Basketball at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Basketball competitions at the 2006 Commonwealth Games were held between Match 16 and 24, 2006.^[1]

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	8
Medals Gold medalists  Australia Silver medalists  New Zealand Bronze medalists  England
Women's tournament
Teams	8
Medals Gold medalists  Australia Silver medalists  New Zealand Bronze medalists  England
Tournaments
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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)

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

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March 17 20:15

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

Traralgon Sports Stadium, Traralgon

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March 19 11:30

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

Geelong Arena, Geelong

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March 19 20:15

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

Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo

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March 20 18:00

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

Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo

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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

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March 16 18:00

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

Traralgon Sports Stadium, Traralgon

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March 18 18:00

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

Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo

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March 18 20:15

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

Ballarat Minerdome, Ballarat

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March 19 20:15

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

Geelong Arena, Geelong

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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

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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

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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

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

Traralgon Sports Stadium, Traralgon

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March 18 20:15

Mozambique	46–84	England
Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 6–22, 11-20, 13-20

Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo

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March 18 18:00

England	104–57	India
Scoring by quarter: 25-19, 38-16, 11-6, 30-16

Ballarat Minerdome, Ballarat

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March 19 20:15

Mozambique	26–104	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 7-21, 3-20, 12-33, 4-30

Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo

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March 19 18:30

Australia	95–43	England
Scoring by quarter: 21-17, 26-11, 22-8, 26-7

Geelong Arena, Geelong

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March 20 13:45

India	58–54	Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 13-15, 15-9, 18-16, 12-14

Ballarat Minerdome, Ballarat

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

Traralgon Sports Stadium, Traralgon

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March 17 18:00

Malaysia	67–97	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 18-17, 21-27, 15-24, 13-29

Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo

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March 19 13:45

Malta	44–86	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 11-17, 11–24, 15-19, 7-26

Geelong Arena, Geelong

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March 19 18:00

New Zealand	113–56	Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 26-14, 29-14, 33-12, 25-16

Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo

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March 20 18:00

Malaysia	68–65	Malta
Scoring by quarter: 11-17, 13–15, 24-18, 20-15

Ballarat Minerdome, Ballarat

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March 20 20:15

Nigeria	53–83	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 15-13, 5-21, 18-24, 15-25

Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo

Fifth to eighth place

March 21 11:30

India	80–47	Malta
Scoring by quarter: 24-14, 17-13, 20-15, 19-5

Melbourne Multi Purpose Venue, Melbourne

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March 21 18:00

Mozambique	80–70	Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 22-14, 27-10, 13-27, 18-19

Geelong Arena, Geelong

Seventh place

March 22 11:30

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

Melbourne Multi Purpose Venue, Melbourne

Fifth-place match

March 22 18:00

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

Melbourne Multi Purpose Venue, Melbourne

Semifinals

March 21 13:45

Australia	105–49	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 33-5, 16-10, 30-16, 26-18

Melbourne Multi Purpose Venue, Melbourne

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March 21 20:15

England	67–74	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 13-19, 16-19, 23-23, 15-13

Melbourne Multi Purpose Venue, Melbourne

Bronze-medal match

March 23 18:00

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

Melbourne Multi Purpose Venue, Melbourne

Gold-medal match

March 23 20:15

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

Melbourne Multi Purpose Venue, Melbourne