ticketmaster.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\nCanada enters Window 4 with a perfect 6-0 record and is one of only two undefeated teams remaining in the Americas Qualifiers, alongside Brazil.<\/p>\n
The Canadians finished atop Group B in the First Round after earning home-and-away victories over Puerto Rico, the Bahamas and Jamaica. Canada closed the opening round with a pair of decisive wins in Hamilton, defeating Puerto Rico 110-84 and Jamaica 116-78 during the July qualifying window.<\/p>\n
The following athletes will represent Canada during Window 4:<\/p>\n
Nickeil Alexander-Walker \u2014 Toronto, Ont.
Trae Bell-Haynes \u2014 Toronto, Ont,
Khem Birch \u2014 Montreal, Que.
Marcus Carr \u2014 Toronto, Ont.
Lugentz Dort \u2014 Montreal, Que.
Mfiondu Kabengele \u2014 Burlington, Ont.
Kaza Kajami-Keane \u2014 Ajax, Ont.
Koby McEwen \u2014 Toronto, Ont.
David Muenkat \u2014 Brampton, Ont.
Nick Ongenda \u2014 Mississauga, Ont.
Kelly Olynyk \u2014 Kamloops, B.C.
Jackson Rowe \u2014 Toronto, Ont.
Thomas Scrubb \u2014 Richmond, B.C.
Keevan Veinot \u2014 Port Williams, N.S.
Kyle Wiltjer \u2014 Portland, Oregon<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019ll be our 15-man crew coming into this window,\u201d said Rowan Barrett, Executive Vice-President and General Manager of Men\u2019s High Performance. \u201cAs you can see, there\u2019s some continuity from our earlier windows, with these athletes coming back in, as well as several athletes who were not able to participate in the first window but are ready to do so now.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe feel that it\u2019ll be a strong group. Our focus is still the same: our plan is to win games and to qualify for the World Cup in 2027.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gordie Herbert will serve as head coach, with Jama Mahlalela, Nathaniel Mitchell and Hanno M\u00f6tt\u00f6l\u00e4 joining him as assistant coaches.<\/p>\n
WINDOW 4 SCHEDULE<\/p>\n
Canada at Panama
Thursday, August 27
9:40 p.m. ET \/ 6:40 p.m. PT
Arena Roberto Dur\u00e1n \u2014 Panama City, Panama<\/p>\n
Canada vs. Argentina
Monday, August 31
7:10 p.m. ET \/ 4:10 p.m. PT
Videotron Centre \u2014 Quebec City, Que.<\/p>\n
Canada\u2019s home game against Argentina will be broadcast nationally on TSN and RDS.<\/p>\n
THE ROAD TO QATAR 2027<\/p>\n
Window 4 marks the beginning of the Second Round of the FIBA Men\u2019s Basketball World Cup 2027 Americas Qualifiers.<\/p>\n
The 12 teams that advanced from the First Round have been reorganized into two groups of six. Canada is now competing in Group F alongside Argentina, the Bahamas, Panama, Puerto Rico and Uruguay.<\/p>\n
Canada carried its six First Round results into the new group and will not play the Bahamas or Puerto Rico again. Instead, Canada will face the three teams advancing from the former Group D \u2014 Argentina, Panama and Uruguay \u2014 once at home and once on the road over the final three qualifying windows.<\/p>\n
The Americas qualification process features 16 national teams competing across six windows over 15 months, from November 2025 through February 2027. Each team plays two games per window.<\/p>\n
During the First Round, the teams were divided into four groups of four and played each group opponent at home and on the road. The top three teams from each group advanced to the Second Round, with every First Round result carrying forward.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s almost like a relay race, right?\u201d Barrett said. \u201cOne guy\u2019s got to carry the baton, get it to the next guy, and get it to the next guy to get it around the track. That\u2019s a little bit of what this structure forces you to do, but we have managed it successfully and have been able to get the job done and qualify.\u201d<\/p>\n
At the conclusion of the Second Round, the top three teams in each group, along with the best fourth-place team, will qualify for the FIBA Men\u2019s Basketball World Cup 2027.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Seven teams will represent the Americas at the World Cup, which will be held from August 27 to September 12, 2027, in Qatar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PANAMA CITY, Panama. (August 25, 2026) \u2014 Canada Basketball announced Monday the 15 athletes who will represent Canada\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":868596,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-868595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=868595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/868596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}