Basketball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament

{{Infobox Commonwealth Games event

|event = Basketball

|games = 2018

|image = Basketball pictogram.svg

|image_size = 70

|caption =

|venue = Cairns Convention Centre
{{nowrap|Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre}}
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre

|dates = 5–15 April 2018

|competitors = 96

|nations = 8

|prev = 2006

|next = TBD

|gold = {{bk|AUS}}

|goldCGA =

|silver ={{bk|CAN}}

|silverCGA =

|bronze = {{bk|NZL}}

|bronzeCGA =

}}

The men's basketball tournament at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on the Gold Coast, Australia from April 5 to 15.{{cite web|url=https://www.gc2018.com/sites/default/files/GC2018_Ticketing_Guide.pdf|title=Official Ticketing Guide|website=www.gc2018.com/|publisher=Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation|accessdate=9 June 2017|archive-date=28 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728081703/https://www.gc2018.com/sites/default/files/GC2018_Ticketing_Guide.pdf|url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.gc2018.com/sports/venues|title=Venues|website=www.gc2018.com/|publisher=Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation|accessdate=9 June 2017|archive-date=6 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706235656/https://www.gc2018.com/sports/venues|url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.triathlon.org/uploads/docs/Athlete_Allocation_Systems_%28PACK%29_March_2017.pdf|title=Athlete Allocation System|date=15 March 2017 |website=www.triathlon.org/|publisher=International Triathlon Union|access-date=9 June 2017}}

Venues

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

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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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Gold Coast

!Cairns

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!Townsville

Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre

|Cairns Convention Centre

|Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre

Capacity: 5,000

|Capacity: 5,000

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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. 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1053340/gold-coast-2018-reveal-list-of-competing-nations-in-basketball-events|title=Gold Coast 2018 reveal list of competing nations in basketball events|last=Morgan |first=Liam|date=28 July 2017 |website=Insidethegames.biz |publisher=Dunsar Media |access-date=28 July 2017}}

Event !Date !Vacancies !Qualified
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Host Nation \|{{n/a}} \|align=center\|1 \|{{bk\|AUS}}
Best Commonwealth Teams in the FIBA World Rankings \|align=center\|1 July 2017 \|align=center\|3 \|{{bk\|NGR}} {{bk\|NZL}} {{bk\|CAN}}
CGF/FIBA invitation \|align=center\|7 July 2017 \|align=center\|4 \|{{bk\|ENG}} {{bk\|SCO}} {{bk\|CMR}} {{bk\|IND}}
Total		8

Rosters

{{Main|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.

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{{flagCGF|ENG|2018}}
{{flagCGF|IND|2018}}
{{flagCGF|NZL|2018}}
{{flagCGF|NGR|2018}}
{{flagCGF|SCO|2018}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://pickandroll.com.au/cg2018/ |title=Seeds and pools outlined for 2018 Commonwealth Games |last=Arsenis |first=Damian |date=8 August 2017 |website=www.pickandroll |publisher=The Pick and Roll |access-date=29 October 2017}} The winners of the quarterfinals proceeded to meet the semifinalists in a straight knockout format.

Medalists

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|Men
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|{{flagCGFteam|AUS|2018}}
Lucas Walker
Cameron Gliddon
Chris Goulding
Jason Cadee
Mitch Norton
Nick Kay
Brad Newley
Daniel Kickert
Angus Brandt
Damian Martin
Nathan Sobey
Jesse Wagstaff

|{{flagCGFteam|CAN|2018}}
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

|{{flagCGFteam|NZL|2018}}
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==

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==Pool B==

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=Medal round=

{{6TeamBracket

| RD1=Qualifying finals

| RD2=Semi-finals

| RD3=Gold medal match

| RD1-seed1=A4

| RD1-team1={{bk|NGR}}

| RD1-score1=61

| RD1-seed2=B1

| RD1-team2={{bk|SCO}}

| RD1-score2=66

| RD1-seed3=A3

| RD1-team3={{bk|CAN}}

| RD1-score3=97

| RD1-seed4=B2

| RD1-team4={{bk|ENG}}

| RD1-score4=79

| RD2-seed1=A1

| RD2-team1={{bk|AUS}}

| RD2-score1=103

| RD2-seed2=B1

| RD2-team2={{bk|SCO}}

| RD2-score2=46

| RD2-seed3=A2

| RD2-team3={{bk|NZL}}

| RD2-score3=86

| RD2-seed4=A3

| RD2-team4={{bk|CAN}}

| RD2-score4=88

| RD3-seed1=A1

| RD3-team1={{bk|AUS}}

| RD3-score1=87

| RD3-seed2=A3

| RD3-team2={{bk|CAN}}

| RD3-score2=47

| RD3-seed3=B1

| RD3-team3={{bk|SCO}}

| RD3-score3=69

| RD3-seed4=A2

| RD3-team4={{bk|NZL}}

| RD3-score4=79

}}

==Qualifying finals==

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==Semifinals==

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==Bronze medal match==

==Gold medal match==

Final standings

Rank	width=150px\|Team	width=20px\|Pld	width=20px\|W	width=20px\|L	width=30px\|PF	width=30px\|PA	width=45px\|PD
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align=center \| {{Gold1}}	align=left\| {{bk\|AUS}}	5	5	0	461	276	+185
align=center \| {{Silver2}}	align=left\| {{bk\|CAN}}	6	3	3	429	496	–67
align=center \| {{Bronze3}}	align=left\| {{bk\|NZL}}	5	3	2	430	361	+69
align=center \| 4	align=left\| {{bk\|SCO}}	6	4	2	418	441	–23
align=center \| 5	align=left\| {{bk\|ENG}}	4	2	2	325	283	+42
align=center \| 6	align=left\| {{bk\|NGR}}	4	0	4	248	355	–107
align=center \| 7	align=left\| {{bk\|CMR}}	3	1	2	202	231	–29
align=center \| 8	align=left\| {{bk\|IND}}	3	0	3	222	292	–70

References

2018

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