansen set a Major League record with seven pinch-hit home runs.


2000 Los Angeles Dodgers season
Kevin Brown led the league in E.R.A. with 2.58 and rookie pitcher Matt Herges started the season 8–0, the first pitcher since Fernando Valenzuela to open the season with eight straight victories. The Dodgers won 86 games, but failed to make the post-season, finishing second in the Western Division of the National League. Manager Davey Johnson was fired after the season and replaced with bench coach Jim Tracy.


2000 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Major League Baseball Draft
The Dodgers selected 50 players in this draft. Of those, eight of them would eventually play Major League baseball.


2000 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Major League Baseball Draft
The first round pick was right-handed pitcher Ben Diggins from the University of Arizona. He was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers in 2002 and appeared in five games with them as a starting pitcher that season with an 0–4 record and an 8.63 ERA. Those would be the only Major League games he would appear in as he was out of baseball after a few more years in the minors.


2000 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Major League Baseball Draft
The second round pick, pitcher Joel Hanrahan from Norwalk High School would be the only moderately successful player in this draft class. He became a two-time All-Star as a relief pitcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Catcher Koyie Hill (round 4) would catch on as a backup catcher for several teams, most notably the Chicago Cubs.


2000 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
The 26th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2000, were given in December 2000.


2000 Los Angeles Galaxy season
The 2000 Los Angeles Galaxy season was the club's fifth season of existence, and their fifth-consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top division of the American soccer pyramid.


2000 Los Angeles Galaxy season
The club's season was highlighted by winning the 2000 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, becoming the second American club to ever win a CONCACAF club tournament. It was also the second major trophy that the Galaxy earned, the first being the Supporters' Shield in 1998.


2000 Los Angeles Galaxy season, Competitions, Major League Soccer, Tables
Source: Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head record; 3rd goal difference; 4th number of goals scored. (SS) = MLS Supporters' Shield; (E1) = Eastern Division champion, (C1) = Central Division champion, (W1) = Western Division championOnly applicable when the season is not finished:(Q) = Qualified for the MLS Cup Playoffs, but not yet to the particular round indicated; (E) = Eliminated from playoff-contention.


2000 Los Angeles Galaxy season, Competitions, MLS Cup Playoffs, Semifinals
Kansas City Wizards advance 1-0 in series overtime (SDET) after 4-4 tie on points.


2000 Los Angeles Sparks season
The 2000 WNBA season was the fourth season for the Los Angeles Sparks. The team set a 28-4 record, the best in league history, but they were unable to go for the WNBA Finals, losing in the conference finals in a sweep to the Houston Comets.


2000 Los Angeles Sparks season, Offseason
Gordana Grubin was picked up by the Indiana Fever, while Nina Bjedov was selected by the Seattle Storm in the 2000 WNBA Expansion Draft.


2000 Louis Vuitton Cup
The 5th Louis Vuitton Cup was held in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2000. The winner, Prada Challenge, went on to challenge for the 2000 America's Cup. It was the first time in the competition's history that there would not be an American challenger or defender.


2000 Louis Vuitton Cup, Details
After winning the 29th America's Cup, Team New Zealand immediately accepted the challenge from the New York Yacht Club and announced that the next Cup would be in 2000, with the Louis Vuitton Cup being in late 1999. This delay was to avoid conflicting with the 1997/98 Whitbread Round the World Race and give Auckland the time to build the necessary infrastructure to host the cup.


2000 Louis Vuitton Cup, The teams
The New York Yacht Club was the challenger of record. By 31 January 1998 16 teams from 10 nations had made the $US 250,000 deposit to officially challenge for the America's Cup. In the end only 11 challenges from seven nations competed for the Louis Vuitton Cup. Hong Kong, British and Russian challenges withdrew while an American team and a French team merged into existing challenges.


2000 Louis Vuitton Cup, The teams, Prada Challenge (ITA)
A strong two boat challenge led by Patrizio Bertelli and sponsored by Prada, the team was formed in 1997 and became an early favourite in Auckland. The team used designer Germán Frers who worked for Il Moro di Venezia in 1992. Francesco de Angelis was the skipper with Rod Davis acting as the sailing coach. The crew included Matteo Plazzi, Alan Smith, Giuseppe Brizzi, Pietro D'Ali, Simone de Mari, mid-bowman Max Sirena and Torben Grael. Prada originally acquired two boats from the America3 syndicate before building ITA 45 and ITA 48.


2000 Louis Vuitton Cup, The teams, AmericaOne (USA)
Skippered by Paul Cayard, AmericaOne was one of two syndicates from the San Francisco Bay Area in 2000. AmericaOne purchased OneAustralia as a training boat before developing USA-49 and USA-61. The team included tactician John Kostecki, navigator Terry Hutchinson, Lexi Gahagan, Billy Bates, Curtis Blewett, Josh Belsky, Gavin Brady, Sean Clarkson, Justin Clougher, Kevin Hall, Mike Howard, Pieter Van Nieuwenhuyzen, Morgan Larson, David McClintock, Jim Nicholas, Carter Perrin, Greg Prussia, Russ Silvestri, Ralf Steitz, Phil Trinter, Morgan Trubovich, Matt Welling and Ray Davies. Robert Billingham was the chief operations officer.


