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:

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

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.

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.

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

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)

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

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

• Official Olympic Report