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Beach Volleyball, Men

Date	17 – 26 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Bondi Beach Volleyball Centre, Bondi Beach, New South Wales
Participants	48 from 17 countries
Format	Rounds 1-2 qualify teams for single-elimination tournament.

With all-time volleyball great Karch Kiraly hampered with an injured shoulder, and unable to play, the men’s competition was open. The Brazilian pair of Emanuel Rego and José Loiola were world ranked #1, but they lost in the quarter-finals to the lightly regarded American team of Dain Blanton and Eric Fonoimoana, who were seeded only ninth. In the semis, the Americans defeated the Portuguese pair of Luis Maia and João Brenha. In the final, Blanton and Fonoimoana faced another set of Portuguese-speakers, but were not expected to defeat the second Brazilian team of Zé Marco and Ricardo. They had played four times previously and the Brazilians had won every match. In the final, Zé Marco and Ricardo got off to an early lead in the first set, but the Americans came from behind to win 12-11. They led throughout the second set and won the gold medal in straight sets, 12-11 and 12-9. The German bronze medal by Jörg Ahmann and Axel Hager was a surprise as they were seeded only 15th and had qualified for the Olympics only the month before the Games.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches Played	Wins	Losses	Points	Sets	Points	Service Attempts	Service Faults	Service Aces	Fastest Serve	Attack Attempts	Attack Successes	Block Successes	Dig Successes
1	United States 1	USA	5	5	0	10	6-0	84-55	270	29	20	–	255	152	21	69	Gold
	Dain Blanton		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	133	22	13	94	119	74	13	34
	Eric Fonoimoana		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	137	7	7	89	136	78	8	35
2	Brazil 1	BRA	5	4	1	8	4-2	81-61	273	28	14	–	278	158	22	77	Silver
	Zé Marco		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	126	8	3	81	175	89	0	49
	Ricardo		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	147	20	11	95	103	69	22	28
3	Germany 1	GER	5	4	1	8	5-1	75-63	222	29	15	–	250	151	8	57	Bronze
	Jörg Ahmann		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	117	12	9	89	105	67	0	45
	Axel Hager		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	105	17	6	88	145	84	8	12
4	Portugal	POR	5	3	2	6	3-3	72-63	249	32	10	–	283	170	15	85
	Miguel Maia		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	132	21	6	99	109	57	0	62
	João Brenha		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	117	11	4	77	174	113	15	23
=5	Canada 1	CAN	3	2	1	4	2-1	43-26	144	20	8	–	167	105	4	51
	John Child		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	71	7	3	75	91	60	2	22
	Mark Heese		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	73	13	5	82	76	45	2	29
=5	Spain	ESP	5	3	2	6	3-2	74-62	227	17	4	–	236	132	20	66
	Javier Bosma		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	109	7	1	96	66	42	20	16
	Fabio Díez		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	118	10	3	79	170	90	0	50
=5	Switzerland	SUI	3	2	1	4	2-1	41-36	134	23	8	–	137	83	11	33
	Martin Laciga		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	74	14	6	95	48	30	10	4
	Paul Laciga		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	60	9	2	91	89	53	1	29
=5	United States 2	USA	5	2	3	4	2-3	59-49	120	5	4	–	133	68	18	27
	Kevin Wong		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	59	2	1	82	74	38	8	14
	Rob Heidger, Jr.		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	61	3	3	81	59	30	10	13
=9	Argentina 1	ARG	2	1	1	2	1-1	18-22	71	6	2	–	98	50	3	31
	Esteban Martínez		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	34	4	2	75	64	32	3	13
	Martín Conde		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	37	2	0	52	34	18	0	18
=9	Australia 1	AUS	4	2	2	4	2-2	50-53	161	29	12	–	175	106	10	37
	Julien Prosser		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	81	9	7	96	110	65	6	15
	Leo Zahner		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	80	20	5	93	65	41	4	22
=9	Austria	AUT	4	2	2	4	2-2	50-50	168	31	13	–	163	96	7	32
	Oliver Stamm		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	84	14	8	96	81	49	2	9
	Nik Berger		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	84	17	5	90	82	47	5	23
=9	Brazil 2	BRA	2	1	1	2	1-1	31-20	86	15	5	–	90	52	7	27
	Emanuel		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	44	6	2	91	43	20	2	13
	José Loiola		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	42	9	3	82	47	32	5	14
=9	Canada 2	CAN	2	1	1	2	1-1	23-30	74	14	3	–	91	51	5	20
	Jody Holden		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	33	6	2	82	47	26	1	14
	Conrad Leinemann		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	41	8	1	88	44	25	4	6
=9	Mexico	MEX	2	1	1	2	1-1	15-27	43	3	1	–	45	23	3	16
	Joel Sotelo		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	19	0	0	63	26	12	2	11
	Ibarra Rodríguez		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	24	3	1	86	19	11	1	5
=9	Norway 1	NOR	2	1	1	2	1-1	28-21	88	30	15	–	82	53	4	18
	Jørre Kjemperud		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	47	14	8	96	39	21	0	13
	Vegard Høidalen		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	41	16	7	104	43	32	4	5
=9	Russian Federation	RUS	2	1	1	2	1-1	21-19	70	6	1	–	69	44	5	13
	Sergey Yermishin		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	30	3	0	83	20	8	5	3
	Mikhail Kushnerev		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	40	3	1	80	49	36	0	10
=17	Australia 2	AUS	3	1	2	2	1-2	28-32	89	24	8	–	80	47	5	12
	Matt Grinlaubs		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	49	12	5	90	43	22	1	6
	Josh Slack		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	40	12	3	89	37	25	4	6
=17	Czech Republic	CZE	3	1	2	2	1-2	32-38	100	19	4	–	111	55	7	35
	Michal Palinek		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	47	10	1	78	44	19	0	26
	Martin Lébl		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	53	9	3	99	67	36	7	9
=19	Argentina 2	ARG	2	0	2	–	0-2	6-30	49	8	4	–	65	31	1	10
	Mariano Baracetti		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	28	4	3	87	25	14	0	6
	José Luis Salema		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	21	4	1	69	40	17	1	4
=19	France	FRA	2	0	2	–	0-2	7-30	39	3	1	–	68	26	1	17
	Jean-Philippe Jodard		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	20	2	1	79	51	18	0	10
	Christian Penigaud		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	19	1	0	63	17	8	1	7
=19	Germany 2	GER	2	0	2	–	0-2	15-30	58	17	5	–	66	30	2	13
	Oliver Oetke		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	31	10	4	88	37	18	2	5
	Andreas Scheuerpflug		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	27	7	1	82	29	12	0	8
=19	Italy	ITA	2	0	2	–	0-2	16-30	71	13	4	–	81	47	7	13
	Andrea Raffaelli		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	32	5	1	76	48	27	3	3
	Maurizio Pimponi		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	39	8	3	80	33	20	4	10
=19	Norway 2	NOR	2	0	2	–	0-2	22-30	71	12	8	–	78	42	2	21
	Jan Kvalheim		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	41	7	7	103	55	28	2	13
	Bjørn Maaseide		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	30	5	1	90	23	14	0	8
=19	Sweden	SWE	2	0	2	–	0-2	16-30	73	15	3	–	83	44	4	18
	Björn Berg		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	35	7	2	88	41	20	4	8
	Simon Dahl		–	–	–	–	–-–	–-–	38	8	1	85	42	24	0	10