2000 Louis Vuitton Cup, The teams, Aloha Racing (USA)
Funded by Dr Jim Andrews, Aloha Racing built on their ocean racing history to launch an America's Cup challenge from Hawaii. Skippered by veteran John Kolius, the team secured sponsorship from HealthSouth to ensure their participation. The team built USA-50 and USA-54, both called Abracadabra 2000, and opted to train in Hawaii, rather than Auckland, before the Cup. The crew included Chris Larson, Cameron Dunn, Brian MacInnes, Marco Constant, and John Bertrand.


2000 Louis Vuitton Cup, The teams, America True (USA)
America True was one of two syndicates from the San Francisco Bay Area in 2000. The team was led by CEO Dawn Riley and John Cutler served as helmsman. The team was funded largely with private funding provided by G. Christopher Coffin, which allowed them to purchase Tag Heuer before developing USA-51. The design team, led by Phil Kaiko, also benefited from America3's design information.


2000 Louis Vuitton Cup, The teams, America True (USA)
The crew included Buddy Melges, Kelvin Harrap, David Armitage, Carl Barkow, Liz Baylis, Ben Beer, Jamie Boeckel, Greg Burrell, Merritt Carey, Lisa Charles, Tom Faire, Daniel Fong, Scott Gregory, Stephen Gruver, Peter Heck, Al Palewicz, Katie Pettibone, Hal Sears, John Spence, Latimer Spinney, John Sweeney, Tucker Thompson, Brad Webb, Jon Ziskind, Jeff Madrigali, David Stevenson and Leslie Egnot. David Barnes skippered the testing boat.


2000 Louis Vuitton Cup, The teams, Desafio Español (ESP)
Skippered by Pedro Campos, as in 1992 and 1995, the team added Olympic medal winning sailor Luis Doreste to the crew in 2000. Backed by the government, royal family and major sponsor Telefonica. The team built ESP 47 and ESP 56.


2000 Louis Vuitton Cup, The teams, Desafio Español (ESP)
Before the regatta a crew member, Martin Wizner, died almost instantly when he was hit in the head by a broken piece of equipment.


2000 Louis Vuitton Cup, The teams, FAST 2000 (SUI)
Led by experienced French campaigner Marc Pajot and with German Jochen Schümann as helmsman, the FAST 2000 team was the countries first America's Cup challenge. SUI 59 was an unknown quantity when it arrived in Auckland but the syndicate ended up with a disappointing 2 wins over the course of the Cup.


2000 Louis Vuitton Cup, The teams, FAST 2000 (SUI)
Other crew members included Enrico Chieffi, Pierre Fehlmann, Yves Detrey, and Hans Bernard.


2000 Louis Vuitton Cup, The teams, Le Defi BTT (FRA)
Le Defi Bouygues Telecom Transiciel was a one boat challenge from France led by Syndicate head Luc Gelluseau and operations manager Pierre Mas. The team was skippered by Bertrand Pacé, who replaced Marc Pajot from the 1995 challenge, and Thierry Peponnet was the teams tactician. Thierry Fouchier was also on the crew. Two other French syndicates attempted to form challenges and almost competed as Le Defi Sud, but in the end lacked the money required to charter a boat to compete.


2000 Louis Vuitton Cup, The teams, Nippon Challenge (JPN)
The third challenge from the Japanese syndicate funded by S&B foods chairman Tatsumitsu Yamasaki. The team was led by Australian Peter Gilmour. The team was hit early on by the loss of former syndicate head Makoto Namba, who was lost at sea, and the Asian financial crisis, which severely limited the team's budget. The team launched JPN 44 and JPN 52 for the 2000 Louis Vuitton Cup.


2000 Louis Vuitton Cup, The teams, Team Dennis Conner (USA)
Team Dennis Conner was Dennis Conner's eighth America's Cup challenge or defence. The team was sponsored by Citizen Watches and USA-55 adopted the familiar name of Stars & Stripes, common to all of Conner's boats since 1986. The team was representing the Cortez Racing Association and included Peter Isler and Ken Read in the afterguard. Peter Holmberg also joined the team as a tactician, merging the US Virgin Islands Challenge into the team after the syndicate ran out of funds. Other personnel included Bill Trenkle, Tom Whidden and Erle Williams.


2000 Louis Vuitton Cup, The teams, Young America (USA)
Representing the New York Yacht Club, the challenger of record, Young America built on John Marshall's PACT '95 syndicate. The team's yacht's USA 53 and USA 58 were designed by Bruce Farr and built on the 1995 Cup defender Young America. The Helmsman was Ed Baird and the crew included tactician Jim Brady, navigator Ed Adams, Ross Halcrow, Tom Burnham, Dean Brenner, and Jamie Gale.


