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Baseball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

November 24, 2023

See also: Baseball at the Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics

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.[1]

Baseball
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenuesSydney Baseball Stadium
Blacktown Olympic Park
Dates17–27 September 2000
Teams8
Medalists
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The United States won the gold medal by defeating Cuba 4–0.[2] 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.[1] South Korea won their first Olympic baseball medal, beating Japan in the bronze medal match 3–1.[2]

Format edit

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.[1]

Teams edit

Team Qualification method
 
Australia 		Host nation
 
Cuba 		  1999 Pan American Games
 
Italy 		  1999 European Baseball Championship
 
Japan 		  1999 Asian Baseball Championship
 
Netherlands 		  1999 European Baseball Championship
 
South Africa 		  1999 All-Africa Games, then defeated Guam
in Africa Champion v Oceania Champion playoff
 
South Korea 		  1999 Asian Baseball Championship
 
United States 		  1999 Pan American Games

Results edit

Preliminary round edit

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1   Cuba 7 6 1 50 17 +33 .857[a] — Advance to knockout round
2   United States 7 6 1 42 14 +28 .857[a] —
3   South Korea 7 4 3 40 26 +14 .571[b] 2
4   Japan 7 4 3 41 23 +18 .571[b] 2
5   Netherlands 7 3 4 19 29 −10 .429 3
6   Italy 7 2 5 33 43 −10 .286[c] 4
7   Australia (H) 7 2 5 30 41 −11 .286[c] 4
8   South Africa 7 1 6 11 73 −62 .143 5
Source:[citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Cuba defeated the United States 6–1.
  2. ^ a b South Korea defeated Japan 7–6.
  3. ^ a b Italy defeated Australia 8–7.


17 September Cuba   16–0 (F/7)   South Africa Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,082
Boxscore
17 September United States   4–2 (F/13)   Japan Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 13,404
Boxscore
17 September Italy   2–10   South Korea Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 2,951
Boxscore
17 September Australia   4–6   Netherlands Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 13,762
Boxscore
18 September Cuba   13–5   Italy Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 2,424
Boxscore
18 September South Korea   3–5   Australia Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 13,281
Boxscore
18 September United States   11–1 (F/7)   South Africa Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,474
Boxscore
18 September Japan   10–2   Netherlands Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 11,360
Boxscore
19 September South Africa   0–13 (F/7)   Italy Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 2,511
Boxscore
19 September Australia   3–7   Japan Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 13,093
Boxscore
19 September Netherlands   2–6   United States Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,352
Boxscore
19 September South Korea   5–6   Cuba Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 13,565
Boxscore
20 September Italy   1–6   Japan Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,245
Boxscore
20 September Netherlands   4–2   Cuba Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 12,450
Boxscore
20 September South Africa   4–10   Australia Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,459
Boxscore
20 September United States   4–0   South Korea Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 13,818
Boxscore
22 September South Korea   2–0   Netherlands Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,350
Boxscore
22 September Cuba   1–0   Australia Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 14,036
Boxscore
22 September South Africa   0–8   Japan Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,512
Boxscore
22 September United States   4–2   Italy Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 13,912
Boxscore
23 September Netherlands   2–3 (F/10)   South Africa Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,484
Boxscore
23 September Japan   6–7 (F/10)   South Korea Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 13,970
Boxscore
23 September Australia   7–8 (F/12)   Italy Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,562
Boxscore
23 September Cuba   6–1   United States Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 14,010
Boxscore
24 September Italy   2–3   Netherlands Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,439
Boxscore
24 September South Korea   13–3 (F/8)   South Africa Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 13,864
Boxscore
24 September Japan   2–6   Cuba Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,479
Boxscore
24 September Australia   1–12 (F/7)   United States Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 14,018
Boxscore

Final round edit

Semi-finals Gold medal match
      
1   Cuba 3
4   Japan 0
W1   Cuba
 
0
W2   United States
 
4
3   United States 3
2   South Korea 2 Bronze medal match
L2   South Korea
 
3
L1   Japan 1

Semi-finals edit

26 September Cuba   3–0   Japan Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 13,727
26 September United States   3–2   South Korea Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 14,002

Bronze medal game edit

27 September South Korea     3 – 1     Japan Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 14,058

Gold medal game edit

27 September Cuba     0 – 4     United States Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 14,107

Final standings edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). (PDF). Vol. 2: Celebrating the Games. Canberra, Australia: Paragon Printers Australasia. pp. 176–9. ISBN 0-9579616-0-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  2. ^ a b Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). (PDF). Vol. 3: Results. Canberra, Australia: Paragon Printers Australasia. ISBN 0-9579616-1-8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 15 September 2010.

