2000 Venezuelan trade union leadership referendum
Do you agree that the trade union leadership must be renewed in the next 180 days, following an Electoral Statute to be approved by the Electoral Power, and according to the principles of alternation and universal, direct and secret elections as ordained in the Bolivarian Constitution of Venezuela, and that the directive boards of those unions, federations and confederations are suspended from their functions until those elections take place?


2000 Venezuelan trade union leadership referendum
It was approved by 69.4% of voters, with a turnout of just 23.5%.


2000 Vermont Democratic presidential primary
The 2000 Vermont Democratic presidential primary took place on March 7, 2000 to select the state's 15 pledged delegates to the 2000 Democratic National Convention. Several other states held their primary concurrently on the day of the Vermont primary as part of Super Tuesday.


2000 Vermont Democratic presidential primary
Al Gore won the primary and earned a majority of the state's pledged delegates.


2000 Vermont gubernatorial election
The 2000 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic Governor Howard Dean won re-election. The campaign was dominated by the fallout from the passage of a civil union bill and the subsequent backlash encapsulated by the slogan Take Back Vermont. Ruth Dwyer, the Republican nominee in 1998, ran again in 2000 and was closely tied to the Take Back Vermont movement. Howard Dean, the Democratic governor, favored civil unions and was a primary target of Take Back Vermont.


2000 Vermont gubernatorial election, General election
Progressive Anthony Pollina's candidacy nearly succeeded in holding Dean to less that 50 percent, which would have required the Vermont General Assembly to choose a winner. In such races, the joint meeting of the Vermont House and Senate almost always chooses the candidate who received the highest number of votes, but Republicans took control of the Vermont House in 2001, which might have resulted in a contested election.


2000 Villanova Wildcats football team
The 2000 Villanova Wildcats football team represented the Villanova University during the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Wildcats were led by 16th year head coach Andy Talley played their home games at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pennsylvania


2000 Virginia Cavaliers football team
The 2000 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was George Welsh, who retired from coaching after the season. They played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia.


2000 Virginia Tech Hokies football team
The 2000 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Virginia Tech competed as a member of the Big East Conference. The Hokies were led by Frank Beamer in his 14th year as head coach.


2000 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Regular season
Michael Vick's 2000 season did have its share of highlights, such as his career rushing high of 210 yards against the Boston College Eagles in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Against West Virginia in the Black Diamond Trophy game, Vick accounted for 288 total yards of offense and two touchdowns in a 48–20 win. The following week, Vick led the Hokies back from a 14–0 deficit against Syracuse at the Carrier Dome—where the Hokies had not won since 1986. Vick put the game away with a 55-yard run with 1:34 left.


2000 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Regular season
The following game against Pittsburgh, Vick was injured and had to miss the rest of that game, the entire game against Central Florida, and was unable to start against the Miami Hurricanes—the Hokies' lone loss of the season. Vick's final game at Virginia Tech came against the Clemson Tigers in the 2001 Gator Bowl, where he was named MVP of the game.


2000 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Regular season
The opening game on August 27 against Georgia Tech was postponed due to lightning and then canceled due to an unplayable field.


2000 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, 2000 team players in the NFL
The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.


2000 Virginia ballot measures
The 2000 Virginia State Elections took place on Election Day, November 7, 2000, the same day as the U.S. Presidential, U.S. Senate and the U.S. House elections in the state. The only statewide elections on the ballot were two constitutional referendums  to amend the Virginia State Constitution. Because Virginia state elections are held on off-years, no statewide officers or state legislative elections were held. All referendums were referred to the voters by the Virginia General Assembly.


2000 Virginia ballot measures, Question 1
The Lottery Proceeds Fund amendment requires the General Assembly to establish a Fund where the Commonwealth must put the net revenues from the Virginia State Lottery. Lottery proceeds in the Fund must be distributed to local governments, and their school divisions, to be spent locally for public education. Previously, the General Assembly had broad discretion to appropriate the lottery profits for any public purpose. The General Assembly will be able to appropriate money from the Fund and not distribute it to the localities only in exceptional cases.


2000 Virginia ballot measures, Question 1
Four-fifths of the members voting in each house of the General Assembly must agree to appropriate lottery proceeds from the Fund in such an exceptional case. A locality that accepts a share of the lottery proceeds must maintain its local share of education expenses to meet the state standards of quality for school divisions, without using lottery proceeds to do so. The amendment also requires the General Assembly to pass laws necessary to establish the Fund and implement the new constitutional provision.


2000 Virginia ballot measures, Question 2
The Right to Hunt, Fish and Harvest Game amendment adds a statement to the Constitution that "the people have a right to hunt, fish, and harvest game." That right is subject to regulations and restrictions that the General Assembly enacts by general law.


2000 Vodacom Cup
The 2000 Vodacom Cup was the 3rd edition of this annual domestic cup competition. The Vodacom Cup is played between provincial rugby union teams in South Africa from the Currie Cup Premier and First Divisions, as well as an invitational team, the Welwitschias from Namibia.


2000 Vodacom Cup, Competition
There were 15 teams participating in the 2000 Vodacom Cup. These teams were geographically divided into two sections; the Northern Section with eight teams and the Southern Section with seven teams. Teams would play all the other teams in their section once over the course of the season, either at home or away.


2000 Vodacom Cup, Competition
Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that score four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams losing a match by seven points or less. Teams were ranked by points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).


2000 Vodacom Cup, Competition
The top four teams in each section qualified for the play-offs. In the quarter finals, the teams that finished first in each section had home advantage against the teams that finished fourth in the other section and the teams that finished second in each section had home advantage against the teams that finished third in the other section. The winners of these quarter finals then played each other in the semi-finals, with the higher placed team having home advantage. The two semi-final winners then met in the final.


2000 Vodacom Cup, Teams, Team Listing
The following teams took part in the 2000 Vodacom Cup competition:


2000 Vojvodina provincial election
The 2000 Vojvodina provincial elections were held on 24 September and 8 October 2000.


2000 Vojvodina provincial election, Electoral system
The 120 members of the Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina were elected from 120 electoral districts using the "first-past-the-post" system.


2000 Volleyball America's Cup
The 2000 Volleyball America's Cup was the third edition of the annual Men's Volleyball Tournament, played by six countries from North-, Central- and South America. The tournament was held from August 11 to August 20, 2000 in São Bernardo, Brazil.


2000 Volta a Catalunya
The 2000 Volta a Catalunya was the 80th edition of the Volta a Catalunya cycle race and was held from 15 June to 22 June 2000. The race started in La Pineda and finished at Viola Rabassa in Andorra. The race was won by José María Jiménez of the Banesto team.


2000 Volta a Catalunya, Teams
Sixteen teams of up to eight riders started the race:


2000 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
The 2000 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana was the 58th edition of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana road cycling stage race, which was held from 22 February to 26 February 2000. The race started in Sagunto and finished in Valencia. The race was won by Abraham Olano of the ONCE– Deutsche Bank team.


2000 Volvo PGA Championship
The 2000 Volvo PGA Championship was the 46th edition of the Volvo PGA Championship, an annual professional golf tournament on the European Tour. It was held 26–29 May at the West Course of Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, a suburb southwest of London.


2000 Volvo PGA Championship
Colin Montgomerie won by three strokes over Darren Clarke, Andrew Coltart and Lee Westwood to claim his third consecutive Volvo PGA Championship, a feat that had never been achieved before.


2000 Volvo Women's Open
The 2000 Volvo Women's Open  was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Pattaya, Thailand. It was part of Tier IVb of the 2000 WTA Tour. It was the 10th edition of the tournament and was held from 13 November through 19 November 2000. Third-seeded Anne Kremer won the singles title and earned $18,000 first-prize money.


2000 Volvo Women's Open, Finals, Doubles
Yayuk Basuki /  Caroline Vis defeated  Tina Križan /  Katarina Srebotnik, 6–3, 6–3


2000 Volvo Women's Open – Doubles
Émilie Loit and Åsa Carlsson were the defending champions, but Loit did not compete this year. Carlsson teamed up with Silvia Farina Elia and lost in the semifinals to Yayuk Basuki and Caroline Vis.


2000 Volvo Women's Open – Doubles
Basuki and Vis won the title by defeating Tina Križan and Katarina Srebotnik 6–3, 6–3 in the final.


2000 Volvo Women's Open – Singles
Magdalena Maleeva was the defending champion, but did not compete this year.


2000 Volvo Women's Open – Singles
Anne Kremer won the title by defeating Tatiana Panova 6–1, 6–4 in the final.


2000 Vuelta Ciclista de Chile
The 23rd edition of the Vuelta Ciclista de Chile was held from March 23 to April 2, 2000. The stage began with a four-kilometer prologue time trial in the heart of Santiago.


2000 Vuelta a Andalucía
The 2000 Vuelta a Andalucía was the 46th edition of the Vuelta a Andalucía (Ruta del Sol) cycle race and was held on 13 February to 17 February 2000. The race started in Almería and finished in Granada. The race was won by Miguel Ángel Peña.


2000 Vuelta a Andalucía, Teams
Nineteen teams of up to eight riders started the race:


2000 Vuelta a Asturias
The 2000 Vuelta a Asturias was the 44th edition of the Vuelta a Asturias road cycling stage race, which was held from 9 May to 14 May 2000. The race started and finished in Oviedo. The race was won by Joseba Beloki of the Festina team.


2000 Vuelta a Burgos
The 2000 Vuelta a Burgos was the 22nd edition of the Vuelta a Burgos road cycling stage race, which was held from 7 August to 10 August 2000. The race started in Miranda de Ebro and finished in Burgos. The race was won by Leonardo Piepoli of the Banesto team.


2000 Vuelta a Castilla y León
The 2000 Vuelta a Castilla y León was the 15th edition of the Vuelta a Castilla y León cycle race and was held on 31 July to 4 August 2000. The race started in Valladolid and finished in Bembibre. The race was won by Francisco Mancebo.


