Cameroon at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Cameroon competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018.^[1] It was Cameroon's 6th appearance at the Commonwealth Games. During the games, eight athletes went missing from their accommodation, with them all being reported to the Australian police.^[2][3]

Cameroon at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Cameroon
CGF code	CMR
CGA	National Olympic and Sports Committee of Cameroon
Website	cnosc.com (in French)
in Gold Coast, Australia 4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors	40 in 6 sports
Medals Ranked 32nd	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 3
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Wilfried Ntsengue	Boxing	Men's −75 kg	April 14
Bronze	Clementine Noumbissi	Weightlifting	Women's −90 kg	April 9
Bronze	Marcel Mayack II	Athletics	Men's Triple Jump	April 14

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	6	7
Badminton	1	1	2
Basketball	12	0	12
Boxing	5	3	8
Weightlifting	3	2	5
Wrestling	2	4	6
Total	24	16	40

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Men

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Marcel Mayack II	Long jump	7.84	9 q	7.70	11
	Triple jump	16.32	6 q	16.80

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Charifa Abdoullahi Labarang	100 m	DNF		did not advance
Fanny Appes Ekanga		12.15	5	did not advance
Marie Eleme		11.88	4	did not advance
Charifa Abdoullahi Labarang	200 m	DNS		did not advance
Germaine Abessolo Bivina		23.77 PB	6 q	24.05	8	did not advance
Irene Bell Bonong		24.56	6	did not advance
Germaine Abessolo Bivina Fanny Appes Ekanga Irene Bell Bonong Marie Eleme	4 × 100 m	—	45.24	6

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Joelle Mbumi Nkouindjin	Long jump	6.02	15	did not advance
	Triple jump	—	13.45	7

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Cameroon participated with 2 athletes (1 man and 1 woman)

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Antoine Owona Ndimako	Men's singles	Naim Mohammed (TTO) L 0-2	did not advance
Stella Ngadjui	Women's singles	Rachael Darragh (NIR) L 0-2	did not advance

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Cameroon qualified a men's basketball team of 12 athletes. The team was invited by FIBA and the CGF.^[4] The country will make its Commonwealth Games debut at the games. Cameroon did not compete in the sport at its only appearance in 2006 in Melbourne.

Men's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament

Roster

• Ebaku Akumenzoh
• Christian Ayangma Bemouyime
• Simon Bileg II
• Felix Bogmis
• Pierre Cedric Essome
• Arnold Kome
• Boseme Mukete Njemo
• Kevin Ngwese
• Mohaman Aziz Nkene Tsaace
• Yannick Seulle
• Robert Songolo Ngijol
• Franck Yangue

Pool B

Team v t e	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
Cameroon	3	1	2	202	231	−29	4
India	3	0	3	222	292	−70	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

5 April 2018 20:00 v t e

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)

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7 April 2018 20:00 v t e

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)

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8 April 2018 14:00 v t e

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)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Cameroon participated with a team of 8 athletes (5 men and 3 women)

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Simplice Fotsala	−49 kg	—	Yafai (ENG) L 0 - 5	did not advance
Wilfried Ntsengue	−75 kg	Anthony (LCA) W 5 - 0	Lawson (GHA) W 4 - 1	Scaife (NZL) W 5 - 0	Docherty (SCO) W 5 - 0	Yadav (IND) L 0 - 5
Ulrich Yombo	−81 kg	—	Bye	O'Reilly (CAN) L W/O	did not advance
Christian Ndzie Tsoye	−91 kg	—	Bye	Nyika (NZL) L W/O	did not advance
Arsene Fokou Fosso	+91 kg	—	Kei (TGA) W 5 - 0	Agnes (SEY) L 1 - 4	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Christelle Ndiang	−57 kg	Bye	Nicholson (AUS) L 0 - 5	did not advance
Aubiege Azangue	−69 kg	Eccles (WAL) L 1 - 4	did not advance
Clotilde Essiane	−75 kg	Bye	Thibeault (CAN) L 2 - 3	did not advance

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

Cameroon participated with 5 athletes (3 men and 2 women).^[5]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Olivier Matam	Men's −62 kg	113	7	145	7	258	8
Donald Nkoh	Men's −85 kg	140	5	186	2	326	4
Petit Minkoumba	Men's −94 kg	142	8	175	6	317	6
Arcangeline Sonkbou	Women's −69 kg	80	9	100	8	180	9
Clementine Noumbissi	Women's −90 kg	101	3	125	3	226

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Cameroon participated with 6 athletes (2 men and 4 women).

Repechage Format

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cedric Nyamsi Tchouga	Men's -97 kg	Bye	Tamarau (NGR) L 1 - 4	did not advance			8
Danielle Sino Guemde	Women's -76 kg	—	Kiran (IND) L 1 - 4	Did not advance	—	Did not advance	8

Group Stage Format

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Joseph Essombe	Women's -57 kg	Genave (MRI) W 5 - 0	Adekuoroye (NGR) L 1 - 4	McDaid (NIR) W 5 - 0	2 Q	Dhanda (IND) L 1 - 3	Schaefer (CAN) L 1 - 4	4
Gaelle Alakame Anzong	Women's -68 kg	Lappage (CAN) L 0 - 4	Kakran (IND) L 0 - 5	—	3	did not advance		5

Nordic Format

Athlete	Event	Nordic Round Robin				Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Claude Kouamen Mbianga	Men's -125 kg	Jarvis (CAN) L 0 - 4	Malik (IND) L INJ	Raza (PAK) L INJ	Boltic (NGR) NP	5
Berthe Etane Ngolle	Women's -62 kg	Malik (IND) L 0 - 4	Adeniyi (NGR) L 0 - 4	Ford (NZL) L 0 - 5	Fazzari (CAN) L 0 - 3	5

See also

• Cameroon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics