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Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's tournament in volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics was the 10th edition of the event at the Summer Olympics, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Sydney, Australia from 17 September to 1 October 2000.[1]

Men's volleyball
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueSydney Entertainment Centre and
Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
Date17 September – 1 October
Competitors144 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Yugoslavia (1st title)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Italy
← 1996
2004 →

Qualification edit

Main article: Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
Means of qualification Date Host Vacancies Qualified
Host Country 24 September 1993   Monte Carlo 1   Australia
1999 World Cup 18 November – 2 December 1999   Japan 3   Russia
  Cuba
  Italy
African Qualifier 25–30 January 2000   Cairo 1   Egypt
Asian Qualifier 27–29 December 1999   Shanghai 1   South Korea
European Qualifier 3–9 January 2000   Katowice 1   Yugoslavia
North American Qualifier 5–8 January 2000   Winnipeg 1   United States
South American Qualifier 7–9 January 2000   São Caetano do Sul 1   Brazil
1st World Qualifier 21–23 July 2000   Matosinhos 1   Argentina
2nd World Qualifier 24–26 July 2000   Piraeus 1   Spain
3rd World Qualifier 25–27 July 2000   Castelnau-le-Lez 1   Netherlands
Total 12

Pools composition edit

Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of January 2000. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the World Ranking. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts.

Pool A Pool B
  Australia (Hosts)   Italy (1)
  Cuba (3)   Russia (2)
  Brazil (4)   United States (5)
  Netherlands (7)   Yugoslavia (6)
  Spain (8)   Argentina (9)
  Egypt (23)   South Korea (10)

Rosters edit

Main article: Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

Venues edit

Main venue Sub venue
  Sydney, Australia   Sydney, Australia
Sydney Entertainment Centre Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
Capacity: 10,517 Capacity: 6,000
   

Preliminary round edit

  • The top four teams in each pool qualified for the quarterfinals.

Pool A edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Brazil 5 5 0 10 15 1 15.000 415 331 1.254 Quarterfinals
2   Netherlands 5 4 1 9 12 5 2.400 417 360 1.158
3   Cuba 5 3 2 8 9 7 1.286 383 335 1.143
4   Australia 5 2 3 7 6 10 0.600 327 374 0.874
5   Spain 5 1 4 6 7 12 0.583 404 444 0.910
6   Egypt 5 0 5 5 1 15 0.067 309 411 0.752
Source: [citation needed]
Date Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
17 Sep SP4 Spain   3–0   Egypt 25–20 25–10 25–21     75–51
17 Sep SEC Cuba   0–3   Netherlands 22–25 20–25 23–25     65–75
17 Sep SEC Australia   0–3   Brazil 13–25 14–25 21–25     48–75
19 Sep SP4 Spain   1–3   Cuba 21–25 12–25 25–21 20–25   78–96
19 Sep SEC Egypt   0–3   Brazil 28–30 18–25 21–25     67–80
19 Sep SEC Netherlands   3–0   Australia 25–19 25–17 25–15     75–51
21 Sep SP4 Cuba   3–0   Egypt 25–11 25–18 25–15     75–44
21 Sep SEC Brazil   3–0   Netherlands 25–20 25–17 27–25     77–62
21 Sep SEC Australia   3–1   Spain 23–25 25–20 25–23 25–19   98–87
23 Sep SP4 Egypt   1–3   Netherlands 21–25 11–25 33–31 20–25   85–106
23 Sep SEC Cuba   3–0   Australia 25–17 25–20 25–18     75–55
23 Sep SEC Spain   1–3   Brazil 27–25 14–25 21–25 20–25   82–100
25 Sep SP4 Netherlands   3–1   Spain 25–18 25–17 24–26 25–21   99–82
25 Sep SEC Brazil   3–0   Cuba 28–26 30–28 25–18     83–72
25 Sep SEC Australia   3–0   Egypt 25–17 25–23 25–22     75–62


