Basketball_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_–_Women's_tournament

Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

International basketball 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.

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Qualifying

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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

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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. 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

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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. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Awards

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Final standings

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References
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