March 18, 2016
Football Canada invites 40 players to 2016 World Championship
Football Canada – OTTAWA, ON (March 17, 2016) – Football Canada has invited 40 players to its Junior National Team for the 2016 International Federation of American Football (IFAF) U19 World Championship in Harbin, China. A roster of 45-players will represent Canada as they look to dethrone defending gold medalist, Team USA.
Canada and the U.S. have met in each of the first three IFAF U19 World Championship finals, with Canada winning gold at the 2012 worlds in Austin, Texas.
The team is led by head coach WARREN CRANEY who served as defensive coordinator under head coaches Glen Constantin (2009) and Noel Thorpe (2012) prior to taking over, as head coach, in 2013. The program’s longest serving coach is looking to end his term as national team head coach with a strong showing in China.
“We head into China with the goal of bringing a gold medal back home to Canadian soil,” Craney said. “As a coaching staff, we’ve used the International Bowl series against the U.S. national teams as an opportunity to prepare, evaluate and select the top identified players to go on and represent our nation on the world stage.”
“This tournament and its competition keeps improving each cycle and we look forward to representing our great football nation in China.”
Team Canada is tentatively scheduled to begin training camp in China the week of June 20.
Junior National Team Invitation Roster
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Pos.
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First / Prénom |
Last / Nom de famille
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Hometown / Ville natale |
Team / Équipe
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Commitment / Engagement |
| DB/DD | Denver | Coursol | St-Lin-des-Laurentides, QC | Collège André-Grasset | |
| DB/DD | Jérémie | Dominique | Rosemère, Qué. | Cégep Vieux Montreal | |
| DB/DD | Stavros | Katsantonis | Vancouver, BC / Bakersfield, CA | UBC | |
| DB/DD | Ted | Kubongo | Calgary, Alta. | Notre Dame (Calgary) | |
| DB/DD | Bruno | Lagacé | Boucherville, Qué. | Collège André-Grasset | |
| DB/DD | Tyrell | Richards | Brampton, Ont. | Brampton Bulldogs | Carleton |
| DB/DD | Kaylyn | Smith St-Cyr | La Prairie, Qué. | Vanier College | |
| DB/DD | Elijah | Walker | Brampton, Ont. | U. Guelph | |
| DE/AD | Nathan | Cherry | Saskatoon, Sask. | Aden Bowman | Saskatchewan |
| DE/AD | Nicholas | Dheilly | Regina, Sask. | Dr. Martin LeBoldus HS | Saskatchewan |
| DL/LD | Liam | Dobson | Ottawa, Ont. | Canada Prep. | |
| DT/PD | Skye | King | Calgary, Alta. | Calgary Colts (CJFL) | York |
| DT/PD | Jmin | Pelley | Calgary, Alta. | Calgary Colts (CJFL) | Carleton |
| DE/AD | Justin | Sambu | Cochrane, Alta. | Cochrane HS | |
| DT/PD | Cheikhe | Sidy Sow | Bromont, Qué. | Collège Champlain-Lennoxville | |
| LB/SEC | Michael | Brodrique | St-Marthe-sur-le-lac, Qué. | Collège Champlain-Lennoxville | |
| LB/SEC | Nicolas | Cross | Regina, Sask. | Dr. Martin LeBoldus HS | |
| LB/SEC | Kean | Harelimana | Laval, Qué. | Vanier College | |
| LB/SEC | Alec | Poirier | Loraine, Qué. | Collège Champlain-Lennoxville | |
| LB/SEC | Deshawn | Stevens | Toronto, Ont. | Kent School (CT) | Maine (NCAA) |
| LB/SEC | Ben | Whiting | Saskatoon, Sask. | U. of Saskatchewan | |
| OT/T | Drew | Desjarlais | Belle River, Ont. | U. of Windsor | |
| OL/LO | Jesse | Gibbon | Hamilton, Ont. | U. of Waterloo | |
| C | Samuel | Lefebvre | Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon, Qué. | Cégep Levis-Lauzon | Laval |
| C, G | Marc-Antoine | Lemay | Trois-Rivières, Que. | Collège Champlain-Lennoxville | |
| OL/LO | Pier-Olivier | Lestage | Saint-Eustache, Qué. | Cégep St-Jean-sur-Richelieu | |
| OL/LO | Philippe | Robitaille | Montréal, Qué. | Cégep Levis-Lauzon | |
| OT/T | Zack | Williams | Winnipeg, Man. | U. of Manitoba | |
| RB/DO | Jesse | Amankwaa | Toronto, Ont. | York U. | |
| RB/DO | Dynell | Pierre | Montréal, Qué. | Cégep Vieux Montréal | |
| WR/RÉ | Colton | Hunchak | Calgary, Alta. | York U. | |
| WR/RÉ | Jacob | Izquierdo | Calgary, Alta. | St. Francis HS | |
| WR/RÉ | Jacob | Janke | Edmonton, Alta. | York U. | |
| REC | Nikola | Kalinic | Etobicoke, Ont. | York U. | |
| WR/RÉ | Chris | Osei-Kusi | Brampton, Ont. | Queen’s U. | |
| WR/RÉ | Bryan | Owusu Bekoe | Mirabel, Qué. | Vanier College | |
| WR/RÉ | François | Rocheleau | Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Qué. | Collège André-Grasset | |
| QB/QA | Dimitri | Morand | Gatineau, Qué. | Cégep St-Jean-sur-Richelieu | |
| QB/QA | Mason | Nyhus | Regina, Sask. | Riffel | Saskatchewan |
| K/B | Vincent | Blanchard | St-Germain-de-Grantham, Qué. | Collège Champlain-Lennoxville |
2016 Junior National Team Coaching Staff
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Pos.
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Name |
Team
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| Head Coach and Defensive Backs | Warren Craney | York Lions |
| Offensive Coordinator | Joe D’Amore | Windsor Lancers |
| Defensive Coordinator | Kevin MacNeill | Guelph Gryphons |
| Special Teams Coordinator and Defensive Line | Brian Guebert | Saskatchewan Huskies |
| Quarterbacks | Chris Auger | Laval Rouge et Or |
| Offensive Line | JF Joncas | Champlain-Lennox. Cougars |
| Receivers | Kamau Peterson | York Lions |
| Linebackers | Jeff Yausie | Saskatoon Hilltops (CJFL) |
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