Canada national football junior team

Canada

Nickname(s)	Team Canada (Équipe Canada)
Association	Football Canada
General Manager	Rick Sowieta
Head coach	Noel Thorpe
Assistants	Warren Craney Pat Boies
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Canada national football junior team

Medal record
Men’s American football
Representing  Canada
World Championship
	2009 United States	Team Competition
	2012 United States	Team Competition
	2014 Kuwait	Team Competition
	2016 China	Team Competition

The Canada national football junior team represent Canada in international gridiron football competitions. The football program is part of the football development program and is controlled by Football Canada and is recognized by the International Federation of American Football (IFAF). While Football Canada is the governing body for amateur Canadian football, IFAF-sponsored games are played using American football rules. They competed for their first IFAF Junior World Cup in 2009.^[1]

Canada has also developed the Canada national football junior team as an elite developmental program which participates in the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) Under-19 World Championship planned to be held every 2 years. This tournament was previously known as the IFAF Junior World Cup.

History

Football Canada became a full member of the IFAF in 2004.^[2] Thereafter Canada competed in international junior, flag, and women's football events.^[3]

The roster of the Canada national football junior team is players aged 19 and under and are typically from CIS University, high school or community football programs. The head coach for the program is selected by Football Canada and appointed prior to selecting the remainder of the tournaments coaching staff or players. Noel Thorpe, the 2011 Head Coach, is also employed as Defensive Coordinator with the Université de Montréal. The Defensive Coordinator is Warren Craney from York University, participating in his 2nd tournament, and the Offensive Coordinator is Pat Boies from McGill University.

Team roster

2012 Canada National Football Junior Team roster
Quarterbacks Will Finch Dallon Kuprowski Hugo Richard Running Backs Christophe Amoah Andreas Robinson Mercer Timmis Wide Receivers Regis Cibasu Doug Corby A’dre Fraser Tylor Henry Alexandre Huard Shaquille Johnson Alexandre Savard		Offensive Linemen Kadeem Adams Louis-Gabriel Beaudet Andrew Boisvert Lloyd Constant Emilio Frometa Nathan Heide Erick Lessard David Knevel Jean-Simon Roy Defensive Linemen Edward Godin Gosselin Quinn Horton Glen Joorisity Jacob Leblanc Clement Lebreux Adam Melanson Charles Rémy-Sarrazin Brett Wade		Linebackers Pierre-Luc Caron Tanner Doll Maxime Drolet Nicholas Easterbrook Christophe Mulumba John Rush Marc-Antoine Varin Defensive Backs Kwame Adjei Keldyn Ahlstedt Shaquille Davis Tomy Duperron Khadim Mbaye Kevin McGee Michael Schmidt Special Teams Louis-Philippe Simoneau		Inactive List Roster updated 2012-05-20

2012 Canada National Football Junior Team Staff
	Football Canada President - Richard Collette Director of Sport: National teams, Technical and NCCP – Rick Sowieta Operations Coordinator: Events, competitions, officials – Shannon Donovan Head Coaches Head Coach – Noel Thorpe Offensive Coaches Offensive Coordinator – Pat Boies Quarterbacks - Michael Faulds Running Backs - Gilles Lezi Receivers – Kamau Peterson Offensive Line - Alain Mainguy			Defensive Coaches Defensive Coordinator – Warren Craney Defensive Line – Brian Guebert Defensive Backs – Devin Murphy Special Teams Coaches Special Teams Coordinator – Gilles Lezi Strength and Conditioning Coach - Elliott Richardson

References

1. "2009 Junior National Team". footballcanada.com. Football Canada. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
2. "A Brief History of Football Canada". footballcanada.com. Football Canada. 2011. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
3. "Canada". ifaf.com. International Federation of American Football. 2011. Retrieved February 8, 2011.

External links

• IFAF U19 World Championships Official Site
• Football Canada Official Site