3x3 basketball at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's wheelchair tournament

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Women's 3x3 wheelchair
basketball tournament
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
VenueSmithfield
Dates29 July – 2 August 2022
Competitors24 from 6 nations
Medalists
gold medal    Canada
silver medal    Australia
bronze medal    England

The women's 3x3 wheelchair basketball tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games will be held in a temporary Games-time venue at the brownfield site in Smithfield between 29 July and 2 August 2022.[1]

The discipline of wheelchair basketball made its sport debut at the Commonwealth Games.[2]

Qualification[edit]

England qualified as host nation, two nations qualified by winning their respective IWBF zonal qualifiers, and the rest received Bipartite Invitations.

Means of qualification Date Location Quotas Qualified
Host Nation 1  England
IWBF Africa Qualifier 9 October 2021 South Africa Johannesburg 1  South Africa
IWBF Europe Qualifier 14 April 2022 Scotland Largs 1  Scotland
Bipartite Invitation[a] 22 April 2022 3  Australia
 Canada
 Kenya
TOTAL 6
Qualifier scheduling issue
  1. ^ The women's IWBF Americas and Asia/Oceania Qualifiers were cancelled, so two additional invitations (one per Zone) were sent instead.[3][4]

Rosters[edit]

CGA Players
 Australia Amber Merritt Georgia Inglis Hannah Dodd Ella Sabljak
 Canada[5] Tara Llanes Tamara Steeves Kady Dandeneau Elodie Tessier
 England Jade Atkin Amy Conroy Joy Haizelden Charlotte Moore
 Kenya Carolina Wanjira Eunice Otieno Rahel Alar Stella Tiyoy
 Scotland Robyn Love Judith Hamer Jessica Whyte Lynsey Speirs
 South Africa Aviwe Ngoni Samkelisiwe Mbatha Michelle Moganedi Kelebogile Moeng

Competition format[edit]

Six teams were drawn into two groups.[6] Upon completion of the group stage, the top two teams in each group advance to the semi-finals; the remaining two teams contest a match for fifth / sixth place.

Group stage[edit]

All times based on British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1  Canada 2 2 0 30 9 +21 Semi-finals
2  England (H) 2 1 1 28 14 +14
3  Kenya 2 0 2 2 37 −35 5th place match
Source: Birmingham 2022
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
29 July 2022 (2022-07-29)
15:30
Kenya  1–20  England
Pts: Wanjira 1 Pts: Moore, Atkin 6

30 July 2022 (2022-07-30)
15:30
Canada  17–1  Kenya
Pts: Dandeneau 7 Pts: Alar 1

31 July 2022 (2022-07-31)
15:30
England  8–13  Canada
Pts: Haizelden 5 Pts: Steeves 7

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1  Australia 2 2 0 33 8 +25 Semi-finals
2  Scotland 2 1 1 21 14 +7
3  South Africa 2 0 2 5 37 −32 5th place match
Source: Birmingham 2022
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.
29 July 2022 (2022-07-29)
19:30
Australia  12–5  Scotland
Pts: Merrit 5 Pts: Hamer 5

30 July 2022 (2022-07-30)
19:30
Scotland  16–2  South Africa
Pts: Hamer 10 Pts: Moeng 2

31 July 2022 (2022-07-31)
19:30
South Africa  3–21  Australia
Pts: Moeng 2 Pts: Merritt 11

Knockout stage[edit]

 
Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
1 August
 
 
 Canada 12
 
2 August
 
 Scotland 5
 
 Canada 14
 
1 August
 
 Australia 5
 
 Australia 8
 
 
 England 6
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
2 August
 
 
 Scotland 10
 
 
 England 12

Fifth place match[edit]

2 August 2022 (2022-08-02)
15:00
South Africa  6–5  Kenya
Pts: Moeng 5 Pts: Alar 4

Semi-finals[edit]

1 August 2022 (2022-08-01)
15:00
Canada  12–5  Scotland
Pts: Tessier, Dandeneau 5 Pts: Love 3

1 August 2022 (2022-08-01)
15:00
Australia  8–6  England
Pts: Merritt 4 Pts: Conroy 3

Bronze medal match[edit]

2 August 2022 (2022-08-02)
15:00
Scotland  10–12  England
Pts: Hamer 5 Pts: Conroy 4

Gold medal match[edit]

2 August 2022 (2022-08-02)
19:30
Canada  14–5  Australia
Pts: Dandeneau 6 Pts: Dodd 3

Final ranking[edit]

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  England
4  Scotland
5  South Africa
6  Kenya

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Competition Schedule". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Wheelchair Basketball Players to Make History at Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games". www.iwbf.org/. International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  3. ^ "NEW TIMEFRAME AND ATHLETE SELECTION PROCESS CONFIRMED FOR BIRMINGHAM 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES CONTINUES". IWBF. 13 February 2022. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  4. ^ "CHANGES TO THE 2022 INTERNATIONAL CALENDAR". IWBF. 18 February 2022. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Canadian Wheelchair Basketball Team Named for 2022 Commonwealth Games". www.commonwealthsport.ca. Commonwealth Sport Canada. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Birmingham 2022 3×3 groups confirmed!". British Wheelchair Basketball. 23 May 2022. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.