Also in this year: 2000
European Champion Clubs' Cup winners: Real Madrid CF (3-0 v Valencia CF)
European Footballer of the Year: Lúis Figo (FC Barcelona/Real Madrid CF)
Eurovision Song Contest winners: Olsen Brothers (Denmark) singing Fly on the Wings of Love
ESM Golden Shoe winner: Kevin Phillips (Sunderland AFC)
Nobel Peace Prize: Kim Dae-Jung (for work towards democracy and human rights in South Korea and East Asia, and for peace with North Korea, South Korea)
Olympic 100m champion: Maurice Greene (United States) running 9.87 seconds
Formula 1 world champion: Michael Schumacher (Germany) driving a Ferrari
Oscar for Best Picture film: Gladiator
Key events
European Footballer of the Year: Lúis Figo (FC Barcelona/Real Madrid CF)
Eurovision Song Contest winners: Olsen Brothers (Denmark) singing Fly on the Wings of Love
ESM Golden Shoe winner: Kevin Phillips (Sunderland AFC)
Nobel Peace Prize: Kim Dae-Jung (for work towards democracy and human rights in South Korea and East Asia, and for peace with North Korea, South Korea)
Olympic 100m champion: Maurice Greene (United States) running 9.87 seconds
Formula 1 world champion: Michael Schumacher (Germany) driving a Ferrari
Oscar for Best Picture film: Gladiator
Key events
1 January – Y2K passes without serious widespread computer failure, as many experts and businesses had feared
1 June – Mount Etna erupts in Sicily
6 October – The last Mini is produced at the Longbridge car plant in England
History
Top scorers
| 5 | Patrick Kluivert - Netherlands |
| 5 | Savo Milošević - Yugoslavia |
| 4 | Nuno Gomes - Portugal |
| 3 | Sérgio Conceição - Portugal |
| 3 | Thierry Henry - France |
| 3 | Zlatko Zahovic - Slovenia |
Team of the Tournament
- Francesco Toldo »
- Laurent Blanc »
- Fabio Cannavaro »
- Paolo Maldini »
- Lilian Thuram »
- Patrick Vieira »
- Zinédine Zidane »
- Luís Figo »
- Edgar Davids »
- Patrick Kluivert »
- Francesco Totti »
Mascot
Few would dispute that France were worthy winners of a high-quality tournament, staged for the first time by joint-hosts in the form of Belgium and the Netherlands. If anything, Roger Lemerre's side were even better than Aimé Jacquet's outfit that became 1998 FIFA World Cup champions, with raw youngsters such as Thierry Henry and David Trezeguet having had two years to hone their considerable talent.
France overcame Spain, Portugal and Italy - all 2-1 - in the knockout stages to win the trophy. They look down and out in the final when Marco Delvecchio gave Italy a second-half lead but, just as it seemed they were beaten, Sylvain Wiltord squeezed a last-gasp effort inside Francesco Toldo's near post. And 13 minutes into extra time it was over, Trezeguet's volley settling the tournament with a golden goal. More >>