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2000 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Alpine skiing

• Alpine Skiing World Cup
  • Men's overall season champion: Hermann Maier, Austria
  • Women's overall season champion: Renate Götschl, Austria

American football

• Super Bowl XXXIV – Saint Louis Rams win 23–16 over the Tennessee Titans
• Marshall Faulk wins the regular season MVP award.
• Oklahoma Sooners – college football championship.

Association football

• Euro 2000 – France won 2-1 in extra time over Italy, with a golden goal by Trézéguet. This was France's second European Championship title.
• Champions' League – Real Madrid won 3-0 in the final against Valencia. This was Real Madrid's 8th European Cup title.
• UEFA Cup – Galatasaray won 4-1 on penalties, in the final against Arsenal, after a 0-0 draw at the end of the match. This was the first European title won by a Turkish team.
• European Super Cup – Galatasaray beat Real Madrid 2-1 after extra time, with a golden goal by Jardel.
• Intercontinental Cup – Boca Juniors beat Real Madrid 2-1, winning the cup for the second time.
• Major League Soccer (USA): Kansas City Wizards claim the MLS Cup.

Athletics

• September – Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics held at Sydney, Australia

Australian rules football

• Australian Football League
  • Essendon wins the 104th AFL premiership (Essendon 19.21 (135) d Melbourne 11.9 (75))
  • Brownlow Medal awarded to Shane Woewodin (Melbourne)

Baseball

• World Series – New York Yankees win 4 games to 1 over the New York Mets. The Series MVP is Derek Jeter of the Yankees

Basketball

• NBA Finals –
  • Los Angeles Lakers win their first NBA title in twelve years, defeating the Indiana Pacers 4 games to 2.
• NCAA Men's Basketball Championship –
  • Michigan State wins 89–76 over Florida
• WNBA Finals –
  • Houston Comets win 2 games to 0 over the New York Liberty to complete their four–peat.
• National Basketball League (Australia) Finals:
  • Perth Wildcats defeated the Victoria Titans 2–0 in the best–of–three final series.

Boxing

• May 13 to May 21 – 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships held in Tampere, Finland
• July 29 – Kostya Tszyu defeats Julio César Chávez by a knockout in six to retain the WBC's world Jr. Welterweight title.
• August 12 – Evander Holyfield defeats John Ruiz by decision in 12 rounds to regain the WBA's world Heavyweight title, becoming the first boxer to win the world Heavyweight title four times.
• The Ring Magazine named Felix Trinidad the "Fighter of the Year 2000". Eric Morales won a 12 round points victory over Marco Antonio Barrera, for the unified WBC and WBO 122 Pound Titles, in The Ring's "Fight of The Year 2000".

Canadian football

• Grey Cup – B.C. Lions win 28–26 over the Montreal Alouettes
• Vanier Cup – Ottawa Gee-Gees win 42–39 over the Regina Rams

Cricket

• June 26 – Bangladesh becomes the tenth Test cricket playing nation.

Cycling

Road cycling

• Giro d'Italia – Stefano Garzelli
• Tour de France – Lance Armstrong
• World Road Cycling Championship – Romans Vainšteins

Cyclo-cross

• 2000 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
  • Men's Competition won by Richard Groenendaal
  • Women's Competition won by Hanka Kupfernagel

Dogsled racing

• Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion
  • Doug Swingley wins with lead dogs: Stormy & Cola

Field hockey

• Olympic Games Men's Competition: Netherlands
• Olympic Games Men's Competition: Australia

Figure skating

• World Figure Skating Championships –
  • Men's champion: Alexei Yagudin, Russia
  • Ladies' champion: Michelle Kwan, United States
  • Pairs' champions: Maria Petrova and Alexei Tikhonov, Russia
  • Ice dance champions: Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat, France
• First World Synchronized Skating Championships held in Minneapolis

Gaelic Athletic Association

• Camogie
  • All–Ireland Camogie Champion: Tipperary
  • National Camogie League: Cork
• Gaelic football
  • All-Ireland Senior Football Championship – Kerry 0–17 d. Galway 1–10
  • National Football League – Derry 1–8 d. Meath 0–9
  • Sligo Senior Football Championship – Bunninadden were crowned County Champions by defeating Coolera/Strandhill
  • Dublin Senior Football Championship – Na Fianna were crowned County Champions by defeating Kilmacud Crokes
• Ladies' Gaelic football
  • All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Mayo
  • National Football League: Mayo
• Hurling
  • All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship – Kilkenny 5–15 d. Offaly 1–14
  • National Hurling League –

