Tournament Primer: Canada Basketball 15U & 17U Girls National Championships
The Canada Basketball Girls National Championships will take place August 5 to 10. The event will be held at the University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia. Ontario Basketball is sending two teams to the competition: Team Ontario U15 Girls & Team Ontario U17 Girls.
The U15 & U17 Girls squads have been preparing for Nationals by attending tournaments such as the Slam Camp Summer Challenge in Montreal, the Nike Tournament of Champions in Chicago, and the U.S. Junior National Championships in Washington, D.C.
Canada Basketball will broadcast games live during the tournament via SportsCanadaTV: U15 Girls – U17 Girls
Team Ontario U15 Girls
The full 2019 U15 Team Ontario Girls roster can be found here. See below to learn more about each player in our Get to Know Team O series.
The U15 team is coming off a 2nd place finish at the 2018 tournament in Fredericton and is thus ranked second in the field for 2019. See below for tournament pools and the game schedule.
U15 Girls Pools & Seeding
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C |
|---|---|---|
| (1) British Columbia | (5) Nova Scotia | (6) New Brunswick |
| (2) Ontario | (8) Manitoba | (7) Alberta |
| (3) Quebec | (10) Prince Edward Island | (9) Newfoundland |
| (4) Saskatchewan |
U15 Girls Schedule
All games listed in Pacific Standard Time (PST). Note: This schedule will be updated as game seeding is determined throughout the week.| Monday August 5 | |
| 4) 3:45 PM | W - Ontario (66) v. Quebec (47) |
| Tuesday August 6 | |
| 7) 9:00 AM | W Saskatchewan (31) v. Ontario (65) |
| Wednesday August 7 | |
| Finished 1A and receive a bypass to Thursday | |
| Thursday August 8 | |
| 18) 8:15 PM | Ontario v. Manitoba |
| Friday August 9 | |
| 21) 3:45 PM | W15 v. L18 |
| 22) 6:00 PM | W18 v. W13 |
| Saturday August 10 | |
| 24) 9:00 AM | L20 v, L21 |
| 25) 11:15 AM | W21 v. W20 |
| 26) 11:15 AM | L23 v. L22 |
| 27) 3:45 PM | W22 v. W23 |
Team Ontario U17 Girls
The 2019 U17 Team Ontario Girls roster can be found here. See below to learn more about each player in our Get to Know Team O series.
The U17 team is coming off a 1st place finish at the 2018 tournament in Fredericton and is thus ranked first in the field for 2019. See below for tournament pools and the game schedule.
U17 Girls Pools & Seeding
| Pool A | Pool B |
|---|---|
| (1) Ontario | (5) Manitoba |
| (2) Quebec | (6) Saskatchewan |
| (3) British Columbia | (7) Nova Scotia |
| (4) Alberta | (8) New Brunswick |
| (9) Newfoundland |
U17 Girls Schedule
All games listed in Pacific Standard Time (PST). Note: This schedule will be updated as game seeding is determined throughout the week.| Monday August 5 | |
| 3) 1:30 PM | L - Ontario (49) v. Alberta (70) |
| Tuesday August 6 | |
| 8) 11:15 AM | L - British Columbia (68) v. Ontario (60) |
| Wednesday August 7 | |
| 13) 1:30 PM | L - Ontario (62) v. Quebec (81) |
| Thursday August 8 | |
| 18) 6:00 PM | Ontario v. Saskatchewan |
| Friday August 9 | |
| 22) 8:15 PM | 1A v. W18 |
| Saturday August 10 | |
| 25) 1:30 PM | L21 v. L22 |
| 26) 6:00 PM | W22 v. W21 |
Follow along with Team Ontario throughout the week by following Ontario Basketball on Twitter & Instagram.