2000 Epsom Derby, Subsequent breeding careers, Other Stallions
Barathea Guest (8th) - Doubly Guest (3rd Warfield Mares' Hurdle 2009) - Exported to ItalyBest Of The Bests (4th) - Minor winners - Exported to CanadaWellbeing (5th) - Sired minor jumps winner before being gelded and sent over hurdles himselfAristotle (10th) - Exported to Australia before standing in Ireland where he sired a minor jumps winnerHatha Anna (6th) - Exported to Russia


2000 Ericsson Open
The 2000 Ericsson Open was the 16th edition of this tennis tournament and was played on outdoor hard courts. The tournament was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2000 ATP Tour and was classified as a Tier I event on the 2000 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida, United States, from March 23 through April 6, 2000.


2000 Ericsson Open, Finals, Men's doubles
Todd Woodbridge /  Mark Woodforde defeated  Martin Damm /  Dominik Hrbatý 6–3, 6–4


2000 Ericsson Open, Finals, Women's doubles
Julie Halard-Decugis /  Ai Sugiyama defeated  Nicole Arendt /  Manon Bollegraf 4–6, 7–5, 6–4


2000 Ericsson Open – Men's Doubles
Wayne Black and Sandon Stolle were the defending champions, but did not partner together this year. Black partnered Andrew Kratzmann, losing in the second round. Stolle partnered Paul Haarhuis, losing in the quarterfinals.


2000 Ericsson Open – Men's Doubles
Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde won the title, defeating Martin Damm and Dominik Hrbatý 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


2000 Ericsson Open – Men's Singles
Richard Krajicek was the defending champion, but did not participate this year.


2000 Ericsson Open – Men's Singles
Pete Sampras won the title, defeating Gustavo Kuerten 6–1, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5), 7–6(10–8) in the final.


2000 Ericsson Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
All thirty-two seeds received a bye to the second round.


2000 Ericsson Open – Women's Doubles
Martina Hingis and Jana Novotná were the defending champions, but none of them competed this year. Novotná also retired at the end of the 1999 season.


2000 Ericsson Open – Women's Doubles
Julie Halard-Decugis and Ai Sugiyama won the title by defeating Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 in the final. It was the 9th title for Halard-Decugis and the 12th title for Sugiyama in their respective careers. It was also the 2nd title for the pair during the season, after their win in Sydney.


2000 Ericsson Open – Women's Doubles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All sixteen seeds received a bye to the second round.


2000 Ericsson Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All thirty-two seeds received a bye to the second round.


2000 Esiliiga
The 2000 Esiliiga is the tenth season of the Esiliiga, second-highest Estonian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992.


2000 Esiliiga, Promotion playoff
FC Kuressaare were awarded the playoff win after JK Tervis Pärnu withdrew due to unavailability of players active for the Estonian U-18 team. Kuressaare remained in Meistriliiga, Tervis in Esiliiga.


2000 Espirito Santo Trophy
The 2000 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 23–26 August at Sporting Club Berlin, on its Nick Faldo Course, in Bad Saarow, outside Berlin, Germany.


2000 Espirito Santo Trophy
It was the 19th women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy.


2000 Espirito Santo Trophy
The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event. There were a record 40 team entries, each with three players. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.


2000 Espirito Santo Trophy
The French team won the Trophy for their second title, their first since France won the inaugural event on home soil in 1964. They beat team South Korea by seven strokes. South Korea took the silver, while the combined team of Great Britain and Ireland took the bronze on third place another four strokes back. The defending United States team finished 17th, their worst finish ever in the championship, having won the trophy 13 times.


2000 Espirito Santo Trophy
The individual title went to Suzann Pettersen, Norway, whose score of 3-under-par, 285, was four strokes ahead of the nearest competitors.


2000 Espirito Santo Trophy, Teams
40 teams entered the event and completed the competition. Each team had three players.


2000 Espirito Santo Trophy, Individual leaders
There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.


2000 Estonia Census
2000 Population and Housing Census (PHC 2000) (Estonian: Rahva ja eluruumide loendus (REL 2000)) was a census that was carried out during 31 March 2000 – 9 April 2000 in Estonia by Statistics Estonia.


2000 Estonia Census
The total actual population recorded was 1,370,052 persons and 67.9% of them were Estonians. Compared to 1989 Estonia Census population was decreased by 195,000 persons (12.5%).


2000 Estonian Figure Skating Championships
The 2000 Estonian Figure Skating Championships (Estonian: Eesti Meistrivõistlused 2000) were held in Tallinn from December 3 to 5, 1999. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior and junior levels.


2000 Estonian Figure Skating Championships, Junior results
The 2000 Estonian Junior Figure Skating Championships took place in Tallinn from January 22 through 23, 2000.


2000 Estoril Open
The 2000 Estoril Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. This event was the 11th edition of the Estoril Open for the men (the 4th for the women), included in the 2000 ATP Tour International Series and in the 2000 WTA Tour Tier IV Series. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Estoril Court Central, in Oeiras, Portugal, from 10 April through 17 April 2000. Carlos Moyà and Anke Huber won the singles titles.


2000 Estoril Open, Finals, Men's Doubles
Donald Johnson /  Piet Norval defeated  David Adams /  Joshua Eagle, 6–4, 7–5


2000 Estoril Open, Finals, Women's Doubles
Tina Križan /  Katarina Srebotnik defeated  Amanda Hopmans /  Cristina Torrens Valero, 6–0, 7–6(11–9)


2000 Estoril Open – Men's Doubles
Tomás Carbonell and Donald Johnson were the defending champions, but did not participate together this year. Carbonell partnered Juan Balcells, losing in the first round. Johnson partnered Piet Norval and successfully defended his title.


2000 Estoril Open – Men's Doubles
Johnson and Norval won in the final 6–4, 7–5, against David Adams and Joshua Eagle.


2000 Estoril Open – Men's Singles
Albert Costa was the defending champion, but lost in the first round this year.


2000 Estoril Open – Men's Singles
Carlos Moyá won the tournament, beating Francisco Clavet in the final, 6–3, 6–2.


2000 Estoril Open – Women's Doubles
Alicia Ortuño and Cristina Torrens Valero were the defending champions, but competed this year with different partners.


2000 Estoril Open – Women's Doubles
Ortuño teamed up with Seda Noorlander and lost in quarterfinals to Kristie Boogert and Anne-Gaëlle Sidot.


2000 Estoril Open – Women's Doubles
Torrens Valero teamed up with Amanda Hopmans and lost in the final 6–0, 7–6(11–9) to tournament winners Tina Križan and Katarina Srebotnik.


2000 Estoril Open – Women's Singles
Katarina Srebotnik was the defending champion, but lost in first round to Seda Noorlander.


2000 Estoril Open – Women's Singles
Anke Huber won the title by defeating Nathalie Dechy 6–2, 1–6, 7–5 in the final.


2000 Ethiopian general election
General elections were held in Ethiopia on 14 May and 31 August 2000 for seats in the House of Peoples' Representatives and several regional government councils. Although several opposition parties boycotted the election, 17 parties including the All-Amhara People's Organization, the Southern Ethiopia Peoples' Democratic Coalition (SEPDC), and the Oromo National Congress did participate.


2000 Ethiopian general election
In round one, held on 14 May, there were 20,252,000 registered voters, of whom 90% voted. the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) member parties captured 481 of the 524 seats in the national election. Independents won 10 seats and other parties won six. Six of the seven constituencies in the Hadiya Zone where elections were run, were won by the Hadiya National Democratic Organization led by Beyene Petros.


2000 Ethiopian general election
The second round was held on 31 August for the Somali Region alone, with 23 seats reserved for the region in the House of Peoples' Representatives and the 168 seats in the State Council. About 75% of the 1.15 million registered voters in the Region cast ballots. Announced results gave 19 of the seats to the SPDP, and the remaining four to independent candidates.


2000 Ethiopian general election
In the Regional elections, either the EPRDF or one of its member parties won the election except in Afar (where the Afar National Democratic Party won 84 of the 87 local seats), Benishangul-Gumuz (where the Benishangul Gumuz People's Democratic Unity Front won 71 of the 80 seats), Gambela (where the Gambela People's Democratic Front won 40 of the 53 seats), and Somali (where the Somali People's Democratic Party won 150 of the 168 seats).


2000 Ethiopian general election
According to observers organized by Ethiopian Human Rights Council, local U.N. staff, diplomatic missions, political parties, and domestic non-governmental organizations, both the general and the regional elections that year were generally free and fair in most areas; however, serious election irregularities occurred in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region (SNNPR), particularly in the Hadiya Zone.


2000 Ethiopian general election, Serious election irregularities in the SNNPR
According to observers organized by Ethiopian Human Rights Council, local U.N. staff, diplomatic missions, political parties, and domestic non-governmental organizations, both the general and the regional elections that year were generally free and fair in most areas; however, serious election irregularities occurred in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region (SNNPR), particularly in the Hadiya Zone. As a result, the National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) investigated the complaints and determined that many of them had merit. These included incidents of election officials instructing voters for whom to vote, candidates campaigning at polling stations, and candidates being pressured into quitting. There also were credible reports of ballot stuffing, vote count fraud, voter intimidation or bribery, dismissals from work, withholding of salaries, detentions, abductions, and killings.


2000 Ethiopian general election, Serious election irregularities in the SNNPR
In its annual report on Human Rights, the US State Department stated that there were numerous credible reports that persons who supported or voted for opposition candidates were harassed. For example, there were credible reports that ruling party personnel withheld fertilizer and food aid in the SNNPR as retaliation for voters electing opposition candidates. According to the SEPDC, some of their supporters were suspended or dismissed from their jobs in retaliation, and some teachers in the SNNPR who served as SEPDC election observers found their salaries were withheld and were denied entry to summer update courses. many civil servants who supported the opposition were fired from their positions.


