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

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Men's 3x3 wheelchair
basketball tournament
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Wheelchair basketball - Paralympic pictogram.svg
Venue Smithfield
Dates29 July – 2 August 2022
Competitors23 from 6 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of England.svg  England

The men'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]

Contents

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

Qualification

England qualified as host nation, two nations qualified by winning their respective IWBF zonal qualifiers, and the rest received Bipartite Invitations. Five of the six Commonwealth Games regions are represented.

Means of qualificationDateLocationQuotasQualified
Host Nation1Flag of England.svg  England
IWBF Africa Qualifier9 October 2021 Flag of South Africa.svg Johannesburg 1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
IWBF Europe Qualifier14 April 2022 Flag of Scotland.svg Largs 1Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
Bipartite Invitation [lower-alpha 1] 22 April 20223Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
TOTAL6
Qualifier scheduling issue
  1. The men's IWBF Americas and Asia/Oceania Qualifiers were cancelled, so two additional invitations (one per Zone) were sent instead. [3] [4]

Rosters

CGAPlayers
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Luke Pople Lachlin Dalton Kurt Thompson Jake Kavanagh
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Vincent Dallaire Colin Higgins Robert Hedges
Flag of England.svg  England Tyler Baines Lee Manning Abderrahim Taghrest Charlie McIntyre
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Ahmad Nazri Hamzah Muhammad Roozaimi Johari Muhamad Atib Zakaria Freday Tan Yei Bing
Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland James MacSorley Conn Nagle Nathan McCabe Matthew Rollston
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Allen Mtatase Ayabonga Jim Cecil Dumond Simanga Mbhele

Competition format

Six teams were drawn into two groups. [5] 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

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

Group A

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDQualification
1Flag of England.svg  England (H)2203811+27 Semi-finals
2Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 21122253
3Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 20283022 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
England  Flag of England.svg172Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Pts: Manning 6Pts: Mtatase 2

30 July 2022 (2022-07-30)
15:30
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg919Flag of England.svg  England
Pts: Zakaria 5Pts: Manning 9

31 July 2022 (2022-07-31)
15:30
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg613Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Pts: Dumond 3Pts: Hamzah 5

Group B

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDQualification
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2112418+6 Semi-finals
2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 21124240
3Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 21116226 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
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg1113Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Pts: Higgins 7Pts: Dalton 8

30 July 2022 (2022-07-30)
19:30
Northern Ireland  Ulster Banner.svg513Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Pts: McCabe 3Pts: Higgins 6

31 July 2022 (2022-07-31)
19:30
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg911Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
Pts: Dalton, Pople 5Pts: Nagle 5

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
1 August
 
 
Flag of England.svg  England 11
 
2 August
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 12
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 11
 
1 August
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 14
 
 
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 9
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
2 August
 
 
Flag of England.svg  England 21
 
 
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 11

Fifth place match

2 August 2022 (2022-08-02)
15:00
Northern Ireland  Ulster Banner.svg107Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Pts: Macsorley 6Pts: Mbhele 7

Semi-finals

1 August 2022 (2022-08-01)
19:30
England  Flag of England.svg1112Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Pts: Manning 7Pts: Pople, Kavanagh 4

1 August 2022 (2022-08-01)
19:30
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg149Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Pts: Hedges 5Pts: Johari, Tan Yei Bing 3

Bronze medal match

2 August 2022 (2022-08-02)
15:00
England  Flag of England.svg2111Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Pts: McIntyre 8Pts: Zakaria 6

Gold medal match

2 August 2022 (2022-08-02)
19:30
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 119Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Pts: Pople 6Pts: Higgins 5

Final ranking

RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of England.svg  England
4Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
5Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
6Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa

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