2000 Vuelta a Castilla y León, Teams
Fifteen teams of up to eight riders started the race:


2000 Vuelta a Colombia
The 50th edition of the Vuelta a Colombia was held from June 11 to June 26, 2000.


2000 Vuelta a España
The 55th Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 26 August to 17 September  2000. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of 2,904 km (1,804 mi), and was won by Roberto Heras of the Kelme–Costa Blanca cycling team. The defending champion, Jan Ullrich, withdrew after the 12th stage while sitting in fourth place to prepare for the Olympic Road Race.


2000 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11
The 2000 Vuelta a España was the 55th edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta began in Málaga, with an individual time trial on 26 August, and Stage 11 occurred on 5 September with a stage to Arcalis. The race finished in Madrid on 17 September.


2000 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 1
26 August 2000 — Málaga to Málaga, 13.3 km (8.3 mi) (ITT)


2000 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 2
27 August 2000 — Málaga to Córdoba, 167.5 km (104.1 mi)


2000 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 3
28 August 2000 — Montoro to Valdepeñas, 198.4 km (123.3 mi)


2000 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 4
29 August 2000 — Valdepeñas to Albacete, 159 km (99 mi)


2000 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 5
30 August 2000 — Albacete to Xorret de Catí, 152.3 km (94.6 mi)


2000 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 6
31 August 2000 — Benidorm to Valencia, 155.5 km (96.6 mi)


2000 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 7
1 September 2000 — Valencia to Morella, 175 km (109 mi)


2000 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 8
2 September 2000 — Vinaròs to Port Aventura, 168.5 km (104.7 mi)


2000 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 9
3 September 2000 — Tarragona to Tarragona, 37.6 km (23.4 mi) (ITT)


2000 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 10
4 September 2000 — Sabadell to Supermolina, 165.8 km (103.0 mi)


2000 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 11
5 September 2000 — Alp to Arcalis, 136.5 km (84.8 mi)


2000 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21
The 2000 Vuelta a España was the 55th edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta began in Málaga, with an individual time trial on 26 August, and Stage 12 occurred on 7 September with a stage from Zaragoza. The race finished in Madrid on 17 September.


2000 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 12
7 September 2000 — Zaragoza to Zaragoza, 131.5 km (81.7 mi)


2000 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 13
9 September 2000 — Santander to Santander, 143.3 km (89.0 mi)


2000 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 14
10 September 2000 — Santander to Lakes of Covadonga, 146.5 km (91.0 mi)


2000 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 15
11 September 2000 — Cangas de Onís to Gijón, 164.2 km (102.0 mi)


2000 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 16
12 September 2000 — Oviedo to Alto de l'Angliru, 168 km (104 mi)


2000 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 17
13 September 2000 — Benavente to Salamanca, 155.5 km (96.6 mi)


2000 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 18
14 September 2000 — Béjar to Ciudad Rodrigo, 159 km (99 mi)


2000 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 19
15 September 2000 — Salamanca to Ávila, 130 km (81 mi)


2000 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 20
16 September 2000 — Ávila to Alto de Abantos, 128.2 km (79.7 mi)


2000 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 21
17 September 2000 — Madrid to Madrid, 38 km (24 mi) (ITT)


2000 Vuelta a Murcia
The 2000 Vuelta a Murcia was the 16th professional edition of the Vuelta a Murcia cycle race and was held on 1 March 2000. The race started and finished in Murcia. The race was won by David Cañada.


2000 Vuelta a Venezuela
The 37th edition of the annual Vuelta a Venezuela was held from October 17 to October 29, 2000. The stage race started in San Fernando, and ended in San Cristóbal.


2000 WABA Champions Cup
The WABA Champions Cup 2000 was the 3rd staging of the WABA Champions Cup, the basketball club tournament of West Asia Basketball Association. The tournament was held in Damascus, Syria between May 2 and May 4. The winner qualify for the 2000 ABC Champions Cup.


2000 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2000 Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 9–11 at the Selland Arena at Fresno State University in Fresno, California.


2000 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Hosts Fresno State upset top-seeded Tulsa in the championship game, 75–72, to clinch their first WAC men's tournament championship. However, most of the Bulldogs' season was later vacated by the NCAA for using an ineligible player.


2000 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Fresno State received the WAC's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by WAC regular season champion Tulsa, who earned an at-large bid.


2000 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
Prior to the 1999–2000 season, eight of the WAC's members announced they were departing to form the new Mountain West Conference: Air Force, BYU, Colorado State, UNLV, New Mexico, San Diego State, Utah, and Wyoming. With this dramatic departure, the league was left with only eight teams. The tournament field was subsequently reduced from twelve to eight, and the division structure was eliminated.


2000 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
All teams now qualified for the tournament and were all placed into the initial quarterfinal round. The teams were seeded based on regular season conference record.


2000 WAFF Championship
The 2000 West Asian Football Federation Championship, also known as the King Hussein Cup, was the first edition of the WAFF Championship; it took part in Amman, the capital of Jordan. Iran won the final against Syria 1–0. The eight entrants were Iraq, Iran, Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Kazakhstan (invited nation), Kyrgyzstan (invited nation), and host nation Jordan. The finals took place between 23 May and 3 June 2000.


2000 WAFF Championship
The teams were grouped into two groups of four, playing a round-robin format. Semi-finals and finals followed, played by the top two teams from each group.


2000 WAFF Championship, Participants
The first West Asian Cup was the only one with two guest members, from the Central Asian Football Association. Every country affiliated with WAFF was invited the tournament: Jordan—host nation—, Iran, Syria, Palestine, Iraq, and Lebanon, while two places where given two Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. A total of eight teams participated.


2000 WAFF Championship, Venues
All matches took place in Amman. One stadium was used, the King Abdullah II Stadium.


2000 WAFF Championship, Match officials
Twenty referees and ten linesmen participated in the tournament: sixteen from participating teams, and four from neutral countries.


2000 WAFF Championship, Match officials
The following is the list of officials who served as referees and (in italic) linesmen:


2000 WAFF Championship, Statistics, Goalscorers
There have been 34 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.12 goals per match.


2000 WAFF Championship squads
The 2000 WAFF Championship is an international football tournament held in Jordan from 23 May to 3 June 2000. The eight national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players, including three goalkeepers. Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.


2000 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 2000 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 41st conference playoff in league history and 47th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The 2000 tournament played between March 10 and March 18, 2000 at five conference arenas and the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, North Dakota was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.


2000 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. All ten conference schools participated in the tournament with teams seeded No. 1 through No. 10 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top five seeded teams each earned home ice and hosted one of the lower seeded teams.


2000 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The winners of the first round series advanced to the Target Center for the WCHA Final Five, the collective name for the quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship rounds. The Final Five uses a single-elimination format. Teams were re-seeded No. 1 through No. 5 according to the final regular season conference standings, with the top three teams automatically advancing to the semifinals.


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


2000 WDF Europe Cup
The 2000 WDF Europe Cup was the 12th edition of the WDF Europe Cup darts tournament, organised by the World Darts Federation. It was held in Veldhoven, Netherlands from 10 Aug-12 Aug.


2000 WGC-American Express Championship
The 2000 WGC-American Express Championship was a golf tournament that was contested from 9–12 November 2000 at Valderrama Golf Club in Sotogrande, San Roque, Spain. It was the second WGC-American Express Championship tournament, and the third of four World Golf Championships events that year.


2000 WGC-American Express Championship
Mike Weir won the tournament after he birdied five of his first 11 holes on Sunday.


2000 WGC-American Express Championship, Field
Robert Allenby (2), Stuart Appleby (2), Thomas Bjørn (3), Michael Campbell (3,4), Darren Clarke (3), José Cóceres (3), Ernie Els (2,3), Steve Flesch (2), Carlos Franco (2), Sergio García, Retief Goosen (3), Pádraig Harrington (3), Dudley Hart, Scott Hoch, Miguel Ángel Jiménez (3), Bernhard Langer (3), Justin Leonard (2), Jeff Maggert, Shigeki Maruyama, Bob May (2), Rocco Mediate, Colin Montgomerie (3), José María Olazábal (3), Naomichi Ozaki, Jesper Parnevik (2), Dennis Paulson, Chris Perry (2), Nick Price (2), Eduardo Romero (3), Vijay Singh (2), David Toms (2), Kirk Triplett (2), Scott Verplank (2), Duffy Waldorf, Mike Weir (2), Lee Westwood (3), Tiger Woods (2)


2000 WGC-American Express Championship, Field
Ángel Cabrera, Andrew Coltart, Pierre Fulke, Mathias Grönberg, Paul McGinley, Gary Orr, Phillip Price


2000 WGC-Andersen Consulting Match Play Championship
The 2000 WGC-Andersen Consulting Match Play Championship was a golf tournament that was played from February 23–27, 2000 at La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California. It was the second WGC-Andersen Consulting Match Play Championship and the first of four World Golf Championships events held in 2000.


2000 WGC-Andersen Consulting Match Play Championship
Darren Clarke won his first World Golf Championships event at the match-play, by defeating Tiger Woods 4 & 3 in the 36 hole final.


2000 WGC-Andersen Consulting Match Play Championship, Brackets
The Championship was a single elimination match play event. The field consisted of the top 64 players available from the Official World Golf Ranking as of the February 13 ranking, seeded according to those rankings.


2000 WGC-Andersen Consulting Match Play Championship, Brackets
For the second successive year Jumbo Osaki (ranked #36) chose not to play. He was replaced by Michael Campbell (#65).


2000 WGC-NEC Invitational
The 2000 WGC-NEC Invitational was a golf tournament from August 24–27, 2000 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the second WGC-NEC Invitational tournament, and the second of four World Golf Championships events in 2000.


2000 WGC-NEC Invitational
World number 1 Tiger Woods won the tournament to retain the WGC-NEC Invitational and claim his third World Golf Championships title. He won by an eleven-stroke margin, and set the tournament record for aggregate score (259) and score to-par (−21), having tied José María Olazábal's course record of 61 in the second round. His final approach to the 18th green was famously in the dark, hitting his iron shot to within a couple of feet of the hole. He would make birdie to seal the victory.


