Where were the 2018 XXI Commonwealth Games hosted?

The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Gold Coast 2018, is an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, between April 4th and 15th 2018. The winning bid was announced in Basseterre, Saint Kitts, on 11 November 2011. It will be the fifth time Australia has hosted the Commonwealth Games.

One of the key technical aspects of Gold Coast City's successful bid was the fact that the city already had eighty percent of the planned venues in place. The vast majority of venues are located within twenty minutes driving time of the Athletes Village in Parkwood and are broadly grouped into three areas; Central Gold Coast City, North Gold Coast City and South Gold Coast City. The only sports that were held outside of Gold Coast City are track cycling and the preliminary rounds of Basketball which were held in Brisbane and Cairns or Townsville respectively, along with the shooting which was held in neighbouring Belmont.

Athletes competed in twenty-six summer sports. Although there are fifty-three members of the Commonwealth of Nations, seventy-one teams participate in the Commonwealth Games. A number of dependent territories competed under their own flags. The four Home Nations of the United Kingdom: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, also sent separate teams.