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COMMONWEALTH BASKETBALL QUALIFIERS CONFIRMED

Scotland’s basketballers will get home advantage in their bid to earn spots at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

It has been confirmed that the home nations qualification tournament will be staged at the Lagoon Centre in Paisley on December 28 with the hosts up against Northern Ireland and Wales in a round robin format, and then a final, for a single 3×3 berth in Birmingham.

14 teams – seven male and seven female – have been confirmed for the Games by FIBA with the one-day shootout filling the remaining British entries after England were given automatic entry.

Women
Host: England
Regional Qualification
– Kenya (Africa)
– Canada (Americas)
– Sri Lanka (Asia)
– Great Britain (via a Home Nations Qualifier)
– St. Lucia (Caribbean)
– New Zealand (Oceania)
Direct Qualification: Australia

Men
Host: England
Regional Qualification
– Kenya (Africa)
– Canada (Americas)
– Sri Lanka (Asia)
– Great Britain (via a Home Nations Qualifier)
– Trinidad and Tobago (Caribbean)
– New Zealand (Oceania)
Direct Qualification: Australia

Paisley is also due to stage the IWBF wheelchair basketball qualifiers on December 29.

England’s women took silver at the 2018 Commonwealths in the basketball tournament with Scotland’s men coming fourth but Games chiefs have stipulated the 3×3 version will feature at future editions if the sport is included.