| FINAL STANDINGS 1. United States 2. Russia 3. Australia 4. Chinese Taipei 5. Sweden 6. Czech Republic 7. Hungary 8. CANADA 9. Ukraine 10. China 11. Poland 12. Brazil 13. Japan 14. Finland 15. Mali 16. Mongolia | CANADIANS Taijah Campbell (Ajax, Ont./Virginia Tech) Erin Chambers (Mission BC/Simon Fraser) Rachel Coward (Halifax, NS/Charleston Southern) Dalyce Emmerson (Prince Albert, Sask./U of Saskatchewan) Tessa Kreiger (London, Ont./U of Windsor) Miah-Marie Langlois (Windsor, Ont./U of Windsor) Lindsay Ledingham (Regina, Sask./U of Regina) Diana Ros (Montreal, Que/McGill) Kara Spotton (Belleville, Ont./Colorado State) Korissa Williams (Markham, Ont./U of Windsor) Kris Young (North Vancouver, BC/U.B.C.) Fabian Mckenzie – coach Michele Belanger – assistant Chantal Vallee – assistant Jeff Speedy – manager Patrice Pepin – therapist Denise Dignard – head of delegation |
| POOL A | RUS | SWE | POL | MGL | Record | ||
| Russia | —– | 74-68 | 74-37 | 123-23 | (3-0) | ||
| Sweden | 68-74 | —– | 69-48 | 95-21 | (2-1) | ||
| Poland | 37-74 | 48-69 | —– | 117-44 | (1-2) | ||
| Mongolia | 23-123 | 21-95 | 44-117 | —– | (0-3) | ||
| POOL B | USA | CZE | BRZ | MAL | Record | ||
| United States | —– | 101-61 | 105-75 | 120-32 | (3-0) | ||
| Czech Republic | 61-101 | —– | 86-63 | 59-44 | (2-1) | ||
| Brazil | 75-105 | 63-86 | —– | 78-51 | (1-2) | ||
| Mali | 32-120 | 44-59 | 51-78 | —– | (0-3) | ||
| POOL C | TPE | CAN | UKR | JPN | Record | ||
| Chinese Taipei | —– | 72-67 | 84-68 | 69-64 | (3-0) | ||
| Canada | 67-72 | —– | 57-59 | 76-48 | (1-2) | ||
| Ukraine | 68-84 | 59-57 | —– | 66-68 | (1-2) | ||
| Japan | 64-69 | 48-76 | 68-66 | —– | (1-2) | ||
| POOL C | AUS | HUN | CHN | FIN | Record | ||
| Australia | —– | 79-53 | 94-45 | 95-46 | (3-0) | ||
| Hungary | 53-79 | —– | 80-67 | 64-59 | (2-1) | ||
| China | 45-94 | 67-80 | —– | 74-62 | (1-2) | ||
| Finland | 46-95 | 59-64 | 62-74 | —– | (0-3) | ||
| QF | United States 103 Sweden 72 | |
| QF | Australia 72 Canada 58 | |
| QF | Russia 74 Czech Republic 66 | |
| QF | Chinese Taipei 72 Hungary 41 | |
| 9-16th | China 80 Japan 74 | |
| 9-16th | Poland 82 Mali 52 | |
| 9-16th | Ukraine 80 Finland 51 | |
| 9-16th | Brazil 94 Mongolia 46 | |
| 13-16th | Japan 109 Mali 61 | |
| 13-16th | Finland 84 Mongolia 38 | |
| 9-12th | China 57 Poland 49 | |
| 9-12th | Ukraine 76 Brazil 66 | |
| 5-8th | Sweden 75 Canada 72 | |
| 5-8th | Czech Republic 77 Hungary 67 | |
| Semi | United States 79 Australia 78 | |
| Semi | Russia 69 Chinese Taipei 51 | |
| 15th | Mali 84 Mongolia 67 | |
| 13th | Japan 78 Finland 59 | |
| 11th | Poland 73 Brazil 59 | |
| 9th | Ukraine 85 China 72 | |
| 7th | Hungary 60 Canada 55 | |
| 5th | Sweden 72 Czech Republic 63 | |
| Bronze | Australia 99 Chinese Taipei 58 | |
| Final | United States 90 Russia 71 | |
