Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

15th Olympic Basketball Tournament
Sydney 2000
Tournament details
Olympics 2000 Summer Olympics
Host nation Australia
City Sydney
Duration September 17 - October 1
Men's tournament
Teams 12
Medals
1 Gold medalists  United States
2 Silver medalists France
3 Bronze medalists  Lithuania
Tournaments
 Atlanta 1996  Athens 2004 
Competing teams.
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The men's tournament of basketball at the 2000 Olympics at Sydney, Australia began on September 17 and ended on October 1, when the United States defeated France 85–75 for the gold medal. Preliminary round games were held at the 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
 Yugoslavia World champion Aug 9, 1998 1996
 China Asian champion Sep 5, 1999 1996
 New Zealand Oceanian champion Oct 2, 1999 First appearance
 Angola African champion Aug 6, 1999 1996
 Canada Americas runner-up Jul 25, 1999 1988
 United States Americas champion Jul 25, 1999 1996
 Italy European champion Jul 3, 1999 1984
 Spain European runner-up Jul 3, 1999 1992
 France European fourth place[1] Jul 3, 1999 1984
 Lithuania European fifth place Jul 3, 1999 1996
 Russia European sixth place Jul 3, 1999 1992

Format

Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:

  1. Head to head results
  2. Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
  3. Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

Squads

Preliminary round

Qualified for the quarterfinals

All times are local (UTC+11)

Group A

Team
W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreaker
 United States 50505359+14610
 Italy 32332349−1781–0
 Lithuania 32372339+3380–1
 France 23372374+271–0
 China 23368419−5170–1
 New Zealand 05307416−1095
September 17
09:30
France  7650  New Zealand
Scoring by half: 38–23, 38–27
Pts: Bonato 16
Rebs: Bilba, Rigaudeau 4 each
Asts: Rigaudeau, Sonko 5 each
Pts: Marks 12
Rebs: Marks 7
Asts: Cameron 4
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,292
September 17
11:30
Italy  5048  Lithuania
Scoring by half: 30–30, 20–18
Pts: Fučka 13
Rebs: Chiacig 5
Asts: Abbio 3
Pts: Štombergas 14
Rebs: Einikis 13
Asts: Jasikevičius 2
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,292
September 17
21:30
China  72119  United States
Scoring by half: 38–60, 34–59
Pts: Wang 13
Rebs: Guo 5
Asts: Guo 6
Pts: Allen 21
Rebs: Garnett 8
Asts: Payton 7
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,319
September 19
11:30
New Zealand  6075  China
Scoring by half: 30–40, 30–35
Pts: Dickel, Marks 13 each
Rebs: Marks 9
Asts: Dickel 4
Pts: Wang 19
Rebs: Yao 8
Asts: Hu, Sun 4 each
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,357
September 19
16:30
United States  9361  Italy
Scoring by half: 45–35, 48–26
Pts: Carter 13
Rebs: Garnett 9
Asts: Kidd 7
Pts: Myers 11
Rebs: Meneghin 6
Asts: Meneghin 4
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,368
September 19
19:30
Lithuania  8163  France
Scoring by half: 50–35, 31–28
Pts: Einikis 19
Rebs: Einikis 6
Asts: Jasikevičius 6
Pts: Rigaudeau 13
Rebs: Bilba, Weis 5 each
Asts: Rigaudeau, Risacher 3 each
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,406
September 21
9:30
Italy  7866  New Zealand
Scoring by half: 32–36, 46–30
Pts: Myers 20
Rebs: Myers 6
Asts: Myers 4
Pts: Cameron 18
Rebs: Marks 7
Asts: Cameron 6
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,446
September 21
14:30
China  7082  France
Scoring by half: 36–31, 34–51
Pts: Yao 14
Rebs: Wang 10
Asts: Guo 4
Pts: Rigaudeau 29
Rebs: Bilba, Julian 7 each
Asts: Sciarra 6
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,391
September 21
16:30
United States  8576  Lithuania
Scoring by half: 47–41, 38–35
Pts: Payton 14
Rebs: Garnett 11
Asts: 4 players, 2 each
Pts: Songaila 16
Rebs: Songaila 8
Asts: Jasikevičius 6
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,391
September 23
9:30
Lithuania  8266  China
Scoring by half: 53–42, 29–24
Pts: Songaila 19
Rebs: Einikis 10
Asts: Jasikevičius 10
Pts: Yao 23
Rebs: Yao 7
Asts: Liu 2
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,365
September 23
19:30
New Zealand  56102  United States
Scoring by half: 32–58, 24–44
Pts: Marks 10
Rebs: Marks 6
Asts: Henare 3
Pts: Carter 18
Rebs: Garnett 6
Asts: Kidd 6
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,392
September 23
21:30
France  5767  Italy
Scoring by half: 28–30, 29–37
Pts: Sciarra 17
Rebs: Weis 8
Asts: Bilba 3
Pts: Myers 24
Rebs: Chiacig 7
Asts: Myers 4
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,392
September 25
11:30
New Zealand  7585  Lithuania
Scoring by half: 33–36, 42–49
Pts: Marks 21
Rebs: Cameron 6
Asts: Cameron 4
Pts: Adomaitis 20
Rebs: Songaila 7
Asts: Maskoliūnas 7
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,435
September 25
14:30
Italy  7685  China
Scoring by half: 40–42, 36–43
Pts: Abbio 15
Rebs: Fučka, Galanda 5 each
Asts: Abbio, Basile 3 each
Pts: Li Nan 25
Rebs: Yao 6
Asts: Guo 7
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,477
September 25
16:30
France  94106  United States
Scoring by half: 48–59, 46–47
Pts: Sciarra 21
Rebs: Bonato, Risacher 3 each
Asts: Sciarra 4
Pts: McDyess 20
Rebs: Garnett, McDyess 11 each
Asts: Kidd 6
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,477

