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Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

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The women's qualification for the 2000 Olympic women's basketball tournament occurred from 1998–2000; all five FIBA (International Basketball Federation) zones sent in teams.

The first qualifying tournament was the 1998 FIBA World Championship for Women in which the champion was guaranteed of a place in the Olympics. Throughout the next two years, several regional tournaments served as qualification for the zonal tournaments, which doubles as intercontinental championships, to determine which teams were to participate in the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics.

Qualification

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Outright qualification

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Twelve teams took part in the Olympics, with each NOC sending in one team. The host nation (Australia) qualified automatically as hosts.

There are a total of 5 zonal tournaments (doubling as intercontinental championships) that determined the qualifying teams, with a total of 7 teams qualifying outright. Each zone was allocated with the following qualifying berths:

Furthermore, United States qualified automatically by winning at the 1998 FIBA World Championship for Women.

Summary

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Qualified for the Olympics outright
Qualified automatically

These are the final standings of the different Olympic qualifying tournaments. The venues are as follows:

Rank World Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania Host
1st  United States  Senegal  Cuba  South Korea  Poland  Australia  Australia
2nd  Russia  DR Congo  Brazil  Japan  France  New Zealand
3rd  Australia  Nigeria  Canada  Chinese Taipei  Russia  New Caledonia
4th  Brazil  Kenya  Mexico  China  Slovakia
5th  Spain  Angola  Argentina  Thailand  Czech Republic
6th  Lithuania  Mali  Dominican Republic  North Korea  Lithuania
7th  Cuba  Cambodia  Puerto Rico  Malaysia  Yugoslavia
8th  Slovakia  Tanzania  Venezuela  Hong Kong  Croatia
9th  Japan  Uganda  Sri Lanka  Latvia
10th  Hungary  Bosnia and Herzegovina
11th  Germany  Italy
12th  China  Germany
13th  South Korea
14th  Senegal
15th  Argentina
16th  DR Congo

Qualified teams

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References

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