Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's tournament of basketball at the 2000 Olympics at Sydney, Australia began on September 16 and ended on September 30, when the United States defeated Australia 76–54 for the gold medal. Preliminary round games were held at The Dome and elimination games at the Sydney SuperDome.

Qualifying

Country Qualified as Date of qualification Previous appearance Olympics host 1996 World champion 1996 Asian champion 1996 Oceanian champion First appearance African champion First appearance Americas runner-up 1996 Americas champion 1996 Americas third place 1996 European champion First appearance European runner-up First Appearance European third place 1996 European fourth place First appearance

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 Qualified for the quarterfinalsThe four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Group A

Group B

Classification games

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Awards 2000 Women's Olympic Basketball Champions United States Fourth title

Final standings Rank Team Pld W L 8 8 0 8 7 1 8 4 4 4th 8 4 4Eliminated at the quarterfinals 5th 7 5 2 6th 7 3 4 7th 7 3 4 8th 7 3 4Preliminary round 5th placers 9th 6 2 4 10th 6 2 4Preliminary round 6th placers 11th 6 1 5 12th 6 0 6

References

Official Olympic Report la84foundation.org. Accessed June 10, 2011.