2000 Louis Vuitton Cup, The teams, Young Australia (AUS)
Young Australia was Syd Fischer's final America's Cup challenge and currently was the most recent America's Cup entry from Australia. The young crew was led by James Spithill, then just 19, and included Wade Morgan, Joey Newton, and Andy Fethers. The syndicate sailed with two old boats, Sydney '95 (AUS-29) and oneAustralia (AUS-31) which were not competitive against some of the newer designs sailed by competitive syndicates. Involved in the campaign were experienced sailors and America's Cup campaigners Sir James Hardy and Iain Murray.


2000 Louis Vuitton Cup, Round robin
Three round robin series (RR1-RR3) were held. During RR1 a team scored 1 point per win. During RR2 a team scored 4 points per win. During RR3 a team scored 9 points per win.


2000 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team
The 2000 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team represented Louisiana Tech University as an independent during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach Jack Bicknell Jr., the Bulldogs played their home games at Joe Aillet Stadium in Ruston, Louisiana. The team finished the season with a record of 3–9.


2000 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team
The 2000 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette as an independent in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by second-year head coach Jerry Baldwin and played their home games at Cajun Field in Lafayette, Louisiana.


2000 Louisiana–Monroe Indians football team
The 2000 Louisiana–Monroe Indians football team represented the University of Louisiana at Monroe in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A college football season. The Indians offense scored 96 points while the defense allowed 415 points.


2000 Louisville Cardinals football team
The 2000 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team, led by John L. Smith and played their home games in Papa John's Cardinal Stadium, ended with a 9–3 record.


2000 Lunar New Year Cup
The 2000 Lunar New Year Cup (aka Carlsberg Cup) was a football tournament held in Hong Kong over the first and fourth day of the Chinese New Year holiday.


2000 Lunas by-election
A by-election was held for the Kedah State Assembly seat of Lunas on 29 November 2000 following the nomination day on 21 November 2000. The seat fell vacant after the incumbent assemblyman, Joe Fernandez, the deputy state chief of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), of the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition, was assassinated in Bukit Mertajam on 4 November 2000. He won a 4,700-vote majority by polling 9,760 votes against three candidates: 5,060 votes for M. Kathiravelo of Democratic Action Party (DAP), Ibrahim Mohamed Rashdi (Independent) 2,158 votes and N. Letchumanan (Independent) 87 votes in the general elections in 1999.


2000 Lunas by-election
S. Anthonysamy of MIC was chosen to be the Barisan Nasional candidate for the by-election, while the opposition Barisan Alternatif coalition chose Saifuddin Nasution Ismail of Parti Keadilan Nasional (KeADILan) as their candidate. The by-election was a three-corner between two of them and independent N. Letchumanan.


2000 Lunas by-election
The by-election was won by Saifuddin Nasution Ismail with a majority of 530 votes, polling 10,511 votes. A 77.58 percentage turnout of a total 26,746 registered voters came out to vote.


2000 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2000 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 3–6, 2000 at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. The winner, Iona, was crowned with the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championship and received an automatic bid into the 2000 NCAA Tournament.


2000 MAAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 2000 MAAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 2nd championship in the history of the conference. It was played between March 10 and March 18, 2000. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the UConn Ice Arena in Storrs, Connecticut, the home venue of the Connecticut Huskies.


2000 MAAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The tournament featured three rounds of play with each round being single-elimination. The teams that finish below eighth in the standings are ineligible for tournament play. In the first round, the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third seed and sixth seeds, and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play with the winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion does not receive an automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


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


2000 MAC Championship Game
The 2000 MAC Championship Game was played on December 2, 2000 at Marshall Stadium, now known as Joan C. Edwards Stadium, in Huntington, West Virginia. The game featured the winner of each division of the Mid-American Conference. The game featured the Marshall Thundering Herd, of the East Division, and the Western Michigan Broncos, of the West Division. The Thundering Herd beat the Broncos 19−14.


2000 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2000 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place at Gund Arena in Cleveland to determine the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Tournament. The 2000 tournament was the first MAC Tournament to be held in Cleveland after a four-year stint in Toledo, Ohio, and also marked the first year all conference members were invited to participate after having previously limited participation to the top eight teams in the conference standings. It was a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the three highest seeds received first-round byes. Bowling Green, the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament. MAC West Division champion Ball State won the tournament, their 7th conference tournament title and first since 1995.


2000 MEAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2000 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place on March 6–11, 2000 at the Arthur Ashe Athletic Center in Richmond, Virginia. South Carolina State defeated Coppin State, 70–53 in the championship game, to win its fourth MEAC Tournament title. The Bulldogs earned an automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Tournament as No. 16 seed in the South region. In the round of 64, South Carolina State fell to No. 1 seed Stanford 84–65.


