2000 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election
The 2000 Southend-on-Sea Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Southend-on-Sea Unitary Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.


2000 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, Campaign
Before the election the council was run by a coalition between the Liberal Democrat and Labour parties, but the election was expected to see the Conservatives take control from them. 14 of the 39 seats were being contested, with the Conservatives only needing to gain one seat in order to have a majority. They only required a tiny swing to achieve this, which would give the Conservatives control of the council for the first time in 8 years. The election was a high-profile one with the Conservative leader, William Hague, campaigning in the area on the Monday before the election.


2000 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, Campaign
A major issue in the election was the number of refugees in the town, which was estimated at up to 2,000. The Conservatives said that the area had become a "dumping ground" and called on all asylum seekers to be detained upon entry into the country. However Labour accused the Conservatives of "playing the race card" and reported a Conservative leaflet to the Commission for Racial Equality.


2000 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, Campaign
Other issues included Conservative plans to build a new bypass to ease traffic within the town. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrat and Labour parties defended their record of investing £50 million in the town during their period in control of the council, while keeping council tax rises down, with the latest council tax level the second lowest in Essex.


2000 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, Election result
The results saw the Conservatives gain control of the council with an 11-seat majority after winning over 57% of the vote. They gained 3 seats each from both Labour and the Liberal Democrats with defeated councillors including 3 members of the executive, Nigel Baker, Stephen George and Chris Mallam. These defeats meant that Labour failed to hold any of the seats they had been defending, while the Liberal Democrats only managed to hold on to 2 seats. Overall turnout in the election was just above the national average at 30%.


2000 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, Election result
Following the election Charles Latham became the new Conservative leader of the council and announced they would scrap planned bus lanes and abolish charges for social care services.


2000 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2000 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park in Charleston, SC from May 17 through May 21. Top seeded Georgia Southern won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. It was the Eagles second tournament win.


2000 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament
The tournament used a double-elimination format. Only the top eight teams participate, so VMI, Western Carolina, and Wofford were not in the field. Western Carolina earned the top seed by winning the season series over regular season co-champion The Citadel. College of Charleston earned the seventh seed by winning the season series over Davidson.


2000 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2000 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 2–5, 2000 at the BI-LO Center in Greenville, South Carolina. The Appalachian State Mountaineers won their second Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 2000 NCAA Tournament.


2000 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
All twelve teams were eligible for the tournament. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of four rounds, the first of which featured four games, with the winners moving on to the quarterfinal round. The top two finishers in each division received first round byes.


2000 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team
The 2000 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team represented the University of Southern Mississippi in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Golden Eagles were led by head coach Jeff Bower and played their home games at M. M. Roberts Stadium. They were a member of Conference USA.


2000 Southern United States heat wave
Aided by drought, a heat wave persisted in the late summer of 2000 along the southern tier of the United States from August to early September. Near the end of the period, daily, monthly, and even all-time record high temperatures were broken, with highs commonly peaking well over 100 °F (38 °C). On August 30, Memphis saw its second highest temperature of 107 degrees, just one degree short of its all time high of 108 degrees set in 1980. On September 4, Houston hit 109 °F (43 °C) and Dallas peaked at 111 °F (44 °C). On September 5, Corpus Christi peaked at 109 °F (43 °C) and San Antonio rose to an all-time high of 111 °F (44 °C), while College Station and Austin reached 112 °F (44 °C). Damage totaled $4 billion, mainly due to wildfires and crop losses, and there were 140 deaths.


2000 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2000 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 7 to 10, 2000 to determine the champion of the Southland Conference in the sport of college baseball for the 2000 season. The event pitted the top six finishers from the conference's regular season in a double-elimination tournament held at Warhawk Field, home field of Louisiana–Monroe in Monroe, Louisiana. Third-seeded Southwest Texas State won their second consecutive, and third overall, championship and claimed the automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2000 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format
The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six. They played a double-elimination tournament.


2000 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player
Shane Webb was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Webb was a shortstop for Louisiana–Monroe.


2000 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2000 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 8–11, 2000. The quarterfinal round was played at the home arena of the higher seeded-teams, with the semifinals and championship game played at Hirsch Memorial Coliseum in Shreveport, Louisiana. Number 7 seed Lamar won the championship game over number 4 seed Northwestern State, 62–55.


2000 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The Cardinals earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the opening round to No. 1 overall seed Duke.


2000 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
The top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Southland Conference receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the conference season, teams were seeded by conference record.


2000 Spa 24 Hours
The 2000 Proximus 24 Spa World Championship GT was the 54th running of the Spa 24 Hours. It took place at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, over August 6, 2000. The event was won by the #1 Peugeot Team Belgique Luxembourg Peugeot 306 GTi.


2000 Spa 24 Hours
3 classes ran in the event. Superproduction fuel (SP), Group N (N), and Superproduction diesel (SPD). 82 cars started with 38 being classified.


2000 Spa 24 Hours, Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2000 Spanish Grand Prix
The 2000 Spanish Grand Prix (formally the XLII Gran Premio Marlboro de España) was a Formula One motor race held on 7 May 2000 at the Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was the fifth round of the 2000 Formula One World Championship and the 42nd Spanish Grand Prix. McLaren driver Mika Häkkinen won the 65-lap race starting from second position. His teammate David Coulthard finished second and Rubens Barrichello finished third in a Ferrari.


2000 Spanish Grand Prix
Michael Schumacher started from the pole position and held off a challenge from Häkkinen on the first lap. He maintained the lead until his first pit stop on lap 24 when a refueller was struck by his rear tyre, allowing Häkkinen to take over the lead until his pit stop two laps later. Michael Schumacher kept the lead for a further twenty-one laps as he and Häkkinen made their second pit stops together, with Häkkinen emerging in front because Schumacher experienced a slow pit stop. Häkkinen kept the lead for the remaining twenty-three laps to win the race.


2000 Spanish Grand Prix
The victory was Häkkinen's first of the season, and put him into second place in the World Drivers' Championship, fourteen points behind Michael Schumacher. Coulthard's second-place finish meant that he dropped to third, and Barrichello third place moved him ahead of Ralf Schumacher. In the World Constructors' Championship, McLaren's one-two finish allowed them to move within seven points from leaders Ferrari. Williams remained in third on 15 points, with twelve races remaining in the season.


2000 Spanish Grand Prix, Background
The Grand Prix was contested by eleven teams with two drivers each. The teams (also known as constructors) were McLaren, Ferrari, Jordan, Jaguar, Williams, Benetton, Prost, Sauber, Arrows, Minardi and British American Racing (BAR). Tyre supplier Bridgestone brought two different tyre types to the race; two dry compounds (soft and medium).


2000 Spanish Grand Prix, Background
Before the race Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher led the Drivers' Championship with 34 points, ahead of David Coulthard (14 points) and Mika Häkkinen (twelve). Rubens Barrichello and Ralf Schumacher were tied in fourth place with nine points each. In the Constructors' Championship Ferrari led with 43 points, seventeen points ahead of rival McLaren in second. Williams were third with twelve points, while Benetton and Jordan with eight points each contended for fourth place.


2000 Spanish Grand Prix, Background
After the British Grand Prix on 23 April, all teams conducted in-season testing at the Circuit de Catalunya on 25–28 April to prepare for the upcoming Spanish Grand Prix. Jos Verstappen was fastest on the first day of testing despite spinning into the gravel early in the session, ahead of McLaren test driver Olivier Panis. Michael Schumacher was quickest on the second day. Michael Schumacher remained the fastest driver on the third day of testing. The session was disrupted because several drivers stopped on the circuit with problems with their cars. On the final day, (which was held in wet weather conditions in the morning and during the end of the session) Michael Schumacher stayed the quickest driver on the final day.


2000 Spanish Grand Prix, Background
In the week leading up to the race, Coulthard was leasing the Learjet of friend David Murray when the aeroplane developed engine trouble en route to Côte d'Azur International Airport in Nice, and crashed while attempting an emergency landing at Lyon-Satolas Airport, France. Coulthard, his then-girlfriend the American model Heidi Wichlinski and personal trainer/bodyguard Andy Matthews survived; Murray's personal pilot David Saunders and co-pilot Dan Worley died. Coulthard suffered from bruises to his right rib cage and severe grazed elbows in the crash. FIA Formula One Safety and Medical Delegate Sid Watkins declared that Coulthard was passed fit to compete in the race.


2000 Spanish Grand Prix, Background
BAR driver Jacques Villeneuve was passed fit in the days leading up to the race. At the Brazilian Grand Prix, Villeneuve suffered back injury after his seat became loose during the race and the effects became worse and it caused him to withdraw from testing in Barcelona. He was also required to undergo physiotherapy. BAR had their official test driver Darren Manning available to replace Villeneuve should the need arise.


2000 Spanish Grand Prix, Background
Some teams made modifications to their cars in preparation for the event. Minardi débuted a new gearbox which was constructed out of titanium, the first for a Formula One team. Prost made modifications to their cars oil system to improve the reliability of their engines and made minor aerodynamic changes to the front wing and the floor. The team also used an updated version of their engine the Peugeot A20 EV2 during the Friday practice sessions and reverted to the EV3 for the remainder of the weekend. BAR fitted their cars with a revised aerodynamic package which included new bargeboards and rear wings.


2000 Spanish 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. Conditions were dry and overcast for the Friday practice sessions and was held on a dirty track which was caused by rainfall in the run up to the event. Michael Schumacher set the first session's fastest time with an early lap of 1 minute and 21.982 seconds, half a second quicker than teammate Barrichello.


