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 Gold medalists  United States Silver medalists  France Bronze medalists  Lithuania
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Competing teams.

Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Tournament
men  women
Squads
men  women

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

• 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:

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	5	0	505	359	+146	10
Italy	3	2	332	349	−17	8	1–0
Lithuania	3	2	372	339	+33	8	0–1
France	2	3	372	374	+2	7	1–0
China	2	3	368	419	−51	7	0–1
New Zealand	0	5	307	416	−109	5

September 17 09:30

France	76–50	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	50–48	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	72–119	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	60–75	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	93–61	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	81–63	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	78–66	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	70–82	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	85–76	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	82–66	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	56–102	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	57–67	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	75–85	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	76–85	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	94–106	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	4	1	433	373	+60	9	1–0
Yugoslavia	4	1	372	338	+34	9	0–1
Australia	3	2	408	407	+1	8	1–0
Russia	3	2	367	328	+39	8	0–1
Spain	1	4	349	376	−27	6
Angola	0	5	303	410	−107	5

September 17 14:30

Yugoslavia	66–60	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	101–90	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

The Dome, Sydney

September 17 19:30

Spain	64–45	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

The Dome, Sydney

September 19 9:30

Canada	99–54	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

The Dome, Sydney

September 19 14:30

Russia	71–63	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	66–80	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	91–77	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	73–64	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	75–71	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	65–78	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	77–59	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	75–86	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	65–88	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	75–83	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	91–80	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	62–65	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	63–68	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	63–76	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	85–70	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	52–76	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	83–85	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	71–89	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	75–85	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	70–60	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	84–64	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	86–83 (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	69–59	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 Andrew Gaze 19.9 Shane Heal 14.9 Vince Carter 14.8 Michael Meeks 14.3 Carlton Myers 14.3 Šarūnas Jasikevičius 14.0 Steve Nash 13.7 Wang Zhizhi 13.5 Todd MacCulloch 13.0 Sean Marks 13.0

Rebounds Name RPG Kevin Garnett 9.1 Sean Marks 7.3 Dejan Tomašević 6.9 Gintaras Einikis 6.3 Roberto Dueñas 6.2 Yao Ming 6.0 Mark Bradtke 5.9 Antonio McDyess 5.9 Jason Kidd 5.3 Todd MacCulloch 5.1

Assists Name APG Steve Nash 6.9 Evgeniy Pashutin 5.6 Šarūnas Jasikevičius 5.1 Jason Kidd 4.4 Guo Shiqiang 4.2 Shane Heal 3.8 Laurent Sciarra 3.6 Gary Payton 3.4 Ignacio Rodríguez 3.2 Luc Longley 2.9

Steals Name SPG Andrei Kirilenko 2.1 Pero Cameron 1.7 Ignacio Rodríguez 1.5 Laurent Sciarra 1.4 Carlos Jiménez 1.4

Blocks Name BPG Alonzo Mourning 2.3 Yao Ming 2.2 Andrei Fetisov 2.0 Andrei Kirilenko 1.9 Frédéric Weis 1.8

Game highs

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

Final standings

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD
Gold medal game participants
	United States	8	8	0	760	587	+173
	France	8	4	4	591	574	+17
Bronze medal game participants
	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.

• 2000 Olympic Games: Tournament for Men, FIBA Archive. Accessed June 10, 2011.
• Official Olympic Report la84foundation.org. Accessed June 10, 2011.

External links

• Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's basketball at Sports Reference