Softball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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

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[]

[[]] Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 September 17 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) September 18 Blacktown Olympic Centre Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Blacktown Olympic Centre Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Blacktown Olympic Centre Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Blacktown Olympic Centre Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 September 19 Blacktown Olympic Centre Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Blacktown Olympic Centre Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Blacktown Olympic Centre Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Blacktown Olympic Centre Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 September 20 Blacktown Olympic Centre Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Blacktown Olympic Centre Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Blacktown Olympic Centre Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Blacktown Olympic Centre Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 September 21 Blacktown Olympic Centre Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Blacktown Olympic Centre Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Blacktown Olympic Centre Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Blacktown Olympic Centre Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 September 22 Blacktown Olympic Centre Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Blacktown Olympic Centre Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Blacktown Olympic Centre Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Blacktown Olympic Centre Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 September 23 Blacktown Olympic Centre Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Blacktown Olympic Centre Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Blacktown Olympic Centre Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Blacktown Olympic Centre Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  [[women's national softball team|]] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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   2  Australia 0         1  Japan 1       2  Australia 0   4  United States 2 8   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