| FINAL STANDINGS 1. United States 2. Serbia & Montenegro 3. Australia 4. Russia 5. Chinese Taipei 6. Germany 7. Poland 8. Turkey 9. Czech Republic 10. Slovenia 11. CANADA 12. Japan 13. China 14. Sweden 15. Lithuania 16. Great Britain 17. Ireland 18. Lebanon 19. Thailand 20. South Africa | CANADIANS Anouk Boulanger (Sherbrooke, Que/Bishop’s) Ashley Burke (North Vancouver, B.C./Gonzaga) Devon Campbell (Vancouver, B.C./Simon Fraser) Kaela Chapdelaine (Abbotsford, B.C./Oregon) Danielle Langford (Abbotsford, B.C./Simon Fraser) Patricia Mandeville (Ste-Victoire de Sorel, Que./Laval) Meaghan McGrath (Toronto, Ont./Wilfrid Laurier) Sarah McKay (Surrey, B.C./Indiana) Lizanne Murphy (Montreal, Que./Hofstra) Holly Robertson (Cochrane, Alta./Brown) Tamara Tatham (East York, Ont./Massachusetts) Breanne Watson (Richmond, B.C./Washington) Stu Julius – coach Linda Marquis – assistant Deb Huband – assistant Georgia Risnita – manager Kelly Gentleman – therapist |
| POOL A | AUS | TUR | SLO | SWE | THA | Record | ||
| Australia | —– | 70-48 | 80-78 | 69-54 | 80-50 | (4-0) | ||
| Turkey | 48-70 | —– | 53-45 | 72-52 | 70-56 | (3-1) | ||
| Slovenia | 78-80 | 45-53 | —– | 64-62 | 93-57 | (2-2) | ||
| Sweden | 54-69 | 52-72 | 62-64 | —– | 90-60 | (1-3) | ||
| Thailand | 50-80 | 56-70 | 57-93 | 60-90 | —– | (0-4) | ||
| POOL B | USA | CZE | POL | CHN | RSA | Record | ||
| United States | —– | 88-64 | 89-63 | 107-54 | 92-22 | (4-0) | ||
| Czech Republic | 64-88 | —– | 66-47 | 63-64 | 59-31 | (2-2) | ||
| Poland | 63-89 | 47-66 | —– | 86-41 | 79-39 | (2-2) | ||
| China | 54-107 | 64-63 | 41-86 | —– | 85-44 | (2-2) | ||
| South Africa | 22-92 | 31-59 | 39-79 | 44-85 | —– | (0-4) | ||
| POOL C | RUS | LIT | JPN | GER | IRL | Record | ||
| Russia | —– | 70-45 | 116-82 | 79-49 | 76-62 | (4-0) | ||
| Lithuania | 45-70 | —– | 74-81 | 47-44 | 83-59 | (2-2) | ||
| Japan | 82-116 | 81-74 | —– | 65-70 | 78-65 | (2-2) | ||
| Germany | 49-79 | 44-47 | 70-65 | —– | 76-61 | (2-2) | ||
| Ireland | 62-76 | 59-83 | 65-78 | 61-76 | —– | (0-4) | ||
| POOL D | SER | TPE | CAN | GBR | LEB | Record | ||
| Serbia & Montenegro | —– | 87-62 | 77-55 | 94-56 | 93-34 | (4-0) | ||
| Chinese Taipei | 62-87 | —– | 71-56 | 70-55 | 102-23 | (3-1) | ||
| Canada | 55-77 | 56-71 | —– | 71-60 | 75-19 | (2-2) | ||
| Great Britain | 56-94 | 55-70 | 60-71 | —– | 68-32 | (1-3) | ||
| Lebanon | 34-93 | 23-102 | 19-75 | 32-68 | —– | (0-4) | ||
| QFs | United States 109 Chinese Taipei 57 | |
| QFs | Russia 82 Turkey 68 | |
| QFs | Serbia & Montenegro 62 Poland 49 | |
| QFs | Australia 59 Germany 47 | |
| 17-20th | Ireland 91 Thailand 67 | |
| 17-20th | Lebanon 48 South Africa 41 | |
| 9-16th | Canada 69 China 68 | |
| 9-16th | Slovenia 78 Lithuania 55 | |
| 9-16th | Japan 76 Sweden 70 | |
| 9-16th | Czech Republic 51 Great Britain 45 | |
| 13-16th | Sweden 68 Great Britain 52 | |
| 13-16th | China 72 Lithuania 68 | |
| 9-12th | Slovenia 49 Canada 48 | |
| 9-12th | Czech Republic 82 Japan 67 | |
| 5-8th | Germany 66 Poland 58 | |
| 5-8th | Chinese Taipei 73 Turkey 64 | |
| Semi | United States 118 Russia 67 | |
| Semi | Serbia & Montenegro 70 Australia 57 | |
| 19th | Thailand 74 South Africa 46 | |
| 17th | Ireland 88 Lebanon 55 | |
| 15th | Lithuania 74 Great Britain 66 | |
| 13th | China 77 Sweden 74 | |
| 11th | Canada 97 Japan 62 | |
| 9th | Czech Republic 52 Slovenia 51 | |
| 7th | Poland 78 Turkey 57 | |
| 5th | Chinese Taipei 83 Germany 38 | |
| Bronze | Australia 81 Russia 72 | |
| Final | United States 79 Serbia & Montenegro 53 | |
