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Volleyball, Women

Date16 – 30 September 2000
StatusOlympic
LocationSydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants138 from 12 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches.

In the now standard format, 12 teams competed, separated into two pools of six, followed by elimination and medal/placement matches. The qualifying teams were selected as follows: host nation (Australia), World Cup (Cuba, Russia, Brazil), Continental Qualifiers (Kenya, Korea, United States, Peru, Germany), and qualification tournaments (Italy, China, Croatia)

The two favorites were Cuba and Russia. Cuba had won the last two gold medals, and the 1994 and 1998 World Championships. They were drawn together in Group B and Russia defeated the Cubans in five close sets. The semi-finals saw Cuba require five sets to defeat Brazil, while the Russians also needed five sets to beat a tough US team. The two favorites matched off in the final, and Russia narrowly won the first two sets, 27-25, 34-32. But Cuba then showed why they had won almost every tournament since 1992, taking the last three sets easily, and winning their third consecutive gold medal. Four Cuban players – Regla Bell, Marlenis Costa, Mireya Luis, and Regla Torres – played on all three championship teams.

PosNumberTeamNOC
1CubaCUBGold
1Yumilka Ruiz
2Marlenis Costa
3Mireya Luis
8Regla Bell
10Regla Torres
12Tai Agüero
14Ana Ivis Fernández
16Mirka Francis
5Idalmis Gato DNS
4Lilia Izquierdo DNS
18Zoila Barros DNS
17Marta Sánchez DNS
CoachLuis Calderón
2Russian FederationRUSSilver
1Olga Potashova
2Nataliya Morozova
3Anastasiya Belikova
4Yelena Batukhtina-Tyurina
5Lyubov Sokolova-Shashkova
6Lena Godina
8Yevgeniya Artamonova-Estes
9Yelizaveta Tishchenko
10Yelena Vasilevskaya
11Yekaterina Gamova
12Tatyana Gracheva
13Inessa Sargsyan
CoachNikolay Karpol
3BrazilBRABronze
2 Elisângela
3 Janina
4 Raquel
5 Ricarda
7 Fofão
8 Leila
9 Walewska
10 Virna
11 Karin
14 Kely
16 Kiki
17 Kátia
Coach Bernardinho
4United StatesUSA
1Demetria Sance
2Danielle Scott-Arruda
5Stacy Sykora
7Heather Bown
8Charlene Tagaloa
9Kerri Walsh Jennings
10Mickisha Hurley
11Robyn Ah Mow-Santos
13Tara Cross-Battle
15Logan Tom
16Sarah Noriega
18Allison Weston
CoachMick Haley
5People's Republic of ChinaCHN
1Wu Dan
2Li Yan
4Zhu Yunying
5Wu Yongmei
6Li Shan
7He Qi
10Chen Jing
11Sun Yue
12Qiu Aihua
13Gui Chaoran
15Wang Lina
17Yin Yin
CoachHu Jin
6GermanyGER
1Susanne Lahme
2Beatrice Dömeland
3Tanja Hart
4Kerstin Tzscherlich
5Sylvia Roll
9Christina Benecke
10Anja-Nadin Pietrek
11Christina Schultz
12Judith Flemig
13Hanka Pachale
15Angelina Grün
16Judith Sylvester
CoachLee Hee-Wan
7CroatiaCRO
1Nataša Leto
2Ingrid Šišković
3Patricia Daničić
4Marijana Ribičić
6Marija Anzulović
8Barbara Jelić
10Biljana Gligorović
11Jelena Ovchinnikova-Čebukina
12Vesna Jelić
13Beti Rimac
14Gordana Jurcan
9Ana Kaštelan DNS
CoachIvica Jelić
8Republic of KoreaKOR
2Kim Hui-Gyeong
3Gang Hye-Mi
4Gu Min-Jeong
6Choi Gwang-Hui
7Park Mi-Gyeong
8Gu Gi-Ran
9Jeong Seon-Hye
10Park Su-Jeong
12Lee Yeon-Sun
13Lee Myeong-Hui
14Lee Yun-Hui
15Jang So-Yeon
CoachKim Cheol-Yong
=9AustraliaAUS
2Renae Maycock
3Majella Brown
5Liz Brett
6Rachel White
7Christie Mokotupu
9Selina Scoble
10Sandi Bowen
11Tamsin Barnett-Hinchley
12Priscilla Ruddle
14Louise Bawden
15Bea Daly
16Angela Clarke
CoachBrad Saindon
=9ItalyITA
2Simona Rinieri Dennis
3Elisa Togut
4Manuela Leggeri
7Maurizia Cacciatori
8Sabrina Bertini
10Paola Paggi
11Darina Mifkova
12Francesca Piccinini
14Eleonora Lo Bianco
15Ana Paula De Tassis
16Anna Vania Mello
18Antonella Bragaglia
CoachAngiolino Frigoni
=11KenyaKEN
2Margaret Indakala
3Doris Wanjala
5Jackline Makokha
6Edna Chepngeno
9Dorcas Nakhomicha Ndasaba
11Rose Obunaga
13Gladys Nasikanda
14Violet Barasa
15Maria Kochwa
16Nancy Waswa
17Emily Wesutila
18Judith Serenge
CoachSadatoshi Sugawara
=11PeruPER
1Fiorella Aíta
2Iris Falcón
3Rosa García
4Diana Soto
5Leyla Chihuán
7Yulissa Zamudio
8Milagros Moy
9Janet Vasconzuelos
12Natalia Málaga
14Milagros Uceda
17Milagros Cámere
6Elena Keldibekova DNS
CoachPark Man-Bok