In its opener, Canada dispatched Japan 76-48 after leading 18-6, 42-20 and 63-32 at the quarters. Although Japan’s Mio Shinozaki shot the ball well from beyond the arc through the second half, Lindsay Ledingham sunk a long two-pointer from the corner at the shot clock buzzer and Kristjana Young followed up with a euro-step reverse lay-up to build on Canada’s 30-point advantage and add to Canada’s total of 44 points scored in the paint. Ledingham said “we had a good start to the tournament. We came out strong and executed our offence well. … We played well. We had size on them.” Canadian coach Fabian McKenzie said “the athletes played extremely well to start the tournament today against Japan. I am very pleased with their effort at both ends of the floor. … This result is not really a surprise. We’ve been building towards playing well and the girls have been outstanding, they’ve really learned to play well together. I thought Japan would be a little bit better of a shooting team but we did a great job defensively to take them out of their rhythm. Lindsay was a workhorse as usual today, that’s what she’s known for in the CIS. She’s a very bright player, hits crucial shots at crucial times. She knows the offence well, she’s very smart. I love her, absolutely love her. As the old cliché goes, it’s one game at a time for us. Now, Japan is in the books.” Canada had three 10-0 runs during the affair. Young called it “a good game for us. It was nice to start the tournament with a win, obviously. It’s nice to have that first game under our belt,” Young said. “They were a fast team but we managed to contain them and use our size to our advantage. Overall, it was just a good game.” Lindsay Ledingham paced Canada with 19 on 8-8 from the floor, 3-4 from the line and 3 boards. Dalyce Emmerson added 12 on 4-6 from the floor, 4-4 from the line and 4 boards. Kristjana Young notched 8 on 4-7 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 3 assists. Miah-Marie Langlois scored 7 on 1-3 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 3 boards. Rachelle Coward added 7 on 2-3 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 3 steals. Erin Chambers scored 6 on 2-2 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 3 boards and 3 assists. Dianna Ros scored 5 on 1-1 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc and 3 boards. Korissa Williams scored 5 on 2-7 from the floor, 1-2 from the line, 8 boards, 5 assists and 3 steals. Taijah Campbell added 4 on 2-7 from the floor, 10 boards, 3 assists and 2 blocks. Kara Spotton added 3, along with 4 boards, while Tessa Krieger was scoreless. Canada hit 30-58 (.520) overall, 27-50 (.540) from the floor, 3-8 (.380) from the arc and 13-15 (.870) from the line, while garnering 45 boards, including 10 on the offensive glass, 18 assists, 23 turnovers, 8 steals, 3 blocks and 18 fouls. Mio Shinozaki paced Japan with 14 on 1-7 from the floor, 4-9 from the arc, 7 boards and 4 assists. Minami Iju added 7, Satomi Ochiai 7, Yuka Kosuge 6, Masami Honda 6, Yuki Kato 3, Kayoko Amano 2, Mika Kurihara 2 and Mari Hashizume 1, while Nao Sonoda, Yuri Ikeuchi and Rina Sezaki were scoreless. Japan hit 17-62 (.270) overall, 10-38 (.260) from the floor, 7-24 (.290) from the arc and 7-9 (.780) from the line, while garnering 24 boards, including 6 on the offensive glass, 12 assists, 16 turnovers, 8 steals, 1 block and 16 fouls.