2000 Spanish Grand Prix, Practice
Häkkinen had the third fastest time, ahead of Ralf Schumacher and Jean Alesi. The two Benetton drivers were sixth and eighth (with Giancarlo Fisichella ahead of Alexander Wurz); the two were separated by Johnny Herbert. Eddie Irvine and Verstappen completed the top ten. In the second practice session, Michael Schumacher was unable to improve his time but remained fastest; Ralf Schumacher had the second fastest time after putting on a new set of tyres towards the end of the session. Barrichello was third-fastest, ahead of Jarno Trulli, Coulthard and Jenson Button. Häkkinen, Pedro Diniz, Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Alesi followed in the top ten.


2000 Spanish Grand Prix, Practice
The weather remained dry for the Saturday morning practice sessions. Coulthard set the fastest lap of the third session at 1:21.370, ahead of teammate Häkkinen who was two-tenths of a second slower. Ralf Schumacher (with a time of 1:21.604) was third quickest, ahead of Michael Schumacher and Villeneuve. Fisichella and Frentzen followed in sixth and seventh. The two Arrows drivers were eighth and ninth (with Verstappen ahead of Pedro de la Rosa). Mika Salo rounded out the top ten.


2000 Spanish Grand Prix, Practice
During the final practice session, Michael Schumacher used a new set of tyres and set the fastest time of 1:21.088; Coulthard finished with the second quickest lap. Barrichello was third fastest, in front of Häkkinen who struggled with a lack of grip and a loose rear end. Ralf Schumacher recorded the fifth fastest time. The Jordan drivers were sixth and seventh (with Trulli in front of Frentzen). de la Rosa, Villeneuve and Button completed the top ten ahead of qualifying.


2000 Spanish Grand Prix, Qualifying
It was very close today and if you got everything right then the lap would be good. Certainly it is nice to be on pole position for the first time this season. At the start I decided to do a run with two quick laps, but after that I switched to doing just one flying lap. The increase in wind and temperature made it a bit more difficult towards the end.


2000 Spanish Grand Prix, Qualifying
I was not completely happy with the car, even though I had a clean run, so we made some adjustments but they did not work out the way I wanted. As for the race, the start will be important because it is easier to plan your tactics and control it in the lead. But we have proved this season we can also win from behind.


2000 Spanish Grand Prix, Qualifying
Saturday afternoon's one hour qualifying session saw each driver limited to twelve laps, with the grid order decided by their fastest 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. The session was held in sunny and hot weather. Michael Schumacher clinched the first pole position of the season and the 24th of his career, with a time of 1:20.974 on his second run.


2000 Spanish Grand Prix, Qualifying
He was joined on the front row of the grid by Häkkinen who set a lap 0.076 seconds slower in the closing seconds of qualifying. Barrichello qualified third, and felt that his car did not feel good having not made any changes. Coulthard secured fourth position, despite losing time early in qualifying because of a fuel pressure problem. He decided against taking his team's spare car set up for Häkkinen because he believed it would take up time and had to run more fuel throughout the remainder of the session.


2000 Spanish Grand Prix, Qualifying
Ralf Schumacher qualified fifth and he was suffering from excessive oversteer which prevented him from setting a quicker lap time but was delighted with his starting position. Villeneuve secured sixth position and said he achieved the best from his car. Both Jordan drivers lined up the fourth row of the grid (with Trulli ahead of Frentzen) and believed they could have a better starting position because of windy conditions. de la Rosa and Irvine rounded out the top ten fastest drivers, with de la Rosa confident of finishing in a higher position in his home country.


2000 Spanish Grand Prix, Qualifying
Later on Saturday afternoon, a fuel sample from de la Rosa's car was analysed and declared illegal by the FIA and Arrows announced that it would appeal the decision, allowing de la Rosa to retain his starting position. Button, eleventh, reported his car felt unstable due to the windy conditions. He was ahead of Verstappen in the slower of the two Arrows, Salo in the faster Sauber, and Fisichella.


2000 Spanish Grand Prix, Qualifying
Herbert, fifteenth, lost his front wing mounted camera after hitting a kerb in the early part of qualifying and made a minor mistake which prevented him from starting higher up the field. Diniz had excessive oversteer and managed sixteenth place. Ricardo Zonta managed seventeenth after he was unable to find a set-up which suited him and his fastest time was nine-tenths of a second slower than teammate Villeneuve. Alesi qualified eighteenth, ahead of Wurz in nineteenth. Heidfeld had engine problems and had to use the spare Prost monocoque and took 20th position. The two Minardi drivers Marc Gené and Gastón Mazzacane qualified at the rear of the field in positions 21 and 22.


2000 Spanish Grand Prix, Warm-up
The drivers took to the track at 09:30 Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) for a 30-minute warm-up in cool and dry weather. Michael Schumacher maintained his good performance, setting a time of 1:22.855 despite going into the gravel after braking too deep and also drove the spare Ferrari. Häkkinen was the second-fastest driver; Barrichello was third and Coulthard rounded out the top four. After the session ended, Arrows withdrew their appeal after they accepted the FIA's findings and de la Rosa was required to start at the back of the field.


2000 Spanish Grand Prix, Race
The conditions on the grid were dry before the race; the air temperature ranged between 21 to 30 °C (70 to 86 °F) and the track temperature was between 22 to 23 °C (72 to 73 °F). The race started at 14:00 local time. A total of approximately 79,000 people attended the race. Ralf Schumacher started the race in the spare Williams monocoque because his race car developed a sensor issue with his engine the previous day. When the race started, Häkkinen got a better start than Michael Schumacher but the latter moved across the circuit to block Häkkinen.


2000 Spanish Grand Prix, Race
Ralf Schumacher also got a good start and passed Coulthard and Barrichello. At the exit of the first corner, Ralf Schumacher made contact with the rear of Häkkinen's car, sending him slightly sideways and both drivers were able to continue. Button also made a good start, moving from eleventh to ninth by the end of the first lap, while Irvine dropped three places over the same distance. Diniz spun off into the gravel on the first lap and retired. At the end of the first lap, the top ten were Michael Schumacher, Häkkinen, Ralf Schumacher, Coulthard, Barrichello, Villeneuve, Frentzen, Trulli, Button and Salo.


2000 Spanish Grand Prix, Race
Michael Schumacher began to pull away from Häkkinen. de la Rosa ran into the rear of Alesi at Wurth corner on lap two causing Alesi to retire, with de la Rosa sustaining a broken front wing and retired after going off at Campsa corner. Further back, Irvine passed Verstappen for twelfth position. The positions at the front were the same for the next sixteen laps with the gap between Michael Schumacher and Häkkinen fluctuated from 1.6 seconds to 3.4 seconds while Coulthard and Barrichello battled Ralf Schumacher for third position.


2000 Spanish Grand Prix, Race
Button became the first driver to make a pit stop on lap 18 and rejoined in front of Mazzacane. Villeneuve made his pit stop on the 21st lap, which promoted Frentzen into the points-scoring positions. After rejoining the circuit, his car caught fire and he pulled off to the side of the track at the exit of Seat corner. Trulli's pit stop, which dropped him to 17th, proved problematic: he stalled his engine which required his mechanics to restart it. Ralf Schumacher made a pit stop one lap later and re-emerged in fifth.


2000 Spanish Grand Prix, Race
On lap 24, Michael Schumacher made his pit stop. As he accelerated from his pit box, his rear wheel hit the Ferrari refuller Nigel Stepney who was dragged before being knocked over. Stepney was taken to the circuit's medical center for observation and he was replaced by reserve refuller Andrea Vacari. Coulthard made a pit stop on the same lap and experienced problems with leaving his pit box because he selected second gear and re-emerged behind Ralf Schumacher.


2000 Spanish Grand Prix, Race
Häkkinen made his pit stop on the 26th lap and emerged behind Michael Schumacher, while Verstappen retired from the race with a mechanical problem. All of the leaders had taken their stops by the start of lap 28, the top ten were Michael Schumacher, Häkkinen, Ralf Schumacher, Barrichello, Coulthard, Button, Frentzen, Salo, Zonta and Wurz. Häkkinen set the fastest lap of the race on the same lap, a 1:24.470 as he started to close the gap to Michael Schumacher, as Ralf Schumacher again became under pressure by Coulthard in fourth.


2000 Spanish Grand Prix, Race
Eleven laps later, Coulthard entered the pit lane, triggering the second round of pit stops. Ralf Schumacher and Barrichello made a pit stop on the following lap and rejoined behind Coulthard. Michael Schumacher and Häkkinen both made their pit stops on the 41st lap, with Häkkinen emerging in front because Michael Schumacher's pit stop was problematic. Michael Schumacher's mechanics had started refulling after putting his tyres on causing him to be stationary for ten seconds longer than usual. Salo and Zonta went into the pit lane on lap 45, allowing Button into sixth.


2000 Spanish Grand Prix, Race
Coulthard had caught Michael Schumacher (who had air leaking from his left rear tyre) by lap 46. Coulthard attempted to pass Michael Schumacher on the following lap around the outside going into the first corner, but Schumacher drove into Coulthard's line as a blocking manoeuvre. Coulthard replicated his move on lap 48 and passed Michael Schumacher around the outside under braking going into turn one. Ralf Schumacher had caught up to Michael Schumacher on lap 50. Ralf Schumacher tried to overtake Michael Schumacher on the same lap, but the latter blocked him.


