Zambia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Zambia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
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CGF code	ZAM
CGA	National Olympic Committee of Zambia
Website	nocz.co.zm
in Gold Coast, Australia 4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors	36 in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Kelvin Ndhlovu (opening)
Medals Ranked 0th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1962)

Zambia competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018^[1] It was Zambia's 14th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.

Squash athlete Kelvin Ndhlovu was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.^[2]

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	2	1	3
Badminton	2	2	4
Boxing	5	0	5
Lawn bowls	0	5	5
Rugby sevens	12	0	12
Squash	2	0	2
Swimming	3	1	4
Table tennis	1	0	1
Total	27	9	36

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sydney Siame	200 m	20.65	2 Q	20.51	3 q	20.62	5
Daniel Mbewe	400 m	46.45	3 Q	46.77	6	did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Quincy Malekani	400 m	52.40	4 Q	54.36	7	did not advance

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Zambia participated with four athletes (two men and two women)

Singles

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
Chongo Mulenga	Men's singles	Benjamin Li (IOM) L 0 - 2	did not advance
Kalombo Mulenga		Alexander Hutchings (JER) W 2 - 0	Dakeil Thorpe (BAR) W 2 - 0	Rajiv Ouseph (ENG) L 0 - 2	did not advance
Everlyn Siamupangila	Women's singles	Kimberley Clague (IOM) L 0 - 2	did not advance
Ogar Siamupangila		Stella Koteikai Amasah (GHA) W 2 - 0	Jessica Li (IOM) L 0 - 2	did not advance

Doubles

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
Chongo Mulenga Kalombo Mulenga	Men's doubles	—	Sachin Dias (SRI)  Buwaneka Goonethilleka (SRI) L 0 - 2	did not advance
Everlyn Siamupangila Ogar Siamupangila	Women's doubles	—	Chow Mei Kuan (MAS)  Vivian Hoo (MAS) L 0 - 2	did not advance
Ogar Siamupangila Kalombo Mulenga	Mixed doubles	Bye	Ty Alexander Lindeman (CAN)  Brittney Tam (CAN) L 0 - 2	did not advance
Everlyn Siamupangila Chongo Mulenga		Prakash Vijayanath (RSA)  Johanita Scholtz (RSA) L 0 - 2	did not advance

Mixed team

Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Mixed team

Roster

• Chongo Mulenga
• Kalombo Mulenga
• Everlyn Siamupangila
• Ogar Siamupangila

Pool B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Singapore	3	3	0	15	0	+15	30	0	+30	630	308	+322	3	Knockout stage
2	Mauritius	3	2	1	10	5	+5	20	13	+7	603	542	+61	2
3	Jamaica	3	1	2	5	10	−5	13	23	−10	540	675	−135	1
4	Zambia	3	0	3	0	15	−15	3	30	−27	435	683	−248	0

Source: GC2018

Mauritius 5	Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast 5 April v t e		Zambia 0
1 2 3 1 Julien Paul Kalombo Mulenga 21 19 22 20     2 Kate Foo Kune Ogar Siamupangila 21 15 21 8     3 Aatish Lubah / Christopher Jean Paul Kalombo Mulenga / Chongo Mulenga 21 10 21 15     4 Kate Foo Kune / Aurélie Allet Ogar Siamupangila / Evelyn Siamupangila 21 15 21 18     5 Julien Paul / Aurélie Allet Chongo Mulenga / Evelyn Siamupangila 21 9 21 16

Singapore 5	Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast 5 April v t e		Zambia 0
1 2 3 1 Jason Wong / Ren-ne Ong Kalombo Mulenga / Ogar Siamupangila 21 10 21 10     2 Ryan Ng Chongo Mulenga 21 14 21 11     3 Grace Chua Evelyn Siamupangila 21 3 21 2     4 Tery Hee / Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Kalombo Mulenga / Chongo Mulenga 21 4 21 18     5 Ren-ne Ong / Crystal Wong Ogar Siamupangila / Evelyn Siamupangila 21 7 21 9

Zambia 0	Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast 6 April v t e		Jamaica 5
1 2 3 1 Chongo Mulenga / Evelyn Siamupangila Anthony McNee / Alana Bailey 21 14 9 21 9 21   2 Kalombo Mulenga Samuel Ricketts 12 21 9 21     3 Ogar Siamupangila Katherine Wynter 22 20 20 22 15 21   4 Kalombo Mulenga / Chongo Mulenga Anthony McNee / Dennis Coke 9 21 21 23     5 Ogar Siamupangila / Evelyn Siamupangila Alana Bailey / Katherine Wynter 15 21 21 15 19 21

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Zambia participated with a team of 5 athletes (5 men).

