2000 in sports

See also: 1999 in sports, other events of 2000, 2001 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Contents

1 Auto Racing 2 Baseball 3 Basketball 4 Boxing 5 Cricket 6 Cycling 7 Field Hockey 8 Figure Skating 9 Football (American) 10 Football (Australian Rules) 11 Football (Canadian) 12 Football (Soccer) 13 Golf 14 Thoroughbred Horse Racing 15 Harness Racing 16 Ice Hockey 17 Rugby Union 18 Skiing 19 Snooker 20 Tennis 21 General sporting events 22 Deaths

Auto Racing

• Stock car racing:
  • Dale Jarrett won the Daytona 500
  • NASCAR Championship - 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)
• Rally racing:
  • Marcus Grönholm of Finland won the World Rally Championship
  • the team of Tommi Mäkinen / Risto Mannisenmaki won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
• Drag racing - Gary Scelzi won the NHRA "Top Fuel" championship.

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

See also'

• 2000 in baseball

Basketball

• NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
  • Michigan State wins 89-76 over Florida

• NBA Finals:
  • Los Angeles Lakers win 4 games to 2 over the Indiana Pacers

• WNBA Finals:
  • Houston Comets win 2 games to 0 over the New York Liberty to complete their four-peat.

Boxing

• July 29 - Kostya Tszyu defeats Julio Cesar Chavez 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.

Cricket

• Courtney Walsh (West Indies) takes 34 wickets in a test series against England at an average of 12.82 runs per wicket. He misses the record for most wickets by a West Indian bowler in a test series held by Malcolm Marshall by 1 wicket.
• Walsh plays his last one day international.
• June 26 - Bangladesh becomes the tenth test playing nation.

Cycling

• Giro d'Italia won by Stefano Garzelli of Italy
• Tour de France - Lance Armstrong of the United States
• World Cycling Championship: Romans Vainsteins , of Latvia

Field Hockey

• May 27 - June 4 - Champions Trophy held at Amstelveen won by hosts. Germany finish second. Other participating teams: Korea, Spain, Australia and Great Britain.

Figure Skating

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: Alexei Yagudin, Russia
  • Women's champion: Michelle Kwan, United States
  • Pairs champions: Maria Petrova & Alexei Tikhonov , Russia

• First World Synchronized Skating Championships held in Minneapolis

Football (American)

• Super Bowl XXXIV: Saint Louis Rams win 23-16 over the Tennessee Titans

Football (Australian Rules)

• 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)

Football (Canadian)

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

Football (Soccer)

• 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 very 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.

• England - FA Cup: Chelsea won 1-0 over Aston Villa

• July 24 - Real Madrid signed Barcelona's Portuguese star Luis Figo, setting a world record transfer of 60 million euros.

Golf

Men's Golf

• Major championship results:
  1. May - The Masters - Vijay Singh
  2. June - US Open - Tiger Woods
  3. July - British Open - Tiger Woods
  4. August - PGA Championship - Tiger Woods

• PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Tiger Woods - $9,188,321
• PGA Champions Tour leading money winner: Larry Nelson - $2,708,005

Women's Golf

• US Women's Open: Karrie Webb
• LPGA Championship: Julie Inkster
• Karrie Webb: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $1,876,853.

Thoroughbred Horse Racing

• Australia - Melbourne Cup - Brew
• Canada - Queen's Plate - Scatter the Gold
• France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Sinndar
• Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Sinndar

• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. Two Thousand 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:
  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

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

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

Rugby Union

• Six Nations - England
• Tri Nations - Australia

Skiing

• Alpine Skiing
  • The men's overall season champion: Hermann Maier, Austria
  • The women's overall season champion: Renate Goetschl , Austria

Snooker

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

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

• Davis Cup - Spain wins 3-1 over Australia in world tennis
• Elena Dementieva enters the WTA top 20, named WTA Tour Most Improved Player
• Olympics Women's singles
  1. Gold - Venus Williams
  2. Silver - Elena Dementieva

General sporting events

• 2000 Summer Olympics takes place in Sydney, Australia
  • United States wins the most medals (97), and the most gold medals (40).

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

Deaths

• Abercrombie - harness racing horse
• January 4 - Tom Fears , American football player
• January 26 - Don Budge, tennis player
• February 9 - Beau Jack, boxer
• February 12 - Tom Landry, American football coach
• February 14 - Tony Bettenhausen 48, CART racing team owner, died in a plane crash
• February 23 - Stanley Matthews, English soccer superstar
• May 12 - Adam Petty 19, race car driver, grandson of Richard Petty
• May 27 - Maurice Richard, ice hockey legend
• June 26 - Lucien Laurin, Secretariat's Hall of Fame trainer
• July 6 - Fred Lane , football player, Carolina Panthers - killed by his wife
• September 17 - Nicole Reinhart 24, U.S. cyclist
• October 17 - Harry Cooper, PGA golfer