In their opener, Canada fell 71-56 to Chinese Taipei. Canada couldn’t recover from being outscored 27-6 in the third quarter. Down 21-7 after the first quarter, Canada regrouped the rallied to within 23-18, with five minutes to go in the first half, before heading to the locker room trailing 35-26. Back from the break, Chinese Taipei scored at will, netting 15 of the first 16 points, all but putting the game out of reach. “We were stagnant when we came out,” said 5-foot-10 guard Kaela Chapdelaine. “We’re a young team with only a few girls with international experience. We made a lot of mistakes this afternoon especially in our defensive transitions, something we’ll have to work on.” Coach Stu Julius credited Chinese Taipei with being too solid a unit for Canada to contend with. “They are a good team. We’ve got to take something from this experience and move on.” Chun-Yi Liu paced Chinese Taipei with 18 on 5-6 from the floor, 2-2 from the arc and 8 boards. Jui-Yu Lan added 18 on 6-17 from the floor, 4-14 from the arc and 2-4 from the line. Feng-Chun Chiang added 8, Hui-Mei Liu 7, Pi-Feng Chao 6, Pei-Chen Tsai 6, Chi Wen 5 and Hui-Yun Cheng 3, while Yung-Hsu Chu, Shiau-Jie Huang, Chia-Hsiu Liu and Chin-Wen Lin were scoreless. Chinese Taipei hit 25-59 (.420) from the floor, 9-28 (.320) from the arc and 12-21 (.570) from the line, while garnering 41 boards, including 12 on the offensive glass, 16 assists, 27 turnovers, 14 steals and 20 fouls. Lizanne Murphy paced Canada with 9 on 4-9 from the floor and 4 boards. Kaela Chapdelaine added 7 on 2-7 from the floor and 2-5 from the line. Anouk Boulanger notched 7 on 2-5 from the floor and 2-2 from the line. Breanne Watson scored 6 on 2-6 from the floor and 5 boards. Tamara Tatham scored 6on 2-3 from the floor and 5 boards. Devon Campbell scored 5, Holly Robertson 4, Ashley Burke 4, Danielle Langford 3, Meaghan McGrath 3, Sarah McKay 2 and Patricia Mandeville 0. Canada shot 19-60 (.310) from the floor, 5-21 (.230) from the arc and 13-23 (.560) from the line, while garnering 36 boards, including 12 on the offensive glass, 8 assists, 27 turnovers, 24 steals, 2 blocks and 23 fouls.
Canada collected its first win by crushing Lebanon 75-19. “We played a lot better today, even though it wasn’t against a top opponent,” said coach Stu Julius. “It’s a good positive step after our loss to Taipei.” Guard Danielle Langford added that “it was important to have a good start and not turn the ball over. We shot the ball with some confidence and the entire team played well.” Langford opened the affair with a pair of treys. After outscoring the Lebanese 21-9 in the opening 10 minutes, Canada scored 16 unanswered points in the second frame, and dominated the third quarter 26-2 to build a 63-11 lead. “Following our first game we focused on keeping a tight defense,” said 6-2 forward Tamara Tatham. “I think we did a good job helping each other out in playing the ball.” Kaela Chapdelaine paced Canada with 12 points on 4-13 from the floor, 3-9 from the arc and 8 assists. Devon Campbell added 10 on 4-6 from the floor and 6 boards. Danielle Langford scored 9 on 3-7 from the floor and 6 boards. Anouk Boulanger added 9 on 3-10 from the floor. Holly Robertson added 8 on 4-7 from the floor. Lizanne Murphy scored 7 on 2-3 from the floor and 3-3 from the line. Tamara Tatham scored 6 on 2-6 from the floor and 11 boards. Patricia Mandeville added 4, Meaghan McGrath 3, Ashley Burke 3, Sarah McKay 2 and Breanne Watson 2. Canada shot 28-74 (.370) from the floor, 11-38 (.280) from the arc and 8-18 (.440) from the line, while garnering 55 boards, including 22 on the offensive glass, 22 assists, 17 turnovers, 3 blocks, and 12 fouls. Nayla Alameddine led Lebanon with 5 on 2-5 from the floor. Ghounwa Kabbani added 5 and nabbed 5 boards. Christelle El Chalouhi scored 3, Alek Tabakian Oit Panoyan 3, Jessica Machaalani 2 and Aida Bakhos 1, while Nelly Nassar, Nathalie Mamo, Maya El Achkar, Talar Margossian, Chade Nasr and Tamara Khalil were scoreless. Lebanon shot 6-45 (.130) from the floor, 1-6 (.160) from the arc and 6-10 from the line, while garnering 28 boards, including 5 on the offensive glass, 5 assists, 30 turnovers, 12 steals, 2 blocks and 14 fouls.
