Basketball at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games Basketball Tournament

Melbourne, Victoria 2006

Tournament details

Games

2006 Commonwealth Games

Host nation

Australia

City

Melbourne, Victoria

Duration

16–24 March 2006

Men's tournament

Teams

Medals
Gold medalists	Australia
Silver medalists	New Zealand
Bronze medalists	England

Women's tournament

Teams

Medals
Gold medalists	Australia
Silver medalists	New Zealand
Bronze medalists	England

Tournaments

2018 →

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.

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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)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia*	2	0	0	2
2	New Zealand	0	2	0	2
3	England	0	0	2	2
Totals (3 entries)		2	2	2	6

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

Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo

March 17
20:15

India	84–113	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 24–27, 24–31, 15-33

Traralgon Sports Stadium, Traralgon

March 19
11:30

Scotland	67–57	India
Scoring by quarter: 16–9, 20–14, 19–15, 12–19

Geelong Arena, Geelong

March 19
20:15

Australia	103–57	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 29–17, 24–9, 30–17

Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo

March 20
18:00

Nigeria	91–83	Scotland
Scoring by quarter: 22–14, 17–23, 28–22, 24–24

Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo

March 20
20:15

India	49–133	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 15–37, 6–42, 16–29, 12-25

Ballarat Minerdome, Ballarat

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

Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo

March 16
18:00

Barbados	59–75	England
Scoring by quarter: 13–14, 16–21, 23–11, 7-29

Traralgon Sports Stadium, Traralgon

March 18
18:00

New Zealand	84–63	England
Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 21–12, 18–11, 27–23

Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo

March 18
20:15

South Africa	72–88	Barbados
Scoring by quarter: 10–23, 11–27, 20–22, 31-16

Ballarat Minerdome, Ballarat

March 19
20:15

Barbados	51–91	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 8–24, 13–23, 13–20, 17-24

Geelong Arena, Geelong

March 20
11:30

England	95–53	South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 22-14, 25–12, 22–12, 26–15

Ballarat Minerdome, Ballarat

Fifth to eighth place

March 21
18:00

Scotland	91–79	South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 26-18, 18–20, 24–23, 23–18

Melbourne Multi Purpose Venue, Melbourne

March 21
20:15

India	55–96	Barbados
Scoring by quarter: 8–26, 12–27, 17–22, 18-21

Geelong Arena, Geelong

Seventh place

March 23
11:30

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

Melbourne Multi Purpose Venue, Melbourne

Fifth-place match

March 23
13:45

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

Melbourne Multi Purpose Venue, Melbourne

Semifinals

March 22
13:45

Australia	101–75	England
Scoring by quarter: 27-23, 23–23, 27–12, 24–17

Melbourne Multi Purpose Venue, Melbourne

March 22
20:15

Nigeria	66–90	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 16-27, 20–20, 13-20

Melbourne Multi Purpose Venue, Melbourne

Bronze-medal match

March 24
18:00

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

Melbourne Multi Purpose Venue, Melbourne

Gold-medal match

March 24
20:15

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

Melbourne Multi Purpose Venue, Melbourne