TORONTO (February 13, 2024) – Canada Basketball announced Tuesday the 14 athletes attending Canada’s Senior Men’s National Team training camp ahead of the first window of the FIBA Men’s AmeriCup Qualifiers 2025. 

Canada will face Nicaragua on Friday, February 23, at the Meridian Centre at 7:10 p.m. ET before travelling south to Nicaragua for a rematch on Monday, February 26 (time TBC).  Fans can catch all the action live on Sportsnet+.

Tickets for Friday’s game in St. Catharines are on sale now via Ticketmaster and start as low as $30 (plus applicable fees). Tickets are also available by contacting the Niagara River Lions Front Office, which is open weekdays from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. by calling or texting 289-273-5905 or visiting 2 Front Street North, Thorold. ON, L2V 1X4. Online and phone orders are subject to applicable fees.

The Senior Men’s National Team will host a training camp in St. Catharines from February 19-22.

The 16 teams in the FIBA Men’s AmeriCup 2025 Qualifiers have been distributed into four groups of four teams each, with Canada being drawn into Group C along with the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Nicaragua. 

Each team will play each opponent in their group twice under a "home and away" format during three windows, which will take place in February and November 2024 and then in February 2025. 

The top three teams in each group (12 in total) will qualify for the FIBA Men’s AmeriCup 2025.

Canada is currently ranked sixth in the latest FIBA World Ranking Men, presented by Nike, after the rankings were updated following the FIBA Men’s Basketball World Cup 2023.