2000 WGC-NEC Invitational, Field
Thomas Bjørn, Darren Clarke, Andrew Coltart, Pádraig Harrington, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Paul McGinley, Colin Montgomerie, José María Olazábal, Gary Orr, Phillip Price, Lee Westwood, Ian Woosnam


2000 WGC-World Cup
The 2000 WGC-World Cup took place 7–10 December at the Buenos Aires Golf Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was the 46th World Cup and the first as a World Golf Championship event. 24 countries competed and each country sent two players. The prize money totaled $3,000,000 with $1,000,000 going to the winning pair. The American team of David Duval  and Tiger Woods won by three strokes over the home Argentine team of Ángel Cabrera and Eduardo Romero.


2000 WGC-World Cup, Qualification and format
18 teams qualified based on the Official World Golf Ranking and were six teams via qualifiers.


2000 WGC-World Cup, Qualification and format
The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with each team consisting of two players. The first and third days were fourball play and the second and final days were foursomes play.


2000 WNBA All-Star Game
The 2000 WNBA All-Star Game was played on July 17, 2000 at America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. This was the 2nd annual WNBA All-Star Game.


2000 WNBA All-Star Game, The All-Star Game, Coaches
The coach for the Western Conference was Houston Comets coach Van Chancellor. The coach for the Eastern Conference was New York Liberty coach Richie Adubato.


2000 WNBA Championship
The 2000 WNBA Championship was the championship series of the 2000 WNBA season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Houston Comets, second-seeded champions of the Western Conference, defeated the New York Liberty, first-seeded champions of the Eastern Conference, two games to none in a best-of-three series. This was Houston's fourth title.


2000 WNBA Championship
The Comets made their fourth appearance in the Finals in franchise history. The Liberty also made their third Finals appearance.


2000 WNBA Championship
Going into the series, no other team except the Houston Comets had won a WNBA championship (1997–1999).


2000 WNBA Championship
The Comets had a 27–5 record (.844), good enough to receive home-court advantage over the Liberty (20–12). It did not matter, however, as the Comets swept the Liberty.


2000 WNBA Championship, Road to the finals, Regular season series
The Comets and the Liberty split the regular season series:


2000 WNBA Playoffs
The 2000 WNBA Playoffs was the postseason for the Women's National Basketball Association's 2000 season which ended with the  Western Conference champion Houston Comets beating the Eastern Conference champion New York Liberty, 2-0. Cynthia Cooper was named the MVP of the Finals.


2000 WNBA season
The 2000 WNBA Season was the Women's National Basketball Association's fourth season. The 2000 season saw four expansion teams join the league, the Indiana Fever, Miami Sol, Portland Fire, and Seattle Storm. The season ended with the Houston Comets winning their fourth WNBA championship.


2000 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
The WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2000 was the 11th edition of the WPA World Championship for 9-Ball Pool. It took place from July 1 to 7, 2000 in Cardiff, Wales.


2000 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Chao Fong-pang won the event, defeating Mexican Ismael Páez in the final, winning 17–6.


2000 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Format
The 96 participating players were divided into 16 groups, in which they competed in round robin mode against each other. The top four players in each group qualified for the final round played in the knockout system.


2000 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Format, Prize money
The event's prize money stayed similar to that of the previous years, with winner Mika Immonen winning $65,000.


2000 WPSL Draft
The 2000 WPSL Drafts were held on December 4, 1999 at the Tradewinds Resort in St. Petersburg, Florida during the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Convention for the 2000 season. Draft Day 2000 actually featured three drafts:


2000 WPSL Draft
Position key: C = Catcher; UT = Utility infielder; INF = Infielder; 1B = First base; 2B =Second base SS = Shortstop; 3B = Third base; OF = Outfielder; RF = Right field; CF = Center field; LF = Left field;  P = Pitcher; RHP = right-handed Pitcher; LHP = left-handed Pitcher; DP =Designated playerPositions are listed as combined for those who can play multiple positions.


2000 WPSL Draft, 2000 Women's Pro Softball League Elite/Supplemental Draft
Prior to the Elite/Supplemental Draft, each of the existing WPSL teams presented a listed of 'protected players' from their rosters. Rostered players who were not on the protected list could be drafted by any of the three other teams. Each team was allowed to protect six to eight of the players on their rosters. Protecting more than six players forced teams to surrender picks in rounds seven and eight of the elite/supplemental draft.


2000 WPSL Draft, 2000 Women's Pro Softball League Elite/Supplemental Draft
In addition to the unprotected players, the pool of players eligible to be drafted in the Elite/Supplemental draft included players on the rosters of the former Durham Dragons and the former Carolina Diamonds, and 1999 USA Softball Olympic Trial and Olympic Festival invitees who had completed their collegiate eligibility.


2000 WTA German Open
The 2000 German Open was a women's tennis event that was played in Berlin, Germany from 8 May to 14 May 2000. It was one of two Tier I events that took place on red clay in the build-up to the second Grand Slam of the year, the French Open. Third-seeded Conchita Martínez won the singles title and earned $166,000 first-prize money.


2000 WTA German Open, Finals, Doubles
Conchita Martínez /  Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario defeated  Amanda Coetzer /  Corina Morariu 3–6, 6–2, 7–6(9–7)


2000 WTA German Open – Doubles
Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat were the defending champions, but lost in quarterfinals to Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf.


2000 WTA German Open – Doubles
Conchita Martínez and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario won the title by defeating Amanda Coetzer and Corina Morariu 3–6, 6–2, 7–6(9–7) in the final.


2000 WTA German Open – Doubles, Seeds
The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2000 WTA German Open – Singles
Martina Hingis was the defending champion, but lost in semifinals to Conchita Martínez.


2000 WTA German Open – Singles
Conchita Martínez won the title by defeating Amanda Coetzer 6–1, 6–2 in the final.


2000 WTA German Open – Singles, Seeds
The first eight seeds received a bye into the second round.


2000 WTA Madrid Open
The 2000 WTA Madrid Open (also known as the Open de España Villa de Madrid or Trofeo Volkswagen for sponsorship reasons) was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Club de Campo Villa de Madrid in Madrid, Spain from 22–27 May 2000. It was the fifth edition of the event on the WTA Tour. It was classified as a Tier III event on the 2000 WTA Tour.


2000 WTA Madrid Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2000 WTA Madrid Open – Doubles
Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the defending champions, but had to withdrew before the start of the tournament.


2000 WTA Madrid Open – Doubles
Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs won the title by defeating Gala León García and María Sánchez Lorenzo 6–1, 6–3 in the final. It was the 17th title for Raymond and the 23rd title for Stubbs, in their respective doubles careers. It was also the 3rd title for the pair in the season, after their wins in the Australian Open and Rome.


2000 WTA Madrid Open – Singles
Lindsay Davenport was the defending champion, but did not compete this year.


2000 WTA Madrid Open – Singles
Gala León García won the title by defeating Fabiola Zuluaga 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 in the final. It was the 1st and only title in her career.


2000 WTA Madrid Open – Singles, Seeds
The first two seeds received a bye into the second round.


2000 WTA Tier I Series
The table below shows the 2000 WTA Tier I Series schedule.


2000 WTA Tour
The 2000 Sanex WTA Tour was the 30th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 3, 2000, and concluded on November 13, 2000, after 58 events. For this season, a new event was added: the State Farm Classic in Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. It also saw the return of the China Open which was moved to Shanghai, after last being held in Beijing in 1996.


2000 WTA Tour
Martina Hingis finished the season as the number one ranked player for the third time in four years, and second year in a row. However, this was the first year she finished number one without winning a Grand Slam women's singles title. Hingis led the titles list with nine throughout the season, including the prestigious WTA Tour Championships. Venus Williams won the most Grand Slam titles with two, and finished the year as the No. 3 player in the world.


2000 WTA Tour
Williams also won the Olympic Gold medal in Sydney that year, and was awarded the Player of the Year award by the WTA. Mary Pierce won her second Grand Slam title five years after her last, becoming the first Frenchwoman to win at home since Françoise Dürr in 1967. Lindsay Davenport also picked up her third and last Grand Slam title at the Australian Open.


2000 WTA Tour
In doubles competition, the Grand Slam titles were split between four teams: Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs, Martina Hingis and Mary Pierce, Serena Williams and Venus Williams, and Julie Halard-Decugis and Ai Sugiyama. The Williams sisters also won the Olympic Gold medal, and were thus awarded Doubles Team of the Year at the WTA Awards.


2000 WTA Tour Championships
The 2000 WTA Tour Championships, also known by its sponsored name The Chase Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York in the United States. It was the 30th edition of the year-end singles championships, the 25th edition of the year-end doubles championships, and was part of the 2000 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from November 13 through November 19, 2000. First-seeded Martina Hingis won the singles event and the accompanying $500,000 first prize money as well as 390 ranking points. It was the last edition of the WTA Tour Championships to be held in New York.


2000 WTA Tour Championships
Five players, Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Mary Pierce, Amélie Mauresmo and Anke Huber, had qualified for the tournament but withdrew citing various injuries and ailments.


2000 WTA Tour Championships, Finals, Doubles
Martina Hingis /  Anna Kournikova defeated  Nicole Arendt /  Manon Bollegraf, 6–2, 6–3.


2000 WTA Tour Championships – Doubles
Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova were the defending champions, and regained their title by defeating Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf in the final. It was the last tournament in which Hingis and Kournikova played as a pair before splitting up at the beginning of the 2001 season.


2000 WTA Tour Championships – Singles
Lindsay Davenport was the defending champion of the WTA Tour Championships tennis singles tournament, but lost in the first round to Elena Dementieva.


2000 WTA Tour Championships – Singles
Martina Hingis, the previous year's finalist, defeated Monica Seles 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–4 in the final to claim her second WTA Tour Championships.


