Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

15th Olympic Basketball Tournament
15th Olympic Basketball Tournament
Sydney 2000
Tournament details
Olympics	2000 Summer Olympics
Host nation	Australia
City	Sydney
Duration	September 16–30
Women's tournament
Teams	12
Medals
Gold medalists	United States
Silver medalists	Australia
Bronze medalists	Brazil
Tournaments
← Atlanta 1996	Athens 2004 →

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
Australia	Olympics host	Sep 24, 1993	1996
United States	World champion	Jun 27, 1998	1996
South Korea	Asian champion	May 9, 1999	1996
New Zealand	Oceanian champion	Jun 4, 1999	First appearance
Senegal	African champion	Dec 20, 1997	First appearance
Brazil	Americas runner-up	May 17, 1999	1996
Cuba	Americas champion	May 17, 1999	1996
Canada	Americas third place	May 17, 1999	1996
Poland	European champion	Jun 6, 1999	First appearance
France	European runner-up	Jun 6, 1999	First Appearance
Russia	European third place	Jun 6, 1999	1996
Slovakia	European fourth place	Jun 6, 1999	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 quarterfinals

The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (H)	5	5	0	394	274	+120	10	Quarterfinals
2	France	5	4	1	338	287	+51	9
3	Brazil	5	2	3	358	353	+5	7^[a]
4	Slovakia	5	2	3	294	282	+12	7^[a]
5	Canada	5	2	3	313	317	−4	7^[a]
6	Senegal	5	0	5	199	383	−184	5

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head record: Brazil 1–1 (1.12 GAvg), Slovakia 1–1 (0.97), Canada 1–1 (0.91)

16 September 2000
11:30

Boxscore

Brazil	76–60	Slovakia
Scoring by half: 35–28, 41–32
Pts: Janeth 24 Rebs: Janeth 7 Asts: Helen 7		Pts: Luptáková 22 Rebs: Godályová, Kováčová 6 Asts: Frniaková 5

France	75–39	Senegal
Scoring by half: 42–21, 33–18
Pts: Antibe 13 Rebs: Fijalkowski 7 Asts: Melain 5		Pts: A. N'Diaye 11 Rebs: A. N'Diaye 7 Asts: Fall 4

Australia	78–46	Canada
Scoring by half: 40–19, 38–27
Pts: Brondello, Jackson 18 Rebs: Jackson 8 Asts: Harrower 5		Pts: Dales, Sutton-Brown 13 Rebs: Sutton-Brown 9 Asts: Bouchard, Hendry 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	436	312	+124	10	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	5	3	2	398	325	+73	8^[a]
3	South Korea	5	3	2	382	367	+15	8^[a]
4	Poland	5	3	2	337	339	−2	8^[a]
5	Cuba	5	1	4	318	358	−40	6
6	New Zealand	5	0	5	265	435	−170	5

South Korea	75–89	United States
Scoring by half: 43–53, 32–36
Pts: Jung 17 Rebs: Kim 4 Asts: Park 3		Pts: Swoopes 29 Rebs: Leslie 11 Asts: Edwards, Staley 4 each

United States	90–61	Cuba
Scoring by half: 48–42, 42–19
Pts: Smith 15 Rebs: Griffith, Williams 7 each Asts: Staley 8		Pts: Martínez 19 Rebs: Martínez, Molinet 4 each Asts: Castillo 5

United States	88–77	Russia
Scoring by half: 44–47, 44–30
Pts: Leslie 18 Rebs: Griffith 11 Asts: Edwards, Swoopes 3 each		Pts: Arkhipova 15 Rebs: Zasulskaya 6 Asts: Zasulskaya 5

New Zealand	42–93	United States
Scoring by half: 17–47, 25–46
Pts: Farmer 9 Rebs: Ofsoski 6 Asts: Farmer 3		Pts: Smith 14 Rebs: Williams 7 Asts: Bolton-Holfield 6

United States	76–57	Poland
Scoring by half: 44–21, 32–36
Pts: Griffith, Swoopes 16 Rebs: Griffith 12 Asts: Leslie 4		Pts: Dydek 24 Rebs: Dydek 10 Asts: Predehl 2

Australia	76–48	Poland
Scoring by half: 43–28, 33–20
Pts: Jackson 17 Rebs: Jackson, Griffiths 9 each Asts: Harrower 5		Pts: Trześniewska, Dydek 12 each Rebs: Dydek 12 Asts: Predehl 5

Russia	67–68	Brazil
Scoring by half: 39–38, 28–30
Pts: Pshikova 18 Rebs: Zasulskaya 6 Asts: Zasulskaya 5		Pts: de Oliveira 17 Rebs: Arcain 9 Asts: Neves, Luz 4 each

France	59–68	South Korea
Scoring by half: 27–30, 32–38
Pts: Melain 21 Rebs: Melain 11 Asts: three players 2 each		Pts: Yang J-o 15 Rebs: Jung S-m 5 Asts: Chung E-s 5

United States	58–43	Slovakia
Scoring by half: 32–23, 26–20
Pts: Leslie 18 Rebs: Griffith 11 Asts: three players 3 each		Pts: Luptáková 18 Rebs: Kotočová, Luptáková 7 each Asts: Žirková 2

Brazil	52–64	Australia
Scoring by half: 27–36, 25–28

South Korea	65–78	United States
Scoring by half: 40–42, 25–36
Pts: Park 14 Rebs: Chun 5 Asts: Chung 5		Pts: Swoopes 19 Rebs: Leslie 12 Asts: Swoopes 5

South Korea	73–84 (OT)	Brazil
Scoring by half: 34–30, 31–35 Overtime: 8–19

Australia	54–76	United States
Scoring by half: 30-43, 24-33
Pts: Jackson 20 Rebs: Jackson 13 Asts: Harrower 2		Pts: Leslie, Williams 15 each Rebs: Griffith 12 Asts: Edwards 3

Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Qualifying

Format

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Classification games

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Awards

Final standings

References