Pool B edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Italy 5 5 0 10 15 4 3.750 482 421 1.145 Quarterfinals
2   Russia 5 4 1 9 13 7 1.857 465 443 1.050
3   Yugoslavia 5 3 2 8 12 9 1.333 489 461 1.061
4   Argentina 5 2 3 7 7 11 0.636 409 446 0.917
5   South Korea 5 1 4 6 8 14 0.571 491 504 0.974
6   United States 5 0 5 5 5 15 0.333 417 478 0.872
Source: [citation needed]
Date Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
17 Sep SP4 South Korea   0–3   Italy 25–27 23–25 18–25     66–77
17 Sep SEC Russia   3–1   Yugoslavia 19–25 25–23 25–23 25–20   94–91
17 Sep SEC United States   1–3   Argentina 26–24 23–25 21–25 18–25   88–99
19 Sep SP4 Argentina   3–1   South Korea 25–23 17–25 30–28 25–21   97–97
19 Sep SEC Russia   3–1   United States 25–18 25–23 21–25 25–17   96–83
19 Sep SEC Yugoslavia   2–3   Italy 19–25 25–19 22–25 33–31 20–22 119–122
21 Sep SP4 United States   0–3   Yugoslavia 15–25 20–25 23–25     58–75
21 Sep SEC Italy   3–0   Argentina 40–38 25–18 25–14     90–70
21 Sep SEC South Korea   2–3   Russia 22–25 25–22 25–20 27–29 15–17 114–113
23 Sep SP4 Yugoslavia   3–1   Argentina 21–25 25–15 25–23 25–22   96–85
23 Sep SEC Russia   1–3   Italy 20–25 20–25 25–22 22–25   87–97
23 Sep SEC South Korea   3–2   United States 25–20 25–27 26–24 21–25 15–13 112–109
25 Sep SP4 Argentina   0–3   Russia 23–25 15–25 20–25     58–75
25 Sep SEC South Korea   2–3   Yugoslavia 26–24 20–25 23–25 25–19 8–15 102–108
25 Sep SEC Italy   3–1   United States 21–25 25–18 25–18 25–18   96–79


Final round edit

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal match
 
          
 
27 September
 
 
  Brazil1
 
29 September
 
  Argentina3
 
  Argentina1
 
27 September
 
  Russia3
 
  Cuba2
 
1 October
 
  Russia3
 
  Russia0
 
27 September
 
  Yugoslavia3
 
  Netherlands2
 
29 September
 
  Yugoslavia3
 
  Yugoslavia3
 
27 September
 
  Italy0 Bronze medal match
 
  Australia1
 
1 October
 
  Italy3
 
  Argentina0
 
 
  Italy3
 
 
5th–8th semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
28 September
 
 
  Brazil3
 
29 September
 
  Cuba2
 
  Brazil0
 
28 September
 
  Netherlands3
 
  Netherlands3
 
 
  Australia0
 
7th place match
 
 
29 September
 
 
  Cuba3
 
 
  Australia0

Quarterfinals edit

Date Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
27 Sep SEC Cuba   2–3   Russia 25–21 23–25 19–25 25–19 13–15 105–105
27 Sep SEC Australia   1–3   Italy 14–25 25–22 19–25 15–25   73–97
27 Sep SEC Brazil   1–3   Argentina 25–17 21–25 19–25 25–27   90–94
27 Sep SEC Netherlands   2–3   Yugoslavia 21–25 25–18 18–25 32–30 15–17 111–115


5th–8th semifinals edit

Date Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
28 Sep SP4 Brazil   3–2   Cuba 23–25 17–25 25–21 26–24 15–11 106–106
28 Sep SP4 Netherlands   3–0   Australia 25–20 25–15 25–21     75–56


Semifinals edit

Date Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
29 Sep SEC Argentina   1–3   Russia 25–27 30–32 25–21 11–25   91–105
29 Sep SEC Yugoslavia   3–0   Italy 27–25 34–32 25–14     86–71


7th place match edit

Date Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
29 Sep SEC Cuba   3–0   Australia 25–23 25–11 25–15     75–49


5th place match edit

Date Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
29 Sep SEC Brazil   0–3   Netherlands 21–25 20–25 22–25     63–75


Bronze medal match edit

Date Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
1 Oct SEC Argentina   0–3   Italy 16–25 15–25 18–25     49–75


Gold medal match edit

Date Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
1 Oct SEC Yugoslavia   3–0   Russia 25–22 25–22 25–20     75–64


Final standing edit

Medalists edit

Gold Silver Bronze
  FR Yugoslavia (YUG)
Vladimir Batez
Slobodan Kovač
Slobodan Boškan
Đula Mešter
Vasa Mijić
Nikola Grbić
Vladimir Grbić
Andrija Gerić
Goran Vujević
Ivan Miljković
Veljko Petković
Igor Vušurović
Head coach:

Zoran Gajić

  Russia (RUS)
Vadim Khamuttskikh
Ruslan Olikhver
Valeri Goryushev
Igor Shulepov
Aleksey Kazakov
Evgeni Mitkov
Sergey Tetyukhin
Roman Yakovlev
Konstantin Ushakov
Aleksandr Gerasimov
Ilya Savelev
Aleksey Kuleshov
Head coach:

Gennady Shipulin

  Italy (ITA)
Andrea Gardini
Marco Meoni
Pasquale Gravina
Luigi Mastrangelo
Paolo Tofoli
Samuele Papi
Andrea Sartoretti
Marco Bracci
Simone Rosalba
Mirko Corsano
Andrea Giani
Alessandro Fei
Head coach:

Andrea Anastasi

Awards edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Volleyball at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Volleyball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.

External links edit

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