2000 WUSA Draft
The WUSA Inaugural Player Draft, held before Women's United Soccer Association's initial 2001 season, distributed players to the league's eight inaugural teams. The draft occurred on December 10 and 11, 2000. This took place after each team was allocated three national team players and two foreign players.


2000 WUSA Draft, Draft notes
The draft was preceded by an invitation-only combine held over five days at Florida Atlantic University. Although over 500 players applied, only 198 were invited to take part in supervised training and scrimmages. Around 40 of the players had previously been competing in the pro–am Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL), while most of the others were competing at W-League level.


2000 WUSA Draft, Draft notes
The draft assigned the rights of 15 players to each team. Teams could contract up to five of the players immediately, to start promotional work in their home cities. WUSA's vice president of legal affairs, Rob Kaler, had decided the draft order by randomly selecting envelopes containing each team's logo in a lottery.


2000 WUSA Draft, Draft notes
In November 2000, WUSA's vice president of player relations, Lauren Gregg, secured five Chinese players after flying to China for delicate negotiations with a somewhat reluctant Chinese Football Association (CFA) and the players' clubs. All five players went into the draft and were selected with five of the first six picks. Top pick Sun Wen was in Rome on the second day of the draft, collecting her award as joint-FIFA Female Player of the Century.


2000 WUSA Draft, Draft notes
Gregg had traversed the globe since May 2000, trying to sign elite players identified by WUSA commissioner Tony DiCicco. She was not always successful: Norway's Marianne Pettersen accepted a competing offer from Europe's only professional club Fulham, while FFC Frankfurt blocked an approach for their German–American defender Steffi Jones.


2000 WUSA Draft, Draft notes
American players who had found success overseas, including Colette Cunningham, Denise Reddy and Jill Rutten, reportedly attended the combine but were not selected in the draft. Brazilian goalkeeper Andréia Suntaque and Dutch midfielder Nathalie Geeris were also in attendance but not picked. Each team was restricted to four foreign players, including the two already allocated by the league.


2000 WUSA Draft, Draft notes
As well as foreign players and combine attendees, college players in their senior year were eligible for the main draft, although a further supplemental draft – specifically for college players – was arranged for February 2001.


2000 WUSA Draft, Draft notes
Many players, who were typically graduates from leading Universities, faced a substantial drop in salary, even if they made it on to a team's final 20-player roster. A collective bargaining agreement between the players and league allowed a minimum annual wage of $25,000, beneath an average salary of $40,000. After some deliberation, last pick Carmel Murphy decided not to take up her place at Bay Area CyberRays, in favor of going to medical school.


2000 WUSA Foreign Player Allocation
The 2000 WUSA Foreign Player Allocation took place on October 30, 2000. It was the first international draft held by Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) to assign the rights of international players to the eight American-based teams. The 16 players were paired and each team selected one pair.


2000 WUSA Foreign Player Allocation, Draft notes
Each team had already been allocated three national team players ("founders") on May 24, 2000. The teams then arranged the order for the foreign player allocation between themselves, using a voting system which took account of the previous allocation. The 16 players to be allocated included some of the top players from around the world. Eight of them, including all four Brazilians, had signed for the league the day before the draft. The players were packaged into pairs as part of an effort to help them adapt to life in America.


2000 WUSA Foreign Player Allocation, Draft notes
A 15-round main draft, which also included foreign players, followed on December 10–11, 2000. A supplemental college draft on February 4, 2001 completed the process before the inaugural season began in April 2001. In common with Major League Soccer, WUSA had a single-entity ownership structure. This meant that the league office owned the players' contracts and negotiated all agreements. Each team got an $800,000 salary cap to cover their final roster of 20 players.


2000 WUSA Foreign Player Allocation, Draft notes
Sports Illustrated soccer journalist Grant Wahl described Philadelphia's second round pick of Smith and Fitschen ahead of Sissi and Kátia as "a boneheaded move". The slur angered Smith, who later extracted an apology from Wahl.


2000 WUSA Player Allocation
The WUSA Founding Player Allocation distributed 24 players from the United States women's national soccer team to the eight founding teams of the WUSA. The initial allocation list was announced on May 24, 2000 and consisted primarily of players from the American team that won the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup the previous year.


2000 WUSA Player Allocation, Process
The league allocated three players from the list of Founding Players based on three criteria:


2000 WUSA Player Allocation, 2000 Allocation results
1 A shoulder injury ruled Akers out of the season, so she took on a spokesperson role for WUSA while hoping to return to playing the following season. When the Orlando franchise moved to Carolina, Carla Overbeck—who had intended to sit out 2001 in order to have another child—agreed to replace Akers as one of the team's allocated players.


2000 Wagner Seahawks football team
The 2000 Wagner Seahawks football team represented Wagner College in the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC). The Seahawks were led by 20th-year head coach Walt Hameline and played their home games at Wagner College Stadium. Wagner finished the season 6–5 overall and 6–2 in NEC play to place third.


2000 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team
The 2000 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their eighth season under head coach Jim Caldwell, the Demon Deacons compiled a 2–9 record and finished in eighth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.


2000 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
The 2000 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.


2000 Walisongo school massacre
The Walisongo school massacre is the name given to a series of attacks by Christian militants on 28 May 2000 upon several predominantly Muslim villages around Poso town, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia as part of a broader sectarian conflict in the Poso region. Officially, the total number killed in the attacks is 165, but there is no definite figure of how many died. The number of dead is believed to be more than the 39 calculated from bodies later discovered in three mass graves, and equal to or below the 191 quoted by Muslim sources.


2000 Walisongo school massacre
The massacre is named for the Pesantren Walisongo boarding school in Sintuwu Lemba where the most horrendous and high-profile murders occurred. Three leaders of local Christian militia groups were later convicted and executed in 2006 for crimes committed during the massacre.


2000 Walisongo school massacre, Prelude
The population of the Poso area in Central Sulawesi is geographically divided along Muslim and Christian lines, with coastal villages and cities majority Muslim and highland towns and villages majority indigenous Protestant.


2000 Walisongo school massacre, Prelude
In part due to centuries of shipping trade, the indigenous Muslim population had integrated Bugis migrants from South Sulawesi and a small group of Arab traders, whose descendants held important places in Islamic institutions. The district also includes villages built under the government transmigration program, which brought in residents from densely populated areas, such as the primarily Muslim islands of Java and Lombok and a small minority from the Hindu island of Bali. Residents identifying themselves as Muslim attained a majority in Poso district by the late 1990s, and they accounted for 60% of the population according to 2011 government figures.


2000 Walisongo school massacre, Prelude
This significant growth in the Muslim population relative to the Christian population created tension over political representation, particularly when large sections of the Poso economy were controlled by Muslim migrants. The lucrative production and export of cocoa, especially, had been dominated by Bugis and Chinese migrants. Following the devaluation of the rupiah, the cultivation of such cash crops by migrants increased and several trans-migrant groups established plantations in previously forested interior areas considered to be Christian land. This marginalisation of the indigenous Christian population led to fears that the traditional, if unwritten, power-sharing structure of the Poso district, which separated administration between Christians and Muslims, may be threatened.


2000 Walisongo school massacre, Prelude
Human Rights Watch describes that the outbreaks of violence coincided with disputes over candidates for political positions in economically significant district, as the elected official was able to grant valuable government contracts. In particular, it notes a dispute for the position of district secretary in April 2000 immediately prior to the massacre and newspapers at the time printed statements by a Unity Party member of the provincial assembly predicting greater violence if the candidate Ladjalani was not chosen as secretary.


2000 Walisongo school massacre, Prelude, May riots
Both Muslim and Christian leaders blamed the local political elite for using religious differences to further divide the community and enhance their own power and allege unnamed members in Poso's government paid thugs to incite gang fights during the competition for local government positions.


2000 Walisongo school massacre, Prelude, May riots
The gang fights escalated to full-scale riot in Poso and the local police chief called in Palu troops from a police paramilitary unit. On 17 April, the unit allegedly fired upon a crowd of rioting Muslim youths, killing three and inciting the youths to torch at least 300 Christian homes throughout April. The displaced Christians fled to Tentena or the hills around Poso, and it was rumoured that many youths took refuge at a training camp of a Christian militia in Kelei.


2000 Walisongo school massacre, Prelude, May riots
Early on the morning of 23 May, a gang of Christian militia members, led by transmigrant Fabianus Tibo, killed a policeman and two civilians in central Poso town and took refuge in a Catholic church. A mob, allegedly composed of angered Muslim residents, gathered to burn the building, unwittingly allowing Tibo to escape. The mob was involved in fierce sectarian fighting throughout the day that injured at least ten in the Sayo district of Poso.


2000 Walisongo school massacre, The attack
According to a report compiled by local Islamic academics, on the morning of the attack, some villagers sought refuge at the district military command in Kawua. They allege that the subdistrict police chief forced them to return home, insisting the situation was safe.


2000 Walisongo school massacre, The attack
During a torrential downpour on 28 May 2000, the electricity in the Muslim village of Sintuwu Lemba was cut, allegedly by the attacking militants. Masked members of a Christian militia surrounded the village, populated mainly by resettled Javanese cacao farmers who had previously lived in South Sulawesi, and captured the village women and children and some men. Around 70 adult or adolescent males fled to take refuge in the Walisongo religious boarding school compound where they were set upon and killed with small arms fire and machetes.


2000 Walisongo school massacre, The attack
Aside from those killed at the school, others captured were reportedly bound and forced to walk two kilometres to the Poso river near the town where many captives were killed, including children and infants, and there were reports that the Poso River was clogged with bodies in the aftermath. Many surviving women later reported having been raped by the militants and having seen relatives suffer sexual assault as well. One female resident recalled witnessing 9 of her relatives being murdered by the militants, including her youngest child in third grade. Another male resident, who survived the attack at the school, told a journalist he had been captured again four days later and taken to the river to be executed and escaped.


