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PUBLISHED ON May 29, 2024


Basketball Manitoba is pleased to announce the details of the 2024 Manitoba Games powered by Manitoba Hydro basketball regional tryouts.  The Manitoba Games will occur August 11-17 in Dauphin, Manitoba, with 8 regional teams for males and 8 regional teams for females created this spring at the 16U age level (born in 2008 or later).  The North, South, East & West regions of Manitoba are permitted to carry as many as 3 age 17U (born in 2007) players.  The regional teams will represent all areas of Manitoba, including the North, South, East, West and Winnipeg Regions.  The tryouts will occur in April at various locations, and training will continue through the spring and summer and wrap up at the Manitoba Games in August in Dauphin. 







Basketball at the Manitoba Games
  • WHO:  Eight male and eight female teams, comprising 192 athletes (16 teams x 12 players per team) and 48 coaches (16 teams x 3 coaches each), will go on to participate in Dauphin this summer.
  • WHAT: The 2024 Manitoba Summer Games in Dauphin, Manitoba
  • WHEN: Games from August 11 to 17, 2024.  The basketball portion of the Manitoba Games will be split into Male and Female phases...
    • Male - August 11-14, 2024
    • Female - August 14-17, 2024
  • WHERE: Dauphin, Manitoba, will host the 2024 Manitoba.  The basketball competition will occur at Dauphin's Parkland Recreation Complex (PRC).  The teams will be housed in the Athlete Village located at the Dauphin Regional High School.
  • WHY: Sport is the reason for staging the Manitoba Games.  
    • The Games are a competitive developmental opportunity for select sports to advance Basketball Manitoba's Long-Term Athlete and Coach Development.
    • The Manitoba Games are often an athlete's first multi-sport Games experience.  They help to identify Manitoba athletes who have the potential to advance to higher levels of competition, including the Manitoba Provincial Team and the 2025 Canada Games programs.  After competing in the Manitoba Games, many athletes move on to become part of Team Manitoba.
    • The Manitoba Games are the province's largest ongoing multi-sport program, bringing together participants from across the province.  The Games are held every four years for basketball. 
    • The Manitoba Games are an excellent way for athletes to introduce themselves to a multi-sport environment.  The sport of basketball, represented at the 2025 Canada Games at the 17U age level, is a perfect fit with the Train to Train stage of Long-Term Athlete Development.  Basketball Manitoba aims to use the Manitoba Games as the first step in identifying and developing Manitoba athletes for future inter-provincial events and beyond. 

Eligibility

  1. Participants must meet eligibility rules outlined in the Manitoba Games Basketball Technical Package.
  2. The following athletes are not eligible to compete:
    1. Members of the 2024 Manitoba Provincial Team (both roster or practice players)
    2. Age-eligible athletes can try out for both a Provincial Team and a Regional Team but can only play on one team. The Manitoba Provincial Team will take priority over the Manitoba Games team. View Manitoba Provincial Team Tryout Details
  3. Age 16U: Born in 2008 or later (ages 16 and under as of 2024)

    The East, North, South and West Regional Teams will be permitted to select up to 3 players at the 17U age level (born in 2007). The total team roster size may be, at most, 12 total players.


Region # of Teams per gender

Winnipeg 2

South 2

West 2

East 1

North 1

Total: 8



Program Fees

  • The Basketball Manitoba participation fee for the program is $225 per player, which helps with costs tied to uniforms, equipment, practice facilities, warm-up tourneys, coach education & screening and insurance.
  • The Sport Manitoba participation fee per player is $250 per player, which helps cover costs tied to travel to and from and during the Games, accommodations, meals, regional clothing, etc. 
    • TOTAL: $475.00 (all fees due before an athlete leaves for Dauphin)
  • Coaches and Managers are not required to pay this fee.
  • Funding from KidSport Manitoba is available to families who apply and are approved for support.  



Regional Team Identification and Development
  • Basketball Manitoba will coordinate specific open tryouts and training camps for players ages 16U (with a maximum of three 17U athletes in the North, South, East and West regions) in each region in the spring of 2024. 
  • The camps will be run as open tryouts, and the respective regional coaches will use them to set a final roster of twelve (12) athletes per region per gender per team.  
  • This will result in as many as 8 male and 8 female teams (96 male athletes, 96 female athletes, for 192 athletes) heading into the August Games. 
  • Each region will set the twelve-team roster by June 15, 2024.  The team will then set several training weekends through the August Games. 


Manitoba's Regional Boundaries - please read carefully.
  • All athletes must try out for their respective regions, of which they are permanent residents only.
  • Please note that people living outside Winnipeg's city limits must try out for the respective region in which they live.  The school a player attends has no bearing on where you try out.  In cases of an athlete residing at 2 residences in different regions, the location where the athlete lives a majority of the time (51%) will determine the location.  
  • These boundaries are set by Sport Manitoba for all sports to follow.
  • Refer to the map below for details on Manitoba's five regions.  Click the image below for a more detailed map of the boundaries.





Regional Tryouts

The tryout details below are being updated as information becomes available.  If your region still shows a 'TBA' reference, please check back in the coming days.  Please also check back just before your tryout, as details may change!  

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Regional Tryout Registration
  • All players must complete the below online Manitoba Games Tryout Form and pay the tryout fee collected online.
  • A $35.00 per person tryout fee is due at registration.  Both eTransfer and credit card payment options are provided.  
  • All registered players will receive a Basketball Manitoba t-shirt
  • Player check-in will begin 15 minutes before the first tryout.
  • Please bring a basketball, athletic shoes and a water bottle to all tryouts.
  • Players should arrive no sooner than 15 minutes early to the tryout sessions dressed and ready to play.
  • Players should attempt to attend all the listed tryout sessions in their respective regions; however, due to the geographical vastness in size of some of the regions, it is understood that not all players will be at all tryouts through the selection process.  

For more general information on the 2024 Manitoba Games, CLICK HERE.


General basketball questions on the Manitoba Games can go to Tiara Licsi at Basketball Manitoba.

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