Basketball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament

The men'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 men's competed (96 athletes, at 12 per team) in each respective tournament.[3]

Basketball
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
VenueCairns Convention Centre
Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre
Dates5–15 April 2018
Competitors96 from 8 nations
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 
← 2006
TBD →

Venues

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Three venues in Queensland were used. All seat 5,000 for the basketball competitions.

Gold Coast Cairns Townsville
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Cairns Convention Centre Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre
Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 5,000
 

Qualification

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A total of eight men'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
Best Commonwealth Teams in the FIBA World Rankings 1 July 2017 3   Nigeria
  New Zealand
  Canada
CGF/FIBA invitation 7 July 2017 4   England
  Scotland
  Cameroon
  India
Total 8

Rosters

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At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had up to 12 players on their rosters.[3]

Competition format

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The tournament was held under an unusual, seeded-group format.

The host nation, along with the top three teams in the FIBA Rankings played in higher group, group A. The other four teams played in the lower group, group B.

The top two teams in group A after the preliminary round advanced to the semifinals, while third and fourth place entered the quarterfinals where they played the top two teams in group B from the preliminary round. The bottom two teams in group B were eliminated.[5] The winners of the quarterfinals proceeded to meet the semifinalists in a straight knockout format.

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
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  Australia (AUS)
Lucas Walker
Cameron Gliddon
Chris Goulding
Jason Cadee
Mitch Norton
Nick Kay
Brad Newley
Daniel Kickert
Angus Brandt
Damian Martin
Nathan Sobey
Jesse Wagstaff
  Canada (CAN)
Ammanuel Diressa
Jean Pierre-Charles
Justus Alleyn
Mamadou Gueye
Jean-Victor Mukama
Munis Tutu
Grant Shephard
Mambi Diawara
David Kapinga
Conor Morgan
Erik Nissen
Michael Shoveller
  New Zealand (NZL)
Reuben Te Rangi
Finn Delany
Shea Ili
Jarrod Kenny
Mika Vukona
Derone Raukawa
Thomas Abercrombie
Robert Loe
Tohi Smith-Milner
Jordan Ngatai
Ethan Rusbatch
Alex Pledger

Results

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All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Preliminary round

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Pool A

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
  Australia 3 3 0 271 183 +88 6 Semifinals
  New Zealand 3 2 1 265 204 +61 5
  Canada 3 1 2 197 244 −47 4 Qualifying finals
  Nigeria 3 0 3 187 289 −102 3
Source: [citation needed]
6 April 2018
17:30
Australia   95–55   Canada
Scoring by quarter: 25–13, 22–16, 22–13, 26–13
Pts: Kickert 14
Rebs: Brandt, Sobey 11
Asts: Goulding 6
Pts: Diawara 10
Rebs: Morgan 6
Asts: Tutu 6
Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
Referees: Bermudez (MEX), Gyoergyi (NOR),
Vincent (IND)

6 April 2018
20:00
Nigeria   65–110   New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 20–26, 8–31, 22–29
Pts: Dike 15
Rebs: Achiuwa 8
Asts: Ofoegbu, Achiuwa 2
Pts: Abercrombie 21
Rebs: Pledger 10
Asts: Ili, Kenny 6
Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
Referees: Liszka (POL), Kom Njilo (CMR),
Unsworth (GBR)

7 April 2018
14:00
Canada   82–67   Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 23–16, 20–21, 14–15, 25–15
Pts: Diressa, Alleyn 24
Rebs: Tutu 6
Asts: Nissen 4
Pts: Diogu 29
Rebs: Diogu 15
Asts: Iroegbu, Diogu 3
Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
Referees: Boyer (AUS), Kom Njilo (CMR),
Unsworth (GBR)

7 April 2018
21:00
New Zealand   73–79   Australia
Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 19–16, 19-21, 14-23
Pts: Ili 22
Rebs: Delany 6
Asts: Ili 4
Pts: Kay 21
Rebs: Sobey 6
Asts: Cadee 3
Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
Referees: Bermudez (MEX), Liszka (POL),
Dodds (GBR)

9 April 2018
18:30
Canada   60–82   New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 17–20, 12–23, 17–19
Pts: Kapinga 19
Rebs: Morgan 6
Asts: Diawara, Kapinga 2
Pts: Abercrombie 17
Rebs: Abercrombie 9
Asts: Ili 5
Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
Referees: Bermudez (MEX), Boyer (AUS),
Decastro (MOZ)

9 April 2018
21:00
Australia   97–55   Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 23-17, 25-10, 28-14, 21-14
Pts: Brandt 16
Rebs: Cadee 9
Asts: Sobey 5
Pts: Diogu 19
Rebs: Achiuwa 8
Asts: Ofoegbu 3
Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
Referees: Liszka (POL), Kom Njilo (CMR), Dodds (GBR)

Pool B

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
  Scotland 3 3 0 237 198 +39 6 Qualifying finals
  England 3 2 1 246 186 +60 5
  Cameroon 3 1 2 202 231 −29 4
  India 3 0 3 222 292 −70 3
Source: [citation needed]
5 April 2018
17:30
England   65–78   Scotland
Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 13–18, 16–14, 17–29
Pts: Walker 17
Rebs: Jackman 9
Asts: Jackman 5
Pts: Bunyah 18
Rebs: Fraser, Achara 8
Asts: Fraser, Achara 4
Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville
Referees: Matthew Beattie (USA), Kingsley Ojeaburu (UGR)