In its second game, Canada fell 59-57 to the Ukraine. Ukraine opened with a 10-1 run but Canada clawed back to a 28-27 lead at the half on a pair of free throws by Miah-Marie Langlois. Canada extended its lead to 48-43 after three quarters but folded in the fourth quarter while being badly outrebounded by the Ukraine and frequently forced into desperation shots against an expiring shot clock. Olesia Malashenko hit a pair of buckets to give Ukraine a late lead and with 7.7 seconds to play, Langlois and Lindsey Ledingham had opportunities to force overtime but bounced shots off the rim. “We grinded and nothing came easy,” said Canadian coach Fabian McKenzie. “I thought Ukraine fought harder and did all the little things in the game that you need to take care of to be successful. They just wanted it a little bit more than us during points of the game. We’ve only been together a short time, so it’s development for us. We need to park this one and put it behind us.” Kateryna Dorogobuzova led the Ukraine with 12 on 5-10 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 10 boards. Olesia Malashenko added 12 on 5-10 from the floor, 2-2 from the line, 11 boards, 2 steals and 3 blocks. Olga Maznichenko added 12 on 3-7 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc and 4 boards. Olena Samburska scored 9, Krystyna Matsko 9, Arina Bilotserkivska 4 and Alisa Nazarevych 1, while Anastasiia Bogdanova, Kateryna Rymarenko, Natalie Kolotovska and Kateryna Kovalova were scoreless. Ukraine hit 23-60 (.380) overall, 21-46 (.460) from the floor, 2-14 (.140) from the arc and 11-14 (.790) from the line, while garnering 44 boards, including 16 on the offensive glass, 4 assists, 17 turnovers, 4 steals, 5 blocks and 20 fouls. Miah-Marie Langlois paced Canada with 14 on 3-9 from the floor, 0-4 from the arc, 8-8 from the line, 7 boards, 3 assists and 2 steals. Rachelle Coward added 12 on 3-5 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc and 3 boards. Kristjana Young notched 9 on 2-3 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 5-5 from the line and 2 boards. Korissa Williams added 8 on 3-7 from the floor, 2-4 from the line, 3 boards and 4 assists. Dalyce Emmerson added 4, along with 4 boards, Taijah Campbell 3, Lindsay Ledingham 3 on 0-7 from the floor and 1-2 from the arc, Tessa Krieger 2 and Erin Chambers 2, while Dianna Ros and Kara Spotton were scoreless. Canada hit 17-52 (.330) overall, 14-39 (.360) from the floor, 3-13 (.230) from the arc and 20-23 (.870) from the line, while garnering 25 boards, including 5 on the offensive glass, 8 assists, 8 turnovers, 5 steals, 1 block and 18 fouls.
Canada closed out round robin play at (1-2) by losing 72-67 to Chinese Taipei. Canada trailed 2-11, 39-20 and 60-43 at the quarters, falling behind by as many as 28 as Ping-Jen Huang lit up the floor. Canada rallied in the fourth quarter to within three but fell short down the stretch. “We dug a huge hole, and we had to rally and battle and fight,” said Canadian coach Fabian McKenzie. “They responded in the highest fashion. It came down to shooting free throws, and in the second half we played extremely hard. There’s not one player here that we are really relying on, this is a total team effort all the time. Tonight, it was Kris Young who was an emotional sparkplug, trying to push us from the opening tip, but every night it has been somebody else stepping up that way.” Despite the loss, Canada qualified as the second-place finisher from pool C by virtue of a superior pointspread in games between Canada, Ukraine and Japan. Ping-Jen Huang paced Chinese Taipei with 20 on 5-9 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 7-12 from the line, 9 boards and 3 steals. Ying-Li Huang added 12 on 4-7 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 1-1 from the line, 4 boards and 2 steals. Chien-Hui Hsu added 10 on 5-11 from the floor, Ya-Hui Yang 7, Chi-Fang Chang 4, Hsien-Fang Lin 4, Hsiang-Ting Huang 4, Pei-Chun Hsieh 4, Hung-Ying Huang 3, Hsi-Yeh Liu 2 and Chaio-Hui Lo 2, while Chia-Ling Chang was scoreless. Chinese Taipei hit 26-59 (.440) overall, 23-43 (.530) from the floor, 3-16 (.190) from the arc and 17-24 (.710) from the line, while garnering 31 boards, including 7 on the offensive glass, 8 assists, 14 turnovers, 10 steals and 12 fouls. Rachelle Coward paced Canada with 13 on 2-5 from the floor, 3-3 from the arc and 2 boards. Korissa Williams added 12 on 5-8 from the floor and 2-2 from the line. Miah-Marie Langlois notched 12 on 3-8 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 3-5 from the line, 6 boards, 3 assists and 3 steals. Dalyce Emmerson scored 8 on 3-5 from the floor, 2-2 from the line, 3 boards and 2 assists. Kristjana Young added 7 on 2-8 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc and 3 boards. Lindsay Ledingham scored 6 on 3-5 from the floor and 8 boards. Taijah Campbell added 6 on 3-6 from the floor and 7 boards. Erin Chambers added 3, while Dianna Ros, Kara Spotton and Tessa Kreiger were scoreless. Canada hit 27-57 (.470) overall, 21-46 (.460) from the floor, 6-11 (.550) from the arc and 7-11 (.640) from the line, while garnering 35 boards, including 5 on the offensive glass, 10 assists, 21 turnovers, 8 steals, 2 blocks and 20 fouls.
