Basketball at the Commonwealth Games

Basketball at the Commonwealth Games has been held three times, with regular full-court basketball included in 2006 and 2018, and 3x3 introduced in 2022.

Following the 2018 games, regular full-court basketball was replaced as an optional Commonwealth Games sport by the 3x3 variation of the sport.[1] This made its debut at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, with both able-bodied and wheelchair competitions taking place.[2]

History

In 1978, Britain hosted the Commonwealth Basketball Championships. The same tournament was held five years later in New Zealand.[3]

Basketball was first included in the Commonwealth Games in the 2006 games in Melbourne.[4] Australia won gold medals in both the men's and women's competitions. New Zealand's teams and England's teams won the silver and bronze medals respectively.

Basketball was not included in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, but India was scheduled to host a Commonwealth Basketball Championship tournament prior to the games.[5] It was later cancelled by FIBA.[4]

Basketball returned as part of the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.[6] A total of 16 teams (8 men and 8 women) competed in 2018.[7]

In August 2017, it was announced that 3x3 basketball would be part of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[8]

Venues

Men's tournaments

Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold medalist Score Silver medalist Bronze medalist Score Fourth place
2006
Details		 Melbourne, Australia
Australia		 81-76
New Zealand
England		 80-57
Nigeria
2018
Details		 Gold Coast, Australia
Australia		 87-47
Canada
New Zealand		 79-69
Scotland

Performance by nations

Nation 20062018Years
 Australia1st1st2
 Barbados5th-1
 Cameroon-7th1
 Canada-2nd1
 England3rd6th2
 India8th8th2
 New Zealand2nd3rd2
 Nigeria4th5th2
 Scotland6th4th2
 South Africa7th-1
Nations8810

Women's tournaments

Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold medalist Score Silver medalist Bronze medalist Score Fourth place
2006
Details		 Melbourne, Australia
Australia		 77-39
New Zealand
England		 78-75
Nigeria
2018
Details		 Gold Coast, Australia
Australia		 99-55
England
New Zealand		 74-58
Canada

Performance by nations

Nation 20062018Years
 Australia1st1st2
 Canada-4th1
 England3rd2nd2
 India8th8th2
 Jamaica-5th1
 Malaysia7th7th2
 Malta6th-1
 Mozambique5th6th2
 New Zealand2nd3rd2
 Nigeria4th-1
Nations8810

3x3 tournaments

Men's tournaments

Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold medalist Score Silver medalist Bronze medalist Score Fourth place
2022
Details		 Birmingham, England  England 17-16  Australia  Canada 13-12  Scotland
2026
Details		 Glasgow, Scotland  England 19-17  Australia  Scotland 18-16  New Zealand

Women's tournaments

Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold medalist Score Silver medalist Bronze medalist Score Fourth place
2022
Details		 Birmingham, England  Canada 14-13  England  Australia 15-13  New Zealand
2026
Details		 Glasgow, Scotland  Australia 21-11  Uganda  New Zealand 18-13  Jamaica

Men's Wheelchair tournaments

Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold medalist Score Silver medalist Bronze medalist Score Fourth place
2022
Details		 Birmingham, England  Australia 11-9  Canada  England 21-11  Malaysia
2026
Details		 Glasgow, Scotland  Australia 19-13  England  Canada 19-9  Scotland

Women's Wheelchair tournaments

Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold medalist Score Silver medalist Bronze medalist Score Fourth place
2022
Details		 Birmingham, England  Canada 14-5  Australia  England 12-10  Scotland
2026
Details		 Glasgow, Scotland  England 18-10  Scotland  Australia 19-17  Canada

All-time medal table

Updated after the 2026 Commonwealth Games

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Australia73212
2 England33410
3 Canada2226
4 New Zealand0235
5 Scotland0112
6 Uganda0101
Totals (6 entries)12121236

References

  1. ↑ "Constitutional Documents of the Commonwealth Games Federation" (PDF). thecgf.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-27. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  2. ↑ "Birmingham 2022 Medal Event Programme" (PDF). birmingham2022.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  3. ↑ Saker, John (5 September 2013). "Basketball". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  4. 1 2 Downes, Steven (3 February 2010). "Exclusive: Commonwealth Basketball Championships in Delhi cancelled". Inside the Games. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "India to host first Commonwealth Basketball Championship". The Times of India. 6 July 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  6. ↑ Morgan, Liam (28 July 2017). "Gold Coast 2018 reveal list of competing nations in basketball events". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "Athlete Allocation System" (PDF). www.triathlon.org. International Triathlon Union. 15 March 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  8. ↑ Birmingham include 3x3 basketball and Urban Street Festival as part of 2022 Commonwealth Games plans
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