2000 MEAC Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
All eleven conference members participated, with the top 5 teams receiving a bye to the quarterfinal round. After seeds 6 through 11 completed games in the first round, teams were re-seeded. The lowest remaining seed was slotted against the top seed, next lowest remaining faced the #2 seed, and third lowest remaining seed squared off against the #3 seed.


2000 MI6 attack
On Wednesday 20 September 2000, the Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA) carried out an attack on MI6's SIS Building headquarters in Vauxhall, Lambeth, London. A Russian-built RPG-22 anti-tank rocket, fired 300 metres (330 yards) away from MI6 headquarters, struck the building on the south side of the eighth floor, causing superficial damage. No fatalities or injuries were recorded.


2000 MI6 attack
Although London had been the targets of terrorist attacks before 2000, it had not been subjected to a rocket launcher attack; this was the first time a RPG-22 rocket launcher was seen and used in Great Britain. It was initially thought the Real IRA acquired the launchers from the Provisional IRA's arsenal, but later confirmed it was brought from the former Yugoslavia. The "audacious" attack caused minimal damage due to the building's bullet-proof and bomb-proof structure, failing to penetrate the inner cladding.


2000 MI6 attack
At the time of the attack, the constituency of South Antrim was preparing for a by-election to be held the following day; it was won by Democratic Unionist William McCrea, who defeated Ulster Unionist David Burnside.


2000 MI6 attack, Background
London had been the target of a similar attack in 1991 when an IRA mortar shell was fired at 10 Downing Street and exploded during a cabinet meeting held by then Prime Minister John Major. Before the Real IRA's MI6 attack, Hammersmith Bridge was damaged by a small bomb blast in June 2000, resulting in the bridge requiring renovation. A further planting of a bomb occurred near Ealing Broadway station in July 2000.


2000 MI6 attack, Background
A by-election in the constituency of South Antrim was scheduled to be held the day after the attack. Democratic Unionist William McCrea was elected with 37.95% of the votes, defeating fellow candidates Ulster Unionist David Burnside, Donovan McClelland of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, Martin Meehan of Sinn Féin, David Ford of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland and David Collins of the Natural Law Party.


2000 MI6 attack, Details of the attack
Three members of the RIRA went into an area of Spring Gardens and used a grassy knoll to fire their 2.8 kg RPG-22 missile about 300 metres away from the SIS Building. At 21:45 the grenade caused damage to a green plated glass window, metres below sensitive satellite equipment on the building's roof which was believed to be the main target. The force of the explosion was felt by people who were in underground stations and in nearby cars.


2000 MI6 attack, Reaction
The attack was condemned by the Deputy Assistant Commissioner and head of the Anti- Terrorist Branch of the Metropolitan Police Alan Fry as an "audacious attack in a busy part of London". Security procedures at the SIS Building were reviewed by the British Government in conjunction with the Metropolitan Police.


2000 MI6 attack, Reaction
Police sealed off an area between Vauxhall and Lambeth bridges to allow further investigations to occur. Services from Waterloo station were cancelled until the mid-afternoon on 21 September.


2000 MI6 attack, Investigation
A discarded launcher was discovered at a park in Spring Gardens, Vauxhall, along with remnants of the rocket. In an effort to trace the source of the RPG-22, security officers analysed the serial number located on the rocket launcher, which was identified to have originated from a cache of weapons in Croatia. A stockpile of RPG-22s were ordered by the Real IRA in July 2000 and were seized by Croatian police.


2000 MI6 attack, Investigation
Police in London conducted a fingertip search of nearby railway lines running into Waterloo station, which promoted speculation that the missile was fired from railway lines. There were extensive searches around the area of the SIS Building.


2000 MLB Japan All-Star Series
The 2000 MLB Japan All-Star Series was the seventh edition of the championship, a best-of-eight series between the All-Star teams from Major League Baseball (MLB) and Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).


2000 MLB Japan All-Star Series
MLB won the series by 5–2–1 and Barry Bonds was named MVP.


2000 MLS All-Star Game
The 2000 Major League Soccer All-Star Game was the fifth MLS All-Star Game. It was played on July 29, 2000 at Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. In the highest scoring MLS All-Star Game, the Eastern Conference won 9-4.


2000 MLS All-Star Game
Players from the league's three division were divided into East and West teams, decided by fans through voting online and at stadiums and stores.


2000 MLS SuperDraft
The 2000 Major League Soccer SuperDraft was held on February 6, 2000 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and consisted of six rounds.


2000 MLS SuperDraft
One of the most successful draft picks was goalkeeper Nick Rimando, a third round pick, who went on to hold the record for most MLS career shutouts. Additionally, first round pick defender Carlos Bocanegra earned over 100 caps with the United States mens national soccer team.


2000 MLS SuperDraft, Player selection
Any player whose name is marked with an * was contracted under the Project-40 program.


2000 MTV Europe Music Awards
The 2000 MTV Europe Music Awards were held on 16 November 2000 at the Ericsson Globe, Stockholm.


