Beach volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Results

Elimination rounds

Preliminary round

Winners advance to Round of 16 The 12 losers play elimination matches until 3 teams remain.
Competition Held on September 16, 2000

Match Number	Athletes	NOC	Score	Seed
1	Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst	Australia	15	1
	Teresa Galindo and Hilda Gaxiola	Mexico	11	24
2	Cristina Pereira and Maria José Schuller	Portugal	15	13
	Rong Chi and Xiong Zi	China	5	12
3	Mika Teru Saiki	Japan	15	6
	Yuki Ishizaka and Rii Seike	Japan	5	19
4	Daniela Gattelli and Lucilla Perrotta	Italy	9	18
	Tania Gooley and Pauline Manser	Australia	15	7
5	Laura Bruschini and Annamaria Solazzi	Italy	15	9
	Efi Sfyri	Greece	2	16
6	Tereza Tobiasová	Czech Republic	5	21
	Misty May-Treanor and Holly McPeak	United States	15	4
7	Annett Davis and Jenny Johnson Jordan	United States	15	3
	Annette Huygens-Tholen and Sarah Straton	Australia	13	22
8	Anabelle Prawerman and Cécile Rigaux	France	16	15
	Maike Friedrichsen and Danja Müsch	Germany	14	10
9	Ulrike Schmidt and Gudi Staub	Germany	17	8
	Jingkun Zhang	China	15	17
10	Dalixia Fernández and Tamara Larrea	Cuba	4	20
	Sandra Pires and Adriana Samuel	Brazil	15	5
11	Rebekka Kadijk and Debora Schoon-Kadijk	Netherlands	15	11
	Sona Novaková	Czech Republic	17	14
12	Lina Yanchulova and Petia Yanchulova	Bulgaria	3	23
	Shelda Bede and Adriana Behar	Brazil	15	2

Preliminary Elimination

Competition Held on September 18, 2000,

First Round

Losers eliminated, and placed 19th

Match Number	Athletes	NOC	Score	Seed
13	Teresa Galindo and Hilda Gaxiola	Mexico	14	24
	Rong Chi and Xiong Zi	China	16	12
14	Yuki Ishizaka and Rii Seike	Japan	5	19
	Daniela Gattelli and Lucilla Perrotta	Italy	15	18
15	Efi Sfyri	Greece	15	16
	Tereza Tobiasová	Czech Republic	6	21
16	Annette Huygens-Tholen and Sarah Straton	Australia	9	22
	Maike Friedrichsen and Danja Müsch	Germany	15	10
17	Jingkun Zhang	China	12	17
	Dalixia Fernández and Tamara Larrea	Cuba	15	20
18	Rebekka Kadijk and Debora Schoon-Kadijk	Netherlands	15	11
	Lina Yanchulova and Petia Yanchulova	Bulgaria	17	23

Second Round

Winners advance to Round of 16 plus team with highest point ratio; losers eliminated and place 17th

Match Number	Athletes	NOC	Score	Seed
19	Rong Chi and Xiong Zi	China	9	12
	Daniela Gattelli and Lucilla Perrotta	Italy	15	18
20	Efi Sfyri	Greece	7	16
	Maike Friedrichsen and Danja Müsch	Germany	15	10
21	Dalixia Fernández and Tamara Larrea	Cuba	15	20
	Lina Yanchulova and Petia Yanchulova	Bulgaria	3	23

Round of 16

Competition Held on September 21, 2000

• Losers eliminated, place ninth

Match Number	Athletes	NOC	Score	Seed
22	Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst	Australia	15	1
	Rong Chi and Xiong Zi	China	2	12
23	Laura Bruschini and Annamaria Solazzi	Italy	15	9
	Ulrike Schmidt and Gudi Staub	Germany	12	8
24	Sandra Pires and Adriana Samuel	Brazil	15	5
	Cristina Pereira and Maria José Schuller	Portugal	6	13
25	Daniela Gattelli and Lucilla Perrotta	Italy	13	18
	Misty May-Treanor and Holly McPeak	United States	15	4
26	Annett Davis and Jenny Johnson Jordan	United States	15	3
	Dalixia Fernández and Tamara Larrea	Cuba	9	20
27	Sona Novaková	Czech Republic	2	14
	Mika Teru Saiki	Japan	15	6
28	Tania Gooley and Pauline Manser	Australia	15	7
	Anabelle Prawerman and Cécile Rigaux	France	3	15
29	Maike Friedrichsen and Danja Müsch	Germany	9	10
	Shelda Bede and Adriana Behar	Brazil	15	2

