# Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's tournament of basketball at the 2000 Olympics at Sydney, Australia began on September 16 and ended on September 30, when the United States defeated Australia 76–54 for the gold medal. Preliminary round games were held at The Dome and elimination games at the Sydney SuperDome.

## Qualifying

| Country | Qualified as | Date of qualification | Previous appearance |
| Australia | Olympics host | Sep 24, 1993 | 1996 |
| United States | World champion | Jun 27, 1998 | 1996 |
| South Korea | Asian champion | May 9, 1999 | 1996 |
| New Zealand | Oceanian champion | Jun 4, 1999 | First appearance |
| Senegal | African champion | Dec 20, 1997 | First appearance |
| Brazil | Americas runner-up | May 17, 1999 | 1996 |
| Cuba | Americas champion | May 17, 1999 | 1996 |
| Canada | Americas third place | May 17, 1999 | 1996 |
| Poland | European champion | Jun 6, 1999 | First appearance |
| France | European runner-up | Jun 6, 1999 | First Appearance |
| Russia | European third place | Jun 6, 1999 | 1996 |
| Slovakia | European fourth place | Jun 6, 1999 | First appearance |

## Format

* Twelve teams are split into 2 preliminary round groups of 6 teams each. The top 4 teams from each group qualify for the knockout stage.
* Fifth and sixth-placed teams from each group are ranked 9th–12th in two additional matches.
* In the quarterfinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B4, A2 vs. B3, A3 vs. B2 and A4 vs. B1.
** The eliminated teams at the quarterfinals are ranked 5th–8th in two additional matches.
* The winning teams from the quarterfinals meet in the semifinals as follows: A3/B2 vs. A1/B4 and A2/B3 vs. A4/B1.
* The winning teams from the semifinals dispute the gold medal. The losing teams dispute the bronze.
Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:
* Head to head results
* Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
* Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

## Preliminary round

* Qualified for the quarterfinals
The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia (H) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 394 | 274 | +120 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | France | 5 | 4 | 1 | 338 | 287 | +51 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Brazil | 5 | 2 | 3 | 358 | 353 | +5 | 7 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Slovakia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 294 | 282 | +12 | 7 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Canada | 5 | 2 | 3 | 313 | 317 | −4 | 7 | |
| 6 | Senegal | 5 | 0 | 5 | 199 | 383 | −184 | 5 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head record: Brazil 1–1 (1.12 GAvg), Slovakia 1–1 (0.97), Canada 1–1 (0.91)
* 16 September 2000 11:30
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 76–60 | Slovakia |
| Scoring by half: 35–28, 41–32 |||
| Pts: Janeth 24 Rebs: Janeth 7 Asts: Helen 7 | | Pts: Luptáková 22 Rebs: Godályová, Kováčová 6 Asts: Frniaková 5 |
* The Dome, Sydney
* 16 September 2000 14:30
* Boxscore
| France | 75–39 | Senegal |
| Scoring by half: 42–21, 33–18 |||
| Pts: Antibe 13 Rebs: Fijalkowski 7 Asts: Melain 5 | | Pts: A. N'Diaye 11 Rebs: A. N'Diaye 7 Asts: Fall 4 |
* The Dome, Sydney
* 16 September 2000 16:30
* Boxscore
| Australia | 78–46 | Canada |
| Scoring by half: 40–19, 38–27 |||
| Pts: Brondello, Jackson 18 Rebs: Jackson 8 Asts: Harrower 5 | | Pts: Dales, Sutton-Brown 13 Rebs: Sutton-Brown 9 Asts: Bouchard, Hendry 2 |
* The Dome, Sydney
* 18 September 2000 9:30
| Canada | 62–41 | Senegal |
* The Dome, Sydney
* 18 September 2000 19:30
| France | 58–51 | Slovakia |
* The Dome, Sydney
* 18 September 2000 21:30
| Australia | 81–70 | Brazil |
* The Dome, Sydney
* 20 September 2000 11:30
| France | 70–58 | Canada |
* The Dome, Sydney
* 20 September 2000 14:30
| Brazil | 82–48 | Senegal |
* The Dome, Sydney
* 20 September 2000 21:30
| Australia | 70–47 | Slovakia |
* The Dome, Sydney
* 22 September 2000 11:30
| Slovakia | 68–56 | Canada |
* The Dome, Sydney
* 22 September 2000 14:30
| France | 73–70 (OT) | Brazil |
* The Dome, Sydney
* 22 September 2000 19:30
| Australia | 96–39 | Senegal |
* The Dome, Sydney
* 24 September 2000 9:30
| Slovakia | 68–32 | Senegal |
* The Dome, Sydney
* 24 September 2000 16:30
| Australia | 69–62 | France |
* The Dome, Sydney
* 24 September 2000 21:30
| Canada | 61–60 | Brazil |
* The Dome, Sydney

