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 16 to 30 September 2000 in the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Darling Harbour.
Qualification QualifiersDateHostVacanciesQualifiedHost country24 September 1993 Monte Carlo11999 Women's World Cup2–16 November 1999 Japan3European Qualification4–9 January 2000 Bremen 1North American Qualification 5–8 January 2000 Lakeland1South American Qualification 4–6 January 2000 Lima1African Qualification 16–20 January 2000 Nairobi1Asian Qualification 17–25 June 2000 Tokyo12000 Olympic Qualification Tournament3Total12
Format The tournament was played in two different stages. In the (first stage), the twelve participants were divided into two pools of six teams. A single round-robin format was played within each pool to determine the teams position in the pool. The four highest ranked teams in each pool advanced to the (second stage) and the two lowest ranked teams took no further participation (with pool places 5th and 6th being ranked in the final standings as joined 9th and 11th, respectively).
The was played in a single elimination format, with placement matches determining the top eight positions. Starting at the quarterfinals, winners advanced to the semifinals while losers advanced to the placement matches (5th–8th semifinal).
Pools composition Teams were seeded following the Serpentine system according to their ranking as of January 2000.
Twelve qualified nations were drawn into two groups, each consisting of six teams. After a robin-round, the four highest-placed teams in each group advanced to a knock-out round to decide the medals.
Group A Group B (Hosts) (1) (3) (2) (4) (5) (9) (8) (10) (11) (15) (12)
Rosters
Venues Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia Sydney Showground Pavilion 4, Sydney, Australia
Preliminary round All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10:00). venues: Sydney Showground Pavilion 4 (matches starting at 12:00 or earlier) and Sydney Entertainment Centre (matches starting at 12:30 or later).
Pool A
Pool B
Final round All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10:00). venues: Sydney Entertainment Centre (except for 5th–8th places semifinals, which were played at Sydney Showground Pavilion 4).
Quarterfinals
5th–8th places
Semifinals
7th place match
5th place match
1st–4th places
Semifinals
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Final standings
PlaceTeam45678911
12-woman rosterYumilka Ruiz, Marlenis Costa, Mireya Luis, Lilia Izquierdo, Idalmis Gato, Regla Bell, Regla Torres, Taismary Agüero, Ana Fernández, Mirka Francia, Marta Sánchez, Zoila BarrosHead coachLuis Calderon
Medalists GoldSilverBronze
Individual awards Most valuable player
Best scorer
Best spiker
Best blocker
Best server
Best digger
Best setter
Best receiver
See also Men's Olympic Tournament
References
External links Results Official Games Results Final standings (1964–2000) at FIVB.org Official Games volleyball results (pgs. 1–35, 85–91)