2000 Walisongo school massacre, The attack
Testimony to Human Rights Watch indicates the modus operandi of the militants was similar in other towns populated by Muslim residents; a further eight Muslim residents disappeared from the village of Tabalo after the assailants had the locals gather and walk to Kasiguncu township. At least 14 Muslim transmigrants from Lombok and Java subsequently disappeared after being abducted from another town by an estimated 100 masked militants who had ordered the locals to gather at the village hall. Witnesses described the militia as having a list of names of people to abduct and several trucks to transport them.


2000 Walisongo school massacre, The attack
Some residents of Tabalo recognised the militants as youths from the nearby villages of Tangkora and Sanginora, and even some from their own town who had disguised themselves in all-black attire and ski masks. Several residents described the militants as being armed with bamboo spears and Ambon arrows, powerful slingshots that fire sharp metal bars, among other projectiles.


2000 Walisongo school massacre, The attack
Anywhere up to 4,000 homes were reported torched across several villages, with the militia specifically targeting those owned by Muslim families. This created a significant movement of Muslim residents, either left homeless or fearing other attacks, to majority Muslim areas within or around Palu and refugee camps were established in the local Palu football stadium by various local Muslim groups. In mid-2008, several Sintuwu Lemba villagers displaced by the violence were still occupying burned-out houses with little to no sanitation.


2000 Walisongo school massacre, Investigation and aftermath
Some observers suggested the violence was planned during a national Quran reading contest in Palu attended by the president and vice-president, as authorities would be distracted by the large event and the presence of the Indonesian executive leaders.


2000 Walisongo school massacre, Investigation and aftermath
Some groups sought retaliation for the attacks, most notably Al-Khaira'at, a prominent Islamic educational institution in Eastern Indonesia, which is alleged to have purchased materials to produce weapons and to have distributed machetes and quantities of money to volunteers sent by truck from Palu to Poso. Witnesses suggest two truck-loads of Palu recruits engaged Christian militia in the village of Tokorondo on 29 May, but suffered casualties and did not participate so directly in the later conflict.


2000 Walisongo school massacre, Investigation and aftermath
In response to the massacre and retaliation, the Indonesian Regional Military Command sent 1,500 more soldiers, ten tanks, and a combat unit to the Poso area increasing the military presence in the area to three infantry battalions or some 2,200 uniformed troops. On 6 June, Christian militia battled with the authorities east of Poso, suffering heavy casualties.


2000 Walisongo school massacre, Investigation and aftermath, Criminal charges
The then governor identified Advent L. Lateka, a Protestant figure, as the mastermind of the massacre and general increase in violence. Lateka was later killed on 2 June when hundreds clashed in the Poso neighbourhood of Kayamanya and in mid-July another 124 Protestants were arrested southeast of Poso, in Kolonedale, for carrying weapons, mainly machetes.


2000 Walisongo school massacre, Investigation and aftermath, Criminal charges
Later that July, three militants born in East Nusa Tenggara, convicted murderer Tibo, Dominggus da Silva and Don Marinus Riwu, were apprehended on suspicion of organizing the massacre. In 2001 a three-judge court, after hearing testimony from 28 witnesses, convicted Tibo as the leader of a Christian militia called the Red Group and found that da Silva was one of his commanders and that Mr. Riwu took part in the killings. Though the defense claimed Tibo might have been little more than a hired thug, all three were sentenced to death by firing squad and executed in September 2006 for their crimes.


2000 Walisongo school massacre, Investigation and aftermath, Criminal charges
During his trial, Tibo gave in his testimony the names of 16 people who he alleged were the coordinators of the massacre, including several senior Christian church leaders, though none of those named has ever been charged or brought to trial.


2000 Walisongo school massacre, Investigation and aftermath, Subsequent events
A similar attack by alleged Red Group members was staged against the majority Muslim village of Buyung Katedo on 3 June 2001, killing at least 14 people, all but two of whom were women and children. Among those murdered in Buyung Katedo were the Imam of the local mosque and Firman, an infant.


2000 Walisongo school massacre, Investigation and aftermath, Subsequent events
Muslim militants are accused of two separate massacres against Sulawesi civilians in October 2003, which killed 8 in the predominantly Christian villages of Saatu, Pantangolemba and Pinedampa and another three in the neighbouring Morowali regency a few days earlier. Thirty houses and a church were ransacked and torched as well.


2000 Walisongo school massacre, Investigation and aftermath, Subsequent events
As of 2011, the total number of people killed in the 28 May massacre remains unclear, with mass graves still being unearthed across the Poso regency. The bodies of 63 unidentified people were discovered at the base of a ravine nearby Tagolu village several months after while a further mass grave, allegedly containing more deceased residents of Sintuwu Lemba, was unearthed in May 2006 following the information provided at trial by the three convicted militants.


2000 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2000 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. One third of the council was up for election and  the Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.


2000 Warsaw Cup by Heros
The 2000 Warsaw Cup by Heros was a Tier IV event on the 2000 WTA Tour that ran from May 8–14, 2000. It was held on outdoor clay courts in Warsaw, Poland, and was the sixth year that the event was staged. Henrieta Nagyová of Slovakia reached her third Warsaw Cup by Heros final and won the second Warsaw Cup by Heros title. The doubles tournament won Tathiana Garbin od Italy and Janette Husárová from Slovakia.


2000 Warsaw Cup by Heros, Finals, Doubles
Tathiana Garbin /  Janette Husárová defeated  Iroda Tulyaganova /  Anna Zaporozhanova 6–3, 6–1


2000 Warsaw Cup by Heros – Doubles
Cătălina Cristea and Irina Selyutina were the defending champions, but both players decided to compete in Berlin at the same week.


2000 Warsaw Cup by Heros – Doubles
Tathiana Garbin and Janette Husárová won the title by defeating Iroda Tulyaganova and Anna Zaporozhanova 6–3, 6–1 in the final.


2000 Warsaw Cup by Heros – Singles
Cristina Torrens Valero was the defending champion, but lost in quarterfinals to Jennifer Hopkins.


2000 Warsaw Cup by Heros – Singles
Henrieta Nagyová won the title by defeating Amanda Hopmans 2–6, 6–4, 7–5 in the final.


2000 Washington Attorney General election
The 2000 Washington Attorney General election, took place on November 7, 2000. Incumbent attorney general and future governor, Christine Gregoire, was re-elected by a wide margin in a victory over Republican and perennial candidate Richard Pope.


2000 Washington Huskies football team
The 2000 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Huskies were led by second-year head coach Rick Neuheisel and played their home games on campus in Seattle at Husky Stadium. Washington lost only once, on the road at Oregon, and won the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day to finish with an 11–1 record.


2000 Washington Huskies football team, Season summary
On the new FieldTurf at Husky Stadium, Washington opened the 2000 season on September 2 with a 44–20 victory over Idaho. Fourth-ranked Miami traveled to Seattle the next week and senior QB Marques Tuiasosopo threw for 223 yards and ran for 45 as the Huskies handed the Hurricanes their only loss of the season, 34–29.


2000 Washington Huskies football team, Season summary
The following week, Neuheisel led UW against his former team, the Colorado Buffaloes, at Folsom Field in Boulder. The Huskies celebrated their coach's homecoming with a 17–14 victory. Border rival Oregon spoiled Washington's hopes for a perfect season with a 23–16 setback in the wind in Eugene, but the Huskies responded the next week with a dramatic 33–30 victory over eventual Fiesta Bowl champion Oregon State in the only loss of their season.


2000 Washington Huskies football team, Season summary
In the next five weeks, the Huskies battled back from second half deficits in every game, including a 31–28 win in the rain at Stanford that was marked with tragedy; safety Curtis Williams (1978–2002) was paralyzed after a neck injury late in the third quarter. For the remainder of the season, players and coaches wore the letters "CW" on helmets and uniforms in honor of him; he died from complications less than 19 months later.


2000 Washington Huskies football team, Season summary
After several second half comebacks, Washington was finally able to win a game easily with a 51–3 victory over Washington State in the Apple Cup in Pullman, setting a record for largest margin of victory (48 points) in the series. (The 1990 team led by 52 points, also in Pullman, but reserves allowed a late touchdown.) The win over the Cougars, paired with an Oregon State win over Oregon in the Civil War, put the Huskies in the Rose Bowl, taking the tiebreaker with the better non-conference record.


2000 Washington Huskies football team, Season summary
On New Year's Day in Pasadena, Tuiasosopo earned Rose Bowl MVP honors as he led fourth-ranked Washington to a 34–24 win over #14 Purdue and Drew Brees; the Huskies were third in both final polls.


2000 Washington Mystics season
The 2000 WNBA season was the third season for the Washington Mystics. The team clinched their first WNBA Playoff berth, eventually losing in a sweep to the New York Liberty.


2000 Washington Mystics season, Offseason
Nyree Roberts and Rita Williams were both tabbed by the Indiana Fever in the 2000 WNBA Expansion Draft.


2000 Washington Redskins season
The 2000 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 69th season in the National Football League (NFL) and their 64th in Washington, D.C.. They failed to improve on their 10–6 record from 1999 and they went 8-8 and missed the playoffs despite starting the season 6-2.


2000 Washington Redskins season
Norv Turner, in his sixth season as the Redskins head coach, was fired the day after Week 14, in which they went 7-6. He was replaced by Terry Robiskie for the final two games.


2000 Washington Redskins season
This was the final season the Redskins wore the screen printed name and numbers on jerseys.


2000 Washington Redskins season
The off-season dominated when owner Dan Snyder acquired veteran free agents Bruce Smith, Deion Sanders and Mark Carrier. Smith would remain with the Redskins until 2003 while both Carrier and Sanders left the team at the end of the season, though Sanders returned to play for the Baltimore Ravens in 2004.


2000 Washington Redskins season
The season is notable for the Redskins drafting future Pro Bowlers Lavar Arrington and Chris Samuels with the second and third overall picks respectively in the first round of the 2000 NFL Draft.


2000 Washington Secretary of State election
The Washington secretary of state election, 2000, took place on November 7, 1992. Republican Sam Reed was elected to succeed incumbent Ralph Munro who did not seek re-election.