Preliminary Round

Date16 – 24 September 2000

Group A

Date16 – 24 September 2000
FormatRound-robin pools.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsLossesPointsSetsSet RatioPointsPoints Ratio
1BrazilBRA501015-115.000395-2721.452
2United StatesUSA41913-43.250392-3061.281
3CroatiaCRO3289-91.000411-3891.057
4People's Republic of ChinaCHN2378-90.889371-3651.016
5AustraliaAUS1464-130.308303-4080.743
6KenyaKEN0552-150.133280-4120.680
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #116 Sep 12:33BrazilBRA25-8, 25-11, 25-13KenyaKEN
Match #216 Sep 14:31CroatiaCRO25-21, 22-25, 25-14, 25-16AustraliaAUS
Match #316 Sep 21:10United StatesUSA19-25, 25-21, 25-12, 26-24People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #418 Sep 12:00Pavilion 4CroatiaCRO25-23, 26-28, 25-20, 25-15People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #518 Sep 14:30United StatesUSA25-16, 25-6, 25-16KenyaKEN
Match #618 Sep 18:30BrazilBRA25-13, 25-18, 25-17AustraliaAUS
Match #720 Sep 14:30AustraliaAUS16-25, 25-20, 25-15, 28-26KenyaKEN
Match #820 Sep 18:30BrazilBRA25-14, 25-21, 25-18People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #920 Sep 20:30United StatesUSA25-19, 25-18, 25-16CroatiaCRO
Match #1022 Sep 10:00Pavilion 4People's Republic of ChinaCHN25-15, 25-14, 25-18KenyaKEN
Match #1122 Sep 18:30BrazilBRA25-21, 25-23, 25-23CroatiaCRO
Match #1222 Sep 20:30United StatesUSA25-11, 25-17, 25-10AustraliaAUS
Match #1324 Sep 10:00Pavilion 4CroatiaCRO18-25, 25-16, 25-18, 25-18KenyaKEN
Match #1424 Sep 12:00Pavilion 4BrazilBRA25-17, 20-25, 25-15, 25-15United StatesUSA
Match #1524 Sep 18:30People's Republic of ChinaCHN25-18, 25-14, 25-15AustraliaAUS