2000 Spanish Grand Prix, Race
Ralf Schumacher was forced wide and lost momentum, allowing Barrichello to pass both drivers. Ralf Schumacher attempted to reclaim the position and got alongside Barrichello with Michael Schumacher taking the inside line to emerge in front. Michael Schumacher entered the pit lane on the same lap for new tyres and rejoined in front of Button. He immediately set new personal fastest laps in an effort to catch Ralf Schumacher. However, the order was stable at the front of the field as Häkkinen had a comfortable lead over Coulthard, while Ralf Schumacher had dropped back from Barrichello.


2000 Spanish Grand Prix, Race
Button pulled over to the side of the track on lap 62, with smoke billowing from his engine, and retired. Häkkinen continued to maintain his lead and crossed the finish line on lap 65 to secure his first victory of the season in a time of 1:33.550.390 at an average speed of 122.040 miles per hour (196.404 km/h). Coulthard finished second 16 seconds behind, ahead of Barrichello who clinched third, Ralf Schumacher in fourth, Michael Schumacher in fifth and Frentzen rounded out the points-scoring positions in sixth. Salo, Zonta, Fisichella, Wurz and Irvine filled the next five finishers, while Trulli, Herbert, Gené, Mazzacane, Heidfeld and Button (despite his retirement) completed the final classified finishers.


2000 Spanish Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
I can't really find the words to explain how happy and relieved I am to have claimed my first victory this season. We have been so close before but today was the day and the team did a fantastic job. My start from second wasn't ideal, despite having a lot of traction I didn't get the clutch to bite properly. Fortunately Schumacher didn't make a great start either, so we were side by side coming into the first corner. In the end I had to give way because I was on the outside. Schumacher managed to pull away during the first couple of laps but when his tyres started to go off I was able to catch him and could start putting him under pressure. The team did a great job in the second pitstop so I was able to take the lead.


2000 Spanish Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
The top three drivers appeared on the podium to collect their trophies and in a later press conference. Häkkinen said that he was "pleased" to win the race and admitted that he waited until the pit stop phase to have any chance of overtaking Michael Schumacher. He said that his team had more work to do on his car and was looking forward to the next race. Coulthard believed he made the right decision to compete in the Grand Prix despite his injuries and that the result was "the best thing that could have happened for the team and myself."


2000 Spanish Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
He also said he was looking forward to resting over the coming days to allow his injuries to heal. Barrichello admitted that the race had not been good for him until his overtake on Michael Schumacher and Ralf Schumacher and said the absence of Stepney caused his second pit stop to be slower than usual.


2000 Spanish Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
Attention focused on the battle between Ralf Schumacher and Michael Schumacher during the race. Michael Schumacher blamed his brother for instigating the move and did not understand why he was upset over the incident. Ralf Schumacher did not comment and stated that he would watch a video of the incident before he would say anything. Their father, Rolf talked to the pair in an effort to get them reconciled.


2000 Spanish Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
One week after the race, Ralf Schumacher said that tensions between him and his brother had eased and that there were no hard feelings for each other, saying, "It's a lot of fun when we are out there on the track duelling against each other." There was similar ill-feeling between de la Rosa and Alesi after their collision on lap two. de la Rosa accused Alesi of blocking him, and of causing the crash by not looking in his mirrors, while Alesi said de la Rosa attempted to overtake him in a corner where overtaking is difficult.


2000 Spanish Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
As a result of the race, Häkkinen moved up to second place in the Drivers' Championship, reducing Michael Schumacher's lead to fourteen points. Coulthard fell to third, two points behind Häkkinen. Barrichello moved up into fourth place on 13 points, and Ralf Schumacher fell to fifth overall. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari maintained their lead but McLaren's one-two finish moved to within seven points clear of the Italian team. Williams maintained third position with nine points. Frentzen's sixth-place finish allowed Jordan to move point clear of Benetton in the battle for fourth, with twelve races remaining in the season.


2000 Spanish general election
The 2000 Spanish general election was held on Sunday, 12 March 2000, to elect the 7th Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 208 of 259 seats in the Senate.


2000 Spanish general election
The incumbent People's Party (PP) of Prime Minister José María Aznar secured an unpredicted absolute majority in the Congress of Deputies, obtaining 183 out of 350 seats and increasing its margin of victory with the opposition Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) to 2.4 million votes. The PSOE did not profit from a pre-election agreement with United Left (IU) and lost 1.6 million votes and 16 seats, coupled to the 1.4 million votes and 13 seats lost by IU.


2000 Spanish general election
Such an alliance was said to prompt tactical voting for the PP, which also benefited from economic growth, a moderate stance throughout the legislature and internal struggles within the opposition parties. For the first time since the Spanish transition to democracy, the PP results exceeded the combined totals for PSOE and IU. PSOE leader Joaquín Almunia announced his resignation immediately after results were known.


2000 Spanish general election
Regional and peripheral nationalist parties improved their results, except for Convergence and Union (CiU)—which had been in electoral decline for a decade—and Herri Batasuna/Euskal Herritarrok (EH), which urged to boycott the election and called for their supporters to abstain in the Basque Country and Navarre. The Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) benefitted from EH's absence and gained two seats, whereas both Canarian Coalition (CC) and the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) had strong showings in their respective regions.


2000 Spanish general election
Initiative for Catalonia (IC), which had split from IU in 1997, clinged on to parliamentary representation but suffered from the electoral competition with United and Alternative Left (EUiA), IU's newly-founded regional branch in Catalonia which failed to secure any seat. This would be the first and only general election to date in which both parties would contest each other.


2000 Spanish general election
This election featured some notable feats: this was the first absolute majority the PP obtained in a general election, with its best result in both popular vote share and seats up until then, a result only exceeded in 2011. In contrast, the PSOE got its worst election result in 21 years. This was also the second time a party received more than 10 million votes, the last time being in 1982, when 10.1 million voters voted for Felipe González's PSOE. The voters' turnout registered was one of the lowest in democratic Spain for Spanish election standards, with only 68.7% of the electorate casting a vote.


2000 Spanish general election, Overview, Electoral system
The Spanish Cortes Generales were envisaged as an imperfect bicameral system. The Congress of Deputies had greater legislative power than the Senate, having the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a prime minister and to override Senate vetoes by an absolute majority of votes. Nonetheless, the Senate possessed a few exclusive, yet limited in number functions—such as its role in constitutional amendment—which were not subject to the Congress' override. Voting for the Cortes Generales was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen and in full enjoyment of their political rights.


2000 Spanish general election, Overview, Electoral system
For the Congress of Deputies, 348 seats were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of three percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Spain, with each being allocated an initial minimum of two seats and the remaining 248 being distributed in proportion to their populations. Ceuta and Melilla were allocated the two remaining seats, which were elected using plurality voting. The use of the D'Hondt method might result in a higher effective threshold, depending on the district magnitude.


2000 Spanish general election, Overview, Electoral system
For the Senate, 208 seats were elected using an open list partial block voting, with electors voting for individual candidates instead of parties. In constituencies electing four seats, electors could vote for up to three candidates; in those with two or three seats, for up to two candidates; and for one candidate in single-member districts.


2000 Spanish general election, Overview, Electoral system
Each of the 47 peninsular provinces was allocated four seats, whereas for insular provinces, such as the Balearic and Canary Islands, districts were the islands themselves, with the larger—Majorca, Gran Canaria and Tenerife—being allocated three seats each, and the smaller—Menorca, Ibiza–Formentera, Fuerteventura, La Gomera, El Hierro, Lanzarote and La Palma—one each. Ceuta and Melilla elected two seats each. Additionally, autonomous communities could appoint at least one senator each and were entitled to one additional senator per each million inhabitants.


2000 Spanish general election, Overview, Election date
The term of each chamber of the Cortes Generales—the Congress and the Senate—expired four years from the date of their previous election, unless they were dissolved earlier. The election decree was required to be issued no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to the date of expiry of the Cortes in the event that the prime minister did not make use of his prerogative of early dissolution. The decree was to be published on the following day in the Official State Gazette (BOE), with election day taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication.


2000 Spanish general election, Overview, Election date
The previous election was held on 3 March 1996, which meant that the legislature's term would expire on 3 March 2000. The election decree was required to be published in the BOE no later than 8 February 2000, with the election taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the Cortes Generales on Sunday, 2 April 2000.


2000 Spanish general election, Overview, Election date
The prime minister had the prerogative to dissolve both chambers at any given time—either jointly or separately—and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process, no state of emergency was in force and that dissolution did not occur before one year had elapsed since the previous one. Additionally, both chambers were to be dissolved and a new election called if an investiture process failed to elect a prime minister within a two-month period from the first ballot. Barred this exception, there was no constitutional requirement for simultaneous elections for the Congress and the Senate. Still, as of 2021 there has been no precedent of separate elections taking place under the 1978 Constitution, with governments having long preferred that elections for the two chambers of the Cortes take place simultaneously.


2000 Spanish general election, Overview, Election date
It was suggested that Aznar would be tempted to call a snap election after the introduction of the euro was effective at 1 January 1999. Speculation arose among PP ranks and government members that an election would be called in the spring of 1999 or in June, to coincide with the scheduled local, regional and European Parliament elections.


2000 Spanish general election, Overview, Election date
This possibility was fueled by some remarks from the Catalan president and Convergence and Union (CiU) leader Jordi Pujol, Aznar's main parliamentary ally, that a general election would be held in 1999—a comment that he later was forced to rectify— coinciding with a critical point in the PP–CiU relationship. In the summer of 1999, a new round of speculation emerged that Aznar was considering holding an early election throughout the autumn, but this was ended by Aznar re-assuring that it was his wish to exhaust the legislature and for the election to be held when due, in March 2000. On 23 December 1999, it was confirmed that the general election would be held on 12 March, together with the 2000 Andalusian regional election, with the Cortes Generales being dissolved on 17 January.