Quarter-finals

Competition Held on September 23, 2000

• Losers eliminated, place fifth

Match Number	Athletes	NOC	Score	Seed
30	Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst	Australia	15	1
	Laura Bruschini and Annamaria Solazzi	Italy	11	9
31	Sandra Pires and Adriana Samuel	Brazil	16	5
	Misty May-Treanor and Holly McPeak	United States	14	4
32	Annett Davis and Jenny Johnson Jordan	United States	9	3
	Mika Teru Saiki	Japan	15	6
33	Tania Gooley and Pauline Manser	Australia	7	7
	Shelda Bede and Adriana Behar	Brazil	15	2

Semi-finals

Sep 23, 2000 14:30	Mika Teru Saiki (JPN )	0–1	Shelda Bede – Adriana Behar (BRA)	Bondi Beach, Sydney Attendance: 10,000 Referees: Jeff Brehaut (GER), Hadrea Haas (AUT)
	(10–15) Result

Sep 23, 2000 14:30	Natalie Cook – Kerri Pottharst (AUS)	1–0	Sandra Pires – Adriana Samuel (BRA)	Bondi Beach, Sydney Attendance: 10,000 Referees: Darryl Friensen (CAN), Sue Lemaire (USA)
	(15–6) Result

Bronze medal match

Sep 25, 2000 12:00	Sandra Pires – Adriana Samuel (BRA)	2–0	Mika Teru Saiki (JPN )	Bondi Beach, Sydney Attendance: 10,000 Referees: Andrea Haas (AUT), Ruediger Nissen Franzen (GER)
	(12–4, 12–6) Result

Gold Medal match

Sep 25, 2000 14:00	Natalie Cook – Kerri Pottharst (AUS)	2–0	Shelda Bede – Adriana Behar (BRA)	Bondi Beach, Sydney Attendance: 10,000 Referees: Darryl Friensen (CAN), Sue Lemaire (USA)
	(12–11, 12–10) Result

Final ranking

RANK	NOC	ATHLETE NAMES	SEED
	Australia	Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst	1
	Brazil	Shelda Bede and Adriana Behar	2
	Brazil	Sandra Pires and Adriana Samuel	5
4.	Japan	Mika Teru Saiki	6
5.	United States	Annett Davis and Jenny Johnson Jordan	3
	United States	Misty May-Treanor and Holly McPeak	4
	Australia	Tania Gooley and Pauline Manser	7
	Italy	Laura Bruschini and Annamaria Solazzi	9
9.	Germany	Ulrike Schmidt and Gudi Staub	8
	Germany	Maike Friedrichsen and Danja Müsch	10
	China	Chi Rong and Xiong Zi	12
	Portugal	Cristina Pereira and Maria José Schuller	13
	Czech Republic	Sona Novaková	14
	France	Anabelle Prawerman and Cécile Rigaux	15
	Italy	Daniela Gattelli and Lucilla Perrotta	18
	Cuba	Dalixia Fernández and Tamara Larrea	20
17.	Greece	Efi Sfyri	16
	Bulgaria	Lina Yanchulova and Petia Yanchulova	23
19.	Netherlands	Rebekka Kadijk and Debora Schoon-Kadijk	11
	China	Jia Tian and Zhang Jingkun	17
	Japan	Yuki Ishizaka and Rii Seike	19
	Czech Republic	Martina Hudcová and Tereza Tobiášová	21
	Australia	Annette Huygens-Tholen and Sarah Straton	22
	Mexico	Teresa Galindo and Hilda Gaxiola	24

See also