Thomaidis: Canada’s goal is to play in a medal game at World Cup in Spain
The 2014 women’s world basketball championship was a coming out party for Canada. The Canadians roared past France and China in the elimination round in Turkey, finishing fifth in Lisa Thomaidis’s world debut as the team’s head coach.
“That 2014 worlds was really a huge moment for us,” Thomaidis said. “It was a bit of a ‘here we are’ kind of moment, like we’re coming on the scene and making people stand up and take notice.”
The four years since their best world championship finish in 28 years have seen Canada solidify its spot among the world’s top teams, and on Saturday, Canada tips off the World Cup in Tenerife, Spain ranked a program-high fifth.
“I think we probably took some teams by surprise at that point in time,” Thomaidis said. “But 2014, not too many expectations, and 2018 I would say there’s quite a few expectations.”