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Basketball, Women

Date16 – 30 September 2000
StatusOlympic
LocationSydney SuperDome, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales / The Dome and Exhibition Complex, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants142 from 12 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advance teams to classification matches.

The Americans continued to present a unified national team that played and competed together for the year prior to the Olympics. The USA team again included Lisa Leslie and Sheryl Swoopes. In addition, Teresa Edwards competed on her fifth Olympic team, a feat matched by only three men (Teofilo Cruz [PUR, 1960-76], Oscar Schmidt [BRA, 1980-96], and Andrew Gaze [AUS, 1984-2000]). But unlike that threesome, none of whom won an Olympic medal, Edwards could count five Olympic medals, four of them gold, after the Americans easily won the 2000 gold medal. The United States was undefeated in Sydney, winning a preliminary game against Russia, 88-77, in their closest game of the tournament. In the final, they defeated the hometown Aussies, 76-54. After the final game ended, Teresa Edwards went to mid-court by herself, and sat down at the center circle, absorbing the final moments of her Olympic experience.

PosNrTeamNOCWLPtsPoints
1United StatesUSA8016648–474Gold
2AustraliaAUS7114588–440Silver
3BrazilBRA448562–527Bronze
4Republic of KoreaKOR448588–578
5FranceFRA5210468–414
6Russian FederationRUS346524–464
7SlovakiaSVK346401–407
8PolandPOL346432–479
9CubaCUB244385–416
10CanadaCAN244341–384
11New ZealandNZL152337–504
12SenegalSEN060268–455

Preliminary Round (16 – 24 September 2000)

Group A (16 – 24 September 2000)

Round-robin pools.

PosNOCWLPtsPoints
1AUS5010394–264
2FRA418338–287
3BRA234358–323
4SVK234294–292
5CAN234283–317
6SEN050199–383

Match #116 Sep 11:30BRA 76 – 60SVK
Match #216 Sep 14:30FRA 75 – 39SEN
Match #316 Sep 16:30AUS 78 – 46CAN
Match #418 Sep 9:30CAN 62 – 41SEN
Match #518 Sep 19:30FRA 58 – 51SVK
Match #618 Sep 21:30AUS 81 – 70BRA
Match #720 Sep 11:30FRA 70 – 58CAN
Match #820 Sep 14:30BRA 82 – 48SEN
Match #920 Sep 16:40AUS 70 – 47SVK
Match #1022 Sep 11:30SVK 68 – 56CAN
Match #1122 Sep 14:30FRA 73 – 70
AET
BRA
Match #1222 Sep 19:30AUS 96 – 39SEN
Match #1324 Sep 9:30SVK 68 – 32SEN
Match #1424 Sep 16:30AUS 69 – 62FRA
Match #1524 Sep 21:30CAN 61 – 60BRA

Group B (16 – 24 September 2000)

Round-robin pools.

PosNOCWLPtsPoints
1USA5010436–312
2RUS326398–325
3KOR326382–357
4POL326327–339
5CUB142318–358
6NZL050265–435

Match #116 Sep 9:30POL 75 – 52NZL
Match #216 Sep 19:30RUS 72 – 62CUB
Match #316 Sep 21:30USA 89 – 75KOR
Match #418 Sep 11:30RUS 84 – 46POL
Match #518 Sep 14:30KOR 101 – 62NZL
Match #618 Sep 16:30USA 90 – 61CUB
Match #720 Sep 9:30CUB 74 – 55NZL
Match #820 Sep 19:30POL 77 – 62KOR
Match #920 Sep 21:30USA 88 – 77RUS
Match #1022 Sep 9:30KOR 75 – 73
AET
RUS
Match #1122 Sep 16:30USA 93 – 42NZL
Match #1222 Sep 21:30POL 72 – 65CUB
Match #1324 Sep 11:30RUS 92 – 54NZL
Match #1424 Sep 14:30KOR 69 – 56CUB
Match #1524 Sep 19:30USA 76 – 57POL

Quarter-Finals (27 September 2000)

Single-elimination.

Match #127 Sep 15:00AUS 76 – 48POL
Match #227 Sep 17:00BRA 68 – 67RUS
Match #327 Sep 20:00KOR 68 – 59FRA
Match #427 Sep 22:00USA 58 – 43SVK

Semi-Finals (29 September 2000)

Single-elimination.

Match #129 Sep 14:30AUS 64 – 52BRA
Match #229 Sep 16:30USA 78 – 65KOR

Final Round (26 – 30 September 2000)

Medal round.

Match 1/230 Sep 20:00USA 76 – 54AUS
Match 3/430 Sep 18:00BRA 84 – 73
AET
KOR
Match 5/629 Sep 11:30FRA 71 – 59RUS
Match 7/829 Sep 9:30SVK 64 – 57POL
Match 9/1026 Sep 11:30CUB 67 – 58CAN
Match 11/1226 Sep 9:30NZL 72 – 69SEN

Rankings

Points
Scoring Average
2-point Field Goals Made
2-point Field Goals %
3-point Field Goals Made
3-point Field Goals %
Total Field Goals Attempted
Total Field Goals %
Free Throws Made
Free Throws %
Total Rebounds
Assists
Steals
Turnovers
Blocked Shots
Personal Fouls