2000 Spanish general election, Background
On 5 May 1996, José María Aznar from the People's Party (PP) was able to form the first centre-right government in Spain since 1982 through confidence and supply agreements with Convergence and Union (CiU), the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) and Canarian Coalition (CC). In the 34th congress of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) held in June 1997, Felipe González, who had been prime minister from 1982 to 1996 and PSOE Secretary General since 1974, announced his intention to leave the party's leadership.


2000 Spanish general election, Background
The party, divided at the time between González's supporters—renovadores, Spanish for "renovators"—and those following the discipline of former deputy prime minister and PSOE vice secretary general Alfonso Guerra—guerristas—, elected Joaquín Almunia, a "renovator" and former Minister of Labour and Social Security (1982–1986) and Minister for Public Administrations (1986–1991), as new Secretary General. While it was suggested that González could remain as the party's candidate for prime minister in the next general election, he discarded himself out in January 1998.


2000 Spanish general election, Background
A primary election to elect the prime ministerial candidate, held among PSOE members on 24 April 1998, saw Almunia, supported by González and prominent party "renovators", facing Josep Borrell, the former Minister of Public Works (1991–1996) who received the backing of the guerrista faction. Borrell defeated Almunia, but the latter remained as the party's Secretary General in order to prevent an extraordinary congress, a situation prompting a 'bicephaly' which would see both Borrell and Almunia clashing for months on party direction and strategy issues, as the extent of each one's competences on the party's political leadership remained unclear. Borrell renounced as candidate in May 1999 after it was unveiled that two of his former employees were involved in a judicial investigation for tax fraud, leaving a vacancy that resulted in Almunia being proclaimed as candidate without opposition.


2000 Spanish general election, Background
United Left (IU) underwent a severe internal crisis throughout 1997 over Julio Anguita's confrontational attitude with the PSOE—to the point of siding with the PP in a number of votes in the Congress of Deputies—as well as with a perceived lack of democracy within IU.


2000 Spanish general election, Background
Anguita sought to prevent an electoral alliance between United Left–Galician Left (EU–EG) and the Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE) ahead of the 1997 Galician regional election, a move which received criticism from Initiative for Catalonia (IC), IU's sister party in Catalonia, with which disagreements over the coalition's political direction had been on the rise since the 1996 general election.


2000 Spanish general election, Background
The Democratic Party of the New Left (PDNI), constituted as an internal current within IU which had been critical of Anguita's leadership, was expelled from the alliance's governing bodies in June 1997, after party discipline in the Congress was broken on the issue of labour reform. The IU crisis came to a peak in September 1997, which saw NI's expulsion from IU as a whole, the dissolution of the NI-controlled regional leaderships in Cantabria and Castilla–La Mancha and the break up of relations with EU–EG and IC. The PDNI then sought electoral alliances with the PSOE, which materialized ahead of the 1999 local, regional and European Parliament elections.


2000 Spanish general election, Background
The PP government relied on confidence and supply support from CiU, PNV and CC. The PNV withdrew its support from the government in June 1999, with relations strained after the signing of the Estella Agreement between the PNV and HB in September 1998. The Aragonese Party (PAR), which had been allied with the PP since the 1996 election, broke away from the PP parliamentary group in October 1999 and joined the Mixed Group.


2000 Spanish general election, Parliamentary composition
The Cortes Generales were officially dissolved on 18 January 2000, after the publication of the dissolution decree in the Official State Gazette. The tables below show the composition of the parliamentary groups in both chambers at the time of dissolution.


2000 Spanish general election, Parties and candidates
The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.


2000 Spanish general election, Parties and candidates
Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:


2000 Spanish general election, Parties and candidates
The election was marked by the exploration of joint candidacies between the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and other parties in the left of the political spectrum. One such example was in Catalonia, where a left-wing alliance came to fruition between the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC), Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) and Initiative for Catalonia–Greens (IC–V) under the Catalan Agreement of Progress label, aiming to mirror the success of a similar alliance between the PSC and IC–V in the 1999 Catalan regional election. Ahead of the Senate election in Ibiza and Formentera, PSOE, United Left of the Balearic Islands (EUIB), The Greens (LV), Nationalist and Ecologist Agreement (ENE) and ERC formed the Pact for Ibiza and Formentera.


2000 Spanish general election, Parties and candidates
Various attempts at forming a joint left-wing candidacy for the Senate in the Valencian Community were unsuccessful, primarily due to disagreement over the label and format of such an alliance.


2000 Spanish general election, Parties and candidates
Nationwide, an agreement was reached between the national leaderships of PSOE and United Left, under which both parties agreed to cooperate in the Senate elections for 27 constituencies: in those districts, and taking consideration of the Senate electoral system allowing up to three votes to each voter, the PSOE would field two candidates to one from IU, with the parties urging voters to cast their votes as if it were a joint list of three. The PSOE also offered IU a similar agreement for the Congress of Deputies, wherein IU would not run in 34 constituencies where it would unlikely win a seat on its own, with a later offer reducing the number to 14. These offers were both rejected.


2000 Spanish general election, Parties and candidates
Basque Citizens (EH), the Basque electoral coalition including Herri Batasuna, called for election boycott and urged its supporters to abstain.


2000 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2000 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 30 April 2000 at the Circuito Permanente de Jerez.


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


2000 Sparkassen Cup (tennis)
The 2000 Sparkassen Cup was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Leipzig, Germany. It was part of the Tier II category of the 2000 WTA Tour. It was the 11th edition of the tournament and was held from 30 October through 5 November 2000. Unseeded Kim Clijsters won the singles title and earned $87,000 first-prize money.


2000 Sparkassen Cup (tennis), Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2000 Sparkassen Cup (tennis), Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:


2000 Sparkassen Cup (tennis), Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:


2000 Sparkassen Cup (tennis), Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received entry from the doubles qualifying draw:


2000 Sparkassen Cup (tennis), Finals, Singles
It was the 2nd title of the season for Clijsters and the 3rd title of her singles career.


2000 Sparkassen Cup (tennis), Finals, Doubles
It was the 61st title for Sánchez Vicario and the 1st title for Sidot in their respective doubles careers.


2000 Sparkassen Cup on Ice
The 2000 Sparkassen Cup on Ice was the third event of six in the 2000–01 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held in Gelsenkirchen on November 9–12. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2000–01 Grand Prix Final.


2000 Sparkassen Cup – Doubles
Mary Pierce and Larisa Neiland were the defending champions, but none competed this year. Neiland retired from professional tennis during this season.


2000 Sparkassen Cup – Doubles
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Anne-Gaëlle Sidot won the title by defeating Kim Clijsters and Laurence Courtois 6–7(6–8), 7–5, 6–3 in the final.


2000 Sparkassen Cup – Singles
Nathalie Tauziat was the defending champion, but lost in semifinals to Elena Likhovtseva.


2000 Sparkassen Cup – Singles
Kim Clijsters won the title by defeating Elena Likhovtseva 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–4 in the final.


2000 Sparkassen Cup – Singles, Seeds
The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2000 Speaker of the British House of Commons election
The 2000 election of the Speaker of the House of Commons  occurred on 23 October 2000 following the retirement of Betty Boothroyd as Speaker. The election resulted in the election of Labour MP Michael Martin, who had served as Deputy Speaker since 1997. It was the first contested election since 27 April 1992.


2000 Speaker of the British House of Commons election, Candidates, Nominated candidates
Sir Alan Haselhurst (Conservative), nominated by David Winnick and seconded by Peter Brooke


2000 Speaker of the British House of Commons election, Candidates, Nominated candidates
Alan Beith (Liberal Democrats), nominated by Dafydd Wigley and seconded by Jackie Ballard


2000 Speaker of the British House of Commons election, Candidates, Nominated candidates
Gwyneth Dunwoody (Labour), nominated by David Davis and seconded by Marjorie Mowlam


2000 Speaker of the British House of Commons election, Candidates, Nominated candidates
Sir George Young (Conservative), nominated by John MacGregor and seconded by Helen Jackson


2000 Speaker of the British House of Commons election, Candidates, Nominated candidates
Menzies Campbell (Liberal Democrats), nominated by Martin O'Neill and seconded by Derek Wyatt


2000 Speaker of the British House of Commons election, Candidates, Nominated candidates
David Clark (Labour), nominated by John Maxton and seconded by Joan Ruddock


2000 Speaker of the British House of Commons election, Candidates, Nominated candidates
Nicholas Winterton (Conservative), nominated by John Wilkinson and seconded by Stephen Pound


2000 Speaker of the British House of Commons election, Candidates, Nominated candidates
Michael Lord (Conservative), nominated by Tom King and seconded by Andrew Reed


2000 Speaker of the British House of Commons election, Candidates, Nominated candidates
Sir Patrick Cormack (Conservative), nominated by Gillian Shephard and seconded by Tam Dalyell


2000 Speaker of the British House of Commons election, Candidates, Nominated candidates
Richard Shepherd (Conservative), nominated by Martin Bell and seconded by Tony Wright


2000 Speaker of the British House of Commons election, Election
This was the last Speaker election to be conducted by means of a conventional parliamentary motion with recorded votes on an amendment for each candidate. With an unusually large number of candidates, a significant number of MPs spoke in favour of switching to a less time-consuming procedure, but Sir Edward Heath, who was presiding in his capacity as Father of the House, declined to allow a vote on this issue.


2000 Speaker of the British House of Commons election, Election
The repeated ballots took nearly six hours. Each candidate gave their own speech of submission to the will of the House, having each been nominated and seconded by Members in separate speeches. Martin was the front runner going into the ballot and was never in any danger of losing during the election, winning every ballot by at least 76 votes.


