# 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. 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 men's competed (96 athletes, at 12 per team) in each respective tournament.

## Venues

Three venues in Queensland were used. All seat 5,000 for the basketball competitions.
| Gold Coast | Cairns | Gold CoastCairnsTownsville | Townsville |
| Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre | Cairns Convention Centre | Gold CoastCairnsTownsville | Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre |
| Capacity: 5,000 | Capacity: 5,000 | Gold CoastCairnsTownsville | 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. 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 | Nigeria New Zealand Canada |
| CGF/FIBA invitation | 7 July 2017 | 4 | England Scotland Cameroon India |
| Total | | 8 | |

## Rosters

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

## 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. The winners of the quarterfinals proceeded to meet the semifinalists in a straight knockout format.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | 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)

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 271 | 183 | +88 | 6 | Semifinals |
| New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 265 | 204 | +61 | 5 | Semifinals |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 2 | 197 | 244 | −47 | 4 | Qualifying finals |
| Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 187 | 289 | −102 | 3 | Qualifying finals |
* 6 April 2018 17:30 vte
* Boxscore
| 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 vte
* Boxscore
| 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 vte
* Boxscore
| 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 vte
* Boxscore
| 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 vte
* Boxscore
| 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 vte
* Boxscore
| 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

| Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| Scotland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 237 | 198 | +39 | 6 | Qualifying finals |
| England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 246 | 186 | +60 | 5 | Qualifying finals |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 2 | 202 | 231 | −29 | 4 | |
| India | 3 | 0 | 3 | 222 | 292 | −70 | 3 | |
* 5 April 2018 17:30 vte
* Boxscore
| 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 vte
* Boxscore
| 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: Annadurai 12 Asts: J. Singh 8 |
* Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville Referees: Michael Weiland (CAN), Ryan Jones (NZL)
* 7 April 2018 17:30 vte
* Boxscore
| 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: Annadurai 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 vte
* Boxscore
| 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 vte
* Boxscore
| 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 vte
* Boxscore
| 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 | Qualifying finals | Qualifying finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | 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 |
| B2 | England | 79 | | | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | B1 | Scotland | 69 |
| | | | | | | A2 | New Zealand | 79 |

#### Qualifying finals

* 10 April 2018 17:30 vte
* Boxscore
| 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 vte
* Boxscore
| 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 vte
* Boxscore
| 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 vte
* Boxscore
| 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 vte
* Boxscore
| 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 vte
* Boxscore
| 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

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| | Australia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 461 | 276 | +185 |
| | Canada | 6 | 3 | 3 | 429 | 496 | –67 |
| | New Zealand | 5 | 3 | 2 | 430 | 361 | +69 |
| 4 | Scotland | 6 | 4 | 2 | 418 | 441 | –23 |
| 5 | England | 4 | 2 | 2 | 325 | 283 | +42 |
| 6 | Nigeria | 4 | 0 | 4 | 248 | 355 | –107 |
| 7 | Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 2 | 202 | 231 | –29 |
| 8 | India | 3 | 0 | 3 | 222 | 292 | –70 |