November 24, 2023
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See also Baseball at the Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics 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 1 Baseballat the Games of the XXVII OlympiadVenuesSydney Baseball StadiumBlacktown Olympic ParkDates17 27 September 2000Teams8Medalists United States Cuba South Korea 19962004 The United States won the gold medal by defeating Cuba 4 0 2 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 1 South Korea won their first Olympic baseball medal beating Japan in the bronze medal match 3 1 2 Contents 1 Format 2 Teams 3 Results 3 1 Preliminary round 3 2 Final round 3 2 1 Semi finals 3 2 2 Bronze medal game 3 2 3 Gold medal game 4 Final standings 5 ReferencesFormat editThe 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 1 Teams editTeam Qualification method nbsp Australia Host nation nbsp Cuba nbsp 1999 Pan American Games nbsp Italy nbsp 1999 European Baseball Championship nbsp Japan nbsp 1999 Asian Baseball Championship nbsp Netherlands nbsp 1999 European Baseball Championship nbsp South Africa nbsp 1999 All Africa Games then defeated Guamin Africa Champion v Oceania Champion playoff nbsp South Korea nbsp 1999 Asian Baseball Championship nbsp United States nbsp 1999 Pan American GamesResults editPreliminary round edit Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification1 nbsp Cuba 7 6 1 50 17 33 857 a Advance to knockout round2 nbsp United States 7 6 1 42 14 28 857 a 3 nbsp South Korea 7 4 3 40 26 14 571 b 24 nbsp Japan 7 4 3 41 23 18 571 b 25 nbsp Netherlands 7 3 4 19 29 10 429 36 nbsp Italy 7 2 5 33 43 10 286 c 47 nbsp Australia H 7 2 5 30 41 11 286 c 48 nbsp South Africa 7 1 6 11 73 62 143 5Source citation needed H HostsNotes a b Cuba defeated the United States 6 1 a b South Korea defeated Japan 7 6 a b Italy defeated Australia 8 7 17 September Cuba nbsp 16 0 F 7 nbsp South Africa Blacktown Olympic Park Attendance 3 082Boxscore17 September United States nbsp 4 2 F 13 nbsp Japan Sydney Baseball Stadium Attendance 13 404Boxscore17 September Italy nbsp 2 10 nbsp South Korea Blacktown Olympic Park Attendance 2 951Boxscore17 September Australia nbsp 4 6 nbsp Netherlands Sydney Baseball Stadium Attendance 13 762Boxscore18 September Cuba nbsp 13 5 nbsp Italy Blacktown Olympic Park Attendance 2 424Boxscore18 September South Korea nbsp 3 5 nbsp Australia Sydney Baseball Stadium Attendance 13 281Boxscore18 September United States nbsp 11 1 F 7 nbsp South Africa Blacktown Olympic Park Attendance 3 474Boxscore18 September Japan nbsp 10 2 nbsp Netherlands Sydney Baseball Stadium Attendance 11 360Boxscore19 September South Africa nbsp 0 13 F 7 nbsp Italy Blacktown Olympic Park Attendance 2 511Boxscore19 September Australia nbsp 3 7 nbsp Japan Sydney Baseball Stadium Attendance 13 093Boxscore19 September Netherlands nbsp 2 6 nbsp United States Blacktown Olympic Park Attendance 3 352Boxscore19 September South Korea nbsp 5 6 nbsp Cuba Sydney Baseball Stadium Attendance 13 565Boxscore20 September Italy nbsp 1 6 nbsp Japan Blacktown Olympic Park Attendance 3 245Boxscore20 September Netherlands nbsp 4 2 nbsp Cuba Sydney Baseball Stadium Attendance 12 450Boxscore20 September South Africa nbsp 4 10 nbsp Australia Blacktown Olympic Park Attendance 3 459Boxscore20 September United States nbsp 4 0 nbsp South Korea Sydney Baseball Stadium Attendance 13 818Boxscore22 September South Korea nbsp 2 0 nbsp Netherlands Blacktown Olympic Park Attendance 3 350Boxscore22 September Cuba nbsp 1 0 nbsp Australia Sydney Baseball Stadium Attendance 14 036Boxscore22 September South Africa nbsp 0 8 nbsp Japan Blacktown Olympic Park Attendance 3 512Boxscore22 