Canada improved to (2-1) by defeating Great Britain 71-60. “We knew Great Britain would be a good match up,” said 6-5 center Holly Robertson. “The last two games we don’t feel like we have been playing up to our potential, so we recognized we should get ready for Serbia.” The Canadians maintained the lead for almost the entire game, falling behind only once, with eight minutes remaining in the third quarter. Kaela Chapdelaine responded with a three-point shot to put her team ahead once again. “I thought we played well in pieces,” said coach Stu Julius. “We got to start knocking down some shots or we aren’t going to go anywhere. The team weathered the storm and we hung on for the win.” Kaela Chapdelaine led Canada with 14 points on 4-13 from the floor, 1-8 from the arc and 5-6 from the line. Holly Robertson added 12 on 5-5 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 7 boards. Ashley Burke notched 9 on 1-6 from the floor, 7-8 from the line and 4 boards. Danielle Langford scored 9 on 2-10 from the floor, 4-6 from the line and 4 boards. Breanne Watson scored 9 on 3-7 from the floor and 6 boards. Devon Campbell added 5, Lizanne Murphy 5, Sarah McKay 4 and Tamara Tatham 4, while Patricia Mandeville, Meaghan McGrath and Anouk Boulanger were scoreless. Canada shot 19-57 (.333) from the floor, 4-24 (.160) from the arc and 29-38 (.760) from the line, while garnering 35 boards, including 11 on the offensive glass, 5 assists, 20 turnovers, 19 steals, 2 blocks and 26 fouls. Rosalee Mason led Britain with 18 points on 5-12 from the floor, 8-8 from the line and 4 boards. Kristy Lavin added 17 on 6-17 from the floor, 4-6 from the line and 4 boards. Lisa Hutchinson scored 8 on 2-5 from the floor and 8 boards. Louis Gamman notched 7, Emma Pass 4, Katie Crowley 2, Natalia Marshall 2 and Catherine Brownsell 2, while Zoe Vickers, Sarah Naylor, Fiona Tozer and Charlotte Baldrey-Chourio were scoreless. Britain shot 18-55 (.320) from the floor, 1-14 (.070) from the arc and 23-31 (.740) from the line, while garnering 33 boards, including 13 on the offensive glass, 6 assists, 21 turnovers, 13 steals, 1 block and 31 fouls.
Canada fell to (2-2) after being whipped 77-55 by Serbia & Montenegro. “They are good. Definitely the best team in our pool,” said Canadian coach Stu Julius after his troops were eliminated from medal contention while ending round robin play with a (2-2) record. “We were in a tough pool, no question about it,” said Julius. “I don’t think there is any doubt the two teams that beat us (Serbia and Chinese Taipei) are among the best in the tournament. I don’t think the girls will have any problem keeping their motivation and focus. You always want to finish as high as possible in any tournament, whether it is on the medal side or for placement.” The Canadians held their own for most of the first half against an imposing, experienced side. Serbia’s roster includes four athletes aged over 25 years old, and a pair of 6-foot-6 post players. Canada was trailing 16-12 after the opening quarter, and 27-21 with three minutes to go before the halftime break. The Europeans then went on a 7-0 run, and guard Danijela Rizvic hit a three-pointer at the buzzer to put the score at 37-23 after 20 minutes. Serbia & Montenegro continued to press in the third, increasing its lead to 63-37 by the end of the period. Canada came back to within 16 points at 66-50 with 3:50 remaining in the contest but couldn’t get closer. Dismal shooting hurt the Canadians on the day. “I told the girls I was happy with our overall performance,” said Julius. “We played pretty well but the shots were just not dropping. You