Basketball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on the Gold Coast, Australia from April 5 to 15. 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. This was the second time that the basketball competition was held at the Commonwealth Games. A total of eight men's and eight women's teams from a total of eleven nations competed (192 athletes, at 12 per team) in each respective tournament.
Competition schedule The following is the competition schedule for the basketball competitions: The final schedule was released on August 29, 2017.
PPool stageQFQualifying finals½Semi-finalsBBronze Medal MatchFGold Medal Match Event↓/Date → Thu 5 Fri 6 Sat 7 Sun 8 Mon 9 Tue 10 Wed 11 Thu 12 Fri 13 Sat 14 Sun 15 MenP P P P P QF ½ B F WomenP P P P P QF ½ B F
Venues Three venues in Queensland were used. All seat 5,000 for the basketball competitions.
Gold CoastCairnsTownsvilleGold Coast Convention and Exhibition CentreCairns Convention CentreTownsville Entertainment and Convention CentreCapacity: 5,000Capacity: 5,000Capacity: 5,000
Qualification A total of eight men's teams and eight women's teams qualified to compete at the games. Each nation may enter one team in each tournament (12 athletes per team) for a maximum total of 24 athletes. At least four out of the six Commonwealth regions were considered to be represented in each tournament, if possible. 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. In this instance its unknown which team was used to determine that. For the purpose below England is attributed the rankings spot and Scotland is noted as being invited
The teams were officially confirmed on July 28, 2017.
Men's competition
Qualified teams EventDateVacanciesQualifiedHost Nation1Best Commonwealth Teams in the FIBA World Rankings1 July 20173CGF/FIBA invitation7 July 20174 Total 8
Women’s competition
Qualified teams EventDateVacanciesQualifiedHost Nation1Best Commonwealth Teams in the FIBA World Rankings1 July 20173CGF/FIBA invitation7 July 20174 Total 8
Participating nations There are 11 participating nations at the basketball competitions with a total of 192 athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.
Medal summary Medal table
Medalists MenLucas WalkerCameron GliddonChris GouldingJason CadeeMitch NortonNick KayBrad NewleyDaniel KickertAngus BrandtDamian MartinNathan SobeyJesse WagstaffAmmanuel DiressaJean Pierre-CharlesJustus AlleynMamadou GueyeJean-Victor MukamaMunis TutuGrant ShephardMambi DiawaraDavid KapingaConor MorganErik NissenMichael ShovellerReuben Te RangiFinn DelanyShea IliJarrod KennyMika VukonaDerone RaukawaThomas AbercrombieRobert LoeTohi Smith-MilnerJordan NgataiEthan RusbatchAlex PledgerWomenJenna O'HeaTessa LaveyStephanie TalbotStephanie BlicavsLiz CambageKelsey GriffinKatie-Rae EbzeryBelinda SnellEzi MagbegorCayla GeorgeAlice KunekNicole SeekampMelita Emanuel-CarrNicolette Fong Lyew QueeSiobhan PriorStef CollinsRachael VanderwalGeorgia JonesHannah ShawEilidh SimpsonMollie CampbellChantelle PressleyAzania StewartDominique AllenZara JillingsErin RooneyMicaela CocksKalani PurcellJordan HunterAntonia FarnworthNatalie TaylorChevannah PaalvastJessica BygateJosephine StockillDeena FranklinCharlisse Leger-Walker
References
External links Results Book – Basketball