FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TORONTO, ON (JULY 27, 2017) - Canada Basketball's Women's High Performance program is pleased to announce the 18 athletes invited to attend the Development Women's National Team Tryouts and Training Camp at Ryerson University (Kerr Hall) from July 29 to August 8, 2017.

"We look forward to a competitive tryout and training camp as our program looks to field the best team to compete against world class teams in Tokyo and at the FISU Games," said Denise Dignard, Director, Women's High Performance. "We continue to build the depth of our athlete pool and provide them with meaningful international mileage."

The finalized team roster will leave for Tokyo, Japan on August 9 to compete at the U24 Women Basketball League Four Nations 2017 where they will face off against Japan, USA and Australia. Canada tips-off tournament play on August 12 against host Japan at 3:30 AM ET.

Following this tournament, the team will then travel to Taipei City, Taiwan to compete at the Taipei 2017 29thSummer Universiade. Canada tips-off tournament play on August 21 against Portugal at 3 AM ET.

Fabian McKenzie (Cape Breton University) takes the helm in his 6th year as Head Coach. McKenzie is joined by assistant coaches Chantal Vallee (University of Windsor) and Nate McKibbon (Mount Royal University), along with Michele Belanger (University of Toronto) who will join the staff for training camp.

Canada is currently ranked 6th in the FIBA World Rankings.

Media are invited to post-practice scrums on the following dates. Please RSVP to mwalker@basketball.ca.

MEDIA AVAILABILITY

Monday August 7
6:45 p.m. Gym Opens
7:00 p.m. Availability

*All times are EST and subject to change

The full staff list, roster and schedule can be found below. Follow Canada Basketball on Twitter for game streaming details and live game coverage.

PLAYERS INVITED TO 2017 DWNT TRYOUTS BY INVITATION

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