Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament explained

Size:	150
City:	Sydney
Country:	Australia
Dates:	17 September – 1 October
Num Teams:	12
Confederations:	5
Venues:	2
Cities:	1
Champion:	USA
Count:	12
Second:	FRA
Third:	LIT
Third-Flagvar:	1988
Fourth:	AUS
Games:	42
Top Scorer:	Andrew Gaze (19.9 points per game)
Prevseason:	Atlanta 1996
Nextseason:	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

See main article: Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification.

Country	Qualified as	Date of qualification	Previous appearance
			1996
			1996
			1996
			First appearance
			1996
			1988
			1996
			1984
			1992
	European fourth place^[1]		1984
			1996
			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:

1. Head to head results
2. Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
3. Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

Squads

See main article: Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+11)

Group A

Group B

Statistical leaders

Top ten in points, rebounds and assists, and top 5 in steals and blocks.

Points

Name	PPG
	19.9
	14.9
	14.8
	14.3
	14.3
	14.0
	13.7
	13.5
	13.0
	13.0

Rebounds

Name	RPG
	9.1
	7.3
	6.9
	6.3
	6.2
	6.0
	5.9
	5.9
	5.3
	5.1

Assists

Name	APG
	6.9
	5.6
	5.1
	4.4
	4.2
	3.8
	3.6
	3.4
	3.2
	2.9

Steals

Name	SPG
	2.1
	1.7
	1.5
	1.4
	1.4

Blocks

Name	BPG
	2.3
	2.2
	2.0
	1.9
	1.8

Game highs

Department	Name	Total	Opponent
Points		29
Rebounds		15
Assists		15
Steals		4
Blocks		6
Turnovers		9

Final standings

Rank	width=150px	Team !	width=20px	Pld !	width=20px	W !	width=20px	L !	width=30px	PF !	width=30px	PA !	width=30px	PD
Gold medal game participants
		8	8	0	760	587	+173
		8	4	4	591	574	+17
Bronze medal game participants
		8	5	3	620	558	+62
4th		8	4	4	596	634	−38
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th		7	4	3	463	473	−10
6th		7	4	3	494	483	+11
7th		7	5	2	582	524	+58
8th		7	3	4	520	499	+21
Preliminary round 5th placers
9th		6	2	4	433	440	−7
10th		6	2	4	432	503	−71
Preliminary round 6th placers
11th		6	1	5	377	476	−99
12th		6	0	6	363	480	−117

See also

• Women's Tournament

References

• 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

Notes and References

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