2000 Speaker of the British House of Commons election, Election
As a result of this election, the rules for electing a Speaker were changed the following year to a use a secret and exhaustive ballot. This procedure was first used in the Speaker election of 2009.


2000 Speaker of the British House of Commons election, Results
Under the old system for electing Speakers of the House of Commons, a candidate would be nominated and seconded, and alternative candidates would be offered as 'amendments' to that initial motion. In 2000, 11 candidates stepped forward, leading Sir Edward Heath, presiding in his capacity as Father of the House, to have the candidates voted on two at a time. He called Michael Martin to be nominated first.


2000 Speaker of the British House of Commons election, Results
In the event, no candidate was able to surpass Martin in any of the ballots, and once all Martin's opponents had been eliminated from the contest, the original motion that he be elected Speaker was met with some audible opposition. A division was therefore held, but the motion was approved by 370 votes to 8. Martin was thus elected Speaker.


2000 Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament election
The 2005 Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament election was the 3rd legislative speaker election since the implementation of the Taif Agreement, held on 28 June 2005 during the first session of the 23rd parliament. The incumbent Speaker Nabih Berri and head of the Amal Movement was re-elected to a third term.


2000 Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament election
Under the article 44 of the constitution, the speaker is elected at the start of each parliamentary cycle by an absolute majority of the deputies' vote. By convention, he is always a Shia Muslim.


2000 Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament election
Berri won the majority of the votes cast, receiving 124 votes and 97% out of 128 deputies.


2000 SpeedVision World Challenge
The 2000 SpeedVision World Challenge season was the eleventh running of the Sports Car Club of America's premier series. With the departure of GM from touring car, a longtime era of BMW-Mazda-Acura dominance began.


2000 Speedway Conference League
The 2000 Speedway Conference League was the third tier/division of British speedway.


2000 Speedway Conference League, Summary
The title was won by Sheffield Prowlers, the junior club belonging to the Sheffield Tigers.


2000 Speedway Conference League, Conference League Knockout Cup
The 2000 Conference League Knockout Cup was the third edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. Boston Barracudas were the winners.


2000 Speedway Ekstraliga, First round, League table
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; Pts = Points


2000 Speedway Grand Prix
The 2000 Speedway Grand Prix was the 55th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider. It was the sixth season in the Speedway Grand Prix era and was used to determine the Speedway World Champion.


2000 Speedway Grand Prix, Event format
The system first used in 1998 continued to be adopted with 24 riders, divided into two classes. The eight best would be directly qualified for the "Main Event", while the sixteen others would be knocked out if they finished out of the top two in 4-man heats on two occasions – while they would go through if they finished inside the top two on two occasions. This resulted in 10 heats, where eight proceeded to the Main Event, where exactly the same system was applied to give eight riders to a semi-final.


2000 Speedway Grand Prix, Event format
The semi-finals were then two heats of four, where the top two qualified for a final and the last two going towards the consolation final. The 4 finalists scored 25, 20, 18 and 16 points, with 5th to 8th scoring 15, 14, 12 and 10-point, and after that 8, 8, 7, 7, etc. Places after 8th place were awarded according to the time a rider was knocked out and, secondly, according to position in the last heat he rode in.


2000 Speedway Grand Prix, Qualification
The 2000 season had 22 permanent riders and two wild cards at each event. The permanent riders are highlighted in the results table below.


2000 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic
The 2000 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic was the first race of the 2000 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 6 May in the Marketa Stadium in Prague, Czech Republic It was the fourth Czech Republic SGP and was won by American rider Billy Hamill.


2000 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic, Starting positions draw
The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Michal Makovský and Bohumil Brhel as Wild Card.


2000 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark
The 2000 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark was the fifth race of the 2000 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 2 September in the Speedway Center in Vojens, Denmark


2000 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark, Starting positions draw
The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Danish rider Nicki Pedersen and a Jesper B. Jensen as Wild Card.


2000 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe
The 2000 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe was the sixth and the last race of the 2000 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 23 September in the Polonia Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland


2000 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe, Starting positions draw
The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Polish rider Jaroslaw Hampel and a Piotr Protasiewicz as Wild Card.


2000 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
The 2000 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain was the fourth race of the 2000 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 29 July in the Brandon Stadium in Coventry, England


2000 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, Starting positions draw
The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated British rider Martin Dugard and Lee Richardson as Wild Card. Injured Poles Rafał Dobrucki and Tomasz Gollob was replaced by John Jørgensen and Jason Lyons.


2000 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
The 2000 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the third race of the 2000 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 1 July at the Olympic Stadium in Wrocław, Poland.


2000 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland, Starting positions draw
The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated two Poles Piotr Protasiewicz and Sebastian Ułamek as Wild Card.


2000 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
The 2000 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden was the second race of the 2000 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 3 June in the Motorstadium in Linköping, Sweden It was the sixth Swedish SGP and was won by Australian Jason Crump.


2000 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden, Starting positions draw
The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Nicki Pedersen and Rune Holta as Wild Card.


2000 Speedway World Team Cup
The 2000 Speedway World Team Cup was the 41st edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions. It was the last time that the event was known as the Speedway World Team Cup because as from 2001 it was called the Speedway World Cup.


2000 Speedway World Team Cup
The final took took place at Brandon Stadium in Coventry, England. The World Championship was decided by a race-off after Sweden and Great Britain tied on 40 points. Tony Rickardsson beat Mark Loram to give Sweden an eighth title.


2000 Speedway World Team Cup, World final, Venue : Coventry, England
Sweden win Championship after Tony Rickardsson beat Mark Loram in a race off.


2000 Spengler Cup
The 2000 Spengler Cup was held in Davos, Switzerland from December 26, 2000, to December 31, 2000. All matches were played at HC Davos's home arena, Eisstadion Davos. The final was won 4-2 by HC Davos over Team Canada.


2000 SportsRacing World Cup
The 2000 SportsRacing WORLD CUP was the second season of SportsRacing World Cup, an auto racing series organized by the International Racing Series Ltd. and officially sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. The series is a continuation of the former International Sports Racing Series which began in 1997. It was open to two categories of sports prototypes, SR and SRL, and awarded driver and team championships in each class. It began on 26 March and ended on 26 November after ten events were held in Europe, the United States of America, and South Africa.


2000 SportsRacing World Cup
Christian Pescatori and David Terrien won the SR drivers' championship, while their JMB Giesse Team Ferrari squad won the teams' title for the third consecutive year. For the SRL category Redman Bright and drivers Peter Owen and Mark Smithson were the respective champions.


2000 SportsRacing World Cup, Schedule
Much of the calendar for 2000 calendar was a direct carryover of the 1999 calendar, with the notable exception of two races in the United States. As part of an agreement between Grand-Am and IRS Ltd., cars from the World Cup could participate in two Grand-Am Road Racing Championship events, while Grand-Am would include two World Cup events on their schedule. However, after the initial announcement in 1999 Grand-Am opted instead to not include the European rounds in their championship as the majority of teams were not interested. World Cup teams also withdrew their support, eventually leading to the two races only counting toward the SRL category championship. The two American races replaced the former event at Pergusa.


2000 SportsRacing World Cup, Schedule
Races were of a duration of two hours and 30 minutes, with exception of the Monza race which covered 500 km and the American events which were 500 and 250 miles in respective distance.


2000 SportsRacing World Cup, Results and standings, Race results
For the American rounds only World Cup entries were considered for championship points, meaning the winner listed is the highest-finishing World Cup entry.


2000 SportsRacing World Cup, Results and standings, Race results
Points were awarded to the top eight finishers in each category. Entries were required to complete 60% of the race distance in order to be classified as a finisher and earn points. Drivers were required to complete 20% of the total race distance for their car to earn points. Teams scored points for only their highest finishing entry.


2000 SportsRacing World Cup, Results and standings, Team championships
Only the highest placing car within a team earned points towards the championship.


2000 Sri Lanka cyclone
The 2000 Sri Lanka cyclone (IMD designation: BOB 06 JTWC designation: 04B) was the strongest tropical cyclone to strike Sri Lanka since 1978. The fourth tropical storm and the second severe cyclonic storm of the 2000 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, it developed from an area of disturbed weather on December 25, 2000. It moved westward, and quickly strengthened under favorable conditions to reach top wind speeds of 75 mph (120 km/h). The cyclone hit eastern Sri Lanka at peak strength, then weakened slightly while crossing the island before making landfall over southern India on December 28. The storm degenerated into a remnant low later that day, before merging with another trough on the next day.


2000 Sri Lanka cyclone
The storm was the first cyclone over Sri Lanka with winds of at least hurricane strength since a cyclone of 1978 hit the island in the 1978 season, as well as the first tropical storm to hit the island since 1992. The storm was also the first December tropical cyclone of hurricane intensity in the Bay of Bengal since 1996. It produced heavy rainfall and strong winds, damaging or destroying tens of thousands of houses and leaving up to 500,000 homeless. At least nine people died as a result of the cyclone.


2000 Sri Lanka cyclone, Meteorological history
An area of atmospheric convection developed and persisted on December 21 in the central Bay of Bengal forming within an active near-equatorial trough. Located within an area of weak vertical wind shear, the system steadily organized, and after initially remaining nearly stationary it began to move slowly westward. Deep convection continued to develop, and on December 23 a mid-level circulation began to form. Later that day, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert. By the night of the December 23, a low-level circulation developed in the system, located to the south of the deep convection.


