Softball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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

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