2000 Ethiopian general election, Results
In round one, held on 14 May, there were 20,252,000 registered voters, of whom 90% voted. Results were announced in mid-June by the NEBE: the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) captured 481 of the 524 seats in the national election, broken down between its members as follows: the Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization winning 183, the Amhara National Democratic Movement 146, the Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement 112, and the Tigray People's Liberation Front 40. Independents won 10 seats and other parties won 6. Six of the seven constituencies in the Hadiya Zone where elections were run, were won by the Hadiya National Democratic Organization led by Beyene Petros.


2000 Ethiopian general election, Results
The second round was held August 31 for the Somali Region alone. Candidates from the Alliance of Somali Democratic Forces, the Western Somali Democratic Party, and the Somali People's Democratic Party (SPDP), as well as 156 private candidates contested the 23 seats reserved for the region in the House of Peoples' Representatives and the 168 seats in the State Council. About 75% of the 1.15 million registered voters in the Region cast ballots. Announced results gave 19 of the seats to the SPDP, and the remaining four to independent candidates.


2000 Ethiopian general election, Results
In the Regional elections, either the EPRDF or one of its member parties won the election except in Afar (where the Afar National Democratic Party won 84 of the 87 local seats), Benishangul-Gumuz (where the Benishangul Gumuz People's Democratic Unity Front won 71 of the 80 seats), Gambela (where the Gambela People's Democratic Front won 40 of the 53 seats), and Somali (where the Somali People's Democratic Party won 150 of the 168 seats).


2000 Euro Beach Soccer League
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2000 Euro Beach Soccer League
The 2000 Euro Beach Soccer League, was the third edition of the Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL), the premier beach soccer competition contested between European men's national teams, known as the European Pro Beach Soccer League at the time, occurring annually since its establishment in 1998. The league was organised by Pro Beach Soccer S.L. (PBS) between June 3 and September 3, 2000 in five different nations across Europe.


2000 Euro Beach Soccer League
As in previous seasons, the teams of the league continued to compete as one group across a number of rounds of fixtures to gain regular match points and additional bonus points for the overall league table. This was the last season of the EBSL to take place under this original format, as major changes were introduced the following season including amendments to the presentation of the stages of fixtures and introduction of the Superfinal. Austria did not return from last season and were replaced by the Netherlands who competed for the first time.


2000 Euro Beach Soccer League
The 2000 season has been noted as having one of the most exciting endings to a season in the early years of the EBSL; defending champions Spain and challengers and arch-rivals Portugal both went into the very final game of the season against each other knowing that a win for either would see their team claim the title.


2000 Euro Beach Soccer League
Ultimately, Spain successfully defended their title by winning the match by a single goal and claimed their second league title.


2000 Euro Beach Soccer League, Participating teams
Six teams took part in the 2000 season of the EBSL.


2000 Euro Beach Soccer League, Organisation, Format
The format remained the same as that established in 1998, only adjusted to the differing number of stages this year than in previous editions as follows:


2000 Euro Beach Soccer League, Organisation, Format
Matches were split into six rounds of fixtures known as stages, with two stages hosted Spain and one in France, Italy, Monaco and Portugal, whilst the participating nations of Germany and the Netherlands did not host any stage. Four teams took part in each, three joining the host nation of that particular stage, with each individual team taking part in four of the six stages overall.


2000 Euro Beach Soccer League, Organisation, Format
Each stage was played as a small knock-out tournament, with semi finals, the final and a third place decider being the fixtures throughout all six rounds. Teams earned points for their successes per game and per stage which were then tallied up in the final league table.


2000 Euro Beach Soccer League, Organisation, Format
The team who topped the table after all six stages was crowned the winner of the league.


2000 Euro Beach Soccer League, Organisation, Point distribution
Points were allocated for the following achievements in each stage, contributing to the final points total in the league table.


2000 Euro Beach Soccer League, Stages, Stage 1
The first stage took place in Saint-Galmier, France. Italy claimed the opening stage title of the season.


2000 Euro Beach Soccer League, Stages, Stage 2
The second stage took place in Palma de Mallorca, Mallorca, Spain. Despite taking place in Spain, since they were not hosting in their own country, this was considered as the German stage, who took on the status of de facto hosts.


2000 Euro Beach Soccer League, Stages, Stage 3
The third stage took place in Cadiz, Spain. The hosts claimed their second consecutive stage crown.


2000 Euro Beach Soccer League, Stages, Stage 4
The fourth stage took place in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. Portugal won their first stage as hosts.


2000 Euro Beach Soccer League, Stages, Stage 5
The fifth stage took place in Cattolica, Italy. France became the fourth unique nation of the season to win a stage.


2000 Euro Beach Soccer League, Stages, Stage 6
The sixth stage took place in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Despite taking place in Monaco, since they were not hosting in their own country, this was considered as the Dutch stage, who took on the status of de facto hosts. Spain, France and Portugal all went into the final stage with a chance of claiming the title.


2000 Euro Beach Soccer League, Stages, Stage 6
Spain secured the title by beating Portugal in the final match of the season to claim the stage.


2000 EuroTel Slovak Indoor
The 2000 EuroTel Slovak Indoor was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Sibamac Arena in Bratislava, Slovakia that was part of the Tier IV category of the 2000 WTA Tour. It was the second edition of the tournament and was held from 23 October until 29 October 2000. Wildcard Dája Bedáňová won the singles title.


2000 EuroTel Slovak Indoor, Champions, Doubles
Karina Habšudová /  Daniela Hantuchová defeated  Petra Mandula /  Patricia Wartusch, walkover


2000 EuroTel Slovak Indoor – Doubles
Kim Clijsters and Laurence Courtois were the defending champions, but neither competed this year.


2000 EuroTel Slovak Indoor – Doubles
Karina Habšudová and Daniela Hantuchová won the title, after Petra Mandula and Patricia Wartusch were forced to withdraw before the final.


2000 EuroTel Slovak Indoor – Singles
Amélie Mauresmo was the defending champion, but did not compete this year.


2000 EuroTel Slovak Indoor – Singles
Dája Bedáňová won the title by defeating Miriam Oremans 6–1, 5–7, 6–3 in the final.


2000 European 10,000m Challenge
The 2000 European 10,000m Cup, was the 4th edition of the European 10,000m Cup (the original name in 2000 was European 10,000m Challenge) and took place on 1 April in Lisbon, Portugal.


2000 European 10,000m Challenge, Team
In italic the participants whose result did not go into the team's total time, but awarded with medals.


2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Tampere, Finland from May 13 to 21. The tournament served as a qualification event for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.


2000 European Aquatics Championships
The 2000 LEN European Championships were held Monday 3 July to Sunday 9 July 2000 in Helsinki, Finland. Competition was swum in the 50 m, long course pool at the Mäkelänrinne Swimming Center. The 25th edition of the event was organised by the LEN less than three months prior to the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.


2000 European Aquatics Championships
The championships included the aquatic disciplines of Swimming (long course), Open Water Swimming, Diving, and Synchronised swimming.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships
The 26th European Athletics Indoor Championships were held from Friday, 25 February to Sunday, 27 February 2000 in Ghent, Belgium. This was the first ever edition to feature combined events and the first since 1975 to hold relay races.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships, Results, Men
WR world record |ER European record | CR championship record | NR national record |WL world leading  |EL European leading |PB personal best | SB seasonal best


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres event  at the 2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on February 25–26.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Results, Heats
First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres event  at the 2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on February 25–26.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres, Results, Heats
First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 2 of each semifinals qualified directly (Q) for the final.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres
The men's 3000 metres event  at the 2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on February 25–27.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres, Results, Heats
First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The men's 4 x 400 metres relay event at the 2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on February 27.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres
The men's 400 metres event at the 2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on February 25–27.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres, Results, Heats
First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 3 of each semifinals qualified directly (Q) for the final.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres
The men's 60 metres event  at the 2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on February 26–27.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres, Results, Heats
First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 4 of each semifinals qualified directly (Q) for the final.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles
The men's 60 metres hurdles event at the 2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on February 25–26.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
First 4 of each semifinals qualified directly (Q) for the final.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres event  at the 2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on February 25–27.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres, Results, Heats
First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 3 of each semifinals qualified directly (Q) for the final.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon
The men's heptathlon event at the 2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on February 26–27.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's high jump
The men's high jump event at the 2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on February 26–27.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's high jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualification Performance 2.25 (Q) or at least 8 best performers advanced to the final.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's long jump
The men's long jump event at the 2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on February 25–26.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's long jump, Results, Qualification
Qualifying perf. 7.95 (Q) or 8 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault
The men's pole vault event at the 2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on February 25–26.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualification Performance 5.50 (Q) or at least 8 best performers advanced to the final.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's shot put
The men's shot put event  at the 2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on February 26–27.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's shot put, Medalists
Note: The original winner, Oleksandr Bagach, was later disqualified for doping.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's shot put, Results, Qualification
Qualifying perf. 20.00 (Q) or 8 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump
The men's triple jump event at the 2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on February 26–27.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump, Results, Qualification
Qualifying perf. 16.80 (Q) or 8 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres
The women's 1500 metres event  at the 2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on February 25–26.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres, Results, Heats
First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres
The women's 200 metres event at the 2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on February 25–26.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres, Results, Heats
First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 2 of each semifinals qualified directly (Q) for the final.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres
The women's 3000 metres event at the 2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on February 25–27.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres, Results, Heats
First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
The women's 4 x 400 metres relay event  at the 2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on February 27.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres
The women's 400 metres event  at the 2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on February 25–27.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres, Results, Heats
First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 3 of each semifinals qualified directly (Q) for the final.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres
The women's 60 metres event at the 2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on February 26–27.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres, Results, Heats
First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 4 of each semifinals qualified directly (Q) for the final.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles
The women's 60 metres hurdles event  at the 2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on February 26.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles, Results
First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres
The women's 800 metres event at the 2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on February 26–27.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres, Results, Heats
First 2 of each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's high jump
The women's high jump event at the 2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on February 25–26.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's high jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualification Performance 1.93 (Q) or at least 8 best performers advanced to the final.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's long jump
The women's long jump event at the 2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on February 26–27.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's long jump, Results, Qualification
Qualifying perf. 6.65 (Q) or 8 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon
The women's pentathlon event at the 2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on February 25.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault
The women's pole vault event  at the 2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on February 25–27.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualification Performance 4.30 (Q) or at least 8 best performers advanced to the final.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's shot put
The women's shot put event at the 2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on February 25–26.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's shot put, Results, Qualification
Qualifying perf. 18.60 (Q) or 8 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump
The women's triple jump event at the 2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on February 25–26.


