Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's volleyball

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The 2000 Men'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 September 17 to October 1, 2000 in the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Darling Harbour.

Contents 1 Qualification 2 Teams 3 Squads 4 First Round 4.1 Pool A 4.2 Pool B 5 Final Round 6 Final Standings 7 Individual Awards 8 See also 9 References

[edit] Qualification

Australia qualified as the host nation, Russia (1), Cuba (2) and Italy (3) qualified by finishing in the top-three at the 1999 FIVB Men's World Cup, while Yugoslavia (Europe), the United States (NORCECA), Brazil (South America), South Korea (Asia) and Egypt (Africa) won their continental qualifying tournament. Netherlands, Argentina and Spain each came through by one of the three Olympic Qualifying Tournaments, held in Matosinhos, Portugal (July 21–July 23), Piraeus, Greece (July 24–July 26) and Castelnau-le-Lez, France (July 25–July 27).

[edit] Teams

Group A  Australia  Brazil  Cuba  Egypt  Netherlands  Spain

Group B  Argentina  Italy  Russia  South Korea  United States  Yugoslavia

[edit] Squads

2000 Men's Olympic Volleyball Squads

[edit] First Round

All winners of individual matches shown in bold.
Highlighted teams moved on to the Final Round.

[edit] Pool A

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio	PW	PL	Ratio
1	Brazil	10	5	0	15	1	15.000	415	331	1.254
2	Netherlands	9	4	1	12	5	2.400	417	360	1.158
3	Cuba	8	3	2	9	7	1.286	383	335	1.143
4	Australia	7	2	3	6	10	0.600	327	374	0.874
5	Spain	6	1	4	7	12	0.583	404	444	0.910
6	Egypt	5	0	5	1	15	0.067	309	411	0.752

September 17, 2000

Spain	3–0	Egypt	25-20, 25-10, 25-21
Cuba	0–3	Netherlands	22-25, 20-25, 23-25
Australia	0–3	Brazil	13-25, 14-25, 21-25

September 19, 2000

Egypt	0–3	Brazil	28-30, 18-25, 21-25
Netherlands	3–0	Australia	25-19, 25-17, 25-15
Spain	1–3	Cuba	21-25, 12-25, 25-21, 20-25

September 21, 2000

Cuba	3–0	Egypt	25-11, 25-18, 25-15
Brazil	3–0	Netherlands	25-20, 25-17, 27-25
Australia	3–1	Spain	23-25, 25-20, 25-23, 25-19

September 23, 2000

Egypt	1–3	Netherlands	21-25, 11-25, 33-31, 20-25
Brazil	3–1	Spain	25-27, 25-14, 25-21, 25-20
Cuba	3–0	Australia	25-17, 25-20, 25-18

September 25, 2000

Australia	3–0	Egypt	25-17, 25-23, 25-22
Brazil	3–0	Cuba	28-26, 30-28, 25-18
Netherlands	3–1	Spain	25-18, 25-17, 24-26, 25-21

[edit] Pool B

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio	PW	PL	Ratio
1	Italy	10	5	0	15	4	3.750	482	421	1.145
2	Russia	9	4	1	13	7	1.857	489	461	1.050
3	Yugoslavia	8	3	2	12	9	1.222	489	461	1.061
4	Argentina	7	2	3	7	11	0.636	409	446	0.917
5	South Korea	6	1	4	8	14	0.571	491	504	0.974
6	United States	5	0	5	5	15	0.333	417	478	0.872

September 17, 2000

Russia	3–1	Yugoslavia	19-25, 25-23, 25-23, 25-20
United States	1–3	Argentina	26-24, 23-25, 21-25, 18-25
South Korea	0–3	Italy	25-27, 23-25, 18-25

September 19, 2000

Yugoslavia	2–3	Italy	19-25, 25-19, 22-25, 33-31, 20-22
Argentina	3–1	South Korea	25-23, 17-25, 30-28, 25-21
Russia	3–1	United States	25-18, 25-23, 21-25, 25-17

September 21, 2000

United States	0–3	Yugoslavia	15-25, 20-25, 23-25
South Korea	2–3	Russia	22-25, 25-22, 25-20, 27-29, 15-17
Italy	3–0	Argentina	40-38, 25-18, 25-14

September 23, 2000

Yugoslavia	3–1	Argentina	21-25, 25-15, 25-23, 25-22
Russia	1–3	Italy	20-25, 20-25, 25-22, 22-25
United States	2–3	South Korea	20-25, 27-25, 24-26, 25-21, 13-15

September 25, 2000

South Korea	2–3	Yugoslavia	26-24, 20-25, 23-25, 25-21, 13-15
Italy	3–1	United States	21-25, 25-18, 25-18, 25-18
Argentina	0–3	Russia	23-25, 15-25, 20-25

[edit] Final Round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold Medal Match
	2000-09-27
	Brazil	1
					2000-09-29
	Argentina	3
					Argentina	1
	2000-09-27
					Russia	3
	Cuba	2
									2000-10-01
	Russia	3
									Russia	0
	2000-09-27
									Yugoslavia	3
	Netherlands	2
					2000-09-29
	Yugoslavia	3
					Yugoslavia	3			Bronze Medal Match
	2000-09-27
					Italy	0
	Australia	1							Argentina	0
	Italy	3							Italy	3
									2000-10-01

September 27, 2000

Brazil	1–3	Argentina	25-17, 21-25, 19-25, 25-27
Cuba	2–3	Russia	25-21, 23-25, 19-25, 25-19, 13-15
Netherlands	2–3	Yugoslavia	21-25, 25-18, 18-25, 32-30, 15-17
Australia	1–3	Italy	14-25, 25-22, 19-25, 15-25

September 29, 2000

Argentina	1–3	Russia	25-27, 30-32, 25-21, 11-25
Yugoslavia	3–0	Italy	27-25, 34-32, 25-14

October 1, 2000

Argentina	0–3	Italy	16-25, 15-25, 18-25
Russia	0–3	Yugoslavia	22-25, 22-25, 20-25

	5-8th place				5th place
	2000-09-28
	Brazil	3
	Cuba	2
					2000-09-29
					Brazil	0
					Netherlands	3
					7th place
	2000-09-28			2000-09-29
	Netherlands	3		Cuba	3
	Australia	0			Australia	0

September 28, 2000

Brazil	3–2	Cuba	23-25, 17-25, 25-21, 26-24, 15-11
Netherlands	3–0	Australia	25-20, 25-15, 25-21

September 29, 2000

Cuba	3–0	Australia	25-23, 25-11, 25-15
Brazil	0–3	Netherlands	21-25, 20-25, 22-25

[edit] Final Standings

Place Team  Yugoslavia  Russia  Italy 4.  Argentina 5.  Netherlands 6.  Brazil 7.  Cuba 8.  Australia 9.  South Korea  Spain 11.  Egypt  United States

2000 Men's Olympic Champions  Yugoslavia First title

[edit] Individual Awards

• Best Scorer:  Marcos Milinkovic (ARG)

[edit] See also

• Women's Olympic Tournament

[edit] References

• Results
• Official Results

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