Round One

Date	17 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep 11:45	Court 1	Rodríguez / Sotelo	MEX	15-12	Prosser / Zahner	AUS
Match #2	17 Sep 10:50	Court 1	Maia / Brenha	POR	15-10	Kvalheim / Maaseide	NOR
Match #3	17 Sep 9:00	Court 1	Child / Heese	CAN	15-5	Jodard / Penigaud	FRA
Match #4	17 Sep 14:30	Court 1	Holden / Leinemann	CAN	17-15	Heidger, Jr. / Wong	USA
Match #5	17 Sep 16:20	Court 1	Blanton / Fonoimoana	USA	15-7	Oetke / Scheuerpflug	GER
Match #6	17 Sep 9:55	Court 1	Laciga / Laciga	SUI	15-13	Palinek / Lébl	CZE
Match #7	17 Sep 15:25	Court 1	Zé Marco / Ricardo	BRA	15-5	Berg / Dahl	SWE
Match #8	17 Sep 10:50	Court 2	Ahmann / Hager	GER	15-13	Bosma / Díez	ESP
Match #9	17 Sep 11:45	Court 2	Høidalen / Kjemperud	NOR	15-6	Berger / Stamm	AUT
Match #10	17 Sep 9:55	Court 2	Conde / Martínez	ARG	15-7	Pimponi / Raffaelli	ITA
Match #11	17 Sep 9:00	Court 2	Yermishin / Kushnerev	RUS	15-4	Baracetti / Salema	ARG
Match #12	17 Sep 17:15	Court 1	Emanuel / Loiola	BRA	15-3	Grinlaubs / Slack	AUS

