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Volleyball, Men

Date	17 September – 1 October 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, New South Wales / The Dome and Exhibition Complex, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	141 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 (Russia, Cuba, Italy), Continental qualifiers (Egypt, Korea, United States, Brazil, Serbia & Montenegro), and qualifying tournaments (Argentina, Spain, Netherlands).

Italy was a heavy favorite, having won the last three World Championships and the European title in 1995 and 1999. But they had yet to win an Olympic gold medal. They swept thru Group B undefeated and won their quarter-final match over Australia. But in the semis, Serbia & Montenegro (Yugoslavia), runners-up at the 1998 Worlds, and bronze medalists at the 1999 Europeans, triumphed in straight sets, again denying Italy an Olympic gold medal. Serbia & Montenegro had struggled in the pools, finishing only third behind Italy and Russia, but they defeated Russia in straight sets in the final to win the gold medal. As in 1996, all the medalists came from the same pool, this time Group B.

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		Yugoslavia	SCG	6	2	14	21–11	765–707	–	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Gold
	3	Vladimir Batez							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Slobodan Kovač							3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Slobodan Boškan							1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Đula Mešter							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Vasa Mijić							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Nikola Grbić							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Vladimir Grbić							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Andrija Gerić							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Goran Vujević							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Ivan Miljković							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Igor Vušurović							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Veljko Petković (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Zoran Gajić
2		Russian Federation	RUS	6	2	14	19–13	739–714	–	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Silver
	2	Vadim Khamuttskikh							3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Ruslan Olikhver							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Valery Goryushev							2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Igor Shulepov							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Aleksey Kazakov							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Yevgeny Mitkov							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Sergey Tetyukhin							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Roman Yakovlev							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Konstantin Ushakov							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Aleksandr Gerasimov							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Ilya Savelyev							7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Aleksey Kuleshov							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Gennady Shipulin
3		Italy	ITA	7	1	15	21–8	725–629	–	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Bronze
	1	Andrea Gardini							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Marco Meoni							7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Pasquale Gravina							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Luigi Mastrangelo							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Paolo Tofoli							2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Samuele Papi							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Andrea Sartoretti							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Marco Bracci							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Simone Rosalba							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Mirko Corsano							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Andrea Giani							3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Alessandro Fei							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Andrea Anastasi
4		Argentina	ARG	3	5	11	11–18	643–716	–	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Marcos Milinkovic							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Christian Lares							7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Leandro Maly							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Leandro Patti							1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Carlos Weber							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Hugo Conte							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Juan Pablo Porello							7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Alejandro Spajic							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Jerónimo Bidegain							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Sebastián Firpo							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Pablo Pereira							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Pablo Meana							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Carlos Getzelevich
5		Netherlands	NED	6	2	14	20–8	678–594	–	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Reinder Nummerdor							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Guido Görtzen							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Richard Schuil							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Mike van de Goor							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Bas van de Goor							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Joost Kooistra							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Peter Blangé							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Martin van der Horst							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Albert Cristina							1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Martijn Dieleman							2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Misha Latuhihin (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Erik Schuil (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Toon Gerbrands
6		Brazil	BRA	6	2	14	19–9	674–606	–	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Marcelinho							7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Giovane							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Kid							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	André Heller							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Maurício							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Giba							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Douglas							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Max							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Nalbert							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Gustavo							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Tande							7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Dante							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Radames Lattari Filho
7		Cuba	CUB	4	4	12	16–13	669–595	–	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Leonel Marshall							3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Nicolás Vives							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Alexeis Argilagos							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Iván Ruiz							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Ángel Dennis							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Pavel Pimienta							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Raúl Diago							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Osvaldo Hernández							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Ramón Gato							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Alaín Roca							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Ihosvany Hernández							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Yosenki García							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Juan Jesús Díaz
8		Australia	AUS	2	6	10	7–19	505–621	–	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Dan Howard							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Steve Keir							7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Benjamin Hardy							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Nathan Jakavicius							7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Russell Wentworth							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Dan Ronan							7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Spiros Marazios							7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Scott Newcomb							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	David Beard							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Ben Loft							6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Shane Van Beest							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Mark Williams							8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Stelio de Rocco
=9		Spain	ESP	1	4	6	7–12	404–444	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Rafael Pascual							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Luis Pedro Suela							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Miguel Ángel Falasca							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Juan Carlos Robles							1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Alexis Valido							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Cosme Prenafeta							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Carlos Luis Carreño							3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	José Antonio Casilla							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	José Luis Moltó							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Ernesto Rodríguez							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Juan José Salvador							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Enrique de la Fuente							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Raúl Lucio
=9		Republic of Korea	KOR	1	4	6	8–14	491–504	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Sin Jin-Sik							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Hu In-Jeong							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Jang Byeong-Cheol							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Lee Ho							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Bang Sin-Bong							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Lee Byeong-Yong							2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Sin Seon-Ho							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Park Hui-Sang							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Bang Ji-Seop							2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Choi Tae-Ung							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Lee Gyeong-Su							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Kim Se-Jin							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Shin Chi-Yong
=11		Egypt	EGY	0	5	5	1–15	309–411	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Hamdy El-Safy							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Ashraf Abou El-Hassan							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Mohamed El-Husseini							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Nehad Shehata							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Sayed Khalil							1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Eslam Awad							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Mahmoud Abdel Aziz							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Mohamed Mouselhy							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Ussama Komsan							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Hany Mouselhy							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Ibrahim Fathy							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Ibrahim Rashwan							2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Ibrahim Ibrahim
=11		United States	USA	0	5	5	5–15	417–478	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Lloy Ball							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Mike Lambert							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Erik Sullivan							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	John Hyden							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Ryan Millar							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Chip McCaw							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Tom Hoff							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Jeff Nygaard							3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Kevin Barnett							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	George Roumain							5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Dan Landry							4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Andy Witt							1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Doug Beal

