Canada men's national under-19 basketball team

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National federationCanada Basketball
CoachPaul Weir
World Cups
Appearances12
MedalsGold medal america.svg 2017
Bronze medal america.svg 2021
Americas Championships
Appearances11
MedalsSilver medal america.svg 2014, 2016, 2018
Bronze medal (Americas).svg 2008, 2010, 2012

The Canadian men's national under-18 and under-19 basketball team is governed by Canada Basketball,[1] and represents Canada in international under-18 and under-19 (under age 18 and under age 19) basketball competitions.

The 2017 team won the Canadian Press Team of the Year Award, the first basketball team ever in history.[2]

A prominent member was RJ Barrett who helped his country gain the title at the 2017 where he became the tournament's MVP.[3] The head coach Roy Rana in later years would become an NBA assistant coach and Head Coach of the Egyptian men's national basketball team.

FIBA Under-19 World Cup[]

Year Position
Brazil 1979 7th
Spain 1983 14th
Italy 1987 6th
Canada 1991 8th
Greece 1995 DNQ
Portugal 1999 DNQ
Greece 2003 DNQ
Serbia 2007 10th
New Zealand 2009 7th
Latvia 2011 11th
Czech Republic 2013 6th
Greece 2015 5th
Egypt 2017 Gold medal icon.svg
Greece 2019 8th
Latvia 2021 Bronze medal icon.svg

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ FIBA National Federations – Canada, fiba.com, accessed 23 September 2015.
  2. ^ FIBA U19 men's basketball wins Canadian Press team of the year, Lori Ewing (The Canadian Press), 28 December 2017. Accessed 10 August 2020.
  3. ^ Barrett named MVP after winning Canada's first U19 title, fiba.com, 9 July 2017. Accessed 16 April 2020.

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