Round Two

Date	19 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	19 Sep 11:45	Court 1	Prosser / Zahner	AUS	15-12	Kvalheim / Maaseide	NOR
Match #2	19 Sep 10:50	Court 1	Heidger, Jr. / Wong	USA	15-2	Jodard / Penigaud	FRA
Match #3	19 Sep 14:00	Court 2	Palinek / Lébl	CZE	15-8	Oetke / Scheuerpflug	GER
Match #4	19 Sep 14:00	Court 1	Bosma / Díez	ESP	15-11	Berg / Dahl	SWE
Match #5	19 Sep 9:00	Court 1	Berger / Stamm	AUT	15-9	Pimponi / Raffaelli	ITA
Match #6	19 Sep 9:55	Court 1	Grinlaubs / Slack	AUS	15-2	Baracetti / Salema	ARG

Round Three

Date	19 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	19 Sep 15:50	Court 1	Prosser / Zahner	AUS	15-11	Heidger, Jr. / Wong	USA
Match #2	19 Sep 16:45	Court 1	Bosma / Díez	ESP	15-4	Palinek / Lébl	CZE
Match #3	19 Sep 14:55	Court 1	Berger / Stamm	AUT	15-10	Grinlaubs / Slack	AUS

Eighth-Finals

Date	22 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	22 Sep 14:30	Court 1	Heidger, Jr. / Wong	USA	15-0	Rodríguez / Sotelo	MEX	walkover
Match #2	22 Sep 16:20	Court 1	Blanton / Fonoimoana	USA	15-13	Høidalen / Kjemperud	NOR
Match #3	22 Sep 9:00	Court 1	Maia / Brenha	POR	15-3	Conde / Martínez	ARG
Match #4	22 Sep 11:45	Court 1	Laciga / Laciga	SUI	15-8	Prosser / Zahner	AUS
Match #5	22 Sep 15:25	Court 1	Zé Marco / Ricardo	BRA	16-14	Berger / Stamm	AUT
Match #6	22 Sep 9:55	Court 1	Child / Heese	CAN	15-6	Yermishin / Kushnerev	RUS
Match #7	22 Sep 10:50	Court 1	Ahmann / Hager	GER	15-6	Holden / Leinemann	CAN
Match #8	22 Sep 17:15	Court 1	Bosma / Díez	ESP	17-16	Emanuel / Loiola	BRA

Quarter-Finals

Date	24 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	24 Sep 9:00	Court 1	Blanton / Fonoimoana	USA	15-3	Wong / Heidger, Jr.	USA
Match #2	24 Sep 9:55	Court 1	Maia / Brenha	POR	15-11	Laciga / Laciga	SUI
Match #3	24 Sep 10:50	Court 1	Zé Marco / Ricardo	BRA	15-13	Child / Heese	CAN
Match #4	24 Sep 11:45	Court 1	Ahmann / Hager	GER	16-14	Bosma / Díez	ESP

Semi-Finals

Date	24 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	24 Sep 14:30	Court 1	Blanton / Fonoimoana	USA	15-12	Maia / Brenha	POR
Match #2	24 Sep 15:30	Court 1	Zé Marco / Ricardo	BRA	15-5	Ahmann / Hager	GER

Final Round

Date	26 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	26 Sep 14:00	Court 1	Blanton / Fonoimoana	USA	12-11, 12-9	Zé Marco / Ricardo	BRA
Match 3/4	26 Sep 12:00	Court 1	Ahmann / Hager	GER	12-9, 12-6	Maia / Brenha	POR