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

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)

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

• Official Olympic Report