Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Basketball contests at the 2000 Summer Olympics was the fifteenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It was held from 16 September 2000 to 1 October 2000. Games took place at the Sydney SuperDome and the Dome in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The United States claimed the gold medals in both the men's and women's competitions.

15th Olympic Basketball Tournament
Sydney 2000
Tournament details
Olympics2000 Summer Olympics
Host nationAustralia
CitySydney
Duration16 September – 1 October
Men's tournament
Teams12
Medals
1 Gold medalists  United States
2 Silver medalists France
3 Bronze medalists  Lithuania
Women's tournament
Teams12
Medals
1 Gold medalists  United States
2 Silver medalists Australia
3 Bronze medalists  Brazil
Tournaments
← Atlanta 1996  Athens 2004 →

Venues edit

Sydney, New South Wales
Sydney Super Dome The Dome
Capacity: 18,200 Capacity: 10,000
   

Medalists edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
details
  United States (USA)

Shareef Abdur-Rahim
Ray Allen
Vin Baker
Vince Carter
Kevin Garnett
Tim Hardaway
Allan Houston
Jason Kidd
Antonio McDyess
Alonzo Mourning
Gary Payton
Steve Smith

  France (FRA)

Jim Bilba
Yann Bonato
Makan Dioumassi
Laurent Foirest
Thierry Gadou
Cyril Julian
Crawford Palmer
Antoine Rigaudeau
Stéphane Risacher
Laurent Sciarra
Mustapha Sonko
Frédéric Weis

  Lithuania (LTU)

Dainius Adomaitis
Gintaras Einikis
Andrius Giedraitis
Šarūnas Jasikevičius
Kęstutis Marčiulionis
Tomas Masiulis
Darius Maskoliūnas
Ramūnas Šiškauskas
Darius Songaila
Saulius Štombergas
Mindaugas Timinskas
Eurelijus Žukauskas

Women
details
  United States (USA)

Ruthie Bolton-Holifield
Teresa Edwards
Yolanda Griffith
Chamique Holdsclaw
Lisa Leslie
Nikki McCray
DeLisha Milton
Katie Smith
Dawn Staley
Sheryl Swoopes
Natalie Williams
Kara Wolters

  Australia (AUS)

Carla Boyd
Sandra Brondello
Trisha Fallon
Michelle Griffiths
Kristi Harrower
Jo Hill
Lauren Jackson
Annie la Fleur
Shelley Sandie
Rachael Sporn
Michele Timms
Jenny Whittle

  Brazil (BRA)

Janeth Arcain
Ilisaine David
Lilian Gonçalves
Helen Luz
Silvia Luz
Claudia Neves
Alessandra Oliveira
Adriana Pinto
Adriana Santos
Cintia Santos
Kelly Santos
Marta Sobral

Qualification edit

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter up to one men's team with 12 players and up to one women's team with 12 players. The reigning world champions and the host country qualify automatically, as do the winners of the five continental championships, plus the Americas runner-up and four additional berths from Europe in the men's competition, and the second and third place from the Americas tournament plus three additional squads from Europe in the women's competition.

Basketball – Men edit

Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania Automatic qualifiers
  Angola   United States
  Canada
  China   Italy
  Lithuania
  France
  Spain
  Russia
  New Zealand   FR YugoslaviaWorld champions
  Australia – Olympic hosts

Basketball – Women edit

Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania Automatic qualifiers
  Senegal   Cuba
  Brazil
  Canada
  South Korea   Poland
  France
  Slovakia
  Russia
  New Zealand   United StatesWorld champions
  Australia – Olympic hosts

Format edit

  • Twelve teams are split into two preliminary round groups of six teams each.
  • The top four teams from both groups qualify for the knockout stage.
  • Fifth-placed teams from both groups compete for 9th place in an additional match.
  • Sixth-placed teams from both groups compete for 11th place in an additional match.
  • In the quarterfinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B4, A2 vs. B3, A3 vs. B2, and A4 vs. B1.
    • From the eliminated teams at the quarterfinals, the loser from A1 vs. B4 competes against the loser from A2 vs. B3 for 5th place in an additional match. The remaining two loser teams compete for 6th place in an additional match.
  • The winning teams from the quarterfinals meet in the semifinals as follows: A1/B4 vs. A3/B2 and A2/B3 vs. A4/B1.
  • The winning teams from the semifinals contest the gold medal. The losing teams contest the bronze.

Tie-breaking criteria:

  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

Men's tournament edit

 
2000 men's teams.

Championship bracket edit

Quarterfinals
(28 September)
Semifinals
(29 September)
Gold medal game
(1 October)
         
A1   United States 85
B4   Russia 70
A1   United States 85
A3   Lithuania 83
B2   FR Yugoslavia 63
A3   Lithuania 76
A1   United States 85
A4   France 75
A2   Italy 62
B3   Australia 65
B3   Australia 52 Third place
A4   France 76
B1   Canada 63 A3   Lithuania 89
A4   France 68 B3   Australia 71

Women's tournament edit

 
2000 women's teams.

Championship bracket edit

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 58
B3   South Korea 69
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

Final standings edit

Rank Men Women
Team Pld W L Team Pld W L
    United States 8 8 0   United States 8 8 0
    France 8 4 4   Australia 8 7 1
    Lithuania 8 5 3   Brazil 8 4 4
4th   Australia 8 4 4   South Korea 8 4 4
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th   Italy 7 4 3   France 7 5 2
6th   FR Yugoslavia 7 4 3   Russia 7 3 4
7th   Canada 7 5 2   Slovakia 7 3 4
8th   Russia 7 3 4   Poland 7 3 4
Preliminary round 5th placers
9th   Spain 6 2 4   Cuba 6 2 4
10th   China 6 2 4   Canada 6 2 4
Preliminary round 6th placers
11th   New Zealand 6 1 5   New Zealand 6 1 5
12th   Angola 6 0 6   Senegal 6 0 6

References edit