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 code	CMR
CGA	National Olympic and Sports Committee of Cameroon
Website	cnosc.com (in French)
in Gold Coast, Australia 4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors	40 in 6 sports
Medals Ranked 32nd	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 3
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

Medalists

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

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

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

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

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

Main article: Basketball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament

Roster

• Ebaku Akumenzoh
• Christian Ayangma Bemouyime
• Simon Bileg II
• Felix Bogmis
• Pierre Cedric Essome
• Arnold Kome
• Boseme Mukete Njemo
• Kevin Ngwese
• Mohaman Aziz Nkene Tsaace
• Yannick Seulle
• Robert Songolo Ngijol
• Franck Yangue

Pool B

Team v t e	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 v t e

Boxscore

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)

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7 April 2018 20:00 v t e

Boxscore

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)

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8 April 2018 14:00 v t e

Boxscore

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

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

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

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

• Cameroon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

References

1. "71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. 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. (PDF). www.iwf.net/. International Weightlifting Federation. March 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.