Let's take a look at the statistical leaders after the pool phase, each teams has played 3 games. Australia, New Zealand and Nigeria confirmed that they are the favourites for the medals but England, led by the tournament's leading scorer Andrew Sullivan (203-F-80), also want to claim a medal in Melbourne. We can notice the great performances by the Nigerian Big-Three (Abdul Mohammed, Gabe Muoneke and Ejike Ugboaja), the great scoring skills of Brad Newley (199-G-85) and the great court vision of Indian guard Sambhaji Kadam who is the tournament's assists leaders! We will post a complete recap of the stats leaders at the end of the tournament.
FIBA cancel Commonwealth Basketball Championships - Feb 4, 2010 (by Eurobasket)
THIS year's Commonwealth Basketball Championships, due to be staged in New Delhi in August, have been cancelled by the world governing body, FIBA.
The decision comes just two weeks after FIBA had written to Keith Mair, chief executive of England Basketball, to confirm that a men's tournament would be staged in the Indian capital.
The tournament was not directly connected with the Commonwealth Games, which are being held in India for the first time in October [read more]
THIS year's Commonwealth Basketball Championships, due to be staged in New Delhi in August, have been cancelled by the world governing body, FIBA. The decision comes just two weeks after FIBA had written to Keith Mair, chief executive of England Basketball, to confirm that a men's tournament would be staged in the Indian capital. The tournament was not directly connected with the Commonwealth Games, which are being held in India for the first time in October. Although the scrapping of the tournament represents a set-back to the Indian organisers and those players hoping to compete, FIBA stressed that the cancellation had nothing to do with concerns about facilities, organisation or security - three issues which have blighted the build-up to the Delhi Games. 'The FIBA Commonwealth men's championship has been cancelled,' a FIBA spokesman told national press agency Sportsbeat. Basketball has only been included in the Commonwealth Games once, in Melbourne four years ago where teams from eight countries, including England and Scotland, competed in men's and women's tournaments. Both gold medals were won by Australia, with England's men and women taking the bronze medals. Although Australia are understood to have requested a postponement of the Commonwealth tournament until 2011, FIBA blamed a crowded international programme for its decision. 'The major national federations of the Commonwealth have experienced difficulty with the scheduling of the national team programmes as Australia, Canada and New Zealand have all qualified for the FIBA world championship in Turkey while England - as part of Great Britain - will compete in the European championships qualification series,' said a spokesman. But Mair expressed his disappointment at the scrapping of the tournament, which England Basketball had wanted to use for players not included in the Great Britain squad. 'We always knew we wouldn't have access to the Great Britain players,' said Mair. 'Four years ago, using squads of similar construction, we went to the Commonwealth Games and won two bronze medals. 'So we were hoping that the Commonwealth championships would be on. 'Clearly, FIBA wanted a tournament with the top players in it.'
Stats Leaders, Awards and Final Standings - Mar 27, 2006 (by Eurobasket)
After 10 days of competition, Australia won the first-ever Commonwealth Games women basketball tournament in Melbourne over New Zealand, England claimed the Bronze medal. Check out who were the top-performers during this tournament. We will post a team-by-team recap in the next days.
AWARDS:
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER:
Jason Smith (194-G-74)
A lot of players deserved this awards but Jason Smith led Australia in scoring, including a 16-point effort in the Gold medal [read more]
After 10 days of competition, Australia won the first-ever Commonwealth Games women basketball tournament in Melbourne over New Zealand, England claimed the Bronze medal. Check out who were the top-performers during this tournament. We will post a team-by-team recap in the next days.
AWARDS: MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: Jason Smith (194-G-74) A lot of players deserved this awards but Jason Smith led Australia in scoring, including a 16-point effort in the Gold medal. So we gave the award to the best player of the best team.
