Canada Basketball – TORONTO, ONT. (June 28, 2018) – Canada Basketball is pleased to announce the 15 athletes invited to the U17 women’s national team training camp at Humber College – North Campus (Toronto, ON) from June 29-July 12.

Click here for the U17 Women’s National Team training camp invitees.

Head Coach Jodi Gram (Bill Crothers Secondary) will be joined by assistants Dani Sinclair (University of Victoria) and Albena Branzova-Dimitrova (UQAM).

“Heading to a World Cup is always exciting but this group of staff and athletes only adds to that excitement,” said Gram.  “We have threats at every position in different ways, and a group that has shown commitment to investing in themselves away from camp to ultimately make the team better.  Working with this age group and traveling internationally always proves to be an amazing growth opportunity.”

Following the end of the invitational tryouts and training period, the team will depart for Europe on July 12 and will begin exhibition games against Latvia, China, and USA in Liepaja, Latvia between July 14-16.

The team will then travel to Minsk, Belarus to begin their quest for a gold medal in the FIBA U17 Women’s Basketball World Cup 2018. 

A full list of athletes, coaches and team schedule can be found below. Tryouts and training are closed to the public. Media are invited to post-practice scrums on the following dates:

Wednesday, July 4

6:15 p.m. Gym Opens
6:30 p.m. Availability

Wednesday, July 11

6:15 p.m. Gym Opens
6:30 p.m. Availability

*All times are EDT and subject to change

Media interested in attending training camp can contact Team Manager Tamara Tatham.  Practices will take place at Humber College – North Campus.

Last summer, the team earned a silver medal at the FIBA U16 Women’s Americas Championship 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Canada is currently ranked 4th worldwide in the FIBA World Ranking Presented by NIKE.

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