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Volleyball, Women

Date	16 – 30 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	138 from 12 countries
Format	Round-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.

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	W	L	Pts	Sets	Points	Games	Points	Side Outs	Service Points	Spike Points	Block Points	Serves	Spikes	Blocks	Digs	Sets	Receptions
1		Cuba	CUB	7	1	15	23–8	729–600	–	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Gold
	1	Yumilka Ruiz							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Marlenis Costa							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Mireya Luis							3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Regla Bell							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Regla Torres							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Tai Agüero							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Ana Ivis Fernández							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Mirka Francis							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Idalmis Gato (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Lilia Izquierdo (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Zoila Barros (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Marta Sánchez (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Luis Calderón
2		Russian Federation	RUS	7	1	15	23–10	763–678	–	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Silver
	1	Olga Potashova							1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Nataliya Morozova							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Anastasiya Belikova							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Yelena Tyurina							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Lyubov Shashkova							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Lena Godina							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Yevgeniya Artamonova							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Yelizaveta Tishchenko							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Yelena Vasilevskaya							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Yekaterina Gamova							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Tatyana Gracheva							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Inessa Sargsyan							2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Nikolay Karpol
3		Brazil	BRA	7	1	15	23–4	646–503	–	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Bronze
	2	Elisângela							7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Janina							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Raquel							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Ricarda							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Fofão							7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Leila							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Walewska							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Virna							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Karin							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Kely							7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Kiki							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Kátia							7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Bernardinho
4		United States	USA	5	3	13	18–12	653–608	–	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Demetria Sance							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Danielle Scott							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Stacy Sykora							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Heather Bown							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Charlene Tagaloa							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Kerri Walsh							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Mickisha Hurley							2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Robyn Ah Mow							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Tara Cross-Battle							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Logan Tom							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Sarah Noriega							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Allison Weston							2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Mick Haley
5		People's Republic of China	CHN	4	4	12	14–14	639–613	–	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Wu Dan							7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Li Yan							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Zhu Yunying							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Wu Yongmei							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Li Shan							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	He Qi							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Chen Jing							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Sun Yue							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Qiu Aihua							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Gui Chaoran							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Wang Lina							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Yin Yin							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Hu Jin
6		Germany	GER	3	5	11	12–17	622–660	–	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Susanne Lahme							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Beatrice Dömeland							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Tanja Hart							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Kerstin Tzscherlich							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Sylvia Roll							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Christina Benecke							7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Anja-Nadin Pietrek							1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Christina Schultz							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Judith Flemig							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Hanka Pachale							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Angelina Grün							7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Judith Sylvester							7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Lee Hee-Wan
7		Croatia	CRO	4	4	12	13–16	665–655	–	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Nataša Leto							7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Ingrid Šišković							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Patricia Daničić							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Marijana Ribičić							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Marija Anzulović							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Barbara Jelić							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Biljana Gligorović							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Jelena Čebukina							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Vesna Jelić							2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Beti Rimac							7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Gordana Jurcan							3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Ana Kaštelan (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Ivica Jelić
8		Republic of Korea	KOR	3	5	11	13–18	681–719	–	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Kim Hui-Gyeong							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Gang Hye-Mi							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Gu Min-Jeong							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Choi Gwang-Hui							7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Park Mi-Gyeong							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Gu Gi-Ran							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Jeong Seon-Hye							7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Park Su-Jeong							7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Lee Yeon-Sun							3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Lee Myeong-Hui							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Lee Yun-Hui							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Jang So-Yeon							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Kim Cheol-Yong
=9		Australia	AUS	1	4	6	4–13	303–408	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Renae Maycock							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Majella Brown							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Liz Brett							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Rachel White							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Christie Mokotupu							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Selina Scoble							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Sandi Bowen							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Tamsin Barnett							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Priscilla Ruddle							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Louise Bawden							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Bea Daly							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Angela Clarke							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Brad Saindon
=9		Italy	ITA	1	4	6	7–12	427–446	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Simona Rinieri							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Elisa Togut							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Manuela Leggeri							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Maurizia Cacciatori							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Sabrina Bertini							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Paola Paggi							3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Darina Mifkova							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Francesca Piccinini							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Eleonora Lo Bianco							3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Ana Paula De Tassis							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Anna Vania Mello							3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Antonella Bragaglia							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Angiolino Frigoni
=11		Kenya	KEN	0	5	5	2–15	280–412	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Margaret Indakala							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Doris Wanjala							3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Jackline Makokha							1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Edna Chepngeno							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Dorcas Nakhomicha Ndasaba							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Rose Obunaga							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Gladys Nasikanda							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Violet Barasa							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Maria Kochwa							2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Nancy Waswa							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Emily Wesutila							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Judith Serenge							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Sadatoshi Sugawara
=11		Peru	PER	0	5	5	2–15	316–422	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Fiorella Aíta							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Iris Falcón							1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Rosa García							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Diana Soto							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Leyla Chihuán							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Yulissa Zamudio							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Milagros Moy							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Janet Vasconzuelos							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Natalia Málaga							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Milagros Uceda							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Milagros Cámere							2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Elena Keldibekova (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Park Man-Bok

Preliminary Round (16 – 24 September 2000)

Group A (16 – 24 September 2000)

Round-robin pools.