2000 Sri Lanka cyclone, Meteorological history
The disturbance continued to organize, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) classifying it as a deep depression early on December 24. Later that day, the organization of the system degraded slightly, though it quickly reorganized. On December 25, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center initiated advisories on Tropical Cyclone 04B while it was located about 155 miles (250 km) east of Sri Lanka. On the center's first advisory, the tropical storm was drifting west-northwest at 3 mph (5 km/h) with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (70 km/h). Shortly thereafter, the IMD upgraded the deep depression to a cyclonic storm as a central dense overcast developed over the center.


2000 Sri Lanka cyclone, Meteorological history
A subtropical ridge to the north of the cyclone resulted in it continuing generally westward. Deep convection continued to develop over the center of circulation, and the storm steadily strengthened as outflow improved throughout the circulation. By late on December 25, a rainband wrapped tightly into the center, and it intensified into a severe cyclonic storm as it approached the coast of Sri Lanka. The next day the cyclone developed an eye as it turned west-southwestward. On December 26, the cyclone made landfall on near Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.


2000 Sri Lanka cyclone, Meteorological history
The JTWC assessed the cyclone as attaining peak winds of 75 mph (120 km/h). However, the IMD estimated the cyclone reached a maximum intensity of 105 mph (165 km/h), making it a very severe cyclonic storm. It weakened slightly over land and emerged into the Gulf of Mannar early on December 27 as a tropical storm. Initially, forecasters predicted it to slowly re-intensify; instead it weakened as its convection degraded in organization and intensity.


2000 Sri Lanka cyclone, Meteorological history
After turning west-northwestward, the storm struck southern India near Kanyakumari on December 28 with winds of 45 mph (70 km/h), with minimal convection due to land interaction and increased wind shear. It rapidly weakened to tropical depression status over land, degenerating into a remnant low later that day. Early on December 29, the cyclone's remnants emerged into the eastern Arabian Sea and merged with another trough.


2000 Sri Lanka cyclone, Impact
Government officials in Sri Lanka issued a last-minute evacuation order for potentially affected areas, though few received the evacuation order. The cyclone hit the eastern and western coastlines with powerful waves, wrecking 25 fishing boats in eastern coastal towns and washing away 109 boats near Puttalam. Eight people were left missing and feared dead. The cyclone was accompanied with a storm surge as made landfall that flooded areas up to 330 feet (100 m) inland. While crossing the country, the cyclone dropped between 4 and 8 inches (100 to 200 mm) of precipitation, compounding the effects of severe monsoonal flooding from the previous month. Wind gusts from the cyclone reached 110 mph (175 km/h) near where it made landfall.


2000 Sri Lanka cyclone, Impact
The area most affected by the cyclone was in and around Trincomalee: 57 people checked into the local hospital as a result of falling trees or debris, with one person killed due to a falling tree. An entire fishing village was completely destroyed, and heavy rainfall flooded rivers, lakes, and canals, covering roads and crops with floodwaters. The flooding destroyed about 77 square miles (200 km2) of rice fields, and an additional 19 square miles (50 km2) of other crops.


2000 Sri Lanka cyclone, Impact
Strong winds damaged or destroyed around 83,000 houses across the country, including 2,000 houses destroyed in Kinnia and 6,600 in Trincomalee. The passage of the cyclone left up to 500,000 temporarily homeless on the island, most of whom fled to churches, schools, temples, and shopping centers. The winds blew off the roofs of several police stations and military camps, and flooded several refugee camps. The winds damaged electrical systems and disrupted about 3,000 telephone systems, and many roads were left impassable. Large areas remained without power for several days. No damage reports exist for regions under control of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, despite the fact the storm made landfall there. Throughout the country, at least nine people died as a result of the cyclone, and over 48,000 families were affected.


2000 Sri Lanka cyclone, Impact
Prior to the arrival of the storm in India, government officials there issued a severe storm warning for Thoothukudi District, and also warned fishermen not to go out to sea. Thousands were evacuated to emergency shelters prior to the storm's arrival. The cyclone produced rough surf along the southern Indian coast, and heavy rainfall in and around Thoothukudi, causing flooding in a few low-lying areas. The rainfall caused some damage to banana crops, uprooted several trees, and left some roads impassable, but was largely beneficial in alleviating drought conditions. Across southern India, the cyclone damaged 749 houses and destroyed 81 more, but no deaths were reported in the country.


2000 Sri Lanka cyclone, Aftermath
Sri Lanka governmental aid was slow at first, with the media criticizing the government for its initial response. A street protest occurred in Trincomalee due to lack of aid. Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake organized a meeting of government officials to propose an increase in relief funds. A family of five or more received $5.50 a week (2000 USD, ($8.17 2021 USD), 500 in 2000 LKR) for dry rations, while the families of those who died received $183 (2000 USD, $271.69 2021 USD, 15 thousand 2000 LKR) in compensation. The government also gave $122 (2000 USD, ($181.13 2021 USD, 10 thousand 2000 LKR)) to those whose houses were damaged or destroyed, and delivered rice rations to those stranded, while state-organized radio broadcasts appealed for donations.


2000 Sri Lanka cyclone, Aftermath
Within two days of the cyclone striking, the Sri Lankan Red Cross began an operation with 4,000 volunteers to help those most badly affected. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies issued a preliminary appeal for $323,000 2000 USD ($561 thousand 2021 USD, $525 thousand in 2000 CHF) to assist about 10,000 people by making blankets, shelter, food, and kitchen utensils available. To kick-start the operation, the Federation released about $61,000 (2000 USD ($90.6 thousand 2021 USD, $100 thousand in 2000 CHF)) within a few hours of the cyclone making landfall. After about a month, the Red Cross distributed 10 roofing sheets each to 1,720 families, and also sent a set of cooking utensils, bed sheets, and sleeping mats to 3,000 families. Relief ended on November 7, 2001, roughly 40 weeks after the cyclone struck.


2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on 10 October 2000.


2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
The People's Alliance (PA) government Kumaratunga had led for six years was facing increasing criticism on two fronts: a series of military defeats at the hands of the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in the country's civil war, and the faltering performance of the economy.


2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
The elections were marred by violence. Seventy people were killed during the campaign, including six on election day itself. . Both the UNP and SLMC parties accused the PA of election fraud and intimidation.


2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
As was the case for most elections since 1983, few ballots were cast in LTTE-held parts of the country.


2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, Results
The PA remained in office but lost its majority. The resulting deadlock led to the 2001 election.


2000 St Albans City and District Council election
The 2000 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of St Albans District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


2000 St Albans City and District Council election, Election result
Overall turnout at the election was 33.56%, down from 37.1% at the 1999 election.


2000 St Albans City and District Council election, By-elections between 2000 and 2002, Park Street
A by-election was held in Park Street ward on 12 October 2000 after the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Barry Blackwall.


2000 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2000 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council in Merseyside, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.


2000 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result
Labour remained in control of the council with 35 seats, but suffered a net loss of 2 seats. The Liberal Democrats increased their share of the vote and gained Moss Bank and Sutton and Bold from Labour, but lost Newton West back to Labour, to leave the party on 15 seats. Meanwhile, the Conservatives also gained a seat from Labour in Windle, defeating the mayor Pat Jackson, while the leader of the Conservative group Betty Lowe held her seat in Rainford to leave the Conservatives with 4 councillors.


2000 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result
Turnout in 4 wards was at or below 16%, while the highest turnout was in Rainford at 35.7%. The turnout in St Helens was an increase from the last election, which was put down to a trial of early voting on the Friday and Saturday before the election in 6 wards.


2000 St. Catharines municipal election
The St. Catharines municipal election of 2000 was held to elect a mayor and councillors for the city of St. Catharines, Ontario.


2000 St. Catharines municipal election, Niagara Regional Council
Electors could vote for six candidates. Percentages are determined in relation to the total number of votes.


2000 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
The 2000 St. George Illawarra Dragons season was the second in the joint venture club's history. The Dragons competed in the NRL's 2000 premiership season. The team finished ninth in the regular season, missing out on finals for the first time in their history.


2000 St. George Illawarra Dragons season, Ladder
1 North Queensland were stripped of 2 competition points due to a breach of the interchange rule in Round 4.


2000 St. James Place
2000 St. James Place is a 12-story, 335,000 square foot (31,100 m2) office building in Houston, Texas. It formerly housed the headquarters of Minute Maid. The building is located on a 6 acres (2.4 ha) site, and is in proximity to The Galleria.


2000 St. James Place, History
2000 St. James Place was built in 1978. In 1985, The Coca-Cola Company purchased the property from Bechtel Corporation, to be used as the headquarters of Minute Maid, a subsidiary of Coca-Cola. Minute Maid moved into 2000 St. James Place in 1986. In 2006, the building underwent an $11.8 million renovation. In 2007, Coca-Cola sold the building to Cameron Management, Wachovia Bank (now Wells Fargo), and a group of local investors for an undisclosed amount.


2000 St. James Place, History
Coca-Cola then leased 150,000 square feet (14,000 m2) of space in the building to continue housing the Minute Maid headquarters until the headquarters were moved to Sugar Land Town Square in Sugar Land, Texas. Anticipating the departure of Minute Maid, Cameron Management planned to market the building as having the largest block of contiguous office space in the Uptown area.


2000 St. James Place, History, Post Minute Maid
On February 16, 2009, Minute Maid moved its headquarters from 2000 St. James Place to Sugar Land Town Square. In 2009, 2000 St. James Place became the only office building in Texas—and one of only 49 buildings in the United States—to receive the LEED-EB v2.0 Gold certification. In 2010, Wachovia Bank foreclosed the vacant building, taking it from owner Cameron Management Inc. The building was offered for sale on May 4, 2010 at the Harris County courthouse, but there were no buyers.


