The women's qualification for the 2000 Olympic women's basketball tournament occurred from 1998–2000; all five FIBA (International Basketball Federation) zones sent in teams.
The first qualifying tournament was the 1998 FIBA World Championship for Women in which the champion was guaranteed of a place in the Olympics. Throughout the next two years, several regional tournaments served as qualification for the zonal tournaments, which doubles as intercontinental championships, to determine which teams were to participate in the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics.
Twelve teams took part in the Olympics, with each NOC sending in one team. The host nation (Australia) qualified automatically as hosts.
There are a total of 5 zonal tournaments (doubling as intercontinental championships) that determined the qualifying teams, with a total of 7 teams qualifying outright. Each zone was allocated with the following qualifying berths:
1 team (champion)
3 teams (champion, runner-up and third place)
1 team (champion)
4 teams (Top four places)
1 team (runner-up)
Furthermore, United States qualified automatically by winning at the 1998 FIBA World Championship for Women.
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These are the final standings of the different Olympic qualifying tournaments. The venues are as follows:
Berlin (Germany)
Nairobi (Kenya)
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