Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

This article is about the indoor tournament. For the beach tournament, see Beach volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

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]

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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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]}

16 September 2000 12:30	Brazil	3–0	Kenya	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(25–8, 25–11, 25–13) Report

16 September 2000 14:30	Croatia	3–1	Australia	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(25–21, 22–25, 25–14, 25–16) Report

16 September 2000 21:10	China	1–3	United States	Sydney Entertainment Centre Attendance: 8,250 Referees: Klaus Fezer (Germany), Bela Hobor (Hungary)
	(25–19, 21–25, 12–25 ,24–26) Report

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18 September 2000 12:00	China	1–3	Croatia	Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
	(23–25, 28–26, 20–25, 15–25) Report

18 September 2000 14:30	United States	3–0	Kenya	Sydney Entertainment Centre Attendance: 4,848 Referees: Ivan Golianski (Russia), Themistoklis Kalpaktsoglou (Greece)
	(25–16, 25–6, 25–16) Report

18 September 2000 18:20	Australia	0–3	Brazil	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(13–25, 18–25, 17–25) Report

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20 September 2000 14:30	Kenya	1–3	Australia	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(25–16, 20–25, 15–25, 26–28) Report

20 September 2000 18:30	Brazil	3–0	China	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(25–14, 25–21, 25–18) Report

20 September 2000 20:30	Croatia	0–3	United States	Sydney Entertainment Centre Attendance: 8,457 Referees: Kim Kun-Tae (South Korea), Songsak Chareonpong (Thailand)
	(19–25, 18–25, 16–25) Report

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22 September 2000 10:00	China	3–0	Kenya	Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
	(25–15, 25–14, 25–18) Report

22 September 2000 18:30	Croatia	0–3	Brazil	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(21–25, 23–25, 23–25) Report

22 September 2000 20:30	United States	3–0	Australia	Sydney Entertainment Centre Attendance: 8,219 Referees: Jarmo Salonen (Finland), Ivan Golianski (Russia)
	(25–11, 25–17, 25–10) Report

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24 September 2000 10:00	Kenya	1–3	Croatia	Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
	(25–18, 16–25, 18–25, 18–25) Report

24 September 2000 12:00	Brazil	3–1	United States	Sydney Showground Pavilion 4 Attendance: 4,686 Referees: Takashi Shimoyama (Japan), Bela Hobor (Hungary)
	(25–17, 20–25, 25–15, 25–15) Report

24 September 2000 18:30	Australia	0–3	China	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(18–25, 14–25, 15–25) 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]}

16 September 2000 10:00	Germany	0–3	Cuba	Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
	(17–25, 18–25, 18–25) Report

16 September 2000 12:00	Peru	0–3	Russia	Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
	(17–25, 13–25, 20–25) Report

16 September 2000 18:30	South Korea	3–2	Italy	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(23–25, 25–18, 25–22, 22–25, 27–25) Report

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18 September 2000 10:00	Italy	3–0	Peru	Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
	(25–17, 25–20, 25–20) Report

18 September 2000 12:30	Germany	0–3	South Korea	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(16–25, 21–25, 22–25) Report

18 September 2000 20:30	Cuba	2–3	Russia	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(25–20, 21–25, 25–21, 12–25, 13–15) Report

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20 September 2000 10:00	Peru	0–3	Germany	Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
	(16–25, 19–25, 16–25) Report

20 September 2000 12:00	Russia	3–1	Italy	Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
	(29–31, 25–18, 25–21, 25–19) Report

20 September 2000 12:30	South Korea	0–3	Cuba	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(17–25, 13–25, 15–25) Report

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22 September 2000 12:00	Cuba	3–0	Italy	Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
	(25–18, 25–21, 25–20) Report

22 September 2000 12:30	South Korea	3–1	Peru	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(19–25, 25–19, 30–28, 25–17) Report

22 September 2000 14:35	Germany	2–3	Russia	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(23–25, 25–23, 25–14, 26–28, 6–15) Report

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24 September 2000 12:30	Italy	1–3	Germany	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(22–25, 25–13, 21–25, 21–25) Report

24 September 2000 14:40	Peru	1–3	Cuba	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(25–23, 12–25, 16–25, 16–25) Report

24 September 2000 20:30	Russia	3–0	South Korea	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(25–15, 25–21, 25–16) 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

26 September 2000 12:30	Croatia	0–3	Cuba	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(18–25, 23–25, 21–25) Report

26 September 2000 14:30	China	0–3	Russia	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(25–27, 23–25, 25–27)

26 September 2000 18:30	Brazil	3–0	Germany	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(25–22, 25–18, 25–17) Report

26 September 2000 20:30	United States	3–2	South Korea	Sydney Entertainment Centre Attendance: 7,496 Referees: Jarmo Salonen (Finland), Paolo Porcari (Italy)
	(26–24, 17–25, 25–23, 25–27, 16–14) Report

5th–8th places

Semifinals

27 September 2000 10:00	Germany	3–1	Croatia	Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
	(27–25, 27–29, 25–21, 25–18) Report

27 September 2000 12:20	South Korea	1–3	China	Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
	(25–23, 19–25, 23–25, 19–25) Report

7th place match

28 September 2000 12:30	Croatia	3–1	South Korea	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(25–18, 24–26, 25–22, 25–21) Report

5th place match

28 September 2000 14:40	Germany	1–3	China	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(19–25, 19–25, 25–22, 18–25) Report

1st–4th places

Semifinals

28 September 2000 18:30	Brazil	2–3	Cuba	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(29–27, 19–25, 25–21, 19–25 ,9–15) Report

28 September 2000 20:55	United States	2–3	Russia	Sydney Entertainment Centre Attendance: 9,031 Referees: Juan Pereyra (Argentina), Songsak Chareonpong (Thailand)
	(15–25, 25–23, 15–25, 28–26, 8–15) Report

Bronze medal match

30 September 2000 12:30	Brazil	3–0	United States	Sydney Entertainment Centre Attendance: 9,044 Referees: Stoyan Stoyanov (Bulgaria), Bela Hobor (Hungary)
	(25–18, 25–22, 25–21) Report

Gold medal match

30 September 2000 14:30	Cuba	3–2	Russia	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(25–27, 32–34, 25–19, 25–18, 15–7) Report

Final standings

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

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

   Regla Torres (CUB)

• 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