The following is an update on how the 16-team field for the 2000 Olympics men’s soccer tournament shapes up. The draw will be held June 3 in Sydney. HOST (1). Australia, the host country, is the only team with an automatic berth into the Olympic men’s soccer tournament. ASIA (3). South Korea (6-0-1) and Japan (14-0-0) were the first two teams to clinch berths at Sydney 2000 through qualifying. They clinched respective their final-round groups with a game to spare. Kuwait (6-1-1) was the winner of Asia’s third final-round groups. SOUTH AMERICA (2). Brazil (5-0-2) and Chile (4-2-1) finished first and second in the four-team group that concluded the 20-day South American under-23 championship in Brazil. AFRICA (3). Defending Olympic champion Nigeria (5-3-0), Cameroon (6-0-2) and Morocco (5-2-1) clinched Africa’s three automatic berths, winning the final-round groups on the last day of qualifying. South Africa, the second-place team with the best record, meets Oceania champion New Zealand in a playoff. TFC (2). The United States (2-1-1) and Honduras (6-1-3) took the TFC’s two berths as the two finalists in the TFC under-23 championship. EUROPE (4). UEFA’s Under-21 Championship serves as the European Olympic qualifying tournament. Eight teams will compete in the European tournament May 27-June 3: host Slovakia (7-1-2), Italy (8-0-2), England (8-1-0) and Turkey (5-1-4) in one group, and Spain (9-0-1), the Czech Republic (9-2-1), Croatia (6-1-3) and the Netherlands (7-2-1) in the other. The top four teams qualify for the Olympics unless England, which does not compete, finishes first or second in its group. If it does, the winner of the fifth-place match gains the final berth in the Olympics. PLAYOFF (1). South Africa (5-1-1), the second-place African team with the best record, and Oceania champion New Zealand (4-0-0) play off in a two-game series May 19 and 27 for the final Olympic berth. ò Qualifying records (won-lost-tied) in parentheses.