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
  Australia
  Canada
  New Zealand
Basketball at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
Tournament
menwomen
Rosters
menwomen

Venues

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

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 N/A 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
Total8

Rosters
Main article: Basketball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's team rosters

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

Competition format

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]

Medalists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
  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)

Pool A
Team
 PLD W L PF PA PD Points
 Australia 330271183+886
 New Zealand 321265204+615
 Canada 312197244-474
 Nigeria 303187289-1023
Qualified for the Semifinals
Qualified for the Qualifying finals
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
Team
 PLD W L PF PA PD Points
 Scotland 330237198396
 England 321246186605
 Cameroon 312202231-294
 India 303222292-703
Qualified for the Qualifying finals
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: Aravind 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: Aravind 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
  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   Third place
  B2  England 79   B1  Scotland 69
  A2  New Zealand 79

Qualifying finals
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
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
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
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
RankTeamPldWLPFPAPD
 Australia550461276+185
 Canada633429496–67
 New Zealand532430361+69
4 Scotland642418441–23
5 England422325283+42
6 Nigeria404248355–107
7 Cameroon312202231–29
8 India303222292–70

References
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