Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's basketball tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, began on 17 September and ended on 1 October, when the United States defeated France 85–75 for the gold medal. Preliminary round games were held at The Dome and elimination games at the Sydney SuperDome.

Qualification

Country Qualified as Date of qualification Previous appearance Olympics host 1996 FR Yugoslavia World champion 1996 Asian champion 1996 Oceanian champion First appearance African champion 1996 Americas runner-up 1988 Americas champion 1996 European champion 1984 European runner-up 1992 European fourth placeThe European Championships third place, Yugoslavia, qualified separately as World Champions. 1984 European fifth place 1996 European sixth place 1992

Format Twelve teams are split into 2 preliminary round groups of 6 teams each. The top 4 teams from each group qualify for the knockout stage. Fifth and sixth-placed teams from each group are ranked 9th–12th in two additional matches. In the quarterfinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B4, A2 vs. B3, A3 vs. B2 and A4 vs. B1. The eliminated teams at the quarterfinals are ranked 5th–8th in two additional matches. The winning teams from the quarterfinals meet in the semifinals as follows: A3/B2 vs. A1/B4 and A2/B3 vs. A4/B1. The winning teams from the semifinals dispute the gold medal. The losing teams dispute the bronze.

Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option: Head to head results Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

Squads

Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+11)

Group A

Group B

Tournament bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Classification round

Awards 2000 Olympic Basketball Champions United States Twelfth title

Statistical leaders Top ten in points, rebounds and assists, and top 5 in steals and blocks.

Points Name PPG Andrew Gaze 19.9 Shane Heal 14.9 Vince Carter 14.8 Michael Meeks 14.3 Carlton Myers 14.3 Šarūnas Jasikevičius 14.0 Steve Nash 13.7 Wang Zhizhi 13.5 Todd MacCulloch 13.0 Sean Marks 13.0

Rebounds Name RPG Kevin Garnett 9.1 Sean Marks 7.3 Dejan Tomašević 6.9 Gintaras Einikis 6.3 Roberto Dueñas 6.2 Yao Ming 6.0 Mark Bradtke 5.9 Antonio McDyess 5.9 Jason Kidd 5.3 Todd MacCulloch 5.1

Assists Name APG Steve Nash 6.9 Evgeniy Pashutin 5.6 Šarūnas Jasikevičius 5.1 Jason Kidd 4.4 Guo Shiqiang 4.2 Shane Heal 3.8 Laurent Sciarra 3.6 Gary Payton 3.4 Ignacio Rodríguez 3.2 Luc Longley 2.9

Steals Name SPG Andrei Kirilenko 2.1 Pero Cameron 1.7 Ignacio Rodríguez 1.5 Laurent Sciarra 1.4 Carlos Jiménez 1.4 Blocks Name BPG Alonzo Mourning 2.3 Yao Ming 2.2 Andrei Fetisov 2.0 Andrei Kirilenko 1.9 Frédéric Weis 1.8

Game highs Department Name Total OpponentPoints Antoine Rigaudeau Saulius Štombergas 29 Rebounds Alfonso Reyes 15 Assists Steve Nash 15 Steals Jim Bilba Pero Cameron Vince Carter Andrei Kirilenko Laurent Sciarra 4 Blocks Alonzo Mourning 6 Turnovers Steve Nash 9

Final standings Rank Team Pld W L PF PA PD 8 8 0 760 587 +173 8 4 4 591 574 +17 8 5 3 620 558 +62 4th 8 4 4 596 634 −38Eliminated at the quarterfinals 5th 7 4 3 463 473 −10 6th FR Yugoslavia 7 4 3 494 483 +11 7th 7 5 2 582 524 +58 8th 7 3 4 520 499 +21Preliminary round 5th placers 9th 6 2 4 433 440 −7 10th 6 2 4 432 503 −71Preliminary round 6th placers 11th 6 1 5 377 476 −99 12th 6 0 6 363 480 −117

Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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