ALL-TOURNAMENT FIRST-TEAM: Jason Smith (194-G-74) AUS 15.8pts 2.4rbs 1.0ast Sam Mackinnon (197-F/G-76) AUS 12.6pts 7.6rbs 3.2ast Pero Cameron (199-F/C-74) NZ 14.4pts 7.6rbs 1.8ast Andrew Sullivan (203-F-80) ENG 18.3pts 5.0rbs 3.3ast Muoneke Gabe (200-F-78) NIG 18.8pts 5.6rbs 0.4ast Jason Smith carried his team in the money time of the Gold medal game, Sam Mackinnon was the best all-around player of the tournament in a limitted playing time, Pero Cameron was back to his 2002-World Championships form and almost lift New Zealand to the Gold, Andrew Sullivan was the leader of a great England squad and was the best inside player of the tournament, Muoneke Gabe was most consistent part of the Nigeria's Big-Three.
ALL-TOURNAMENT SECOND-TEAM: Brad Newley (199-G-85) AUS 13.0pts 2.6rbs 2.4ast Aaron Olson (195-G-78) NZ 14.4pts 2.6rbs 2.8ast Ejike Ugboaja (204-F/C-85) NIG 15.4pts 9.8rbs 0.4ast Dean Browne (206-F/C-80) BAR 13.4pts 8.6rbs 0.2ast Calvin Jnr Bruton (188-G-75) AUS 8.0pts 2.2rbs 6.0ast Brad Newley did pretty well in his first international tournament despite playing injuried in the last two games, Aaron Olson was a great outside force for the Tall-Blacks, Ejike Ugboaja was great during four games but he was disapointing in the Bronze medal game, Dean Browne really was a cornerstone for Barbados, Calvin Jnr Bruton run a very deep australian team and was the tournament's leader in assists.
Australia won the Gold in a tough game - Mar 24, 2006 (by Eurobasket)
In true trans-Tasman rivalry, the gold medal playoff in the Men's Basketball between Australia and New Zealand went right down to the wire - with Australia taking top honours in the final minutes. In one of the most thrilling basketball matches in Australian history, the Boomers played the game of their lives, bringing the crowd to its feet to cheer the gold medal. We will post the stats leaders and a tournament recap in the next days [read more]
In true trans-Tasman rivalry, the gold medal playoff in the Men's Basketball between Australia and New Zealand went right down to the wire - with Australia taking top honours in the final minutes. In one of the most thrilling basketball matches in Australian history, the Boomers played the game of their lives, bringing the crowd to its feet to cheer the gold medal. We will post the stats leaders and a tournament recap in the next days. Gold Medal Game: Australia - New Zealand: 81-76 The crowd was more than paying attention as the final term started and Mark Worthington got the home team back within one (65-66) with a tough fading jumper from beyond the three-point line. The noise from the crowd was deafening as Tony Rampton missed two important free throws and then New Zealand found themselves in foul trouble with half the quarter to play. Australia took full advantage, finding themselves at the line 16 times in the final quarter, adding nine points from the charity stripe. With more composure, the Australians used the excitement of their fans to help them home by five points. Yougster Luke Kendall (193-G-81) was the team's leading scorer with 17pts from the bench, Sam Mackinnon (197-F/G-76) recorded 16pts 4/6FG 9rbs, Jason Smith (194-G-74) scored 16pts and Mark Worthington (201-F-83) added 14pts. Pero Cameron (199-F/C-74) was the game's best scorer with 22pts 8/17FG 6rbs, Aaron Olson (195-G-78) scored 13pts, Paul Henare (182-G-79) added 11pts and Casey Frank (205-F-77) chipped in with 10pts. 'This tournament will go down in history for Australian basketball,' head coach Brian Goorjian said. 'We would never have guessed at how much this would mean to us and to basketball in Australia - the pressure was huge. After watching the Opals win last night, we knew we were all doing something positive for the game in this country. We know coming in that New Zealand was the team that would cause us problems. They know us well and knew we had a new team - they exposed that tonight. But it was our experienced guys that brought it home - Jason Smith, Sam Mackinnon, Tony Ronaldson and CJ Bruton.' 'To play in the Commonwealth Games is excitement enough (to get you over the line),' Australian co-captain CJ Bruton said. 'But to play in an atmosphere like this, to be down… wow. Australia never quits.' 'This feels like the biggest disappointment of my life because it is the freshest,' said NZ coach Baldwin. 'I'm so hurt for the guys because they gave it so much. This is a really good Australian team, but our guys played really well tonight. They played tough, hard-nosed New Zealand basketball ... it's just so disappointing.' 'I don't think the home crowd really affected us,' he added.'
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