Team Canada represents Canada in women's international

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. The current team was first formed to compete at the

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, and finished the tournament in second place to

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, losing the final 336 points to 33. Team Canada has finished in the top four at each Roller Derby World Cup thus far. A previous Team Canada toured England and Scotland in June 2008. Skaters from the Calgary Roller Derby Association, Oil City Derby Girls, Saskatoon Roller Derby, Terminal City Roller Girls and Toronto Roller Derby played bouts against the

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, Glasgow Roller Girls and London Rollergirls.

2018 team

Tryouts for the team that would compete at the

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were held in October 2016 in

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and

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. The resulting roster was then announced in November 2016, at the time referred to as the "2017 roster", as the third world cup was at the time expected to be held in late 2017. This initial training roster comprised 28 skaters, plus six additional "developmental" skaters, who would have the opportunity to train with the rest of the team, encouraging growth.

2018 team roster

(''league affiliations as of the time of the announcement'') ;Notes

2018 coaching staff

The coaching staff for this edition was announced in July 2016. * Head coach – Jessica "Bandit" Paternostro –

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* Assistant coach – Bryan "Flyin' Bryan Killman" McWilliam – Toronto Roller Derby * Strength and conditioning Coach - Ian "Johnny Qwadd" Verchere - Terminal City Rollergirls * Team Manager - Fawn Hall - Mainland Misfits * Business Manager - Alyssa "Georgia W. Tush" Kwasny –

* Chef de Mission - Germaine "P1" Koh - Terminal City Rollergirls

2018 Roller Derby World Cup

At the 2018 World Cup in

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, Team Canada claimed the bronze medal, with a 173–147 victory over Team England.

2014 team

A series of tryouts was announced for late 2013 to select the 2014 roster: 23 November in

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hosted by Saskatoon Roller Derby, 30 November in

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hosted by Tri-City Roller Girls and 7 December in

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hosted by NWO Roller Girls. Over 150 skaters registered to tryout for Team Canada, with roughly half of them expected at the New Hamburg tryouts.

2014 team roster

The 2014 roster was released on 29 December 2013. (''league affiliations as of the time of the announcement'')

2014 coaching staff

In late 2013, the coaching staff for Team Canada at the 2014 Roller Derby World Cup was announced: * Head coach – Ewan Wotarmy –

* Assistant coach – Mack the Mouth – Terminal City Rollergirls * Manager – Flyin' Bryan Killman – Toronto Roller Derby

2014 Roller Derby World Cup

At the 2014 World Cup in Dallas, Team Canada finished in fourth place, losing the bronze medal match to

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, 197–128.

2011 team

2011 team roster

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at Toronto Roller Derby, then in

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hosted by the Calgary Roller Derby Association, and lastly in

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hosted by Reign Valley Vixens Roller Derby. The skaters being considered were placed on a shortlist, and team management announced the following twenty skaters as the inaugural roster in August 2011 (''skater's home league at time of rostering in parentheses''):

2011 coaching staff

* Coach Pauly * Furious P ( Hammer City Roller Girls) * Mack the Mouth ( Terminal City Rollergirls)

2011 Roller Derby World Cup

Team Canada's first international action took place 1 December through 4 at the premiere Roller Derby World Cup, held in

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, Ontario, Canada. Team Canada, one of thirteen nations competing, began group play at the tournament in Group A, along with teams representing Brazil, Sweden and France. Team Canada won all three of its group bouts, defeating France 244 to 17, Sweden 196 to 26 and Brazil 408 to 7. As a result of the Group round play, Team Canada was seeded second overall for the remainder of the tournament (to Team USA) and received a bye past the first elimination round. In their first elimination bout, Canada defeated tenth-seeded Finland 499 to 31, at that time the highest point spread yet in the tournament. Team Canada next faced third-seeded Team England in the first

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of day 4, winning the bout 161 to 90, but losing skater Georgia W Tush to a broken

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in the process. This set up Team Canada to face Team USA in the final (after Team USA defeated fourth seed

) and Team USA won by a final score of 336 to 33. In taking the

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, Team Canada scored more points against number one seed Team USA than all other teams at the tournament combined. At the conclusion of the tournament, Iron Wench was voted the team's

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, and Smack Daddy was voted the MVP of the entire tournament.

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