Group B

Date16 – 24 September 2000
FormatRound-robin pools.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsLossesPointsSetsSet RatioPointsPoints Ratio
1Russian FederationRUS501015-53.000465-3921.186
2CubaCUB41914-43.500419-3321.262
3Republic of KoreaKOR3289-91.000393-4130.952
4GermanyGER2378-100.800380-3950.962
5ItalyITA1467-120.583427-4460.957
6PeruPER0552-150.133316-4220.749
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #116 Sep 10:00Pavilion 4CubaCUB25-17, 25-18, 25-18GermanyGER
Match #216 Sep 12:00Pavilion 4Russian FederationRUS25-17, 25-13, 25-20PeruPER
Match #316 Sep 18:30Republic of KoreaKOR23-25, 25-18, 25-22, 22-25, 27-25ItalyITA
Match #418 Sep 10:00Pavilion 4ItalyITA25-17, 25-20, 25-20PeruPER
Match #518 Sep 12:30Republic of KoreaKOR25-16, 25-21, 25-22GermanyGER
Match #618 Sep 20:30Russian FederationRUS20-25, 25-21, 21-25, 25-12, 15-13CubaCUB
Match #720 Sep 10:01Pavilion 4GermanyGER25-16, 25-19, 25-16PeruPER
Match #820 Sep 12:00Pavilion 4Russian FederationRUS29-31, 25-18, 25-21, 25-19ItalyITA
Match #920 Sep 12:30CubaCUB25-17, 25-13, 25-15Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #1022 Sep 12:00Pavilion 4CubaCUB25-18, 25-21, 25-20ItalyITA
Match #1122 Sep 12:30Republic of KoreaKOR19-25, 25-19, 30-28, 25-17PeruPER
Match #1222 Sep 14:35Russian FederationRUS25-23, 23-25, 14-25, 28-26, 15-6GermanyGER
Match #1324 Sep 12:30GermanyGER25-22, 13-25, 25-21, 25-21ItalyITA
Match #1424 Sep 14:40CubaCUB23-25, 25-12, 25-16, 25-16PeruPER
Match #1524 Sep 20:30Russian FederationRUS25-15, 25-21, 25-16Republic of KoreaKOR

Quarter-Finals

Date26 September 2000
FormatSingle-elimination.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #126 Sep 12:30BrazilBRA25-22, 25-18, 25-17GermanyGER
Match #226 Sep 14:30CubaCUB25-18, 25-23, 25-21CroatiaCRO
Match #326 Sep 18:30United StatesUSA26-24, 17-25, 25-23, 25-27, 16-14Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #426 Sep 20:30Russian FederationRUS27-25, 25-23, 27-25People's Republic of ChinaCHN

Classification Round 5-8

Date27 September 2000
FormatClassification matches.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #127 Sep 10:00GermanyGER27-25, 27-29, 25-21, 25-18CroatiaCRO
Match #227 Sep 12:00People's Republic of ChinaCHN23-25, 25-19, 25-23, 25-21Republic of KoreaKOR

Semi-Finals

Date28 September 2000
FormatSingle-elimination.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #128 Sep 18:30CubaCUB27-29, 25-19, 21-25, 25-19, 15-9BrazilBRA
Match #228 Sep 20:30Russian FederationRUS25-15, 23-25, 25-15, 26-28, 15-8United StatesUSA

Final Round

Date28 – 30 September 2000
FormatMedal round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/230 Sep 14:30CubaCUB25-27, 32-34, 25-19, 25-18, 15-7Russian FederationRUS
Match 3/430 Sep 12:30BrazilBRA25-18, 25-22, 25-21United StatesUSA
Match 5/628 Sep 12:30People's Republic of ChinaCHN25-19, 25-19, 22-25, 25-18GermanyGER
Match 7/828 Sep 14:30CroatiaCRO25-18, 24-26, 25-22, 25-21Republic of KoreaKOR