Preliminary Round (17 – 25 September 2000)

Group A (17 – 25 September 2000)

Round-robin pools.

Pos	NOC	W	L	Pts	Sets	Points
1	BRA	5	0	10	15–1	415–331
2	NED	4	1	9	12–5	417–360
3	CUB	3	2	8	9–7	383–335
4	AUS	2	3	7	6–10	327–374
5	ESP	1	4	6	7–12	404–444
6	EGY	0	5	5	1–15	309–411

Match #1	17 Sep 10:00	ESP	3 – 0	EGY
Match #2	17 Sep 14:30	NED	3 – 0	CUB
Match #3	17 Sep 20:30	BRA	3 – 0	AUS
Match #4	19 Sep 12:00	CUB	3 – 1	ESP
Match #5	19 Sep 12:30	BRA	3 – 0	EGY
Match #6	19 Sep 18:30	NED	3 – 0	AUS
Match #7	21 Sep 10:00	CUB	3 – 0	EGY
Match #8	21 Sep 18:30	BRA	3 – 0	NED
Match #9	21 Sep 20:30	AUS	3 – 1	ESP
Match #10	23 Sep 10:00	NED	3 – 1	EGY
Match #11	23 Sep 12:30	CUB	3 – 0	AUS
Match #12	23 Sep 20:30	BRA	3 – 1	ESP
Match #13	25 Sep 12:00	NED	3 – 1	ESP
Match #14	25 Sep 12:30	BRA	3 – 0	CUB
Match #15	25 Sep 18:30	AUS	3 – 0	EGY

Group B (17 – 25 September 2000)

Round-robin pools.

Pos	NOC	W	L	Pts	Sets	Points
1	ITA	5	0	10	15–4	482–421
2	RUS	4	1	9	13–7	465–443
3	SCG	3	2	8	12–9	489–461
4	ARG	2	3	7	7–11	409–446
5	KOR	1	4	6	8–14	491–504
6	USA	0	5	5	5–15	417–478

Match #1	17 Sep 12:00	ITA	3 – 0	KOR
Match #2	17 Sep 12:30	RUS	3 – 1	SCG
Match #3	17 Sep 18:30	ARG	3 – 1	USA
Match #4	19 Sep 10:00	ARG	3 – 1	KOR
Match #5	19 Sep 14:30	RUS	3 – 1	USA
Match #6	19 Sep 20:30	ITA	3 – 2	SCG
Match #7	21 Sep 12:00	SCG	3 – 0	USA
Match #8	21 Sep 12:30	ITA	3 – 0	ARG
Match #9	21 Sep 14:30	RUS	3 – 2	KOR
Match #10	23 Sep 12:00	SCG	3 – 1	ARG
Match #11	23 Sep 14:30	ITA	3 – 1	RUS
Match #12	23 Sep 18:30	KOR	3 – 2	USA
Match #13	25 Sep 10:00	RUS	3 – 0	ARG
Match #14	25 Sep 14:30	SCG	3 – 2	KOR
Match #15	25 Sep 20:30	ITA	3 – 1	USA

Quarter-Finals (27 September 2000)

Single-elimination.

Match #1	27 Sep 12:30	ARG	3 – 1	BRA
Match #2	27 Sep 14:30	SCG	3 – 2	NED
Match #3	27 Sep 18:30	RUS	3 – 2	CUB
Match #4	27 Sep 20:30	ITA	3 – 1	AUS

Classification Round 5-8 (28 September 2000)

Classification matches.

Match #1	28 Sep 10:00	BRA	3 – 2	CUB
Match #2	28 Sep 12:00	NED	3 – 0	AUS

Semi-Finals (28 – 29 September 2000)

Single-elimination.

Match #1	29 Sep 18:30	RUS	3 – 1	ARG
Match #2	29 Sep 20:30	SCG	3 – 0	ITA

Final Round (29 September – 1 October 2000)

Medal round.

Match 1/2	01 Oct 14:30	SCG	3 – 0	RUS
Match 3/4	01 Oct 12:30	ITA	3 – 0	ARG
Match 5/6	29 Sep 12:30	NED	3 – 0	BRA
Match 7/8	29 Sep 14:30	CUB	3 – 0	AUS

Rankings

Points