Canada’s ladies’s nationwide group have saved hopes of a house title alive. On Thursday (17 September), the hosts defeated two-time defending world champions the Netherlands 85–73, overcoming the group that has dominated main ladies’s wheelchair basketball competitions over the previous decade.

The victory places Canada again in a World Championship closing for the primary time since profitable the title in 2014. Their opponents would be the USA, who defeated Nice Britain 71–61 within the different semi-final.

The 2 groups will meet within the gold-medal sport on Saturday at 14:30 at TD Place.

Aarin Younger and Kady Dandeneau have been unstoppable for Canada, combining for 69 of their group’s 85 factors.

Dandeneau led all scorers with 35 factors and added 12 rebounds, whereas Younger recorded a outstanding triple-double with 34 factors, 12 rebounds and 13 assists in one of many standout performances of the match.

For the Netherlands, Bo Kramer recorded 25 factors and 9 rebounds, whereas Mariska Beijer added 24 factors.

The Netherlands will now face Nice Britain within the bronze-medal sport on Saturday at 12:15 at TD Place.

USA return to the ultimate after 16 years

The USA are again in a World Championship closing for the primary time since 2010 after overcoming Nice Britain 71–61 in a intently contested semi-final.

The lead modified palms a number of occasions as each groups battled for management of the sport. Nevertheless, the People took cost within the closing quarter and held off Nice Britain to safe their place in Saturday’s closing.

Courtney Ryan led the USA with 20 factors, whereas Rose Hollermann recorded a double-double with 18 factors and 11 rebounds.

For Nice Britain, Katie Morrow completed with 23 factors and 7 rebounds.

Spain and Brazil obtain their best-ever finishes

Thursday was additionally historic for Spain and Brazil, with each groups securing their best-ever finishes at a Girls’s World Championship.

Spain defeated Japan 67–46 and can now play for fifth place for the primary time. Their earlier greatest end was seventh place on the 2018 World Championship in Hamburg.

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María Alonso Vilariño led Spain with 17 factors and accomplished a double-double with 12 rebounds.

Brazil, in the meantime, confronted Australia within the ninth-place sport. As of their group-stage assembly, the competition was intently fought all through. Brazil took the lead with two minutes remaining and went on to safe a 59–52 victory.

The consequence provides Brazil their best-ever World Championship end, enhancing on the tenth locations achieved in 2010, 2018 and 2022.

Vileide Almeida led Brazil with 13 factors, adopted by Geisa Vieira with 12.

Within the different video games of the day, France defeated Algeria 79–42 to safe Eleventh place, with Algeria ending twelfth. Marion Blais led Les Bleues with 25 factors, whereas Lucie Nolet added 21.

China produced a commanding 64–37 victory over Germany. The 2022 World Championship silver medallists will now face Spain for fifth place. Xuemei Zhang led China with 33 factors.

Outcomes – 17 September

Males’s Competitors

• Colombia 64–56 Brazil (Ninth–twelfth place)
• Netherlands 65–46 Argentina (Ninth–twelfth place)
• Australia 84–83 Germany (semi-final)
• Italy 63–59 Nice Britain (semi-final)

Girls’s Competitors

• China 64–37 Germany (Fifth–eighth place)
• Spain 67–46 Japan (Fifth–eighth place)
• USA 71–61 Nice Britain (semi-final)
• France 79–42 Algeria (Eleventh-place sport)
• Brazil 59–52 Australia (Ninth-place sport)
• Canada 85–73 Netherlands (semi-final)

Schedule – 18 September

Males’s Competitors

• 14:30 – Netherlands vs Colombia, TD Place (Ninth-place sport)
• 14:45 – Argentina vs Brazil, Carleton College (Eleventh-place sport)
• 16:45 – Poland vs Spain, TD Place (Seventh-place sport)
• 19:00 – USA vs Japan, TD Place (Fifth-place sport)

Girls’s Competitors

• 17:00 – Germany vs Japan, Carleton College (Seventh-place sport)
• 19:15 – Spain vs China, Carleton College (Fifth-place sport)

Medal Video games – 19 September

Males’s Competitors

• 10:00 — Germany vs Nice Britain, TD Place — Bronze-medal sport
• 16:45 — Australia vs Italy, TD Place — Gold-medal sport

Girls’s Competitors

• 12:15 — Netherlands vs Nice Britain, TD Place — Bronze-medal sport
• 14:30 — USA vs Canada, TD Place — Gold-medal sport

The Closing Ceremony will start at 19:15 at TD Place.

The total schedule, outcomes, group rosters and stay statistics can be found via the official Ottawa 2026 competitors pages. All Spherical of 16 video games will also be watched stay on the IWBF and Wheelchair Basketball Canada YouTube channels.

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