2000 St. James Place, History, Weatherford
In late 2010, Weatherford International signed a lease agreement on the entire property. With the relocation of Weatherford to this building, Luby's Inc., particularly their Culinary Services Division, now serves as their cafeteria provider. A Salad Bar, Deli, Main Line, Global Bar, Juice Bar, and Grill is open every weekday from 7:00am–10:00am for breakfast and 11:00am–2:00pm for lunch.


2000 St. James Place, Design
Nearly one third of the building's site is landscaped to reduce heat island effects and storm water drainage. The property has high efficiency chillers installed, an automation control system managed through a Web-based user interface,  and to save energy, designers coated the roof with special material. The building has a cafeteria, a fitness center, and 1,230 parking spaces.


2000 St. Louis Cardinals season
The St. Louis Cardinals 2000 season was the team's 119th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 109th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 95-67 during the season, their best finish since 1987, and won the National League Central division by ten games over the Cincinnati Reds. In the playoffs the Cardinals defeated the Atlanta Braves 3 games to 0 in the NLDS but lost to the New York Mets 4 games to 1 in the NLCS.


2000 St. Louis Cardinals season
The Cardinals sweep of the Braves in the NLDS was notable because it made the Mets run to their first World Series appearance since their championship season of 1986 much easier. The Braves had eliminated the Mets from the playoffs on the final day of the 1998 season and in the 1999 NLCS.


2000 St. Louis Cardinals season
Catcher Mike Matheny and outfielder Jim Edmonds won Gold Gloves this year. Matheny was acquired from the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season, while Edmonds was acquired from the Anaheim Angels less than a week before the start of the season.


2000 St. Louis Cardinals season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In


2000 St. Louis Cardinals season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In


2000 St. Louis Cardinals season, NLDS
St. Louis won series, 3-0. This was the series in which pitching phenom Rick Ankiel permanently lost his command and control, throwing four wild pitches in one inning.


2000 St. Louis Rams season
The 2000 season was the St. Louis Rams' 63rd in the National Football League (NFL) and their sixth in St. Louis. For the first time in franchise history, the Rams entered the season as the defending Super Bowl champions. The Rams finished the regular-season with a record of 10–6 but would go on to lose to the New Orleans Saints in the Wild Card round of the playoffs. They led the NFL in scoring for a second straight year with 540 points. The Rams became the first team in NFL history to score more than 500 points on offense, while allowing more than 450 points on defense.


2000 St. Louis Rams season
Running back Marshall Faulk was named the MVP of the regular season. It was the second straight time a Rams player was named MVP.


2000 St. Louis Rams season
After the resignation of Dick Vermeil, who had been the Rams' head coach through St. Louis' 1999 championship season, Mike Martz took over as head coach, and attempted to defend the Rams' Super Bowl XXXIV title. The Rams' "Greatest Show on Turf" continued its offensive dominance, scoring 33.7 points per game.


2000 St. Louis Rams season
Statistically, Football Outsiders calculates that the 2000 Rams had the most efficient rushing attack of any single-season NFL team from 1993–2010. The 2000 Rams are one of only three teams in NFL history to score 35 points or more nine times in a single season. The Denver Broncos did it 10 times in 2013. The Rams' offense offset the team's defensive struggles: St. Louis' 471 points allowed in 2000 is the most ever surrendered by an NFL team with a winning record. The Rams had the best offense in the league, but had the worst defense in the league.


2000 St. Louis Rams season
The season saw the Rams change their logo and add a new color scheme of navy and gold, replacing blue and yellow, donning new uniforms in the process. Among these changes, the Rams introduced a charging blue ram with gold horns and a gold outline. This logo would remain for the next fifteen seasons.


2000 St. Louis Rams season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. San Diego Chargers
The Rams opened their offense with Kurt Warner throwing 14 consecutive passes.


2000 St. Louis Rams season, Postseason, Game summaries, NFC Wildcard Game: vs. New Orleans Saints
The Saints won their first playoff game in their 34-year history with quarterback Aaron Brooks' 266 passing yards and four touchdowns, by holding off the defending champion Rams, who scored three touchdowns in the final quarter. Overall, the Rams committed five turnovers while the Saints committed none. Rams quarterback Kurt Warner lost four turnovers (three interceptions and a fumble), while running back Marshall Faulk, who shredded the Saints with 220 rushing yards when they played against them in the regular season, was held to a season low of 24 yards on the ground.


2000 St. Petersburg Open
The 2000 St. Petersburg Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex in Saint Petersburg in Russia and was part of the ATP International Series of the 2000 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from November 6 through November 12, 2000.


2000 St. Petersburg Open, Finals, Doubles
Daniel Nestor /  Kevin Ullyett defeated  Thomas Shimada /  Myles Wakefield 7–6(7–5), 7–5


2000 St. Petersburg Open – Doubles
Daniel Nestor and Kevin Ullyett won in the final 7–6(7–5), 7–5 against Thomas Shimada and Myles Wakefield.


2000 St. Petersburg Open – Singles
Marc Rosset was the defending champion but lost in the first round 6–1, 3–6, 3–6 against Andrei Stoliarov.


2000 St. Petersburg Open – Singles
Marat Safin won in the final 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 against Dominik Hrbatý.


2000 Sta. Lucia Realtors season
The 2000 Sta.Lucia Realtors season was the eighth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


2000 Sta. Lucia Realtors season, Finals stint
Under new head coach Norman Black, who moved from Pop Cola to Sta.Lucia at the beginning of the season, the Realtors played in the PBA championship series for the first time in their eight-year history during the Commissioner's Cup, Sta.Lucia lost to defending champions San Miguel Beermen in five games.


2000 Standard Bank Triangular Tournament
The 2000 Standard Bank Triangular Tournament was a cricket tournament played in South Africa from 21 January to 13 February 2000. The three teams involved were South Africa, England and Zimbabwe. Each team played the others three times, with the two teams that won the most games playing each other in a final match. South Africa beat England by 38 runs in the final to win the competition.


2000 Stanford Cardinal baseball team
The 2000 Stanford Cardinal baseball team represented Stanford University in the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinal played their home games at Sunken Diamond in Palo Alto, California. The team was coached by Mark Marquess in his twenty-fourth season as head coach at Stanford.


2000 Stanford Cardinal baseball team
The Cardinal reached the College World Series, finishing as the runner up to LSU.


2000 Stanford Cardinal football team
The 2000 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by head coach Tyrone Willingham.


2000 Stanley Cup Finals
The 2000 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1999–2000 season, and the culmination of the 2000 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested by the Eastern Conference champion New Jersey Devils against the Western Conference champion and defending Stanley Cup champion Dallas Stars. The Devils were led by captain Scott Stevens, head coach Larry Robinson and goaltender Martin Brodeur. The Stars were led by captain Derian Hatcher, head coach Ken Hitchcock and goaltender Ed Belfour. The Devils defeated the Stars, four games to two.


2000 Stanley Cup Finals, Paths to the Finals
New Jersey defeated the Florida Panthers 4–0, the Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 and the Philadelphia Flyers 4–3 to advance to the Finals.


2000 Stanley Cup Finals, Paths to the Finals
Dallas defeated the Edmonton Oilers 4–1, the San Jose Sharks 4–1 and the Colorado Avalanche 4–3 to advance to the Finals.


2000 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
Despite New Jersey being a lower seed in conference play (4) than Dallas (2), New Jersey's 103 points were one more than Dallas, giving them home-ice advantage in the series. The Devils won the Cup in game six on a one-timer goal by Jason Arnott in double overtime. It was their second Stanley Cup overall and first since 1995.


2000 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
For the Stars, this was the first time since the New York Islanders lost to the Edmonton Oilers in the 1984 Finals that a defending Stanley Cup champion lost in the Finals. This happened to the Devils themselves the following year when they lost to the Colorado Avalanche. This would be the last appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals for the Stars until 2020.


2000 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
This was the first Finals that featured two relocated teams competing for the Stanley Cup, as well as the first Finals in which both teams had won the Stanley Cup previously after relocation.


2000 Stanley Cup Finals, Team rosters
Years indicated in boldface under the "Finals appearance" column signify that the player won the Stanley Cup in the given year.


2000 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving
The 2000 Stanley Cup was presented to Devils captain Scott Stevens by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman following the Devils 2–1 double overtime win over the Stars in game six.


2000 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving
The following Devils players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup


2000 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving, Stanley Cup engraving
Three players who did not automatically qualify for their names to be engraved on the Stanley Cup were engraved at the Devils' request:


2000 Stanley Cup Finals, Broadcasting
In Canada, the series was televised on CBC. In the United States, this was the first year under the new joint American TV contract with the Disney-owned networks ESPN and ABC, with ESPN airing the first two games of the Cup Finals and ABC broadcasting the rest of the series.


2000 Stanley Cup playoffs
The 2000 Stanley Cup playoffs, was the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL), that began on April 12, 2000, and concluded on June 10. The New Jersey Devils defeated the reigning champion Dallas Stars in a six-game series to win their second Stanley Cup title in franchise history.


2000 Stanley Cup playoffs
Sixteen teams qualified for the playoffs, eight from each conference, played best-of-seven series in each round, ending with each conference's champion playing a best-of-seven series in the Stanley Cup Finals for the Stanley Cup.


