Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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
Gold medalists  United States
Silver medalists Australia
Bronze medalists  Brazil
Tournaments
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Basketball at the
2000 Summer Olympics
Tournament
menwomen
Squads
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Qualification
menwomen
Competing teams.
Main article: Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Qualifying
Main article: Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification
CountryQualified asDate of qualificationPrevious appearance
 AustraliaOlympics hostSep 24, 1993 1996
 United StatesWorld championJun 27, 1998 1996
 South KoreaAsian championMay 9, 1999 1996
 New ZealandOceanian championJun 4, 1999 First appearance
 SenegalAfrican championDec 20, 1997 First appearance
 BrazilAmericas runner-upMay 17, 1999 1996
 CubaAmericas championMay 17, 1999 1996
 CanadaAmericas third placeMay 17, 1999 1996
 PolandEuropean championJun 6, 1999 First appearance
 FranceEuropean runner-upJun 6, 1999First Appearance
 RussiaEuropean third placeJun 6, 19991996
 SlovakiaEuropean fourth placeJun 6, 1999First appearance

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

Preliminary round
Qualified for the quarterfinals

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

Group A
Team W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 Australia50394274+12010
 France41338287+519
 Brazil23358353+571.12
 Slovakia23294282+1270.97
 Canada23313317−470.91
 Senegal05199383−1845
16 September
11:30
Brazil  76–60  Slovakia
The Dome, Sydney
16 September
14:30
France  75–39  Senegal
The Dome, Sydney
16 September
16:30
Australia  78–46  Canada
The Dome, Sydney
18 September
9:30
Canada  62–41  Senegal
The Dome, Sydney
18 September
19:30
France  58–51  Slovakia
The Dome, Sydney
18 September
21:30
Australia  81–70  Brazil
The Dome, Sydney
20 September
11:30
France  70–58  Canada
The Dome, Sydney
20 September
14:30
Brazil  82–48  Senegal
The Dome, Sydney
20 September
21:30
Australia  70–47  Slovakia
The Dome, Sydney
22 September
11:30
Slovakia  68–56  Canada
The Dome, Sydney
22 September
14:30
France  73–70 (OT)  Brazil
The Dome, Sydney
22 September
19:30
Australia  96–39  Senegal
The Dome, Sydney
24 September
9:30
Slovakia  68–32  Senegal
The Dome, Sydney
24 September
16:30
Australia  69–62  France
The Dome, Sydney
24 September
21:30
Canada  61–60  Brazil
The Dome, Sydney

Group B
Team W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 United States50436312+12410
 Russia32398325+7381.30
 South Korea32382367+1580.91
 Poland32337339−280.84
 Cuba14318358−406
 New Zealand05265435-1705
16 September
9:30
Poland  75–52  New Zealand
The Dome, Sydney
16 September
19:30
Russia  72–62  Cuba
The Dome, Sydney
16 September
21:30
United States  89–75  South Korea
The Dome, Sydney
18 September
11:30
Russia  84–46  Poland
The Dome, Sydney
18 September
14:30
South Korea  101–62  New Zealand
The Dome, Sydney
18 September
16:30
United States  90–61  Cuba
The Dome, Sydney
20 September
9:30
Cuba  74–55  New Zealand
The Dome, Sydney
20 September
16:30
United States  88–77  Russia
The Dome, Sydney
20 September
19:30
Poland  87–62  South Korea
The Dome, Sydney
22 September
9:30
South Korea  75–73 (OT)  Russia
The Dome, Sydney
22 September
16:30
United States  93–42  New Zealand
The Dome, Sydney
22 September
21:30
Poland  72–65  Cuba
The Dome, Sydney
24 September
11:30
Russia  92–54  New Zealand
The Dome, Sydney
24 September
14:30
South Korea  69–56  Cuba
The Dome, Sydney
24 September
19:30
United States  76–57  Poland
The Dome, Sydney

Tournament Bracket

Championship bracket
  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

Quarterfinals
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

Finals
September 30
11:00
South Korea  73–84  Brazil
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 14,833
September 30
13:15
Australia  54–76  United States
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 14,833

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

Awards
2000 Women's Olympic Basketball Champions

United States
Fourth title

Final Standings
RankTeamPldWL
 United States880
 Australia871
 Brazil844
4th South Korea844
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th France752
6th Russia734
7th Slovakia734
8th Poland734
Preliminary round 5th placers
9th Cuba624
10th Canada624
Preliminary round 6th placers
11th New Zealand615
12th Senegal606

References
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