XV Olympic Basketball Tournament (Sydney 2000)

(From 17-09-2000 to 1-10-2000)
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PARTICIPANTS (12)

· Host nation: Australia.

· World Championship winner: Yugoslavia.

· European Championship winner: Italy.

· FIBA Americas Championship winner: USA.

· African Championship winner: Angola.

· Asian Championship winner: China.

· Oceania Championship winner: New Zealand.

· To distribute the remaining 5 berths of the Olympic Tournament, each continent will qualify the same number of teams as those that finished the last World Championship ranked between places 2 and 6. Since the teams qualified in Athens 1998 in these positions were Russia, USA, Greece, Spain and Italy, Europe receives 4 berths and America gets only 1. In this juncture, the extra spots for the European continent are allocated to the nations that finished in places 2-5 in the preceding European Championship (Spain, France, Lithuania, Russia, with the 6th-ranked Russia replacing the otherwise qualified Yugoslavia), whereas the berth for the American continent is allocated to Canada (as runner-up in the FIBA Americas Championship).

 

COMPETITION SYSTEM

· The twelve participating teams are divided in 2 groups of 6 teams each playing a round robin. In case that two or more teams finish level on points, their position is decided by their basket average.

· The top four teams after the group stage advance to the quarterfinals (played as an X-pairing). The four winners after this knock-out round qualify for the semifinals (places 1-4).

· The two winners after the semifinals qualify for the final, whereas the two losers play a consolation final for the bronze medal.

 

 

 

PRELIMINARY ROUND

 

GROUP A

 

GROUP B

Competition Day 1 (17-09-2000)

Competition Day 1 (17-09-2000)

France - New Zealand

76-50 (38-23)

Yugoslavia - Russia

66-60 (27-28)

Italy - Lithuania

50-48 (30-30)

Canada - Australia

101-90 (48-51)

China - USA

72-119 (38-60)

Spain - Angola

64-45 (30-22)

Competition Day 2 (19-09-2000)

Competition Day 2 (19-09-2000)

New Zealand - China

60-75 (30-40)

Angola - Canada

54-99 (29-50)

USA - Italy

93-61 (45-35)

Russia - Spain

71-63 (38-28)

Lithuania - France

81-63 (50-35)

Australia - Yugoslavia

66-80 (28-45)

Competition Day 3 (21-09-2000)

Competition Day 3 (21-09-2000)

Italy - New Zealand

78-66 (32-36)

Canada - Spain

91-77 (53-34)

China - France

70-82 (36-31)

Yugoslavia - Angola

73-64 (39-32)

USA - Lithuania

85-76 (47-41)

Australia - Russia

75-71 (47-30)

Competition Day 4 (23-09-2000)

Competition Day 4 (23-09-2000)

Lithuania - China

82-66 (53-42)

Spain - Yugoslavia

65-78 (30-32)

New Zealand - USA

56-102 (32-58)

Russia - Canada

77-59 (45-36)

France - Italy

57-67 (28-30)

Angola - Australia

75-86 (43-41)

Competition Day 5 (25-09-2000)

Competition Day 5 (25-09-2000)

New Zealand - Lithuania

75-85 (33-36)

Angola - Russia

65-88 (35-45)

Italy - China

76-85 (40-42)

Yugoslavia - Canada

75-83 (42-33)

France - USA

94-106 (48-59)

Australia - Spain

91-80 (36-40)

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. USA

5

5

0

505

359

10

2. Italy

5

3

2

332

349

8

3. Lithuania

5

3

2

372

339

8

4. France

5

2

3

372

374

7

5. China

5

2

3

368

419

7

6. New Zealand

5

0

5

307

416

5

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Canada

5

4

1

433

373

9

2. Yugoslavia

5

4

1

372

338

9

3. Australia

5

3

2

408

407

8

4. Russia

5

3

2

367

328

8

5. Spain

5

1

4

349

376

6

6. Angola

5

0

5

303

410

5

 

 

1/4 FINAL

(28-09-2000)

A1-B4 (1): USA - Russia

85-70 (46-41)

A2-B3 (2): Italy - Australia

62-65 (27-31)

B1-A4 (3): Canada - France

63-68 (23-38)

B2-A3 (4): Yugoslavia - Lithuania

63-76 (32-37)

 

 

FINAL ROUND

 

PLACES 9-12

(26-09-2000)

A5-B5 (9/10): China - Spain

64-84 (26-46)

A6-B6 (11/12): New Zealand - Angola

70-60 (37-26)

 

 

PLACES 5-8

(30-09-2000)

LOSER 2-LOSER 4 (5/6): Italy - Yugoslavia

69-59 (33-31)

LOSER 1-LOSER 3 (7/8): Russia - Canada

83-86 (43-36) (x)

(x) Two overtimes at the end of regulation (69-69 and 76-76).

