The men's tournament in volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics was the 10th edition of the event at the Summer Olympics, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Sydney, Australia from 17 September to 1 October 2000.
Qualification
Means of qualificationDateHostVacanciesQualifiedHost country24 September 1993 Monte Carlo11999 World Cup18 November – 2 December 19993African Qualifier25–30 January 2000 Cairo1Asian Qualifier27–29 December 1999 Shanghai1European Qualifier3–9 January 2000 Katowice1North American Qualifier5–8 January 2000 Winnipeg1South American Qualifier7–9 January 2000 São Caetano do Sul11st World Qualifier21–23 July 2000 Matosinhos12nd World Qualifier24–26 July 2000 Piraeus13rd World Qualifier25–27 July 2000 Castelnau-le-Lez1Total12
Pools composition Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of January 2000. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the World Ranking. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts.
Pool APool B (Hosts) (1) (3) (2) (4) (5) (7) (6) (8) (9) (23) (10)
Rosters
Venues Main venueSub venue Sydney, Australia Sydney, AustraliaSydney Entertainment CentreSydney Showground Pavilion 4Capacity: 10,517Capacity: 6,000
Preliminary round The top four teams in each pool qualified for the quarterfinals. Pool A
Pool B
Final round
Quarterfinals
5th–8th semifinals
Semifinals
7th place match
5th place match
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Final standing
RankTeam456789101112
12–man rosterVladimir Batez, Slobodan Kovač, Slobodan Boškan, Đula Mešter, Vasa Mijić, N. Grbić, V. Grbić, Andrija Gerić, Goran Vujević, Ivan Miljković, Veljko Petković, Igor VušurovićHead coachZoran Gajić
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeVladimir BatezSlobodan KovačSlobodan BoškanĐula MešterVasa MijićNikola GrbićVladimir GrbićAndrija GerićGoran VujevićIvan MiljkovićVeljko PetkovićIgor VušurovićHead coach: Zoran GajićVadim KhamuttskikhRuslan OlikhverValeri GoryushevIgor ShulepovAleksey KazakovEvgeni MitkovSergey TetyukhinRoman YakovlevKonstantin UshakovAleksandr GerasimovIlya SavelevAleksey KuleshovHead coach: Gennady ShipulinAndrea GardiniMarco MeoniPasquale GravinaLuigi MastrangeloPaolo TofoliSamuele PapiAndrea SartorettiMarco BracciSimone RosalbaMirko CorsanoAndrea GianiAlessandro FeiHead coach: Andrea Anastasi
Awards
Most valuable player Bas van de Goor Best scorer Marcos Milinkovic Best spiker Daniel Howard Best blocker Andrija Gerić Best server Osvaldo Hernández Best digger Vasa Mijić Best setter Peter Blangé Best libero Evgeni Mitkov Best receiver Pablo Meana
See also Women's Olympic Tournament
References
External links Final Standing (1964–2000) Results at Todor66.com Results at Sports123.com