TEAM COMPOSITION

CAN / Canada - Team Composition

Team manager	Julien Boucher
Head coach	Glenn Hoag
Assistant coach	Vincent Pichette
Doctor
Therapist / trainer	Kristian Seguin
Journalist

	No.	Name	Lastname	Shirt Name	Birthdate	Height	Weight	Spike	Block
	1	Louis-Pierre	Mainville	Mainville	03.04.1986	200	100	340	324
	2	Nicholas	Cundy	Cundy	14.09.1983	191	88	350	320
L	3	Daniel	Lewis	Lewis	03.04.1976	189	86	340	325
	4	Joshua	Howatson	Howatson	07.10.1984	199	95	346	325
	5	Brock	Davidiuk	Davidiuk	24.04.1983	194	88	333	310
	6	Justin	Duff	Duff	10.05.1988	202	94	370	335
	7	Dallas	Soonias	Soonias	25.04.1984	200	91	356	323
	8	Adam	Simac	Simac	09.08.1983	203	101	348	336
	9	Dustin	Schneider	Schneider	27.02.1985	182	82	322	297
	10	Toontje	Van Lankvelt	Van Lankvelt	01.07.1984	197	91	347	317
	11	Steve	Brinkman	Brinkman	12.01.1978	203	96	344	335
	12	Gavin	Schmitt	Schmitt	27.01.1986	208	106	372	340
	13	Olivier	Faucher	Faucher	14.09.1984	191	85	330	305
	14	Adam	Kaminski	Kaminski	27.05.1984	205	89	355	335
C	15	Frederic	Winters	Winters	25.09.1982	195	98	359	327
	16	Stephen	Gotch	Gotch	18.10.1985	194	90	339	315
	17	Alexandre	Gaumont Casias	Casias	26.11.1984	195	95	360	325
	18	John Gordon	Perrin	Perrin	17.08.1989	201	95	353	329
L	19	Blair	Bann	Bann	26.02.1988	182	88	314	288
	20	Ciaran	McGovern	McGovern	05.06.1989	181	80	336	312
	21	Spencer	Leiske	Leiske	03.05.1988	204	112	339	322
	22	Max	Burt	Burt	25.07.1988	207	101	358	334
	23	Jacob	Kilpatrick	Kilpatrick	17.12.1988	207	100	345	330
	24	Sander	Ratsep	Ratsep	24.04.1988	195	88	330	312
	25	Graham	Vigrass	Vigrass	17.06.1989	205	91	349	330

C=Captain L=Libero

Team profile

Currently ranked 18th in the world, Canada has taken many steps forward since it began international competition in 1959. Results of note include fourth at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, bronze at the 1999 Pan American Games, plus numerous World Cup and World Championship berths and top-three NORCECA Championship finishes.

2007 saw a long-awaited return to the prestigious FIVB World League, but numerous injuries to its veterans and starters dealt a devastating blow to their goal of a second place finish in their pool. Injuries continued to plague the squad throughout 2007, however, its youngsters proved their worth, producing an impressive second place finish at the 2007 FISU Games in Bangkok, Thailand.

A disappointing end to the last quadrennial was evident when Canada failed to qualify for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but that has been put in the past and the team is now focused on new goals. Still under the guidance of Glenn Hoag, the team is re-energized and motivated like never before. They qualified for and competed in the 2010 World Championship in Italy, but after drawing a very tough pool and defeating Serbia, Canada wasn't able to carry the momentum and lost to Germany to finish fourth in their group to crash out in 19th place.

Canada started their 2011 season by finishing third at the 2011 Pan Am Cup in Gatineau, Canada and in doing so earned their chance to qualify for the 2012 World League, which they did by beating Slovakia and then Puerto Rico.

At the 2011 NORCECA Championship, Canada was looking at their first opportunity to qualify for the 2012 London Olympic Games, but were beaten to a top-two spot by Cuba in the semifinals before beating the Puerto Ricans to bronze.

Coach profile

Glenn Hoag has been an integral part of the Canada side since May 2006 when he became coach of the team. Since then he has led them in over 100 matches.

Previously, Hoag was coach of Paris Volley of France, Ach Volley Bled Slovenia and was assistant coach for France at the 2004 Olympic Games where they finished ninth.