2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump, Results, Qualification
Qualifying perf. 14.10 (Q) or 8 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.


2000 European Badminton Championships
The 17th European Badminton Championships were held in Glasgow, Scotland, between 25 and 29 April 2000, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Scottish Badminton Union.


2000 European Badminton Championships, Venue
This tournament was held at the Kelvin Hall International Sports Arena, in Glasgow.


2000 European Beach Volleyball Championships
The 2000 European Beach Volleyball Championships were held from August 24 to August 27, 2000 in Bilbao, Spain. It was the eighth official edition of the men's event, which started in 1993, while the women competed for the seventh time.


2000 European Canoe Slalom Championships
The 2000 European Canoe Slalom Championships took place in Mezzana, Italy between June 24 and 25, 2000 under the auspices of the European Canoe Association (ECA). It was the 3rd edition. The competitors took part in 8 events, but medals were awarded for only 7 of them. The C2 team event only had 3 teams participating. An event must have at least 5 nations taking part in order to count as a medal event.


2000 European Cross Country Championships
The 7th European Cross Country Championships were held at Malmö in Sweden on 10 December 2000. Paulo Guerra took his fourth title in the men's competition and Katalin Szentgyörgyi won the women's race.


2000 European Cup (athletics)
The 2000 European Cup was the 21st edition of the European Cup of athletics.


2000 European Cup (athletics)
The Super League Finals were held in Gateshead, Great Britain.


2000 European Curling Championships
The 2000 European Curling Championships were held in Oberstdorf, Germany from December 9 to 16.


2000 European Fencing Championships
The 2000 European Fencing Championships were held in Madeira, Portugal. The event took place from 3 to 9 July 2000 at the Madeira Tecnopolo in Funchal. It gathered competitors from 31 countries.


2000 European Figure Skating Championships
The 2000 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior international figure skating competition in the 1999–2000 season. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The event was held at the Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria from February 6 to 13, 2000.


2000 European Figure Skating Championships, Qualifying
The competition was open to skaters from European ISU member nations who had reached the age of 15 before 1 July 1999. The corresponding competition for non-European skaters was the 2000 Four Continents Championships. National associations selected their entries based on their own criteria. Based on the results of the 1999 European Championships, each country was allowed between one and three entries per discipline.


2000 European Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes
Due to the large number of participants, the men's and ladies' qualifying groups were split into groups A and B.


2000 European Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes
Pairs champions Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze were stripped of their title after Berezhnaya tested positive for pseudoephedrine.


2000 European Grand Prix
The 2000 European Grand Prix (officially the XLIV Warsteiner Grand Prix d'Europe) was a Formula One motor race held on 21 May 2000 at the Nürburgring in the German town of Nürburg in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate before 142,000 spectators. It was the sixth round of the 2000 Formula One World Championship and the ninth European Grand Prix in Formula One. Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher won the 67-lap race after starting from second place. Mika Häkkinen of the McLaren team finished in second and his teammate David Coulthard was third.


2000 European Grand Prix
Coulthard won the ninth pole position of his career by recording the fastest lap in qualifying. His teammate Häkkinen made a brisk getaway from third to take the lead into the first corner. He led the first ten laps until Michael Schumacher overtook him on lap 11. Heavy rain on lap 12 prompted the entire field to make pit stops and switch from the dry compound tyres to the wet-weather tyres. Michael Schumacher continued to lead until his second pit stop on lap 36, relinquishing it to Häkkinen for the next nine laps, after which the former regained the position. Michael Schumacher won the race, with Häkkinen 13.822 seconds behind in second, and Coulthard one lap adrift in third. It was Schumacher's second victory at the Nürburgring, his fourth of the season, and the 39th of his career.


2000 European Grand Prix
Due to the result of the race, Michael Schumacher extended his lead over Häkkinen in the Drivers' Championship to 18 points. Coulthard remained in third place and he increased the gap by one point over the second Ferrari of Rubens Barrichello in fourth. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari increased their lead to ten points from the second-placed McLaren. Williams remained in third notwithstanding the team scored no points as Benetton passed Jordan for fourth place with eleven races left in the season.


2000 European Grand Prix, Background
The 2000 European Grand Prix was the sixth of the seventeen races in the 2000 Formula One World Championship and the ninth edition of the event as part of the series. It was held at the 13-turn 4.556 km (2.831 mi) Nürburgring in the German town of Nürburg in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate on 21 May 2000. Tyre supplier Bridgestone brought four types to tyre to the race: two dry compounds, the Soft and the Extra Soft compounds, and two wet-weather compounds (the soft and the hard rain tyres).


2000 European Grand Prix, Background
Going into the race, Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher led the Drivers' Championship with 36 points. His nearest rival was McLaren's Mika Häkkinen in second with 22 points and his teammate David Coulthard was a further two points behind in third. Rubens Barrichello in the second Ferrari was fourth with 13 points and Ralf Schumacher of the Williams team rounded out the top five with 12 points. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari (with 49 points) led McLaren by seven points. With 15 points, Williams stood in third. The Jordan and Benetton teams contended for fourth place.


2000 European Grand Prix, Background
After the Spanish Grand Prix on 7 May 2000, the teams conducted in-season testing to prepare for the event. The McLaren, Sauber, Benetton, Jordan, Arrows, British American Racing (BAR) and Williams teams opted to test at the Circuito de Jerez between 9 and 11 May. Coulthard missed the test to help him recover from three broken ribs he sustained in a plane crash at Lyon. His teammate Häkkinen was fastest on the first day of running and BAR driver Ricardo Zonta paced the second day's running. Alexander Wurz set the fastest lap on the final day for the Benetton team.


2000 European Grand Prix, Background
The Prost team conducted three days of running at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours with driver Nick Heidfeld to test the AP03's aerodynamic components. Luca Badoer spent three days at the Fiorano Circuit practicing pit stops and testing aerodynamic and mechanical setups of the Ferrari F1-F2000. Barrichello ran a new engine for the car and performed tyre testing at the Mugello Circuit.


2000 European Grand Prix, Background
Michael Schumacher won the season's first three races and had an healthy advantage over Häkkinen, who had reliability issues in the Australian and Brazilian races. Coulthard then won the British Grand Prix and Häkkinen the Spanish Grand Prix as Michael Schumacher had sub-par results at both of those races. Häkkinen said the gap was not extensive considering there were twelve races left in the season and that he was better able to handle pressure, "In this sport something weird always happens.


2000 European Grand Prix, Background
If I were in Michael's shoes I would be getting a little bit worried at seeing us pick up two wins in a row – more than that, two 1–2 finishes." His teammate Coulthard said he would not allow his breaking three of his ribs to lose him momentum and hoped McLaren would finish first and second, "We are slowly chipping away at Michael's lead, but he has had this amazing run of luck and has finished every race in the points this season so it is still going to be difficult. But I am very confident, given my recent results, though it is still hard thinking about those six points I lost in Brazil when I was disqualified."


2000 European Grand Prix, Background
A total of 11 teams (each represented by a different constructor) fielded two race drivers each with no changes from the season entry list. Some teams made modifications to their cars for the European Grand Prix. Both Ferrari and McLaren fitted a revised aerodynamic package aimed primarily at improving their car's performance in the qualifying session. Ferrari brought a new engine called the 049B and installed smaller Brembo brake calipers and lighter disc pads. McLaren mounted cooling chimneys on both sides of the MP4-15 to facilitate in the disposal of heat.


2000 European Grand Prix, Background
Williams brought new cast titanium uprights that the team elected not to use at the preceding Spanish Grand Prix. BAR ran its 002 cars with a new Honda engine and a revised version of its Xtrac-designed gearbox. Minardi installed a revised specification of front wing to their M02s following the completion of wind tunnel testing on it and the team continued to use a cast titanium transmission in Gastón Mazzacane's car.


2000 European Grand Prix, Practice
Four practice sessions were held before the Sunday race, two each on Friday and Saturday. The Friday morning and afternoon sessions each lasted an hour; the third and fourth sessions, on Saturday morning, lasted 45 minutes each. The Friday practice sessions were held in cool and variable weather. Overnight rain created a wet track that dried during the day. Michael Schumacher was fastest with a time of 1 minute and 21.092 seconds, followed by BAR's Jacques Villeneuve, the Jordan duo of Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Jarno Trulli, Barrichello, Coulthard, Zonta, Häkkinen and Pedro Diniz for Sauber in positions two to ten. During his final lap of the session, Häkkinen locked his tyres at the Dunlop Curve corner and got beached in the turn's gravel trap.


2000 European Grand Prix, Practice
Rain fell between the conclusion of the first practice session and the start of the second session. It continued to fall at the north section of the track in the opening minutes of the second session before it dried and lap times improved sufficiently over the next 20 minutes. A light fuel load and a new set of tyres on his Williams FW22 meant Jenson Button recorded the day's fastest lap of 1 minute and 19.808 seconds with one minute of the session remaining. Wurz was 0.440 seconds slower in second.