Golf

Men's professional

• Masters Tournament – Vijay Singh
• U.S. Open – Tiger Woods wins by 15 shots, a record for all majors, with a U.S. Open to–par record score of –12.
• British Open – Tiger Woods becomes the fifth golfer in history to achieve the modern "career grand slam," and sets the to–par record for all majors (–19).
• PGA Championship – Tiger Woods becomes the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win three majors in a calendar year. He ties the to–par record for the PGA (–18) with Bob May, and wins in a playoff.
• PGA Tour money leader – Tiger Woods – $9,188,321
• PGA Tour Player of the Year – Tiger Woods
• PGA Tour Rookie of the Year – Michael Clark II
• Tiger Woods set or tied a total of 27 PGA Tour records during the year
• Senior PGA Tour money leader – Larry Nelson – $2,708,005

Men's amateur

• British Amateur – Mikko Ilonen
• U.S. Amateur – Jeff Quinney
• European Amateur – Carl Pettersson

Women's professional

• Nabisco Championship – Karrie Webb
• LPGA Championship – Juli Inkster
• U.S. Women's Open – Karrie Webb
• Classique du Maurier – Meg Mallon
• LPGA Tour money leader – Karrie Webb – $1,876,853
• The European team defeated the United States team 14 ½ – 11 ½ to regain the Solheim Cup.

Handball

• Men's European Championship: Sweden
• Women's European Championship: Hungary

Harness racing

• March 18 – John Campbell became the first driver in harness racing history to reach $100 million in earnings at one track on at the Meadowlands Racetrack.
• North America Cup – Gallo Blue Chip
• United States Pacing Triple Crown races –
  1. Cane Pace – Powerful Toy
  2. Little Brown Jug – Astreos
  3. Messenger Stakes – Ain't No Stopn Him
• United States Trotting Triple Crown races –
  1. Hambletonian – Yankee Paco
  2. Yonkers Trot – Goalfish
  3. Kentucky Futurity – Credit Winner
• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –
  • Pacers: Shakamaker
  • Trotters: Lyell Creek

Horse racing

Steeplechases

• Cheltenham Gold Cup – Looks Like Trouble
• Grand National – Papillon

Flat races

• Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Brew
• Canada – Queen's Plate won by Scatter the Gold
• Dubai – Dubai World Cup won by Dubai Millennium
• France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Sinndar
• Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Sinndar
• Japan – Japan Cup won by T M Opera O
• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Kings Best
  2. Epsom Derby – Sinndar
  3. St. Leger Stakes – Millenary
• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby – Fusaichi Pegasus
  2. Preakness Stakes – Red Bullet
  3. Belmont Stakes – Commendable
• Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships:
  1. Breeders' Cup Classic – Tiznow
  2. Breeders' Cup Distaff – Spain
  3. Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf – Perfect Sting
  4. Breeders' Cup Juvenile – Macho Uno
  5. Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies – Caressing
  6. Breeders' Cup Mile – War Chant
  7. Breeders' Cup Sprint – Kona Gold
  8. Breeders' Cup Turf – Kalanisi

Ice hockey

• Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Jaromir Jagr, Pittsburgh Penguins
• Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player:
  • Chris Pronger, St. Louis Blues
• Stanley Cup –New Jersey Devils win 4 games to 2 over the Dallas Stars
• World Hockey Championship
  • Men's champion: Czech Republic defeated Slovakia
  • Junior Men's champion: Czech Republic defeated Russia
  • Women's champion: Canada defeated the United States

Lacrosse

• Toronto Rock defeats Rochester Knighthawks 14-13 to win the National Lacrosse League championship

Motor racing

• Stock car racing –
  • NASCAR Championship – Bobby Labonte
  • Adam Petty, Kenny Irwin, Jr., Scott Baker and Tony Roper all died from head–related injuries that brought safety concerns to NASCAR
  • February 20 – 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Daytona 500 won by Dale Jarrett
  • February 27 – 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Dura-Lube/Kmart 400 at North Carolina Motor Speedway won by Bobby Labonte
• Indy Racing League – Buddy Lazier won the season championship
• Indianapolis 500– Juan Pablo Montoya
• CART Racing – Gil de Ferran won the season championship
• Formula One Championship – Michael Schumacher of Germany
• 24 hours of Le Mans – Frank Biela / Tom Kristensen / Emanuele Pirro won driving an Audi R8R LMP
• World Rally Championship – Marcus Grönholm of Finland
• Drag racing – Gary Scelzi won the NHRA "Top Fuel" championship.
• V8 Supercars – Mark Skaife won the 2000 championship

Radiosport

• The third World Radiosport Team Championship held in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Gold medals won by Jeff Steinman N5TJ and Dan Street K1TO of the United States.
• Tenth Amateur Radio Direction Finding World Championships are held in Nanjing, China, the first time ever to be hosted at a location outside Europe.

