2000–01 Nordic Football Championship

Tournament details
Host country	On the road
Dates	31 January 2000 – 1 February 2001
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Finland (1st title)
Runners-up	Iceland
Third place	Denmark
Fourth place	Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	32 (2.29 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ríkharður Daðason (4 goals)
← 1981–85

The 2000–01 Nordic Football Championship was the fourteenth and final Nordic Football Championship staged. Six Nordic countries participated, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The tournament was partially played during a joint training camp in La Manga, Spain.

Standings

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1.	Finland	5	4	0	1	7	3	+4	12
2.	Iceland	5	3	1	1	7	5	+2	10
3.	Denmark	5	2	0	3	7	8	–1	6
4.	Norway	4	1	2	1	6	6	0	5
5.	Sweden	5	1	2	2	3	4	–1	5
6.	Faroe Islands	4	0	1	3	2	6	–4	1

Results

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31 January 2000

Denmark	0–1	Sweden
	Report	Allbäck 22'

La Manga Stadium, La Manga

Attendance: 500

Referee: Rune Pedersen ( Norway)

31 January 2000

Iceland	0–0	Norway
	Report

La Manga Stadium, La Manga

Attendance: 250

Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz ( Denmark)

31 January 2000

Faroe Islands	0–1	Finland
	Report	Sumiala 57'

La Manga Stadium, La Manga

Attendance: 102

Referee: Gylfi Þór Orrason ( Iceland)

2 February 2000

Denmark	2–4	Norway
Lassen 1' Andersen 89'	Report	Berg 50', 90' Lund 55', 90'

La Manga Stadium, La Manga

Attendance: 750

Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson ( Sweden)

2 February 2000

Finland	0–1	Iceland
	Report	Daðason 45'

La Manga Stadium, La Manga

Attendance: 350

Referee: Lassin Isaksen ( Faroe Islands)

4 February 2000

Norway	1–1	Sweden
Carew 83'	Report	Andersson 87' ( pen.)

La Manga Stadium, La Manga

Attendance: 600

Referee: Mikko Vuorela ( Finland)

4 February 2000

Faroe Islands	2–3	Iceland
Mørkøre 19' Jónsson 37'	Report	Daðason 40', 57' Gunnlaugsson 66'

La Manga Stadium, La Manga

Attendance: 57

Referee: Rune Pedersen ( Norway)

4 February 2000

Denmark	1–2	Finland
Møller 71'	Report	Vasara 33', 89'

La Manga Stadium, La Manga

Attendance: 300

Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson ( Sweden)

16 August 2000

Iceland	2–1	Sweden
Daðason 38' Sigurðsson 84' ( pen.)	Report	Mjällby 23'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 5,116

Referee: Kenny Clark ( Scotland)

16 August 2000

Faroe Islands	0–2	Denmark
	Report	Sand 55' Nielsen 59'

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn

Attendance: 6,478

Referee: Jon Skjervold ( Norway)

16 August 2000

Finland	3–1	Norway
Litmanen 24', 61' Kuqi 90'	Report	Helstad 54'

Finnair Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 10,748

Referee: Mario van der Ende ( Netherlands)

2 September 2000

Iceland	1–2	Denmark
Sverrisson 10'	Report	Tomasson 26' Bisgaard 49'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 7,092

Referee: Stéphane Bré ( France)

31 January 2001

Sweden	0–0	Faroe Islands
	Report

Tipshallen, Växjö

Attendance: 2,204

Referee: Terje Hauge ( Norway)

1 February 2001

Sweden	0–1	Finland
	Report	Marjamaa 37'

Tipshallen, Jönköping

Attendance: 2,196

Referee: Roy Helge Olsen ( Norway)

2001

Norway	Cancelled	Faroe Islands

Winners

2000–01 Nordic Football Championship winners
Finland First title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 32 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 2.29 goals per match.

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

See also

Balkan Cup
Baltic Cup
Central European International Cup
Mediterranean Cup

References

External links

• 2000–01 Nordic Football Championship at RSSSF