Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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.

More information Pool A, Pool B ...

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

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

Pool A

More information Pos, Team ...

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

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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

More information Pos, Team ...

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

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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)

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