Canadian basketball on the move, climbs to seventh on FIBA combined rankings
TORONTO – Canada has climbed two spots two seventh on the FIBA combined men’s and women’s world basketball rankings.
The Canadian women won both the FIBA Americas Olympic qualifying tournament in Edmonton, and the Pan American Games in Toronto.
The men were third at their FIBA Americas tournament, enough to guarantee them a spot in a last-chance Olympic qualifying tournament next year.
The United States, Spain, France, Australia, Russia and Argentina continue to hold down the top six spots on the combined rankings.
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