# Basketball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament

The women's basketball tournament 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 women's competed (96 athletes, at 12 per team) in each respective tournament.

## 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. 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.
| 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

At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had up to 12 players on their rosters.
* Australia
* Canada
* England
* Jamaica
* India
* Malaysia
* Mozambique
* New Zealand

## 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.

## Results

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

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 331 | 169 | +162 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 2 | 1 | 226 | 207 | +19 | 5 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | England | 3 | 1 | 2 | 187 | 249 | −62 | 4 | Qualifying finals |
| 4 | Mozambique | 3 | 0 | 3 | 157 | 276 | −119 | 3 | Qualifying finals |
* 6 April 2018 18:30 vte
* Boxscore
| Canada | 80–54 | England |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 26–17, 27–11, 12–11 |||
| Pts: Colley, Provo 14 Rebs: Kiss-Rusk 9 Asts: Nofuente 5 | | Pts: Jones 11 Rebs: Stewart 8 Asts: Jones 4 |
* Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville Referees: Snehal Bendke (IND), Jon Chapman (AUS), Sandy Ng (MAS)
* 6 April 2018 21:00 vte
* Boxscore
| Australia | 113–53 | Mozambique |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–9, 25–11, 36–14, 27–19 |||
| Pts: Cambage 24 Rebs: George 11 Asts: George, Griffin 5 | | Pts: Gimo 18 Rebs: Mucauro 9 Asts: Zita 3 |
* Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville Referees: Joyce Muchenu (ZIM), Ho Shuet Mei (SGP), Matthew Bathurst (NZL)
* 8 April 2018 11:30 vte
* Boxscore
| Mozambique | 51–78 | England |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–19, 13–17, 20–22, 4–20 |||
| Pts: Mafanela 13 Rebs: Mafanela 7 Asts: Cossa 6 | | Pts: Stewart 18 Rebs: Stewart 12 Asts: Jones 5 |
* Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville Referees: Jon Chapman (AUS), Joyce Muchenu (ZIM), Ho Shuet Mei (SGP)
* 8 April 2018 18:30 vte
* Boxscore
| Australia | 100–61 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–7, 22–13, 19–22, 31–19 |||
| Pts: Cambage 23 Rebs: George 8 Asts: Seekamp 4 | | Pts: Kiss-Rusk 15 Rebs: Kiss-Rusk 9 Asts: Boiago, Colley 4 |
* Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville Referees: Snehal Bendke (IND), Ryan Jones (NZL), Sandy Ng (MAS)
* 9 April 2018 17:30 vte
* Boxscore
| England | 55–118 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–31, 9–30, 18–33, 13–24 |||
| Pts: three players 9 Rebs: Allen 7 Asts: Fong 4 | | Pts: Cambage 30 Rebs: George 10 Asts: Lavey 7 |
* Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville Referees: Takaki Kato (JPN), Kingsley Ojeaburu (NGR), Joyce Muchenu (ZIM)
* 9 April 2018 20:00 vte
* Boxscore
| Canada | 85–53 | Mozambique |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–11, 15–17, 28–13, 14–12 |||
| Pts: Hamblin, Provo 13 Rebs: Hamblin 10 Asts: Nofuente 6 | | Pts: Gimo 13 Rebs: Lhavanguane 9 Asts: Mucauro 4 |
* Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville Referees: Matthew Beattie (AUS), Matthew Bathurst (NZL), Snehal Bendke (IND)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 256 | 148 | +108 | 6 | Qualifying finals |
| 2 | Jamaica | 3 | 2 | 1 | 196 | 195 | +1 | 5 | Qualifying finals |
| 3 | Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 187 | 239 | −52 | 4 | |
| 4 | India | 3 | 0 | 3 | 184 | 241 | −57 | 3 | |
* 5 April 2018 18:30 vte
* Boxscore
| Jamaica | 66–57 | India |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 15–13, 17–16, 18–14 |||
| Pts: George 19 Rebs: George 19 Asts: Dixon 6 | | Pts: Limaye 18 Rebs: Limaye, Sidhu 5 Asts: Sonkar 4 |
* Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns Referees: Artur Decastro (MOZ), Chris Dodds (SCO), Christine Vuong (CAN)
* 5 April 2018 21:00 vte
* Boxscore
| New Zealand | 86–44 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–10, 27–15, 15–3, 20–16 |||
| Pts: Cocks 15 Rebs: Purcell 12 Asts: Hunter 6 | | Pts: Yap 12 Rebs: Pang 7 Asts: Pang 5 |
* Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns Referees: James Boyer (AUS), Sarah Carey (AUS), Kate Webb (ENG)
* 7 April 2018 11:30 vte
* Boxscore
| New Zealand | 80–49 | Jamaica |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 24–9, 19–14, 20–10 |||
| Pts: Leger-Walker 18 Rebs: Leger-Walker 6 Asts: Cocks 6 | | Pts: George 12 Rebs: Jackson 7 Asts: L. Gordon, Jackson 2 |
* Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns Referees: Christine Vuong (CAN), Ceciline Michael Vincent (IND), Artur Decastro (MOZ)
* 7 April 2018 18:30 vte
* Boxscore
| Malaysia | 85–72 | India |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 28–12, 11–18, 26–17 |||
| Pts: Yap 18 Rebs: Ting 6 Asts: Saw 6 | | Pts: Skaria 19 Rebs: Skaria 13 Asts: Sonkar 4 |
* Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns Referees: Viola Gyorgyi (NOR), Sarah Carey (AUS), Kate Webb (ENG)
* 8 April 2018 17:30 vte
* Boxscore
| India | 55–90 | New Zealand |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–31, 10–23, 19–19, 14–17 |||
| Pts: Kumari 14 Rebs: Skaria 9 Asts: Limaye, Sidhu 3 | | Pts: Cocks 21 Rebs: Farnworth 7 Asts: Farnworth 5 |
* Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns Referees: James Boyer (AUS), Christine Vuong (CAN), Simon Unsworth (ENG)
* 8 April 2018 20:00 vte
* Boxscore
| Jamaica | 81–58 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 19–9, 17–17, 24–11 |||
| Pts: George 25 Rebs: George 20 Asts: three players 4 | | Pts: Ting 17 Rebs: Kalaimathi, Ting 6 Asts: Nur Izzati 5 |
* Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns Referees: Arnauld Kom Njilo (CMR), Sarah Carey (AUS), Kate Webb (ENG)