2000 European Grand Prix, Practice
The McLaren pair of Häkkinen and Coulthard were third and fourth. Michael Schumacher, Ralf Schumacher, Trulli, Zonta, Heidfeld and Villeneuve followed in the top ten. An engine fault curtailed Ralf Schumacher's running and Giancarlo Fisichella of the Benetton team damaged the left-hand side of his car in a collision with a tyre barrier beside the circuit. Coulthard spun on a kerb at the Veedol chicane.


2000 European Grand Prix, Practice
The weather was cold and overcast on Saturday morning. In the third practice session, Michael Schumacher set the fastest lap of 1 minute and 18.527 seconds, ahead of Häkkinen, Frentzen, Coulthard, Pedro de la Rosa of the Arrows team, Ralf Schumacher, Zonta, Villeneuve, Button and Barrichello. Arrows driver Jos Verstappen's running was curtailed after 17 minutes due to smoke billowing from his engine. Button hit the kerbs on the track, spun, and damaged his car against the tyre barrier.


2000 European Grand Prix, Practice
Michael Schumacher did not improve his time; he remained the fastest driver in the fourth practice session. Barrichello in second was driving faster and he finished the session 0.227 seconds slower than his teammate. Häkkinen and Coulthard fell to third and fourth as Frentzen dropped to fifth. Fisichella improved to sixth, as the rest of the top ten comprised Villeneuve, Ralf Schumacher, De La Rosa and Trulli. During the session, Coulthard slid into a gravel trap at turn three though he rejoined the track without any apparent damage. He stopped at the side of the circuit at the Ford Kurve and track marshals extricated his car into an escape road. Marc Gené spun his Minardi car at the Castrol-S chicane and Ralf Schumacher drove into the grass after running deep at the Veedol chicane.


2000 European Grand Prix, Qualifying
Saturday afternoon's one hour qualifying session saw every driver limited to twelve laps, with the starting order decided by their fastest qualifying laps. During this session the 107% rule was in effect, requiring each driver to remain within 107 per cent of the fastest lap time to qualify for the race. Sections of the circuit were damp from an earlier rain shower, and more rain was forecast, prompting teams to install the extra soft compound tyres on their cars and drivers ventured onto the track early in qualifying.


2000 European Grand Prix, Qualifying
A heavy rainstorm in the final 25 minutes prevented drivers from improving their lap times due to a slippery track. Coulthard took McLaren's first pole position in event history, his first since the 1998 Canadian Grand Prix and the ninth of his career with a lap of 1 minute and 17.529 seconds. He was joined on the grid's front row by Michael Schumacher who had the pole position until Coulthard's time and ran wide at the Ford Kurve.


2000 European Grand Prix, Qualifying
This formation continued on the second row with Häkkinen third after not feeling confident in the setup of his car and Barrichello took fourth after driver errors on his first two timed laps. Fifth-placed Ralf Schumacher was caught out by the change in conditions on a timed lap and went straight on at the Veedol chicane. Trulli, nursing a perforated eardrum, improved in the final minutes to go sixth, while Fisichella in seventh was delayed by Ralf Schumacher at the Coca-Cola Kurve. Jaguar's Eddie Irvine was baulked by one of the Prost cars en route to eighth as Villeneuve in ninth could not begin a fourth timed lap before qualifying ended.


2000 European Grand Prix, Qualifying
Frentzen qualified tenth as Jos Verstappen's Arrows car slowed his first timed lap. Button in 11th bemoaned venturing onto the track earlier than planned for his first timed lap and slower traffic hindered his final lap. A strategic error by the Arrows team meant De La Rosa was 12th and his teammate Verstappen 14th. They were separated by Heidfeld who fell from ninth to 13th in qualifying's final moments because he did not start a fourth timed lap. Wurz was caught out by the change in the weather and took 15th.


2000 European Grand Prix, Qualifying
Diniz in 16th mistimed a chance to begin his final timed lap and Johnny Herbert's Jaguar was 17th. Jean Alesi, who took 18th place, switched to the spare Prost setup for his teammate Heidfeld after his race car's electronic management system ceased the gearbox. He spun on the wet track and returned to the pit lane to retake his race car until the gearbox failed. Zonta qualified in 19th because his car's setup slowed him and another driver prevented him from setting his final timed lap because the session ended less than a second before he crossed the start/finish line. Sauber's Mika Salo was another driver who missed the cut-off time to set his final timed lap and was in 20th place. Slower traffic restricted Gené and his teammate Mazzacane to 21st and 22nd respectively.


2000 European Grand Prix, Qualifying, Post-qualifying
Heidfeld's car was found to be 2 kg (4.4 lb) under the minimum weight limit of 600 kg (1,300 lb) when it was pushed onto the weighbridge during qualifying. The Prost team were summoned to meet the stewards and accepted the car was underweight. The stewards disqualified Heidfeld from the race per Formula One regulations. No appeal was filed by the Prost team.


2000 European Grand Prix, Warm-up
A 30-minute warm-up session on Sunday morning took place in cool and dry weather. All drivers fine-tuned their race set-ups and set laps in their spare cars. Michael Schumacher went fastest in the session's closing seconds with a time of 1 minute and 20.251 seconds. Häkkinen was nine-thousands of a second slower in second. Frentzen, Barrichello, Verstappen, Coulthard, De La Rosa, Villeneuve, Irvine and Trulli completed the top ten. Towards the conclusion of the session, the left rear wheel on Fisichella's car detached and a track marshal retrieved it as it rolled onto the track.


2000 European Grand Prix, Race
The race was held in front of a crowd of 142,000 from 14:00 local time. The weather at the start was overcast and dry with an 80% chance of rain. The air temperature was 11 °C (52 °F) and the track temperature 12 °C (54 °F). Every driver, except for Villeneuve, Verstappen, Barrichello and Michael Schumacher, began on the soft compound tyre. Coulthard was slow to react as his teammate Häkkinen made a brisk getaway to drive in-between Coulthard and Michael Schumacher and take the lead going into the Castrol-S chicane.


2000 European Grand Prix, Race
Villeneuve moved from ninth to fifth by driving on the outside. Ralf Schumacher turned left to draw alongside Villeneuve; the former held fourth place as Villeneuve went onto the grass. Further down the field, Trulli and Fisichella collided at the Castrol-S chicane, breaking Trulli's left-rear suspension and he stopped at the side of the track to retire. The two Arrows put Frentzen off the track at the same corner and allowing them and Diniz to pass. Going downhill to the Dunlop chicane, Ralf Schumacher attempted to pass Villeneuve for fifth; Villeneuve defended the position.


2000 European Grand Prix, Race
At the end of the first lap, Häkkinen led Michael Schumacher by 0.562 seconds, who in turn was 0.998 seconds ahead of Coulthard in third. Barrichello in fourth, was followed by Villeneuve in fifth and Ralf Schumacher in sixth. Michael Schumacher set the fastest lap at the time on lap two, completing a circuit in 1 minute and 22.438 seconds. On the same lap, De La Rosa overtook his teammate Verstappen to move into ninth and Alesi passed Button for 13th.


2000 European Grand Prix, Race
Frentzen retired on lap three with smoke billowing from the rear of his car due to a piston sealing a gap between the engine's combustion chamber and crankcase failing. At the front, another fastest lap from Michael Schumacher lowered Häkkinen's advantage to 0.4 seconds. A lack of rear grip affected Coulthard's handling and the fourth-placed Barrichello pressured him. Villeneuve in fifth was distanced by the top four. On lap four, Ralf Schumacher was passed by Fisichella for sixth and De La Rosa overtook Irvine for eighth place. Fisichella drew close to Villeneuve in fifth as De La Rosa got ahead of Ralf Schumacher for seventh two laps later.


2000 European Grand Prix, Race
On the eighth lap, Michael Schumacher set the race's overall fastest lap, a 1-minute and 22.269 seconds as he used less of the track all round the lap than Häkkinen. Villeneuve made a driver error at the Veedol chicane on lap nine, and Fisichella used his better traction and car handling to steer right out of the turn and pass Villeneuve into the Coca-Cola Kurve. Light rain began to fall on the tenth lap.


2000 European Grand Prix, Race
Cresting a hill to the Veedol chicane on lap 11, Michael Schumacher slipstreamed Häkkinen, and put him wide, making a pass to the left for the lead. Häkkinen lost traction and Michael Schumacher opened a lead of four-tenths of a second at the end of the lap. The rain intensity began to increase on the next lap and the track became slippery. Barrichello achieved a better exit coming out of the Coca-Cola Kurve and he overtook Coulthard for third on the start/finish straight. Further back, Irvine passed Ralf Schumacher at the Veedol chicane to move into eighth and Wurz was overtaken by Alesi for tenth. The rain made teams uncertain whether to stop for the wet-weather tyres though Herbert began the pit stop phase at the end of lap 12.


2000 European Grand Prix, Race
In clear air, Michael Schumacher extended his lead over Häkkinen to more than five seconds by the 13th lap. Gené spun onto the grass and damaged the front wing on the lap for which he entered the pit lane to have it replaced. Coulthard made his first pit stop on the next lap and Michael Schumacher and Häkkinen followed on lap 15. Both of their pit stops were problematic: Michael Schuamcher's refueller discovered no fuel had been inserted into the car for three seconds before resetting the fuel nozzle.


