TORONTO, ONTARIO - Canada Basketball announced the 15 athletes who have been invited to the invitational tryout for the 2012 Canadian Cadette Women’s National Team. Canadian female athletes born January 1, 1995 or later are eligible for the 2012 Canadian Cadette Women’s National Team. The team will compete in the FIBA U17 World Championship for Women in Amsterdam, Netherlands from August 17 to August 26. Tryouts will take place at Georgian College in Barrie, Ontario starting July 30 to August 1.

2012 CADETTE WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM – TRYOUT BY INVITATION ROSTER

“We are very excited to be starting our camp.  After four long months since our ID camp, and fourteen months since we qualified for the World Championships, we are eager to get back together again,” said head coach Carly Clarke.

Clarke added, “For these athletes, it will be their first opportunity to experience a World Championship competition.  We are excited to make this first experience one that leads them looking forward and working towards future Canada Basketball opportunities - as well as an understanding of what it takes to follow in the footsteps of their role models who are currently experiencing the Olympics.”

In this year’s FIBA U17 World Championship for Women, Canada has been placed in Group A which includes: Belgium, Italy, Korea, Mali and USA. Canada qualified for this tournament by placing third in the 2011 FIBA Americas U16 Championship for Women.

In the first ever FIBA U17 World Championship in 2010, the Canadian team placed 11th in the world.

The Canadian youth women’s program is currently ranked fourth in the FIBA world rankings. These rankings combine both junior and cadette women’s national teams.

To learn more about the 2012 FIBA U17 World Championship for Women, please visit the tournament website here.

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