The men's tournament in

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at the

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was the 10th edition of the event at the Summer Olympics, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the

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. It was held in

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from 17 September to 1 October 2000.

Qualification

Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the

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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.

Rosters

Venues

Preliminary round

*The top four teams in each pool qualified for the quarterfinals.

Pool A

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Pool B

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Final round

Quarterfinals

5th–8th semifinals

Semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final standing

Medalists

Awards

*Most valuable player *: Bas van de Goor *Best scorer *: Marcos Milinkovic *Best spiker *: Daniel Howard *Best blocker *:

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*Best server *: Osvaldo Hernández *Best digger *: Vasa Mijić *Best setter *: Peter Blangé *Best libero *: Evgeni Mitkov *Best receiver *:

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References

External links

Final Standing (1964–2000)
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