2000 European Grand Prix, Race
Häkkinen's pit crew had difficulty fitting the right-rear wheel on his car and was stationary for an additional ten seconds. Michael Schumacher rejoined the race in front of Coulthard and Häkkinen fell to fifth. Coulthard turned left to attempt an overtake on Michael Schumacher into turn three to which the latter responded by blocking Coulthard's path. Barrichello led one lap before his pit stop on lap 16 and Ralf Schumacher followed suit. Because he spent longer on the wet track on the dry compound tyres than his teammate, Barrichello emerged in ninth and Michael Schumacher regained the lead. On the 19th lap, Fisichella drove right to pass De La Rosa going downhill to the Dunlop-Kurve hairpin for fourth and repelled the latter's manoeuvre to retake the position.


2000 European Grand Prix, Race
By the 20th lap, Häkkinen was the fastest driver on the track and he reduced the gap to Michael Schumacher by two seconds per lap as his teammate Coulthard lost seven seconds to the latter. Coulthard went to the left of the Veedol chicane and allowed his teammate Häkkinen to move into second on the next lap. Michael Schumacher lost control of his car at the Veedol chicane on lap 22 and retained the lead. Further back, Barrichello overtook Verstappen, Irvine and Ralf Schumacher to return to fifth place by lap 23.


2000 European Grand Prix, Race
Two laps later, Ralf Schumacher passed Herbert for ninth. On lap 28, a driveshaft failure on Salo's car caued him to lose control of his car and he retired in a gravel trap. Verstappen overtook Irvine at the exit to the Coca-Cola Kurve for seventh at the end of lap 29. Irvine attempted to retake the position by out-braking Verstappen into the Castrol-S chicane. He lost rear grip past the apex and slid into the side of Verstappen's car. As Irvine rotated in front of Ralf Schumacher, the latter spun into the rear of the Jaguar. Ralf Schumacher spun onto the grass and Irvine's rear wing detached at turn three. The loss of downforce beached Irvine in the gravel trap, as Verstappen spun and crashed against the right-side tyre barrier exiting the Ford Kurve.


2000 European Grand Prix, Race
Further up the field, Barrichello caught and got past Fisichella into the Veedol chicane to move into fourth on lap 32. He entered the pit lane on the next lap as the technical director of Ferrari Ross Brawn switched Barrichello to a three-stop strategy to better recover positions on dry tyres on a wet track. Michael Schumacher made a pit stop on lap 35 for enough fuel to finish the race. Häkkinen took the lead on lap 36 as Schumacher emerged in second.


2000 European Grand Prix, Race
He increased the lead to 25.6 seconds by lap 40 since Michael Schumacher had a heavily fuelled car. Three laps later, Alesi overtook Wurz for tenth. Häkkinen and his teammate Coulthard made their final pit stops on lap 45, and rejoined in second and fifth respectively. With their pit stops complete, Michael Schumacher led Häkkinen by 12.5 seconds with the yet-to-stop De La Rosa third. Villeneuve was told to enter the pit lane from fifth on lap 46. He was retired because his team detected via telemetry an engine fault linked to a valve issue. De La Rosa made his stop on the 48th lap, elevating Barichello to third and Coulthard to fourth. On that lap, Gené retired with a failed accelerator throttle.


2000 European Grand Prix, Race
On lap 49, Button ran into the rear of Herbert's car at the Veedol chicane, creating a hole in the Williams' front wing; both drivers continued. Barrichello made the race's final pit stop on lap 51. Barrichello gained seven seconds on Coulthard; the gap was not large enough for Barrichello to retain third and he fell to fourth. Three laps later, Zonta's rear wheels locked under braking and he spun into a gravel trap and then beached upon a kerb. On lap 61, Wurz out-braked Button going uphill towards the Veedol chicane for tenth.


2000 European Grand Prix, Race
Entering the Coca-Cola Kurve on the next lap, Wurz went to the right of Herbert, who remained wide to provide Wurz with space to negotiate through. Wurz was 16 km/h (9.9 mph) faster and he collided with Herbert. Both cars pirouetted through 180 degrees into a gravel trap. Wurz retired as Herbert continued until he spun through 180 degrees for a second time before retiring. Their retirements elevated Button to seventh. He remained there until water penetrated the hole in his front wing and caused an electrical fault that cut out the engine on lap 65.


2000 European Grand Prix, Race
Unhindered in the final 19 laps, Michael Schumacher negotiated his way past slower traffic, and finished first in a time of 1 hour, 42 minutes and 0.307 seconds at an average speed of 179.540 km/h (111.561 mph). It was his second victory at the Nürburgring after he won the 1995 race with the Benetton team, his fourth of the season and the 39th of his career. Häkkinen followed 13.822 seconds later in second and his teammate Coulthard was one lap behind in third. Barrichello was close to Coulthard in fourth.


2000 European Grand Prix, Race
Fisichella took fifth and De La Rosa registered Arrows' first points-scoring finish of 2000 in sixth. Diniz gained eight places from his starting position of 15th to finish seventh notwithstanding pirouetting three times early in the race. Mazzacane had an untroubled race and progressed from 21st to eighth. Alesi was the final finisher after gearbox problems meant he made four pit stops and entailed a ten-second stop-and-go penalty due to a faulty pit lane speed limiter button on his steering wheel that caused him to violate the 80 km/h (50 mph) pit lane speed limit. The attrition rate was high, with 9 of the 21 starters finishing the race.


2000 European Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
The top three drivers appeared on the podium to collect their trophies and spoke to the media in a later press conference. Michael Schumacher said that none of the leaders made pit stops on lap 12 because they did not want to install the wet-weather tyres and discover they were slower than the slick dry compounds, "We knew [the heavy rain] would come, but nobody had any idea whether it would start then or later. So obviously it was difficult.


2000 European Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
Then some drivers started to come in for rain tyres, and as soon as we saw they were faster we went straight in too." Häkkinen said his start from third to the lead was one of the best of his career, "[When you're third on the grid] that's the only chance to get through. You can immediately improve your position, and I was happy to do it because the disappointment I had in qualifying was fixed."


2000 European Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
Coulthard spoke of his feeling that he was fortunate to have finish third and called it "one of my most difficult race" due to a lack of grip at the rear of his car, "But I knew from following other cars myself that visibility was very bad. So I just concentrated on driving my car and waiting to see where I would finish when it was over."


2000 European Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
Barrichello said he was disappointed to take fourth because he felt he could have finished on the podium, "Three-stops was definitely the way to make up lost time, but it was very difficult to overtake other cars in the spray. I have been looking forward to a close fought-race for some time now, and maybe I should have been on the podium today." De La Rosa scored his first points of the season and his best finish since the 1999 Australian Grand Prix.


2000 European Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
The Arrows team owner Tom Walkinshaw said the driver's sixth-place finish would produce "a good foundation for the team to aspire to do better", and De La Rosa stated the result made up a poor start of the season, "We will try now, we will have to do it. I had some very good first laps and was always with the group but not because of drivers going out – this was just a deserved point." Wurz apologised to Herbert for the collision between the two at the Coca-Cola Kurve in the race's final laps. Frentzen failed to finish a race at the Nürburgring for the fourth time in his career. He called it "a very disappointing weekend all round" and that "things have just not gone our way – and that is frustrating when you know your car is competitive."


2000 European Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
Irvine argued the three-car collision at the Castrol-S chicane on lap 30 lost him an opportunity to score points and Verstappen echoed similar feelings. Ralf Schumacher said he could not avoid the accident, "I saw the accident coming between Jos and Eddie and I expected them both to slide off onto the inside. But as Irvine's back end moved right in front of me, I had no way of getting out of the way." The new gap between Michael Schumacher and Häkkinen in the Drivers' Championship stood at 18 points in the former's favour.


2000 European Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
Coulthard was in third place with 24 points and moved a point clear from Barrichello in fourth. Ralf Schumacher remained in fifth with 12 points. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari moved a further three points in front of McLaren. Williams retained third place as Benetton passed Jordan in the battle for fourth with eleven races left in the season.


2000 European Judo Championships
The 2000 European Judo Championships were the 11th edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held at Hala Ludowa - People's Hall in Wrocław, Poland from 20 May to 21 May 2000.


2000 European Junior Swimming Championships
The 2000 European Junior Swimming Championships were held from July 27 to July 30, 2000 in Dunkerque, France.


2000 European Karate Championships
The 2000 European Karate Championships, the 35th edition, was held in the sports complex of the National Indoor Arena in Istanbul, Turkey from May 2 to 4, 2000.


2000 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 24th European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Bremen, Germany from 25 May to 28 May 2000. This event was for male gymnasts in both senior and junior levels.


2000 European Men's Handball Championship
The 2000 European Men's Handball Championship was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held in Croatia from 21 to 30 January 2000, in the cities of Zagreb and Rijeka. Sweden won the tournament after defeating Russia in the final, while Spain finished third.


2000 European Men's Handball Championship, Qualification
Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.


2000 European Men's Handball Championship, Venues
Two Croatian cities were selected as hosts for the 2000 Championship:


2000 European Nations Cup First Division
The 2000 European Nations Cup was the first European Nations Cup, an international rugby union competition for second-tier nations. It replaced the FIRA Tournament following the emergence of professionalism in rugby union and Italy being granted a place in the Six Nations.


2000 European Nations Cup First Division
The first season had six teams (five from Europe and one from Africa). The teams played each other once, playing roughly to the same weekends as the Six Nations. Romania won the first title, with a single loss to Morocco in the opening game. Georgia improved their performance in the context of European rugby, finishing in second place, while Morocco finished in third place, ahead of Spain and Portugal. Netherlands finished last.


2000 European Nations Cup Fourth Division
The 2000 European Nations Cup (ENC) Fourth Division (a European rugby union competition for national teams) was contested over one year during which all teams (divided in three pools) met each other once. There was no promotion or relegation due the 2003 Rugby World Cup European qualification.


