Defending the title they received at Dubai 2022, the USA opened their males’s event marketing campaign on the Ottawa 2026 IWBF World Championships with a hard-fought 63–60 victory over the Netherlands on Thursday, 10 September, at TD Place.
Anybody anticipating a snug begin for the reigning champions was shortly confirmed incorrect. The competition between the Individuals and the Dutch was the closest sport of the second day of competitors, with the Netherlands coming near producing a significant upset.
After a blistering begin, the Dutch established a 12-point lead shortly after half-time. Nevertheless, an 11–0 run stretching from the latter phases of the third quarter into the start of the fourth introduced the USA again into the sport and helped them take management of the competition.
Jorge Salazar led the USA with 18 factors and 5 rebounds, whereas Jacob Williams delivered a powerful all-round efficiency with 16 factors, six rebounds and eight assists. For the Netherlands, Boris van Hunnik completed as the sport’s main scorer with 21 factors.
One other carefully contested males’s sport noticed Nice Britain safe a 77–70 victory over Türkiye. Ben Fox led the British cost with an excellent 28-point efficiency.
Within the different two males’s video games of the day, Australia recorded a commanding 100–46 victory over Argentina, whereas Italy additionally produced a convincing efficiency to defeat Brazil 77–32.
Algerian supporters create a memorable environment
Some of the memorable tales of the day got here throughout Algeria’s girls’s sport in opposition to France. Algeria, the one African crew competing within the girls’s event, obtained passionate help from households of Algerian heritage residing in Ottawa.
Due to a incredible mobilisation by the local people, a vigorous crowd stuffed the stands at Carleton College, celebrating loudly and making loads of noise with each Algerian basket.
Though France finally secured a 67–32 victory, the end result did little to dampen the supporters’ enthusiasm. After the ultimate buzzer, the followers joined the Algerian gamers on courtroom to rejoice a particular second collectively.
Within the different girls’s video games, the USA defeated Germany 73–31, whereas defending champions the Netherlands produced a dominant efficiency to beat Japan 84–16. Spain overcame Brazil 71–63 in a carefully contested encounter at TD Place, whereas Nice Britain closed the day with an necessary 52–38 victory over China.
Earlier within the day, hosts Canada continued their sturdy begin to the event with a commanding 79–30 victory over Australia.
Outcomes – 10 September
Males’s Match
Italy 77–32 Brazil
USA 63–60 Netherlands
Australia 100–46 Argentina
Nice Britain 77–70 Türkiye
Girls’s Match
Australia 30–79 Canada
Brazil 63–71 Spain
USA 73–31 Germany
Japan 16–84 Netherlands
Algeria 32–67 France
China 38–52 Nice Britain
Matches – 11 September
Males’s Match
12:00 – Canada vs Germany (TD Place)
14:30 – Colombia vs Japan (Carleton College)
14:45 – Poland vs Spain (TD Place)
16:45 – Netherlands vs Italy (Carleton College)
17:00 – Brazil vs USA (TD Place)
19:00 – Türkiye vs Australia (Carleton College)
19:15 – Argentina vs Nice Britain (TD Place)
Girls’s Match
No video games scheduled.
Comply with all of the motion from Ottawa 2026 via the IWBF and Wheelchair Basketball Canada YouTube channels. Full schedules, outcomes, standings and event statistics are additionally obtainable via the official stay stats pages.
