Canada men's national under-19 basketball team

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Canada Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada Basketball logo.svg
FIBA zone FIBA Americas
National federation Canada Basketball
Coach Paul Weir
FIBA Under-19 World Cup
Appearances12
Medals Gold medal america.svg Gold: 2017
Bronze medal america.svg Bronze: 2021
FIBA Americas U-18 Championship
Appearances11
Medals Silver medal america.svg Silver: 2014, 2016, 2018
Bronze medal (Americas).svg Bronze: 2008, 2010, 2012

The Canadian men's national under-19 basketball team represents Canada in international under-18 and under-19 (under age 18 and under age 19) basketball competitions. They are overseen by Canada Basketball, the governing body for basketball in Canada. [1]

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The 2017 team won the Canadian Press Team of the Year Award, becoming the first basketball team to win the award. [2]

A prominent member was RJ Barrett who helped his country win the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup, where he became the tournament's MVP. [3] The head coach Roy Rana in later years would become an NBA assistant coach and Head Coach of the Egyptian men's national basketball team.

Competitive record

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within the Canada

FIBA Under-19 World Cup

YearPosition
Flag of Brazil.svg 1979 7th
Flag of Spain.svg 1983 14th
Flag of Italy.svg 1987 6th
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 1991 8th
Flag of Greece.svg 1995 DNQ
Flag of Portugal.svg 1999 DNQ
Flag of Greece.svg 2003 DNQ
Flag of Serbia.svg 2007 10th
Flag of New Zealand.svg 2009 7th
Flag of Latvia.svg 2011 11th
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 2013 6th
Flag of Greece.svg 2015 5th
Flag of Egypt.svg 2017 Gold medal icon.svg
Flag of Greece.svg 2019 8th
Flag of Latvia.svg 2021 Bronze medal icon.svg
Flag of Hungary.svg 2023 7th
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 2025 TBD
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 2027

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References

  1. FIBA National Federations – Canada, fiba.com, accessed 23 September 2015.
  2. FIBA U19 men's basketball wins Canadian Press team of the year, Lori Ewing (The Canadian Press), 28 December 2017. Accessed 10 August 2020.
  3. Barrett named MVP after winning Canada's first U19 title, fiba.com, 9 July 2017. Accessed 16 April 2020.