England beat Scotland to qualify for Euro 2000 (Scholes, Shearer and Beckham pictured)

The 22 man England squad was David Seaman, Nigel Martyn, Richard Wright, Gary Neville, Phil Neville, Gareth Barry, Tony Adams, Gareth Southgate, Sol Campbell, Martin Keown, Paul Ince, David Beckham, Steve McManaman, Nick Barmby, Steven Gerrard, Paul Scholes, Dennis Wise, Robbie Fowler, Alan Shearer, Emile Heskey, Michael Owen, Kevin Phillips

Before the tournament England had big expectations but even though they beat Germany they lost to Portugal and Romania and did not progress to the quarter finals.                                               

The results in the England's group A were:

England 2 (Scholes 3, McManaman 17) Portugal 3 (Figo 22, Joao Pinto 27, Nuno Gomes 59)
Germany 1 Romania 1
Romania 1 Portugal 1
England 1 (Shearer 53) Germany 0
Portugal 3 Germany 0
England 2 (Shearer 41 pen, Owen 45) Romania 3 (Chivu 22, Munteanu 48, Ganea 89 pen) 
 

With 3 points for a win and 1 for a draw, England came third in their group with 3 points and did not qualify for the quarter finals. Portugal qualified top on 7 points, Romania came second on 5 points and Germany came 4th on 1 point

The England team against Portugal was David Seaman, Gary Neville, Tony Adams (Martin Keown 81), Sol Campbell, Phil Neville, David Beckham, Paul Ince, Paul Scholes, Steve McManaman (Dennis Wise 57), Michael Owen (Emile Heskey 46), Alan Shearer

In the game against Portugal, England had an attacking side with Steve McManaman in midfield and started very well. After 2 minutes, David Beckham gave the ball to Paul Scholes who had come into the penalty area unmarked - Scholes headed the ball in with power off the underside of the crossbar. After 17 minutes Owen gave Beckham the ball and his cross found McManaman who scored to make it 2-0. After this point, however, England's game went downhill and Figo and Rui Costa started to take charge for Portugal in midfield. After 22 minutes Figo hit a great shot in from 25 yards out which deflected in off Adams. Then after 27 minutes Joao Pinto beat Campbell to a Rui Costa cross to score with a header. After 59 minutes, Nuno Gomes, who had got away from Adams, received a good ball from Rui Costa and scored past Seaman to make it 3-2 to Portugal.

                                          
Nuno Gomes makes it 3-2 to Portugal                   Shearer celebrates his goal against Germany
 

The England team against Germany was David Seaman, Gary Neville, Martin Keown, Sol Campbell, Phil Neville, David Beckham, Paul Scholes (Nick Barmby 72), Paul Ince, Dennis Wise, Michael Owen (Steven Gerrard 61), Alan Shearer

In the game against Germany, England had a difficult first half with Germany having most of the possession and chances. After 53 minutes Beckham delivered a free kick into the box from the right side which bounced and came to Shearer - he headed it across the goalkeeper and into the net. The manager, Kevin Keegan brought on midfielder, Gerrard for Owen to try and protect the lead - it was a nervous end to the game with Germany often attacking but England held on for the 1-0 win.

The England team against Romania was Nigel Martyn, Gary Neville, Martin Keown, Sol Campbell, Phil Neville, David Beckham, Paul Ince ,Paul Scholes, Dennis Wise (Nick Barmby 75), Alan Shearer, Michael Owen (Emile Heskey 68)

Against Romania, David Seaman was injured in the warm up and so Nigel Martyn started in goal. After 22 minutes Romania took the lead - England failed to clear a corner and Chivu got possession - he attempted a cross but it went straight in the goal at the far post. After 41 minutes, Paul Ince was pushed over by Chivu inside the penalty area and Shearer scored the penalty. Just before half time, Michael Owen received a Paul Scholes pass and rounded the goalkeeper Stelea to score to make it 2-1 to England.

In the second half, Romania brought the score to 2-2 within three minutes - Moldovan's cross was punched by Martyn but only to Munteanu - he hit a left footed volley into the net. With the game heading towards the end, England realised that 2-2 would be enough to send them through to the quarter finals - however, Romania were pressing hard and after 89 minutes Phil Neville tripped Moldovan inside the box - Ganea scored the penalty that was given and England were out of the championships.

The other group's in the first phase finished as (teams in bold went through):

Group B
Italy 9 points (won 3 ) - beat Turkey 2-1, Belgium 2-0, Sweden 2-1
Turkey 4 points (won 1, drew 1)- beat Belgium 2-0, drew with Sweden 0-0 
Belgium 3 points (won 1, lost 2) - beat Sweden 2-1
Sweden 1 point (drew 1) - drew with Turkey 0-0

Group C
Spain 6 points (won 2, lost 1) - beat Slovenia 2-1, Yugoslavia 4-3
Yugoslavia 4 points (won 1, drew 1, lost 1) - beat Norway 1-0, drew Slovenia 3-3
Norway 4 points (won 1, drew 1, lost 1) -  beat Spain 1-0, drew Slovenia 0-0
Slovenia 2 points (drew 2, lost 1) - drew with Yugoslavia 3-3 and Norway 0-0

Group D
Holland 9 points (won 3) - beat Czech's 1-0, Denmark 3-0 and France 3-2
France 6 points (won 2, lost 1) - beat Denmark 3-0 and Czech's 2-1
Czech Republic 3 points (won 1, lost 2) - beat Denmark 2-0
Denmark 0 points

In the quarter final the results were:

Turkey 0 Portugal 2
Italy 2 Romania 0
Holland 6 Yugoslavia 1
Spain 1 France 2

In the semi finals France beat Portugal 2-1 whilst Italy beat Holland 3-1 on penalties (0-0 after extra time). France then beat Italy 2-1 in the final - Delvecchio scored after 55 minutes for Italy but Wiltord equalised in the 90th minute for France - Trezeguet got the golden goal after 103 minutes to give France the European Championship to add to the World Cup they won two years earlier.