### Medal round

| Qualifying finals | Qualifying finals | Qualifying finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| | | | A1 | Australia | 109 | | | |
| A4 | Mozambique | 63 | B1 | New Zealand | 50 | | | |
| B1 | New Zealand | 79 | | | | A1 | Australia | 99 |
| | | | | | | A3 | England | 55 |
| | | | A2 | Canada | 53 |
| A3 | England | 62 | A3 | England | 65 |
| B2 | Jamaica | 40 | | | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | B1 | New Zealand | 74 |
| | | | | | | A2 | Canada | 68 |

#### Qualifying finals

* 10 April 2018 18:30 vte
* Boxscore
| England | 62–40 | Jamaica |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–4, 13–9, 22–16, 14–11 |||
| Pts: Vanderwal 22 Rebs: Stewart 8 Asts: Collins 6 | | Pts: T. Gordon 14 Rebs: George 14 Asts: Smith 4 |
* Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville Referees: Leonardo Zalazar (ARG), Michael Weiland (CAN), Snehal Bendke (IND)
* 10 April 2018 21:00 vte
* Boxscore
| Mozambique | 63–79 | New Zealand |
| Scoring by quarter: 7–18, 19–23, 15–19, 22–19 |||
| Pts: Mafanela 15 Rebs: Lhavanguane, Mucauro 7 Asts: Cossa, Mucauro 5 | | Pts: Taylor 25 Rebs: Taylor 8 Asts: Hunter 7 |
* Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville Referees: Takaki Kato (JPN), Jon Chapman (AUS), Joyce Muchenu (ZIM)

#### Semifinals

* 13 April 2018 18:30 vte
* Boxscore
| Canada | 53–65 | England |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 5–19, 19–19, 15–11 |||
| Pts: Hamblin 21 Rebs: Hamblin, Kiss-Rusk 10 Asts: Kiss-Rusk 3 | | Pts: Vanderwal 20 Rebs: Stewart 12 Asts: Vanderwal 6 |
* Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Gold Coast Referees: Takaki Kato (JPN), Joyce Muchenu (ZIM), Snehal Bendke (IND)
* 13 April 2018 21:00 vte
* Boxscore
| Australia | 109–50 | New Zealand |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–12, 28–16, 30–6, 26–16 |||
| Pts: Cambage 21 Rebs: Griffin, Kunek 7 Asts: O'Hea 6 | | Pts: three players 9 Rebs: Paalvast 5 Asts: Cocks, Purcell 3 |
* Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Gold Coast Referees: Wojciech Liszka (POL), Viola Gyoergyi (NOR), Chris Dodds (GBR)

#### Bronze medal match

* 14 April 2018 18:00 vte
* Boxscore
| New Zealand | 74–58 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 18–14, 23–13, 17–19 |||
| Pts: Leger-Walker, Taylor 18 Rebs: Purcell 7 Asts: Cocks 7 | | Pts: Nofuente 18 Rebs: three players 6 Asts: Masikewich, Traer 2 |
* Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Gold Coast Referees: Jon Chapman (AUS), Sarah Carey (AUS), Kate Webb (ENG)

#### Gold medal match

* 14 April 2018 20:30 vte
* Boxscore
| Australia | 99–55 | England |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–10, 23–21, 29–16, 21–8 |||
| Pts: George, Griffin 16 Rebs: George 10 Asts: Ebzery 7 | | Pts: Stewart 13 Rebs: Emanuel-Carr, Vanderwal 5 Asts: Vanderwal 4 |
* Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Gold Coast Referees: Christine Vuong (CAN), Ryan Jones (NZL), Viola Györgyi (NOR)

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| | Australia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 539 | 274 | +265 |
| | England | 6 | 3 | 3 | 369 | 441 | –72 |
| | 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 |