Softball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Softball at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Blacktown Olympic Centre
Dates	17–26 September 2000
Teams	8
Medalists
United States Japan Australia

Final results for the Softball competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics:

Medals

Gold	Silver	Bronze
United States Laura Berg Lisa Fernandez Lori Harrigan Michele Smith Christie Ambrosi Jennifer Brundage Crystl Bustos Sheila Cornell Danielle Henderson Jennifer McFalls Stacey Nuveman Leah O'Brien Dot Richardson Michelle Venturella Christa Lee Williams	Japan Misako Ando Yumiko Fujii Taeko Ishikawa Kazue Ito Yoshimi Kobayashi Shiori Koseki Mariko Masubuchi Naomi Matsumoto Emi Naito Haruka Saito Juri Takayama Hiroko Tamoto Reika Utsugi Miyo Yamada Noriko Yamaji	Australia Joanne Brown Kerry Dienelt Peta Edebone Tanya Harding Melanie Roche Natalie Ward Brooke Wilkins Sandra Allen Sue Fairhurst Selina Follas Fiona Hanes Kelly Hardie Sally McDermid Simmone Morrow Natalie Titcume

Schedule

Starting 17 September, there will be four preliminary games each day until 23 September for a total of 28 games. Two semi-final games played 25 September, with the game for third place same day. The final game for the gold medal played on 26 September at 7:30 pm local time.

Competition format

Eight teams competed in the Olympic softball tournament, and the competition consisted of two rounds. The preliminary round followed a round robin format, where each of the teams played all the other teams once. Following this, the top four teams advanced to a Page playoff system round consisting of two semifinal games, and finally the bronze and gold medal games.

Group stage

	Qualified for the semifinals
	Eliminated

The top four teams advanced to the semifinal round.

Team	W	L	RS	RA	WIN%	GB	Tiebreaker
Japan	7	0	18	7	1.000	–	–
Australia	6	1	22	5	.857	1.0	–
China	5	2	26	4	.714	2.0	–
United States	4	3	19	6	.571	3.0	–
Italy	2	5	3	27	.286	5.0	1–0 vs. NZL
New Zealand	2	5	12	22	.286	5.0	0–1 vs. ITA
Cuba	1	6	13	18	.143	6.0	1–0 vs. CAN
Canada	1	6	6	30	.143	6.0	0–1 vs. CUB

Games

17 September

Blacktown Olympic Centre

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
United States	1	0	2	0	2	1	—	6	10	1
WP: Lori Harrigan (1–0)   LP: Vicky Bastarache (0–1) Home runs: CAN: None USA: Dot Richardson (1), Crystl Bustos (1), Jennifer Brundage (1)

Blacktown Olympic Centre

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
China	0	0	0	2	3	0	—	5	6	0
WP: Wang Lihong (1–0)   LP: Susan Bugliarello (0–1)   Sv: Zhang Yanqing (1)

Blacktown Olympic Centre

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Cuba	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3
Japan	1	1	0	2	0	0	—	4	6	0
WP: Juri Takayama (1–0)   LP: Estela Milanés (0–1)

Blacktown Olympic Centre

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
New Zealand	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1
Australia	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	6	0
WP: Melanie Roche (1–0)   LP: Gina Weber (0–1) Home runs: NZL: None AUS: Peta Edebone (1)

Preliminary round

17 September	10:30	Canada	0	–	6	United States
17 September	13:00	Italy	0	–	5	China PR
17 September	17:30	Cuba	1	–	4	Japan
17 September	20:00	New Zealand	2	–	3	Australia	IN 10 INNINGS
18 September	10:30	China PR	1	–	3	Japan
18 September	13:00	Cuba	0	–	3	United States
18 September	17:30	New Zealand	3	–	2	Canada	IN 10 INNINGS
18 September	20:00	Australia	7	–	0	Italy
19 September	10:30	Japan	2	–	1	United States
19 September	13:00	Italy	1	–	0	Cuba
19 September	17:30	New Zealand	0	–	10	China PR	MERCY RULE, BOTTOM 6TH
19 September	20:00	Australia	1	–	0	Canada
20 September	10:30	New Zealand	6	–	2	Cuba
20 September	13:00	Japan	1	–	0	Australia	IN 8 INNINGS
20 September	17:30	Canada	7	–	1	Italy
20 September	20:00	China PR	2	–	0	United States	IN 14 INNINGS
21 September	10:30	New Zealand	0	–	1	Italy
21 September	13:00	United States	1	–	2	Australia	IN 13 INNINGS
21 September	17:30	Cuba	0	–	7	China PR
21 September	20:00	Japan	4	–	3	Canada	IN 10 INNINGS
22 September	10:30	United States	2	–	0	New Zealand
22 September	13:00	Canada	1	–	2	Cuba
22 September	17:30	China PR	0	–	1	Australia
22 September	20:00	Japan	2	–	0	Italy	IN 8 INNINGS
23 September	10:30	Australia	8	–	1	Cuba
23 September	13:00	China PR	1	–	0	Canada
23 September	17:30	New Zealand	1	–	2	Japan
23 September	20:00	United States	6	–	0	Italy

Semi finals

25 September	9:30	Japan	1	–	0	Australia
25 September	12:00	China PR	0	–	3	United States

Final

25 September

19:30

Australia

0

–

1

United States

Grand final

26 September

19:30

Japan

1

–

2

United States

IN 8 INNINGS

Medal round

The loser of 1&2 seed game played the winner of the 3&4 seed game in the bronze medal match. The loser of the bronze medal match won the bronze medal while the winner went on to play the winner of the 1&2 seed game for the gold medal in the gold medal match.

	Semifinals					Bronze medal game					Gold medal game
	1	Japan	1								1	Japan	1
	2	Australia	0								4	United States	2 8
						2	Australia	0
						4	United States	1
	3	China	0
	4	United States	3 10

Final team standings

Rank	Team	Games	Wins	Losses
	United States (USA)	10	7	3
	Japan (JPN)	9	8	1
	Australia (AUS)	9	6	3
4	China (CHN)	8	5	3
5	Italy (ITA)	7	2	5
6	New Zealand (NZL)	7	2	5
7	Cuba (CUB)	7	1	6
8	Canada (CAN)	7	1	6

References

• Official Olympic Report