Group B

Team
W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreaker
 Canada 41433373+6091–0
 Yugoslavia 41372338+3490–1
 Australia 32408407+181–0
 Russia 32367328+3980–1
 Spain 14349376−276
 Angola 05303410−1075
September 17
14:30
Yugoslavia  6660  Russia
Scoring by half: 27–28, 39–32
Pts: Rebrača 18
Rebs: Drobnjak 6
Asts: Lukovski, Obradović 3 each
Pts: Panov 13
Rebs: 3 players, 5 each
Asts: 3 players, 2 each
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,353
September 17
16:30
Canada  10190  Australia
Scoring by half: 48–51, 53–39
Pts: Meeks 27
Rebs: Nash 6
Asts: Nash 15
Pts: Gaze 24
Rebs: Bradtke, Longley 5 each
Asts: Longley 7
September 17
19:30
Spain  6445  Angola
Scoring by half: 30–22, 34–23
Pts: Dueñas 13
Rebs: Reyes 15
Asts: Reyes, Rodríguez 3 each
Pts: Muzadi 13
Rebs: Dias, E. Victoriano 7 each
Asts: Lutonda 2
September 19
9:30
 Canada 9954 Angola 
Scoring by half: 29–50, 25–49
Pts: Barrett 21
Rebs: Swords 7
Asts: Nash, Swords 5 each
Pts: de Carvalho 10
Rebs: A. Victoriano 7
Asts: Lutonda 3
September 19
14:30
Russia  7163  Spain
Scoring by half: 38–28, 33–35
Pts: Chikalkin 23
Rebs: Kirilenko 9
Asts: E. Pashutin 5
Pts: Herreros 13
Rebs: Rogers 6
Asts: Herreros 2
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,368
September 19
21:30
Australia  6680  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 28–45, 38–35
Pts: Gaze 21
Rebs: Longley 5
Asts: Heal 6
Pts: Bodiroga 19
Rebs: Tomašević 8
Asts: Bodiroga 6
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,406
September 21
11:30
Canada  9177  Spain
Scoring by half: 53–34, 38–43
Pts: Meeks 24
Rebs: Guarasci 6
Asts: Nash 5
Pts: Rogers 15
Rebs: De la Fuente, Garbajosa 6 each
Asts: López 4
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,446
September 21
19:30
Yugoslavia  7364  Angola
Scoring by half: 39–32, 34–32
Pts: Tomašević 17
Rebs: Tomašević 11
Asts: Lukovski 4
Pts: Chipongue 15
Rebs: Lutonda 6
Asts: Lutonda 6
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,391
September 21
21:30
Australia  7571  Russia
Scoring by half: 47–30, 28–41
Pts: Gaze, Heal 15 each
Rebs: Mackinnon 8
Asts: , Longley, Mackinnon 5 each
Pts: Fetisov 16
Rebs: 5 players, 5 each
Asts: E. Pashutin 7
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,322
September 23
11:30
Spain  6578  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 30–32, 35–46
Pts: Herreros 16
Rebs: Dueñas 10
Asts: López, Rodríguez 3 each
Pts: Danilović 14
Rebs: Rebrača 6
Asts: Danilović 4
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,365
September 23
14:30
Russia  7759  Canada
Scoring by half: 45–36, 32–23
Pts: Fetisov 15
Rebs: E. Pashutin 7
Asts: E. Pashutin 11
Pts: Nash 15
Rebs: 3 players, 5 each
Asts: Nash 4
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,446
September 23
16:30
Angola  7586  Australia
Scoring by half: 43–41, 32–45
Pts: Dias 18
Rebs: Lutonda 7
Asts: 3 players, 3 each
Pts: Gaze 18
Rebs: Bradtke 7
Asts: Mackinnon 6
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,446
September 25
9:30
Angola  6588  Russia
Scoring by half: 35–45, 30–43
Pts: Dias 14
Rebs: Dias 6
Asts: E. Victoriano 3
Pts: Morgunov 17
Rebs: Kirilenko 9
Asts: Bazarevich, E. Pashutin 5 each
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,435
September 25
19:30
Yugoslavia  7583  Canada
Scoring by half: 42–33, 33–50
Pts: Danilović 20
Rebs: Tarlać, Tomašević 7 each
Asts: Lukovski 4
Pts: Nash 26
Rebs: Nash 8
Asts: Nash 8
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,398
September 25
21:30
Australia  9180  Spain
Scoring by half: 36–40, 55–40
Pts: Heal 26
Rebs: Bradtke 8
Asts: Mackinnon 6
Pts: Herreros 24
Rebs: 8 players, 2 each
Asts: Rodríguez 7
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,398

