TORONTO (May 31, 2024) – Fifteen of Canada’s top age-group players have been selected to attend a #FuellingTheFuture G Camp as Canada Basketball’s U18 Women’s National Team trains ahead of the FIBA U18 Women's AmeriCup 2024.

The training camp will be held at Humber College’s North Campus Gymnasium from June 1-11.

The FIBA U18 Women’s AmeriCup 2024 will be held from June 17 to 23, 2024, at the Coliseo Bicentenario Arena in Bucaramanga, Colombia. The field will comprise the top eight teams from across the Americas zone. 

All the action will be streamed live on FIBA's YouTube channel.

Canada was drawn into Group A and will compete against Argentina (June 17, 6:40 p.m. ET), Colombia (June 18, 9:10 p.m. ET), and the Dominican Republic (June 19, 6:40 p.m. ET) in Group Phase action. All eight teams participating in the event will advance to the quarter-finals, followed by the semifinals and medal round games.

The top four teams in the event will successfully qualify for next summer’s FIBA U19 Women’s Basketball World Cup 2025.

Marlo Davis will make his Canadian national team head coaching debut at the FIBA U18 Women’s AmeriCup 2024 and be joined on the bench by assistant coaches Tamara Tatham, Christa Eniojukan, and Michelle Abella.

Canada has won silver in six of its last nine appearances at the FIBA U18 Women’s AmeriCup, placing third in 2004 and 2010. In its most recent appearance in 2022, the U18 Women’s Team secured two strong wins in the quarterfinals and semifinals before falling in a close matchup against Team USA.

Players selected to attend training camp were invited to a Canada Basketball Women’s High-Performance National Team Age-Group Assessment Camp.

Canada is currently ranked 3rd overall in the FIBA World Ranking presented by Nike, following the conclusion of the FIBA 2023 Youth Events.