| Softball at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Blacktown Olympic Centre | |||||||||
| Dates | 17–26 September 2000 | |||||||||
| Teams | 8 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Final results for the Softball competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics:
Starting 17 September, there will be four preliminary games each day until 23 September for a total of 28 games. Two semi-final games played 25 September, with the game for third place same day. The final game for the gold medal played on 26 September at 7:30 pm local time.
Eight teams competed in the Olympic softball tournament, and the competition consisted of two rounds. The preliminary round followed a round robin format, where each of the teams played all the other teams once. Following this, the top four teams advanced to a Page playoff system round consisting of two semifinal games, and finally the bronze and gold medal games.
| Qualified for the semifinals | |
| Eliminated |
The top four teams advanced to the semifinal round.
| Team | W | L | RS | RA | WIN% | GB | Tiebreaker |
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 Japan | 7 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 1.000 | – | – |
 Australia | 6 | 1 | 22 | 5 | .857 | 1.0 | – |
 China | 5 | 2 | 26 | 4 | .714 | 2.0 | – |
 United States | 4 | 3 | 19 | 6 | .571 | 3.0 | – |
 Italy | 2 | 5 | 3 | 27 | .286 | 5.0 | 1–0 vs. NZL |
 New Zealand | 2 | 5 | 12 | 22 | .286 | 5.0 | 0–1 vs. ITA |
 Cuba | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | .143 | 6.0 | 1–0 vs. CAN |
 Canada | 1 | 6 | 6 | 30 | .143 | 6.0 | 0–1 vs. CUB |
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| 17 September | 10:30 | Canada | 0 | – | 6 | United States | |
| 17 September | 13:00 | Italy | 0 | – | 5 | China PR | |
| 17 September | 17:30 | Cuba | 1 | – | 4 | Japan | |
| 17 September | 20:00 | New Zealand | 2 | – | 3 | Australia | IN 10 INNINGS |
| 18 September | 10:30 | China PR | 1 | – | 3 | Japan | |
| 18 September | 13:00 | Cuba | 0 | – | 3 | United States | |
| 18 September | 17:30 | New Zealand | 3 | – | 2 | Canada | IN 10 INNINGS |
| 18 September | 20:00 | Australia | 7 | – | 0 | Italy | |
| 19 September | 10:30 | Japan | 2 | – | 1 | United States | |
| 19 September | 13:00 | Italy | 1 | – | 0 | Cuba | |
| 19 September | 17:30 | New Zealand | 0 | – | 10 | China PR | MERCY RULE, BOTTOM 6TH |
| 19 September | 20:00 | Australia | 1 | – | 0 | Canada | |
| 20 September | 10:30 | New Zealand | 6 | – | 2 | Cuba | |
| 20 September | 13:00 | Japan | 1 | – | 0 | Australia | IN 8 INNINGS |
| 20 September | 17:30 | Canada | 7 | – | 1 | Italy | |
| 20 September | 20:00 | China PR | 2 | – | 0 | United States | IN 14 INNINGS |
| 21 September | 10:30 | New Zealand | 0 | – | 1 | Italy | |
| 21 September | 13:00 | United States | 1 | – | 2 | Australia | IN 13 INNINGS |
| 21 September | 17:30 | Cuba | 0 | – | 7 | China PR | |
| 21 September | 20:00 | Japan | 4 | – | 3 | Canada | IN 10 INNINGS |
| 22 September | 10:30 | United States | 2 | – | 0 | New Zealand | |
| 22 September | 13:00 | Canada | 1 | – | 2 | Cuba | |
| 22 September | 17:30 | China PR | 0 | – | 1 | Australia | |
| 22 September | 20:00 | Japan | 2 | – | 0 | Italy | IN 8 INNINGS |
| 23 September | 10:30 | Australia | 8 | – | 1 | Cuba | |
| 23 September | 13:00 | China PR | 1 | – | 0 | Canada | |
| 23 September | 17:30 | New Zealand | 1 | – | 2 | Japan | |
| 23 September | 20:00 | United States | 6 | – | 0 | Italy |
| 25 September | 9:30 | Japan | 1 | – | 0 | Australia | |
| 25 September | 12:00 | China PR | 0 | – | 3 | United States |
| 25 September | 19:30 | Australia | 0 | – | 1 | United States |
| 26 September | 19:30 | Japan | 1 | – | 2 | United States | IN 8 INNINGS |
The loser of 1&2 seed game played the winner of the 3&4 seed game in the bronze medal match. The loser of the bronze medal match won the bronze medal while the winner went on to play the winner of the 1&2 seed game for the gold medal in the gold medal match.
| Semifinals | Bronze medal game | Gold medal game | |||||||||||
| 1 | Japan | 1 | 1 | Japan | 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | Australia | 0 | 4 | United States | 28 | ||||||||
| 2 | Australia | 0 | |||||||||||
| 4 | United States | 1 | |||||||||||
| 3 | China | 0 | |||||||||||
| 4 | United States | 310 | |||||||||||
| Rank | Team | Games | Wins | Losses |
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 |  United States (USA) | 10 | 7 | 3 |
 |  Japan (JPN) | 9 | 8 | 1 |
 |  Australia (AUS) | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| 4 |  China (CHN) | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 5 |  Italy (ITA) | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 |  New Zealand (NZL) | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 |  Cuba (CUB) | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 |  Canada (CAN) | 7 | 1 | 6 |
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