2026 3×3 World Cup Warsaw, Poland – women

	FINAL STANDINGS 1. United States 2. Australia 3. Netherlands 4. Azerbaijan 5. Germany 6. Ukraine 7. Hungary 8. France 9. Latvia 10. China 11. Lithuania 12. Czechia 13. Spain 14. CANADA 15. Japan 16. Poland 17. Philippines 18. Mongolia 19. Italy 20. Madagascar		CANADIANS Paige Crozon — Humboldt, Sask. Katherine Plouffe — Edmonton, Alta. Kacie Bosch — Lethbridge, Alta. Tara Wallack — Surrey, B.C.
	POOL A		NED	AZE	CZE	POL	MAD	Record
	Netherlands (1)		—–	19-13	12-8	21-10	21-12	(4-0)
	Azerbaijan (19)		13-19	—–	14-11	20-13	21-13	(3-1)
	Czechia (9)		8-12	11-14	—–	14-12	15-10	(2-2)
	Poland (8)		10-21	13-20	12-14	—–	20-10	(1-3)
	Madagascar		12-21	13-21	10-15	10-20	—–	(0-4)
	POOL B		SPN	USA	MGL	HUN	AUS	Record
	Spain (2)		—–	18-21	13-11	12-21	20-18	(4-0)
	United States (7)		21-18	—–	20-17	18-15	21-18	(3-1)
	Mongolia (10)		11-13	17-20	—–	6-17	15-21	(2-2)
	Hungary (13)		21-12	15-18	17-6	—–	18-21	(1-3)
	Australia (16)		18-20	18-21	21-15	21-18	—–	(0-4)
	POOL B		USA	AUS	HUN	SPN	MGL	Record
	United States (7)		—–	20-18	18-15	21-18	20-17	(4-0)
	Australia (16)		18-20	—–	21-18	18-20	21-15	(2-2)
	Hungary (13)		15-18	18-21	—–	21-12	17-6	(2-2)
	Spain (2)		18-21	20-18	12-21	—–	13-11	(2-2)
	Mongolia (10)		17-20	15-21	6-17	11-13	—–	(0-4)
	POOL C		GER	LTV	CHN	PHI	ITA	Record
	Germany (6)		—–	17-16	21-14	22-10	15-8	(4-0)
	Latvia (15)		16-17	—–	21-16	14-11	21-13	(3-1)
	China (3)		14-21	16-21	—–	20-12	21-12	(2-2)
	Philippines (17)		10-22	11-14	12-20	—–	17-13	(1-3)
	Italy (11)		8-15	13-21	12-21	13-17	—–	(0-4)
	POOL D		UKR	FRA	LTU	CAN	JPN	Record
	Ukraine (14)		—–	11-10	16-14	11-14	19-18	(3-1)
	France (4)		10-11	—–	21-12	16-12	13-16	(2-2)
	Lithuania (18)		14-16	12-21	—–	19-17	21-11	(2-2)
	Canada (5)		14-11	12-16	17-19	—–	14-11	(2-2)
	Japan (12)		18-19	16-13	11-21	11-14	—–	(1-3)
	RD1	Hungary 17 Latvia 16
	RD1	Australia 21 China 11
	RD1	Azerbaijan 14 Lithuania 12
	RD1	France 10 Czechia 9
	QF	Netherlands 21 Hungary 20
	QF	Australia 21 Ukraine 10
	QF	Azerbaijan 18 Germany 16
	QF	United States 18 France 16
	Semi	Australia 16 Netherlands 14
	Semi	United States 19 Azerbaijan 18
	Bronze	Netherlands 21 Azerbaijan 14
	Final	United States 21 Australia 20

      In their opener, Canada fell 19-17 to 18^th-seeded Lithuania. Canada was undone by poor shot selection, mediocre perimeter shooting, foul trouble and lackadaisical rebounding against the smaller Lithuanians. Canada trailed 6-3 early but rallied to repeatedly knot the score before Kamile Nacickaite-van der Horst hit a pair of free throws with 1.8 seconds on the clock to pull out the win for Lithuania. Nacickaite-van der Horst paced Lithuania with 10 on 2-5 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc, 4-4 from the line and 3 boards. Justina Miknaite added 4 on 4-7 from the floor. Gabriele Sulske notched 3 on 1-3 form the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 4 boards. Giedre Labuckiene scored 2 on 2-3 from the floor, 2 blocks and 9 boards. Lithuania hit 9-18 from the floor, 3-7 from the arc and 4-5 from the line, while garnering 18 boards, including 3 on the offensive glass, 3 blocks, 6 turnovers and 7 fouls. Paige Crozon paced Canada with 8 on 4-8 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc and 4 boards. Tara Wallack added 5 on 4-7 form the floor, 0-1 form the arc, 1-3 from the line and 6 boards. Katherine Plouffe notched 4 on 2-4 from the floor, 0-5 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 4 boards, while Kacie Bosch was scoreless and nabbed 2 boards. Canada hit 10-20 from the floor, 2-13 from the arc and 3-5 from the link, while garnering 17 boards, including 6 on the offensive glass, 1 block, 2 turnovers and 8 fouls.

