COMMONWEALTHS CALENDAR ANNOUNCED

Birmingham 2022 has released the full schedule for the 3×3 basketball tournament at the Commonwealth Games.

Eight men’s teams and eight women’s teams playing the running version of the game and six men’s and six women’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 men’s team taking on Kenya in the opening game, followed by Australia against Scotland in the women’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 women’s wheelchair team up against Australia.

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

It’s the Australian team’s turn for a busy session on day three, as in the evening session both wheelchair teams will be in action, followed by the men’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.

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