EDMONTON, AB (July 25, 2018) - Canada Basketball announced today the 12 athletes who will represent Canada in a four-game Asia Exhibition series in China and Japan from August 1-7.

As preparations continue ahead of the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2018, Canada will face 10th ranked China and 13th ranked Japan.  At the FIBA Women's Asia Cup 2017, Japan (champions) and China (3rdplace) both qualified for this September's World Cup.

Steve Baur (Canada Basketball) will assume head coaching duties for the series and will be joined by fellow assistant Carly Clarke (Ryerson University).

"It is a great opportunity to play against other teams heading to the World Cup later this summer." said Baur.  "Facing China at home then heading to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Summer Games site to play Japan is going to be a great challenge.  The two teams have contrasting styles, so this will be a great test for us, both offensively and defensively, to assess where we currently are."

A full list of athletes and coaches can be found below. Training camp is closed to the public. Media are invited to post-practice scrums on the following dates:

Thursday, July 26

11:15 a.m. Gym Opens
11:35 a.m. Availability

Friday, July 27

10:50 a.m. Gym Opens
11:10 a.m. Availability

*All times are MDT and subject to change

Media interested in attending training camp can contact Matt Walker (mwalker@basketball.ca).  Practices will take place at the Saville Community Sports Centre in Edmonton.

Canada is currently ranked a program-high 5th in the FIBA World ranking presented by Nike.

2018 WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM ASIA EXHIBITION ROSTER

2018 WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM ASIA EXHIBITION COACHES & STAFF

2018 WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM ASIA EXHIBITION SCHEDULE

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