Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's beach volleyball

This page shows the results of the Women's Beach Volleyball Tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, held from September 16 to September 26, 2000. The second Olympic Beach Volleyball Competition took place in a specially constructed 10.000 seat venue at Bondi Beach near Sydney. There were a total number of 24 participating couples.

Results

Preliminary Round

*"Winners advance to Round of 16"
**Prawerman/Rigaux, France (15) def. Friedrichsen/Müsch, Germany (10), 16-14 (67 minutes)
**Schmidt/Staub, Germany (8) def. Zhang/Tian, China (17), 17-15 (48)
**May/McPeak, United States (4) def. Hudcova/Tobiasova, Czech Republic (21), 15-5 (22)
**Gooley/Manser, Australia (7) def. Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy (18), 15-9 (38)
**Schuller/Pereira, Portugal (13) def. Zi Xiong/Rong Chi, China (12), 15-5 (28)
**Bruschini/Solazzi, Italy (9) def. Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece (16), 15-2 (34)
**Takahashi/Saiki, Japan (6) def. Ishizaka/Seike, Japan (19), 15-3 (31)
**Celbova/Dosoudilova, Czech Republic (14) def. Schoon/Kadijk, Netherlands (11), 17-15 (42)
**Pires/ Brazil (5) def. Fernandez Grossat/Larrea Peraza, Cuba (20), 15-4 (25)
**Davis/Johnson Jordan, United States (3) def. Huygens Tholen/Straton, Australia (22), 15-13 (38)
**Adriana/Shelda, Brazil (2) def. L. Yanchulova/P. Yanchulova, Bulgaria (23), 15-3 (25)
**Cook/Pottharst, Australia (1) def. Galindo/Gaxiola, Mexico (24), 15-11 (41)

Preliminary Elimination

*"Losers eliminated, place 19th"
**Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy (18) def. Ishizaka/Rii Seike, Japan (19), 15-5 (44)
**Zi Xiong/Rong Chi, China (12) def. Galindo/Gaxiola, Mexico (24), 16-14 (50)
**Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece (16) def. Hudcova/Tobiasova, Czech Republic (21), 15-6 (29)
**Friedrichsen/Müsch, Germany (10) def. Huygens Tholen/Straton, Australia (22), 15-9 (38)
**L. Yanchulova/P. Yanchulova, Bulgaria (23) def. Schoon/Kadijk, Netherlands (11), 17-15 (55)
**Fernandez Grossat/Larrea Peraza, Cuba (20) def. Zhang/Tian, China (17), 15-12 (34)
*"Winners advance to Round of 16 plus team with highest point ratio; losers eliminated, place 17th"
**Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy (18) def. Zi Xiong/Rong Chi, China (12), 15-9 (45)
**Friedrichsen/Müsch, Germany (10) def. Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece (16), 15-7 (36)
**Fernandez Grossat/Larrea Peraza, Cuba (20) def. L. Yanchulova/P. Yanchulova, Bulgaria (23), 15-3 (23)

Round of 16

*"Losers eliminated, place ninth"
**Bruschini/Solazzi, Italy (9) def. Schmidt/Staub, Germany (8), 15-12 (34)
**Takahashi/Teru Saiki, Japan (6) def. Celbova/Dosoudilova, Czech Republic (14), 15-2 (25)
**Gooley/Manser, Australia (7) def. Prawerman/Rigaux, France (15), 15-3 (29)
**Davis/Johnson Jordan, United States (3) def. Fernandez Grossat/Larrea Peraza, Cuba (20), 15-9 (34)
**May/McPeak, United States (4) def. Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy (18), 15-13 (46)
**Pires/Samuel, Brazil (5) def. Schuller/Pereira, Portugal (13), 15-6 (36)
**Adriana/Shelda, Brazil (2) def. Friedrichsen/Müsch, Germany (10), 15-9 (50)
**Cook/Pottharst, Australia (1) def. Zi Xiong/Rong Chi, China (12), 15-2 (30)

Quarter-finals

*"Losers eliminated, place fifth"
**Takahashi/Teru Saiki, Japan (6) def. Davis/Johnson Jordan, United States (3), 15-9 (48)
**Adriana/Shelda, Brazil (2) def. Gooley/Manser, Australia (7), 15-7 (34)
**Cook/Pottharst, Australia (1) def. Bruschini/Solazzi, Italy (9), 15-11 (39)
**Pires/Samuel, Brazil (5) def. May/McPeak, United States (4), 16-14 (49)

emi-finals

*Adriana/Shelda, Brazil (2) def. Takahashi/Saiki, Japan (6), 15-10 (43)
*Cook/Pottharst, Australia (1) def. Pires/Samuel, Brazil (5), 15-6 (36)

Bronze Medal Match

*Pires/Samuel, Brazil (5) def. Takahashi/Saiki, Japan (6), 12-4 and 12-6 (53)

Gold Medal Match

*Cook/Pottharst, Australia (1) def. Adriana/Shelda, Brazil (2), 12-11 and 12-10 (75)

Final Ranking

ee also

* Men's Beach Volleyball Tournament
* Volleyball at the Summer Olympics

References

* [http://www.bvbinfo.com/Tournament.asp?ID=1071 Beach Volleybal Results]