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Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's Volleyball
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Olympic rings with white rims.svg
Venue Sydney Entertainment Centre and
Sydney Showground Pavilion 4
Date 17 September – 1 October
Competitors 144 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s)  Yugoslavia
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Russia
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Italy
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1st, gold medalist(s)  Yugoslavia
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Russia
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Italy

The 2000 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was the 10th edition of the event, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Sydney, Australia from 17 September to 1 October 2000.

Teams were seeded following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of January 2000. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the World Ranking. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts.


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