2000 Washington Secretary of State election, Primary election
Leading contenders for the Republican nomination were Thurston County Auditor Sam Reed and Mike Wensman, a member of the Washington House of Representatives. Perennial candidate Will Baker and political newcomer James Findley of Wilkeson also sought the GOP nomination. During the primary contest Wensman, who was independently wealthy and largely self-financed his campaign, purchased television ads, marking the first time TV advertising had been used in a secretary of state race in the history of Washington. Nonetheless, Sam Reed - who had been endorsed by the outgoing Munro - coasted to victory in the primary.


2000 Washington Secretary of State election, Primary election
The Democratic nomination was sought by Washington State Democratic Party chairman Charles Rolland, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives Don Bonker, and Snohomish County Auditor Bob Terwilliger. Allen Norman of Seattle and Rand Daley of Olympia also vied for the nomination, which was ultimately won by Bonker.


2000 Washington Secretary of State election, Primary election
J. Bradley Gibson and Chris Loftis faced no opposition in their primary election contests as candidates of the Libertarian Party and Reform Party, respectively.


2000 Washington Secretary of State election, General election
The general election was a close race, with Reed only eking out a victory over Bonker, despite outspending his opponent by a factor of nearly four to one. It was the ninth consecutive election for Washington secretary of state won by Republicans in the Democratic-leaning state.


2000 Washington State Cougars football team
The 2000 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Mike Price and home games were played on campus at Martin Stadium in Pullman.


2000 Washington gubernatorial election
The 2000 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic governor Gary Locke defeated the Republican candidate John Carlson for his second term in a landslide.


2000 Washington gubernatorial election
As of 2021, this is the earliest gubernatorial election in Washington in which both candidates are currently still living. This would also be the last gubernatorial election in Washington in which the margin of victory was in double digits and in which any counties in Eastern Washington voted for a Democrat until Jay Inslee's 2020 landslide victory.


2000 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
The 2000 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship was the 100th staging of the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Waterford County Board in 1897. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 14 February 2000. The championship began on 23 April 2000 and ended on 10 September 2000.


2000 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
On 3 September 2000, Mount Sion won the championship after a 1-20 to 0-09 defeat of Ballygunner in the final at Walsh Park. It was their 31st championship title overall and their first title since 1998.


2000 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
Stradbally's Trevor Curran was the championship's top scorer with 1-38.


2000 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship, Format change
At a meeting of the Waterford County Board on 14 February 2000, the proposal to restructure the championship format was voted on and overwhelmingly accepted by delegates. Chairman Paddy Joe Ryan's proposal to end the participation of group teams in the championship after a three-year trial period was also accepted. The new format allowed for the participation of 12 club teams. The four semi-finalists of the previous year were to be seeded so as not to meet in the opening round of six games. The six losing first round teams would be divided into two groups of three to play a round-robin series with the winning team in each group going forward to join the six first-round winners in an open draw for the quarter-finals.


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


2000 Watts
2000 Watts is the second album by singer Tyrese. It was released by RCA Records on May 22, 2001 in the United States.


2000 Watts
The album features the singles: "I Like Them Girls", "What Am I Gonna Do" and "Just a Baby Boy", which was also featured on the soundtrack to the 2001 film, Baby Boy. 2000 Watts's cover features the Watts Towers.


2000 Watts
The album received generally positive reviews. The album debuted at number ten on the US Billboard 200 selling 91,000 copies in its first week. It also debuted at number four on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).


2000 Watts, Singles
The album's first single, "I Like Them Girls", was released as the album's lead single on March 20, 2001. The single peaked at number 48 on the US Billboard Hot 100 on the chart dated June 9, 2001, becoming the album's most successful single. The album's second single, "What Am I Gonna Do" was released on March 22, 2001. The second single peaked at number 71 on the chart dated October 6, 2001. The album's third single, "Just a Baby Boy" was released on June 19, 2001. The third single peaked at number 90 on the chart dated July 21, 2001.


2000 Watts, Critical reception
2000 Watts was met with generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, the album received an average score of 70, based on five reviews.


2000 Watts, Critical reception
Cheo Tyehimba of Entertainment Weekly praised Tyrese's sophomore album. He stated that "If most artists experience a sophomore slump, someone forgot to tell Tyrese." He also said "what distinguishes 2000 Watts is its pure pop appeal." Tyehimba gave the album a B+ rating.


2000 Watts, Commercial performance
2000 Watts debuted at number ten on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 91,000 copies in its first week. This became Tyrese's first US top-ten debut on the chart. The album also debuted at number four on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The album also spent a total of 24 weeks on the chart. On August 14, 2001, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over 500,000 copies in the United States.


2000 Waveney District Council election
The 2000 Waveney Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Waveney District Council in Suffolk, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2000 Webby Awards
Held in San Francisco's Masonic Center for a crowd of 3,000 invited guests, the 2000 Webby Awards were widely considered the peak of the Webby Awards and a watershed of dot com party culture. The event took place May 11, 2000, shortly before many of the event's perennial nominees and participants suffered business failures in the dot com crash.


2000 Webby Awards
The attendant ceremony and surrounding events were described in the press as "Hollywood-style" and a "bacchanal.". Others complained that the event was too serious and less fun than in its earlier, freewheeling days, and was too much of a "corporate mixer." Alan Cumming was the master of ceremonies. The theme was The Time Machine, from the H. G. Wells novel. Pre -awards entertainment included guest "fluffers" with feather dusters, fake paparazzi who would excitedly take pictures of arriving guests, and dance troupes from Project Bandaloop scaling and rappelling down the face of the theater building to Capacitor  delivering awards.


2000 Webby Awards
Some nominees dressed up as astronauts carrying their corporate banners as flags, and in headdresses and silver metallic wigs. Google's representatives arrived in costume as they had the year before, rolling onstage in inline skates to accept their award. Guerrilla marketers from companies that did not get into the event stood on the sidewalk outside to attract attention.


2000 Webby Awards
The 27 award winners received a prize of $30,000 each, a first for the event. As in years past, award speeches were limited to five words. Presenters included Sandra Bernhard, John Perry Barlow, Mahir, and Tina Brown. Among the new additions to the judging panel were Robin Williams, David Bowie, and Deepak Chopra.


2000 Webby Awards
The afterparty took place in nearby Grace Cathedral and in Huntington Park across the street, which had been covered with tents and served food and alcohol donated by restaurants throughout the city. Held on top of Nob Hill, one of the town's largest enclaves of old money, the event took a year to plan and several months of permits. Despite extensive community outreach, and a promise by organizers to pay for restoration of the Fontana delle Tartarughe, a dilapidated fountain in the park as a goodwill gesture, some local residents were vocal in their resentment of the brashness of the Internet industry, and canvassed the neighborhood with protest leaflets.


2000 Webby Awards
Future award events were more somber. By the next year's event, one fifth of the 2000 nominees were out of business, and more than half of the winners had been sold, suffered layoffs, or failed. By 2002, there was not enough money available to pay for a live event.


2000 Weeks
2000 Weeks (also known as Two Thousand Weeks) is a 1969 Australian drama film directed by Tim Burstall and starring Mark McManus, Jeanie Drynan, and Eileen Chapman.


2000 Weeks, Premise
Will, a writer in his thirties, faces a crisis in his life when he has to choose between his wife and mistress. He is also on the fence about choices in his professional life, something that is accentuated when he meets a childhood friend who has become a successful TV producer in England. He calculates he has two thousand weeks left in his life to achieve success.


2000 Weeks, Production
Eltham Films was a production company formed by Tim Burtstall and Patrick Ryan which had made a number of short films and TV series. They made the film as a co-production with Senior Films, a large production house in Melbourne who specialised in making commercials. Burstall later said that 45% of the budget came from Eltham Films, 45% from Senior Films and 10% from Peter Lord at Victorian Film Laboratories. His idea was to make a film for the international art house market.


2000 Weeks, Production
Filming started on 2 January 1968 and took eleven weeks with a crew of fourteen.


2000 Weeks, Production
The film was autobiographical, with "two thousand weeks" being an expression Burstall used in the 1950s.


2000 Weeks, Release
Burstall secured Columbia Pictures as a distributor and they agreed to split the $10,000 in marketing costs with Elthan Films, but it took them seven months to release it, but Burstall put this down to the reluctance of Australian exhibitors to show local films.


2000 Weeks, Release
A Two Thousand Weeks ‘photo novel’, illustrated with stills by the film’s director of photography, Robin Copping, and official stills photographer Mark Strizic who also designed the book, was published by Sun Books as a movie tie-in in late 1968, alongside a solo jazz album by Don Burrows, commissioned for the movie score. Both book and recording are now rare items.


2000 Weeks, Reception
The film was poorly received by Australian critics such as Colin Bennett of The Age and at Australian film festivals. It received a better critical reception overseas. The experience encouraged Burstall to move in a more commercial direction for the rest of his career. However he did later explore many of the themes from 2000 Weeks again in Petersen (1974).


2000 Weeks, Reception
I have a special place in my heart for it, because it was my first feature and in some ways autobiographical. But I wince when I see it, except for the few energy points which are mainly in the flashbacks. I think of the first ten years of my film work, up to and including 2000 Weeks as my apprenticeship... I don't believe the acting in 2000 Weeks is bad so much as a question of actors being asked to say unsayable things, and act unactable things. It was too deficient in energy and too much of it was in an intellectualised form, instead of action.


2000 Weeks, Reception
2,000 Weeks was an important film; important for what it had to say, important in the courage it took to make it in the first place. It deserved a fair go, and it didn't get it. Doubtless Collin Bennett would try to justify his attitude by saying that he judges every film by the same inviolable standard of excellence, and that in the light of this rigid philosophy, 2,000 Weeks was found wanting. Doubtless. But his attitude was unbearable righteous and helped create a climate in which good film could be destroyed. No wonder Burstall never forgave, or forgot. No wonder he never made the mistake of trying to produce a "serious" film again.


