Doubles, Women

Date	16 – 22 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	State Sports Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	68 from 25 countries
Format	Round-robin qualifying pools, followed by single-elimination tournament. Top 8 seeded directly into single-elimination.

As usual, the tournament came down to two Chinese teams playing each other in the final. The final was a re-match of the 1999 World Championships, in which Wang Nan and Li Ju had defeated Sun Jin and Yang Ying. But the final was not close, as Wang/Li won easily in three games, 21-18, 21-11, 21-11. The bronze medal went to the Korean team of Ryu Ji-Hae and Kim Moo-Kyo, who barely defeated the Hungarian team of Csilla Bátorfi and Krisztina Tóth . Bátorfi and Tóth led by two games, but lost 3-2, and 21-19 in the fifth game.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	People's Republic of China 1	CHN		Gold
	Li Ju • Wang Nan
2	People's Republic of China 2	CHN		Silver
	Sun Jin • Yang Ying
3	Republic of Korea 1	KOR		Bronze
	Kim Mu-Gyo • Yu Ji-Hye
4	Hungary	HUN
	Csilla Bátorfi • Krisztina Tóth
=5	Croatia	CRO
	Eldijana Aganović • Tamara Boroš
=5	Republic of Korea 2	KOR
	Lee Eun-Sil • Seok Eun-Mi
=5	Australia 1	AUS
	Miao Miao • Shirley Zhou
=5	Romania	ROU
	Mihaela Șteff • Otilia Bădescu
=9	Japan 2	JPN
	Ai Fujinuma • An Konishi
=9	Chinese Taipei 2	TPE
	Chen Jing • Xu Jing
=9	Germany 2	GER
	Elke Schall • Nicole Struse
=9	Singapore	SGP
	Jing Jun Hong • Li Jia Wei
=9	Germany 1	GER
	Jie Schöpp • Qianhong Gotsch
=9	Lithuania	LTU
	Jolanta Prūsienė • Rūta Garkauskaitė
=9	Belarus	BLR
	Tatsiana Kostromina • Viktoryia Paulovich
=9	Luxembourg	LUX
	Peggy Regenwetter • Xia Lian Ni
=17	Hong Kong, China	HKG
	Song Ah Sim • Wong Ching
=17	Sweden	SWE
	Åsa Svensson • Marie Svensson
=17	New Zealand	NZL
	Chunli Li • Karen Li
=17	Austria	AUT
	Liu Jia • Judith Herczig
=17	United States 1	USA
	Jun Gao • Michelle Do
=17	Japan 1	JPN
	Kazuko Naito • Rinko Sakata
=17	Russian Federation	RUS
	Galina Melnik • Oksana Kushch
=17	Chinese Taipei 1	TPE
	Tsui Hsiu-Li • Yu Feng-Yun
=25	Nigeria 2	NGR
	Bose Kaffo • Funke Oshonaike
=25	Australia 2	AUS
	Jian-Fang Lay • Stella Zhou
=25	Nigeria 1	NGR
	Atisi Owoh • Kehinde Okenla
=25	Canada 1	CAN
	Lijuan Geng • Marie-Christine Roussy
=25	Egypt	EGY
	Bacinte Osman • Shaimaa Abdul Aziz
=25	Chile	CHI
	Silvia Morel • Sofija Tepes
=25	United States 2	USA
	Jasna Reed • Tawny Banh
=25	Canada 2	CAN
	Chris Xu • Wen Xiao Wang
=33	Venezuela	VEN
	Fabiola Ramos • Luisana Pérez
=33	Cuba	CUB
	Leticia Suárez • Marisel Ramírez

Qualification Round (16 September 2000)

Match #1	Shaimaa Abdul Aziz / Bacinte Osman	EGY	2 – 0 21-16, 21-13	Marisel Ramírez / Leticia Suárez	CUB
Match #2	Kehinde Okenla / Atisi Owoh	NGR	2 – 0 21-14, 21-14	Luisana Pérez / Fabiola Ramos	VEN

Preliminary Round (16 – 18 September 2000)

Group A (16 – 18 September 2000)

Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Australia 1	AUS	2	0	4	2	118	101	Q
	Shirley Zhou • Miao Miao
2	Austria	AUT	1	1	3	3	105	107
	Liu Jia • Judith Herczig
3	Canada 1	CAN	0	2	2	4	99	114
	Marie-Christine Roussy • Lijuan Geng

Match #1	Liu Jia / Judith Herczig	AUT	2 – 1 12-21, 21-10, 21-18	Marie-Christine Roussy / Lijuan Geng	CAN
Match #2	Miao Miao / Shirley Zhou	AUS	2 – 1 21-12, 18-21, 21-17	Lijuan Geng / Marie-Christine Roussy	CAN
Match #3	Miao Miao / Shirley Zhou	AUS	2 – 1 16-21, 21-13, 21-17	Judith Herczig / Liu Jia	AUT

