Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

15th Olympic Basketball Tournament
Sydney 2000
Tournament details
Olympics2000 Summer Olympics
Host nationAustralia
CitySydney
DurationSeptember 16–30
Women's tournament
Teams12
Medals
1 Gold medalists  United States
2 Silver medalists Australia
3 Bronze medalists  Brazil
Tournaments
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Competing teams.
Main article: Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

The women's tournament of basketball at the 2000 Olympics at Sydney, Australia began on September 16 and ended on September 30, when the United States defeated Australia 76–54 for the gold medal. Preliminary round games were held at The Dome and elimination games at the Sydney SuperDome.

Qualifying

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Main article: Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification
Country Qualified as Date of qualification Previous appearance
 Australia Olympics host Sep 24, 1993 1996
 United States World champion Jun 27, 1998 1996
 South Korea Asian champion May 9, 1999 1996
 New Zealand Oceanian champion Jun 4, 1999 First appearance
 Senegal African champion Dec 20, 1997 First appearance
 Brazil Americas runner-up May 17, 1999 1996
 Cuba Americas champion May 17, 1999 1996
 Canada Americas third place May 17, 1999 1996
 Poland European champion Jun 6, 1999 First appearance
 France European runner-up Jun 6, 1999 First Appearance
 Russia European third place Jun 6, 1999 1996
 Slovakia European fourth place Jun 6, 1999 First appearance

Format

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  • Twelve teams are split into 2 preliminary round groups of 6 teams each. The top 4 teams from each group qualify for the knockout stage.
  • Fifth and sixth-placed teams from each group are ranked 9th–12th in two additional matches.
  • In the quarterfinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B4, A2 vs. B3, A3 vs. B2 and A4 vs. B1.
    • The eliminated teams at the quarterfinals are ranked 5th–8th in two additional matches.
  • The winning teams from the quarterfinals meet in the semifinals as follows: A3/B2 vs. A1/B4 and A2/B3 vs. A4/B1.
  • The winning teams from the semifinals dispute the gold medal. The losing teams dispute the bronze.

Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:

  1. Head to head results
  2. Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
  3. Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

Squads

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Main article: Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters

Preliminary round

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Qualified for the quarterfinals

The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Australia (H) 5 5 0 394 274 +120 10 Quarterfinals
2  France 5 4 1 338 287 +51 9
3  Brazil 5 2 3 358 353 +5 7[a]
4  Slovakia 5 2 3 294 282 +12 7[a]
5  Canada 5 2 3 313 317 −4 7[a]
6  Senegal 5 0 5 199 383 −184 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head record: Brazil 1–1 (1.12 GAvg), Slovakia 1–1 (0.97), Canada 1–1 (0.91)
16 September 2000
11:30
Brazil  76–60  Slovakia
Scoring by half: 35–28, 41–32
Pts: Janeth 24
Rebs: Janeth 7
Asts: Helen 7		 Pts: Luptáková 22
Rebs: Godályová, Kováčová 6
Asts: Frniaková 5
16 September 2000
14:30
France  75–39  Senegal
Scoring by half: 42–21, 33–18
Pts: Antibe 13
Rebs: Fijalkowski 7
Asts: Melain 5		 Pts: A. N'Diaye 11
Rebs: A. N'Diaye 7
Asts: Fall 4
16 September 2000
16:30
Australia  78–46  Canada
Scoring by half: 40–19, 38–27
Pts: Brondello, Jackson 18
Rebs: Jackson 8
Asts: Harrower 5		 Pts: Dales, Sutton-Brown 13
Rebs: Sutton-Brown 9
Asts: Bouchard, Hendry 2
18 September 2000
9:30
Canada  62–41  Senegal
18 September 2000
19:30
France  58–51  Slovakia
18 September 2000
21:30
Australia  81–70  Brazil
20 September 2000
11:30
France  70–58  Canada
20 September 2000
14:30
Brazil  82–48  Senegal
20 September 2000
21:30
Australia  70–47  Slovakia
22 September 2000
11:30
Slovakia  68–56  Canada
22 September 2000
14:30
France  73–70 (OT)  Brazil
22 September 2000
19:30
Australia  96–39  Senegal
24 September 2000
9:30
Slovakia  68–32  Senegal
24 September 2000
16:30
Australia  69–62  France
24 September 2000
21:30
Canada  61–60  Brazil

