The women's basketball tournament at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on the Gold Coast, Australia from April 5 to 15.[1] The basketball competition was held at three venues: Cairns Convention Centre in Cairns, Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre in Townsville for the preliminaries and the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre on the Gold Coast for the finals.[2] This was the second time that the basketball competition was held at the Commonwealth Games. A total of eight women's competed (96 athletes, at 12 per team) in each respective tournament.[3]
| Basketball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games | |||||||
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| Venue | Cairns Convention Centre Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre | ||||||
| Dates | 5–14 April 2018 | ||||||
| Competitors | 96 from 8 nations | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
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Qualification edit
A total of eight women's teams qualified to compete at the games. At least four out of the six Commonwealth regions were considered to be represented in each tournament, if possible.[3] For the home nations, each country may compete, however the ranking of Great Britain was given to the home nation with the most players on the team. The teams were officially confirmed on July 28, 2017.[4]
| Event | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | — | 1 |  Australia
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| Best Commonwealth Teams in the FIBA World Rankings | 1 July 2017 | 3 |  Canada England Mozambique
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| CGF/FIBA invitation | 7 July 2017 | 4 |  Jamaica New Zealand Malaysia India
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| Total | 8 |
Rosters edit
At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had up to 12 players on their rosters.[3]
Referees edit
The following referees were selected for the tournament.
- James Boyer
- Sarah Carey
- Jon Chapman
- Christine Vuong
- Arnauld Kom Njilo
- Simon Unsworth
- Kate Webb
- Snehal Bendke
- Ceciline Michael Vincent
- Sandy Ng
- Artur Decastro
- Matthew Bathurst
- Ryan Jones
- Viola Gyorgyi
- Chris Dodds
- Shuet Mei Ho
- Joyce Muchenu
Competition format edit
The host nation, along with the top three teams in the FIBA Rankings played in group A. The other four teams played in group B. The top two teams in group A after the preliminary round advanced to the semifinals, while third and fourth place played the top two teams in group B in the qualifying round. The bottom two teams in group B were eliminated.[5]
Results edit
All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)
Preliminary round edit
Pool A edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia (H)
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 331 | 169 | +162 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Canada
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 226 | 207 | +19 | 5 | |
| 3 | England
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 187 | 249 | −62 | 4 | Qualifying finals |
| 4 | Mozambique
|
3 | 0 | 3 | 157 | 276 | −119 | 3 |
Source: GC2018
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
6 April 2018
18:30 |
| Canada |
80–54 | England |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 26–17, 27–11, 12–11 | ||
| Pts: Colley, Provo 14 Rebs: Kiss-Rusk 9 Asts: Nofuente 5 |
Pts: Jones 11 Rebs: Stewart 8 Asts: Jones 4 | |
Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville
Referees: Snehal Bendke (IND), Jon Chapman (AUS), Sandy Ng (MAS) |
6 April 2018
21:00 |
| Australia |
113–53 | Mozambique |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–9, 25–11, 36–14, 27–19 | ||
| Pts: Cambage 24 Rebs: George 11 Asts: George, Griffin 5 |
Pts: Gimo 18 Rebs: Mucauro 9 Asts: Zita 3 | |
Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville
Referees: Joyce Muchenu (ZIM), Ho Shuet Mei (SGP), Matthew Bathurst (NZL) |
8 April 2018
11:30 |
| Mozambique |
51–78 | England |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–19, 13–17, 20–22, 4–20 | ||
| Pts: Mafanela 13 Rebs: Mafanela 7 Asts: Cossa 6 |
Pts: Stewart 18 Rebs: Stewart 12 Asts: Jones 5 | |
Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville
Referees: Jon Chapman (AUS), Joyce Muchenu (ZIM), Ho Shuet Mei (SGP) |
8 April 2018
18:30 |
| Australia |
100–61 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–7, 22–13, 19–22, 31–19 | ||
| Pts: Cambage 23 Rebs: George 8 Asts: Seekamp 4 |
Pts: Kiss-Rusk 15 Rebs: Kiss-Rusk 9 Asts: Boiago, Colley 4 | |
Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville
Referees: Snehal Bendke (IND), Ryan Jones (NZL), Sandy Ng (MAS) |
9 April 2018
17:30 |
| England |
55–118 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–31, 9–30, 18–33, 13–24 | ||
| Pts: three players 9 Rebs: Allen 7 Asts: Fong 4 |
Pts: Cambage 30 Rebs: George 10 Asts: Lavey 7 | |
Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville
Referees: Takaki Kato (JPN), Kingsley Ojeaburu (NGR), Joyce Muchenu (ZIM) |
9 April 2018
20:00 |
| Canada |
85–53 | Mozambique |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–11, 15–17, 28–13, 14–12 | ||
| Pts: Hamblin, Provo 13 Rebs: Hamblin 10 Asts: Nofuente 6 |
Pts: Gimo 13 Rebs: Lhavanguane 9 Asts: Mucauro 4 | |
Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville
Referees: Matthew Beattie (AUS), Matthew Bathurst (NZL), Snehal Bendke (IND) |
Pool B edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand
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3 | 3 | 0 | 256 | 148 | +108 | 6 | Qualifying finals |
| 2 | Jamaica
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3 | 2 | 1 | 196 | 195 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | Malaysia
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 187 | 239 | −52 | 4 | |
| 4 | India
|
3 | 0 | 3 | 184 | 241 | −57 | 3 |
Source: GC2018
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
5 April 2018
18:30 |
| Jamaica |
66–57 | India |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 15–13, 17–16, 18–14 | ||
| Pts: George 19 Rebs: George 19 Asts: Dixon 6 |
Pts: Limaye 18 Rebs: Limaye, Sidhu 5 Asts: Sonkar 4 | |
Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
Referees: Artur Decastro (MOZ), Chris Dodds (SCO), Christine Vuong (CAN) |
5 April 2018
21:00 |
| New Zealand |
86–44 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–10, 27–15, 15–3, 20–16 | ||
| Pts: Cocks 15 Rebs: Purcell 12 Asts: Hunter 6 |
Pts: Yap 12 Rebs: Pang 7 Asts: Pang 5 | |
7 April 2018
11:30 |
| New Zealand |
80–49 | Jamaica |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 24–9, 19–14, 20–10 | ||
| Pts: Leger-Walker 18 Rebs: Leger-Walker 6 Asts: Cocks 6 |
Pts: George 12 Rebs: Jackson 7 Asts: L. Gordon, Jackson 2 | |
Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
Referees: Christine Vuong (CAN), Ceciline Michael Vincent (IND), Artur Decastro (MOZ) |
7 April 2018
18:30 |
| Malaysia |
85–72 | India |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 28–12, 11–18, 26–17 | ||
| Pts: Yap 18 Rebs: Ting 6 Asts: Saw 6 |
Pts: Skaria 19 Rebs: Skaria 13 Asts: Sonkar 4 | |
8 April 2018
17:30 |
| India |
55–90 | New Zealand |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–31, 10–23, 19–19, 14–17 | ||
| Pts: Kumari 14 Rebs: Skaria 9 Asts: Limaye, Sidhu 3 |
Pts: Cocks 21 Rebs: Farnworth 7 Asts: Farnworth 5 | |
Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
Referees: James Boyer (AUS), Christine Vuong (CAN), Simon Unsworth (ENG) |
8 April 2018
20:00 |
| Jamaica |
81–58 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 19–9, 17–17, 24–11 | ||
| Pts: George 25 Rebs: George 20 Asts: three players 4 |
