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in which the champion was guaranteed of a place in the Olympics. Throughout the next two years, several regional tournaments served as qualification for the zonal tournaments, which doubles as intercontinental championships, to determine which teams were to participate in the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics.

Qualification

Outright qualification

A total of 12 teams took part in the Olympics, with each NOC sending in one team. The host nation ( Australia) qualified automatically as hosts. There are a total of 5 zonal tournaments (doubling as intercontinental championships) that determined the qualifying teams, with a total of 7 teams qualifying outright. Each zone was allocated with the following qualifying berths: *

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: 1 team (Champion) *

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: 2 teams (Champion and runner-up) *

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: 1 team (Champion) * FIBA Europe: 5 teams (Top five places) *

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: 1 team (Champion) Furthermore,

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qualified automatically by winning at the

Summary

These are the final standings of the different Olympic qualifying tournaments. The venues are as follows: *

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) * FIBA Asia Championship 1999:

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FIBA Africa

The

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determined

's only outright representative to the Olympics. The tournament is structured into a preliminary round of 12 teams divided into 2 groups; the top two teams from each group advance to the knockout stages (quarterfinals, semifinals and final). Angola won the tournament, beating Nigeria in the final, 79–72.

FIBA Americas

The

held in the

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determined the two teams representing

in the Olympics. The tournament is structured into a preliminary round of ten teams divided into 2 groups; the top four teams from each group advance to a quarterfinals Round-robin tournament, where results between groupmates carry over. The top four teams advance to the semifinals, a knockout stage deciding the first four places. The United States defeated Canada 92–66 in the final. Both teams qualified for the Olympics.

FIBA Asia

The tournament held in

, Japan is structured with a preliminary round of 15 teams divided into four groups, with the top two teams advancing to the quarterfinals, where they'll be divided into two groups. The top two teams in the quarterfinals groups advance to the knockout semifinals and finals. China defeated Korea 63–45 in the final, earning the only Asian berth for the Olympics.

FIBA Europe

European berths for the Olympic Games were decided at

, held in

. The tournament is structured with a preliminary round of 16 teams divided into four groups, where the bottom team from each group prelims is eliminated. The remaining teams are reassigned into two 6-team groups, with results between teams that played already carried over. The top four teams from each group advance to the knockout stage to decide 1st through 4th places. The losers from the knockout stage decide 5th through 8th places in a separate bracket. Italy defeated Spain 64-56 in the final, while FR Yugoslavia finished 74–62 against France in the bronze medal match. Lithuania defeated Russia 103-72 in the 5th place match. All six teams qualified for the Olympic Games, since FR Yugoslavia had already qualified as world champions in 1998.

FIBA Oceania

With Australia being qualified as host, the only spot for Oceania in the Olympic Games was decided in a single elimination game where New Zealand defeated Guam 125–43.

Qualified teams

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