Rugby league

• January 22, Wigan, England – 2000 World Club Challenge is won by the Melbourne Storm who defeat St. Helens 44 – 6 at JJB Stadium before 13,394.
• April 21, Sydney, Australia – 2000 ANZAC test match is won by Australia 52–0 against New Zealand at Stadium Australia before 26,023.
• April 29, Murrayfield Stadium – 2000 Challenge Cup tournament culminates in the Bradford Bulls' 24 – 18 win in the final against the Leeds Rhinos.
• June 5, Suncorp Stadium – 2000 State of Origin is wrapped up by New South Wales in game two of the series against Queensland.
• August 27, Stadium Australia – 2000 NRL season culminates in the Brisbane Broncos' 14-6 win in the grand final against the Sydney Roosters.
• October 14, Old Trafford – Super League V culminates in St Helens' 29-16 win in the grand final against Wigan Warriors.
• November 20, Crown Flatt – 2000 Emerging Nations Tournament is won by the British Amateur Rugby League Association who defeated Italy 20-14 in the final.
• November 25, Old Trafford – 2000 World Cup tournament culminates in Australia's 40-12 win in the final against New Zealand.

Rugby union

• Italy is admitted to the former Five Nations Championship which now establishes its current Six Nations format
• 106th Six Nations Championship series is won by England
• Tri Nations – Australia

Snooker

• World Snooker Championship – Mark Williams beats Matthew Stevens 18–16
• World rankings – Mark Williams becomes world number one for 2000/01

Swimming

• Fifth World Short Course Championships, held in Athens, Greece (March 16 – March 19)
  • United States wins the most medals (25), and the most gold medals (9)
• 25th European LC Championships, held in Helsinki, Finland (July 3 – August 9)
  • Romania wins the most medals (14), Sweden and Russia the most gold medals (6)
• XXVII Olympic Games, held in Sydney, Australia (September 16 – September 23)
• Fourth European SC Championships, held in Valencia, Spain (December 14 – December 17)
  • Great Britain wins the most medals (19), Sweden the most gold medals (10)
• January 18 – Australia's Susie O'Neill breaks her own world record in the 200 m butterfly (short course) once again, this time at a meet in Sydney, Australia, clocking 2:04.16.
• February 12 – In Paris, France, US–swimmer Jenny Thompson betters her own world record in the women's 100 m butterfly (short course), from 56:90 to 56:80.
• March 18 – Jenny Thompson once again betters her own world record in the women's 100 m butterfly (short course), this time in Athens, Greece, from 56:80 to 56:56.
• March 23 – Anthony Ervin breaks the world record in the men's 50 m freestyle (short course) at a swimming meet in Minneapolis, clocking 21.21.
• June 16 – At the Russian National Swimming Championships in Moscow, Alexander Popov betters the ten year old world record (21.81) in the 50m freestyle (long course), swam by USA's Tom Jager in 1990 – 21.64.

Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open – Andre Agassi
  2. French Open – Gustavo Kuerten
  3. Wimbledon championships – Pete Sampras
  4. US Open – Marat Safin
• Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
  1. Australian Open – Lindsay Davenport
  2. French Open – Mary Pierce
  3. Wimbledon championships – Venus Williams
  4. US Open – Venus Williams
• 2000 Summer Olympics
  • Men's Singles Competition – Yevgeny Kafelnikov
  • Women's Singles Competition – Venus Williams
  • Men's Doubles Competition – Sébastien Lareau & Daniel Nestor
  • Women's Doubles Competition – Venus Williams & Serena Williams
• Davis Cup
  • Spain wins 3–1 over Australia in world tennis

Volleyball

• Men's World League: Italy
• Women's World Grand Prix: Cuba
• Olympic Games Men's Competition – Yugoslavia
• Olympic Games Women's Competition – Cuba

Water polo

• Olympic Games men's competition: Hungary
• Olympic Games women's competition: Australia

Yacht racing

• New Zealand retains the America's Cup as Team New Zealand defeats Italian challenger, Luna Rossa, 5 races to 0

Multi-sport events

• 2000 Summer Olympics held at Sydney
  • United States wins the most medals (97) and the most gold medals (40).
• Winter Goodwill Games held at Lake Placid, New York

Awards

• Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Tiger Woods, PGA Tour golfer
• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Marion Jones, Track and Field
• ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year: Tiger Woods, PGA Tour golfer. Note that the Wide World award was discontinued in 2001.

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