Basketball at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

International basketball tournament

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
|  |  2018 →

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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

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City  | Stadium  | Capacity

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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

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### Medal count

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*   Host nation (Australia)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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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

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### Men's

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#### Group A

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Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts

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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

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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

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Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 24–27, 24–31, 15-33

Traralgon Sports Stadium, Traralgon

* * *

March 19
11:30

Scotland  | 67–57 |  India

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Scoring by quarter: 16–9, 20–14, 19–15, 12–19

Geelong Arena, Geelong

* * *

March 19
20:15

Australia  | 103–57 |  Nigeria

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Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 29–17, 24–9, 30–17

Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo

* * *

March 20
18:00

Nigeria  | 91–83 |  Scotland

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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

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Scoring by quarter: 15–37, 6–42, 16–29, 12-25

Ballarat Minerdome, Ballarat

#### Group B

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Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Scoring by quarter: 22-14, 25–12, 22–12, 26–15

Ballarat Minerdome, Ballarat

#### Fifth to eighth place

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March 21
18:00

Scotland  | 91–79 |  South Africa

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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

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Scoring by quarter: 8–26, 12–27, 17–22, 18-21

Geelong Arena, Geelong

#### Seventh place

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March 23
11:30

South Africa  | 65–59 |  India

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Scoring by quarter: 14-7, 18–18, 17–21, 16–13

Melbourne Multi Purpose Venue, Melbourne

#### Fifth-place match

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March 23
13:45

Scotland  | 63–73 |  Barbados

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Scoring by quarter: 18–15, 12–21, 18–23, 15-14

Melbourne Multi Purpose Venue, Melbourne

#### Semifinals

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March 22
13:45

Australia  | 101–75 |  England

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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

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Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 16-27, 20–20, 13-20

Melbourne Multi Purpose Venue, Melbourne

#### Bronze-medal match

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March 24
18:00

England  | 80–57 |  Nigeria

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Scoring by quarter: 15-15, 30–12, 22–15, 13–15

Melbourne Multi Purpose Venue, Melbourne

#### Gold-medal match

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March 24
20:15

Australia  | 81–76 |  New Zealand

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Scoring by quarter: 25-15, 11–22, 25–25, 20–14

Melbourne Multi Purpose Venue, Melbourne

### Women's

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#### Group A

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Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Scoring by quarter: 13-15, 15-9, 18-16, 12-14

Ballarat Minerdome, Ballarat

#### Group B

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Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Scoring by quarter: 15-13, 5-21, 18-24, 15-25

Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo

#### Fifth to eighth place

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March 21
11:30

India  | 80–47 |  Malta

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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

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Scoring by quarter: 22-14, 27-10, 13-27, 18-19

Geelong Arena, Geelong

#### Seventh place

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March 22
11:30

Malta  | 59–63 |  Malaysia

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Scoring by quarter: 14-11, 12-19, 21-14, 12-19

Melbourne Multi Purpose Venue, Melbourne

#### Fifth-place match

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March 22
18:00

India  | 44–70 |  Mozambique

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Scoring by quarter: 10-23, 12–9, 5-19, 17-19

Melbourne Multi Purpose Venue, Melbourne

#### Semifinals

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March 21
13:45

Australia  | 105–49 |  Nigeria

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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

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Scoring by quarter: 13-19, 16-19, 23-23, 15-13

Melbourne Multi Purpose Venue, Melbourne

#### Bronze-medal match

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March 23
18:00

Nigeria  | 75–78 |  England

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Scoring by quarter: 17-16, 13-20, 16-19, 29-23

Melbourne Multi Purpose Venue, Melbourne

#### Gold-medal match

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March 23
20:15

Australia  | 77–39 |  New Zealand

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Scoring by quarter: 23-11, 15-8, 22-6, 17-14

Melbourne Multi Purpose Venue, Melbourne

## References

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

## External links

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* Official 2006 Commonwealth Games Basketball page

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