Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's volleyball at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney Entertainment Centre Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
Date	16–30 September
Competitors	144 from 12 nations
Medalists
Cuba (3rd title)   Russia   Brazil
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The 2000 women's Olympic volleyball tournament was the tenth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the International Olympic Committee. It was held from 16 to 30 September 2000 in the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Darling Harbour. ^[1]

Qualification

Qualifiers	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	24 September 1993	Monte Carlo	1	Australia
1999 Women's World Cup	2–16 November 1999	Japan	3	Cuba
				Russia
				Brazil
European Qualification	4–9 January 2000	Bremen	1	Germany
North American Qualification	5–8 January 2000	Lakeland	1	United States
South American Qualification	4–6 January 2000	Lima	1	Peru
African Qualification	16–20 January 2000	Nairobi	1	Kenya
Asian Qualification	17–25 June 2000	Tokyo	1	South Korea
2000 Olympic Qualification Tournament			3	Italy
				Croatia
				China
Total			12

Format

The tournament was played in two different stages. In the Preliminary round (first stage), the twelve participants were divided into two pools of six teams. A single round-robin format was played within each pool to determine the teams position in the pool. The four highest ranked teams in each pool advanced to the Final round (second stage) and the two lowest ranked teams took no further participation (with pool places 5th and 6th being ranked in the final standings as joined 9th and 11th, respectively).

The Final round was played in a single elimination format, with placement matches determining the top eight positions. Starting at the quarterfinals, winners advanced to the semifinals while losers advanced to the placement matches (5th–8th semifinal).

Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the Serpentine system according to their ranking as of January 2000. ^[2]

Twelve qualified nations were drawn into two groups, each consisting of six teams. After a robin-round, the four highest-placed teams in each group advanced to a knock-out round to decide the medals.

Group A	Group B
Australia (Hosts)	Cuba (1)
Brazil (3)	Russia (2)
China (4)	South Korea (5)
United States (9)	Italy (8)
Croatia (10)	Germany (11)
Kenya (15)	Peru (12)

Rosters

Main article: Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters

Venues

• Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia
• Sydney Showground Pavilion 4, Sydney, Australia

Preliminary round

• All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10:00).
• venues: Sydney Showground Pavilion 4 (matches starting at 12:00 or earlier) and Sydney Entertainment Centre (matches starting at 12:30 or later).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	5	0	10	15	1	15.000	395	272	1.452	Quarterfinals
2	United States	5	4	1	9	13	4	3.250	392	306	1.281
3	Croatia	5	3	2	8	9	9	1.000	411	389	1.057
4	China	5	2	3	7	8	9	0.889	371	365	1.016
5	Australia	5	1	4	6	4	13	0.308	303	408	0.743
6	Kenya	5	0	5	5	2	15	0.133	280	412	0.680

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Sep	12:30	Brazil	3–0	Kenya	25–8	25–11	25–13			75–32	Report
16 Sep	14:30	Croatia	3–1	Australia	25–21	22–25	25–14	25–16		97–76	Report
16 Sep	21:10	China	1–3	United States	25–19	21–25	12–25	24–26		82–95	Report
18 Sep	12:00	China	1–3	Croatia	23–25	28–26	20–25	15–25		86–101	Report
18 Sep	14:30	United States	3–0	Kenya	25–16	25–6	25–16			75–38	Report
18 Sep	18:20	Australia	0–3	Brazil	13–25	18–25	17–25			48–75	Report
20 Sep	14:30	Kenya	1–3	Australia	25–16	20–25	15–25	26–28		86–94	Report
20 Sep	18:30	Brazil	3–0	China	25–14	25–21	25–18			75–53	Report
20 Sep	20:30	Croatia	0–3	United States	19–25	18–25	16–25			53–75	Report
22 Sep	10:00	China	3–0	Kenya	25–15	25–14	25–18			75–47	Report
22 Sep	18:30	Croatia	0–3	Brazil	21–25	23–25	23–25			67–75	Report
22 Sep	20:30	United States	3–0	Australia	25–11	25–17	25–10			75–38	Report
24 Sep	10:00	Kenya	1–3	Croatia	25–18	16–25	18–25	18–25		77–93	Report
24 Sep	12:00	Brazil	3–1	United States	25–17	20–25	25–15	25–15		95–72	Report
24 Sep	18:30	Australia	0–3	China	18–25	14–25	15–25			47–75	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	5	5	0	10	15	5	3.000	465	392	1.186	Quarterfinals
2	Cuba	5	4	1	9	14	4	3.500	419	332	1.262
3	South Korea	5	3	2	8	9	9	1.000	393	413	0.952
4	Germany	5	2	3	7	8	10	0.800	380	395	0.962
5	Italy	5	1	4	6	7	12	0.583	427	446	0.957
6	Peru	5	0	5	5	2	15	0.133	316	422	0.749

