Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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15th Basketball Olympic Tournament
Sydney 2000
Tournament details
Olympics 2000 Summer Olympics
Host nation  Australia
City Sydney
Duration September 16–October 1
Men's teams 12
Men's medals:
Gold medal.svg Gold medalists  United States
Silver medal.svg Silver medalists  France
Bronze medal.svg Bronze medalists  Lithuania
Women's teams 12
Women's medals:
Gold medal.svg Gold medalists  United States
Silver medal.svg Silver medalists  Australia
Bronze medal.svg Bronze medalists  Brazil
Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Basketball pictogram.svg
Tournament
men  women
Squads
men  women

Basketball contests at the 2000 Olympic Games were held from September 16, 2000 to October 1, 2000. Games took place at the Sydney SuperDome and The Dome in Sydney, Australia. The United States claimed the gold medals in both the Men's and Women's competitions.

Contents

[edit] Medalists

See also: List of Olympic medalists in basketball
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
details		  United States (USA)
Shareef Abdur-Rahim   Allan Houston
Ray Allen   Jason Kidd
Vin Baker   Antonio McDyess
Vince Carter   Alonzo Mourning
Kevin Garnett   Gary Payton
Tim Hardaway   Steve Smith
 France (FRA)
Jim Bilba   Crawford Palmer
Yann Bonato   Antoine Rigaudeau
Makan Dioumassi   Stéphane Risacher
Laurent Foirest   Laurent Sciarra
Thierry Gadou   Mustapha Sonko
Cyril Julian   Frédéric Weis
 Lithuania (LTU)
Dainius Adomaitis   Darius Maskoliūnas
Gintaras Einikis   Ramūnas Šiškauskas
Andrius Giedraitis   Darius Songaila
Šarūnas Jasikevičius   Saulius Štombergas
Kęstutis Marčiulionis   Mindaugas Timinskas
Tomas Masiulis   Eurelijus Žukauskas
Women
details		  United States (USA)
Ruthie Bolton-Holifield   DeLisha Milton
Teresa Edwards   Katie Smith
Yolanda Griffith   Dawn Staley
Chamique Holdsclaw   Sheryl Swoopes
Lisa Leslie   Natalie Williams
Nikki McCray   Kara Wolters
 Australia (AUS)
Carla Boyd   Lauren Jackson
Sandra Brondello   Annie la Fleur
Trisha Fallon   Shelley Sandie
Michelle Griffiths   Rachael Sporn
Kristi Harrower   Michele Timms
Jo Hill   Jenny Whittle
 Brazil (BRA)
Janeth Arcain   Alessandra Oliveira
Ilisaine David   Adriana Pinto
Lilian Gonçalves   Adriana Santos
Helen Luz   Cintia Santos
Silvinha   Kelly Santos
Claudia Neves   Marta Sobral

[edit] Qualification

An 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.

[edit] Basketball – Men

Main article: Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania Automatic qualifiers
 Angola  United States
 Canada		  China  Italy
 Lithuania
 France
 Spain
 Russia		  New Zealand  Yugoslavia – World champions
 Australia – Olympic hosts

[edit] Basketball – Women

Main article: Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification
Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania Automatic qualifiers
 Senegal  Cuba
 Brazil
 Canada		  Korea  Poland
 France
 Slovak Republic
 Russia		  New Zealand  United States – World champions
 Australia – Olympic hosts

[edit] Format

  • 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

[edit] Men's tournament

2000 men's teams.
Main article: Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's basketball

[edit] Preliminary round

Qualified for the quarterfinals

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

[edit] Group A

Team W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 United States 5 0 505 359 +146 10
 Italy 3 2 332 349 −17 8 1W–0L
 Lithuania 3 2 372 339 +33 8 0W–1L
 France 2 3 372 374 −2 7 1W–0L
 China 2 3 368 419 −51 7 0W–1L
 New Zealand 0 5 307 416 −109 5
September 17
9:30		 France  76–50  New Zealand    The Dome, Sydney
September 17
11:30		 Italy  50–48  Lithuania    The Dome, Sydney
September 17
21:30		 China  72–119  United States    The Dome, Sydney
September 19
11:30		 New Zealand  60–75  China    The Dome, Sydney
September 19
16:30		 United States  93–61  Italy    The Dome, Sydney
September 19
19:30		 Lithuania  81–63  France    The Dome, Sydney
September 21
9:30		 Italy  78–66  New Zealand    The Dome, Sydney
September 21
14:30		 China  70–82  France    The Dome, Sydney
September 21
16:30		 United States  85–76  Lithuania    The Dome, Sydney
September 23
9:30		 Lithuania  82–66  China    The Dome, Sydney
September 23
19:30		 New Zealand  56–102  United States    The Dome, Sydney
September 23
21:30		 France  57–67  Italy    The Dome, Sydney
September 25
11:30		 New Zealand  75–85  Lithuania    The Dome, Sydney
September 25
14:30		 Italy  76–85  China    The Dome, Sydney
September 25
16:30		 France  94–106  United States    The Dome, Sydney

