Editing 2000 in the Netherlands (section)

==Sports==
* [[1999–2000 Eredivisie]]
* [[1999–2000 Eerste Divisie]]
* [[1999–2000 KNVB Cup]]
*April 22 - German [[Erik Zabel]] wins the [[Amstel Gold Race]]
*May 21 - The Netherlands play their 1000th international hockey match in Amstelveen.
*June 3 - The women's national field hockey team win the Champions Trophy for a 2nd time. 
*June 4 - The men's national field hockey team win the Champions Trophy for a 5th time. 
*June 10 - [[UEFA Euro 2000|2000 UEFA European Football Championship]] begin, the event is co-hosted by The Netherlands and [[Belgium]].
*June 29 - The Netherlands are eliminated from [[UEFA Euro 2000|2000 UEFA European Football Championship]] by losing to Italy in the semi-finals on penalties. 
*July 2 - [[UEFA Euro 2000|2000 UEFA European Football Championship]] ends in [[Rotterdam]] with France beating [[Italy]] in the final, 2-1 after extra time.
*September 19 - [[Pieter van den Hoogenband]] wins an Olympic gold medal in Sydney on the 100 freestyle in a record time of 47.84.
*September 30 - The Dutch national men field hockey team beat South Korea in the final to win the Olympic gold medal.
*October 15 - Spaniard Francisco Javier Cortes wins the [[Amsterdam Marathon]]