The deal was that Holland and Belgium would each play all their games in their respective home country. Matches involving other countries would be shared between these joint hosts.
One had to feel sorry for Belgium, they were not the force of old, and had to concede to an up and coming team in Turkey. Holland too were unlucky, they were the only undefeated team and were eliminated by a penalty shoot-out with Italy.
Meanwhile, France were utilizing their familiarity with the climate, ease of travelling to emerge as worthy winners. Their only really tough game was the final where went behind, but came through to win with a golden goal from Trezeguet.
Top Scorers: Patrick Kluivert Netherlands, Savo Milosevic Yugoslavia 5
European Football Championship Final 2000
Wiltord Trezeguet Delvecchio
France: Fabien Barthez; Lilian Thuram, Laurent Blanc, Marcel Desailly, Bixente Lizarazu (Robert Pires 85); Youri Djorkaeff (David Trezeguet), Patrick Vieira, Didier Deschamps (captain), Zinedine Zidane; Christophe Dugarry (Sylvain Wiltord 58), Thierry Henry
Semi Finals
| France | 2-1 | Portugal |
| Italy | 0-0 | Holland |
Quarter Finals
| France | 2-1 | Spain |
| Italy | 2-0 | Romania |
| Portugal | 2-0 | Turkey |
| Holland | 6-1 | Serbia and Montenegro |
European Championship play-offs 2000
| Denmark | 8-0 | Israel | 5-0 | 3-0 |
| Turkey (away g) | 1-1 | Republic of Ireland | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| England | 2-1 | Scotland | 0-1 | 0-2 |
| Slovenia | 3-2 | Ukraine | 2-1 | 1-1 |
Group Stages 2000 – Statistics for qualifying matches
| Group 1 | ||||||||||||
| PLD | W | D | L | GS | GA | PTS | ||||||
| Italy | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 15 | |||||
| Denmark | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 14 | |||||
| Switzerland | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 14 | |||||
| Wales | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 9 | |||||
| Belarus | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 3 | |||||
| Group 2 | ||||||||||||
| PLD | W | D | L | GS | GA | PTS | ||||||
| Norway | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 25 | |||||
| Slovenia | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 17 | |||||
| Greece | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 15 | |||||
| Latvia | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 13 | |||||
| Albania | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 7 | |||||
| Georgia | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 5 | |||||
| Group 3 | ||||||||||||
| PLD | W | D | L | GS | GA | PTS | ||||||
| Germany | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 19 | |||||
| Turkey | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 17 | |||||
| Finland | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 10 | |||||
| Northern Ireland | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 5 | |||||
| Moldova | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 4 | |||||
| Group 4 | ||||||||||||
| PLD | W | D | L | GS | GA | PTS | ||||||
| France | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 21 | |||||
| Ukraine | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 20 | |||||
| Russia | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 19 | |||||
| Iceland | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 15 | |||||
| Armenia | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 8 | |||||
| Andorra | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 28 | 0 | |||||
| Group 5 | ||||||||||||
| PLD | W | D | L | GS | GA | PTS | ||||||
| Sweden | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 22 | |||||
| England | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 13 | |||||
| Poland | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 13 | |||||
| Bulgaria | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | |||||
| Luxembourg | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 0 | |||||
| Group 6 | ||||||||||||
| PLD | W | D | L | GS | GA | PTS | ||||||
| Spain | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 5 | 21 | |||||
| Israel | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 9 | 13 | |||||
| Austria | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 13 | |||||
| Cyprus | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 12 | |||||
| San Marino | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 44 | 0 | |||||
| Group 7 | ||||||||||||
| PLD | W | D | L | GS | GA | PTS | ||||||
| Romania | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 24 | |||||
| Portugal | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 4 | 23 | |||||
| Slovakia | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 17 | |||||
| Hungary | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 12 | |||||
| Azerbaijan | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 4 | |||||
| Liechtenstein | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 39 | 4 | |||||
| Group 8 | ||||||||||||
| PLD | W | D | L | GS | GA | PTS | ||||||
| Serbia and Montenegro | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 17 | |||||
| Republic of Ireland | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 16 | |||||
| Croatia | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 15 | |||||
| F.Y.R. Macedonia | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 8 | |||||
| Malta | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 0 | |||||
| Group 9 | ||||||||||||
| PLD | W | D | L | GS | GA | PTS | ||||||
| Czech Republic | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 30 | |||||
| Scotland | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 18 | |||||
| Estonia | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 11 | |||||
| Bosnia-Herzegovina | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 11 | |||||
| Lithuania | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 11 | |||||
| Faroe Islands | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 3 | |||||
