Senior Women’s National Team Announced Ahead of FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament

OSTEND, BELGIUM (February 4, 2020) – Canada Basketball is pleased to announce the Senior Women’s National Team roster for the FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

See below for the Senior Women’s National Team FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament roster.

“All of our players have worked really hard to earn this opportunity,” said Lisa Thomaidis, Head Coach, Senior Women’s National Team.  “We’re excited to get started in a couple days and face a tough opponent in Belgium on their home soil so we’ll be ready for the crowd on hand.”  

The Versluys Dôme in Ostend, Belgium will host one of four FIBA Women’s Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments from February 6-9, 2020.  

Canada will face Belgium (February 6, 2:35 PM ET), Sweden (February 8, 2:35 PM ET) and Japan (February 9, 12:05 PM ET).  Click here for the full tournament schedule.

The two (2) highest placed teams and Japan, as Host of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, will qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Women’s Olympic Basketball Tournament. 

The 16 top teams from the FIBA Women’s Pre-Qualifying Tournaments will compete in the FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 2020, taking place in February 2020, have been split into four groups.

The remaining 12 nations have been selected to compete in the following three host cities: Australia, Brazil, France and Puerto in Bourges, France; China, Great Britain, South Korea and Spain in Belgrade, Serbia (formerly Foshan, China); Mozambique, Nigeria, Serbia and USA in Belgrade, Serbia.

For more information about the Women’s National Team Competition System, click here.

Canada is currently ranked a program-high 4^th worldwide in the FIBA World Ranking Presented by NIKE and have participated in the past two Olympic Games (London 2012, Rio 2016).

Name	Position	Height	Hometown	Club / School
Natalie Achonwa	Forward	6’3″	Guelph, ON	Indiana Fever (WNBA) / Bourges (France)
Kayla Alexander	Forward	6’4″	Milton, ON	Chicago Sky (WNBA)
Laeticia Amihere	Forward	6’4″	Mississauga, ON	South Carolina (NCAA)
Miranda Ayim	Forward	6’3″	London, ON	Basket Landes (France)
Bridget Carleton	Guard	6’1″	Chatham, ON	Minnesota Lynx (WNBA) /Townsville Fire (Australia)
Kim Gaucher	Guard	6’1″	Mission, BC	Mondeville (France)
Sami Hill	Guard	5’10”	Toronto, ON	Donau-Ries (Germany)
Miah-Marie Langlois	Guard	5’8″	Windsor, ON	Dynamo Novosibirsk (Russia)
Kia Nurse	Guard	6’0″	Hamilton, ON	New York Liberty (WNBA) / Canberra Capitals (Australia)
Shaina Pellington	Guard	5’8″	Pickering, ON	Arizona (NCAA)
Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe	Forward	6’2″	Toronto, ON	New York Liberty (WNBA) / Nadezhda Orenburg (Russia)
Jamie Scott	Guard	5’10”	Clarkston, WA	Dynamo Novosibirsk (Russia)

Name	Position	Hometown	Affiliation
Lisa Thomaidis	Head Coach	Dundas, ON	University of Saskatchewan
Steve Baur	Assistant Coach	Wolfville, NS	Canada Basketball
Carly Clarke	Assistant Coach	Halifax, NS	Ryerson University
Max Hirst	Coordinator, Performance Analysis	Collingwood, ON	Canada Basketball
Lauren Buschmann	Sports Scientist & IST Manager	St. Catharines, ON	Canada Basketball/CSI-Ontario
Rhonda Shishkin	Physiotherapist	Saskatoon, SK	University of Saskatchewan
Danielle Dobney	Athletic Therapist	Toronto, ON	York University
Patrice Pepin	Physiotherapist	Quebec City, QC	N/A
Bryce Tully	Mental Performance Coach	Halifax, NS	CSC-Atlantic
Marni Wesner	Lead Physician	Edmonton, AB	University of Alberta
Anne Marie Thuss	Team Manager	Hamilton, ON	McMaster University
Glen Grunwald	President & CEO	Franklin Park, IL	Canada Basketball
Denise Dignard	Director, WHP	Port Cartier, QC	Canada Basketball
Mike MacKay	Performance Manager, WHP	Truro, NS	Canada Basketball
Matt Walker	Communications Manager	Ancaster, ON	Canada Basketball

FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament 

Ostend, Belgium

Thursday February 6th Canada vs. Belgium 2:35 PM

Saturday February 8th Canada vs. Sweden 2:35 PM

Sunday February 9th Canada vs. Japan 12:05 PM

Courtesy Canada Basketball