Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Basketball contests at the 2000 Summer Olympics was the fifteenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It was held from 16 September 2000 to 1 October 2000. Games took place at the Sydney SuperDome and the Dome in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The United States claimed the gold medals in both the men's and women's competitions.

15th Olympic Basketball Tournament
Sydney 2000
Tournament details
Olympics2000 Summer Olympics
Host nationAustralia
CitySydney
Duration16 September – 1 October
Men's tournament
Teams12
Medals
Gold medalists  United States
Silver medalists France
Bronze medalists  Lithuania
Women's tournament
Teams12
Medals
Gold medalists  United States
Silver medalists Australia
Bronze medalists  Brazil
Tournaments
 Atlanta 1996  Athens 2004 

Venues

Sydney, New South Wales
Sydney Super Dome The Dome
Capacity: 18,200 Capacity: 10,000

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
 United States (USA)

Shareef Abdur-Rahim
Ray Allen
Vin Baker
Vince Carter
Kevin Garnett
Tim Hardaway
Allan Houston
Jason Kidd
Antonio McDyess
Alonzo Mourning
Gary Payton
Steve Smith

 France (FRA)

Jim Bilba
Yann Bonato
Makan Dioumassi
Laurent Foirest
Thierry Gadou
Cyril Julian
Crawford Palmer
Antoine Rigaudeau
Stéphane Risacher
Laurent Sciarra
Mustapha Sonko
Frédéric Weis

 Lithuania (LTU)

Dainius Adomaitis
Gintaras Einikis
Andrius Giedraitis
Šarūnas Jasikevičius
Kęstutis Marčiulionis
Tomas Masiulis
Darius Maskoliūnas
Ramūnas Šiškauskas
Darius Songaila
Saulius Štombergas
Mindaugas Timinskas
Eurelijus Žukauskas

Women
 United States (USA)

Ruthie Bolton-Holifield
Teresa Edwards
Yolanda Griffith
Chamique Holdsclaw
Lisa Leslie
Nikki McCray
DeLisha Milton
Katie Smith
Dawn Staley
Sheryl Swoopes
Natalie Williams
Kara Wolters

 Australia (AUS)

Carla Boyd
Sandra Brondello
Trisha Fallon
Michelle Griffiths
Kristi Harrower
Jo Hill
Lauren Jackson
Annie la Fleur
Shelley Sandie
Rachael Sporn
Michele Timms
Jenny Whittle

 Brazil (BRA)

Janeth Arcain
Ilisaine David
Lilian Gonçalves
Helen Luz
Silvia Luz
Claudia Neves
Alessandra Oliveira
Adriana Pinto
Adriana Santos
Cintia Santos
Kelly Santos
Marta Sobral

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter up to one men's team with 12 players and up to one women's team with 12 players. The reigning world champions and the host country qualify automatically, as do the winners of the five continental championships, plus the Americas runner-up and four additional berths from Europe in the men's competition, and the second and third place from the Americas tournament plus three additional squads from Europe in the women's competition.

Basketball – Men

AfricaAmericasAsiaEuropeOceaniaAutomatic qualifiers
 Angola United States
 Canada
 China Italy
 Lithuania
 France
 Spain
 Russia
 New Zealand FR YugoslaviaWorld champions
 Australia – Olympic hosts

Basketball – Women

AfricaAmericasAsiaEuropeOceaniaAutomatic qualifiers
 Senegal Cuba
 Brazil
 Canada
 South Korea Poland
 France
 Slovakia
 Russia
 New Zealand United StatesWorld champions
 Australia – Olympic hosts

Format

  • Twelve teams are split into two preliminary round groups of six teams each.
  • The top four teams from both groups qualify for the knockout stage.
  • Fifth-placed teams from both groups compete for 9th place in an additional match.
  • Sixth-placed teams from both groups compete for 11th place in an additional match.
  • In the quarterfinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B4, A2 vs. B3, A3 vs. B2, and A4 vs. B1.
    • From the eliminated teams at the quarterfinals, the loser from A1 vs. B4 competes against the loser from A2 vs. B3 for 5th place in an additional match. The remaining two loser teams compete for 6th place in an additional match.
  • The winning teams from the quarterfinals meet in the semifinals as follows: A1/B4 vs. A3/B2 and A2/B3 vs. A4/B1.
  • The winning teams from the semifinals contest the gold medal. The losing teams contest the bronze.

Tie-breaking criteria:

  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

Men's tournament

2000 men's teams.

Championship bracket

  Quarterfinals
(28 September)
Semifinals
(29 September)
Gold medal game
(1 October)
                           
  A1  United States 85  
B4  Russia 70  
  A1  United States 85  
  A3  Lithuania 83  
B2 FR Yugoslavia 63
  A3  Lithuania 76  
    A1  United States 85
  A4  France 75
  A2  Italy 62  
B3  Australia 65  
  B3  Australia 52 Third place
  A4  France 76  
B1  Canada 63 A3  Lithuania 89
  A4  France 68   B3  Australia 71

Women's tournament

2000 women's teams.

Championship bracket

  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 58  
B3  South Korea 69  
  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

Final standings

Rank Men Women
TeamPldWLTeamPldWL
 United States880  United States880
 France844  Australia871
 Lithuania853  Brazil844
4th Australia844  South Korea844
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th Italy743  France752
6th FR Yugoslavia743  Russia734
7th Canada752  Slovakia734
8th Russia734  Poland734
Preliminary round 5th placers
9th Spain624  Cuba624
10th China624  Canada624
Preliminary round 6th placers
11th New Zealand615  New Zealand615
12th Angola606  Senegal606

References

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