FIBA AmeriCup qualifier coming to St. Catharines
Canada Basketball, in partnership with the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL), announced the senior men’s national basketball team will return to St. Catharines in February as Canada opens the FIBA Men’s AmeriCup 2025 Qualifiers.
Canada will face Nicaragua on Friday, Feb. 23 at the Meridian Centre at 7:10 p.m. before travelling south to Nicaragua for a rematch on Monday, Feb. 26. Fans can catch all the action live on Sportsnet.
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The 16 teams in the FIBA Men’s AmeriCup 2025 Qualifiers have been distributed into four groups of four teams each, with Canada being drawn into Group C along with the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
Each team will play each opponent in their group twice under a home and away format during three windows, which will take place in February and November 2024 and then in February 2025.
The top three teams in each group (12 in total) will qualify for the FIBA Men’s AmeriCup 2025.
Canada’s senior men’s national team is coming off a historic run at the FIBA Men’s Basketball World Cup 2023, which saw the team not only qualify for next summer’s Paris 2024 Olympic Games but also earn a bronze medal – their first medal at a Men’s World Cup in team history. Canada is currently ranked sixth in the latest FIBA world rankings, after the rankings were updated following the FIBA Men’s Basketball World Cup 2023.
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