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Sep	10:00	Germany	0–3	Cuba	17–25	18–25	18–25			53–75	Report
16 Sep	12:00	Peru	0–3	Russia	17–25	13–25	20–25			50–75	Report
16 Sep	18:30	South Korea	3–2	Italy	23–25	25–18	25–22	22–25	27–25	122–115	Report
18 Sep	10:00	Italy	3–0	Peru	25–17	25–20	25–20			75–57	Report
18 Sep	12:30	Germany	0–3	South Korea	16–25	21–25	22–25			59–75	Report
18 Sep	20:30	Cuba	2–3	Russia	25–20	21–25	25–21	12–25	13–15	96–106	Report
20 Sep	10:00	Peru	0–3	Germany	16–25	19–25	16–25			51–75	Report
20 Sep	12:00	Russia	3–1	Italy	29–31	25–18	25–21	25–19		104–89	Report
20 Sep	12:30	South Korea	0–3	Cuba	17–25	13–25	15–25			45–75	Report
22 Sep	12:00	Cuba	3–0	Italy	25–18	25–21	25–20			75–59	Report
22 Sep	12:30	South Korea	3–1	Peru	19–25	25–19	30–28	25–17		99–89	Report
22 Sep	14:35	Germany	2–3	Russia	23–25	25–23	25–14	26–28	6–15	105–105	Report
24 Sep	12:30	Italy	1–3	Germany	22–25	25–13	21–25	21–25		89–88	Report
24 Sep	14:40	Peru	1–3	Cuba	25–23	12–25	16–25	16–25		69–98	Report
24 Sep	20:30	Russia	3–0	South Korea	25–15	25–21	25–16			75–52	Report

Final round

• All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10:00).
• venues: Sydney Entertainment Centre (except for 5th–8th places semifinals, which were played at Sydney Showground Pavilion 4).

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	26 September
	Brazil	3
					28 September
	Germany	0
					Brazil	2
	26 September
					Cuba	3
	Croatia	0
									30 September
	Cuba	3
									Cuba	3
	26 September
									Russia	2
	United States	3
					28 September
	South Korea	2
					United States	2
	26 September
					Russia	3			Third place
	China	0
									30 September
	Russia	3
									Brazil	3
									United States	0

	5–8th place				5th place
	27 September
	Germany	3
					28 September
	Croatia	1
					Germany	1
	27 September
					China	3
	South Korea	1
	China	3
					7th place
					28 September
					Croatia	3
					South Korea	1

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Sep	12:30	Croatia	0–3	Cuba	18–25	23–25	21–25			62–75	Report
26 Sep	14:30	China	0–3	Russia	25–27	23–25	25–27			73–79
26 Sep	18:30	Brazil	3–0	Germany	25–22	25–18	25–17			75–57	Report
26 Sep	20:30	United States	3–2	South Korea	26–24	17–25	25–23	25–27	16–14	109–113	Report

5th–8th places

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Sep	10:00	Germany	3–1	Croatia	27–25	27–29	25–21	25–18		104–93	Report
27 Sep	12:20	South Korea	1–3	China	25–23	19–25	23–25	19–25		86–98	Report

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	12:30	Croatia	3–1	South Korea	25–18	24–26	25–22	25–21		99–87	Report

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	14:40	Germany	1–3	China	19–25	19–25	25–22	18–25		81–97	Report

1st–4th places

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	18:30	Brazil	2–3	Cuba	29–27	19–25	25–21	19–25	9–15	101–113	Report
28 Sep	20:55	United States	2–3	Russia	15–25	25–23	15–25	28–26	8–15	91–114	Report

Bronze medal match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Sep	12:30	Brazil	3–0	United States	25–18	25–22	25–21			75–61	Report

Gold medal match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Sep	14:30	Cuba	3–2	Russia	25–27	32–34	25–19	25–18	15–7	122–105	Report

Final standings

Place Team   Cuba   Russia   Brazil 4   United States 5   China 6   Germany 7   Croatia 8   South Korea 9   Italy 10   Australia 11   Peru 12   Kenya

2000 Women's Olympic champions  Cuba 3rd title 12-woman roster Yumilka Ruiz, Marlenis Costa, Mireya Luis, Lilia Izquierdo, Idalmis Gato, Regla Bell, Regla Torres, Taismary Agüero, Ana Fernández, Mirka Francia, Marta Sánchez, Zoila Barros Head coach Luis Calderon

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cuba  (CUB) Yumilka Ruiz Marlenis Costa Mireya Luis Lilia Izquierdo Idalmis Gato Regla Bell Regla Torres Taismary Agüero Ana Fernández Mirka Francia Marta Sánchez Zoila Barros Head coach: Luis Calderon	Russia  (RUS) Olga Potachova Natalya Morozova Anastasia Belikova Yelena Tyurina (L) Lyubov Shashkova Yelena Godina Yevgeniya Artamonova Elizaveta Tishchenko Yelena Vasilevskaya Yekaterina Gamova Tatyana Gracheva Inessa Sargsyan Head coach: Nikolay Karpol	Brazil  (BRA) Elisângela Oliveira Janina Conceição Raquel Silva Ricarda Lima (L) Hélia Souza Leila Barros Walewska Oliveira Virna Dias Karin Rodrigues Kelly Fraga Érika Coimbra Kátia Lopes Head coach: Bernardo Rezende

Individual awards

• Most valuable player

  Barbara Jelic  (CRO)

• Best scorer

    Barbara Jelic  (CRO)

• Best spiker

    Regla Torres  (CUB)

• Best blocker

    Danielle Scott  (USA)

• Best server

    Elena Godina  (RUS)

• Best digger

    Ricarda Lima  (BRA)

• Best setter

    Hélia Souza  (BRA)

• Best receiver

    Koo Ki-Lan  (KOR)

See also

• Men's Olympic Tournament

References

1. "Volleyball at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's Volleyball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
2. FIVB (January 2000). "FIVB World Rankings – Women".

External links

• Results
• Official Games Results
• Final standings (1964–2000) at FIVB.org
• Official Games volleyball results (pgs. 1–35, 85–91)