Pts: Ting 17 Rebs: Kalaimathi, Ting 6 Asts: Nur Izzati 5 | |
Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
Referees: Arnauld Kom Njilo (CMR), Sarah Carey (AUS), Kate Webb (ENG) |
Medal round edit
| Qualifying finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Australia
| 109 | ||||||||||||
| A4 | Mozambique
| 63 | B1 | New Zealand
| 50 | |||||||||
| B1 | New Zealand
| 79 | A1 | Australia
| 99 | |||||||||
| A3 | England
| 55 | ||||||||||||
| A2 | Canada
| 53 | ||||||||||||
| A3 | England
| 62 | A3 | England
| 65 | |||||||||
| B2 | Jamaica
| 40 | Third place | |||||||||||
| B1 | New Zealand
| 74 | ||||||||||||
| A2 | Canada
| 68 | ||||||||||||
Qualifying finals edit
10 April 2018
18:30 |
| England |
62–40 | Jamaica |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–4, 13–9, 22–16, 14–11 | ||
| Pts: Vanderwal 22 Rebs: Stewart 8 Asts: Collins 6 |
Pts: T. Gordon 14 Rebs: George 14 Asts: Smith 4 | |
Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville
Referees: Leonardo Zalazar (ARG), Michael Weiland (CAN), Snehal Bendke (IND) |
10 April 2018
21:00 |
| Mozambique |
63–79 | New Zealand |
| Scoring by quarter: 7–18, 19–23, 15–19, 22–19 | ||
| Pts: Mafanela 15 Rebs: Lhavanguane, Mucauro 7 Asts: Cossa, Mucauro 5 |
Pts: Taylor 25 Rebs: Taylor 8 Asts: Hunter 7 | |
Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville
Referees: Takaki Kato (JPN), Jon Chapman (AUS), Joyce Muchenu (ZIM) |
Semifinals edit
13 April 2018
18:30 |
| Canada |
53–65 | England |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 5–19, 19–19, 15–11 | ||
| Pts: Hamblin 21 Rebs: Hamblin, Kiss-Rusk 10 Asts: Kiss-Rusk 3 |
Pts: Vanderwal 20 Rebs: Stewart 12 Asts: Vanderwal 6 | |
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Gold Coast
Referees: Takaki Kato (JPN), Joyce Muchenu (ZIM), Snehal Bendke (IND) |
13 April 2018
21:00 |
| Australia |
109–50 | New Zealand |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–12, 28–16, 30–6, 26–16 | ||
| Pts: Cambage 21 Rebs: Griffin, Kunek 7 Asts: O'Hea 6 |
Pts: three players 9 Rebs: Paalvast 5 Asts: Cocks, Purcell 3 | |
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Gold Coast
Referees: Wojciech Liszka (POL), Viola Gyoergyi (NOR), Chris Dodds (GBR) |
Bronze medal match edit
14 April 2018
18:00 |
| New Zealand |
74–58 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 18–14, 23–13, 17–19 | ||
| Pts: Leger-Walker, Taylor 18 Rebs: Purcell 7 Asts: Cocks 7 |
Pts: Nofuente 18 Rebs: three players 6 Asts: Masikewich, Traer 2 | |
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Gold Coast
Referees: Jon Chapman (AUS), Sarah Carey (AUS), Kate Webb (ENG) |
Gold medal match edit
14 April 2018
20:30 |
| Australia |
99–55 | England |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–10, 23–21, 29–16, 21–8 | ||
| Pts: George, Griffin 16 Rebs: George 10 Asts: Ebzery 7 |
Pts: Stewart 13 Rebs: Emanuel-Carr, Vanderwal 5 Asts: Vanderwal 4 | |
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Gold Coast
Referees: Christine Vuong (CAN), Ryan Jones (NZL), Viola Györgyi (NOR) |
Final standings edit
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Australia |
5 | 5 | 0 | 539 | 274 | +265 |
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England |
6 | 3 | 3 | 369 | 441 | –72 |
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New Zealand |
6 | 5 | 1 | 459 | 378 | +81 |
| 4 | Canada |
5 | 2 | 3 | 337 | 346 | –9 |
| 5 | Jamaica |
4 | 2 | 2 | 236 | 257 | –21 |
| 6 | Mozambique |
4 | 0 | 4 | 220 | 355 | –135 |
| 7 | Malaysia |
3 | 1 | 2 | 187 | 239 | –52 |
| 8 | India |
3 | 0 | 3 | 184 | 241 | –57 |
References edit
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- ^ "Venues". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ a b c "Athlete Allocation System" (PDF). www.triathlon.org/. International Triathlon Union. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
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