Team Canada completes the roster with addition of Marshall – complete roster listed

The Senior Men’s National Team added player #45 to complete the roster today. The player is Donnie Marshall, Western’s current starting QB. Team Canada coaches chose to go with Donnie due to his skill sets instead of bringing in another ‘drop back’ type QB; and the fact that Danny Brannagan turned down the invitation. Team Canada could only choose from a 75-man roster that they submitted to IFAF earlier this month.

The roster includes 41 graduated or current CIS players and 4 NCAA alumni. Below is a list of all 45 players that will represent our nation at the World Championship in Austria, starting July 8th:

Offense

Michael Faulds (UWO) QB Eden Mills, ON [St. Andrew’s / Guelph Bears]
Josh Sacobie (Ottawa) QB Frederickton, NB [Champlain / Leo Hayes]
Donnie Marshall (UWO) QB London, ON [Mother Teresa / London Falcons]

Nick FitzGibbon (Guelph) RB Pushlinch, ON [Centennial / Guelph Bears]
Matt Walter (Calgary) RB Calgary, AB [Bishop O’Byrne]
David Stevens (U of Sask) RB Moose Jaw, SK [Moose Jaw]
Michel-Pierre Pontbriand (Laval) FB, Rec Ste-Adèle, QC [Edouard-Montpetit]

Shamawd Chambers (Laurier) REC Markham, ON [Markham / Raiders]
Ricky Clarke (Manitoba) WR, SB, RB, KR, PR Toronto [ Metro Wildcats]
Dante Luciani (Laurier) REC Oakville, ON [St. Thomas Aquinas / Burlington Stampeders]
Jahmeek Murray (SMU) WR, RB Mississauga, ON [St. Aloysius Gonzaga / Miss. Warriors]
Scott Valberg (Queen’s) WR, SB Kingston, ON [Bayridge]
Alexandre Poirier (Sherbrooke) REC Victoriaville, QC [Victoriaville Vulkins]
Jedd Gardner (Guelph) REC Niagara Falls, ON [St. Michael’s / Niagara Spears]

Justin Glover (McMaster) OL Hamilton, ON [Delta / Ironmen]
Sherko Haji-Rasouli (Miami) OL Toronto [Sir John A MacDonald / Toronto Thunder]
Reed Taylor Alexander (Calgary) OT/ OG Medicine Hat, AB [Medicine Hat / Okanagan Sun]
Daniel Bederman (Queen’s) OL Toronto, ON [Upper Canada College / Metro Wildcats]
Matt Norman (UWO) OL Montreal, ON [Vanier]
Zach Pollari (UWO) OL Guelph, ON [Centennial / Guelph Bears]
Jason Medeiros (McMaster) OL Hamilton, ON [St. Thomas More]
Josh Buttrill (UWO) OL Barrie, ON [Bear Creek]

Lirim Hajrullahu (UWO) K/ P St. Catharines, ON [Governor Simcoe / Niagara Spears]

Defense

Adriano Belli (Houston) DL Toronto [Central Tech]
Brian Guebert (U of Sask) DL Saskatoon, SK [Lutheran 6-man / Saskatoon Hilltops]
Michaël Jean-Louis (Laval) DL Granby, QC [Champlain]
Jacob Thomas (Acadia) DT, LB Douglas, NB [Leo Hayes]
David Rybinski (U of Sask) DE, DT Kinistino, SK [Melfort 9-man / Regina Thunder]
Josh Symons (Calgary) NT/ DT Calgary, AB [Bishop O’Byrne]

Thaine Carter (Queen’s) MLB Nanaimo, BC [St. Andrew’s]
Christian Houle (U de M) LB Trois-Rivières, QC [Vieux-Montréal]
Alex Daprato (Queen’s) LB Toronto, ON [North Toronto]
Anthony Maggiacomo (Laurier) LB Cambridge, ON [Jacop Hespeler]
Steve Faoro (Acadia) LB/LS Port Moody, B.C [Pinetree]
Peter Carrière (U de M) LB/ S Laval, QC [Vieux-Montréal]
Tom Labenski (Acadia) LB Oakville, ON [Oakville Trafalgar]

Joel Lipinski (SMU, Regina) DB/C Regina, SK [Campbell / Vancouver Island]
Maxime Bérubé (Laval) DB Valleyfield, QC [François-Xavier-Garneau]
Shane Hall (New Hampshire) CB Toronto, ON [Metro Wildcats]
Julien Hamel (U de M) DB Boucherville, QC [Vieux-Montréal]
Alexander Hoad (Ottawa) CB, KR, PR Rockwood, ON [Guelph Bears]
Bryce McCall (U of Sask) DB Regina, SK [Regina Thunder]
Sammy Okpro (Concordia) HB, SAM, FS Montreal, ON [Vanier]
Troy Adams (Northeastern St.) DB Toronto, ON [Toronto Thunder]
Matt Carapella (UWO) DB [Saunders / London Falcons]

Game Schedule

Friday, July 8 – Innsbruck
USA vs. Australia

Germany vs. Mexico

Saturday, July 9 – Graz
Austria vs. Japan

France vs. Canada

Sunday, July 10 – Innsbruck
Mexico vs. Australia

Germany vs. USA

Monday, July 11 – Graz
Japan vs. France

Canada vs. Austria

Tuesday, July 12 – Innsbruck

Australia vs. Germany

USA vs. Mexico

Wednesday, July 13 – Graz
Austria vs. France

Canada vs. Japan

Friday, July 15 – Vienna
Bronze Medal Game

Fifth Place Game

Saturday, July 16 – Vienna
Gold Medal Game

Seventh Place Game

All time IFAF Senior World Championship results

2007 – Tokyo, Japan
Championship Game
USA 23 Japan 20 (OT)

Third place
Germany 7 Sweden 0

Fifth place
Korea 3 France 0

Group Stages:

Japan 48 France 0
Germany 32 Korea 2
Sweden 16 France 14
USA 77 Korea 0
USA 33 Germany 7
Japan 48 Sweden 0

2003 – Frankfurt Rhein-Main, Germany
Championship Game
Japan 34 Mexico 14

Third Place
Germany 37 France 6

Semi Finals:
Japan 23 France 6
Mexico 21 Germany 17

1999 – Palmero, Italy
Championship Game

Japan 6 Mexico 0 (OT)

Third place
Sweden 38 Italy 13

Fifth place
Australia 10 Finland 3

Group Stages:

Italy 28 Finland 7
Mexico 89 Finland 0
Mexico 54 Italy 0
Sweden 22 Australia 6
Japan 21 Sweden 14
Japan 54 Australia 0