TORONTO, ON (June 8, 2018) - Canada Basketball is pleased to announce the 17 athletes who will attend the U17 men's national team training camp from June 11-16 at Humber College - North Campus (Toronto, ON).

Head Coach Kirby Schepp (University of Manitoba) will be joined by assistants Michael Meeks (Canada Basketball), Dan Vanhooren (University of Calgary), and Jason Dawkins (Ontario Basketball).

Following training camp, the team will travel to Mexico City on Sunday, June 17 for pre-competition training from June 18-21. From there the team will travel to Argentina for additional pre-competition training from June 23-27 ahead of the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2018.  

A full list of athletes, coaches and team schedule can be found below. Tryouts and training are closed to the public. Media are invited to post-practice scrums on the following dates:

Wednesday, June 13

11:00 a.m. Gym Opens
11:15 a.m. Availability

Friday, June 15

11:00 a.m. Gym Opens
11:15 a.m. Availability

*All times are EST and subject to change

Media interested in attending training camp can contact Team Manager Jeff Giovanatti (email). Practices will take place at Humber College - North Campus.

Last summer, the team earned a silver medal at the FIBA U16 Americas Championship 2017 in Formosa, Argentina.

Canada is currently ranked 2nd worldwide in the FIBA Youth Men Rankings.

2018 U17 MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM TRAINING CAMP ROSTER

2018 U17 MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM COACHES & STAFF

2018 U17 MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM SCHEDULE