Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's tournament in volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics was the 10th edition of the event at the Summer Olympics, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Sydney, Australia from 17 September to 1 October 2000.[1]

Men's volleyball
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueSydney Entertainment Centre and
Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
Date17 September – 1 October
Competitors144 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  FR Yugoslavia (1st title)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Italy
← 1996
2004 →

Qualification

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Means of qualification Date Host Vacancies Qualified
Host Country 24 September 1993   Monte Carlo 1   Australia
1999 World Cup 18 November – 2 December 1999   Japan 3   Russia
  Cuba
  Italy
African Qualifier 25–30 January 2000   Cairo 1   Egypt
Asian Qualifier 27–29 December 1999   Shanghai 1   South Korea
European Qualifier 3–9 January 2000   Katowice 1   FR Yugoslavia
North American Qualifier 5–8 January 2000   Winnipeg 1   United States
South American Qualifier 7–9 January 2000   São Caetano do Sul 1   Brazil
1st World Qualifier 21–23 July 2000   Matosinhos 1   Argentina
2nd World Qualifier 24–26 July 2000   Piraeus 1   Spain
3rd World Qualifier 25–27 July 2000   Castelnau-le-Lez 1   Netherlands
Total 12

Pools composition

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Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of January 2000. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the World Ranking. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts.

Pool A Pool B
  Australia (Hosts)   Italy (1)
  Cuba (3)   Russia (2)
  Brazil (4)   United States (5)
  Netherlands (7)   Yugoslavia (6)
  Spain (8)   Argentina (9)
  Egypt (23)   South Korea (10)

Rosters

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Venues

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Main venue Sub venue
  Sydney, Australia   Sydney, Australia
Sydney Entertainment Centre Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
Capacity: 10,517 Capacity: 6,000
   

Preliminary round

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  • The top four teams in each pool qualified for the quarterfinals.

Pool A

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Brazil 5 5 0 10 15 1 15.000 415 331 1.254 Quarterfinals
2   Netherlands 5 4 1 9 12 5 2.400 417 360 1.158
3   Cuba 5 3 2 8 9 7 1.286 383 335 1.143
4   Australia 5 2 3 7 6 10 0.600 327 374 0.874
5   Spain 5 1 4 6 7 12 0.583 404 444 0.910
6   Egypt 5 0 5 5 1 15 0.067 309 411 0.752
Source: [citation needed]


17 September 2000 Spain   3–0   Egypt Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
(25–20, 25–10, 25–21)
 
17 September 2000 Cuba   0–3   Netherlands Sydney Entertainment Centre
(22–25, 20–25, 23–25)
 
17 September 2000 Australia   0–3   Brazil Sydney Entertainment Centre
(13–25, 14–25, 21–25)
 

19 September 2000 Spain   1–3   Cuba Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
(21–25, 12–25, 25–21, 20–25)
 
19 September 2000 Egypt   0–3   Brazil Sydney Entertainment Centre
(28–30, 18–25, 21–25)
 
19 September 2000 Netherlands   3–0   Australia Sydney Entertainment Centre
(25–19, 25–17, 25–15)
 

21 September 2000 Cuba   3–0   Egypt Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
(25–11, 25–18, 25–15)
 
21 September 2000 Brazil   3–0   Netherlands Sydney Entertainment Centre
(25–20, 25–17, 27–25)
 
21 September 2000 Australia   3–1   Spain Sydney Entertainment Centre
(23–25, 25–20, 25–23, 25–19)
 

23 September 2000 Egypt   1–3   Netherlands Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
(21–25, 11–25, 33–31, 20–25)
 
23 September 2000 Cuba   3–0   Australia Sydney Entertainment Centre
(25–17, 25–20, 25–18)
 
23 September 2000 Spain   1–3   Brazil Sydney Entertainment Centre
(27–25, 14–25, 21–25, 20–25)
 

25 September 2000 Netherlands   3–1   Spain Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
(25–18, 25–17, 24–26, 25–21)
 
25 September 2000 Brazil   3–0   Cuba Sydney Entertainment Centre
(28–26, 30–28, 25–18)
 
25 September 2000 Australia   3–0   Egypt Sydney Entertainment Centre
(25–17, 25–23, 25–22)
 

Pool B

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   Italy 5 5 0 10 15 4 3.750 482 421 1.145 Quarterfinals
2   Russia 5 4 1 9 13 7 1.857 465 443 1.050
3   FR Yugoslavia 5 3 2 8 12 9 1.333 489 461 1.061
4   Argentina 5 2 3 7 7 11 0.636 409 446 0.917
5   South Korea 5 1 4 6 8 14 0.571 491 504 0.974
6   United States 5 0 5 5 5 15 0.333 417 478 0.872
Source: [citation needed]


17 September 2000 South Korea   0–3   Italy Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
(25–27, 23–25, 18–25)
 
17 September 2000 Russia   3–1   FR Yugoslavia Sydney Entertainment Centre
(19–25, 25–23, 25–23, 25–20)
 
17 September 2000
18:30
United States   1–3   Argentina Sydney Entertainment Centre
Attendance: 8,519
Referees: Stoyan Stoyanov (Bulgaria), Wang Ching (China)
(26–24, 23–25, 21–25, 18–25)
 

19 September 2000 Argentina   3–1   South Korea Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
(25–23, 17–25, 30–28, 25–21)
 
19 September 2000
14:30
Russia   3–1   United States Sydney Entertainment Centre
Attendance: 7,223
Referees: Dean Turner (Australia), Fernando Nava (Mexico)
(25–18, 25–23, 21–25, 25–17)
 
