2000 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament

The 2000 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament was played by eight countries to determine the last four competing teams for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The tournament was held in Tokyo, Japan from June 17 to June 25, 2000. The top-four teams advance to the Olympic Games with one berth guaranteed for an Asian country. Teams ARG CAN CHN CRO ITA JPN NED KOR Round robin Saturday 2000-06-17 ITA3–2NED (22-25 19-25 25-19 25-23 15-4)KOR3–0CRO (25-16 25-18 25-20)CHN3–0CAN (25-18 25-13 25-13)JPN3–1ARG (30-32 25-17 25-22 25-14) Sunday 2000-06-18 NED3–0CHN (25-22 25-20 25-20)ITA3–0KOR (25-10 26-24 28-26)CRO3–0ARG (25-19 25-15 25-12)JPN3–0CAN (25-18 25-16 25-15) Monday 2000-06-19 ARG0–3KOR (20-25 18-25 20-25)ITA3–1CHN (32-30 23-25 25-19 25-19)CAN0–3CRO (21-25 18-25 20-25)JPN3–1NED (18-25 25-21 25-22 25-20) Wednesday 2000-06-21 ARG0–3ITA (21-25 22-25 18-25)CRO3–2NED (16-25 25-18 20-25 25-22 15-10)KOR3–0CAN (25-15 25-18 25-17)CHN3–1JPN (23-25 31-29 25-17 25-20) Thursday 2000-06-22 ARG3–2CAN (25-20 28-30 25-22 22-25 15-13)CHN3–2CRO (23-25 25-16 21-25 25-19 15-10)NED1–3KOR (19-25 22-25 25-16 20-25)ITA3–0JPN (25-22 25-19 25-13) Saturday 2000-06-24 ITA3–0CAN (25-12 25-19 25-16)CHN3–2KOR (25-21 18-25 23-25 25-18 15-7)NED3–1ARG (26-28 25-22 25-23 25-18)CRO3–2JPN (26-28 23-25 25-20 28-26 15-9) Sunday 2000-06-25 ARG0–3CHN (17-25 11-25 17-25)NED3–0CAN (25-17 25-20 26-24)CRO3–1ITA (19-25 25-22 25-21 25-22)KOR3–1JPN (21-25 25-12 25-18 25-23) Final ranking RkTeamPointsWonLostSWSLRatioPWPLRatio1ITA13611963.1661.1982KOR12521782.1251.0923CRO125217111.5451.0414CHN125216111.4541.1325NED103415131.1541.0286JPN103413140.9280.9987ARG8165200.2500.8138CAN7072210.0950.742 South Korea is counted as The Asian Continental Qualification Tournament Champion since it is the best Asian team except the winner. It was the first time Japan did not qualify to the Olympics since volleyball became official at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Awards Best scorer: Barbara Jelic CRO Best spiker: Yongmei Wu CHN Best blocker: Antonella Bragaglia ITA Best server: Yue Sun CHN Best digger: Soo-Jeong Park KOR Best setter: Riette Fledderus NED Best receiver: Ikumi Ogake JPN References Results Best Players O V V Q Category:Volleyball qualification for the Summer Olympics Vol Category:Sports competitions in Tokyo Category:2000 in Tokyo Category:2000 in Japanese women's sport