Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's tournament in volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics was the 10th edition of the event at the Summer Olympics, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Sydney, Australia from 17 September to 1 October 2000.^[1]

Men's volleyball at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney Entertainment Centre and Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
Date	17 September – 1 October
Competitors	144 from 12 nations
Medalists
FR Yugoslavia (1st title)  Russia  Italy
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Qualification

Main article: Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	24 September 1993	Monte Carlo	1	Australia
1999 World Cup	18 November – 2 December 1999	Japan	3	Russia
				Cuba
				Italy
African Qualifier	25–30 January 2000	Cairo	1	Egypt
Asian Qualifier	27–29 December 1999	Shanghai	1	South Korea
European Qualifier	3–9 January 2000	Katowice	1	FR Yugoslavia
North American Qualifier	5–8 January 2000	Winnipeg	1	United States
South American Qualifier	7–9 January 2000	São Caetano do Sul	1	Brazil
1st World Qualifier	21–23 July 2000	Matosinhos	1	Argentina
2nd World Qualifier	24–26 July 2000	Piraeus	1	Spain
3rd World Qualifier	25–27 July 2000	Castelnau-le-Lez	1	Netherlands
Total			12

Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of January 2000. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the World Ranking. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts.

Pool A	Pool B
Australia (Hosts)	Italy (1)
Cuba (3)	Russia (2)
Brazil (4)	United States (5)
Netherlands (7)	Yugoslavia (6)
Spain (8)	Argentina (9)
Egypt (23)	South Korea (10)

Rosters

Main article: Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

Venues

Main venue	Sub venue
Sydney, Australia	Sydney, Australia
Sydney Entertainment Centre	Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
Capacity: 10,517	Capacity: 6,000

Preliminary round

• The top four teams in each pool qualified for the quarterfinals.

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	5	0	10	15	1	15.000	415	331	1.254	Quarterfinals
2	Netherlands	5	4	1	9	12	5	2.400	417	360	1.158
3	Cuba	5	3	2	8	9	7	1.286	383	335	1.143
4	Australia	5	2	3	7	6	10	0.600	327	374	0.874
5	Spain	5	1	4	6	7	12	0.583	404	444	0.910
6	Egypt	5	0	5	5	1	15	0.067	309	411	0.752

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

17 September 2000	Spain	3–0	Egypt	Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
	(25–20, 25–10, 25–21)

17 September 2000	Cuba	0–3	Netherlands	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(22–25, 20–25, 23–25)

17 September 2000	Australia	0–3	Brazil	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(13–25, 14–25, 21–25)

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19 September 2000	Spain	1–3	Cuba	Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
	(21–25, 12–25, 25–21, 20–25)

19 September 2000	Egypt	0–3	Brazil	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(28–30, 18–25, 21–25)

19 September 2000	Netherlands	3–0	Australia	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(25–19, 25–17, 25–15)

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21 September 2000	Cuba	3–0	Egypt	Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
	(25–11, 25–18, 25–15)

21 September 2000	Brazil	3–0	Netherlands	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(25–20, 25–17, 27–25)

21 September 2000	Australia	3–1	Spain	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(23–25, 25–20, 25–23, 25–19)

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23 September 2000	Egypt	1–3	Netherlands	Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
	(21–25, 11–25, 33–31, 20–25)

23 September 2000	Cuba	3–0	Australia	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(25–17, 25–20, 25–18)

23 September 2000	Spain	1–3	Brazil	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(27–25, 14–25, 21–25, 20–25)

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25 September 2000	Netherlands	3–1	Spain	Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
	(25–18, 25–17, 24–26, 25–21)

25 September 2000	Brazil	3–0	Cuba	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(28–26, 30–28, 25–18)

25 September 2000	Australia	3–0	Egypt	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(25–17, 25–23, 25–22)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	5	5	0	10	15	4	3.750	482	421	1.145	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	5	4	1	9	13	7	1.857	465	443	1.050
3	FR Yugoslavia	5	3	2	8	12	9	1.333	489	461	1.061
4	Argentina	5	2	3	7	7	11	0.636	409	446	0.917
5	South Korea	5	1	4	6	8	14	0.571	491	504	0.974
6	United States	5	0	5	5	5	15	0.333	417	478	0.872

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

17 September 2000	South Korea	0–3	Italy	Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
	(25–27, 23–25, 18–25)

17 September 2000	Russia	3–1	FR Yugoslavia	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(19–25, 25–23, 25–23, 25–20)

17 September 2000 18:30	United States	1–3	Argentina	Sydney Entertainment Centre Attendance: 8,519 Referees: Stoyan Stoyanov (Bulgaria), Wang Ching (China)
	(26–24, 23–25, 21–25, 18–25)

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19 September 2000	Argentina	3–1	South Korea	Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
	(25–23, 17–25, 30–28, 25–21)

19 September 2000 14:30	Russia	3–1	United States	Sydney Entertainment Centre Attendance: 7,223 Referees: Dean Turner (Australia), Fernando Nava (Mexico)
	(25–18, 25–23, 21–25, 25–17)

19 September 2000	FR Yugoslavia	2–3	Italy	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(19–25, 25–19, 22–25, 33–31, 20–22)

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21 September 2000 12:30	United States	0–3	FR Yugoslavia	Sydney Showground Pavilion 4 Attendance: 4,348 Referees: Josebel Palmeirim (Brazil), Wang Ning (China)
	(15–25, 20–25, 23–25)