Pos	NOC	W	L	Pts	Sets	Points
1	BRA	5	0	10	15–1	395–272
2	USA	4	1	9	13–4	392–306
3	CRO	3	2	8	9–9	411–389
4	CHN	2	3	7	8–9	371–365
5	AUS	1	4	6	4–13	303–408
6	KEN	0	5	5	2–15	280–412

Match #1	16 Sep 12:33	BRA	3 – 0	KEN
Match #2	16 Sep 14:31	CRO	3 – 1	AUS
Match #3	16 Sep 21:10	USA	3 – 1	CHN
Match #4	18 Sep 12:00	CRO	3 – 1	CHN
Match #5	18 Sep 14:30	USA	3 – 0	KEN
Match #6	18 Sep 18:30	BRA	3 – 0	AUS
Match #7	20 Sep 14:30	AUS	3 – 1	KEN
Match #8	20 Sep 18:30	BRA	3 – 0	CHN
Match #9	20 Sep 20:30	USA	3 – 0	CRO
Match #10	22 Sep 10:00	CHN	3 – 0	KEN
Match #11	22 Sep 18:30	BRA	3 – 0	CRO
Match #12	22 Sep 20:30	USA	3 – 0	AUS
Match #13	24 Sep 10:00	CRO	3 – 1	KEN
Match #14	24 Sep 12:00	BRA	3 – 1	USA
Match #15	24 Sep 18:30	CHN	3 – 0	AUS

Group B (16 – 24 September 2000)

Round-robin pools.

Pos	NOC	W	L	Pts	Sets	Points
1	RUS	5	0	10	15–5	465–392
2	CUB	4	1	9	14–4	419–332
3	KOR	3	2	8	9–9	393–413
4	GER	2	3	7	8–10	380–395
5	ITA	1	4	6	7–12	427–446
6	PER	0	5	5	2–15	316–422

Match #1	16 Sep 10:00	CUB	3 – 0	GER
Match #2	16 Sep 12:00	RUS	3 – 0	PER
Match #3	16 Sep 18:30	KOR	3 – 2	ITA
Match #4	18 Sep 10:00	ITA	3 – 0	PER
Match #5	18 Sep 12:30	KOR	3 – 0	GER
Match #6	18 Sep 20:30	RUS	3 – 2	CUB
Match #7	20 Sep 10:01	GER	3 – 0	PER
Match #8	20 Sep 12:00	RUS	3 – 1	ITA
Match #9	20 Sep 12:30	CUB	3 – 0	KOR
Match #10	22 Sep 12:00	CUB	3 – 0	ITA
Match #11	22 Sep 12:30	KOR	3 – 1	PER
Match #12	22 Sep 14:35	RUS	3 – 2	GER
Match #13	24 Sep 12:30	GER	3 – 1	ITA
Match #14	24 Sep 14:40	CUB	3 – 1	PER
Match #15	24 Sep 20:30	RUS	3 – 0	KOR

Quarter-Finals (26 September 2000)

Single-elimination.

Match #1	26 Sep 12:30	BRA	3 – 0	GER
Match #2	26 Sep 14:30	CUB	3 – 0	CRO
Match #3	26 Sep 18:30	USA	3 – 2	KOR
Match #4	26 Sep 20:30	RUS	3 – 0	CHN

Classification Round 5-8 (27 September 2000)

Classification matches.

Match #1	27 Sep 10:00	GER	3 – 1	CRO
Match #2	27 Sep 12:00	CHN	3 – 1	KOR

Semi-Finals (28 September 2000)

Single-elimination.

Match #1	28 Sep 18:30	CUB	3 – 2	BRA
Match #2	28 Sep 20:30	RUS	3 – 2	USA

Final Round (28 – 30 September 2000)

Medal round.

Match 1/2	30 Sep 14:30	CUB	3 – 2	RUS
Match 3/4	30 Sep 12:30	BRA	3 – 0	USA
Match 5/6	28 Sep 12:30	CHN	3 – 1	GER
Match 7/8	28 Sep 14:30	CRO	3 – 1	KOR

Rankings

Points