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 436 | 312 | +124 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Russia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 398 | 325 | +73 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | South Korea | 5 | 3 | 2 | 382 | 367 | +15 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Poland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 337 | 339 | −2 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Cuba | 5 | 1 | 4 | 318 | 358 | −40 | 6 | |
| 6 | New Zealand | 5 | 0 | 5 | 265 | 435 | −170 | 5 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head record: Russia 1–1 (1.30 GAvg), South Korea 1–1 (0.91), Poland 1–1 (0.84)
* 16 September 2000 9:30
| Poland | 75–52 | New Zealand |
* The Dome, Sydney
* 16 September 2000 19:30
| Russia | 72–62 | Cuba |
* The Dome, Sydney
* 16 September 2000 21:30
| South Korea | 75–89 | United States |
| Scoring by half: 43–53, 32–36 |||
| Pts: Jung 17 Rebs: Kim 4 Asts: Park 3 | | Pts: Swoopes 29 Rebs: Leslie 11 Asts: Edwards, Staley 4 each |
* The Dome, Sydney Attendance: 6,939
* 18 September 2000 11:30
| Russia | 84–46 | Poland |
* The Dome, Sydney
* 18 September 2000 14:30
| South Korea | 101–62 | New Zealand |
* The Dome, Sydney
* 18 September 2000 16:30
| United States | 90–61 | Cuba |
| Scoring by half: 48–42, 42–19 |||
| Pts: Smith 15 Rebs: Griffith, Williams 7 each Asts: Staley 8 | | Pts: Martínez 19 Rebs: Martínez, Molinet 4 each Asts: Castillo 5 |
* The Dome, Sydney Attendance: 7,298
* 20 September 2000 9:30
| Cuba | 74–55 | New Zealand |
* The Dome, Sydney
* 20 September 2000 16:30
| United States | 88–77 | Russia |
| Scoring by half: 44–47, 44–30 |||
| Pts: Leslie 18 Rebs: Griffith 11 Asts: Edwards, Swoopes 3 each | | Pts: Arkhipova 15 Rebs: Zasulskaya 6 Asts: Zasulskaya 5 |
* The Dome, Sydney Attendance: 8,383
* 20 September 2000 19:30
| Poland | 87–62 | South Korea |
* The Dome, Sydney
* 22 September 2000 9:30
| South Korea | 75–73 (OT) | Russia |
* The Dome, Sydney
* 22 September 2000 16:30
| New Zealand | 42–93 | United States |
| Scoring by half: 17–47, 25–46 |||
| Pts: Farmer 9 Rebs: Ofsoski 6 Asts: Farmer 3 | | Pts: Smith 14 Rebs: Williams 7 Asts: Bolton-Holfield 6 |
* The Dome, Sydney Attendance: 8,297
* 22 September 2000 21:30
| Poland | 72–65 | Cuba |
* The Dome, Sydney
* 24 September 2000 11:30
| Russia | 92–54 | New Zealand |
* The Dome, Sydney
* 24 September 2000 14:30
| South Korea | 69–56 | Cuba |
* The Dome, Sydney
* 24 September 2000 19:30
| United States | 76–57 | Poland |
| Scoring by half: 44–21, 32–36 |||
| Pts: Griffith, Swoopes 16 Rebs: Griffith 12 Asts: Leslie 4 | | Pts: Dydek 24 Rebs: Dydek 10 Asts: Predehl 2 |
* The Dome, Sydney Attendance: 8,471

## Classification games

* 26 September 2000 9:30
* 11th place
| New Zealand | 72–69 | Senegal |
* Sydney Superdome, Sydney
* 26 September 2000 11:30
* 9th place
| Cuba | 67–58 | Canada |
* Sydney Superdome, Sydney
* 29 September 2000 9:30
* 7th place
| Slovakia | 64–57 | Poland |
* Sydney Superdome, Sydney
* 29 September 2000 11:30
* 5th place
| France | 71–59 | Russia |
* Sydney Superdome, Sydney