      Canada improved to (1-1) by edging Ukraine 14-11. Canada’s offence was decidedly anemic and Katherine Plouffe continued her shooting slump while eking out the win. A Paige Crozon bomb from the arc gave Canada a 6-2 lead. But Ukraine rallied to knot the score at 9. Kacie Bosch answered with an and-one, Tara Wallack a layup, and Crozon a pair of buckets off a backdoor cut and driving layup as Canada took a 14-9 lead and held on for the win. Paige Crozon paced Canada with 6 on 3-6 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 1-1 from the line and 6 boards. Kacie Bosch added 6 on 3-4 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 1-1 from the line and 3 boards. Tara Wallack notched 2 on 1-2 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 6 boards, while Katherine Plouffe was scoreless on 0-5 from the floor, 0-7 from the arc and 3 boards. Canada hit 7-17 from the floor 2-17 from the arc and 3-4 from the line, while garnering 23 boards, 1 block, 8 turnovers and 7 fouls. Anzhelika Liashko paced Ukrained with 4 on 1-2 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 3-4 from the line and 2 boards. Krystyna Filevych added 3on 1-4 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc and 2 boards. Miriam Uro-Nilie notched 2 on 2-3 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc and 3 boards. Kateryna Koval scored 2 on 1-1 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 3 boards and 3 blocks. Ukraine hit 5-10 from the floor, 1-9 from the arc and 4-6 from the line, while garnering 13 boards, including 3 on the offensive glass, 4 blocks, 10 turnovers and 7 fouls.

      Canada improved to (2-1) by edging Japan 14-11. Kacie Bosch paced Canada with 5 on 2-3 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 1-1 from the line, 5 boards and 2 blocks. Paige Crozon added 3 on 2-6 from the floor, 0-4 from the arc, 1-1 from the line and 4 boards. Tara Wallack notched 3 on 3-5 form the floor, 0-2 from the arc and 4 boards. Katherine Plouffe scored 3 on 3-5 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc and 7 boards. Canada hit 10-19 from the floor, 1-10 from the arc and 2-2 from the line, while garnering 21 boards, including 7 on the offensive glass, 2 blocks, 5 turnovers and 3 fouls. Aoi Katsura paced Japan with 6 on 2-2 from the floor and 2-3 from the arc. Niku Takahashi added 3 on 1-2 from the floor, 0-5 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 3 boards. Kiho Miyashita notched 2 on 0-1 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc and 2 boards, while Aya Tsurumi was scoreless and nabbed 3 boards. Japan hit 3-8 from the floor, 3-14 from the arc and 2-2 from the line, while garnering 10 boards, including 1 on the offensive glass, 7 turnovers and 6 fouls.

      Canada failed to qualify for the playoff round after dropping a 16-12 decision to France. Hortense Limouzin paced France with 6 on 2-10 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc and 3 boards. Laetitia Guapo added 4 on 3-4 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-4 from the line and 7 boards. Marie Mane notched 4 on2 -2 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 2 boards. Marie Milapie scored 2 on 1-2 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 1-1 from the line, 2 blocks and 3 boards. France hit 8-18 from the floor, 3-8 from the arc, 2-6 from the line, while garnering 16 boards, including 5 on the offensive glass, 4 blocks, 4 turnovers and 6 fouls. Paige Crozon paced Canada with 4 on 2-6 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc and 5 boards. Tara Wallack added 3 on 2-2 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 3 boards. Katherine Plouffe notched 3on 2-8 from the floor, 0-4 from the arc, 1-1 from the line and 5 boards. Kacie Bosch scored 2o n 2-3 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc and 2 blocks. Canada hit 8-19 from the floor, 1-13 from the arc and 2-3 from the line, while garnering 22 boards, including 10 on the offensive glass, 7 turnovers and 7 fouls.

      Canada finished (2-2), tied with France and Lithuania in pool D play, but lost out on a playoff position in the tiebreaker, based on records in games between the trio (France 2-0, Lithuania 1-1 and Canada 0-2).

      The all-tournament team featured MVP Mikaylah Williams (United States); Amy Atwell (Australia); and Noortje Driessen (Netherlands).