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States 5 5 0 436 312 +124 10 Quarterfinals
2  Russia 5 3 2 398 325 +73 8[a]
3  South Korea 5 3 2 382 367 +15 8[a]
4  Poland 5 3 2 337 339 −2 8[a]
5  Cuba 5 1 4 318 358 −40 6
6  New Zealand 5 0 5 265 435 −170 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head record: Russia 1–1 (1.30 GAvg), South Korea 1–1 (0.91), Poland 1–1 (0.84)
16 September 2000
9:30
Poland  75–52  New Zealand
16 September 2000
19:30
Russia  72–62  Cuba
16 September 2000
21:30
South Korea  75–89  United States
Scoring by half: 43–53, 32–36
Pts: Jung 17
Rebs: Kim 4
Asts: Park 3		 Pts: Swoopes 29
Rebs: Leslie 11
Asts: Edwards, Staley 4 each
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 6,939
18 September 2000
11:30
Russia  84–46  Poland
18 September 2000
14:30
South Korea  101–62  New Zealand
18 September 2000
16:30
United States  90–61  Cuba
Scoring by half: 48–42, 42–19
Pts: Smith 15
Rebs: Griffith, Williams 7 each
Asts: Staley 8		 Pts: Martínez 19
Rebs: Martínez, Molinet 4 each
Asts: Castillo 5
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 7,298
20 September 2000
9:30
Cuba  74–55  New Zealand
20 September 2000
16:30
United States  88–77  Russia
Scoring by half: 44–47, 44–30
Pts: Leslie 18
Rebs: Griffith 11
Asts: Edwards, Swoopes 3 each		 Pts: Arkhipova 15
Rebs: Zasulskaya 6
Asts: Zasulskaya 5
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,383
20 September 2000
19:30
Poland  87–62  South Korea
22 September 2000
9:30
South Korea  75–73 (OT)  Russia
22 September 2000
16:30
New Zealand  42–93  United States
Scoring by half: 17–47, 25–46
Pts: Farmer 9
Rebs: Ofsoski 6
Asts: Farmer 3		 Pts: Smith 14
Rebs: Williams 7
Asts: Bolton-Holfield 6
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,297
22 September 2000
21:30
Poland  72–65  Cuba
24 September 2000
11:30
Russia  92–54  New Zealand
24 September 2000
14:30
South Korea  69–56  Cuba
24 September 2000
19:30
United States  76–57  Poland
Scoring by half: 44–21, 32–36
Pts: Griffith, Swoopes 16
Rebs: Griffith 12
Asts: Leslie 4		 Pts: Dydek 24
Rebs: Dydek 10
Asts: Predehl 2
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,471

Classification games

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26 September 2000
9:30
11th place
New Zealand  72–69  Senegal
26 September 2000
11:30
9th place
Cuba  67–58  Canada
29 September 2000
9:30
7th place
Slovakia  64–57  Poland
29 September 2000
11:30
5th place
France  71–59  Russia

Knockout stage

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Quarterfinals
(27 September) 		Semifinals
(29 September) 		Gold medal game
(30 September)
         
A1  Australia 76
B4  Poland 48
A1  Australia 64
A3  Brazil 52
B2  Russia 67
A3  Brazil 68
A1  Australia 54
B1  United States 76
A2  France 59
B3  South Korea 68
B3  South Korea 65 Bronze medal game
B1  United States 78
B1  United States 58 A3  Brazil (OT) 84
A4  Slovakia 43 B3  South Korea 73

Quarterfinals

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27 September 2000
15:00
Australia  76–48  Poland
Scoring by half: 43–28, 33–20
Pts: Jackson 17
Rebs: Jackson, Griffiths 9 each
Asts: Harrower 5		 Pts: Trześniewska, Dydek 12 each
Rebs: Dydek 12
Asts: Predehl 5
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 14,381
27 September 2000
17:00
Russia  67–68  Brazil
Scoring by half: 39–38, 28–30
Pts: Pshikova 18
Rebs: Zasulskaya 6
Asts: Zasulskaya 5		 Pts: de Oliveira 17
Rebs: Arcain 9
Asts: Neves, Luz 4 each
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 14,381
27 September 2000
20:00
France  59–68  South Korea
Scoring by half: 27–30, 32–38
Pts: Melain 21
Rebs: Melain 11
Asts: three players 2 each		 Pts: Yang J-o 15
Rebs: Jung S-m 5
Asts: Chung E-s 5
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 14,605
27 September 2000
22:00
United States  58–43  Slovakia
Scoring by half: 32–23, 26–20
Pts: Leslie 18
Rebs: Griffith 11
Asts: three players 3 each		 Pts: Luptáková 18
Rebs: Kotočová, Luptáková 7 each
Asts: Žirková 2
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 14,605

Semifinals

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29 September 2000
14:30
Brazil  52–64  Australia
Scoring by half: 27–36, 25–28
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 14,833
29 September 2000
16:30
South Korea  65–78  United States
Scoring by half: 40–42, 25–36
Pts: Park 14
Rebs: Chun 5
Asts: Chung 5		 Pts: Swoopes 19
Rebs: Leslie 12
Asts: Swoopes 5
Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
Attendance: 14,698
Referees:
Romualdas Brazauskas (Lithuania)
Rick Degagne (Canada)

Bronze medal game

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September 30
11:00
South Korea  73–84 (OT)  Brazil
Scoring by half: 34–30, 31–35 Overtime: 8–19
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 14,833

Gold medal game

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30 September 2000
20:00
Australia  54–76  United States
Scoring by half: 30-43, 24-33
Pts: Jackson 20
Rebs: Jackson 13
Asts: Harrower 2		 Pts: Leslie, Williams 15 each
Rebs: Griffith 12
Asts: Edwards 3
Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
Attendance: 14,978
Referees:
Nikolaos Pitsilkas (Greece)
Raúl Chaves (Argentina)

Awards

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2000 Women's Olympic Basketball Champions
United States
United States
Fourth title

Final standings

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Rank Team Pld W L
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 8 8 0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Australia 8 7 1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Brazil 8 4 4
4th  South Korea 8 4 4
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th  France 7 5 2
6th  Russia 7 3 4
7th  Slovakia 7 3 4
8th  Poland 7 3 4
Preliminary round 5th placers
9th  Cuba 6 2 4
10th  Canada 6 2 4
Preliminary round 6th placers
11th  New Zealand 6 1 5
12th  Senegal 6 0 6

References

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