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Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

 
Wikipedia: Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics
15th Basketball Olympic Tournament
Sydney 2000
Tournament details
Olympics 2000 Summer Olympics
Host nation  Australia
City Sydney
Duration
Men's teams 12
Men's medals:
Gold medalists  USA
Silver medalists  France
Bronze medalists  Lithuania
Women's teams 12
Women's medals:
Gold medalists  USA
Silver medalists  Australia
Bronze medalists  Brazil
Basketball at the
2000 Summer Olympics
Tournament
men  women
Squads
men  women

Final results for the Basketball competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Games took place at the Sydney SuperDome and The Dome.

Contents

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's United States United States (USA)
Steve Smith
Gary Payton
Vince Carter
Ray Allen
Vin Baker
Kevin Garnett
Tim Hardaway
Allan Houston
Jason Kidd
Antonio McDyess
Alonzo Mourning
Shareef Abdur-Rahim
France 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 Lithuania (LTU)
Gintaras Einikis
Saulius Štombergas
Eurelijus Žukauskas
Dainius Adomaitis
Šarūnas Jasikevičius
Kęstutis Marčiulionis
Tomas Masiulis
Darius Maskoliūnas
Ramūnas Šiškauskas
Darius Songaila
Mindaugas Timinskas
Andrius Giedraitis
Women's United States 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 Australia (AUS)
Carla Boyd
Sandra Brondello
Trisha Fallon
Michelle Griffiths
Kristi Harrower
Jo Hill
Lauren Jackson
Annie la Fleur
Shelly Sandle
Rachael Sporn
Michele Timms
Jenny Whittle
Brazil Brazil (BRA)
Janeth Arcain
Ilisaine David
Lilian Gonçalves
Helen Cristina Luz
Silvinha
Claudia Neves
Alessandra Oliveira
Adriana Pinto
Cintia Santos
Adriana Santos
Kelly Santos
Marta Sobral

Men's tournament

Preliminary round

Qualified for the quarterfinals

The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Group A

Team W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 USA 5 0 505 359 +146 10
 Italy 3 2 332 349 −17 8 1W–0L
 Lithuania 3 2 372 339 +33 8 0W–1L
 France 2 3 372 374 −2 7 1W–0L
 China 2 3 368 419 −51 7 0W–1L
 New Zealand 0 5 307 416 −109 5
September 17 France  76–50  New Zealand    Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
September 17 Italy  50–48  Lithuania    Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
September 17 China  72–119  USA    Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
September 19 New Zealand  60–75  China    Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
September 19 USA  93–61  Italy    Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
September 19 Lithuania  81–63  France    Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
September 21 Italy  78–66  New Zealand    Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
September 21 China  70–82  France    Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
September 21 USA  85–76  Lithuania    Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
September 23 Lithuania  82–66  China    Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
September 23 New Zealand  56–102  USA    Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
September 23 France  57–67  Italy    Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
September 25 New Zealand  75–85  Lithuania    Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
September 25 Italy  76–85  China    Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
September 25 France  94–106  USA    Sydney SuperDome, Sydney

Group B

Team W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 Canada 4 1 433 373 +60 9 1W–0L
 Yugoslavia 4 1 372 338 +34 9 0W–1L
 Australia 3 2 408 407 +1 8 1W–0L
 Russia 3 2 367 328 +39 8 0W–1L
 Spain 1 4 349 376 −27 6
 Angola 0 5 303 410 −107 5
September 17 Yugoslavia  66–60  Russia    Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
September 17 Canada  101–90  Australia    Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
September 17 Spain  64–45  Angola    Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
September 19 Angola  54–99  Canada    Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
September 19 Russia  71–63  Spain    Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
September 19 Australia  66–80  Yugoslavia    Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
September 21 Canada  91–77  Spain    Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
September 21 Yugoslavia  73–64  Angola    Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
September 21 Australia  75–71  Russia    Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
September 23 Spain  65–78  Yugoslavia    Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
September 23 Russia  77–59  Canada    Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
September 23 Angola  75–86  Australia    Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
September 25 Angola  65–88  Russia    Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
September 25 Yugoslavia  75–83  Canada    Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
September 25 Australia  91–80  Spain    Sydney SuperDome, Sydney

Classification round

September 26 11th place New Zealand  70–60  Angola    The Dome and Exhibition Complex, Sydney
September 26 9th place China  64–84  Spain    The Dome and Exhibition Complex, Sydney

Knockout phase

Championship bracket

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

Classification round

September 30 7th place Canada  86–83  Russia 2OT  The Dome and Exhibition Complex, Sydney
September 30 5th place Italy  69–59  Yugoslavia    The Dome and Exhibition Complex, Sydney

Final ranking

2000 men's teams.
  1. Flag of the United States United States of America
  2. Flag of France France
  3. Flag of Lithuania Lithuania
  4. Flag of Australia Australia
  5. Flag of Italy Italy
  6. Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Yugoslavia
  7. Flag of Canada Canada
  8. Flag of Russia Russia
  9. Flag of Spain Spain
  10. Flag of the People's Republic of China China
  11. Flag of New Zealand New Zealand
  12. Flag of Angola Angola

Final ranking, women

2000 women's teams.
  1. Flag of the United States United States of America
  2. Flag of Australia Australia
  3. Flag of Brazil Brazil
  4. Flag of South Korea South Korea
  5. Flag of France France
  6. Flag of Russia Russia
  7. Flag of Slovakia Slovakia
  8. Flag of Poland Poland
  9. Flag of Cuba Cuba
  10. Flag of Canada Canada
  11. Flag of New Zealand New Zealand
  12. Flag of Senegal Senegal



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