| Event: | Basketball |
| Games: | 2018 |
| Venue: | Cairns Convention Centre Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre |
| Dates: | 5–14 April 2018 |
| Competitors: | 96 |
| Nations: | 8 |
| Prev: | 2006 |
| Next: | TBD |
The women's basketball tournament at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on the Gold Coast, Australia from April 5 to 15.[1] The basketball competition was held at three venues: Cairns Convention Centre in Cairns, Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre in Townsville for the preliminaries and the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre on the Gold Coast for the finals.[2] 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.[3]
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.[3] For the home nations, each country may compete, however the ranking of Great Britain was given to the home nation with the most players on the team. The teams were officially confirmed on July 28, 2017.[4]
| Event | Date | Vacancies | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | 1 | |||
| Best Commonwealth Teams in the FIBA World Rankings | 1 July 2017 | 3 | ||
| CGF/FIBA invitation | 7 July 2017 | 4 | ||
| Total | 8 |
See main article: Basketball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's team rosters.
At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had up to 12 players on their rosters.[3]
The following referees were selected for the tournament.
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.[5]
All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)
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| Rank | width=150px | Team ! | width=20px | Pld ! | width=20px | W ! | width=20px | L ! | width=35px | PF ! | width=35px | PA ! | width=35px | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 539 | 274 | +265 | |||||||||
| 6 | 3 | 3 | 369 | 441 | –72 | |||||||||
| 6 | 5 | 1 | 459 | 378 | +81 | |||||||||
| 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 337 | 346 | –9 | ||||||||
| 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 236 | 257 | –21 | ||||||||
| 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 220 | 355 | –135 | ||||||||
| 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 187 | 239 | –52 | ||||||||
| 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 184 | 241 | –57 |