Birmingham 2022 has released the full schedule for the Basketball 3×3 and Wheelchair Basketball 3×3 tournament with eight menโ€™s teams and eight womenโ€™s teams playing the running version of the game and six menโ€™s and six womenโ€™s teams taking part in the inaugural Commonwealth Games Wheelchair Basketball 3×3 tournament.

The group matches begin on Friday 29 July with the Canadian menโ€™s team taking on Kenya in the opening game, followed by Australia against Scotland in the womenโ€™s competition. Both of the host nations Wheelchair Basketball 3×3 teams will start their campaigns in the first session, with the men taking on South Africa and the women taking on Kenya.

The second session of the day sees three matches for Scotland with the men taking on Canada, the women taking on Sri Lanka and the womenโ€™s wheelchair team up against Australia.

In the first session of day two, three England teams will be in action with the menโ€™s and womenโ€™s running basketball teams taking on New Zealand and the menโ€™s Wheelchair Basketball 3×3 team taking on Malaysia.

Itโ€™s the Australian teamโ€™s turn for a busy session on day three, as in the evening session both wheelchair teams will be in action, followed by the menโ€™s running team who will play England in their final group game.

Following the completion of the group matches on Sunday 31 July, the quarter-finals and semi-finals will take place on Monday 1 August, with the classification and bronze medal matches set to be held on Tuesday 2 August in the afternoon session and gold medal matches taking place in the evening session of the same day.

IWBF President Ulf Mehrens said:

“We are delighted to be working with Commonwealth Sport and Birmingham 2022 to deliver the 3X3 Competition at the forthcoming Commonwealth Games.ย  The Commonwealth movement has already had a tremendous impact on the level of engagement and development of Wheelchair Basketball, enriched our partnership with FIBA and the schedule promises to deliver some spectacular performances.

Last week, members of the Team England Basketball 3×3 and Wheelchair Basketball 3×3 teams visited the Smithfield site to test out the warm-up court and to get a sneak peek of the main arena where all of the matches will be played, and they were impressed with the facilities.”

Matt Kidson, Director of Sport for Birmingham 2022 said:

โ€œWith basketball 3×3 included for the first time ever at a Commonwealth Games this will be an historic tournament. I am also delighted that we have extended the para sport programme for this edition of the Games by adding Wheelchair Basketball 3×3 too.

โ€œIโ€™m sure the teams are going to enjoy the venue as it is in the heart of the city centre and with this sport being staged alongside Beach Volleyball and with a Festival Site in the same location too, Iโ€™m sure Smithfield will become a key location during the Games.โ€

Tickets for the Basketball 3×3 and Wheelchair Basketball 3×3 competitions are now extremely hard to come by as this sport has been extremely popular with spectators, however, there are currently still tickets available for Beach Volleyball, the other sport being held on the Smithfield site. Tickets for Birmingham 2022 start at ยฃ15 for adults and ยฃ8 for under 16s.

Visitors to the Festival Site which is also located at Smithfield will also be able to watch the basketballers warm-up. More information about tickets and the Festival Site is available at birmingham2022.com

The full Basketball 3×3 and Wheelchair Basketball 3×3 schedule is as follows:

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Friday 29 July – Group Matches

Session Time Match
Session 1 15:30 (M) CAN V KEN
15:55 (W) AUS V SCO
16:20 (WM) ENG V RSA
16:45 (WW) KEN V ENG
17:10 (M) SRI V SCO
17:35 (W) KEN V SRI
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Session 2 19:30 (M) SCO V CAN
19:55 (W) SCO V SRI
20:20 (WM) CAN V AUS
20:45 (WW) AUS V SCO
21:10 (M) KEN V SRI
21:35 (W) AUS V KEN

 

Saturday 30 July – Group Matches

Session Time Match
Session 1 15:30 (M) AUS V TTO
15:55 (W0 BVI V CAN
16:20 (WM) MAS V ENG
16:45 (WW) CAN V KEN
17:10 (M) NZL V ENG
17:35 (W) NZL V ENG
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Session 2 19:30 (M) ENG V TTO
19:55 (W) CAN V NZL
20:20 (WM) NIR V CAN
20:45 (WW) SCO V RSA
21:10 (M) AUS V NZL
21:35 (W) ENG V BVI

 

Sunday 31 July – Group Matches

Session Time Match
Session 1 15:30 (W) SRI V AUS
15:55 (M) KEN V SCO
16:20 (WM) RSA V MAS
16:45 (WW) ENG V CAN
17:10 (M) CAN V SRI
17:35 (W) KEN V SCO
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Session 2 19:30 (M) NZL V TTO
19:55 (W) NZL V BVI
20:20 (WM) AUS V NIR
20:45 (WW) RSA V AUS
21:10 (M) ENG V AUS
21:35 (W) ENG V CAN

 

Monday 1 Augustย 

Session Time Match
Session 1 15:00 M QUARTER-FINAL 1
15:30 W QUARTER-FINAL 1
16:00 WW SEMI-FINAL1
16:30 WW SEMI-FINAL 2
17:00 M QUARTER-FINAL 2
17:30 W QUARTER-FINAL 2
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Session 2 19:30 M SEMI-FINAL 1
20:00 W SEMI-FINAL 2
20:30 MW SEMI-FINAL 1
21:00 MW SEMI-FINAL 2
21:30 W SEMI-FINAL 2
22:00 M SEMI-FINAL 2

 

Tuesday 2 August

Session Time Match
Session 1 15:00 MW CLASSIFICATION 5V6
15:30 WW CLASSIFICATION 5V6
16:00 M BRONZE MEDAL
16:30 W BRONZE MEDAL
17:00 MW BRONZE MEDAL
17:30 WW BRONZE MEDAL
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Session 2 19:30 MW GOLD MEDAL
20:00 WW GOLD MEDAL
20:30 M GOLD MEDAL
21:00 W GOLD MEDAL

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