[edit] Group B

Team W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 Canada 4 1 433 373 +60 9 1W–0L
 Yugoslavia 4 1 372 338 +34 9 0W–1L
 Australia 3 2 408 407 +1 8 1W–0L
 Russia 3 2 367 328 +39 8 0W–1L
 Spain 1 4 349 376 −27 6
 Angola 0 5 303 410 −107 5
September 17
14:30		 Yugoslavia  66–60  Russia    The Dome, Sydney
September 17
16:30		 Canada  101–90  Australia    The Dome, Sydney
September 17
19:30		 Spain  64–45  Angola    The Dome, Sydney
September 19
9:30		 Angola  54–99  Canada    The Dome, Sydney
September 19
14:30		 Russia  71–63  Spain    The Dome, Sydney
September 19
21:30		 Australia  66–80  Yugoslavia    The Dome, Sydney
September 21
11:30		 Canada  91–77  Spain    The Dome, Sydney
September 21
19:30		 Yugoslavia  73–64  Angola    The Dome, Sydney
September 21
21:30		 Australia  75–71  Russia    The Dome, Sydney
September 23
11:30		 Spain  65–78  Yugoslavia    The Dome, Sydney
September 23
14:30		 Russia  77–59  Canada    The Dome, Sydney
September 23
16:30		 Angola  75–86  Australia    The Dome, Sydney
September 25
9:30		 Angola  65–88  Russia    The Dome, Sydney
September 25
19:30		 Yugoslavia  75–83  Canada    The Dome, Sydney
September 25
21:30		 Australia  91–80  Spain    The Dome, Sydney

[edit] Championship bracket

  Quarterfinals
(September 28)		 Semifinals
(September 29)		 Gold medal game
(October 1)
                           
  A1   United States 85  
B4   Russia 70  
  A1   United States 85  
  A3   Lithuania 83  
B2   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

[edit] Classification matches

September 26
14:30		 11th place New Zealand  70–60  Angola    The Dome, Sydney
September 26
16:30		 9th place China  64–84  Spain    The Dome, Sydney
September 30
12:00		 7th place Canada  86–83  Russia 2OT  Sydney Superdome, Sydney
September 30
14:00		 5th place Italy  69–59  Yugoslavia    Sydney Superdome, Sydney

[edit] Women's tournament

2000 women's teams.

[edit] Preliminary round

Qualified for the quarterfinals

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

[edit] Group A

Team W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 Australia 5 0 394 274 +120 10
 France 4 1 338 287 +51 9
 Brazil 2 3 358 353 +5 7 1.12
 Slovak Republic 2 3 294 282 +12 7 0.97
 Canada 2 3 313 317 –4 7 0.91
 Senegal 0 5 199 383 –184 5
September 16
11:30		 Brazil  76–60  Slovak Republic    The Dome, Sydney
September 16
14:30		 France  75–39  Senegal    The Dome, Sydney
September 16
16:30		 Australia  78–46  Canada    The Dome, Sydney
September 18
9:30		 Senegal  41–62  Canada    The Dome, Sydney
September 18
19:30		 Slovak Republic  51–58  France    The Dome, Sydney
September 18
21:30		 Australia  81–70  Brazil    The Dome, Sydney
September 20
11:30		 Canada  58–70  France    The Dome, Sydney
September 20
14:30		 Brazil  82–48  Senegal    The Dome, Sydney
September 20
21:30		 Australia  70–47  Slovak Republic    The Dome, Sydney
September 22
11:30		 Slovak Republic  68–56  Canada    The Dome, Sydney
September 22
14:30		 France  73–70  Brazil OT  The Dome, Sydney
September 22
19:30		 Senegal  39–96  Australia    The Dome, Sydney
September 24
9:30		 Senegal  32–68  Slovak Republic    The Dome, Sydney
September 24
16:30		 France  62–69  Australia    The Dome, Sydney
September 24
21:30		 Brazil  60–61  Canada    The Dome, Sydney

[edit] Group B

Team W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 United States 5 0 446 312 +134 10
 Russia 3 2 398 325 +73 8 1.30
 Korea 3 2 343 296 +47 8 0.91
 Poland 3 2 327 339 –12 8 0.84
 Cuba 1 4 318 358 –40 6
 New Zealand 0 5 304 396 –92 5
September 16
9:30		 Poland  75–52  New Zealand    The Dome, Sydney
September 16
19:30		 Cuba  62–72  Russia    The Dome, Sydney
September 16
21:30		 Korea  75–89  United States    The Dome, Sydney
September 18
11:30		 Russia  84–46  Poland    The Dome, Sydney
September 18
14:30		 New Zealand  62–101  Korea    The Dome, Sydney
September 18
16:30		 United States  90–61  Cuba    The Dome, Sydney
September 20
9:30		 Cuba  74–55  New Zealand    The Dome, Sydney
September 20
16:30		 United States  88–77  Russia    The Dome, Sydney
September 20
19:30		 Korea  62–87  Poland    The Dome, Sydney
September 22
9:30		 Russia  73–75  Korea OT  The Dome, Sydney
September 22
16:30		 New Zealand  42–93  United States    The Dome, Sydney
September 22
21:30		 Poland  72–65  Cuba    The Dome, Sydney
September 24
11:30		 New Zealand  54–92  Russia    The Dome, Sydney
September 24
14:30		 Cuba  56–69  Korea    The Dome, Sydney
September 24
19:30		 United States  76–57  Poland    The Dome, Sydney

[edit] Championship bracket

  Quarterfinals
(September 27)		 Semifinals
(September 29)		 Gold medal game
(September 30)
                           
  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   Korea 69  
  B3   Korea 65 Bronze medal game
  B1   United States 78  
B1   United States 58 A3   Brazil (OT) 84
  A4   Slovak Republic 43   B3   Korea 73

[edit] Classification matches

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

[edit] Final Standings

Rank Men Women
Team Pld W L Team Pld W L
1  United States 8 8 0  United States 8 8 0
2  France 8 4 4  Australia 8 7 1
3  Lithuania 8 5 3  Brazil 8 4 4
4th  Australia 8 4 4  Korea 8 4 4
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th  Italy 7 4 3  France 7 5 2
6th  Serbia and Montenegro 7 4 3  Russia 7 3 4
7th  Canada 7 5 2  Slovak Republic 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

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