2000 Weeks, Reception
The film was also entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival.


2000 Weeks, Reception
Paul Byrnes from the NFSA comments: "2000 Weeks was one of the first features of the modern era in Australian cinema, after decades in which almost the only productions were British and American films in search of exotic locales. ... There was an intense desire amongst a few people to restart an Australian film industry, and Burstall was one of the leaders. Indeed, he made nationalist artistic longings the main theme of the film, although it didn’t help the film’s reception. It was booed when it screened at the 1970 Sydney Film Festival and damned by some influential critics. The box office was poor and Burstall became determined to make films for a wide commercial audience, rather than an art-house few. Many of these later films, starting with Stork (1971) and Alvin Purple (1973), were great popular successes."


2000 Wellington Sevens
The 2000 Wellington Sevens was an rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Westpac Stadium in Wellington between the 4–5 February 2000. It was the first edition of the Wellington Sevens and the fifth round of the 1999-2000 World Sevens Series.


2000 Wellington Sevens
After finishing on top of Pool B with three straight wins, Fiji took out their third sevens title of the season defeating hosts, New Zealand 24-14 in the cup final to regain the series lead. Canada took out the plate final while France won the bowl final over Croatia.


2000 Wellington Sevens, Teams
Sixteen national teams played in the Wellington Sevens with the annoucment of teams being revealed on the 21 January 2000.


2000 Wellington Sevens, Pool stage
The pool stage was played on the first day of the tournament. The 16 teams were separated into four pools of four teams and teams in the same pool played each other once. The top two teams in each pool advanced to the Cup quarterfinals to compete for the 2000 Wellington Sevens title.


2000 Welsh Cup Final
The 2000 Welsh Cup Final saw Bangor City win the Welsh Cup after beating Cwmbran Town 1–0 at Racecourse Ground in the 113th Welsh Cup Final.


2000 Welsh Labour leadership election
The 2000 Welsh Labour leadership election was held following the resignation of Alun Michael as First Secretary of Wales and Leader of Welsh Labour.


2000 Welsh Labour leadership election, Result
Morgan was the only nominated candidate and was unanimously elected at a meeting of the Welsh Labour Party’s executive committee and Labour Assembly Members.


2000 Welsh Open (snooker)
The 2000 Regal Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 24 and 30 January 2000 at the Cardiff International Arena in Cardiff, Wales.


2000 Welsh Open (snooker)
Mark Williams was the defending champion, but he lost his last 16 match against Matthew Stevens.


2000 Welsh Open (snooker)
John Higgins defeated Stephen Lee 9–8 in the final to win his 13th ranking title.


2000 Welsh Open (snooker), Tournament summary
Defending champion Mark Williams was the number 1 seed with World Champion Stephen Hendry seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.


2000 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election
The 2000 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election took place on 6 May 2000 to elect members of Welwyn Hatfield District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. Overall turnout in the election was 31.71%, down from 33.09% in the 1999 election.


2000 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election, Election result
The results saw Labour gain control of the council with a majority of 2 over the Conservatives, which was a reversal of the trend of the 2000 local elections where Labour overall lost almost 600 councillors.


2000 West Berkshire Council election
The 2000 West Berkshire Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of West Berkshire Council in Berkshire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council.


2000 West Bromwich West by-election
The 2000 West Bromwich West by-election was a by-election held on 23 November 2000 for the British House of Commons constituency of West Bromwich West.


2000 West Bromwich West by-election
The constituency's Member of Parliament (MP) was the Rt. Hon. Betty Boothroyd, the Speaker. She resigned from the House of Commons on 2 September 2000, triggering the by-election


2000 West Bromwich West by-election
In 1997 the major parties had observed a recent tradition by not opposing the Speaker seeking re-election. On its return to partisan politics the seat reverted to Labour, in a similar result to that seen in 1992.


2000 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series
The 2000 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series was held on May 19 and 20, 2000 at Loyola Marymount's home stadium, George C. Page Stadium in Los Angeles, California, and pitted the winners of the conference's two four-team divisions. The event determined the champion of the West Coast Conference for the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball season. Loyola Marymount won the series two games to none over Pepperdine and earned the league's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2000 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2000 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place on March 4–6, 2000. All rounds were held in Santa Clara, California at the Toso Pavilion. The semifinals were televised by ESPN2. The West Coast Conference Championship Game was televised by ESPN.


2000 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The Gonzaga Bulldogs earned their second straight WCC Tournament title and an automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Tournament. Casey Calvary of Gonzaga was named Tournament MVP.


2000 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
With eight teams participating, all eight teams were placed into the first round, with teams seeded and paired based on regular-season records. After the first round, teams were re-seeded so the highest-remaining team was paired with the lowest-remaining time in one semifinal with the other two teams slotted into the other semifinal.


2000 West Lancashire District Council election
The 2000 West Lancashire District Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of  West Lancashire District Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.


2000 West Lindsey District Council election
Elections to West Lindsey District Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


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


2000 West Oxfordshire District Council election, Election result
The Conservatives gained a majority on the council for the first time in 11 years with 26 councillors, after taking 47% of the vote and 11 of the 17 seats contested. The Conservative gains included taking seats from Labour in Chipping Norton and Witney West, as well as Minster Lovell from an independent, while the Conservative group leader Barry Norton was easily re-elected in North Leigh.


2000 West Oxfordshire District Council election, Election result
The Conservative gains came mostly at the expense of the Labour party, who with 20% of the vote lost five seats to be left with only two councillors. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats remained with 13 councillors after taking 21% of the vote.


2000 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
The 2000 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The 2000 season was also Don Nehlen's final one in his coaching career. The Mountaineers finished the season 7–5, capped by a victory over Ole Miss in the Music City Bowl. The victory snapped the program's eight-game losing streak in bowl games.


2000 West Virginia gubernatorial election
The 2000 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Republican Governor Cecil Underwood ran for re-election to a second consecutive term in office, but was defeated by Democratic U.S. Representative Bob Wise. Concurrently, the state voted for the opposite party federally, choosing Republican nominee, George W. Bush over Democratic nominee Al Gore in the  presidential election that year. As of 2021, this is the last time in which an incumbent West Virginia Governor lost re-election.


2000 West Virginia gubernatorial election, Republican primary
Governor Cecil Underwood was easily re-nominated in the Republican primary, defeating three other candidates by a wide margin.


2000 Westar Rules season
The 2000 Westar Rules season was the fourth season of ‘Westar Rules’ and the 116th season of the various incarnations of senior football in Perth. It was the last season before the competition's name was changed back to the traditional ‘WAFL’ as it was clear the public had not been attracted by the change. Owing to the Sydney Olympics, Westar Rules shortened the 2000 season from twenty to eighteen matches per club, and retained this eighteen-match season in 2001 and 2002 before going back to the current twenty-match season.


2000 Westar Rules season
The 2000 season saw East Perth freed from the coaching and ground disputes that had wiped out their 1999 season, aided by a host club arrangement with West Coast and with Leederville Oval as home ground and Tony Micale as coach. The team rose from second last, with only five wins, to top of the table losing only three games. The Royals were to decisively win the 2000, 2001 and 2002 premierships for the first “hat-trick” since Swan Districts between 1982 and 1984, and their only premierships since 1978. Cinderella club Peel Thunder rose off the bottom for the first time, winning twice as many matches as in their first three seasons combined.


2000 Westar Rules season
Perth were affected by the loss of 1999 standout player Gus Seebeck at only twenty-three to become a member of the Australasian PGA after a brief second stint with South Fremantle, and also lost Leon Davis, Richard Kelly, Chance Bateman, Richard Pang and Russel Thomas. The Demons’ 2000 season was until the last game an unmitigated disaster that saw a twenty-game losing streak. This constitutes Perth's longest run of losses and the equal seventh longest in WAFL history.


2000 Westar Rules season, Home-and-away season, Round 1
Peel have visions of a huge upset before Subiaco seize complete control in the third quarter where the Thunder total only 39 possessions.


2000 Westar Rules season, Home-and-away season, Round 5
A snap from Swan Districts’ Joel Cornelius is originally paid as a goal but reversed by the field umpire, giving Subiaco the match.


2000 Westar Rules season, Home-and-away season, Round 9
On a Weekend promoted by Westar as “Belt Up WA”, Tregenza kicks eleven for the Sharks


2000 Westar Rules season, Home-and-away season, Round 11
After revealing they required $200,000 to pay off crippling debts and avoid folding, Swan Districts overcame wet conditions in the first half to kick 8.5 (53) to 3.3 (21) after the long interval, with half-forward flanker Mark Piani kicking four goals.


2000 Westar Rules season, Home-and-away season, Round 15
Ultra-defensive tactics cost Perth a maiden victory for 2000 after hitting the lead


2000 Westar Rules season, Home-and-away season, Round 16
In perhaps the highest-standard Westar Rules match for a long time despite rainy conditions, Josh Wooden’s running play allows East Perth to defeat the finals charge of the financially stricken Swans.


2000 Westar Rules season, Home-and-away season, Round 18
Peel’s wasteful forwards and an elementary error during a late-game kick-in where they leave reigning Simpson Medallist Christian Kelly unmarked cost it a fifth win


2000 Westar Rules season, Home-and-away season, Round 20
After John Todd tries to play Craig Callaghan, who was controversially ruled ineligible for the Westar finals and is taken off after tossing, the Swans fall under on- and off-field pressure against the seventh-placed Bulldogs.


2000 Westar Rules season, Finals, Semi-finals
Claremont’s lack of an effective forward (no Tiger kicked more than one goal) costs it a game they were expected to win.


2000 Westar Rules season, Finals, Semi-finals
Since the two finals were played on the same day at the same venue, the attendance figure is the same.


2000 Westar Rules season, Finals, Preliminary final
The Sharks are unexpectedly stronger at the finish in a hard and tough game.