## Knockout stage

| Quarterfinals (27 September) | Quarterfinals (27 September) | Quarterfinals (27 September) | Semifinals (29 September) | Semifinals (29 September) | Semifinals (29 September) | Gold medal game (30 September) | Gold medal game (30 September) | Gold medal game (30 September) |
| A1 | Australia | 76 | | | | | | |
| B4 | Poland | 48 | | | | | | |
| B4 | Poland | 48 | A1 | Australia | 64 | | | |
| | | | A3 | Brazil | 52 | | | |
| B2 | Russia | 67 | A3 | Brazil | 52 | | | |
| A3 | Brazil | 68 | | | | | | |
| A3 | Brazil | 68 | | | | A1 | Australia | 54 |
| | | | | | | B1 | United States | 76 |
| A2 | France | 59 | | | | | | | B1 | United States | 76 |
| B3 | South Korea | 68 | | | |
| B3 | South Korea | 68 | B3 | South Korea | 65 | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| | | | B1 | United States | 78 |
| B1 | United States | 58 | B1 | United States | 78 | A3 | Brazil (OT) | 84 |
| A4 | Slovakia | 43 | | | | B3 | South Korea | 73 |

### Quarterfinals

* 27 September 2000 15:00
* Report
| Australia | 76–48 | Poland |
| Scoring by half: 43–28, 33–20 |||
| Pts: Jackson 17 Rebs: Jackson, Griffiths 9 each Asts: Harrower 5 | | Pts: Trześniewska, Dydek 12 each Rebs: Dydek 12 Asts: Predehl 5 |
* The Dome, Sydney Attendance: 14,381
* 27 September 2000 17:00
* Report
| Russia | 67–68 | Brazil |
| Scoring by half: 39–38, 28–30 |||
| Pts: Pshikova 18 Rebs: Zasulskaya 6 Asts: Zasulskaya 5 | | Pts: de Oliveira 17 Rebs: Arcain 9 Asts: Neves, Luz 4 each |
* The Dome, Sydney Attendance: 14,381
* 27 September 2000 20:00
* Report
| France | 59–68 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 27–30, 32–38 |||
| Pts: Melain 21 Rebs: Melain 11 Asts: three players 2 each | | Pts: Yang J-o 15 Rebs: Jung S-m 5 Asts: Chung E-s 5 |
* The Dome, Sydney Attendance: 14,605
* 27 September 2000 22:00
* Report
| United States | 58–43 | Slovakia |
| Scoring by half: 32–23, 26–20 |||
| Pts: Leslie 18 Rebs: Griffith 11 Asts: three players 3 each | | Pts: Luptáková 18 Rebs: Kotočová, Luptáková 7 each Asts: Žirková 2 |
* The Dome, Sydney Attendance: 14,605

### Semifinals

* 29 September 2000 14:30
| Brazil | 52–64 | Australia |
| Scoring by half: 27–36, 25–28 |||
* The Dome, Sydney Attendance: 14,833
* 29 September 2000 16:30
| South Korea | 65–78 | United States |
| Scoring by half: 40–42, 25–36 |||
| Pts: Park 14 Rebs: Chun 5 Asts: Chung 5 | | Pts: Swoopes 19 Rebs: Leslie 12 Asts: Swoopes 5 |
* Sydney SuperDome, Sydney Attendance: 14,698 Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (Lithuania) Rick Degagne (Canada)

### Bronze medal game

* September 30 11:00
| South Korea | 73–84 (OT) | Brazil |
| Scoring by half: 34–30, 31–35 Overtime: 8–19 |||
* The Dome, Sydney Attendance: 14,833

### Gold medal game

* 30 September 2000 20:00
| Australia | 54–76 | United States |
| Scoring by half: 30-43, 24-33 |||
| Pts: Jackson 20 Rebs: Jackson 13 Asts: Harrower 2 | | Pts: Leslie, Williams 15 each Rebs: Griffith 12 Asts: Edwards 3 |
* Sydney SuperDome, Sydney Attendance: 14,978 Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (Greece) Raúl Chaves (Argentina)

## Awards

* 2000 Women's Olympic Basketball Champions
* United States Fourth title

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L |
| | United States | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| | Australia | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| | Brazil | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 4th | South Korea | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| Eliminated at the quarterfinals |||||
| 5th | France | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 6th | Russia | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 7th | Slovakia | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 8th | Poland | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Preliminary round 5th placers |||||
| 9th | Cuba | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 10th | Canada | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| Preliminary round 6th placers |||||
| 11th | New Zealand | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 12th | Senegal | 6 | 0 | 6 |