Basketball

Basketball will make its second appearance at the Commonwealth Games in 2018 having previously been part of the programme in 2006.

Team England will send both a men’s and women’s team to the 2018 Commonwealth Games with each team drawn into a group of four.

Teams will then progress to the play-offs to decide four semi-finalist who will then go head to head for the gold, silver and bronze medals.

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Two teams of five players compete to score baskets worth either two or three points depending on where the shot was taken from

Each team benefits from a system of rolling substitutions

The winner is the team with the most points at the end of the 40 minutes

The game is played over four periods of 10 minutes each

Team England previous basketball medals

0

Gold

0

Silver

2

Bronze

2

Total

Team Leader

David Butler

David is the Delivery Director at Basketball England where he leads on all things participation related, including competitions, education, coaching and officiating as well as taking responsibility for other areas of strategic importance for Basketball England.