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Baseball at the 2000 Summer Olympics
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| event | Baseball |
| games | 2000 Summer |
| image | Baseball, Sydney 2000.png |
| image_size | 150 |
| venues | Sydney Baseball Stadium |
| Blacktown Olympic Park | |
| dates | 17–27 September 2000 |
| teams | 8 |
| gold | |
| silver | |
| bronze | |
| prev | 1996 |
| next | 2004 |
Blacktown Olympic Park Baseball at the 2000 Summer Olympics was the third time an Olympic baseball tournament had been held as a full medal sport, and the ninth time it had been part of the Summer Olympic Games in any capacity. It was held in Sydney, Australia from 17 September through to the bronze and gold medal games on 27 September. Two venues were used for the Games: the Sydney Baseball Stadium and Blacktown Olympic Park. For the first time in Olympic competition, professional baseball players were eligible to participate, though no active players from Major League Baseball were available.
In the gold medal game known as the "Miracle on Grass", the United States became Olympic Champions for the first time in its baseball history by defeating Cuba 4–0. Since becoming a medal sport, it was the first time Cuba had not won the gold medal. The gold medal game was also only the second game Cuba had lost in Olympic baseball, having lost to the Netherlands earlier in the tournament. South Korea won their first Olympic baseball medal, beating Japan in the bronze medal match 3–1.
Format
The main tournament featured eight teams. These teams were selected from a series of continental qualifying tournaments, with the exception of Australia who qualified automatically as hosts. As had been the case at the 1996 Games in Atlanta, two teams each qualified from the Americas via the 1999 Pan American Games, Asia via the 1999 Asian Baseball Championship, and Europe via the 1999 European Baseball Championship. The final spot went to the winner of a deciding series between the African and Oceania champions, as determined by the 1999 All-Africa Games and the 1999 Oceania Baseball Championship respectively. This playoff was won by South Africa, who swept Guam in a best-of-five series in Johannesburg in December 1999.
The eight teams met in a round-robin series, facing each other once. The top four teams from this then met in the finals, with the first and fourth placed teams playing against each other in one semi final, and the second and third placed teams in the other. The losers of these semi finals competed in the bronze medal game, while the winners met in the gold medal game.
Teams
| Team | Qualification method | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | ||||
| [[File:Gold medal america.svg | 18px | alt= | link=]] 1999 Pan American Games | |
| [[File:Silver medal europe.svg | 18px | alt= | link=]] 1999 European Baseball Championship | |
| [[File:Silver medal asia.svg | 18px | alt= | link=]] 1999 Asian Baseball Championship | |
| [[File:Gold medal europe.svg | 18px | alt= | link=]] 1999 European Baseball Championship | |
| [[File:Gold medal africa.svg | 18px | alt= | link=]] 1999 All-Africa Games, then defeated Guam | |
| in Africa Champion v Oceania Champion playoff | ||||
| [[File:Gold medal asia.svg | 18px | alt= | link=]] 1999 Asian Baseball Championship | |
| [[File:Silver medal america.svg | 18px | alt= | link=]] 1999 Pan American Games |
Results
Preliminary round
Final round
| Team-Width = 150 | RD1-team1 = **** | RD1-score1 = 3 | RD1-team2 = | RD1-score2 = 0 | RD1-team3 = **** | RD1-score3 = 3 | RD1-team4 = | RD1-score4 = 2 | RD2-seed1 = W1 | RD2-team1 = [[File:Silver medal olympic.svg|right|15px|alt=|link=]] | RD2-score1 = 0 | RD2-seed2 = W2 | RD2-team2 = ****[[File:Gold medal olympic.svg|right|15px|alt=|link=]] | RD2-score2 = 4 | RD2b-seed1 = L2 | RD2b-team1 = ****[[File:Bronze medal olympic.svg|right|15px|alt=|link=]] | RD2b-score1 = 3 | RD2b-seed2 = L1 | RD2b-team2 = | RD2b-score2 = 1
Semi-finals
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Final standings
| Rk | Team | W | L | Lost in the gold medal game | Failed to qualify for gold medal game | Failed to qualify for semi-finals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Gold medal icon.svg | alt=1 | link=]] | 8 | 1 | ||||
| [[File:Silver medal icon.svg | alt=2 | link=]] | 7 | 2 | ||||
| [[File:Bronze medal icon.svg | alt=3 | link=]] | 6 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | 5 | 4 | ||||||
| 5 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| 6 | 2 | 5 | ||||||
| 7 | 2 | 5 | ||||||
| 8 | 1 | 6 |
Medalists
| USA | CUB | KOR |
|---|
References
References
- Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. (2001). "Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad". Paragon Printers Australasia.
- "The Olympic Team No Dream". CBS News.
- OlympicTalk. (January 8, 2021). "Tommy Lasorda, only manager of World Series, Olympic champions, dies at 93 - OlympicTalk | NBC Sports". Olympics.nbcsports.com.
- "Oral history: Team USA wins gold at 2000 Olympics".
- "On This Date: September 27, 2000 – USA vs. Cuba (Sydney Olympic Games) {{!}} USA Baseball".
- Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. (2001). "Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad: Baseball". Paragon Printers Australasia.
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