Women's volleyball
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueSydney Entertainment Centre
Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
Date16–30 September
Competitors144 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Cuba (3rd title)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Brazil

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

QualifiersDateHostVacanciesQualified
Host Country24 September 1993Monaco Monte Carlo1 Australia
1999 Women's World Cup2–16 November 1999Japan Japan3 Cuba
 Russia
 Brazil
European Qualification4–9 January 2000Germany Bremen1 Germany
North American Qualification5–8 January 2000United States Lakeland1 United States
South American Qualification4–6 January 2000Peru Lima1 Peru
African Qualification16–20 January 2000Kenya Nairobi1 Kenya
Asian Qualification17–25 June 2000Japan Tokyo1 South Korea
2000 Olympic Qualification Tournament3 Italy
 Croatia
 China
Total12

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 AGroup 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

Venues

Preliminary round

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:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Sep12:30Brazil 3–0 Kenya25–825–1125–13  75–32Report
16 Sep14:30Croatia 3–1 Australia25–2122–2525–1425–16 97–76Report
16 Sep21:10China 1–3 United States25–1921–2512–2524–26 82–95Report
18 Sep12:00China 1–3 Croatia23–2528–2620–2515–25 86–101Report
18 Sep14:30United States 3–0 Kenya25–1625–625–16  75–38Report
18 Sep18:20Australia 0–3 Brazil13–2518–2517–25  48–75Report
20 Sep14:30Kenya 1–3 Australia25–1620–2515–2526–28 86–94Report
20 Sep18:30Brazil 3–0 China25–1425–2125–18  75–53Report
20 Sep20:30Croatia 0–3 United States19–2518–2516–25  53–75Report
22 Sep10:00China 3–0 Kenya25–1525–1425–18  75–47Report
22 Sep18:30Croatia 0–3 Brazil21–2523–2523–25  67–75Report
22 Sep20:30United States 3–0 Australia25–1125–1725–10  75–38Report
24 Sep10:00Kenya 1–3 Croatia25–1816–2518–2518–25 77–93Report
24 Sep12:00Brazil 3–1 United States25–1720–2525–1525–15 95–72Report
24 Sep18:30Australia 0–3 China18–2514–2515–25  47–75Report

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:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
16 Sep10:00Germany 0–3 Cuba17–2518–2518–25  53–75Report
16 Sep12:00Peru 0–3 Russia17–2513–2520–25  50–75Report
16 Sep18:30South Korea 3–2 Italy23–2525–1825–2222–2527–25122–115Report
18 Sep10:00Italy 3–0 Peru25–1725–2025–20  75–57Report
18 Sep12:30Germany 0–3 South Korea16–2521–2522–25  59–75Report
18 Sep20:30Cuba 2–3 Russia25–2021–2525–2112–2513–1596–106Report
20 Sep10:00Peru 0–3 Germany16–2519–2516–25  51–75Report
20 Sep12:00Russia 3–1 Italy29–3125–1825–2125–19 104–89Report
20 Sep12:30South Korea 0–3 Cuba17–2513–2515–25  45–75Report
22 Sep12:00Cuba 3–0 Italy25–1825–2125–20  75–59Report
22 Sep12:30South Korea 3–1 Peru19–2525–1930–2825–17 99–89Report
22 Sep14:35Germany 2–3 Russia23–2525–2325–1426–286–15105–105Report
24 Sep12:30Italy 1–3 Germany22–2525–1321–2521–25 89–88Report
24 Sep14:40Peru 1–3 Cuba25–2312–2516–2516–25 69–98Report
24 Sep20:30Russia 3–0 South Korea25–1525–2125–16  75–52Report

Final round

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinsl
 
          
 
26 September
 
 
 Brazil3
 
28 September
 
 Germany0
 
 Brazil2
 
26 September
 
 Cuba3
 
 Croatia0
 
30 September
 
 Cuba3
 
 Cuba3
 
26 September
 
 Russia2
 
 United States3
 
28 September
 
 South Korea2
 
 United States2
 
26 September
 
 Russia3 Third place
 
 China0
 
30 September
 
 Russia3
 
 Brazil3
 
 
 United States0
 
 
5–8th place5th place
 
      
 
27 September
 
 
 Germany3
 
28 September
 
 Croatia1
 
 Germany1
 
27 September
 
 China3
 
 South Korea1
 
 
 China3
 
7th place
 
 
28 September
 
 
 Croatia3
 
 
 South Korea1

Quarterfinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
26 Sep12:30Croatia 0–3 Cuba18–2523–2521–25  62–75Report
26 Sep14:30China 0–3 Russia25–2723–2525–27  73–79
26 Sep18:30Brazil 3–0 Germany25–2225–1825–17  75–57Report
26 Sep20:30United States 3–2 South Korea26–2417–2525–2325–2716–14109–113Report

5th–8th places

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Sep10:00Germany 3–1 Croatia27–2527–2925–2125–18 104–93Report
27 Sep12:20South Korea 1–3 China25–2319–2523–2519–25 86–98Report

7th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 Sep12:30Croatia 3–1 South Korea25–1824–2625–2225–21 99–87Report

5th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 Sep14:40Germany 1–3 China19–2519–2525–2218–25 81–97Report

1st–4th places

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 Sep18:30Brazil 2–3 Cuba29–2719–2525–2119–259–15101–113Report
28 Sep20:55United States 2–3 Russia15–2525–2315–2528–268–1591–114Report

Bronze medal match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Sep12:30Brazil 3–0 United States25–1825–2225–21  75–61Report

Gold medal match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Sep14:30Cuba 3–2 Russia25–2732–3425–1925–1815–7122–105Report

Final standings

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze

Individual awards

  • Most valuable player
 Barbara Jelic (CRO)

See also

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".
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