Basketball at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games Basketball Tournament
Melbourne, Victoria 2006
Tournament details
Games2006 Commonwealth Games
Host nationAustralia
CityMelbourne, Victoria
Duration16–24 March 2006
Men's tournament
Teams8
Medals
1 Gold medalists  Australia
2 Silver medalists New Zealand
3 Bronze medalists  England
Women's tournament
Teams8
Medals
1 Gold medalists  Australia
2 Silver medalists New Zealand
3 Bronze medalists  England
Tournaments
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Basketball competitions at the 2006 Commonwealth Games were held between Match 16 and 24, 2006.[1]

The 2006 Commonwealth Games was the first Commonwealth Games at which the sport of basketball was played. It was one of the sports that took the Games to regional Victoria, with games being played in a number of regional centres including Traralgon, Bendigo, Ballarat, and Geelong. The finals were played in Melbourne at Melbourne Multi Purpose Venue.

Venues

City Stadium Capacity
Melbourne Melbourne Multi Purpose Venue 10,500
Ballarat Ballarat Minerdome 2,000
Bendigo Bendigo Stadium 2,000
Geelong Geelong Arena 2,000
Traralgon Traralgon Sports Stadium 2,000

Medal summary

Medal count

  *   Host nation (Australia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Australia*2002
2 New Zealand0202
3 England0022
Totals (3 entries)2226

Results

Men's

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 3 3 0 365 158 +207 6
 Nigeria 3 2 1 261 270 −9 5
 Scotland 3 1 2 202 277 −75 4
 India 3 0 3 190 313 −123 3
Source: [citation needed]
March 17
20:15
Australia  129–52  Scotland
Scoring by quarter: 37–17, 32–11, 35–15, 25–9
March 17
20:15
India  84–113  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 24–27, 24–31, 15-33
March 19
11:30
Scotland  67–57  India
Scoring by quarter: 16–9, 20–14, 19–15, 12–19
March 19
20:15
Australia  103–57  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 29–17, 24–9, 30–17
March 20
18:00
Nigeria  91–83  Scotland
Scoring by quarter: 22–14, 17–23, 28–22, 24–24
March 20
20:15
India  49–133  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 15–37, 6–42, 16–29, 12-25

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 3 3 0 263 172 +91 6
 England 3 2 1 233 196 +37 5
 Barbados 3 1 2 198 238 −40 4
 South Africa 3 0 3 183 271 −88 3
Source: [citation needed]
March 16
18:00
New Zealand  88–58  South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 27–9, 12–13, 24–13, 25–23
March 16
18:00
Barbados  59–75  England
Scoring by quarter: 13–14, 16–21, 23–11, 7-29
March 18
18:00
New Zealand  84–63  England
Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 21–12, 18–11, 27–23
March 18
20:15
South Africa  72–88  Barbados
Scoring by quarter: 10–23, 11–27, 20–22, 31-16
March 19
20:15
Barbados  51–91  New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 8–24, 13–23, 13–20, 17-24
March 20
11:30
England  95–53  South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 22-14, 25–12, 22–12, 26–15

Fifth to eighth place

March 21
18:00
Scotland  91–79  South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 26-18, 18–20, 24–23, 23–18
March 21
20:15
India  55–96  Barbados
Scoring by quarter: 8–26, 12–27, 17–22, 18-21

Seventh place

March 23
11:30
South Africa  65–59  India
Scoring by quarter: 14-7, 18–18, 17–21, 16–13

Fifth-place match

March 23
13:45
Scotland  63–73  Barbados
Scoring by quarter: 18–15, 12–21, 18–23, 15-14

Semifinals

March 22
13:45
Australia  101–75  England
Scoring by quarter: 27-23, 23–23, 27–12, 24–17
March 22
20:15
Nigeria  66–90  New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 16-27, 20–20, 13-20

Bronze-medal match

March 24
18:00
England  80–57  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 15-15, 30–12, 22–15, 13–15

Gold-medal match

March 24
20:15
Australia  81–76  New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 25-15, 11–22, 25–25, 20–14

Women's

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 3 3 0 303 115 +188 6
 England 3 2 1 231 198 +33 5
 India 3 1 2 161 262 −101 4
 Mozambique 3 0 3 126 246 −120 3
Source: [citation needed]
March 16
20:15
Australia  146–46  India
Scoring by quarter: 41-6, 31-14, 33-10, 41-16
March 18
20:15
Mozambique  46–84  England
Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 6–22, 11-20, 13-20
March 18
18:00
England  104–57  India
Scoring by quarter: 25-19, 38-16, 11-6, 30-16
March 19
20:15
Mozambique  26–104  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 7-21, 3-20, 12-33, 4-30
March 19
18:30
Australia  95–43  England
Scoring by quarter: 21-17, 26-11, 22-8, 26-7
March 20
13:45
India  58–54  Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 13-15, 15-9, 18-16, 12-14

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 3 3 0 313 156 +157 6
 Nigeria 3 2 1 236 194 +42 5
 Malaysia 3 1 2 242 275 −33 4
 Malta 3 0 3 156 281 −125 3
Source: [citation needed]
March 17
18:00
New Zealand  127–47  Malta
Scoring by quarter: 30-14, 29-11, 34-16, 34-6
March 17
18:00
Malaysia  67–97  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 18-17, 21-27, 15-24, 13-29
March 19
13:45
Malta  44–86  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 11-17, 11–24, 15-19, 7-26
March 19
18:00
New Zealand  113–56  Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 26-14, 29-14, 33-12, 25-16
March 20
18:00
Malaysia  68–65  Malta
Scoring by quarter: 11-17, 13–15, 24-18, 20-15
March 20
20:15
Nigeria  53–83  New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 15-13, 5-21, 18-24, 15-25

Fifth to eighth place

March 21
11:30
India  80–47  Malta
Scoring by quarter: 24-14, 17-13, 20-15, 19-5
March 21
18:00
Mozambique  80–70  Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 22-14, 27-10, 13-27, 18-19

Seventh place

March 22
11:30
Malta  59–63  Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 14-11, 12-19, 21-14, 12-19

Fifth-place match

March 22
18:00
India  44–70  Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 10-23, 12–9, 5-19, 17-19

Semifinals

March 21
13:45
Australia  105–49  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 33-5, 16-10, 30-16, 26-18
March 21
20:15
England  67–74  New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 13-19, 16-19, 23-23, 15-13

Bronze-medal match

March 23
18:00
Nigeria  75–78  England
Scoring by quarter: 17-16, 13-20, 16-19, 29-23

Gold-medal match

March 23
20:15
Australia  77–39  New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 23-11, 15-8, 22-6, 17-14

References

  1. ^ "Schedule and Results". Archived from the original on 2015-08-09. Retrieved 2011-06-03.