Group B (16 – 18 September 2000)

Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Lithuania	LTU	2	0	4	0	86	67	Q
	Jolanta Prūsienė • Rūta Garkauskaitė
2	Japan 1	JPN	1	1	2	3	91	91
	Rinko Sakata • Kazuko Naito
3	Australia 2	AUS	0	2	1	4	84	103
	Stella Zhou • Jian-Fang Lay

Match #1	Kazuko Naito / Rinko Sakata	JPN	2 – 1 17-21, 21-11, 21-17	Jian-Fang Lay / Stella Zhou	AUS
Match #2	Jolanta Prūsienė / Rūta Garkauskaitė	LTU	2 – 0 23-21, 21-14	Stella Zhou / Jian-Fang Lay	AUS
Match #3	Jolanta Prūsienė / Rūta Garkauskaitė	LTU	2 – 0 21-18, 21-14	Rinko Sakata / Kazuko Naito	JPN

Group C (16 – 18 September 2000)

Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Germany 1	GER	2	0	4	1	106	78	Q
	Jie Schöpp • Qianhong Gotsch
2	United States 1	USA	1	1	3	3	109	119
	Michelle Do • Jun Gao
3	Canada 2	CAN	0	2	1	4	82	100
	Chris Xu • Wen Xiao Wang

Match #1	Jie Schöpp / Qianhong Gotsch	GER	2 – 0 21-11, 21-16	Chris Xu / Wen Xiao Wang	CAN
Match #2	Jun Gao / Michelle Do	USA	2 – 1 15-21, 21-14, 22-20	Wen Xiao Wang / Chris Xu	CAN
Match #3	Jie Schöpp / Qianhong Gotsch	GER	2 – 1 21-9, 22-24, 21-18	Michelle Do / Jun Gao	USA

Group D (16 – 18 September 2000)

Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Germany 2	GER	2	0	4	1	99	77	Q
	Nicole Struse • Elke Schall
2	New Zealand	NZL	1	1	3	2	92	81
	Karen Li • Chunli Li
3	United States 2	USA	0	2	0	4	51	84
	Jasna Reed • Tawny Banh

Match #1	Elke Schall / Nicole Struse	GER	2 – 0 21-12, 21-15	Tawny Banh / Jasna Reed	USA
Match #2	Chunli Li / Karen Li	NZL	2 – 0 21-16, 21-8	Tawny Banh / Jasna Reed	USA
Match #3	Elke Schall / Nicole Struse	GER	2 – 1 21-16, 15-21, 21-13	Chunli Li / Karen Li	NZL

Group E (16 – 18 September 2000)

Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Romania	ROU	2	0	4	0	85	53	Q
	Mihaela Șteff • Otilia Bădescu
2	Russian Federation	RUS	1	1	2	2	72	72
	Galina Melnik • Oksana Kushch
3	Nigeria 1	NGR	0	2	0	4	52	84
	Atisi Owoh • Kehinde Okenla

Match #1	Otilia Bădescu / Mihaela Șteff	ROU	2 – 0 21-14, 21-9	Kehinde Okenla / Atisi Owoh	NGR
Match #2	Oksana Kushch / Galina Melnik	RUS	2 – 0 21-16, 21-13	Kehinde Okenla / Atisi Owoh	NGR
Match #3	Otilia Bădescu / Mihaela Șteff	ROU	2 – 0 21-10, 22-20	Oksana Kushch / Galina Melnik	RUS

Group F (16 – 18 September 2000)

Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Japan 2	JPN	2	0	4	2	113	106	Q
	An Konishi • Ai Fujinuma
2	Hong Kong, China	HKG	1	1	3	2	94	90
	Wong Ching • Song Ah Sim
3	Chile	CHI	0	2	1	4	90	101
	Sofija Tepes • Silvia Morel

Match #1	Ai Fujinuma / An Konishi	JPN	2 – 1 17-21, 21-14, 21-19	Silvia Morel / Sofija Tepes	CHI
Match #2	Song Ah Sim / Wong Ching	HKG	2 – 0 21-17, 21-19	Silvia Morel / Sofija Tepes	CHI
Match #3	Ai Fujinuma / An Konishi	JPN	2 – 1 21-19, 12-21, 21-12	Song Ah Sim / Wong Ching	HKG

Group G (16 – 18 September 2000)

Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Croatia	CRO	2	0	4	1	107	82	Q
	Tamara Boroš • Eldijana Aganović
2	Chinese Taipei 1	TPE	1	1	3	2	95	97
	Yu Feng-Yun • Tsui Hsiu-Li
3	Nigeria 2	NGR	0	2	0	4	61	84
	Funke Oshonaike • Bose Kaffo

