Women’s High Performance to Host Age-Group Assessment Camp in Toronto

“We are excited to see the top nationally identified athletes compete and challenge themselves in our world class training environment.  As part of their long term development, our staff will provide direction on next steps in their individual performance plans as we prepare for this summer’s U16 and U19 teams,” said Denise Dignard, Director of Women’s High Performance. 

“We are looking forward to also having coaches, technical leaders, mentors, performance analysts and IST staff from across the country, all of whom are committed to the long-term development of NextGen athletes in our Podium Pathway. This is an amazing development opportunity for all involved,” Dignard said.

The objective of the camp is to provide a national training environment with international focus to top identified athletes born in 2000 and later.  Players will undergo physical training sessions and physical testing under the evaluation of national team coaches, sports scientists and technical staff for the purposes of identifying those who will be invited to the next stage of the 2019 age-group programs.

Athletes born 2000 or later will be assessed for their participation in the U19 team, competing at the FIBA U19 Women’s Basketball World Cup 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand. Last summer, the team earned a silver medal at the at the FIBA U18 Women’s Americas Championship 2018 in Mexico City, Mexico.

Athletes born 2003 or later will be assessed for participation in the U16 team, which will compete this summer at the FIBA U16 Women’s Americas Championship 2019 (date / location TBD)

Canada is currently ranked 4th overall in the FIBA women’s age-group rankings.

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