Canada Basketball – TORONTO, ONT. – Canada Basketball is pleased to announce the 12 athletes who will represent Canada at the upcoming FIBA U17 Women’s Basketball World Cup 2018.

Click here for the U17 Women’s National Team roster.

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

Following the end of training camp, the team will depart for Europe on July 12 for 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. 

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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