The
2000 women's Olympic volleyball tournament was the tenth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body, the
FIVB in conjunction with the
International Olympic Committee
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. It was held from 16 to 30 September 2000 in the
Sydney Entertainment Centre in
Darling Harbour
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.
Qualification
Format
The tournament was played in two different stages. In the (first stage), the twelve participants were divided into two pools of six teams. A
single round-robin format was played within each pool to determine the teams position in the pool. The four highest ranked teams in each pool advanced to the (second stage) and the two lowest ranked teams took no further participation (with pool places 5th and 6th being ranked in the final standings as joined 9th and 11th, respectively).
The was played in a
single elimination format, with placement matches determining the top eight positions. Starting at the quarterfinals, winners advanced to the semifinals while losers advanced to the placement matches (5th–8th semifinal).
Pools composition
Teams were seeded following the
Serpentine system according to their
ranking
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as of January 2000.
Twelve qualified nations were drawn into two groups, each consisting of six teams. After a robin-round, the four highest-placed teams in each group advanced to a knock-out round to decide the medals.
Rosters
Venues
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Sydney Entertainment Centre,
Sydney
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,
Australia
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*
Sydney Showground Pavilion 4,
Sydney
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,
Australia
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Preliminary round
* All times are
Australian Eastern Standard Time
Australia uses three main time zones: Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST; UTC+10:00), Australian Central Standard Time (ACST; UTC+09:30) and Australian Western Standard Time (AWST; UTC+08:00).
Time is regulated by the individual states a ...
(
UTC+10:00).
* venues:
Sydney Showground Pavilion 4 (matches starting at 12:00 or earlier) and
Sydney Entertainment Centre (matches starting at 12:30 or later).
Pool A
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Pool B
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Final round
* All times are
Australian Eastern Standard Time
Australia uses three main time zones: Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST; UTC+10:00), Australian Central Standard Time (ACST; UTC+09:30) and Australian Western Standard Time (AWST; UTC+08:00).
Time is regulated by the individual states a ...
(
UTC+10:00).
* venues:
Sydney Entertainment Centre (except for 5th–8th places semifinals, which were played at
Sydney Showground Pavilion 4).
Quarterfinals
5th–8th places
Semifinals
7th place match
5th place match
1st–4th places
Semifinals
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Final standings
Medalists
Individual awards
*Most valuable player
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*Best scorer
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*Best spiker
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*Best blocker
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*Best server
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*Best digger
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*Best setter
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*Best receiver
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See also
*
Men's Olympic Tournament
References
External links
ResultsOfficial Games ResultsFinal standings (1964–2000) at FIVB.orgOfficial Games volleyball results
(pgs. 1–35, 85–91)
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