 

 

PLACES 1-4

Semifinals (29-09-2000)

WINNER 1-WINNER 4: USA - Lithuania

85-83 (48-36)

WINNER 2-WINNER 3: Australia - France

52-76 (29-44)

Finals (1-10-2000)

3/4: Lithuania - Australia

89-71 (51-35)

1/2: USA - France

85-75 (46-32)

 

 

FINAL

VENUE: SuperDome (Sydney)

DATE: 1-10-2000 (13:15 h)

ATTENDANCE: 14.833

REFEREES: Romualdas Brazauskas (LIT), Carlos Renato dos Santos (BRA)

FOULED OUT: -

United States of America

USA - France

France

85-75 (46-32)

 

USA (coach: Rudy Tomjanovich)

 

2P

3P

FT

Rbds

Blk

Balls

As

PF

Min

Pts

A

M

A

M

A

M

Df

Of

ST

TO

# Gary Payton

2

1

4

1

4

2

-

1

1

2

1

3

3

20

7

# Allan Houston

5

-

3

2

2

2

3

1

-

-

1

1

-

21

8

# Vince Carter

4

2

3

2

4

3

2

2

-

4

1

2

4

24

13

# Kevin Garnett

5

3

-

-

1

-

3

-

-

1

2

1

3

24

6

# Alonzo Mourning

5

3

-

-

3

3

5

2

1

-

5

1

4

26

9

Steve Smith

2

1

1

-

2

2

-

-

-

1

1

2

1

15

4

Jason Kidd

-

-

-

-

4

4

6

1

-

1

3

2

4

15

4

Tim Hardaway

-

-

2

-

4

2

1

-

-

-

2

-

1

9

2

Vin Baker

3

3

-

-

6

5

4

1

2

-

2

1

4

10

11

Ray Allen

3

1

5

3

2

2

1

-

-

1

1

-

2

16

13

Antonio McDyess

2

1

-

-

2

1

1

1

-

1

1

-

2

13

3

Shareef Abdur-Rahim

2

1

-

-

4

3

-

-

-

-

1

-

2

7

5

TOTAL

33

16

18

8

38

29

26

9

4

11

21

13

30

200

85

 

France (coach: Jean-Pierre de Vincenzi)

 

2P

3P

FT

Rbds

Blk

Balls

As

PF

Min

Pts

A

M

A

M

A

M

Df

Of

ST

TO

# Antoine Rigaudeau

1

1

7

1

8

5

2

-

-

1

5

2

4

27

10

# Laurent Foirest

3

-

1

1

-

-

1

-

-

1

2

2

2

16

3

# Stéphane Risacher

5

3

4

2

6

3

2

1

1

-

2

-

1

34

15

# Jim Bilba

7

1

1

-

2

1

2

1

-

-

1

1

4

30

3

# Frédéric Weis

2

-

-

-

2

1

1

1

-

-

1

-

4

12

1

Moustapha Sonko

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

5

-

Laurent Sciarra

4

3

7

2

7

7

2

2

-

-

2

4

1

31

19

Makan Dioumassi

1

1

-

-

2

1

1

-

-

1

3

1

3

7

3

Thierry Gadou

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

Cyril Julian

6

4

-

-

4

3

1

1

-

1

-

-

4

16

11

Crawford Palmer

8

4

-

-

2

2

2

-

-

1

1

-

4

21

10

TOTAL

37

17

20

6

33

23

14

6

1

5

17

11

28

200

75

 

 

FINAL STANDING

1.

USA USA

2.

France FRA

3.

Lithuania LIT

4.

Australia AUS

5.

Italy ITA

6.

Yugoslavia YUG

7.

Canada CAN

8.

Russia RUS

9.

Spain SPA

10.

China CHN

11.

New Zealand NZL

12.

Angola ANG

 

 

TOP SCORERS (POINTS PER GAME)

Player

Pts.

G

Avg.

1. Andrew Gaze (AUS)

159

8

19.9

2. Shane Heal (AUS)

119

8

14.9

3. Vince Carter (USA)

118

8

14.8

4. Michael Meeks (CAN)

100

7

14.3

5. Carlton Myers (ITA)

86

6

14.3

6. Šarūnas Jasikevičius (LIT)

112

8

14.0

7. Steve Nash (CAN)

96

7

13.7

8. Wáng Zhìzhì (CHN)

81

6

13.5

9. Todd MacCulloch (CAN)

91

7

13.0

10. Sean Marks (NZL)

78

6

13.0

   

 

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