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Fifteen athletes named to Senior Men’s National Team preliminary roster ahead of FIBA Men’s AmeriCup Qualifiers 2025 second window
TORONTO (November 6, 2024) – Canada Basketball announced Wednesday the 15 athletes selected to Canada’s Senior Men’s National Team preliminary roster ahead of the second window of the FIBA Men’s AmeriCup Qualifiers 2025.
Of the 15 athletes named to the preliminary roster, 14 will be selected to attend Senior Men’s National Team training camp at the University of Saskatchewan from November 17-20. The final 12-player roster will be submitted during the technical meeting before each game.
Canada will take on the Dominican Republic on Thursday, November 21 (7:10 p.m. CT / 8:10 p.m. ET) before facing Mexico on Sunday, November 24 (2:10 p.m. CT / 3:10 p.m. ET). Both games will take place at the SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, and fans can catch all the action live on Sportsnet.
Single-game tickets and Team Canada 2-Packs are on sale now via Ticketmaster and start at $20 (plus applicable fees). Tickets can also be purchased by contacting the Saskatchewan Rattlers by email at tickets@therattlers.ca, by phone at 306-244-2182, or by visiting their head office at 2-183 2nd Ave South, Saskatoon.
The team opened the FIBA Men’s AmeriCup 2025 Qualifiers with a pair of victories over Nicaragua in February and currently sits undefeated, 2-0, atop Group C. During three windows, in February 2024, November 2024, and February 2025, each team will play each opponent in their group twice under a "home and away" format.
The 16 teams in the FIBA Men’s AmeriCup 2025 Qualifiers are in four groups of four teams each. The top three teams in each group (12 in total) will qualify for the FIBA Men’s AmeriCup 2025.
The top three teams in each group (12 in total) will qualify for the FIBA Men’s AmeriCup 2025. Nicaragua has automatically qualified as the FIBA Men’s AmeriCup 2025 host. As a result, the top two teams from Group C (Canada, Dominican Republic and Mexico) will qualify for the tournament.
Canada’s Senior Men’s National Team is coming off a fifth-place finish at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, its first appearance in the tournament in 24 years. It was the team’s highest finish since fourth place at the 1986 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
Canada is currently ranked fifth in the latest FIBA World Ranking Men, presented by Nike. The rankings were updated following the Men’s Basketball Tournament at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
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