Baseball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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In the gold medal game known as the "Miracle on Grass",[4] the United States became Olympic Champions for the first time in its baseball history by defeating Cuba 4–0.[5][6] 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.[6]

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.[1]

Teams

Team Qualification method
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Australia 		Host nation
File:Flag of Cuba.svg
Cuba 		File:Gold medal america.svg 1999 Pan American Games
File:Flag of Italy.svg
Italy 		File:Silver medal europe.svg 1999 European Baseball Championship
File:Flag of Japan.svg
Japan 		File:Silver medal asia.svg 1999 Asian Baseball Championship
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands 		File:Gold medal europe.svg 1999 European Baseball Championship
File:Flag of South Africa.svg
South Africa 		File:Gold medal africa.svg 1999 All-Africa Games, then defeated Guam
in Africa Champion v Oceania Champion playoff
File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).svg
South Korea 		File:Gold medal asia.svg 1999 Asian Baseball Championship
File:Flag of the United States.svg
United States 		File:Silver medal america.svg 1999 Pan American Games

Results

Preliminary round

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17 September Cuba File:Flag of Cuba.svg 16–0 (F/7) File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,082
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17 September United States File:Flag of the United States.svg 4–2 (F/13) File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 13,404
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17 September Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg 2–10 File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).svg South Korea Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 2,951
Boxscore

17 September Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg 4–6 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 13,762
Boxscore

18 September Cuba File:Flag of Cuba.svg 13–5 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 2,424
Boxscore

18 September South Korea File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).svg 3–5 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 13,281
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18 September United States File:Flag of the United States.svg 11–1 (F/7) File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,474
Boxscore

18 September Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg 10–2 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 11,360
Boxscore

19 September South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg 0–13 (F/7) File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 2,511
Boxscore

19 September Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg 3–7 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 13,093
Boxscore

19 September Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg 2–6 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,352
Boxscore

19 September South Korea File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).svg 5–6 File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 13,565
Boxscore

20 September Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg 1–6 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,245
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20 September Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg 4–2 File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 12,450
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20 September South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg 4–10 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,459
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20 September United States File:Flag of the United States.svg 4–0 File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).svg South Korea Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 13,818
Boxscore

22 September South Korea File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).svg 2–0 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,350
Boxscore

22 September Cuba File:Flag of Cuba.svg 1–0 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 14,036
Boxscore

22 September South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg 0–8 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,512
Boxscore

22 September United States File:Flag of the United States.svg 4–2 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 13,912
Boxscore

23 September Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg 2–3 (F/10) File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,484
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23 September Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg 6–7 (F/10) File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).svg South Korea Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 13,970
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23 September Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg 7–8 (F/12) File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,562
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23 September Cuba File:Flag of Cuba.svg 6–1 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 14,010
Boxscore

24 September Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg 2–3 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,439
Boxscore

24 September South Korea File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).svg 13–3 (F/8) File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 13,864
Boxscore

24 September Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg 2–6 File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba Blacktown Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,479
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24 September Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg 1–12 (F/7) File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 14,018
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Final round

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Semi-finals

26 September Cuba File:Flag of Cuba.svg 3–0 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 13,727

26 September United States File:Flag of the United States.svg 3–2 File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).svg South Korea Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 14,002

Bronze medal game

27 September South Korea File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).svg File:Bronze medal olympic.svg 3 – 1 File:No image.svg File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 14,058

Gold medal game

27 September Cuba File:Flag of Cuba.svg File:Silver medal olympic.svg 0 – 4 File:Gold medal olympic.svg File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Sydney Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 14,107

Final standings

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References

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