EDMONTON, AB (November 13, 2019) – Canada Basketball is pleased to announce the Senior Women’s National Team roster for the FIBA Women’s Olympic Pre-Qualifying Americas Tournament.
The Edmonton EXPO Centre’s Hall D Arena will host Canada’s FIBA Women’s Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament from November 14-17.
Canada will face Cuba (November 14 7:30 PM MT), Puerto Rico (November 16 5:00 PM MT) and Dominican Republic (November 17 4:00 PM MT). Click here for the full tournament schedule.
Tickets to cheer on Team Canada start at just $15 and can be purchased online through Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.ca. Day pass tickets grant fans access to both games of the double-header.
The newly developed Olympic pre-qualification tournaments will tip-off in November 2019 to qualify teams to the FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 2020, and ultimately the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Africa will host one tournament, with the Americas and Asia-Oceania hosting two tournaments each.
22 national teams will take part in the upcoming FIBA Women’s Pre-Qualifying Tournaments to qualify for one of the four global FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 2020, taking place in February 2020.
For the Americas and Asia-Oceania regions, eight teams per region will compete for four spots (top two teams per group), at the FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 2020 in February next year. For Africa, six teams will fight it out for two qualifying spots. Meanwhile in Europe the top six teams from the FIBA Women’s EuroBasket 2019 will qualify directly to the FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 2020.
These 16 top teams will compete in the FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 2020, taking place in February 2020, which will be split into four groups in a draw held later in the year.
The top three teams from each tournament will qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Women’s Basketball Tournament. Both the USA (FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2018 champions), and Japan (hosts), will play in the qualification tournaments and regardless of their results advance through to Tokyo 2020.
This is the start of an exciting new women’s competition system for FIBA, with more than 100 teams taking part in the new system, that will also include a new qualification system for the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2022. For more information about the Women’s National Team Competition System, click here.
A full list of athletes, coaches and team schedule can be found below.
Canada is currently ranked a program-high 4th worldwide in the FIBA World Ranking Presented by NIKE and have participated in the past two Olympic Games (London 2012, Rio 2016).
SENIOR WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM FIBA WOMEN’S OLYMPIC PRE-QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT ROSTER
| Name | Position | Height | Hometown | 2019-2020 Club / School |
| Natalie Achonwa |
Forward |
6’3″ |
Guelph, ON | Indiana Fever (WNBA) |
| Miranda Ayim |
Forward |
6’3″ |
London, ON | Basket Landes (France) |
| Bridget Carleton |
Guard |
6’1″ |
Chatham, ON | Minnesota Lynx (WNBA) /
Townsville Fire (Australia) |
| Quinn Dornstauder |
Centre |
6’4″ |
Regina, SK | Zamarat (Spain) |
| Aaliyah Edwards |
Forward |
6’3″ |
Kingston, ON | Crestwood Prep (OSBA) |
| Kim Gaucher |
Guard |
6’1″ |
Mission, BC | Mondeville (France) |
| Ruth Hamblin |
Centre |
6’6″ |
Houston, BC | Dynamo Novosibirsk (Russia) |
| Sami Hill |
Guard |
5’10” |
Toronto, ON | Donau-Ries (Germany) |
| Kia Nurse |
Guard |
6’0″ |
Hamilton, ON | New York Liberty (WNBA) /
Canberra Capitals (Australia) |
| Shaina Pellington |
Guard |
5’8″ |
Pickering, ON | Arizona (NCAA) |
| Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe |
Forward |
6’2″ |
Toronto, ON | New York Liberty (WNBA) /
Nadezhda Orenburg (Russia) |
| Jamie Scott |
Guard |
5’10” |
Clarkston, WA | Dynamo Novosibirsk (Russia) |
SENIOR WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM FIBA WOMEN’S OLYMPIC PRE-QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT COACHES & STAFF
| Name | Position | Hometown | Affiliation |
| Lisa Thomaidis | Head Coach | Dundas, ON | University of Saskatchewan |
| Steve Baur | Assistant Coach | Sackville, NS | Canada Basketball |
| Carly Clarke | Assistant Coach | Halifax, NS | Ryerson University |
| Max Hirst | Coordinator, Performance Analysis | Collingwood, ON | Canada Basketball |
| Lauren Buschmann | Sports Scientist & IST Manager | St. Catharines, ON | Canada Basketball/CSI-Ontario |
| Rhonda Shishkin | Physiotherapist | Saskatoon, SK | University of Saskatchewan |
| Danielle Dobney | Athletic Therapist | Toronto, ON | York University |
| Bryce Tully | Mental Performance Consultant | Halifax, NS | CSC-Atlantic |
| Marni Wesner | Lead Physician | Edmonton, AB | University of Alberta |
| Anne Marie Thuss | Team Manager | Hamilton, ON | McMaster University |
| Denise Dignard | Director, WHP | Port Cartier, QC | Canada Basketball |
| Mike MacKay | Performance Manager, WHP | Truro, NS | Canada Basketball |
| Elaine Sun | Manager Women’s Basketball Operations, WHP | Thornhill, ON | Canada Basketball |
| Matt Walker | Communications Manager | Ancaster, ON | Canada Basketball |
SENIOR WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM FIBA WOMEN’S OLYMPIC PRE-QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
| DATE | ITEM |
TIME (MT) |
LOCATION |
| November 14 | Canada vs. Cuba |
7:30 PM |
FIBA Women’s Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament Edmonton, AB |
| November 16 | Canada vs. Puerto Rico |
5:00 PM |
|
| November 17 | Canada vs. Dominican Republic |
4:00 PM |
SOURCE: Canada Basketball
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