2000 Westar Rules season, Finals, Grand Final
East Perth overcome the loss of vice-captain Rod Wheatley (hit in the face by a ball soccered by Leigh Willison) to win their first premiership in 22 years comfortably.


2000 Westel 900 Budapest Open
The 2000 Westel 900 Budapest Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Budapest in Hungary that was part of the Tier IV category of the 2000 WTA Tour. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and was held from 17 April until 23 April 2000. Unseeded Tathiana Garbin won the singles title and earned $16,000 first-prize money.


2000 Westel 900 Budapest Open, Finals, Doubles
Lubomira Bacheva /  Cristina Torrens Valero defeated  Jelena Kostanić /  Sandra Načuk, 6–0, 6–2


2000 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team
The 2000 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season and were led by veteran head coach Jack Harbaugh. They won their first conference championship since 1980, going undefeated in the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) in just their second year after rejoining as a football-only member; the school was a football independent from 1982 through 1998. The Hilltoppers received the OVC's automatic berth to the NCAA Division I-AA playoff, making it to the quarterfinals. Prior to the start of the season, the OVC gave Western Kentucky an ultimatum, join the conference for all sports or leave. The administration decided to leave and joined the Gateway Football Conference. The Hilltoppers finished the season ranked No. 5 in final national poll by The Sports Network.


2000 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team
Western Kentucky was ranked first in pass efficiency, scoring defense, and turnover margin out of all NCAA Division I-AA teams. The team's roster included future National Football League (NFL) players Joseph Jefferson, Mel Mitchell, Sherrod Coates, and Bobby Sippio, and NFL coach Jason Michael. Sippio and Melvin Wisham were named to the AP All-American team and Harbaugh was OVC Coach of The Year. The All-Conference team included DeWayne Gallishaw, Peter Martinez, Chris Price, Sippio, Wisham, Coates, Jefferson, and Mitchell.


2000 Western Michigan Broncos football team
The 2000 Western Michigan Broncos football team was an American football team that represented Western Michigan University during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth season under head coach Gary Darnell, the team compiled a 9–3 record, finished in a tie for first place in the West Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC), and lost to the Marshall Thundering Herd in the 2000 MAC Championship Game. The team played its home games at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan.


2000 Western Michigan Broncos football team
The team's statistical leaders were Jeff Welsh with 2,537 passing yards, Robert Sanford with 1,571 rushing yards, and Steve Neal with 67 catches for 848 receiving yards. Sanford  was selected as the MAC's most valuable player and the offensive player of the year. Gary Darnell was named the MAC coach of the year.


2000 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election
Elections to Weymouth and Portland Borough Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


2000 Whitbread Awards
The Whitbread Awards (since 2006 called the Costa Book Awards) are among the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary awards. They were launched in 1971, are given both for high literary merit but also for works that are enjoyable reading and whose aim is to convey the enjoyment of reading to the widest possible audience. This page gives details of the awards given in 2000.


2000 Wideyes Swedish Open
The 2000 Wideyes Swedish Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Båstad in Sweden and was part of the International Series of the 2000 ATP Tour. It was the 53rd edition of the tournament and ran from 10 July until 16 July 2000. First-seededMagnus Norman won the singles title.


2000 Wideyes Swedish Open, Finals, Doubles
Nicklas Kulti /  Mikael Tillstrom defeated  Andrea Gaudenzi /  Diego Nargiso 4–6, 6–2, 6–3


2000 Wideyes Swedish Open – Doubles
David Adams and Jeff Tarango were the defending champions, but lost in first round to Pablo Albano and Sebastián Prieto.


2000 Wideyes Swedish Open – Doubles
Nicklas Kulti and Mikael Tillström won the title by defeating Andrea Gaudenzi and Diego Nargiso 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 in the final.


2000 Wideyes Swedish Open – Singles
Juan Antonio Marín was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Andreas Vinciguerra.


2000 Wideyes Swedish Open – Singles
Magnus Norman won in the final 6–1, 7–6(8–6) against Vinciguerra.


2000 Wideyes Swedish Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


2000 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to Wigan Council were held on 4 May 2000. One-third of the council was up for election, as well as an extra vacancy in Norley - both of which were uncontested. Since the election, there had been a by-election in which the Liberal Democrats gained the seat being fought in Hindsford from Labour.


2000 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
The previous year had seen a peak in candidates contesting, but with the absence of the Greens, who had fielded a full slate last time around, candidates returned to a normal level. Some of those who'd stood for the Greens decided to run on an independent list, covering a quarter of the wards. There were a further handful of Independent candidates elsewhere, including the return of John Vickers in Hindley Green after an eight-year absence, and a second attempt of Jack Sumner in Leigh East, to produce the highest number of Independents contesting since 1973. The Conservatives fielded their highest amount, at 21, since 1982, and the Lib Dems - whilst still much reduced from their Alliance years - produced a stronger showing than recent years of ten candidates. Labour, as usual, contested every seat.


2000 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
Turnout followed recent trends, at a slightly improved 19.5%, although the three wards that trailed postal voting seen marked increases. Similarities ended there, as the Conservatives seen a dramatic recovery in their fortunes, with their voter share rising to the highest since 1980, and their vote near double recent years figures. Labour, in turn, suffered double-digit swings against them in most wards, with a sharp fall in their vote share to pre-peak levels and their lowest vote figure since the council's inception, narrowly surpassing the previous figure set in 1975. The Lib Dems seen another year of modest improvement in their vote, and the two returning Independents, as well as a third in Hindley garnered large swings towards them.


2000 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
In all, there were two gains on the night, with Labour gaining in Beech Hill to return it to full Labour representation after a decade of Lib Dem inroads, and a loss to the Conservatives who won back representation on the council by way of their first win in Orrell since 1982. The Lib Dems narrowly held onto their newly won seat in Hindsford, with a 56-vote majority.


2000 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:


2000 Wigan Warriors season
This article outlines the 2000 season for the British rugby league club Wigan Warriors. This season saw them compete in the Super League and Challenge Cup.


2000 William & Mary Tribe football team
The 2000 William & Mary Tribe football team represented the College of William & Mary as member of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) during the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by Jimmye Laycock in his 21st year as head coach, William & Mary finished the season with an overall record of 5–6 and a mark of 4–4 in A-10 play, tying for fourth place.


2000 William Jones Cup
The 2000 William Jones Cup (23rd tournament) took place in Taipei from 13 July–29 July.


2000 Wimbledon Championships
The 2000 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 114th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and was held from 26 June to 9 July 2000. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year.


2000 Wimbledon Championships
Pete Sampras won his fourth consecutive Wimbledon title, defeating Pat Rafter in the final. It was also his last Wimbledon title. Lindsay Davenport was unsuccessful in her title defence, being defeated by Venus Williams in the women's final. It was the first of five Wimbledon titles for Venus Williams.


2000 Wimbledon Championships, Millennium celebrations
In order to celebrate the millennium, the All England Club invited all surviving singles champions, any player that had appeared in two or more singles finals without winning the championship, and any player who had won four or more doubles titles, to a presentation ceremony on Centre Court on Saturday, July 1. Each honouree was presented with a crystal plate, engraved with their name, by the President of the Lawn Tennis Association, Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Gloucester.


2000 Wimbledon Championships, Millennium celebrations
Those who attended were (in order of presentation): Singles champion Andre Agassi; Doubles champions: Ken McGregor, Bob Hewitt, Ken Fletcher, Tony Roche, Rosie Casals, Owen Davidson, Frew McMillan, Peter Fleming, Pam Shriver, Helena Suková, Natasha Zvereva, Gigi Fernández; Singles finalists: Henry "Bunny" Austin, Kurt Nielsen, Ken Rosewall, Darlene Hard, Fred Stolle, Hana Mandlíková, Goran Ivanišević; Singles champions: Sidney Wood, Pauline Betz, Bob Falkenburg, Ted Schroeder, John "Budge" Patty, Richard "Dick" Savitt, Frank Sedgman, Elias "Vic" Seixas, Jaroslav Drobný, Marion "Tony" Trabert, Shirley Fry Irvin, Ashley Cooper, Maria Bueno, Alejandro "Alex" Olmedo, Neale Fraser, Angela Mortimer, Rod Laver, Margaret Smith Court, Roy Emerson, Billie Jean King, Manuel Santana, John Newcombe, Ann Jones, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Stan Smith, Jan Kodeš, Chris Evert, Björn Borg, Virginia Wade, Martina Navratilova, John McEnroe, Boris Becker, Patrick "Pat" Cash, Steffi Graf, Stefan Edberg, Michael Stich, Conchita Martínez, Jana Novotná and Lindsay Davenport.


2000 Wimbledon Championships, Millennium celebrations
Andre Agassi was presented first in order to accommodate his match schedule. Other attendees were then presented with their commemoration later in the same day in the Royal Box: Doubles champions: Mark Woodforde, Todd Woodbridge; Singles finalist: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario; and Singles champions: Martina Hingis and Pete Sampras. Several post war champions were absent, but the only champions from the open era (post 1968) not to attend were Jimmy Connors and Richard Krajicek. Both Ilie Năstase and Ivan Lendl were also invited as two-time singles finalist, but did not attend.


2000 Wimbledon Championships, Millennium celebrations
The inclusion of singles finalists and the exclusion of doubles champions who had not won at least four titles was mildly controversial, with Frew McMillan bemoaning to BBC Radio that his two-time mixed doubles championship partner Betty Stöve had not been invited, despite the Dutch woman holding three Wimbledon doubles titles and having reached the singles final once; whereas Hana Mandlíková and Goran Ivanišević both attended, neither one of whom had ever won a Wimbledon title of any kind prior to Wimbledon 2000.


2000 Wimbledon Championships, Prize money
The total prize money for 2000 championships was £8,056,480. The winner of the men's title earned £477,500 while the women's singles champion earned £430,000.


2000 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Men's Doubles
Todd Woodbridge /  Mark Woodforde defeated  Paul Haarhuis /  Sandon Stolle, 6–3, 6–4, 6–1