2000 MTV Europe Music Awards
Performers included Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue. The Spice Girls performance was their last before their separation. Presenters included Kelis, Guy Ritchie, Moby and Heidi Klum.


2000 MTV Europe Music Awards
The nominees were announced on October 2, 2000. Robbie Williams was the most nominee with 4 awards included Best Song and Best Video. Madonna and Eminem were the big winners of the night with two awards each.


2000 MTV Movie Awards
The 2000 MTV Movie Awards were hosted by Sarah Jessica Parker. In conjunction with the success of Sex and the City, the awards show presented a parody of Sex and the City and The Matrix during the program's opening. It featured the SATC cast (Samantha Jones, Miranda Hobbes, and Charlotte York) as they listened intently as Carrie Bradshaw (Parker's character on the series) describes getting caught in the Matrix, which is shown in flashbacks and in the narration style heard usually on the TV series.


2000 MTV Movie Awards
Laurence Fishburne appeared in the spoof in a creative superimposition from the film, as well as Vince Vaughn (playing the supposed "White Rabbit") and Jimmy Fallon, who played Keanu Reeves's character, Neo, from the film. Also, it noted Parker's status as a fashion icon by appearing in no less than 15 different costumes during the duration of the awards ceremonies, even appearing in nothing but a bath towel.


2000 MTV Movie Awards, Awards, Best On-Screen Duo
Mike Myers and Verne Troyer – Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me


2000 MTV Movie Awards, Awards, Best Villain
Mike Myers – Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me


2000 MTV Movie Awards, Awards, Best Action Sequence
The Pod Race – Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace


2000 MTV Movie Awards, Awards, Best Musical Sequence
Terrence and Philip — "Uncle F**ka" (from South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut)


2000 MTV Video Music Awards
The 2000 MTV Video Music Awards (stylized as MTV Video Music Awards vma.00) aired live on September 7, 2000, honoring the best music videos from June 12, 1999, to June 9, 2000. The show was hosted by Marlon and Shawn Wayans at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.


2000 MTV Video Music Awards
The 2000 show is best remembered for Tim Commerford of Rage Against the Machine climbing a piece of set scaffolding and refusing to come down after his band lost the award for Best Rock Video to Limp Bizkit. The show went to commercial while security removed Commerford, who was later arrested and forced to spend a night in jail.


2000 MTV Video Music Awards
Janet Jackson opened the show with her hit “Doesn’t Really Matter”. Britney Spears performed her hit single "Oops!...I Did It Again" which went on to become one of the VMA's most iconic and controversial performances, due to her skin-colored performance attire. NSYNC also performed their hit single "Bye Bye Bye". Bizkit vocalist Fred Durst later joined Christina Aguilera onstage as a surprise guest during her performance of "Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)".


2000 MTV Video Music Awards
For the second year in a row DMX did not show up for his scheduled performance; as a result, Nelly's performance, originally scheduled for the pre-show, was promoted to the main event. Other highlights included Eminem performing amidst an army of "Slim Shady" lookalikes and a humorous montage dedicated to past VMA winners who had failed to repeat their previous success.


2000 MTV Video Music Awards
This was Aaliyah's last appearance at the VMA awards  before her death a year later in August 2001 in a plane crash in the Bahamas. She won her two and only VMA awards that night, for Best Female Video and Best Video from a Film for "Try Again".


2000 MTV Video Music Awards, Nominations, Best Direction in a Video
Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Californication" (Directors: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris)


2000 MTV Video Music Awards, Nominations, Best Special Effects in a Video
Björk – "All Is Full of Love" (Special Effects: Glassworks)


2000 MTV Video Music Awards, Nominations, Best Art Direction in a Video
Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Californication" (Art Director: Colin Strause)


2000 MTV Video Music Awards, Nominations, Best Cinematography in a Video
Macy Gray – "Do Something" (Director of Photography: Jeff Cronenweth)


2000 MTV Video Music Awards, Nominations, International Viewer's Choice Awards, MTV Brasil
O Rappa – "A Minha Alma (A Paz Que Eu Não Quero)"


2000 MTV Video Music Awards, Nominations, International Viewer's Choice Awards, MTV India (Hindi film category)
Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik – "Kaho Na Pyar Hai"


2000 Macau Grand Prix
The 2000 Macau Grand Prix (formally the 47th Macau Grand Prix) was a motor race for Formula Three (F3) cars that was held on the streets of Macau on 19 November 2000. Unlike other races, such as the Masters of Formula 3, the 2000 Macau Grand Prix was not a part of any F3 championship, but was open to entries from all F3 championships. The race was divided into two 15-lap aggregate legs held on the morning and the afternoon, with the overall winner being the driver who completed all 30 laps in the shortest amount of time. The 2000 edition was the 47th running of the Macau Grand Prix and the 18th for F3 cars.