In the quarterfinals, Canada was dusted 72-58 by Australia. The Australians broke to a 9-0 lead and led 23-15, 37-27 and 55-34 at the quarters, dominating Canada in every frame. “They’re very, very skilled. They have 24 years of international experience combined on their roster. We don’t,” said Canadian coach Fabian McKenzie. “We were still in it at the half. Anytime you tell me we’re going to be within 10 at halftime against a team like that, I’ll take it. We competed hard until the final whistle but, in the end, we just dug ourselves too deep a hole in the third. If you look at the stats, we took 72 shots and they took 55. And they won by 14. We really struggled with our shooting today. … For us, it was already an accomplishment to reach the quarter-finals. … They move the ball well and play tough on defence – that took us out of rhythm.” Miah-Marie Langlois noted that “we had spurts of great moments against a very good Australian team tonight, but we could not string together consecutive moments. We have to come out strong right from the beginning of the next match with the same intensity that we have displayed at the end of the last two games. When our team gives it their all every minute, we can beat any team in this tournament.” Alice Kunek paced Australia with 21 on 8-11 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 5-6 from the line and 7 boards. Katie Ebzery added 12 on 4-9 from the floor, 4-4 from the line and 3 steals. Sara Blicavs notched 12 on 6-10 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 8 boards and 2 assists. Tessa Lavey added 7, Stephanie Cumming 6, Mariana Tolo 5, along with 5 boards, Olivia Thompson 4, along with 5 boards, Natalie Burton 2, Emma Langford 2 and Lauren Mansfield 1, while Tess Magden was scoreless. Australia hit 25-55 (.450) overall, 24-49 (.490) from the floor, 1-6 (.170) from the arc and 21-24 (.880) from the line, while garnering 44 boards, including 11 on the offensive glass, 11 assists, 20 turnovers, 7 steals, 6 blocks and 14 fouls. Korissa Williams paced Canada with 10 on 3-12 from the floor, 4-6 from the line, 5 boards and 2 steals. Lindsay Ledingham added 9 on 3-4 from the arc and 3 boards. Miah-Marie Langlois scored 9 on 2-11 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 4 boards, 6 assists and 3 steals. Rachelle Coward notched 8 on 3-10 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 2 boards. Erin Chambers added 7 on 2-2 from the floor and 1-1 from the arc. Taijah Campbell added 5, along with 5 boards, Kristjana Young 4, Kara Spotton 2, Tessa Krieger 2 and Dalyce Emmerson, along with 5 boards, while Dianna Ros was scoreless. Canada hit 22-72 (.310) overall, 17-57 (.300) from the floor, 5-15 from the arc and 9-11 (.820) from the line, while garnering 35 boards, including 15 on the offensive glass, 9 assists, 15 turnovers, 11 steals, 1 block and 23 fouls.
In the 5-8th playoffs, Sweden nipped Canada 75-72 in overtime. Canada came out strong in the first quarter. Rachelle Coward hit a trey at the end of the quarter to give the team a 20-15 lead over Sweden. The second quarter continued in Canada’s favour with the women ending the half with a 37-35 lead. Sweden ripped off an 8-0 midway through the third quarter en route to a 47-43 lead after three. The score was knotted at 66 after regulation. Miah-Marie Langlois noted that “we did a lot better than last night (in the quarterfinals). We executed better and had only a few lapses in the third quarter. At the end of the game, we had two opportunities and fell short. Our next game is against Hungary and we have to continue to focus on getting better, executing and playing with consistent high-level effort from start to finish. I’m looking forward to our team coming together to make our last game our best game of the tournament.” Canadian coach Fabian McKenzie said “I’m really proud of the effort of our team today. We played with more sustained energy through the whole game. We had a few lapses and Sweden hurt us inside the paint. We had a shot to win it and that’s all you can ask for.” Danielle Hamilton-Carter paced Sweden with 22 on 7-14 from the floor, 8-11 from the line, 8 boards and 3 assists. Martina Stalvant added 13 on 1-2 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc and 8-10 from the line. Kalis