Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Sydney
Dates	17 September – 1 October
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States (12th title)
Runners-up	France
Third place	Lithuania
Fourth place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Games played	42
Top scorer	Andrew Gaze ; (19.9 points per game)
	← Atlanta 1996 Athens 2004 →

The men's basketball tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, began on 17 September and ended on 1 October, when the United States defeated France 85–75 for the gold medal. Preliminary round games were held at The Dome and elimination games at the Sydney SuperDome.

Qualification

Country	Qualified as	Date of qualification	Previous appearance
Australia	Olympics host	Sep 24, 1993	1996
FR 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:

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

Squads

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+11)

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	505	359	+146	10	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	5	3	2	332	349	−17	8^[a]
3	Lithuania	5	3	2	372	339	+33	8^[b]
4	France	5	2	3	372	374	−2	7^[a]
5	China	5	2	3	368	419	−51	7^[b]	9th place playoff
6	New Zealand	5	0	5	307	416	−109	5	11th place playoff

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Italy 1–0 Lithuania
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: France 1-0 China

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	5	4	1	433	373	+60	9^[a]	Quarterfinals
2	FR Yugoslavia	5	4	1	372	338	+34	9^[a]
3	Australia (H)	5	3	2	408	407	+1	8^[b]
4	Russia	5	3	2	367	328	+39	8^[b]
5	Spain	5	1	4	349	376	−27	6	9th place playoff
6	Angola	5	0	5	303	410	−107	5	11th place playoff

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Canada 1–0 FR Yugoslavia
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Australia 1-0 Russia

September 17
14:30

FR 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: 50–29, 49–25
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	FR 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

FR 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	FR 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

FR 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

FR 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

FR 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: 17–14
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	FR 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

Awards

2000 Olympic Basketball Champions
United States Twelfth title

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	FR Yugoslavia	7	4	3	494	483	+11
7th	Canada	7	5	2	582	524	+58
8th	Russia	7	3	4	520	499	+21
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

References

^ 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

[table_hth_TB1–00.19328953148485-2] Head-to-head record: Italy 1–0 Lithuania

[table_hth_TB0–10.19328953148485-3] Head-to-head record: France 1-0 China

[table_hth_CAN0.72401679154673-4] Head-to-head record: Canada 1–0 FR Yugoslavia

[table_hth_AUS0.72401679154673-5] Head-to-head record: Australia 1-0 Russia

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

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Qualification

Format

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Tournament bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Classification round

Awards

Statistical leaders

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Steals

Blocks

Game highs

Final standings

See also

References

External links