2000 Macau Grand Prix
The Grand Prix was won by Bertram Schafer Racing driver André Couto, having begun the first leg of the race from sixth position. Couto overtook the winner of the first leg Pierre Kaffer of team hms at the start of the second leg and withstood pressure from Paolo Montin of Target Racing to maintain the lead and become the first Macanese driver to win the Macau Grand Prix held to F3 rules. Montin finished third and Ryō Fukuda in his self-owned car took third place.


2000 Macau Grand Prix, Background and entry list
The Macau Grand Prix is a Formula Three (F3) race considered to be a stepping stone to higher motor racing categories such as Formula One and has been termed the territory's most prestigious international sporting event. The 2000 Macau Grand Prix was the 47th edition of the event and the 18th time it was held to F3 regulations. It took place on the 6.2 km (3.9 mi) temporary 22-turn Guia Circuit on 18 November 2000 with three preceding days of practice and qualifying. This was the first Macau Grand Prix to take place since sovereignty over Macau was passed to China.


2000 Macau Grand Prix, Background and entry list
A total of 30 drivers representing 16 nationalities were invited to participate by the Macau Grand Prix Committee. Japan had the highest number of drivers with seven; Macau, France, Italy, the United Kingdom and Austria all had two or more drivers competing. Of those, 18 debuted in the race. The drivers' average age was 23.6 years. All drove a Dallara-built chassis (either the F399 and F300) from four engine manufacturers (Mugen-Honda, Opel Spiess, Renault Sodemo and Toyota TOM'S). Within the grid, two of the four major F3 series were represented by their respective champions.


2000 Macau Grand Prix, Background and entry list
Sébastien Philippe, the Japanese series winner, was joined in Macau by French champion Jonathan Cochet. British champion Antônio Pizzonia missed the event because of a clashing Champ Car test with Mo Nunn Racing. He was replaced at Manor Motorsport by local driver Lei Kit Meng. André Couto, an International Formula 3000 racer, and Formula Nippon's Alex Yoong were two competitors outside of F3 to receive invitations to compete at Macau.


2000 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
Two practice sessions lasting half an hour were held before the race on Sunday: one on Thursday morning and one on Friday morning. Rain fell before the start of the opening practice session which intensified as it progressed but a dry racing line appeared before its conclusion. Narain Karthikeyan was the fastest driver in the session's opening minutes and more than seven seconds faster than any other driver at one stage. His teammate Takuma Sato was fastest overall with a time of 2 minutes, 32.044 seconds.


2000 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
Tiago Monteiro recorded his best lap time when the dry line appeared towards the session's conclusion and was second. Seiji Ara, Karthikeyan, Patrick Friesacher, Toshihiro Kaneishi, Couto, Robert Lechner, Tomas Scheckter and Pierre Kaffer rounded out the session's top ten drivers. Ben Collins' rear wing loosened because of a sheared retaining bolt and Karthikeyan stopped at the Melco hairpin for unknown reasons.


2000 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
Qualifying was divided into two 45-minute sessions; the first was held on Thursday afternoon, and the second on Friday afternoon. The fastest time set by each driver from either session counted towards their final starting position for Sunday's race. The first qualifying session was held in cloudy weather conditions. Paolo Montin ran consistently within the top five and later set the provisional fastest lap of 2 minutes, 15.374 seconds with three minutes remaining.


2000 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
Karthikeyan was three-tenths of a second slower in provisional second; he sustained minor damage to his car's rear with minor contact with a barrier at Moorish Hill corner. Slower traffic delayed Cochet in third and lost him seven chances at a full-speed lap on the tight circuit. Sato was fourth after an engine breakage that stopped him from improving his lap time towards the end of qualifying. Lechner was fifth and Gianmaria Bruni took sixth as he crashed into a barrier at Lisboa corner near the session's conclusion. Couto, Kaffer, Ryō Fukuda and Phillipe rounded out the top ten.


2000 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
Peter Sundberg was the fastest driver not to qualify in the provisional top ten because he was 2.002 seconds slower than Montin. Mathieu Zangarelli was next up ahead of Alex Yoong and Scheckter. Collins was 15th. He was followed by the Japanese trio of Ara, Haruki Kurosawa and Yuji Ide in three of the following four places; they were separated by Enrico Toccacelo in 18th. Miloš Pavlović, Andy Priaulx, Friesacher, Zsolt Baumgartner, Ying Kin Lee, Shinichi Takagi, Kaneishi, Lei, Michael Ho, Jo Merszei and Montiero were the last ten drivers on the provisional grid.


2000 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
Monteiro did not set a lap because he crashed at the R Bend corner and stopped the session after five minutes. The R Bend also caught out the Japanese duo of Kaneishi and Ara with the latter's accident prematurely ending the session with five minutes left because his car was on the racing line.


2000 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
In the second half an hour practice session, held on a dirty track and in cloudy weather, Sato and his teammate Karthikeyan exchanged the fastest lap throughout, but it was Sato who led at the conclusion of practice with a 2 minutes, 14.087 seconds lap, that he recorded in the session's final minutes having made overnight car setup changes. Karthikeyan was two-tenths of a second slower in second despite minor contact with a barrier beside the track. Provisional pole sitter Montin ran without problems and set the third-fastest lap. Monteiro, Kaffer and Cochet were in positions four to six.


