Basketball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
| Basketball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games | |
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| Venue |
Cairns Convention Centre Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre |
| Dates | 5–15 April 2018 |
| Competitors | 192 from 11 nations |
| Basketball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games |
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| Tournament |
| men women |
| Rosters |
| men women |
Basketball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games is scheduled to be held in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 5 to 15.[1] The Basketball competition will be 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 in the Gold Coast for the finals.[2] This is the second time that the basketball competition will be held, at the Commonwealth Games. A total of eight men's and eight women's teams from a total of eleven nations are scheduled to compete (192 athletes, at 12 per team) in each respective tournament.[3]
Venues
Three venues in Australia will be 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 | |
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Competition schedule
The following is the competition schedule for the basketball competitions:[1][4]
| P | Preliminaries | QF | Qualifying finals | ½ | Semifinals | B | 3rd place play-off | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | Thu 5 | Fri 6 | Sat 7 | Sun 8 | Mon 9 | Tue 10 | Fri 13 | Sat 14 | Sun 15 | ||
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| Men | P | P | P | P | P | QF | ½ | B | F | ||
| Women | P | P | P | P | P | QF | ½ | B | F | ||
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's tournament |
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| Women's tournament |
Qualification
A total of sixteen men's teams and eight women's team will qualify 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.[3]
Qualification
A total of sixteen men's teams and eight women's team will qualify 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.[3] 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. 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.[3]
The teams were officially confirmed on July 28, 2017.[5]
Men
| Event | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | N/A | 1 |  Australia |
| FIBA World Rankings | 1 July 2017 | 3 |  Nigeria New Zealand Canada |
| CGF/FIBA invitation | 7 July 2017 | 4 |  England Scotland Cameroon India |
| Total | 8 |
Women
| Event | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | N/A | 1 | Australia |
| FIBA World Rankings | 1 July 2017 | 3 | Canada England Mozambique |
| CGF/FIBA invitation | 7 July 2017 | 4 |  Jamaica New Zealand India Malaysia |
| Total | 8 |
Participating nations
There are 12 participating nations at the netball competitions with a total of 144 athletes.[3] The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.
- Australia (24)
- Cameroon (12)
- Canada (24)
- England (24)
- India (24)
- Jamaica (12)
- Malaysia (12)
- Mozambique (12)
- New Zealand (24)
- Scotland (12)
References
- 1 2 "Official Ticketing Guide" (PDF). www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ↑ "Venues". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Athlete Allocation System" (PDF). www.triathlon.org/. International Triathlon Union. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ↑ "Sport Handbook" (PDF). www.cgaj.org/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ↑ Morgan, Liam (28 July 2017). "Gold Coast 2018 reveal list of competing nations in basketball events". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
