{"id":895084,"date":"2026-09-17T08:12:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T08:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/895084\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T08:12:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T08:12:21","slug":"canadas-100m-hub-builds-a-permanent-home-for-fiba-basketball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/895084\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada\u2019s $100M Hub builds a permanent home for FIBA basketball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Johnny Askounis\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/en\/fibawc\/2008836\/canada-training-facilities-the-hub-fiba\/maillot:info@eurohops.net\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> info@eurohoops.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Canada Basketball\u2019s program is taking a massive leap forward thanks to a $100-million joint funding package. Backed by a $76-million federal investment and Ontario\u2019s provincial government, the team is building a permanent, state-of-the-art headquarters. Groundbreaking starts next year at Humber Polytechnic\u2019s North Campus in Toronto. The six-gym facility, named The Hub, is designed to maximize player development and build chemistry together.<\/p>\n<p>This marks a huge structural shift, drawing inspiration from European sports models. For decades, global powerhouses have relied on state-funded national training centers, like France\u2019s legendary INSEP system, to nurture elite talent. By adopting this philosophy, Canada is creating a localized home to fully support current and future generations.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of state for sport Adam van Koeverden emphasized the project\u2019s scale, noting that \u2018this represents the single largest investment in basketball ever in this country\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Players are already feeling the impact. \u201cI\u2019ve been coming here since I was a little kid. I\u2019ve had practices, games. So many of my friends, we kind of grew up here. This place has always felt like home for Canada Basketball,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/basket\/toronto-raptors\/?lang=en\" title=\"Toronto Raptors\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"auto-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Toronto Raptors<\/a> guard RJ Barrett. \u201cI\u2019m one of the players that gets to use this. I\u2019m all excited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Team captain Kelly Olynyk agreed, explaining how vital a centralized home is. \u201cTo have one place where you guys could meet up and train together, with or without coaches, is a big deal,\u201d the veteran forward-center added.<\/p>\n<p>The timing is perfect. On the court, Canada is battling for a spot in the FIBA World Cup 2027, sitting at 8\u20130 in Group F of the Americas Qualifiers, on the verge of clinching a berth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/latest-news\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Read the latest News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Johnny Askounis\/ info@eurohoops.net Canada Basketball\u2019s program is taking a massive leap forward thanks to a $100-million joint&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":895085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-895084","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\/895084","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=895084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/895085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=895084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=895084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=895084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}