19 September 2000 FR Yugoslavia   2–3   Italy Sydney Entertainment Centre
(19–25, 25–19, 22–25, 33–31, 20–22)
 

21 September 2000
12:30
United States   0–3   FR Yugoslavia Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
Attendance: 4,348
Referees: Josebel Palmeirim (Brazil), Wang Ning (China)
(15–25, 20–25, 23–25)
 
21 September 2000 Italy   3–0   Argentina Sydney Entertainment Centre
(40–38, 25–18, 25–14)
 
21 September 2000 South Korea   2–3   Russia Sydney Entertainment Centre
(22–25, 25–22, 25–20, 27–29, 15–17)
 

23 September 2000 FR Yugoslavia   3–1   Argentina Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
(21–25, 25–15, 25–23, 25–22)
 
23 September 2000 Russia   1–3   Italy Sydney Entertainment Centre
(20–25, 20–25, 25–22, 22–25)
 
23 September 2000
18:30
South Korea   3–2   United States Sydney Entertainment Centre
Attendance: 8,095
Referees: Bela Hobor (Hungary), Themistoklis Kalpaktsoglou (Greece)
(25–20, 25–27, 26–24, 21–25, 15–13)
 

25 September 2000 Argentina   0–3   Russia Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
(23–25, 15–25, 20–25)
 
25 September 2000 South Korea   2–3   FR Yugoslavia Sydney Entertainment Centre
(26–24, 20–25, 23–25, 25–19, 8–15)
 
25 September 2000
20:30
Italy   3–1   United States Sydney Entertainment Centre
Attendance: 7,960
Referees: Dean Turner (Australia), Wang Ning (China)
(21–25, 25–18, 25–18, 25–18)
 

Final round

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal match
 
          
 
27 September
 
 
  Brazil1
 
29 September
 
  Argentina3
 
  Argentina1
 
27 September
 
  Russia3
 
  Cuba2
 
1 October
 
  Russia3
 
  Russia0
 
27 September
 
  FR Yugoslavia3
 
  Netherlands2
 
29 September
 
  FR Yugoslavia3
 
  FR Yugoslavia3
 
27 September
 
  Italy0 Bronze medal match
 
  Australia1
 
1 October
 
  Italy3
 
  Argentina0
 
 
  Italy3
 
 
5th–8th semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
28 September
 
 
  Brazil3
 
29 September
 
  Cuba2
 
  Brazil0
 
28 September
 
  Netherlands3
 
  Netherlands3
 
 
  Australia0
 
7th place match
 
 
29 September
 
 
  Cuba3
 
 
  Australia0

Quarterfinals

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27 September 2000 Cuba   2–3   Russia Sydney Entertainment Centre
(25–21, 23–25, 19–25, 25–19, 13–15)
 
27 September 2000 Australia   1–3   Italy Sydney Entertainment Centre
(14–25, 25–22, 19–25, 15–25)
 
27 September 2000 Brazil   1–3   Argentina Sydney Entertainment Centre
(25–17, 21–25, 19–25, 25–27)
 
27 September 2000 Netherlands   2–3   FR Yugoslavia Sydney Entertainment Centre
(21–25, 25–18, 18–25 ,32–30, 15–17)
 

5th–8th semifinals

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28 September 2000 Brazil   3–2   Cuba Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
(23–25, 17–25, 25–21 ,26–24, 15–11)
 
28 September 2000 Netherlands   3–0   Australia Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
(25–20, 25–15, 25–21)
 

Semifinals

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29 September 2000 Argentina   1–3   Russia Sydney Entertainment Centre
(25–27, 30–32, 25–21 ,11–25)
 
29 September 2000 FR Yugoslavia   3–0   Italy Sydney Entertainment Centre
(27–25 ,34–32, 25–14)
 

7th place match

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29 September 2000 Cuba   3–0   Australia Sydney Entertainment Centre
(25–23, 25–11, 25–15)
 

5th place match

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29 September 2000 Brazil   0–3   Netherlands Sydney Entertainment Centre
(21–25, 20–25, 22–25)
 

Bronze medal match

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1 October 2000 Argentina   0–3   Italy Sydney Entertainment Centre
(16–25, 15–25, 18–25)
 

Gold medal match

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1 October 2000 FR Yugoslavia   3–0   Russia Sydney Entertainment Centre
(25–22, 25–22, 25–20)
 

Final standing

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Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
  FR Yugoslavia (YUG)
Vladimir Batez
Slobodan Kovač
Slobodan Boškan
Đula Mešter
Vasa Mijić
Nikola Grbić
Vladimir Grbić
Andrija Gerić
Goran Vujević
Ivan Miljković
Veljko Petković
Igor Vušurović

Head coach:

Zoran Gajić

  Russia (RUS)
Vadim Khamuttskikh
Ruslan Olikhver
Valeri Goryushev
Igor Shulepov
Aleksey Kazakov
Evgeni Mitkov
Sergey Tetyukhin
Roman Yakovlev
Konstantin Ushakov
Aleksandr Gerasimov
Ilya Savelev
Aleksey Kuleshov

Head coach:

Gennady Shipulin

  Italy (ITA)
Andrea Gardini
Marco Meoni
Pasquale Gravina
Luigi Mastrangelo
Paolo Tofoli
Samuele Papi
Andrea Sartoretti
Marco Bracci
Simone Rosalba
Mirko Corsano
Andrea Giani
Alessandro Fei

Head coach:

Andrea Anastasi

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Volleyball at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Volleyball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
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