21 September 2000	Italy	3–0	Argentina	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(40–38, 25–18, 25–14)

21 September 2000	South Korea	2–3	Russia	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(22–25, 25–22, 25–20, 27–29, 15–17)

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23 September 2000	FR Yugoslavia	3–1	Argentina	Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
	(21–25, 25–15, 25–23, 25–22)

23 September 2000	Russia	1–3	Italy	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(20–25, 20–25, 25–22, 22–25)

23 September 2000 18:30	South Korea	3–2	United States	Sydney Entertainment Centre Attendance: 8,095 Referees: Bela Hobor (Hungary), Themistoklis Kalpaktsoglou (Greece)
	(25–20, 25–27, 26–24, 21–25, 15–13)

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25 September 2000	Argentina	0–3	Russia	Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
	(23–25, 15–25, 20–25)

25 September 2000	South Korea	2–3	FR Yugoslavia	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(26–24, 20–25, 23–25, 25–19, 8–15)

25 September 2000 20:30	Italy	3–1	United States	Sydney Entertainment Centre Attendance: 7,960 Referees: Dean Turner (Australia), Wang Ning (China)
	(21–25, 25–18, 25–18, 25–18)

Final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold medal match
	27 September
	Brazil	1
					29 September
	Argentina	3
					Argentina	1
	27 September
					Russia	3
	Cuba	2
									1 October
	Russia	3
									Russia	0
	27 September
									FR Yugoslavia	3
	Netherlands	2
					29 September
	FR Yugoslavia	3
					FR Yugoslavia	3
	27 September
					Italy	0			Bronze medal match
	Australia	1
									1 October
	Italy	3
									Argentina	0
									Italy	3

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	28 September
	Brazil	3
					29 September
	Cuba	2
					Brazil	0
	28 September
					Netherlands	3
	Netherlands	3
	Australia	0
					7th place match
					29 September
					Cuba	3
					Australia	0

Quarterfinals

27 September 2000	Cuba	2–3	Russia	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(25–21, 23–25, 19–25, 25–19, 13–15)

27 September 2000	Australia	1–3	Italy	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(14–25, 25–22, 19–25, 15–25)

27 September 2000	Brazil	1–3	Argentina	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(25–17, 21–25, 19–25, 25–27)

27 September 2000	Netherlands	2–3	FR Yugoslavia	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(21–25, 25–18, 18–25 ,32–30, 15–17)

5th–8th semifinals

28 September 2000	Brazil	3–2	Cuba	Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
	(23–25, 17–25, 25–21 ,26–24, 15–11)

28 September 2000	Netherlands	3–0	Australia	Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
	(25–20, 25–15, 25–21)

Semifinals

29 September 2000	Argentina	1–3	Russia	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(25–27, 30–32, 25–21 ,11–25)

29 September 2000	FR Yugoslavia	3–0	Italy	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(27–25 ,34–32, 25–14)

7th place match

29 September 2000	Cuba	3–0	Australia	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(25–23, 25–11, 25–15)

5th place match

29 September 2000	Brazil	0–3	Netherlands	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(21–25, 20–25, 22–25)

Bronze medal match

1 October 2000	Argentina	0–3	Italy	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(16–25, 15–25, 18–25)

Gold medal match

1 October 2000	FR Yugoslavia	3–0	Russia	Sydney Entertainment Centre
	(25–22, 25–22, 25–20)

Final standing

Rank Team  FR Yugoslavia  Russia  Italy 4  Argentina 5  Netherlands 6  Brazil 7  Cuba 8  Australia 9  South Korea 10  Spain 11  United States 12  Egypt

2000 Men's Olympic champions  FR Yugoslavia 1st title 12–man roster Vladimir Batez, Slobodan Kovač, Slobodan Boškan, Đula Mešter, Vasa Mijić, N. Grbić, V. Grbić, Andrija Gerić, Goran Vujević, Ivan Miljković, Veljko Petković, Igor Vušurović Head coach Zoran Gajić

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
FR Yugoslavia (YUG) Vladimir Batez Slobodan Kovač Slobodan Boškan Đula Mešter Vasa Mijić Nikola Grbić Vladimir Grbić Andrija Gerić Goran Vujević Ivan Miljković Veljko Petković Igor Vušurović Head coach: Zoran Gajić	Russia (RUS) Vadim Khamuttskikh Ruslan Olikhver Valeri Goryushev Igor Shulepov Aleksey Kazakov Evgeni Mitkov Sergey Tetyukhin Roman Yakovlev Konstantin Ushakov Aleksandr Gerasimov Ilya Savelev Aleksey Kuleshov Head coach: Gennady Shipulin	Italy (ITA) Andrea Gardini Marco Meoni Pasquale Gravina Luigi Mastrangelo Paolo Tofoli Samuele Papi Andrea Sartoretti Marco Bracci Simone Rosalba Mirko Corsano Andrea Giani Alessandro Fei Head coach: Andrea Anastasi

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Bas van de Goor

• Best scorer

  Marcos Milinkovic

• Best spiker

  Daniel Howard

• Best blocker

  Andrija Gerić

• Best server

  Osvaldo Hernández

• Best digger

  Vasa Mijić

• Best setter

  Peter Blangé

• Best libero

  Evgeni Mitkov

• Best receiver

  Pablo Meana

References

1. "Volleyball at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Volleyball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.

External links

• Final Standing (1964–2000)
• Results at Todor66.com
• Results at Sports123.com^{[dead link‍]}