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TORONTO \u2014 Oklahoma City guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander headlines Canada’s men’s basketball roster for the upcoming World Cup qualifying window. Canada plays Argentina on August 25 in Victoria and then travels to Panama for a game on August 29.<\/p>\n
TORONTO \u2014 Oklahoma City guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander headlines Canada’s men’s basketball roster for the upcoming World Cup qualifying window.<\/p>\n
Canada plays Argentina on August 25 in Victoria and then travels to Panama for a game on August 29. <\/p>\n
Canada Basketball’s 15-man training camp roster for the fourth window includes Utah Jazz’s Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Dallas Mavericks forward Dwight Powell and Detroit Pistons’ Kelly Olynyk and Cory Joseph.<\/p>\n
RJ Barrett, Khem Birch, Dillon Brooks, Luguentz Dort and Jamal Murray will attend training camp, Aug. 22-24 in Victoria, but will not play in that window.<\/p>\n
Canada was the only country in the Americas to go undefeated (6-0) in the first round of the qualifiers, and is in Group E for the second round along with Venezuela (5-1), Argentina (5- 1), Dominican Republic (4-2), Panama (2-4) and Bahamas (2-4).<\/p>\n
Gilgeous-Alexander made his first appearance for the national team in six years in the previous qualification window in July. He had 32 points in a 95-75 win against the Dominican Republic in his hometown of Hamilton and 24 points in a 113-67 win over the US Virgin Islands.<\/p>\n
Eighty countries are playing in six qualifying periods to secure their place among the 30 who will join hosts Japan and the Philippines at next summer’s 32-team FIBA \u200b\u200bWorld Cup, which is a direct qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympics a year later. <\/p>\n
In this second round, the 12 teams from America will be divided into two groups of six. The top three from each group plus the best fourth-placed team will secure World Cup places.<\/p>\n
The 2023 FIBA \u200b\u200bWorld Cup is from August 25 to September 10, 2023 in the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia.<\/p>\n
Canada is currently ranked 18th in FIBA. <\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published on August 18, 2022.<\/p>\n
The Canadian Press<\/p>\n