are not going to win a lot of games with 29-percent shooting.” Holly Robertson noted that “it is disappointing but to be honest I don’t think there is a lot more we could have done against a team like this.” Ines Kresovic paced Serbia & Montenegro with 15 on 6-12 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc and 1-2 from the line. Rada Vidovic notched 11 on 4-6 from the floor. Suzanna Milovanovic scored 10 on 5-6 from the floor. Danijela Rizvic added 9, Jelena Velinivic 9, Neda Djuric 7, Marina Puska 6, Anica Tesci 4, Marija Eric 3, Mina Maksimovic 1, Natasa Maksimovic 1 and Natasa Popovic 1. Serbia & Montenegro shot 31-58 (.530) from the floor, 7-18 (.380) from the arc and 8-18 (.440) from the line, while garnering 29 boards, including 7 on the offensive glass, 19 assists, 18 turnovers, 16 steals, 5 blocks and 27 fouls. Holly Robertson led Canada with 13 on 6-11 from the floor and 6 boards. Breanne Watson added 11 on 1-8 from the floor, 9-13 from the line and 7 boards. Ashley Burke scored 9 on 3-6 from the floor and 2-4 from the arc. Tamara Tatham scored 7 on 3-10 from the floor and 7 boards. Patricia Mandeville added 3, Danielle Langford 3, Kaela Chapdelaine 3, Anouk Boulanger 3, Lizanne Murphy 2, Sarah McKay 1, Meaghan McGrath 0 and Devon Campbell 0. Canada shot 17-57 (.290) from the floor, 5-20 from the arc and 16-27 (.590) from the line, while garnering 39 boards, including 19 on the offensive glass, 10 assists, 26 turnovers, 10 steals, 6 blocks and 22 fouls.
Canada finished (2-2) in pool play, failing to qualifying for the quarterfinals.
In the 9-16th classifications, Canada nipped China 69-68. After one quarter of play Canada was up by three, 14-11. In the second quarter, China outscored Canada by four points, closing the half with a 33-32 lead. In the third quarter, Canada increased the margin of their lead, adding seven more points than China, giving the Canadians a 55-49 advantage. The fourth quarter was a hard-fought affair, as China took a one-point lead, and the scoreboard reading 68-67 with under a minute to play. With the ball in Canada’s possession, Ashley Burke was able to convert her shot into a game-winning putback with only six seconds remaining in the game. This topped off the last of more than ten lead changes in the game, and ensured Canada’s one-point margin of victory. Meaghan McGrath, Ashley Burke, Danielle Langford and Holly Robertson each scored 10 to pace Canada. McGrath was 4-9 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc and nabbed 4 boards. Burke hit 4-6 from the floor and nabbed 3 boards. Langford hit 4-9 from the floor. Robertson hit 5-11 from the floor and grabbed 5 boards. Breanne Watson scored 7 on 3-4 from the floor and 4 boards. Sarah McKay added 6, Lizanne Murphy 5, Tamara Tatham 4, while nabbing 6 boards, Kaela Chapdelaine 4, Devon Campbell 2, Patricia Mandeville 1 and Anouk Boulanger 0. Canada shot 30-69 (.430) from the floor, 5-18 (.270) from the arc and 4-9 (.440) from the line, while garnering 41 boards, including 16 on the offensive glass, 8 assists, 22 turnovers, 8 steals, 2 blocks and 17 fouls. Xin Guan led China with 21 on 8-16 from the floor and 5 boards. Jing Wang scored 17 on 8-17 from the floor. Hui Zhang notched 11 on 3-9 from the floor and 3-4 from the line. Yingni Wang added 9, Lili Zhao 5, Zhiling Zhang 3, Ying Wang 2, Ning Ma 0, Ying Yang 0, Ying Wang 0, Tingting Liang 0 and Guoping Liang 0. China shot 26-66 (.390) from the floor, 4-17 (.230) from the arc and 12-15 (.800) from the line, while garnering 27 boards, including 9 on the offensive glass, 12 assists, 16 turnovers, 12 steals and 10 fouls.