2000 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
Couto duplicated his first practice and qualifying results in seventh. Fukuda, Yoong and Zangarelli completed the top ten. While the session passed without the need for a red flag stoppage, Lechner made light contact with a wall at the left-hand corner after the Melco hairpin and could not return to the pit lane. Scheckter hit a barrier at Moorish Hill turn.


2000 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
The second qualifying session had Priaulx set the early pace and moved past Montin to take the provisional pole position. One third of a way through, Karthikeyan bettered Priaulx's effort to top the time sheets and he held it until Fukuda took over the position. 20 minutes into the session, Karthikeyan reclaimed first with a new track record of the Guia Circuit with a time of 2 minutes, 12.887 seconds and held it to start the first leg from pole position.


2000 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
He was joined on the grid's front row by his teammate Sato who pushed hard to be almost four-tenths of a second slower. Fukuda improved to third as he grazed the circuit's barriers three times while pushing hard to improve his lap and ripped his racing gloves. Kaffer gained fourth places to start the first leg from fourth while Zangarelli advanced seven positions to fifth as the latter was narrowly in front of the sixth-placed Couto. Friesacher qualified in the seventh position, having moved fifteen positions from his first session result.


2000 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
Toccacelo was eighth, ahead of fellow Italian Montin who dropped nine positions to start from ninth and Bruni completed the top ten. Cochet fell from provisional third to eleventh while Monteiro gained the most positions of all competitors to begin from twelfth. Behind Cochet and Monteiro the rest of the grid lined up as Priaulx, Scheckter, Sundberg, Collins, Yoong, Ara, Kurosawa, Phillipe, Takagi, Kaneshi, Lechner, Pavlović, Ide, Baumgartner, Ying, Kit, Merszei and Ho.


2000 Macau Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying, Qualifying classification
A driver's fastest time from the two qualifying sessions is denoted in bold.


2000 Macau Grand Prix, Warm-up
A half an hour warm-up session was held on the morning of the race. A short rain shower fell earlier in the morning, making the track wet, but the surface dried out quickly. Although he spun, Kaffer reported no car problems and set the fastest lap at 2 minutes, 18.293 seconds, almost three seconds faster than Friesacher in second place. Kaneishi recorded a lap late on for third and Sato was fourth. Collins had his car's set-up altered with his diffuser cut for improved top speed after qualifying and was fifth. Scheckter, Priaulx, Monteiro, Lee and Couto made up positions five through ten.


2000 Macau Grand Prix, Race
Sunday's race was divided into two aggregate legs lasting a total of 30 laps. The first 15-lap leg was held in the morning and the results of that leg determined the starting grid of the second leg with the winner beginning from pole position. Afterwards, a 5-hour interval was observed to allow for the intervening support races to occur. The second 15-lap leg took place later in the afternoon. The overall Grand Prix winner was the driver who won the second leg provided all 30 laps were completed in the shortest amount of time.


2000 Macau Grand Prix, Race, Leg 1
The first leg began in cloudy and dry weather at 10:15 Macau Standard Time (UTC+08:00) on 19 November. Karthikeyan made a brisk getaway from his standing start on the grid to maintain his lead on the run into the Reservoir Bend corner but he lost it to his teammate Sato on the straight heading towards Lisboa turn. But Sato missed the braking point for the corner and he crashed into a tyre barrier and retired. This gave the lead back to his teammate Karthikeyan, who opened out a small but comfortable lead over the remainder of the field.


2000 Macau Grand Prix, Race, Leg 1
That same lap, Ho had an accident leaving Mandarin Oriental Bend corner and retired. Positions changed behind him as Couto overtook Fukuda to move into second on lap two and he soon got ahead of Kaffer for second during the following lap. By the conclusion of the fifth lap, Karthikeyan led Couto by five seconds. However, on the next lap, Karthikeyan lost control of his vehicle at Paiol corner and struck the wall, becoming the third retirement. That prompted the safety car's deployment for two laps to allow for his car to be extricated from the track. In the meantime, Cochet drove over debris from Karthikeyan's car and he lost the opportunity to win the race.


2000 Macau Grand Prix, Race, Leg 1
At the lap nine restart, Kaffer began to battle Couto for the first position. He went to the outside line to attempt a pass on Couto into Lisboa corner on the next lap but the latter maintained the lead on the inside line. That lap, Bruni retired following the collision against the wall at Lisboa turn. On the 12th lap, Kaffer overtook Couto entering Lisboa turn but he braked too late and ran wide entering the corner. This put him close to hitting a barrier as Couto retook the lead.


