Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's volleyball

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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 September 16 to September 30, 2000 in the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Darling Harbour.

Contents 1 Qualification 2 Teams 3 Squads 4 Preliminary Round 4.1 Group A 4.2 Group B 5 Final Round 6 Final Standings 7 See also 8 References

[edit] Qualification

Australia qualified as the host nation, Cuba (1), Russia (2) and Brazil (3) qualified by finishing in the top-three at the 1999 FIVB Women's World Cup, while Germany (Europe), the United States (NORCECA), Peru (South America) and Kenya (Africa) won their continental qualifying tournament. Italy, South Korea, Croatia and PR China came through by finishing in the top-four at the Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, held from June 17 to June 25 in Tokyo, Japan.

[edit] Teams

Group A  Australia (AUS)  Brazil (BRA)  China (CHN)  Croatia (CRO)  Kenya (KEN)  United States (USA)

Group B  Cuba (CUB)  Germany (GER)  Italy (ITA)  South Korea (KOR)  Peru (PER)  Russia (RUS)

[edit] Squads

2000 Women's Olympic Volleyball Squads

[edit] Preliminary Round

[edit] Group A

TEAM	MP	W	L	SW	SL	PF	PA	PTS	RS	RATIO
Brazil (BRA)	5	5	0	15	1	395	272	10	15,000	1,452
United States (USA)	5	4	1	13	4	392	306	9	3,250	1,281
Croatia (CRO)	5	3	2	9	9	411	389	8	1,000	1,057
China (CHN)	5	2	3	8	9	371	365	7	0,889	1,016
Australia (AUS)	5	1	4	4	13	303	408	6	0,308	0,743
Kenya (KEN)	5	0	5	2	15	280	412	5	0,133	0,680

• September 16, 2000

China	1 – 3	United States	25-19, 21-25, 12-25, 24-26
Croatia	3 – 1	Australia	25-21, 22-25, 25-14, 25-16
Brazil	3 – 0	Kenya	25-08, 25-11, 25-13

• September 18, 2000

China	1 – 3	Croatia	23-25, 28-26, 20-25, 15-25
United States	3 – 0	Kenya	25-16, 25-06, 25-16
Australia	0 – 3	Brazil	13-25, 18-25, 17-25

• September 20, 2000

Kenya	1 – 3	Australia	25-16, 20-25, 16-25, 26-28
Brazil	3 – 0	China	25-14, 25-21, 25-18
Croatia	0 – 3	United States	19-25, 18-25, 16-25

• September 22, 2000

United States	3 – 0	Australia	25-11, 25-17, 25-10
Kenya	0 – 3	China	15-25, 14-25, 18-25
Brazil	3 – 0	Croatia	25-21, 25-23, 25-23

• September 24, 2000

Brazil	3 – 1	United States	25-17, 20-25, 25-15, 25-15
Kenya	1 – 3	Croatia	25-18, 16-25, 18-25, 18-25
China	3 – 0	Australia	25-18, 25-14, 25-15

[edit] Group B

TEAM	MP	W	L	SW	SL	PF	PA	PTS	RS	RATIO
Russia (RUS)	5	5	0	15	5	465	392	10	3,750	1,186
Cuba (CUB)	5	4	1	14	4	419	332	9	3,500	1,262
South Korea (KOR)	5	3	2	9	9	393	413	8	1,000	0,952
Germany (GER)	5	2	3	8	10	380	395	7	0,800	0,962
Italy (ITA)	5	1	4	7	12	427	446	6	0,583	0,957
Peru (PER)	5	0	5	2	15	316	422	5	0,133	0,749

• September 16, 2000

Germany	0 – 3	Cuba	17-25, 18-25, 18-25
South Korea	3 – 2	Italy	23-25, 25-18, 25-22, 22-25, 27-25
Peru	0 – 3	Russia	17-25, 13-25, 20-25

• September 18, 2000

Italy	3 – 0	Peru	25-17, 25-20, 25-20
Germany	0 – 3	South Korea	16-25, 21-25, 22-25
Russia	3 – 2	Cuba	20-25, 25-21, 21-25, 25-12, 15-13

• September 20, 2000

Peru	0 – 3	Germany	16-25, 19-25, 16-25
Russia	3 – 1	Italy	29-31, 25-18, 25-21, 25-19
Cuba	3 – 0	South Korea	25-17, 25-13, 25-15

• September 22, 2000

Cuba	3 – 0	Italy	25-18, 25-21, 25-20
Germany	2 – 3	Russia	23-25, 25-23, 25-14, 26-28, 6-15
South Korea	3 – 1	Peru	19-25, 25-19, 30-28, 25-17

• September 24, 2000

Peru	1 – 3	Cuba	25-23, 12-25, 16-25, 16-25
Russia	3 – 0	South Korea	25-15, 25-21, 25-16
Italy	1 – 3	Germany	22-25, 25-13, 21-25, 21-25

[edit] Final Round

	Quarter finals				Semi finals				Final
	2000-09-26
	Cuba	3
					2000-09-28
	Croatia	0
					Cuba	3
	2000-09-26
					Brazil	2
	Brazil	3
									2000-09-30
	Germany	0
									Cuba	3
	2000-09-26
									Russia	2
	China	0
					2000-09-28
	Russia	3
					Russia	3			Third place
	2000-09-26
					United States	2
	United States	3							United States	0
	South Korea	2							Brazil	3
									2000-09-30

• September 26, 2000

Cuba	3 – 0	Croatia	25-18, 25-23, 25-21
Brazil	3 – 0	Germany	25-22, 25-18, 25-17
China	0 – 3	Russia	25-27, 23-25, 25-27
United States	3 – 2	South Korea	26-24, 17-25, 25-23, 25-27, 16-14

• September 28, 2000

Cuba	3 – 2	Brazil	27-29, 25-19, 21-25, 25-19, 15-9
Russia	3 – 2	United States	25-15, 23-25, 25-15, 26-28, 15-8

• September 30, 2000

Brazil	3 – 0	United States	25-18, 25-22, 25-21
Cuba	3 – 2	Russia	25-27, 32-34, 25-19, 25-18, 15-7

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	5-8th place				5th place
	2000-09-27
	Croatia	1
	Germany	3
					2000-09-28
					Germany	1
					China	3
					7th place
	2000-09-27			2000-09-28
	China	3		Croatia	3
	South Korea	1			South Korea	1

• September 27, 2000

Croatia	1 – 3	Germany	25-27, 29-27, 21-25, 18-25
China	3 – 1	South Korea	23-25, 25-19, 25-23, 25-19

• September 28, 2000

Croatia	3 – 1	South Korea	25-18, 24-26, 25-22, 25-21
Germany	1 – 3	China	19-25, 19-25, 25-22, 18-25

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[edit] Final Standings

Place Team  Cuba (CUB)  Russia (RUS)  Brazil (BRA) 4.  United States (USA) 5.  China (CHN) 6.  Germany (GER) 7.  Croatia (CRO) 8.  South Korea (KOR) 9.  Italy (ITA)  Australia (AUS) 11.  Kenya (KEN)  Peru (PER)

2000 Women's Olympic Champions  Cuba Third title

[edit] See also

• Men's Olympic Tournament

[edit] References

• Results
• Official Results

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