Canada women's national basketball team

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Canada Canada
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FIBA ranking 9 Steady
FIBA zone FIBA Americas
National federation Canada Basketball
Coach Lisa Thomaidis
Olympic Games
Appearances 5
Medals none
Women's World Cup
Appearances 9
Medals Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Bronze: 1979, 1986
Americas Championship for Women
Appearances 11
Medals Gold medal america.svg Gold: 1995, 2015
Silver medal america.svg Silver: 2013
Bronze medal america.svg Bronze: 1989, 1993, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011
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The Canadian women's national basketball team represents Canada in international basketball competitions. The team is currently ranked 9th by FIBA. Athletes for this team are selected by Canada Basketball.

Performance

Summer Olympics

FIBA World Championship

Pan American Games

  • 1955: 5th place
  • 1959: 4th place
  • 1963: 4th place
  • 1967: Bronze medal with cup.svg 3rd place
  • 1971: 5th place
  • 1975: 5th place
  • 1979: Bronze medal with cup.svg 3rd place
  • 1983: 4th place
  • 1987: Bronze medal with cup.svg 3rd place
  • 1991: 4th place
  • 1995: Cancelled
  • 1999: Silver medal with cup.svg 2nd place
  • 2003: 4th place
  • 2007: 4th place
  • 2011: 6th place
  • 2015: Gold medal with cup.svg 1st place

FIBA Americas Championship

Current Roster

Roster for the 2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship.

Canada women's national basketball team - 2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – DOB Ht. Club
G 4 Langolis, Miah-Marie Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1991-09-21)21 September 1991 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Dynamo Guvd Novosibirsk Russia
G 5 Nurse, Kia Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1996-02-22)22 February 1996 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Connecticut Huskies United States
G 6 Thorburn, Shona Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1982-08-07)7 August 1982 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Nantes Reze Basket France
F 7 Raincock-Ekunwe, Nayo – 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) TSV 1880 Wasserburg Germany
G 8 Gaucher, Kim Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1984-05-07)7 May 1984 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Lattes Montpellier France
F 9 Ayim, Miranda Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1988-05-06)6 May 1988 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Basket Landres France
G 10 Fields, Nirra Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1993-12-03)3 December 1993 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) UCLA Bruins United States
F 11 Achonwa, Natalie Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1992-11-22)22 November 1992 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Indiana Fever United States
F 12 Murphy, Lizanne Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1984-03-15)15 March 1984 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) UF Angers Basket France
F 13 Tatham, Tamara Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1985-08-19)19 August 1985 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Piešťanské Čajky Slovakia
F 14 Plouffe, Katherine Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1992-09-15)15 September 1992 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Nantes Reze Basket France
F 15 Plouffe, Michelle Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1992-09-15)15 September 1992 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Lattes Montpellier France
Head coach
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Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 9 August 2015

Pam Am games 2015

The Canada women's national basketball team participated in basketball at the 2015 Pan American Games held in Toronto, Canada July 10 to 26, 2015. Canada opened the preliminary rounds with an easy 101–38 win over Venezuela. The following day they beat Argentina 73–58. The final preliminary game was against Cuba; both teams were 2–0, so the winner would win the group. The game went down to the wire with Canada eking out a 71–68 win.[1] Canada would face Brazil in the semifinal.

Canada opened the semifinal with an 11–2 run on seven consecutive points by Miranda Ayim. Miah-Marie Langlois contributed five assists. In the third quarter Canada strongly out rebounded Brazil and hit 69% of their field goals to score 33 points in the quarter. Lizanne Murphy and Nirra Fields hit three-pointers to help extend the lead to 68–39 at the end of three quarters. Canada continued to dominate in the fourth quarter with three-pointers by Nurse and Kim Gaucher. Canada went on to win the game 91–63 to earn a spot in the gold-medal game against the USA.[2]

The gold-medal game matched up the host team Canada against USA, in a sold out arena dominated by fans in red and white and waving the Canadian flag. The Canadian team, arm in arm, sang Oh Canada as the respective national anthems were played.

After trading baskets early the US edged out to a double-digit lead in the second quarter. However the Canadians, with the home crowd cheering, tied up the game at halftime. In the third quarter Canada outscored the US 26–15. The lead would reach as high as 18 points. The USA would fight back, but not all the way and Canada won the game and the gold-medal 81–73. It was Canada's first gold-medal in basketball in the Pan Am games. Kia Nurse was the star for Canada with 33 points, hitting 11 of her 12 free-throw attempts in 10 of her 17 field-goal attempts including two of three three-pointers.[3][4][5][6]

FIBA Americas Women's Championship 2015

Canada participated at the 2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship, a qualifying event used to determine invitations to the 2016 Olympics. The games were held in Edmonton, Canada in August, 2015. Canada was assigned to Group A and played Puerto Rico, Chile, the Dominican Republic and Cuba in the preliminary rounds. Canada won the first three games easily with a 94–57 win over Puerto Rico is the closest match. The final preliminary round game was against undefeated Cuba, a team Canada had faced in the Pan Am games. Cuba played well in that event and was expected to challenge Canada. However, Canada defeated Cuba 92–43 to win first place in the group for a spot in the semifinal against the second-place team in group B, Brazil.[7]

The semifinal game against Brazil was much closer. Canada led by only six points at halftime but gradually expanded the lead to end up with an 83–66 win, and a spot in the gold-medal game.[8] The gold-medal game was a rematch with Cuba who won their semifinal game against Argentina. Despite the lopsided result in the preliminary rounds, Canada expected a closer game. Cuba started off strong and had an eight-point lead early in the game. Canada responded with a 16–0 run to take over the lead, but Cuba responded and took a small lead early in the second half. Then Canada took the lead back and gradually expanded the lead to end up with the win, 82–66. As the game wound down to the close, the crowd was chanting "Rio","Rio","Rio" in recognition of the fact that the win qualifies Canada for the Olympics in Rio in 2016.[9][10]

See also

References

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