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Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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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.

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
← Atlanta 1996  Athens 2004 →
Competing teams.
Main article: Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Qualifying edit

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 edit

  • 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 edit

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

Preliminary round edit

Qualified for the quarterfinals

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

Group A edit

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
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
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
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
9:30
Canada   62–41   Senegal
18 September
19:30
France   58–51   Slovakia
18 September
21:30
Australia   81–70   Brazil
20 September
11:30
France   70–58   Canada
20 September
14:30
Brazil   82–48   Senegal
20 September
21:30
Australia   70–47   Slovakia
22 September
11:30
Slovakia   68–56   Canada
22 September
14:30
France   73–70 (OT)   Brazil
22 September
19:30
Australia   96–39   Senegal
24 September
9:30
Slovakia   68–32   Senegal
24 September
16:30
Australia   69–62   France
24 September
21:30
Canada   61–60   Brazil

Group B edit

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
9:30
Poland   75–52   New Zealand
16 September
19:30
Russia   72–62   Cuba
16 September
21:30
United States   89–75   South Korea
18 September
11:30
Russia   84–46   Poland
18 September
14:30
South Korea   101–62   New Zealand
18 September
16:30
United States   90–61   Cuba
20 September
9:30
Cuba   74–55   New Zealand
20 September
16:30
United States   88–77   Russia
20 September
19:30
Poland   87–62   South Korea
22 September
9:30
South Korea   75–73 (OT)   Russia
22 September
16:30
United States   93–42   New Zealand
22 September
21:30
Poland   72–65   Cuba
24 September
11:30
Russia   92–54   New Zealand
24 September
14:30
South Korea   69–56   Cuba
24 September
19:30
United States   76–57   Poland

Classification games edit

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

Knockout stage 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 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 edit

September 27
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
September 27
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
September 27
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
September 27
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 edit

September 29
14:30
Brazil   52–64   Australia
Scoring by half: 27–36, 25–28
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 14,833
September 29
16:30
South Korea   65–78   United States
Scoring by half: 40–42, 25–36
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 14,833

Bronze medal game edit

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 edit

September 30
13:15
Australia   54–76   United States
Scoring by half: 43–30, 33–24
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 14,833

Awards edit

2000 Women's Olympic Basketball Champions
 
United States
Fourth title

Final standings edit

Rank Team Pld W L
    United States 8 8 0
    Australia 8 7 1
    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 edit

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