{"history":[],"article":{"id":"3af94220-9af3-419b-8ca4-8c3fab8c5d48","title":"Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament","slug":"volleyball-at-the-2000-summer-olympics-women-s-tournament","content":":::summary\n![2000 women's Olympic volleyball tournament](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Olympic///rings///with///white///rims.svg)\n**Event:** Women's volleyball \n**Games:** 2000 Summer \n**Image Size:** 150px \n**Venue:** [Sydney Entertainment Centre](https://bliptext.com/articles/sydney-entertainment-centre) [Sydney Showground Pavilion 4](https://bliptext.com/articles/sydney-showground-olympic-park) \n**Date:** 16–30 September \n**Competitors:** 144 \n**Nations:** 12 \n**Gold:** (3rd title) \n**Prev:** [1996](https://bliptext.com/articles/volleyball-at-the-1996-summer-olympics-women-s-tournament) \n**Next:** [2004](https://bliptext.com/articles/volleyball-at-the-2004-summer-olympics-women-s-tournament) \n:::\n\n# \nThe **[2000 women's Olympic volleyball tournament](https://bliptext.com/articles/volleyball-at-the-summer-olympics)** was the tenth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body, the [FIVB](https://bliptext.com/articles/fivb) in conjunction with the [International Olympic Committee](https://bliptext.com/articles/international-olympic-committee).\nIt was held from 16 to 30 September 2000 in the [Sydney Entertainment Centre](https://bliptext.com/articles/sydney-entertainment-centre) in [Darling Harbour](https://bliptext.com/articles/darling-harbour).\n\n# Qualification\n\n# Format\nThe tournament was played in two different stages.\nIn the (first stage), the twelve participants were divided into two pools of six teams.\nA [single round-robin](https://bliptext.com/articles/round-robin-tournament) format was played within each pool to determine the teams position in the pool.\nThe four highest ranked teams in each pool advanced to the (second stage) and the two lowest ranked teams took no further participation (with pool places 5th and 6th being ranked in the final standings as joined 9th and 11th, respectively).\nThe was played in a [single elimination format](https://bliptext.com/articles/single-elimination-tournament), with placement matches determining the top eight positions.\nStarting at the quarterfinals, winners advanced to the semifinals while losers advanced to the placement matches (5th–8th semifinal).\n\n# Pools composition\nTeams were seeded following the [Serpentine system](https://bliptext.com/articles/serpentine-system) according to their [ranking](https://bliptext.com/articles/fivb-world-rankings) as of January 2000.\nTwelve qualified nations were drawn into two groups, each consisting of six teams.\nAfter a robin-round, the four highest-placed teams in each group advanced to a knock-out round to decide the medals.\n\n# Rosters\n\n# Venues\n\n# Preliminary round\n\n## Pool A\n

\n\n## Pool B\n

\n\n# Final round\n\n## Quarterfinals\n

\n\n## 5th–8th places\n\n### Semifinals\n

\n\n### 7th place match\n\n### 5th place match\n\n## 1st–4th places\n\n### Semifinals\n

\n\n### Bronze medal match\n\n### Gold medal match\n\n# Final standings\n\n# Medalists\n\n# Individual awards","current_revision":null,"created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-26T09:45:21.896Z","updated_at":"2025-01-26T09:45:21.896Z","search_vector":"'2000':4 'olymp':6 'summer':5 'tournament':9 'volleybal':1 'women':7","search_content":" \n \n**Event:** Women's volleyball \n**Games:** 2000 Summer \n**Image Size:** 150px \n**Venue:** [Sydney Entertainment Centre](https://bliptext.com/articles/sydney-entertainment-centre) [Sydney Showground Pavilion 4](https://bliptext.com/articles/sydney-showground-olympic-park) \n**Date:** 16–30 September \n**Competitors:** 144 \n**Nations:** 12 \n**Gold:** (3rd title) \n**Prev:** [1996](https://bliptext.com/articles/volleyball-at-the-1996-summer-olympics-women-s-tournament) \n**Next:** [2004](https://bliptext.com/articles/volleyball-at-the-2004-summer-olympics-women-s-tournament) \n \n\n# \nThe **[2000 women's Olympic volleyball tournament](https://bliptext.com/articles/volleyball-at-the-summer-olympics)** was the tenth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body, the [FIVB](https://bliptext.com/articles/fivb) in conjunction with the [International Olympic Committee](https://bliptext.com/articles/international-olympic-committee).\nIt was held from 16 to 30 September 2000 in the [Sydney Entertainment Centre](https://bliptext.com/articles/sydney-entertainment-centre) in [Darling Harbour](https://bliptext.com/articles/darling-harbour).\n\n# Qualification\n\n# Format\nThe tournament was played in two different stages.\nIn the (first stage), the twelve participants were divided into two pools of six teams.\nA [single round-robin](https://bliptext.com/articles/round-robin-tournament) format was played within each pool to determine the teams position in the pool.\nThe four highest ranked teams in each pool advanced to the (second stage) and the two lowest ranked teams took no further participation (with pool places 5th and 6th being ranked in the final standings as joined 9th and 11th, respectively).\nThe was played in a [single elimination format](https://bliptext.com/articles/single-elimination-tournament), with placement matches determining the top eight positions.\nStarting at the quarterfinals, winners advanced to the semifinals while losers advanced to the placement matches (5th–8th semifinal).\n\n# Pools composition\nTeams were seeded following the [Serpentine system](https://bliptext.com/articles/serpentine-system) according to their [ranking](https://bliptext.com/articles/fivb-world-rankings) as of January 2000.\nTwelve qualified nations were drawn into two groups, each consisting of six teams.\nAfter a robin-round, the four highest-placed teams in each group advanced to a knock-out round to decide the medals.\n\n# Rosters\n\n# Venues\n\n# Preliminary round\n\n## Pool A\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n## Pool B\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n# Final round\n\n## Quarterfinals\n \n \n \n \n\n## 5th–8th places\n\n### Semifinals\n \n \n\n### 7th place match\n\n### 5th place match\n\n## 1st–4th places\n\n### Semifinals\n \n \n\n### Bronze medal match\n\n### Gold medal match\n\n# Final standings\n\n# Medalists\n\n# Individual awards","revisionCount":0},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}

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