Match #1	Eldijana Aganović / Tamara Boroš	CRO	2 – 0 21-14, 21-15	Bose Kaffo / Funke Oshonaike	NGR
Match #2	Tsui Hsiu-Li / Yu Feng-Yun	TPE	2 – 0 21-13, 21-19	Bose Kaffo / Funke Oshonaike	NGR
Match #3	Eldijana Aganović / Tamara Boroš	CRO	2 – 1 23-25, 21-18, 21-10	Tsui Hsiu-Li / Yu Feng-Yun	TPE

Group H (16 – 18 September 2000)

Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Belarus	BLR	2	0	4	1	101	79	Q
	Tatsiana Kostromina • Viktoryia Paulovich
2	Sweden	SWE	1	1	3	2	101	84
	Åsa Svensson • Marie Svensson
3	Egypt	EGY	0	2	0	4	45	84
	Shaimaa Abdul Aziz • Bacinte Osman

Match #1	Tatsiana Kostromina / Viktoryia Paulovich	BLR	2 – 0 21-10, 21-10	Shaimaa Abdul Aziz / Bacinte Osman	EGY
Match #2	Åsa Svensson / Marie Svensson	SWE	2 – 0 21-10, 21-15	Shaimaa Abdul Aziz / Bacinte Osman	EGY
Match #3	Tatsiana Kostromina / Viktoryia Paulovich	BLR	2 – 1 21-19, 17-21, 21-19	Åsa Svensson / Marie Svensson	SWE

Round One (19 September 2000)

Winner of each match advanced to next round.

Match #1	Li Ju / Wang Nan	CHN	3 – 0 21-10, 21-18, 21-17	Elke Schall / Nicole Struse	GER
Match #2	Eldijana Aganović / Tamara Boroš	CRO	3 – 2 21-16, 15-21, 9-21, 27-25, 25-23	Jing Jun Hong / Li Jia Wei	SGP
Match #3	Kim Mu-Gyo / Yu Ji-Hye	KOR	3 – 0 21-13, 21-11, 21-5	Ai Fujinuma / An Konishi	JPN
Match #4	Otilia Bădescu / Mihaela Șteff	ROU	3 – 0 21-15, 23-21, 22-20	Chen Jing / Xu Jing	TPE
Match #5	Csilla Bátorfi / Krisztina Tóth	HUN	3 – 0 21-16, 21-16, 21-19	Qianhong Gotsch / Jie Schöpp	GER
Match #6	Lee Eun-Sil / Seok Eun-Mi	KOR	3 – 0 21-4, 21-14, 21-15	Tatsiana Kostromina / Viktoryia Paulovich	BLR
Match #7	Miao Miao / Shirley Zhou	AUS	3 – 2 16-21, 21-13, 19-21, 21-18, 21-13	Xia Lian Ni / Peggy Regenwetter	LUX
Match #8	Sun Jin / Yang Ying	CHN	3 – 0 21-5, 21-17, 21-10	Rūta Garkauskaitė / Jolanta Prūsienė	LTU

Quarter-Finals (20 September 2000)

Winner of each match advanced to next round.

Match #1	Li Ju / Wang Nan	CHN	3 – 1 21-23, 21-14, 21-12, 21-5	Eldijana Aganović / Tamara Boroš	CRO
Match #2	Kim Mu-Gyo / Yu Ji-Hye	KOR	3 – 2 21-18, 20-22, 21-14, 23-25, 21-19	Otilia Bădescu / Mihaela Șteff	ROU
Match #3	Csilla Bátorfi / Krisztina Tóth	HUN	3 – 0 21-19, 21-16, 23-21	Lee Eun-Sil / Seok Eun-Mi	KOR
Match #4	Sun Jin / Yang Ying	CHN	3 – 0 21-13, 21-11, 21-17	Miao Miao / Shirley Zhou	AUS

Semi-Finals (21 September 2000)

Winner of each match advanced to next round.

Match #1	Li Ju / Wang Nan	CHN	3 – 2 17-21, 21-15, 15-21, 21-14, 24-22	Kim Mu-Gyo / Yu Ji-Hye	KOR
Match #2	Sun Jin / Yang Ying	CHN	3 – 1 17-21, 21-18, 21-14, 21-17	Csilla Bátorfi / Krisztina Tóth	HUN

Final Round (22 September 2000)

Match 1/2	Li Ju / Wang Nan	CHN	3 – 0 21-18, 21-11, 21-11	Sun Jin / Yang Ying	CHN
Match 3/4	Kim Mu-Gyo / Yu Ji-Hye	KOR	3 – 2 21-18, 21-19, 22-24, 19-21, 21-19	Csilla Bátorfi / Krisztina Tóth	HUN