2000 European Nations Cup Second Division
The 2000 European Nations Cup (ENC) Second Division (a European rugby union competition for national teams) was contested over a one-year period by five teams during which all of them met each other once. The winner was Russia, who won all the games and was promoted to Division 1. There was no relegation to Division 3.


2000 European Nations Cup Third Division
The 2000 European Nations Cup (ENC) Third Division (a European rugby union competition for national teams) was contested by five countries over one year during which all teams meet each other one time. The winner was Czech Republic and the runners-up was Poland, both were promoted to Division 2.


2000 European Promotion Cup for Cadets
The 2000 European Promotion Cup for Cadets was the first edition of the basketball European Promotion Cup for cadets, today known as FIBA U16 European Championship Division C. It was played in Malta from 12 to 16 July 2000. Scotland national under-16 basketball team won the tournament.


2000 European Promotion Cup for Cadettes
The 2000 European Promotion Cup for Cadettes was the first edition of the basketball European Promotion Cup for cadettes, today known as FIBA U16 Women's European Championship Division C. It was played in Gibraltar from 19 to 23 July 2000. Cyprus women's national under-16 basketball team won the tournament.


2000 European Promotion Cup for Men
The 2000 European Promotion Cup for Men was the 7th edition of this tournament. It was hosted in Andorra la Vella, Andorra and Andorra retained its title after winning all its five games.


2000 European Promotion Cup for Women
The 2000 European Promotion Cup for Women was the sixth edition of the basketball European Promotion Cup for Women, today known as FIBA Women's European Championship for Small Countries. The tournament took place in Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia, from 14 to 18 June 2000. Macedonia women's national basketball team won the tournament for the first time.


2000 European Race Walking Cup
The third edition of the European Race Walking Cup took place in the German city of Eisenhüttenstadt on Saturday June 17 and Sunday June 18, 2000. For the first time, 10 km races for junior athletes (U20) were held. Complete results were published. The junior events are documented on the World Junior Athletics History webpages. Medal winners were published on the Athletics Weekly website,


2000 European Race Walking Cup, Participation
The participation of 278 athletes (175 men/103 women) from 26 countries is reported.


2000 European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
The 16th Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships were held in Zaragoza, Spain from 1 June to 4 June 2000.


2000 European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
After the European Championships, the International Gymnastics Federation suspended six judges for discriminating against a Ukrainian gymnast, Olena Vitrychenko. The following judges were found guilty: Irina Deryugina (Ukraine), Natalya Stepanova (Belarus), Gabriela Shtumer (Austria), Galina Margina (Latvia), Natalya Ladzinskaya (Russia) and Ursula Zolenkamp (Germany). Olena Vitrychenko left the competition on the second day in sign of protestation.


2000 European Road Championships
The 2000 European Road Championships were held in Kielce, Poland, between August 3 and August 5, 2000. Regulated by the European Cycling Union. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men and women under-23.


2000 European Seniors Tour
The 2000 European Seniors Tour was the 9th season of the European Seniors Tour, the professional golf tour for men aged 50 and above operated by the PGA European Tour.


2000 European Seniors Tour, Tournament results
The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the European Seniors Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for players who are members of the tour.


2000 European Seniors Tour, Tournament results
For the tour schedule on the European Senior Tour's website, including links to full results, click .


2000 European Seniors Tour, Leading money winners
There is a complete list on the official site .


2000 European Short Course Swimming Championships
The fourth edition of the European Short Course Championships was held in Palau Luis Puig in Valencia, Spain, from December 14 to December 17, 2000, just a couple of months after the Sydney Games.


2000 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships
The 2000 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between 21 and 23 January 2000 in Bormio, Italy.


2000 European Shotgun Championships
The 2000 European Shooting Championships was the 46th edition (included the of the European Shooting Championships), of the global shotgun competition, European Shotgun Championships, organised by the International Shooting Sport Federation.


2000 European Speedway Club Champions' Cup, Group A
M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell


2000 European Speedway Club Champions' Cup, Final
M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell


2000 European Super Touring Cup
The 2000 European Super Touring Cup was the 27th season of European touring car racing and the first since 1988. The championship started at Mugello on 2 April and ended after ten events at Cerklje ob Krki on 8 October. The championship was won by Fabrizio Giovanardi driving for Nordauto Engineering in an Alfa Romeo 156.


2000 European Super Touring Cup, Results and standings, Standings, Drivers' Championship
Points were awarded on a 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top 10 finishers in each race. No bonus points were awarded for pole positions or fastest laps. All scores counted towards the championship.


2000 European Super Touring Cup, Results and standings, Standings, Teams' Championship
Points were awarded on a 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top 10 finishers in each race, however only the two highest placed cars from each team scored points. No bonus points were awarded for pole positions or fastest laps. All scores counted towards the championship.


2000 European Tour
The 2000 European Tour was the 29th official season of golf tournaments known as the PGA European Tour.


2000 European Tour
The Order of Merit was won by England's Lee Westwood who won six times during the season to end Colin Montgomerie's seven-year reign as Europe's number one.


2000 European Tour, Schedule
The table below shows the 2000 European Tour schedule which was made up of 44 tournaments counting towards the Order of Merit, which included the four major championships and three World Golf Championships, and several non-counting "Approved Special Events".


2000 European Tour, Schedule
There were several changes from the previous season, with the Alfred Dunhill Championship replacing the South African PGA Championship due to sponsorship reasons, the addition of two tournaments celebrating the 500th anniversary of the discovery of Brazil by Pedro Álvares Cabral in 1500, the Greg Norman Holden International, the Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open and The Eurobet Seve Ballesteros Trophy, and the loss of the Estoril Open, the German Open and the Sarazen World Open. Money earned from the Masters Tournament counted towards the Order of Merit for the first time.


2000 European Tour, Order of Merit
The PGA European Tour's money list was known as the "Volvo Order of Merit". It was based on prize money earned during the season and calculated in Euro.


2000 European Trampoline Championships
The 17th European Trampoline Championships took place in Eindhoven, Netherlands, in October, 2000.


2000 European Weightlifting Championships
The 2000 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria. It was the 79th edition of the event.


2000 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 23rd European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held from 12 May to 14 May 2000 in Paris.


2000 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Seniors, Team Final
The team competition also served as qualification for the individual all-around and event finals. The top 8 placing teams are listed below.


2000 European Women's Handball Championship
The 2000 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in Romania from 8 to 17 December. It was won by Hungary by beating Ukraine 32–30 after extra time in the final match.


2000 European Women's Handball Championship, Venues
The teams of the tournament were divided into two groups. The matches of Group A took place in the city of Râmnicu Vâlcea, while Group B games and the final round were played in the capital city, Bucharest.


2000 European Women's Handball Championship, Qualification
Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.


2000 European Women's Handball Championship squads
The following squads and players competed in the European Women's Handball Championship in 2000 in Romania.


2000 European Wrestling Championships
The 2000 European Wrestling Championships were held in the Greco-Romane in Moscow and  the men's Freestyle style, and the women's freestyle in Budapest.


2000 Exeter City Council election
The 2000 Exeter City Council election took place on 4 May 2000, to elect members of Exeter City Council in England. The entire council was up for election following boundary changes, which increase the number of seats from 36 to 40. The election was held concurrently with other local elections in England. The Labour Party retained control of the council, which it had held since 1995.


2000 FA Charity Shield
The 2000 FA Charity Shield (also known as The One 2 One FA Charity Shield for sponsorship reasons) was the 78th FA Charity Shield, an annual football match organised by the Football Association, and contested by the winners of the previous season's Premier League and FA Cup competitions. It was the final match played at the original Wembley Stadium in London and took place on 13 August 2000 between Chelsea, the winners of the 1999–2000 FA Cup, and Manchester United, who had won the 1999–2000 FA Premier League. Watched by a crowd of 65,148, Chelsea won the match 2–0.


2000 FA Charity Shield
This was Chelsea's 4th appearance in the Shield and Manchester United's 20th. It was the second time they had met in the competition. Chelsea were without Albert Ferrer, who had sustained a chest injury in pre-season, while Graeme Le Saux made his first appearance in 10 months after recovering from an ankle injury. Three of Chelsea's new signings made their debuts for the team, with Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Eiður Guðjohnsen and Mario Stanić named in the squad, while goalkeeper Fabien Barthez was Manchester United's only debutant.


2000 FA Charity Shield
Chelsea took the lead in the 22nd minute when Hasselbaink's shot deflected off Jaap Stam and over Barthez after the Dutch striker was put through on goal by a Gus Poyet header. Manchester United captain Roy Keane was shown a red card midway through the second half for a tackle on Poyet. Minutes later, Chelsea scored a second goal through Mario Melchiot, who shot left-footed low past the legs of Stam and Barthez. No further goals were scored and Chelsea took the Charity Shield for the second time, 45 years after their first in 1955. It was the third year in succession that Manchester United had been defeated in the competition.


2000 FA Charity Shield, Background
Founded in 1908 as a successor to the Sheriff of London Charity Shield, the FA Charity Shield began as a contest between the respective champions of the Football League and the Southern League, although in 1913 it was played between an Amateurs XI and a Professionals XI. In 1921, it was played by the First Division champions and FA Cup winners for the first time. The match in 2000 was the 27th and last Charity Shield to be played at the original Wembley Stadium before it was demolished for renovation. The host broadcaster was Sky Sports, who provided main commentary from Martin Tyler and Andy Gray, as well as an alternative feed dubbed "FanZone" via the interactive Sky Digital platform, with a fan from each team providing commentary.


2000 FA Charity Shield, Background
Chelsea qualified by way of winning the 1999–2000 FA Cup, their second FA Cup title in the previous four years. They defeated Aston Villa 1–0 in the final. Manchester United had qualified for the Charity Shield by winning the 1999–2000 FA Premier League, their sixth league championship in eight years. They had scored a league-high 97 goals and won the title by a then-record margin of 18 points over second-placed Arsenal. Chelsea were appearing in the Charity Shield for a fourth time; they had won in their first appearance in 1955, and lost in 1970 and 1997.