Tournament bracket

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal game
                           
  A1   United States 85  
B4   Russia 70  
  A1   United States 85  
  A3   Lithuania 83  
B2   Yugoslavia 63
  A3   Lithuania 76  
    A1   United States 85
  A4   France 75
  A2   Italy 62  
B3   Australia 65  
  B3   Australia 52 Bronze medal game
  A4   France 76  
B1   Canada 63 A3   Lithuania 89
  A4   France 68   B3   Australia 71

Quarterfinals

September 28
15:00
Italy  6265  Australia
Scoring by half: 27–31, 35–34
Pts: Fučka 17
Rebs: 3 players, 4 each
Asts: Fučka 3
Pts: Gaze 27
Rebs: Bradtke 8
Asts: Gaze 4
Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
Attendance: 14,411
Referees: David Jones (United States)
Pascal Dorizon (France)
September 28
17:00
Canada  6368  France
Scoring by half: 23–38, 40–30
Pts: MacCulloch 23
Rebs: MacCulloch 9
Asts: Nash 8
Pts: Sciarra 17
Rebs: Sciarra 7
Asts: Rigaudeau 4
Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
Attendance: 14,411
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (Lithuania)
Juan Figueroa (Puerto Rico)
September 28
20:00
Yugoslavia  6376  Lithuania
Scoring by half: 32–37, 31–39
Pts: Stojaković 20
Rebs: Tomašević 8
Asts: Tomašević 2
Pts: Einikis 26
Rebs: Einikis 8
Asts: Jasikevičius 4
Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
Attendance: 14,260
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (Greece)
Renato Santos (Brazil)
September 28
22:00
United States  8570  Russia
Scoring by half: 46–41, 39–29
Pts: Garnett 16
Rebs: Garnett 11
Asts: Kidd 8
Pts: Bashminov 12
Rebs: Morgunov 6
Asts: E. Pashutin 6
Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
Attendance: 14,260
Referees: Iztok Rems (Slovenia)
Rick Degagne (Canada)

Semifinals

September 29
19:30
Australia  5276  France
Scoring by half: 29–44, 23–32
Pts: Gaze, Heal 10 each
Rebs: Bradtke 5
Asts: Heal 5
Pts: Sciarra 16
Rebs: Weis 9
Asts: Sciarra 7
Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
Attendance: 14,653
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (Greece)
Raul Chaves (Argentina)
September 29
21:30
Lithuania  8385  United States
Scoring by half: 36–48, 47–37
Pts: Jasikevičius 27
Rebs: Štombergas Žukauskas 5 each
Asts: Jasikevičius 4
Pts: Carter 18
Rebs: Garnett 14
Asts: Garnett 4
Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
Attendance: 14,653
Referees: Tiziano Zancanella (Italy)
Pascal Dorizon (France)

Finals

October 1
11:00
Australia  7189  Lithuania
Scoring by half: 35–51, 36–38
Pts: Gaze 22
Rebs: Mackinnon 7
Asts: Heal 4
Pts: Štombergas 28
Rebs: Songaila 7
Asts: Jasikevičius 6
Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
Attendance: 14,833
Referees: Iztok Rems (Slovenia)
David Jones (United States)
October 1
13:15
France  7585  United States
Scoring by half: 32–46, 43–39
Pts: Sciarra 19
Rebs: Sciarra 4
Asts: Sciarra 4
Pts: Allen, Carter 13 each
Rebs: Kidd, Mourning 7 each
Asts: Payton 3
Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
Attendance: 14,833
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (Lithuania)
Renato Santos (Brazil)