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Everisto Mulenga	−56 kg	—	Manjwango (TAN) W 5-0	Mohammed (IND) L 0-5	did not advance
Emmanuel Ngoma	−60 kg	Steven (KIR) W 5–0	McGivern (NIR) L RSC	did not advance
Nkumbu Silungwe	−64 kg	Bye	Edwards (WAL) W 5 - 0	Blumenfeld (CAN) L 0 - 5	did not advance
Benny Muziyo	−75 kg	Bye	Cooke (DMA) W KO	Yadav (IND) L 0 - 5	did not advance
Mbachi Kaonga	−81 kg	—	Abaka (KEN) W 4 - 1	Waterman (AUS) L 1 - 4	did not advance

Lawn bowls

Main article: Lawn bowls at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Zambia will compete in Lawn bowls.^[3]

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Getrude Siame	Singles	Beattie (NIR) L 14 - 21	Kioa (TGA) L 10 - 21	Murphy (AUS) L 3 - 21	Piketh (RSA) L 9 - 21	—	5	did not advance
Foster Banda Eddah Mpezeni	Pairs	Australia L 5 - 24	Papua New Guinea W 18 - 13	England L 5 - 30	Malta L 12 - 24	Niue W 24 - 10	4	did not advance
Sophia Matipa Mildred Mkandawire Getrude Siame	Triples	New Zealand L 12 - 24	Jersey L 12 - 26	Wales L 20 - 23	Namibia L 9 - 19	—	5	did not advance
Foster Banda Sophia Matipa Mildred Mkandawire Eddah Mpezeni	Fours	South Africa L 10 - 17	Jersey W 22 - 9	New Zealand L 8 - 21	Norfolk Island W 17 - 9	—	3	did not advance

Rugby sevens

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Men's tournament

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

Zambia qualified a men's rugby sevens team of 12 athletes, by finishing in second place among Commonwealth nations at the 2017 Africa Cup Sevens. This will mark the country's Commonwealth Games debut in the sport.^[4]

Roster

• Davy Chimbukulu
• Martin Chisanga
• Edmond Hamayuwa
• Israel Kalumba
• Carlos Kanyama
• Fernard Kashimoto
• Larry Kaushiku
• Terry Kayamba
• Guy Lipschitz
• Sheleni Michelo
• Laston Mukosa
• Edward Mumba

Pool C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	0	127	14	+113	9	Semi-finals
2	Kenya	3	2	0	1	80	50	+30	7	Classification semi-finals
3	Canada	3	1	0	2	64	59	+5	5
4	Zambia	3	0	0	3	0	148	−148	3

Source: GC2018
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.

14 April 2018 10:37 v t e

New Zealand	54–0	Zambia
Try: Koroi 1' c Nanai-Seturo 4' c Molia 7' m Mikkelson 8' c Rokolisoa 8' c Baker 10' c Knewstubb 11' c Ware 14' c Con: Baker (2/3) 1', 8' Koroi (1/1) 4' Rokolisoa (2/2) 9', 10' Knewstubb (2/2) 11', 14'	(Gold Coast 2018)

Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)

14 April 2018 13:55 v t e

Canada	47–0	Zambia
Try: Hirayama 1' m Fuailefau (3) 2' c, 8' c, 11' c Douglas 4' c Coe 6' c Hammond 7' c Con: Hirayama (6/7) 3', 4', 6', 7', 8', 12'	(Gold Coast 2018)	Cards: Sheleni 8' to 10'

Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)

14 April 2018 20:27 v t e

Kenya	47–0	Zambia
Try: Owira 2' m Oluoch (2) 3' c, 9' c Oyoo (2) 5' c, 11' c Odhiambo 7' c Injera 7' c Con: Agero (6/7) 3', 5', 7', 7', 9', 11'	(Gold Coast 2018)

Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji)

Squash

Main article: Squash at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Zambia participated with 2 athletes (2 men).

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Manda Chilambwe	Men's singles	Malhotra (IND) L 0 - 3	did not advance
Kelvin Ndhlovu		Navas (GIB) W 3 - 0	Coll (NZL) L 0 - 3	did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Manda Chilambwe Kelvin Ndhlovu	Men's doubles	Clyne / Lobban (SCO) L 0 - 2	Khalil / Seth (GUY) L 1 - 2	3	did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Zambia participated with 4 athletes (3 men and 1 woman).

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alexandros Axiotis	50 m backstroke	28.77	15 Q	28.57	15	did not advance
Alexandros Axiotis	50 m breaststroke	30.10	22	did not advance
Ralph Goveia		DNS		did not advance
Moonakala Kumaren		31.36	28	did not advance
Alexandros Axiotis	100 m breaststroke	1:06.49	18	did not advance
Ralph Goveia	50 m butterfly	24.62	15 Q	24.49	14	did not advance
Moonakala Kumaren		27.96	49	did not advance
Ralph Goveia	100 m butterfly	54.58	12 Q	54.10	10	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tilka Paljk	50 m freestyle	27.47	22	did not advance
	50 m breaststroke	32.16	14 Q	32.05	13	did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:12.01	21	did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Zambia participated with 1 athlete (1 man).

Singles

Athletes	Event	Group Stage			Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Kennedy Katungu	Men's singles	McCreery (NIR) L 0 - 4	Wing (FIJ) W 4 - 1	2	did not advance

See also

• Zambia 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. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
2. Chipepo, Diana (3 April 2018). "Zambian athletes ready to roar". Zambia Daily Mail. Lusaka, Zambia. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
3. "Lawn Bowls Draw" (PDF). gc2018.com. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
4. Pavitt, Michael (8 October 2017). "Uganda and Zambia qualify for Gold Coast 2018 men's rugby sevens tournament". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.