2000 FA Charity Shield, Background
This was Manchester United's 20th appearance in the competition; they had won ten (1908, 1911, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1983, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997), shared four (1965, 1967, 1977, 1990) and lost five (1948, 1963, 1985, 1998 and 1999). The 2000 match was the second meeting between these two clubs in the Shield; Manchester United won the previous encounter in 1997 4–2 in a penalty shoot-out after a 1–1 draw in normal time.


2000 FA Charity Shield, Pre-match
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson said before the match that he was pleased that his side was one of the teams to play in the final Charity Shield match to be contested at the old Wembley Stadium and was hoping the win could give the team a good start stating: "The Charity Shield is not the most important fixture, but nonetheless it is preparation – and in preparation you want to do well. We want to see some progress from the games that we've had so far and the training."


2000 FA Charity Shield, Pre-match
Gianluca Vialli, the Chelsea manager, used his press conference to emphasise that new signings Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Eiður Guðjohnsen would score additional goals for the club and spoke of the Charity Shield's significance, saying: "It is a very important match for us as we can win a trophy and put it in our cabinet. That would be the best way to start a new season – beating the champions at Wembley and winning a trophy."


2000 FA Charity Shield, Pre-match
Phil Neville, a defender for Manchester United, was told by Ferguson to expect verbal abuse from the spectators during the match because he was blamed for bringing about England's exit from UEFA Euro 2000 after a 3–2 defeat to Romania two months prior. He had already received abuse in a pre-season friendly match against Shrewsbury Town of which Ferguson said: "When you play away from home, you're hardly going to get bouquets of flowers thrown at you. That's not going to change, but I think Phil is capable of handling it. I expect his team-mates to help him through it. That's what teams are about. That's what the word 'team' means."


2000 FA Charity Shield, Pre-match
Paul Johnson of Racing Post opined that Chelsea would be the team more likely to win the Charity Shield even though the two clubs had each won 8 of their last 16 encounters. The football correspondent of the Sydney-based Daily Telegraph wrote that other clubs will focus on Manchester United's weaknesses rather than the final score of the match.


2000 FA Charity Shield, Pre-match
Mike Riley was selected as the referee for the match; Uriah Rennie was originally slated to take charge of the match before it was discovered that he had been demoted from the list of Premier League referees, and he ultimately served as fourth official. Neither club sold out their allocation of tickets, with Chelsea selling 27,000 out of 30,000 reserved.


2000 FA Charity Shield, Match, Team selection
Both teams lined up in a 4–4–2 formation. David Beckham was passed fit by Ferguson to play for Manchester United after the midfielder was treated for a back injury he sustained in training. Wes Brown and David May were absent with a cruciate ligament and Achilles tendon injury respectively, and Jesper Blomqvist had not recovered from injury to return to first-team action. This was Fabien Barthez's first match.


2000 FA Charity Shield, Match, Team selection
Chelsea were without Spanish full-back Albert Ferrer, who sustained a chest injury during the team's pre-season tour of the Netherlands that required him to rest for 10 days. Emerson Thome and John Terry also missed the game through hamstring and ankle injuries respectively. Graeme Le Saux began as a substitute in his first competitive match for 10 months after being sidelined with an ankle injury that needed two minor operations. Vialli included his team's new signings Guðjohnsen, Hasselbaink and Mario Stanić in Chelsea's matchday squad.


2000 FA Charity Shield, Match, Summary
The match kicked off at 15:00 local time under cloudy skies and in front of 65,148 spectators. Manchester United had the first chance after seven minutes, when Teddy Sheringham was fouled by Frank Leboeuf and the resulting free-kick taken by Beckham went straight into the Chelsea wall. A minute later, Hasselbaink set up his teammate Stanić, whose shot from 12 yd (11 m) went wide to the left of the Manchester United goal post. The first sign of tension between the players came after 15 minutes when Roy Keane and Gus Poyet clattered into each other during a 50-50 tackle.


2000 FA Charity Shield, Match, Summary
The referee did not take any action. Gianfranco Zola beat Gary Neville on the left wing and put in a cross, only for Stanić to head wide from the back post. Hasselbaink then took possession when he forced Mikaël Silvestre to rush his shot which then went wide of the goal. Ferguson made a substitution in the 19th minute bringing on Jaap Stam for Silvestre, who had suffered a hip injury.


2000 FA Charity Shield, Match, Summary
Two minutes later, Ryan Giggs set up Ole Gunnar Solskjær who struck Manchester United's first chance to score into the side netting. Hasselbaink opened the scoring for Chelsea in the 22nd minute by curling the ball over goalkeeper Barthez's head and past him via a deflection off Stam after being put through by a header from Poyet 40 yd (37 m) away. A tackle from Mario Melchiot stopped Sheringham, and Zola took advantage of the confused Manchester United defence between Barthez and Denis Irwin on the six-yard line.


2000 FA Charity Shield, Match, Summary
The best opportunity for Manchester United came before the first half ended when Beckham's angled pass came into Paul Scholes's path in the penalty box. Scholes received the ball with his chest and shot at goal as it came down onto his foot, but his shot went to the right of De Goey and away from goal due to pressure from Leboeuf.


2000 FA Charity Shield, Match, Summary
The second half began with a volley from Scholes deflecting onto the Chelsea crossbar, leading to a corner kick. Barthez dived to the left to save a shot from Leboeuf and took possession of the ball. In the 59th minute, a tackle on Keane by Hasselbaink prompted Keane to waggle his finger in Hasselbaink's face in anger. Beckham and referee Mike Riley suggested to Keane that he maintain his composure, which he remonstrated against. Two minutes later, Keane received a red card from Riley for a studs-up tackle on Poyet's calf muscle from behind.


2000 FA Charity Shield, Match, Summary
It was Keane's seventh red card in seven seasons at Manchester United, and resulted in a three-match ban. Ferguson did not immediately re-organise his side and left three players in the midfield. He made Manchester United's second change in the 70th minute, when he brought on Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole for Sheringham and Solskjær to try and draw 1–1. Meanwhile, Chelsea brought on Jody Morris for Roberto Di Matteo.


2000 FA Charity Shield, Match, Summary
In the 72nd minute, Chelsea extended their lead to 2–0 when Melchiot dribbled down the right to the edge of the penalty box and knocked the ball low with his left foot between Stam's legs and past Barthez into the far post from 18 yd (16 m). Le Saux came on for Poyet in the 77th minute and immediately set up Hasselbaink, whose header went wide of the post. Quinton Fortune replaced Giggs a minute later. Scholes received a yellow card for a tackle on Morris after 81 minutes, and then had a shot which went over the Chelsea goal. The remaining six minutes of the match passed without further incident, and Chelsea won 2–0. It was the second time Chelsea had won the Charity Shield, while Manchester United had lost in the Charity Shield for the third year in a row after defeats to Arsenal in 1998 and 1999.


2000 FA Charity Shield, Post-match
During the presentation of medals in the Royal Box, Chelsea chairman Ken Bates attempted to hang a blue and white joke medal inscribed with the words Lord Fergie, the best thing since sliced bread around the neck of Ferguson as a peace offering, after the latter had likened the former to Mao Zedong in his autobiography. Ferguson refused the medal and Bates said: "I wanted to try to calm things down but he wouldn't take it and that says more about him than me."


2000 FA Charity Shield, Post-match
Vialli said he was delighted with the result and praised the form of his players: "It was a real match. The players performed in a very convincing way." He praised his players and stated he did not wish to be overexcited: "I'm sure the Manchester United players will feel this defeat and will be spot on for the first league game. We have to be the same against West Ham otherwise this victory won't count for anything. If we get carried away I am sure West Ham will make it very difficult for us."


2000 FA Charity Shield, Post-match
Ferguson commented on his team: "It was a game we were looking to help produce the sharpness we usually have. We played pretty football but without a cutting edge." Sheringham believed that Chelsea were deserved winners, saying: "In that sense it was a good run-out and as long as we're right for then, we will be very happy. That's what it's all geared to."


2000 FA Charity Shield, Post-match
Ferguson argued that Riley had created the incident that saw Keane sent off for his tackle on Poyet: "The referee waited too long to act. There were a lot of players going in hard right throughout the game. You have to be fair to both camps and we were just waiting to see how long he (Riley) was going to leave it. It is a showpiece occasion but if someone commits a yellow card offence, the appropriate action should be taken." Hasselbaink apologised to Keane and said he had made an error in the earlier tackle.


2000 FA Charity Shield, Post-match
The Referees' Association president Peter Willis expressed concern that the Premier League will become "a bloodbath" if there was continued scrutiny of "officials' performances":  "All of us accept that football is an emotional game, we can make errors of judgement in challenges but there was no misinterpretation of what happened yesterday and I don't think Sir Alex Ferguson can argue against that."


2000 FA Charity Shield, Post-match
Manchester United retained the Premier League during the 2000–01 season, which they won by ten points from second-placed Arsenal. Chelsea struggled in the league, losing eleven games as they finished in sixth, nineteen points behind United.


2000 FA Cup Final
The 2000 FA Cup Final was the 119th final of the FA Cup, and the 72nd (excluding replays) and last to be played at the old Wembley Stadium. It took place on 20 May 2000 and was contested between Chelsea and Aston Villa, the latter making its first FA Cup Final appearance since winning it in 1957.


2000 FA Cup Final
Chelsea won 1–0 to secure their second FA Cup in four years, and their third in all. The goal was scored midway through the second half by Roberto Di Matteo, who had also scored in the 1997 final.


