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Cameroon at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Cameroon competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018.[1] It was Cameroon's 6th appearance at the Commonwealth Games. During the games, eight athletes went missing from their accommodation, with them all being reported to the Australian police.[2][3]

Cameroon at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Cameroon
CGF codeCMR
CGANational Olympic and Sports Committee of Cameroon
Websitecnosc.com (in French)
in Gold Coast, Australia
4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors40 in 6 sports
Medals
Ranked 32nd
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
3
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Silver Wilfried Ntsengue Boxing Men's −75 kg April 14
  Bronze Clementine Noumbissi Weightlifting Women's −90 kg April 9
  Bronze Marcel Mayack II Athletics Men's Triple Jump April 14

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 1 6 7
Badminton 1 1 2
Basketball 12 0 12
Boxing 5 3 8
Weightlifting 3 2 5
Wrestling 2 4 6
Total 24 16 40

Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Men
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Marcel Mayack II Long jump 7.84 9 q 7.70 11
Triple jump 16.32 6 q 16.80  
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Charifa Abdoullahi Labarang 100 m DNF did not advance
Fanny Appes Ekanga 12.15 5 did not advance
Marie Eleme 11.88 4 did not advance
Charifa Abdoullahi Labarang 200 m DNS did not advance
Germaine Abessolo Bivina 23.77 PB 6 q 24.05 8 did not advance
Irene Bell Bonong 24.56 6 did not advance
Germaine Abessolo Bivina
Fanny Appes Ekanga
Irene Bell Bonong
Marie Eleme 		4 × 100 m — 45.24 6
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Joelle Mbumi Nkouindjin Long jump 6.02 15 did not advance
Triple jump — 13.45 7

Badminton

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Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Cameroon participated with 2 athletes (1 man and 1 woman)

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Antoine Owona Ndimako Men's singles   Naim Mohammed (TTO)
L 0-2 		did not advance
Stella Ngadjui Women's singles   Rachael Darragh (NIR)
L 0-2 		did not advance

Basketball

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Main article: Basketball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Cameroon qualified a men's basketball team of 12 athletes. The team was invited by FIBA and the CGF.[4] The country will make its Commonwealth Games debut at the games. Cameroon did not compete in the sport at its only appearance in 2006 in Melbourne.

Men's tournament

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Main article: Basketball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament
Roster
Pool B
Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
  Scotland 3 3 0 237 198 +39 6 Qualifying finals
  England 3 2 1 246 186 +60 5
  Cameroon 3 1 2 202 231 −29 4
  India 3 0 3 222 292 −70 3
Source: [citation needed]
5 April 2018
20:00
Cameroon   96–87   India
Scoring by quarter: 15–27, 24–36, 23–13, 34–11
Pts: Kome 21
Rebs: Tsaace 13
Asts: Ngijol 3		 Pts: At. Singh 23
Rebs: Annadurai 12
Asts: J. Singh 8
Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville
Referees: Michael Weiland (CAN), Ryan Jones (NZL)
7 April 2018
20:00
Scotland   63–52   Cameroon
Scoring by quarter: 15–4, 14–11, 15–25, 19–12
Pts: Murray 25
Rebs: Fraser 9
Asts: Achara, Murray 3		 Pts: Kome 21
Rebs: Yangue 13
Asts: Essome 5
Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville
Referees: Leonardo Zalazar (ARG), Jon Chapman (AUS)
8 April 2018
14:00
Cameroon   54–81   England
Scoring by quarter: 15-20, 16-17, 14-29, 9-15
Pts: Bogmis 14
Rebs: Yangue 10
Asts: Essome 3		 Pts: Josephs 26
Rebs: Jackman 8
Asts: Thoseby, Tuck 3
Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville
Referees: Leonardo Zalazar (ARG), Matthew Beattie (AUS)

Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Cameroon participated with a team of 8 athletes (5 men and 3 women)

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Simplice Fotsala −49 kg —   Yafai (ENG)
L 0 - 5 		did not advance
Wilfried Ntsengue −75 kg   Anthony (LCA)
W 5 - 0 		  Lawson (GHA)
W 4 - 1 		  Scaife (NZL)
W 5 - 0 		  Docherty (SCO)
W 5 - 0 		  Yadav (IND)
L 0 - 5 		 
Ulrich Yombo −81 kg — Bye   O'Reilly (CAN)
L W/O 		did not advance
Christian Ndzie Tsoye −91 kg — Bye   Nyika (NZL)
L W/O 		did not advance
Arsene Fokou Fosso +91 kg —   Kei (TGA)
W 5 - 0 		  Agnes (SEY)
L 1 - 4 		did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Christelle Ndiang −57 kg Bye   Nicholson (AUS)
L 0 - 5 		did not advance
Aubiege Azangue −69 kg   Eccles (WAL)
L 1 - 4 		did not advance
Clotilde Essiane −75 kg Bye   Thibeault (CAN)
L 2 - 3 		did not advance

Weightlifting

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Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

Cameroon participated with 5 athletes (3 men and 2 women).[5]

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Olivier Matam Men's −62 kg 113 7 145 7 258 8
Donald Nkoh Men's −85 kg 140 5 186 2 326 4
Petit Minkoumba Men's −94 kg 142 8 175 6 317 6
Arcangeline Sonkbou Women's −69 kg 80 9 100 8 180 9
Clementine Noumbissi Women's −90 kg 101 3 125 3 226  

Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Cameroon participated with 6 athletes (2 men and 4 women).

Repechage Format
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Cedric Nyamsi Tchouga Men's -97 kg Bye   Tamarau (NGR)
L 1 - 4 		did not advance 8
Danielle Sino Guemde Women's -76 kg —   Kiran (IND)
L 1 - 4 		Did not advance — Did not advance 8
Group Stage Format
Athlete Event Group Stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Joseph Essombe Women's -57 kg   Genave (MRI)
W 5 - 0 		  Adekuoroye (NGR)
L 1 - 4 		  McDaid (NIR)
W 5 - 0 		2 Q   Dhanda (IND)
L 1 - 3 		  Schaefer (CAN)
L 1 - 4 		4
Gaelle Alakame Anzong Women's -68 kg   Lappage (CAN)
L 0 - 4 		  Kakran (IND)
L 0 - 5 		— 3 did not advance 5
Nordic Format
Athlete Event Nordic Round Robin Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Claude Kouamen Mbianga Men's -125 kg   Jarvis (CAN)
L 0 - 4 		  Malik (IND)
L INJ 		  Raza (PAK)
L INJ 		  Boltic (NGR)
NP 		5
Berthe Etane Ngolle Women's -62 kg   Malik (IND)
L 0 - 4 		  Adeniyi (NGR)
L 0 - 4 		  Ford (NZL)
L 0 - 5 		  Fazzari (CAN)
L 0 - 3 		5

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Commonwealth Games: Eight Cameroon athletes 'desert' team". BBC News. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Cameroon stars reportedly flee Commonwealth Games". Cairns Post. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  4. ^ Morgan, Liam (28 July 2017). "Gold Coast 2018 reveal list of competing nations in basketball events". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Qualification List of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games" (PDF). www.iwf.net/. International Weightlifting Federation. March 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
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