September United States nbsp 4 2 nbsp Italy Sydney Baseball Stadium Attendance 13 912Boxscore23 September Netherlands nbsp 2 3 F 10 nbsp South Africa Blacktown Olympic Park Attendance 3 484Boxscore23 September Japan nbsp 6 7 F 10 nbsp South Korea Sydney Baseball Stadium Attendance 13 970Boxscore23 September Australia nbsp 7 8 F 12 nbsp Italy Blacktown Olympic Park Attendance 3 562Boxscore23 September Cuba nbsp 6 1 nbsp United States Sydney Baseball Stadium Attendance 14 010Boxscore24 September Italy nbsp 2 3 nbsp Netherlands Blacktown Olympic Park Attendance 3 439Boxscore24 September South Korea nbsp 13 3 F 8 nbsp South Africa Sydney Baseball Stadium Attendance 13 864Boxscore24 September Japan nbsp 2 6 nbsp Cuba Blacktown Olympic Park Attendance 3 479Boxscore24 September Australia nbsp 1 12 F 7 nbsp United States Sydney Baseball Stadium Attendance 14 018BoxscoreFinal round edit Semi finalsGold medal match 1 nbsp Cuba34 nbsp Japan0W1 nbsp Cuba nbsp 0W2 nbsp United States nbsp 43 nbsp United States32 nbsp South Korea2Bronze medal matchL2 nbsp South Korea nbsp 3L1 nbsp Japan1Semi finals edit 26 September Cuba nbsp 3 0 nbsp Japan Sydney Baseball Stadium Attendance 13 72726 September United States nbsp 3 2 nbsp South Korea Sydney Baseball Stadium Attendance 14 002Bronze medal game edit 27 September South Korea nbsp nbsp 3 1 nbsp nbsp Japan Sydney Baseball Stadium Attendance 14 058Gold medal game edit 27 September Cuba nbsp nbsp 0 4 nbsp nbsp United States Sydney Baseball Stadium Attendance 14 107Final standings editRk Team W L nbsp nbsp United States 8 1Lost in the gold medal game nbsp nbsp Cuba 7 2Failed to qualify for gold medal game nbsp nbsp South Korea 6 34 nbsp Japan 5 4Failed to qualify for semi finals5 nbsp Netherlands 3 46 nbsp Italy 2 57 nbsp Australia 2 58 nbsp South Africa 1 6 Gold Silver Bronze nbsp United States USA Brent AbernathyKurt AinsworthPat BordersSean BurroughsJohn CottonTravis DawkinsAdam EverettRyan FranklinChris GeorgeShane HeamsMarcus JensenMike KinkadeRick KrivdaDoug MientkiewiczMike NeillRoy OswaltJon RauchAnthony SandersBobby SeayBen SheetsBrad WilkersonTodd WilliamsErnie YoungTim Young nbsp Cuba CUB Omar AjeteYovany AragonMiguel CaldesDanel CastroJose ContrerasYobal DuenasYasser GomezJose IbarOrestes KindelanPedro Luis LazoOmar LinaresOscar MaciasJuan ManriqueJavier MendezRolando MerinoGerman MesaAntonio Pacheco MassoAriel PestanoGabriel PierreMaels RodriguezAntonio ScullLuis UlaciaLazaro ValleNorge Luis Vera nbsp South Korea KOR Jang Sung HoChong Tae HyonChung Min TaeJung Soo KeunHong Sung HeonJin Pil jungKim Dong JooKim Han SooKim Ki TaeKim Soo KyungKim Tae gyunKoo Dae SungLee Byung KyuLee Seung HoLee Seung YeopLim Chang YongLim Sun DongPark Jae HongPark Jin ManPark Jong HoPark Kyung OanPark Seok JinSon Min HanSong Jin Woo 2000 Olympic champions nbsp United States1st titleReferences edit a b c Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games 2001 Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad PDF Vol 2 Celebrating the Games Canberra Australia Paragon Printers Australasia pp 176 9 ISBN 0 9579616 0 X Archived from the original PDF on 27 March 2009 Retrieved 15 September 2010 a b Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games 2001 Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Baseball PDF Vol 3 Results Canberra Australia Paragon Printers Australasia ISBN 0 9579616 1 8 Archived from the original PDF on 27 September 2007 Retrieved 15 September 2010 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Baseball at the 2000 Summer Olympics amp oldid 1179288469, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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