2000 FA Cup Final
Wembley Stadium closed five months later, and was subsequently rebuilt. The FA Cup Final was played at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff for the next six years, before returning to Wembley in 2007.


2000 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary
Following a poor quality first half in which few chances were created, the match was brighter in the second, with Chelsea generally having the better of the play. George Weah missed several chances and Dennis Wise had a goal disallowed for offside, while Villa's Gareth Southgate headed wide. On 73 minutes, Roberto Di Matteo scored what proved to be the winning goal, capitalising on an error from Villa goalkeeper David James to put the ball in the net from close range.


2000 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary
James came roaring off his line to deal with Zola's free-kick from the left, he fumbled the ball against Gareth Southgate's chest with Di Matteo blasting the rebound into the roof of the net. Villa could not get back in the match, their best chance falling to Benito Carbone, but his tame shot did not test Ed de Goey in goal.


2000 FA Trophy Final
The 2000 FA Trophy Final was the 31st final of The Football Association's cup competition for levels 5–8 of the English football league system. It was contested by Kettering Town and Kingstonian on 13 May 2000 at Wembley Stadium, London.


2000 FA Trophy Final
Kingstonian won the match 3-2, fighting back from 2-1 down to snatch a magnificent victory thanks to two goals from Eddie Akuamoah and the winner from Amara Simba. A crowd of 20,034 were in attendance.


2000 FA Women's Cup Final
The 2000 FA Women's Cup Final was the 30th final of the FA Women's Cup, England's primary cup competition for women's football teams. It was the seventh final to be held under the direct control of the Football Association (FA). The match was contested by Doncaster Belles and Croydon Women at Bramall Lane in Sheffield on 1 May 2000. Croydon made its third final appearance, after winning in 1996 but losing the 1998 final. Doncaster Belles entered a record 12th final having won the trophy on six previous occasions.


2000 FA Women's Cup Final
Croydon entered the competition at the fourth round stage and beat Tranmere Rovers, Liverpool, Everton and Leeds United to reach the final. Doncaster Belles also entered at the fourth round and faced Brighton & Hove Albion, Garswood Saints, Wembley Mill Hill and holders Arsenal before reaching the final. Doncaster's 3–2 semi final victory over Arsenal took place at Field Mill before Sky Sports television cameras.


2000 FA Women's Cup Final
It was reported that Doncaster had been gripped by Cup final excitement after the Belles reached the final for the first time in six years. The club laid on coaches for the short trip to Bramall Lane and an official Cup final song, Northern Pride, was recorded by the team.


2000 FA Women's Cup Final
Croydon won the match 2–1, with goals from Carmaine Walker and Gemma Hunt. Vicky Exley had equalised for the Belles, while Karen Walker had a penalty kick saved by Croydon goalkeeper Pauline Cope.


2000 FA Women's Cup Final
Hunt's winning goal was disputed, with Doncaster players arguing the ball had not crossed the goal line.


2000 FAI 1000
The 2000 FAI 1000 was the fourth running of the Australia 1000 race, first held after the organisational split over the Bathurst 1000 that occurred in 1997. It was the 38th anniversary of the original touring car endurance race held at the Mount Panorama Circuit in 1963. It was the 44th race that traces its lineage back to the 1960 Armstrong 500 held at Phillip Island.


2000 FAI 1000
It was held on 19 November 2000 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst and was the thirteenth and final round of the 2000 Shell Championship Series for V8 Supercars. The race was held in mostly wet conditions which resulted in several safety car periods. As a result, the average race speed was the slowest since the 1974 Bathurst 1000.


2000 FAI 1000, Report
Thanks to a weeks' worth of rain and a record-breaking 13 safety cars the time it was the slowest 1000 since 1974, when the rain that day in the last 50 laps was torrential. The race itself would become one of the all time classics. Several drivers spun off on their shootout lap on Saturday giving Wayne Gardner, who had spent most of the previous two years racing for Toyota in the Japanese GT Championship instead of V8's, pole position. His co-driver Neal Bates should have been very good in the conditions, but flew off the road at McPhillamy Park early in his first stint and the 2nd Glenn Seton Racing cars' day was done prematurely.


2000 FAI 1000, Report
The defending champions in Steven Richards and Greg Murphy much like in 1999 didn't make the top 10 in qualifying but quickly made up ground in the race. However overheating problems for the #7 car slowed their pace on track and forced them throughout the race to add in buckets of ice and water to cool the engine, and the chance for Richards to get his 3rd Bathurst win in a row and Murphys' 3rd in 5 years evaporated away, but they drove well enough to just keep the #17 Johnson/McLean car behind at the end of the race.


2000 FAI 1000, Report
The #9 Stone Brothers Racing Falcon with veteran Tony Longhurst and rookie David Besnard had a dramatic day; Longhurst spun off very early in the race, made contact with the wall resulting in bent steering, made 9 pitstops when only 4 were compulsory, have their car catch fire at one point and yet still led the race with 11 laps to go until Longhurst made contact with Adam Macrow and both cars ended up in the wall. From there Garth Tander took the race lead and win, holding off a vengeful Paul Radisich after his late-race retirement a year earlier.


2000 FAI 1000, Report
Going into the race the championship battle between Tander and Mark Skaife was still to be decided; if Tander won Skaife would need to finish 17th or better to win the title. The Holden Racing Team duo of Skaife and Craig Lowndes were battling Neil Crompton for the lead more than two-thirds of the race distance in until BTCC ace Matt Neal, 3 laps down, decided to start racing them and dived up the inside of Crompton – resulting in a puncture for the Commodore and serious damage to the Falcon. Neal was given a 60-second stop and go penalty shortly afterwards, whilst Skaife recovered to 6th and claimed his 3rd ATCC/V8 Supercars championship.


2000 FAI 1000, Report
The race marked the last of many Bathurst entries for privateer Terry Finnigan (whose car had an engine failure during the warm-up and thus did not start) and 1987 Bathurst winner David Parsons, among many other smaller names as the series slowly began to cull the less professional entries.


2000 FAI Cup Final
The 2000 FAI Cup Final was the deciding match of the 1999-2000 FAI Cup, the national association football cup of Ireland. It was contested by Shelbourne and Bohemians, both of Dublin. The final went to a replay after the initial match, played at Tolka Park, finished 0–0. Shelbourne won the competition following a 1–0 victory in the replay to secure their first ever league and cup double.


2000 FIA GT A1-Ring 500km
The 2000 FIA GT A1-Ring 500 km was the seventh round the 2000 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the A1-Ring, Austria, on August 6, 2000.


2000 FIA GT A1-Ring 500km, Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2000 FIA GT Brno 500km
The 2000 FIA GT Brno 500 km was the ninth round the 2000 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Masaryk Circuit, Czech Republic, on September 17, 2000.


2000 FIA GT Brno 500km, Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2000 FIA GT Budapest 500km
The 2000 FIA GT Budapest 500 km was the fifth round the 2000 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Hungaroring, Hungary, on July 2, 2000.


2000 FIA GT Budapest 500km, Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2000 FIA GT Championship
The 2000 FIA GT Championship was the fourth FIA GT Championship, an auto racing series endorsed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO). The races featured grand touring cars divided into two categories, GT and N GT, with drivers and teams titles awarded for each category. The championship began on 26 March 2000 and ended 22 October 2000 after ten races, all held in Europe.


2000 FIA GT Championship
After the 1999 season featured just a single category of cars competing, the FIA GT Championship once again became a two-class series for 2000 with the introduction of the Group N-GT cars by the FIA. The new category was positioned below the former GT2 class of cars from 1997 to 1999, now renamed to just GT, and was awarded an FIA Cup instead of a full FIA Championship. Britons Julian Bailey and Jamie Campbell-Walter won the GT Drivers' Championship with five victories, driving for the GT team champions Lister Storm Racing in their first full season of FIA GT competition. Christophe Bouchut and Patrice Goueslard were the inaugural N-GT Cup winners, driving for Teams title winners Larbre Compétition Chereau.


2000 FIA GT Championship, Schedule
The FIA GT Championship became a European-only series for 2000, dropping all fly-away races in North America and Asia. The two German rounds at Hockenheimring and Oschersleben were replaced by a single race at EuroSpeedway Lausitz, while the A1-Ring returned to the series after a one-year absence. Valencia, Estoril, Brno, and Magny-Cours were all new events for the series. Donington Park was the only other European event not kept for 2000.


2000 FIA GT Championship, Schedule
All events were held over a distance of 500 km (310 mi).


2000 FIA GT Championship, Results and standings, Race results
Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each category. Cars were required to complete at least 70% of the laps covered by the winning car in order to be classified as a finisher. Drivers were required to complete 20% of the distance covered by their car to earn points. Teams titles were awarded based on all the results obtained by a maximum of two cars per team.


2000 FIA GT Championship, Results and standings, Race results
Due to the Estoril round being abandoned before 75% of the race distance was completed, half points were awarded to the top six teams and drivers.


2000 FIA GT Estoril 500km
The 2000 FIA GT Estoril 500 km was the second round the 2000 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Autódromo do Estoril, Portugal, on April 2, 2000.


2000 FIA GT Estoril 500km, Race
Following an initial start, the race came under a caution period on Lap 13 due to heavy rain. By Lap 23, the decision was made to stop the event due to worsening conditions. The rain did not relent and the race was not restarted.


2000 FIA GT Estoril 500km, Race
Due to completing less than half of the planned 120 lap race distance, half-points were awarded in the championships. Also, since most teams did not have time to perform their required driver changes before the race was stopped, all assigned drivers were assigned points even if they never made it into the car.


2000 FIA GT Estoril 500km, Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2000 FIA GT Lausitzring 500km
The 2000 FIA GT Lausitzring 500 km was the eighth round the 2000 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Lausitzring, Germany, on September 2, 2000. The event was shared with a round of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.