Canada Basketball is the

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for

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. Headquartered in

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, the federation is a full member of

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and governs Canadian basketball at the international, professional, and amateur levels, including: the men's and women's national teams,

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, the

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, and youth organizations.

History

Founded in 1923, some of the influential Canada Basketball Alumni include

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, Stacey Dales, and Lars Hansen.Canada Basketball Launches CB Classic Collection by JUZD Designer Jing Liu
, juzd.com, 2009-11-10 Canada Basketball launched the Steve Nash Youth Basketball Program in September, 2007. Basketball is the fastest growing sport in Canada, and attracts many young Canadians from all backgrounds. In May 2012, Canada Basketball named

the General Manager of the Senior Men's National Program. Canada Basketball hired Jay Triano to coach its Senior Men's National Team in August 2012, and hired Lisa Thomaidis as the head coach of the Senior Women's Program in March 2013. The Council Of Excellence is designed to strengthen the game of basketball in Canada as to propel Canadian Basketball back to international prominence. The Council Of Excellence includes, Jay Triano,

, Maurizio Gherardini,

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, Don McCrae, Kathy Shields, Ken Shields, Steve Konchalski, and Sylvia Sweeney. On March 5, 2019, Canada Basketball promoted Executive Vice President / Assistant General Manager

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to General Manager, while Steve Nash would transition to a role of Senior Advisor, effective immediately. Barrett's first move was to hire

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head coach

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to coach the national men's team at the 2019 FIBA World Cup with the hopes of qualifying for the

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. Canada Basketball withdrew its Men's national team from

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qualifying games against Cuba on 29 November 2020 and against the US Virgin Islands on 30 November 2020, on the advice of medical experts due to risks posed by the ongoing

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. As a consequence on 20 January 2021 the

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announced sanctions against Canada Basketball consisting of a 160,000 Swiss francs fine and docking the Men's national team a point in the standings. On June 27, 2023,

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assistant coach Jordi Fernández was hired to replace Nick Nurse as Team Canada's head coach.

Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame

Athletes

* Noel Robertson (1978) *

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(1979) * Carl Ridd (1980) * Phil Tollestrup (1991) * Jay Triano (1993) * Debbie Huband (1994) * Sylvia Sweeney (1994) * Martin Riley (1995) * Fred Thomas (1995) * Nora McDermott (1996) * Romel Raffin (1996) *

(1997) * Chris Critelli (1998) * Misty Thomas (1998) * Bill Rogin (1999) * Bob Houbregs (2000) * Jamie Russell (2000) * Joyce Slipp (2000) * Rita Bell (2001) * Barry Howson (2001) * John McKibbon (2001) * Warren Reynolds (2001) * Bev Smith (2001) * Fred Ingaldson (2002) *

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(2002) *

Gino Sovran Gino Sovran (December 17, 1924 – June 26, 2016) was a Canadian professional basketball player. Born in Windsor, Ontario, Sovran attended Kennedy Collegiate Institute and was a top basketball player at Assumption College, scoring more than 1,0 ...

(2002) * Patricia Tatham (2002) * Eli Pasquale (2003) * Gerald Kazanowski (2005) * Bill Wennington (2005) * Lars Hansen (2006) * Bob Phibbs (2007) * Andrea Blackwell (2013) * Bill Coulthard (2013) * Candace Jirik (2013) * George Stulac (2015) * Jim Zoet (2015) * Todd MacCulloch (2017)

Builders

*Dr.

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(1978) * Norman Gloag (1979) * Clarence Hollingsworth (1979) * Edward Patrick Browne (1989) * Eddie Bowering (2001) * Alex Fisher (2001) * Bob Gage (2001) * Gerri Livingston (2001) * Hank Tatarchuk (2003) * Olga Hrycak (2017) * John Bitove (2022)

Coaches

*Dr. Percy Page (1978) * Frank Baldwin (1979) *Dr. Paul Thomas (1980) * Jack Donohue (1992) * Steve Konchalski (1993) * Ken Shields (1999) * James V. Rose (2001) *

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(2002) * Jack Kenyon (2003) * Kathy Shields (2003) * Michèle Bélanger (2022)

Officials

* Kitch McPherson (1979) * Ted Earley (1992) * John Willox (1994) * Fred Horgan (1996) * Bryan Nicurity (1996) * Bill Ritchie (1997) * Al Rae (2000) * Ernest Quigley (2001) * John Weiland (2019)

Players

* Patricia Lawson (2019) * Dianne Norman (2019) * Joanne Sargent (2019) *

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(2019) * Angela Straub (2021) *

(2021) *

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(2021) *

Rick Fox Ulrich Alexander Fox (born July 24, 1969) is a Bahamian-Canadian actor and former basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association for the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers, and played college basketball for the North Caro ...

(2022) *

Tony Simms Tony Simms (born 16 February 1959) is a Canadian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics. References External links

* 1959 births Living people Basketball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics ...

(2022)

Teams

* Edmonton Commercial Grads (1980) *1936 Olympic Ford V8's Team (1981) * Edmonton Grads (1983) *1992–94 Winnipeg Wesman Women's Team (1995) *1929–30 UBC Women's Team (2006) *1976 Senior Men's Olympic Team (2007)

Multiple categories

* R. Ruby Richman (1980) * Darlene Currie (1994) * Don McCrae (1994) * Derek Sankey (1994) * Brian Heaney (1997) * Ron Foxcroft (1999) * Hank Biasatti (2001) *

Stanley Nantais Stanley "Red" Nantais (July 25, 1913 – January 26, 2004) was a Canadian basketball player and coach, from Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Biography ''Text taken from University of Windsor biography - see external link below...'' Stanley "Red" ...

(2001) * Howard Kelsey (2019)

References

External links

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