The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) event is hosted by Wheelchair Basketball Canada and will forge a legacy for female wheelchair basketball athletes around in Canada and around the world, it is claimed.

"Canada is fiercely proud of our roots in hosting world-leading wheelchair basketball events such as the Men's Worlds in 1994, the inaugural Junior Men's Worlds in 1997, and the first-ever Junior Women's Worlds in 2011," said tournament director Wendy Gittens.

"Which is why we are so incredibly excited, humbled, and grateful to work with so many great partners such as the Government of Canada, the Government of Ontario, the Ontario Trillium Foundation, as well as the Canadian Paralympic Committee and Sunrise Medical to continue building legacies and leave a lasting impact."

The tournament is due to take place from June 20 to 28 at the Mattamy Athletic Centre with teams from Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Peru, the United States and Canada all set to compete.

Canada's women's wheelchair basketball team are currently training at the Mattamy Athletic Centre as they prepare for tournament in three months time
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"We are pleased to support Wheelchair Basketball Canada's hosting of the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship," said Bal Gosal, Canada's Sports Minister.

"It will provide world-class competition for our elite athletes, in addition to promoting the benefits of a healthy lifestyle to Canadians.

"Sport plays an important part in Canadian culture, and our Government is proud to support Paralympic sports and Paralympic athletes who dedicate themselves to their sport.

"They are an enormous source of pride and inspiration for all Canadians."

The Canadian team will also be featured at the Mattamy Athletic Centre during the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games, and the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championships Organising Committee is working closely with them to ensure the success of both events.

"The Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Toronto is an excellent opportunity for our athletes to demonstrate their athletic excellence on home soil in front for a world audience," said Michael Chan, Ontario's Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport who is responsible for Toronto 2015. 

"Hosting events like this one allow us to showcase all that Ontario has to offer and help to establish Ontario as a premier destination for international sport events."

Tickets can be purchased by visiting the tournament website by clicking here.

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