Classification Round

September 26
14:30
11th place
New Zealand  7060  Angola
Scoring by half: 37–26, 33–34
Pts: Penney 17
Rebs: Marks 11
Asts: Jones 3
Pts: Almeida 19
Rebs: Dias 5
Asts: Lutonda 3
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,395
September 26
16:30
9th place
 Spain 8464 China 
Scoring by half: 46–26, 38–38
Pts: Navarro 19
Rebs: Dueñas 10
Asts: Navarro, López 3 each
Pts: Wang 14
Rebs: Yao 6
Asts: Guo 4
The Dome, Sydney
Attendance: 8,395
September 30
12:00
7th place
Canada  8683 (OT)  Russia
Scoring by half: 36–43, 33–26 Overtime: 7–7
Pts: Guarasci 21
Rebs: Meeks 10
Asts: Hamilton 5
Pts: Z. Pashutin 23
Rebs: Z. Pashutin 8
Asts: Z. Pashutin 5
Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
Attendance: 14,604
September 30
14:00
5th place
Italy  6959  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 33–31, 36–28
Pts: Fučka 17
Rebs: Meneghin 9
Asts: Basile 5
Pts: Tomašević 13
Rebs: Stojaković 6
Asts: 7 players, 1 each
Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
Attendance: 14,604

Statistical leaders

Top ten in points, rebounds and assists, and top 5 in steals and blocks.

Points

Name PPG
Australia Andrew Gaze 19.9
Australia Shane Heal 14.9
United States Vince Carter 14.8
Canada Michael Meeks 14.3
Italy Carlton Myers 14.3
Lithuania Šarūnas Jasikevičius 14.0
Canada Steve Nash 13.7
China Wang Zhizhi 13.5
Canada Todd MacCulloch 13.0
New Zealand Sean Marks 13.0

Rebounds

Name RPG
United States Kevin Garnett 9.1
New Zealand Sean Marks 7.3
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan Tomašević 6.9
Lithuania Gintaras Einikis 6.3
Spain Roberto Dueñas 6.2
China Yao Ming 6.0
Australia Mark Bradtke 5.9
United States Antonio McDyess 5.9
United States Jason Kidd 5.3
Canada Todd MacCulloch 5.1

Assists

Name APG
Canada Steve Nash 6.9
Russia Evgeniy Pashutin 5.6
Lithuania Šarūnas Jasikevičius 5.1
United States Jason Kidd 4.4
China Guo Shiqiang 4.2
Australia Shane Heal 3.8
France Laurent Sciarra 3.6
United States Gary Payton 3.4
Spain Ignacio Rodríguez 3.2
Australia Luc Longley 2.9

Steals

Name SPG
Russia Andrei Kirilenko 2.1
New Zealand Pero Cameron 1.7
Spain Ignacio Rodríguez 1.5
France Laurent Sciarra 1.4
Spain Carlos Jiménez 1.4

Blocks

Name BPG
United States Alonzo Mourning 2.3
China Yao Ming 2.2
Russia Andrei Fetisov 2.0
Russia Andrei Kirilenko 1.9
France Frédéric Weis 1.8

Game highs

Department Name Total Opponent
Points France Antoine Rigaudeau
Lithuania Saulius Štombergas
29  China
 Australia
Rebounds Spain Alfonso Reyes 15  Angola
Assists Canada Steve Nash 15  Australia
Steals France Jim Bilba
New Zealand Pero Cameron
United States Vince Carter
Russia Andrei Kirilenko
France Laurent Sciarra
4  China
 Lithuania
 France
 Angola
 China
Blocks United States Alonzo Mourning 6  Italy
Turnovers Canada Steve Nash 9  France

Final standings

Rank Team Pld W L PF PA PD
Gold medal game participants
1st  United States 8 8 0 760 587 +173
2nd  France 8 4 4 591 574 +17
Bronze medal game participants
3rd  Lithuania 8 5 3 620 558 +62
4th  Australia 8 4 4 596 634 −38
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th  Italy 7 4 3 463 473 −10
6th  Yugoslavia 7 4 3 494 483 +11
7th  Canada 7 5 2 582 524 +58
8th  Russia 7 3 4 520 429 +91
Preliminary round 5th placers
9th  Spain 6 2 4 433 440 −7
10th  China 6 2 4 432 503 −71
Preliminary round 6th placers
11th  New Zealand 6 1 5 377 476 −99
12th  Angola 6 0 6 363 480 −117

See also

  • Women's Tournament

References

  1. The European Championships third place, Yugoslavia, qualified separately as World Champions.

External links

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