Basketball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament

Basketball
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Basketball ; at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Cairns Convention Centre; Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre; Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre
Dates	5–15 April 2018
Competitors	96 from 8 nations
Medalists
	Australia
	Canada
	New Zealand
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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]

Venues

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

Gold Coast	Cairns	Gold Coast Cairns Townsville	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

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

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

Competition format

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

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	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

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

Preliminary round

Pool A

Team v t e	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	Semifinals
Canada	3	1	2	197	244	−47	4	Qualifying finals
Nigeria	3	0	3	187	289	−102	3	Qualifying finals

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

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

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

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

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

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

Team v t e	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	Qualifying finals
Cameroon	3	1	2	202	231	−29	4
India	3	0	3	222	292	−70	3

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Basketball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament

Venues

Qualification

Rosters

Competition format

Medalists

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Medal round

Qualifying finals

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final standings

References