2000 Macau Grand Prix, Race, Leg 1
Friesacher brushed a wall at R Bend on the lap 12 but he continued without any major vehicular damage. On lap 14, Couto braked too late for Lisboa turn and Kaffer took the lead. He held the position for the rest of the leg to win by 3.4 seconds over Couto and began the second leg from pole position. Zangarelli and Montin were third and fourth and Fukuda took fifth. Friesacher was sixth, Scheckter finished seventh after he was delayed by a slower driver, Toccacelo took eighth, Priaulx ninth and Monteiro tenth. Kurosawa finished eleventh, having moved up eight places from his starting position of 19th. The final finishers Collins, Sundberg, Yoong, the Japanese duo of Ara and Kaneishi, Lechner, Takagi, Lee, Cochet, Pavlović, Baumgartner, Lei and Merszei.


2000 Macau Grand Prix, Race, Leg 2
The second leg commenced later that day at 15:35 local time under cloudy and dry weather. Couto made a better getaway than pole position starter Kaffer off the line and passed him going into Lisboa corner. Kaffer put Couto under heavy pressure until Montin began to challenge him for second. On the fifth lap, Montin entered Kaffer's slipstream as the two drove towards Lisboa turn and he then turned right to make a pass under braking.


2000 Macau Grand Prix, Race, Leg 2
From that point on, Couto's lead was reduced as Montin began closing up to him and was close behind him at the beginning of the seventh lap. Montin attempted to pass Couto under braking at Lisboa corner on laps seven and eight but was unsuccessful in both tries. Kaffer was passed by the faster Fukuda for the third position on the eighth lap. Montin could not make any further attempts to get ahead of Couto because the safety car was deployed on lap thirteen as Lechner crashed into a wall beside the circuit at the R Bend and no overtaking was prohibited under these conditions.


2000 Macau Grand Prix, Race, Leg 2
The second leg was run behind the safety car for the final two laps in a single line, giving Couto the victory, making him the first Macanese to win the Macau Grand Prix since it adopted F3 regulations in 1983. Montin finished in the second position and Fukuda completed the podium placings in third. Off the podium, Kaffer took fourth and Tocacello was fifth after the latter advanced three positions from his first leg result. An engine cut out at the Melco hairpin and the main straight restricted Scheckter to sixth. Seventh place went to Collins and the second British driver competing in the event Priaulx finished eighth overall. Monteiro and Friesacher rounded out the top ten finishers. Outside the top ten, Cochet, Sundberg, Lee, Baumgartner, Takagi, Lei, Ara, Merszei, Zangarelli and Kaneishi were the final classified finishers.


2000 Madeiran regional election
The Madeira Regional Election (2000) (Portuguese: Eleições Regionais da Madeira, 2000) was an election held on 15 October 2000 for the legislative assembly and government of the Portuguese autonomous region of the Madeira. There were 61 seats in dispute, two more than in the previous election, distributed by the 11 municipalities of the archipelago proportionally to the number of registered voters of each municipality.


2000 Madeiran regional election
The winner of the election in Madeira was, once more, the Social Democratic Party, and Alberto João Jardim was elected president of the Regional Government with an absolute majority for the 7th consecutive time. The percentage gathered by the Social Democrats decreased by 1%, however, due to the increase of the overall number of MPs, the party kept their 41 mandates.


2000 Madeiran regional election
The People's Party increased its voting and its number of MPs, gathering a total of 3 mandates.


2000 Madeiran regional election
On the left, the Socialist Party kept its 13 MPs after, despite losing more than 3% of the voting. The Unitarian Democratic Coalition, led by the Portuguese Communist Party, increased the voting and kept the 2 Mps of the previous election. The People's Democratic Union raised the number of MPs from 1 to 2 after a slight increase of the voting.


2000 Madeiran regional election
Voter turnout was lower, compared with 1996, with 61.9% of the electorate casting their ballot on election day.


2000 Madeiran regional election, Electoral system
In this election, the members of the regional parliament were elected in 11 constituencies, representing the 11 municipalities of Madeira, that were awarded a determined number of member to elect according with the number of registered voters in those constituencies. The method use to elect the members was the D'Hondt method. In this election the number of MPs to be elected rose from 59 in 1996 to 61.


2000 Madeiran regional election, Political parties
A total of 6 political parties presented lists of candidates for the regional elections in Madeira, where 209,541 electors could elect 61 deputies to the Legislative Assembly. The list of parties running was the following:


2000 Mahoran status referendum
A referendum on the Paris Agreement was held in Mayotte on 2 July 2000. The agreement allowed Mayotte to become a "collectivité départementale", and provided for another referendum on status in ten years' time. It was approved by 72.93% of voters. A further referendum on becoming an overseas department was subsequently held in 2009.


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


2000 Maidstone Borough Council election, Campaign
Before the election no party had a majority, with the Liberal Democrats the largest party on the council. Asylum seekers was reported as being a big issue in the election, after a rise in council tax from Kent County Council was partly put down to asylum seekers in the county. The Conservative party said it was boosted in the election by pledges of a "crackdown" made by the national party leader William Hague.