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Basketball
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
VenueCairns Convention Centre
Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre
Dates5–14 April 2018
Competitors96 from 8 nations
Medalists
gold medal  Australia
silver medal  England
bronze medal  New Zealand
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Basketball at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
Tournament
menwomen
Rosters
menwomen

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]

Qualification

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
Best Commonwealth Teams in the FIBA World Rankings 1 July 2017 3  Canada
 England
 Mozambique
CGF/FIBA invitation 7 July 2017 4  Jamaica
 New Zealand
 Malaysia
 India
Total 8

Rosters

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

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

Referees

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

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

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

Preliminary round

Pool A

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Pool B

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Medal round

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Qualifying finals

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Semifinals

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Bronze medal match

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Gold medal match

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Final standings

Rank Team Pld W L PF PA PD
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia 5 5 0 539 274 +265
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  England 6 3 3 369 441 –72
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

  1. ^ "Official Ticketing Guide" (PDF). www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Venues". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. 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.
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