CANADA is on a quest to qualify for the 2010 World Championships in Turkey. The first stop is the 2009 FIBA Americas Championship taking place August 26- September 6 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
TELEVISION BROADCAST SCHEDULE ON THE SCORE & RAPTORS NB TV - QUARTER FINALS/FINALS
• Tuesday 09/01/09 Canada v. Argentina
6 p.m. on The Score / 7 p.m. on RNBA TV (replay)
• Wednesday 09/02/09 Canada v. Brazil
1:30 p.m. LIVE and 10 p.m. on The Score / 4 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. RNBA TV (replay)
• Thursday 09/03/09 Canada v. Panama
1:30 p.m. LIVE on The Score / 4 p.m. and 10 p.m. on RNBA TV (replay)
• Friday 09/04/09 Canada v. Dominican Republic
10 p.m. on The Score & RNBA TV (replay)
• Saturday 09/05/09 Canada v. Brazil (Semi-final Game)
10 p.m. on The Score & RNBA TV (replay)
• Sunday 09/06/09 Canada v. Argetina (Bronze Medal Game)
8 p.m. on The Score / 11 p.m. on RNBA TV (tape delay)
(All times are ET)
OTHER WAYS TO GET IN THE GAME
1. www.puertorico2009.fiba.com – the official tournament website for standings, live stats and more
2. www.thescore.com/nba
– one-on-one videos with Jason Thom and Team Canada preview to get fans ready for the tournament
5. www.raptors.com
– Joel Anthony interview with Raptors NBA TV's Akil Agustine and Team Canada training camp at Air Canada Centre
6. www.fibatv.com – see select matches via FIBA’s subscriber-based online video service
2009 ROAD WARRIORS - SENIOR MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM ROSTER
#
Name
Position
Height
Hometown
School / Club (2008/09)
4
Jermaine Anderson*
Guard
6’2
Toronto, ON
Tuebingen (Germany)
15
Joel Anthony*
Centre
6’9
Montreal, QC
Miami Heat (NBA)
6
Ryan Bell
Guard
6’5
Ottawa, ON
Schalke (Germany)
7
Jermaine Bucknor
Forward
6’7
Edmonton, AB
Maurienne (France)
11
Aaron Doornekamp*
Forward
6’7
Odessa, ON
Carleton University (CIS)
8
Carl English*
Guard
6’5
Patrick’s Cove, NF
Gran Canaria (Spain)
9
Olu Famutimi*
Forward
6'6
Toronto, ON
Khimik (Ukraine)
14
Levon Kendall*
Forward
6’10
Vancouver, BC
Panionios (Greece)
5
Tyler Kepkay*
Guard
5’10
Vancouver, BC
University of Utah (NCAA)
13
Kyle Landry
Forward
6'9
Calgary, AB
Mons-Hainaut (Belgium)
10
Andy Rautins*
Guard
6’5
Syracuse, NY
Syracuse University (NCAA)
12
Jesse Young*
Forward
6’10
Peterborough, ON
Murcia (Spain)
*Indicates players from the 2008 Senior Men’s Team
2009 SENIOR MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM STAFF
Name
Position
Leo Rautins
Head Coach
Mike Malone
Assistant Coach
Renato Pasquali
Assistant Coach
Roy Rana
Assistant Coach
Sam Gibbs
Athletic Therapist
Paul Elliott
Team Manager
Jake Presutti
Video Coordinator
Dr. Andrew Pipe
Team Physician
Maurizio Gherardini
Managing Director
MORE ON THE FIBA AMERICAS CHAMPIONSHIP:
The FIBA Americas Championship, featuring 10 men's national teams, is one of five FIBA qualifying zone tournaments to determine the four men's teams from the Americas zone that will earn a qualification spot for the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Istanbul, Turkey.
Canada is assigned to ‘Group A’ along with Mexico, and will compete in other preliminary matches against the U.S. Virgin Islands (Aug. 28 – 4:00 p.m. ET), Uruguay (Aug. 29 – 4:00 p.m. ET) and Puerto Rico (Aug. 30 – 9:00 p.m. ET). ‘Group B’ consists of Argentina, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Panama and Venezuela.
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