Canadian national basketball team
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| Association | Canada basketball |
| FIBA member since | 1936 |
| Trainer | Nick Nurse |
| World championships | |
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| Participation in the finals | 13 × (first: 1954 ) |
| Best results | 6th place ( 1978 , 1982 ) |
| Olympic games | |
| Participation in the finals | 9 × (first: 1936 ) |
| Best results | Silver ( 1936 ) |
| Continental championships | |
| championship | American Championship |
| Participation in the finals | 14 × (first: 1980) |
| Best results | Silver (1980, 1999) |
| Homepage | basketball.ca/hm |
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The Canada men's national basketball team is the national selection of Canadian basketball players. She is selected by the Canadian Basketball Association, Canada Basketball , and represents Canada in international tournaments. The team has been coached by Toronto Raptors Nick Nurse since 2019 . General Manager is Rowan Barrett .
At the 1936 Olympic Games , the Canadians won silver. In 1980 and 1999 Canada also finished 2nd at the American Championships . 1984, 1988. In 2001 and 2015 Canada won the bronze medal.
In 2015, the Canadian national basketball team achieved their last success so far when they finished second behind Brazil in the Pan American Games .
Canada ranks 2nd in the FIBA junior world rankings behind the USA and is widely regarded as one of the most up-and-coming nations in basketball. Canada has the second most players after the USA with 14 active NBA players and already had two players, Anthony Bennett and Andrew Wiggins , who were voted first in the annual NBA draft .
Current squad
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Other well-known national players
- Trey Lyles
- Andrew Wiggins
- Tristan Thompson
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
- Joel Anthony
- Anthony Bennett
- Jamal Murray
- Cory Joseph
- Chris Boucher
- Tyler Ennis
- Samuel Dalembert - career ended
- Jamaal Magloire - career ended
- Steve Nash - career ended
- Rick Fox - career ended
- Bill Wennington - career ended
- Leo Rautins - career ended
- Todd MacCulloch - career ended
- Mike Smrek - career ended
North America: Canada | United States
Central America (CoCABa): Belize | Costa Rica | El Salvador | Guatemala | Honduras | Mexico | Nicaragua | Panama
Caribbean (CBC): US Virgin Islands | Antigua and Barbuda | Aruba | Bahamas | Barbados | Bermuda | British Virgin Islands | Dominica | Dominican Republic | Grenada | Guyana | Haiti | Jamaica | Cayman Islands | Cuba | Montserrat | Netherlands Antilles | Puerto Rico | St. Kitts and Nevis | St. Lucia | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | Suriname | Trinidad and Tobago | Turks and Caicos Islands
South America (ABaSu): Argentina | Bolivia | Brazil | Chile | Ecuador | Colombia | Paraguay | Peru | Uruguay | Venezuela
National basketball team of: FIBA Africa | FIBA America | FIBA Asia | FIBA Europe | FIBA Oceania