2000 Stanley Cup playoffs
The Calgary Flames and the Vancouver Canucks both missed the playoffs this year. This would not happen again until 2014, when all four Western Canadian teams missed the playoffs. For the first time in history, only two Original Six teams made it to the playoffs (Toronto and Detroit). This would only happen again in 2001 (Toronto and Detroit), 2007 (New York Rangers and Detroit), 2018 (Boston and Toronto), and 2019 (Boston and Toronto). Also for the first time, the Boston Bruins and the Montreal Canadiens missed the playoffs in the same season. In addition, both conference finals went to the maximum seven games. This did not happen again until 2015.


2000 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (8) Buffalo Sabres
This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams; with Philadelphia winning four of the five previous series. They last met in the 1998 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, which Buffalo won in five games. Philadelphia won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.


2000 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (2) Washington Capitals vs. (7) Pittsburgh Penguins
This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams; with Pittsburgh winning four of the five previous series. They last met in the 1996 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, which Pittsburgh won in six games. Pittsburgh won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.


2000 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (3) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (6) Ottawa Senators
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Ottawa won three of the four games in this year's regular season series. Ottawa won this year's five-game regular season series earning seven of ten points.


2000 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, (4) New Jersey Devils vs. (5) Florida Panthers
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. New Jersey won three of the four games in this year's regular season series.


2000 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (1) St. Louis Blues vs. (8) San Jose Sharks
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. St. Louis won this year's five-game regular season series earning nine of ten points.


2000 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (2) Dallas Stars vs. (7) Edmonton Oilers
This was the fourth consecutive and sixth overall playoff match-up between these two teams; with Dallas winning three of the five previous series. Dallas won last year's Western Conference Quarterfinals in a four-game sweep. Dallas won this year's four-game regular season series earning seven of eight points.


2000 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (3) Colorado Avalanche vs. (6) Phoenix Coyotes
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. These teams split their four-game regular season series.


2000 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Quarterfinals, Western Conference Quarterfinals, (4) Detroit Red Wings vs. (5) Los Angeles Kings
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. These teams split their five-game regular season series.


2000 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (7) Pittsburgh Penguins
This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams; with Philadelphia winning both previous series. They last met in the 1997 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, which Philadelphia won in five games. Philadelphia won this year's five-game regular season series earning nine of ten points.


2000 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (3) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (4) New Jersey Devils
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Toronto won this year's four-game regular season series earning seven of eight points.


2000 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (3) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (4) New Jersey Devils
Martin Brodeur set a Stanley Cup playoff record in game six for the least shots against required (6) to record a shutout in a single game.


2000 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (2) Dallas Stars vs. (8) San Jose Sharks
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams; with Dallas winning the only previous series. Their only previous meeting was in the 1998 Western Conference Quarterfinals, which Dallas won in six games. San Jose won four of the six games in this year's regular season series.


2000 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (3) Colorado Avalanche vs. (4) Detroit Red Wings
This was the second consecutive playoff meeting and fourth overall playoff match-up between these two teams; with Colorado winning two of the three previous series. Colorado won last year's Western Conference Semifinals in six games. Detroit won four of the five games in this year's regular season series.


2000 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Final, (1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (4) New Jersey Devils
This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams; with the teams splitting the two previous series. They last met in the 1995 Eastern Conference Finals, which New Jersey won in six games. This was Philadelphia's sixth appearance in the Conference Finals; they last made it to the Conference Finals in 1997 where they defeated the New York Rangers in five games. This was New Jersey's fourth appearance in the Conference Finals; they last made it to the Conference Finals in 1995. New Jersey won four of the five games during this year's regular season series.


2000 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Final, (1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (4) New Jersey Devils
The Devils overcame a 3–1 deficit to defeat the Flyers in seven games. In game seven Devils' forward Patrik Elias scored the series-winner at 17:28 of the third period. Eric Lindros suffered a concussion after getting hit by Scott Stevens in the first period of game seven and did not return; as a result of the hit this was the last game he played as a Flyer.


2000 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Final, (2) Dallas Stars vs. (3) Colorado Avalanche
This was the second consecutive playoff meeting and second postseason match-up between these two teams. This was a rematch of last year's Western Conference Final, which Dallas won in seven games. Dallas made their third consecutive and fifth overall appearance in the Conference Finals; while Colorado made their second consecutive and sixth overall appearance in the Conference Finals. Colorado won this year's five-game regular season series earning seven of ten points.


2000 Stanley Cup playoffs, Stanley Cup Finals
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Dallas made their second consecutive and fourth overall appearance in the Finals, after defeating the Buffalo Sabres in six games the year before. New Jersey made their second Finals appearance and first since defeating the Detroit Red Wings in four games in 1995. Dallas won both games in this year's regular season series.


2000 Stanley Cup playoffs, Playoff statistics, Goaltenders
This is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on goals against average and the top five goaltenders based on save percentage, with at least 420 minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.


2000 Star World Championships
The 2000 Star World Championships were held in Annapolis, United States between May 14 and 20, 2000.


2000 Star World Championships, Results
Legend: DNC – Did not come to the starting area; DNF – Did not finish; DSQ – Disqualified; OCS – On the course side of the starting line;


2000 State Farm Women's Tennis Classic
The 2000 State Farm Women's Tennis Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Scottsdale, Arizona in the United States that was part of Tier II category of the 2000 WTA Tour. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and ran from February 28 through March 5, 2000. The tournament finals were not played due to rain. The singles finalists, first-seeded Martina Hingis and second-seeded  Lindsay Davenport each earned $43,500 prize money for reaching the final and shared the associated ranking points.


2000 State of Origin series
The 2000 State of Origin series was the 19th year that the annual three-game series between the Queensland and New South Wales representative rugby league football teams was played entirely under 'state of origin' selection rules. During the 2000 series Gorden Tallis was sent off for calling the referee a cheat, Ryan Girdler amassed an incredible 32 points in one match and New South Wales whitewashed the series in a combined scoreline of 104 to 42 - the biggest gap between the two sides in history.


2000 State of Origin series, Game I
After Ryan Girdler had scored a try to level at 16-all which appeared to have included two knock-ons in the lead up, a furious Gorden Tallis confronted Bill Harrigan and was immediately dismissed after calling him a cheat. Six minutes later the Blues took advantage of the extra man for David Peachey to cross out wide and secure a 20-16 win.


2000 State of Origin series, Game I
Immediately after the game Tallis was summonsed to a judiciary hearing at the ground but was not suspended. He had been to the referee's room beforehand and apologised to Harrigan. Blues prop Robbie Kearns later claimed in the Melbourne Herald Sun newspaper that Tallis was to blame for Queensland's loss by showing poor discipline and that he had let himself and his side down.


2000 State of Origin series, Game II
New South Wales' win in the second game secured their first series win since 1997 and the 28-10 scoreline would be their biggest ever winning margin until game III two weeks later.


2000 State of Origin series, Game III
New South Wales centre Ryan Girdler produced the performance of his life and the Blues were hailed as the greatest side in Origin history after they demolished Queensland and completed their third clean sweep. Girdler scored three tries and kicked 10 goals from 10 ten attempts for a record 32-point haul during which New South Wales crossed the Queensland line nine times.


2000 State of Origin series, Game III
New South Wales had led 20-10 at half-time but a try to Andrew Johns after the break saw the floodgates open with six Origin records beaten or matched: * Biggest winning margin in State of Origin history (since broken by Queensland in Game III, 2015)


2000 State of Origin series, Game III
* Most points in an Origin match * Most points by an individual in an Origin match * Most points by an individual in an Origin series (Girdler, 52) * Most goals by an individual in an Origin match * Most tries by an individual in an Origin match (Girdler's three equalled Chris Anderson's in 1983 and Kerry Boustead's in 1984)


2000 State of Origin series, Aftermath
A major turning point in State of Origin history occurred in this series, when, in the third game, Bryan Fletcher was seen celebrating his try by performing a fake hand grenade aimed towards the Queensland side. The try celebration forced Queensland to change their whole strategy towards Origin and it created a pathway for Queensland to win twelve of sixteen series since 2006 (and a record eight straight between 2006 and 2013). Former Queensland player Wendell Sailor said “As a Queenslander, you never forget that".


2000 State of Origin series, Aftermath
Queensland Origin great Gorden Tallis had previously spoken about how that try celebration eventually led to a shift in the State of Origin balance of power which saw Queensland win back the Shield in 2001, and retain it in 2002. Former player Matthew Johns claims that the try celebration started a Queensland dynasty. Former Queensland coach Chris Close spoke about Fletcher's try celebration in 2016: "I thought it was disgraceful act and a disgraceful show of disrespect, You would certainly never, ever see that from any Queensland team, It still burns. F---ing oath it does".


2000 State of the Union Address
The 2000 State of the Union Address was given by the 42nd president of the United States, Bill Clinton, on Thursday, January 27, 2000, at 9 p.m. EST, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the 106th United States Congress. It was Clinton's seventh and final State of the Union Address and his eighth and final speech to a joint session of the United States Congress. Presiding over this joint session was the House speaker, Dennis Hastert, accompanied by Al Gore, the vice president, in his capacity as the president of the Senate.


2000 State of the Union Address
Clinton began the speech by saying, "We are fortunate to be alive at this moment in history. Never before has our nation enjoyed, at once, so much prosperity and social progress with so little internal crisis or so few external threats. Never before have we had such a blessed opportunity and, therefore, such a profound obligation to build the more perfect union of our founders' dreams." Clinton discussed many topics in the address, including education, health care, crime, the global economy, technology, and the environment.


2000 State of the Union Address
It was the longest State of the Union address in recorded history at 1 hour and 28 minutes.