The women's basketball tournament at the

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was held on the Gold Coast,

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from April 5 to 15. The

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competition was held at three venues:

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for the preliminaries and the

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on the Gold Coast for the finals. This was the second time that the basketball competition was held at the Commonwealth Games. A total of eight women's competed (96 athletes, at 12 per team) in each respective tournament.

Qualification

A total of eight women's teams qualified to compete at the games. At least four out of the six Commonwealth regions were considered to be represented in each tournament, if possible. For the home nations, each country may compete, however the ranking of

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was given to the home nation with the most players on the team. The teams were officially confirmed on July 28, 2017.

Rosters

At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had up to 12 players on their rosters. * * * * * * * *

Referees

The following referees were selected for the tournament. *James Boyer *Sarah Carey *Jon Chapman *Christine Vuong *Arnauld Kom Njilo *Simon Unsworth *Kate Webb *Snehal Bendke *Ceciline Michael Vincent *Sandy Ng *Artur Decastro *Matthew Bathurst *Ryan Jones *Viola Gyorgyi *Chris Dodds *Shuet Mei Ho *Joyce Muchenu

Competition format

The host nation, along with the top three teams in the FIBA Rankings played in group A. The other four teams played in group B. The top two teams in group A after the preliminary round advanced to the semifinals, while third and fourth place played the top two teams in group B in the qualifying round. The bottom two teams in group B were eliminated.

Results

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Preliminary round

Pool A

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Pool B

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Medal round

Qualifying finals

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Semifinals

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Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final standings

References

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