EDMONTON, AB (Sept 20, 2019) – Canada will make their sixth stop in the FIBA 3×3 Women’s Series at the FIBA 3×3 Women’s Series Edmonton on September 21 and 22. The Women’s Series Edmonton Stop is the final event of the FIBA 3×3 Women’s Series 2019.
Entering the tournament as the No. 1 seed, Katherine Plouffe, Michelle Plouffe, Paige Crozon and Catherine Traer are representing Canada this weekend in Montreal. Canada (510 points) is currently ranked second in the FIBA 3×3 Women’s Series Tour Standings. France (770 points) has captured six titles to lead all teams in the standings.
Canada is in Pool A and will face Czech Republic (4:00 PM ET) and Poland (5:50 PM ET) in the Round Robin. The six teams are split in two pools of three teams each playing Round Robin games. The winner of each pool will directly qualify for the semifinals. The teams classified 2nd and 3rd in each pool will play in the quarter-finals. As the final event of the FIBA 3×3 World Series 2019, A Most Valuable Player will be named at the end of the tournament.
All games will be streamed live via FIBA 3×3 YouTube.
The FIBA 3×3 Women’s Series is the first-ever FIBA 3×3 competition dedicated to women. Each national federation can register one team at the FIBA 3×3 Women’s Series. Teams then qualify for individual events based on the number of events they have already been allocated to and their team ranking. The Women’s Series Edmonton is the 15th event of the FIBA 3×3 Women’s Series 2019.
Canada finished fourth overall in their FIBA 3×3 Women’s Series debut in Turin. Following their debut, Canada has finished second in the FIBA 3×3 Women’s Series Poiters, and third in the FIBA 3×3 Women’s Series Lignano. Most recently, Canada finished first in the last three FIBA 3×3 Women’s Series stop, Prauge, Bucharest and Montreal.
Canada is currently ranked 23rd (3rd Americas) in the FIBA 3×3 Federation Rankings.
Source: Canada Basketball
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