Cwench All Canadian Games

The Cwench All Canadian Games are a pair of annual all-star basketball games, each featuring rosters composed of Canada's top senior high school players for that school year.^[1] Both games are played as a doubleheader; the first game featuring the top senior girls, followed by the second game featuring the top senior boys.

History

The All Canadian basketball game was founded in 2015 by CEO of "Bounce Elite" (a premier boys basketball program) Tom McIntyre, Athlete Institute CEO Jesse Tipping, & BioSteel Sports Nutrition CEO & co-founder John Celenza.^[2] The first four editions of the game only featured a boys game, but the event was later expanded to include a girls game in 2019.^[3] The games feature the top 24 senior male and female high school basketball players either born in Canada or playing in the country.^[4][5] The Canadian game has drawn comparisons to America's McDonald's All-American Game.^[6][7] The first boys game was attended by upwards of 60 executives and scouts from the National Basketball Association (NBA).^[8]

Title sponsorship

The game was initially branded as the BioSteel All Canadian Game when BioSteel was its title sponsor until 2023, when the company filed for bankruptcy late that year.^[9] The Games' co-founder John Celenza who was also the CEO and co-founder of BioSteel had left the company earlier in the year.

In 2024, the games were played without a title sponsor & were branded as the All Canadian Basketball Games.

On March 20, 2025, Celenza's new company that he co-founded as its new CEO, Cizzle Brands, signed a 5-year title sponsorship deal for its flagship brand Cwench Hydration to rebrand the game as the Cwench All Canadian Games.^[10]

Broadcasts

Between 2015–23, the games were carried on The Sports Network (TSN); the inaugural event was broadcast on tape delay before they were subsequently presented live the following year.^[11][12][13] In 2024, after the game lost Biosteel as its title sponsor, the event was livestreamed via their official YouTube channel.^[14] In 2025, Cizzle Brands' newly signed branding deal also included a new partnership with TSN that restored the network's broadcast rights after a one year absence.^[15]

Locations

The inaugural game in 2015 was held at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in downtown Toronto.

Between 2016–23, the games were held annually at the Goldring Centre for High Performance Sport on the campus of the University of Toronto^[16] with the exception of 2020–21 when the games were not played due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2024, the games were held at the Athlete Institute in Mono, Ontario.^[17]

In 2025, the games were held at Humber Polytechnic's north campus in northwest Toronto.^[18]

Game MVPs

Following are the most valuable players (MVP) from each year:^[19]

MVPs

Year	Boy's	Girl's
2015	Jamal Murray, Jalen Poyser[20]	N/A
2016	Jahvon Blair, Kalif Young[16]	N/A
2017	Luguentz Dort, Matur Maker[5]	N/A
2018	Luguentz Dort, Quincy Guerrier[21]	N/A
2019	Jahcobi Neath, Addison Patterson[22]	Brynn Masikewich, Merissah Russell[23]
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[24][25]
2021
2022	Elijah Fisher, Vasean Allette[26]	Toby Fournier, Delaney Gibb[27]
2023	Michael Evbagharu, Chris Tadjo	Toby Fournier, Ajok Madol
2024	Jalik Dunkley-Distant, Chris Tadjo	Jasmine Bascoe, Toby Fournier
2025	Tristan Beckford	Aliya Moses

Basketball Player of the Year

Following are the basketball player of the year (BPOY) from each year:^[28]

BPOYs

Year	Boy's	Girl's
2015	N/A	N/A
2016	Thon Maker	N/A
2017	Oshae Brissett	N/A
2018	RJ Barrett	N/A
2019	Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe	Micah Dennis
2020	Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe	Aaliyah Edwards
2021	N/A	N/A
2022	Leonard Miller	Cassandre Prosper
2023	David Simon	Toby Fournier
2024	Ishan Sharma	Toby Fournier
2025	Tristan Beckford	Nyadieng Yiech