In the 9-12th place classification game, Slovenia nipped Canada 49-48. Slovenia built an early commanding leading, moving ahead 19-9 at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, Canada outscored Slovenia by two points, but were still trailing, 28-21 at the end of the half. In the third quarter, Canada kept momentum on their side, outscoring Slovenia by two points, and closed the gap to a Slovenia lead of five points, 38-33. In the fourth quarter, Canada was able to close the lead to one point. In the last minute of play, the Canadian squad had two chances to take the lead but were unable to convert. Coach Stu Julius called it “a very disappointing loss,” but noted that the squad “did an excellent job on defence and saw the bench put us back in the game.” Forward Anouk Boulanger said “we played good defence as a team. We started off slow, and came back as a team with everyone chipping in on offence and defence”. Belanger added that, “We look forward to playing in our last game and finishing on a positive note.” Sandra Pirsic paced Slovenia with 14 on 6-9 from the floor, 13 boards and 5 blocks. Nataga Radulovic added 11 on 5-13 from the floor and 5 boards. Maja Erkic added 9, Katja Temnik 8, Mojca Markovic 3, Spela Erzen 2 and Maja Drozg 2, while Katarina Risitc, Sana Jereb, Barbara Skof, Anga Prsa and Eva Komplet were scoreless. Slovenia shot 20-56 (.350) from the floor, 2-13 (.150) from the arc and 7-17 (.410) from the line, while garnering 35 boards, including 10 on the offensive glass, 8 assists, 20 turnovers, 9 steals, 8 blocks and 15 fouls. Kaela Chapdelaine paced Canada with 13 points on 3-6 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc and 5-6 from the line. Anouk Boulanger added 8 on 3-6 from the floor and 2-4 from the arc. Danielle Langford scored 6 on 2-5 from the arc. Breanne Watson scored 6 on 3-4 from the floor. Holly Robertson notched 4, while nabbing 7 boards. Devon Campbell scored 4, Meaghan McGrath 3, Ashley Burke 2, Lizanne Murphy 2, Patricia Mandeville 0, Sarah McKay 0 and Tamara Tatham 0. Canada shot 17-51 (.333) from the floor, 7-18 (.380) from the arc and 7-10 from the line, while garnering 25 boards, including 3 on the offensive glass, 8 assist, 19 turnovers, 8 steals, 3 blocks and 16 fouls.
In the eleventh-place match, Canada defeated Japan 97-62. “We shot the ball very well this morning. It was better late than never,” said coach Stu Julius. “Our main goal for the game was to shut down Japan’s leading scorer and we did.” Canada held the Japanese to only nine points in the first quarter and 13 in the second while scoring 24 in the first and an additional 27 in the second. “We had a good game this morning, coming back after our loss on Thursday doing what we needed to do. We knew our defensive strategy and stuck to it well,” said Devon Campbell. “Competing here was an awesome experience. It’s always good to end on a good note.” Campbell and Danielle Langford of Langley, B.C. were key members of the defensive game. The two combined for seven steals and were able to pick up seven rebounds. “Today wasn’t the best outing for me, but competing against some of the best University athletes was a great experience”, said an emotional Langford. “This is probably one of the last times I will be playing and I had a great time competing with this team for Canada.” Julius said it had been a tough draw for Canada. “We were in a tough pool and the two teams that beat us when it really counted – in the round robin -, Serbia Montenegro and Chinese Taipei were simply better than us. Overall the team had a great outing, I’m proud of girls. Today’s win was a good way to end the tournament.” Holly Robertson paced Canada with 16 on 7-7 from the floor, 2-3 from the line and 6 boards. Kaela Chapdelaine scored 16 on 6-10 from the floor, 4-8 from the arc and 4 assists. Sarah McKay scored 12 on 6-8 from the floor and 5 boards. Ashley Burke scored 11 on 5-11 from the floor and 7 boards. Lizanne Murphy notched 10 on 3-4 from the floor, 4-5 from the line and 12 boards. Tamara Tatham scored 9 on 4-10 from the floor and 14 boards. Anouk Boulanger scored 6 on 3-6 from the floor. Devon Campbell added 6 on 3-6 from the floor and 6 boards. Meaghan McGrath scored 5, Patricia Mandeville 3, Danielle Langford 3 and Breanne Watson 0. Canada shot 41-75 (.540) from the floor, 7-21 (.333) from the arc and 8-17 (.470) from the line, while garnering 40 boards, including 18 on the offensive glass, 21 assists, 21 turnovers, 10 steals, 1 block and 20 fouls. Keiko Kondo paced Japan with 12 on 3-4 from the line, 6-8 from the line and 5 boards. Hiromi Hirata added 11 on 3-4 from the arc. Emi Yoshida notched 11 on 4-11 from the floor and 5 boards. Tomoyo Tashiro added 8, Yoko Nagi 8, Tomoyo Hasegawa 4, Mai Ishikawa 4, Aiko Hanzawa 2, Kane Matsuo 1, Haruna Nagaishi 1, Ayumi Suzuki 0 and Yuko Noda 0. Japan shot 19-71 (.260) from the field, 7-28 (.250) from the arc and 17-29 (.580) from the line, while garnering 30 boards, included 13 on the offensive glass, 8 assists, 16 turnovers, 10 steals and 14 fouls.