Loyd notched 13 on 1-6 from the floor, 3-6 from the arc, 2-4 from the line and 9 boards. Salome Kabengano added 9, along with 4 boards, Binta Drammeh 7, along with 8 boards, Maryan Gultekin 6, Katarina Milenkovic 2, Tilde Ahlin 2 and Pernilla Hanson 1, while Josefine Loob, Kristina Nybom and Louise Angel were scoreless. Sweden hit 23-67 (.340) overall, 17-41 (.410) from the floor, 6-26 (.230) from the arc and 23-33 (.700) from the line, while garnering 49 boards, including 20 on the offensive glass, 10 assists, 15 turnovers, 5 steals and 18 fouls. Miah-Marie Langlois paced Canada with 26 on 6-9 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 8-8 from the line, 5 boards, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Rachelle Coward added 12 on 1-3 from the floor, 3-7 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 2 boards. Kristjana Young notched 11 on 4-6 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc and 2 boards. Dalyce Emmerson added 10 on 3-5 from the floor, 4-6 from the line and 5 boards. Korissa Williams scored 7 on 2-9 from the floor, 3-4 from the line, 5 boards, 4 assists and 2 steals. Lindsay Ledingham added 4, along with 5 boards and 3 assists, and Erin Chambers 2, while Dianna Ros, Kara Spotton, Taijah Campbell and Tessa Kreiger were scoreless. Canada hit 24-58 (.410) overall, 18-43 (.420) from the floor, 6-15 (.400) from the arc and 18-22 (.820) from the line, while garnering 36 boards, including 6 on the offensive glass, 16 assists, 18 turnovers, 6 steals, 3 blocks and 25 fouls.
In the 7th-place playoff, Hungary clipped Canada 60-55. Canada led 17-10 after one quarter and 33-29 at the half. Hungary led 44-41 after three quarters. Canada regained the lead at 55-54 with 1:37 to play on a pair of free throws by Miah-Marie Langlois but Hungary closed it out with a 6-0 run. Canadian coach Fabian McKenzie said “we came out and played hard, but then got out of rhythm. It’s a disappointing end to the tournament. Overall, I hope the athletes learned from this multi-sport experience where you have the chance to play against a variety of styles every day. We hope they’ve gained tools that they can bring to their university teams and to their daily workouts so that when they have another national team opportunity, they can take their games and skills to the next level.” Dalyce Emmerson noted that “we battled hard and played aggressively at times, but did not execute our game plan as well as we had in other games. This has been a great experience overall for me. It’s disappointing, but we definitely learned where our game needs to grow as players in order to play at the next level. We would have liked to do better, but we learned a lot from this opportunity.” Tijana Krivacevic paced Hungary with 19 on 6-15 from the floor, 7-10 from the line, 8 boards, 4 steals and 2 blocks. Reka Balint added 14 on 1-5 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc, 6-6 from the line, 6 boards and 2 steals. Zsofia Varga added 8, Gyorgi Agnes Ori 7, along with 5 boards, Lilia Adamecz 5, Szandra Ambrus 3, Judit Eszier Manyoki 2 and Anna Manty Mansare 2, while Bettina Baksa, Krisztina Velkey, Cintia Szofia Kobolak and Dorina Zele were scoreless. Hungary hit 19-59 (.320) overall, 17-51 (.330) from the floor, 2-8 from the arc and 20-25 from the line, while garnering 37 boards, including 12 on the offensive glass, 8 assists, 19 turnovers, 14 steals, 5 blocks and 24 fouls. Dalyce Emmerson paced Canada with 16 on 5-10 from the floor, 6-8 from the line and 8 boards. Miah-Marie Langlois added 13 on 4-5 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 2-3 from the line, 3 boards and 7 steals. Korissa Williams notched 10 on 4-11 from the floor, 2-2 from the line, 9 boards and 3 assists. Taijah Campbell scored 8 on 2-4 from the floor, 4-6 from the line and 3 boards. Rachelle Coward added 4 on 2-4 from the floor, 0-5 from the arc, 5 boards and 3 assists. Kristjana Young added 2 and Lindsay Ledingham 2, while Dianna Ros, Erin Chambers, Kara Spotton and Tessa Kreiger were scoreless. Canada hit 18-59 (.310) overall, 17-44 (.390) from the floor, 1-15 (.070) from the arc and 18-23 (.780) from the line, while garnering 44 boards, including 17 on the offensive glass, 10 assists, 21 turnovers, 12 seals, 3 blocks and 24 fouls.