5 April 2018
20:00
Cameroon   96–87   India
Scoring by quarter: 15–27, 24–36, 23–13, 34–11
Pts: Kome 21
Rebs: Tsaace 13
Asts: Ngijol 3
Pts: At. Singh 23
Rebs: Annadurai 12
Asts: J. Singh 8
Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville
Referees: Michael Weiland (CAN), Ryan Jones (NZL)

7 April 2018
17:30
England   100–54   India
Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 27–9, 29–11, 25–19
Pts: Thoseby 20
Rebs: Walker 8
Asts: Jones 6
Pts: Annadurai 22
Rebs: Y. Singh 7
Asts: At. Singh 5
Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville
Referees: Takaki Kato (JPN), Ryan Jones (NZL)

7 April 2018
20:00
Scotland   63–52   Cameroon
Scoring by quarter: 15–4, 14–11, 15–25, 19–12
Pts: Murray 25
Rebs: Fraser 9
Asts: Achara, Murray 3
Pts: Kome 21
Rebs: Yangue 13
Asts: Essome 5
Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville
Referees: Leonardo Zalazar (ARG), Jon Chapman (AUS)

8 April 2018
14:00
Cameroon   54–81   England
Scoring by quarter: 15-20, 16-17, 14-29, 9-15
Pts: Bogmis 14
Rebs: Yangue 10
Asts: Essome 3
Pts: Josephs 26
Rebs: Jackman 8
Asts: Thoseby, Tuck 3
Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville
Referees: Leonardo Zalazar (ARG), Matthew Beattie (AUS)

8 April 2018
21:00
India   81–96   Scotland
Scoring by quarter: 26–33, 15–16, 11–29, 29–18
Pts: J. Singh 27
Rebs: J. Singh 14
Asts: At. Singh 7
Pts: Collins 16
Rebs: Vigor 12
Asts: Vigor 7
Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville
Referees: Kingsley Ojeaburu (NGR), Matthew Bathurst (NZL)

Medal round

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Qualifying finals Semi-finals Gold medal match
A1   Australia 103
A4   Nigeria 61 B1   Scotland 46
B1   Scotland 66 A1   Australia 87
A3   Canada 47
A2   New Zealand 86
A3   Canada 97 A3   Canada 88
B2   England 79 Third place
B1   Scotland 69
A2   New Zealand 79

Qualifying finals

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10 April 2018
17:30
Nigeria   61–66   Scotland
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 12–17, 18–6, 15–20
Pts: Diogu 24
Rebs: Diogu 15
Asts: Iroegbu, Ofoegbu 4
Pts: Murray 17
Rebs: Murray, Achara 8
Asts: Malcolm 4
Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
Referees: Arnauld Kom Njilo (CMR), Artur Decastro (MOZ)

10 April 2018
20:00
Canada   97–79   England
Scoring by quarter: 30–12, 25–14, 22–32, 20–21
Pts: Morgan 24
Rebs: Pierre-Charles 8
Asts: Tutu, Diressa 4
Pts: Thoseby, Josephs 20
Rebs: Gilchrist, Josephs 8
Asts: Thoseby 4
Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
Referees: Liszka (POL), Boyer (AUS)
Dodds (GBR)

Semifinals

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14 April 2018
10:00
Australia   103–46   Scotland
Scoring by quarter: 20–4, 28–18, 35–10, 20–14
Pts: Wagstaff 17
Rebs: Brandt 6
Asts: Sobey 6
Pts: Malcolm, Fraser 9
Rebs: Murray, Nealon-Lino 4
Asts: Bunyan 6
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Gold Coast
Referees: Leonardo Zalazar (ARG), Kingsley Ojeaburu (NGR)

14 April 2018
12:30
New Zealand   86–88   Canada
Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 26–23, 16–30, 28–13
Pts: Ili 23
Rebs: Mika Vukona 15
Asts: Ili 7
Pts: Diressa 22
Rebs: Pierre-Charles 7
Asts: Tutu 6
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Gold Coast
Referees: Liszka (POL), Kato (JPN),
Kom Njilo (CMR)

Bronze medal match

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15 April 2018
09:00
Scotland   69–79   New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 14–22, 9–18, 25–20
Pts: Bunyan 13
Rebs: Fraser 6
Asts: Bunyan 5
Pts: Abercrombie 26
Rebs: Loe 10
Asts: Loe 4
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Gold Coast
Referees: Beattie (USA), Weiland (CAN),
Boyer (AUS)

Gold medal match

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15 April 2018
11:30
Australia   87–47   Canada
Scoring by quarter: 20–10, 25–9, 18–10, 24–18
Pts: Goulding 11
Rebs: Sobey 8
Asts: Gliddon 5
Pts: Tutu 10
Rebs: Tutu 6
Asts: Morgan, Tutu 3
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Gold Coast
Referees: Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Wojciech Liszka (POL), Leonardo Zalazar (ARG)

Final standings

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Rank Team Pld W L PF PA PD
    Australia 5 5 0 461 276 +185
    Canada 6 3 3 429 496 –67
    New Zealand 5 3 2 430 361 +69
4   Scotland 6 4 2 418 441 –23
5   England 4 2 2 325 283 +42
6   Nigeria 4 0 4 248 355 –107
7   Cameroon 3 1 2 202 231 –29
8   India 3 0 3 222 292 –70

References

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  1. ^ "Official Ticketing Guide" (PDF). www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Venues". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "Athlete Allocation System" (PDF). www.triathlon.org/. International Triathlon Union. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  4. ^ Morgan, Liam (28 July 2017). "Gold Coast 2018 reveal list of competing nations in basketball events". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  5. ^ Arsenis, Damian (8 August 2017). "Seeds and pools outlined for 2018 Commonwealth Games". www.pickandroll. The Pick and Roll. Retrieved 29 October 2017.