| FINAL STANDINGS 1. United States 2. France 3. Australia 4. China 5. Germany 6. CANADA 7. Austria 8. Spain 9. Japan 10. Czech Republic 11. Israel 12. Italy 13. Egypt 14. Brazil 15. Lithuania 16. Netherlands 17. Hungary 18. Mongolia 19. Poland 20. Romania | CANADIANS Paige Crozon Michelle Plouffe Katherine Plouffe Kacie Bosch Kim Gaucher – coach |
| POOL A | AUT | FRA | SPN | BRZ | NED | Record | ||||||
| Austria (17) | —– | 13-10 | 12-18 | 19-18 | 21-12 | (3-1) | ||||||
| France (1) | 10-13 | —– | 14-8 | 19-14 | 21-8 | (3-1) | ||||||
| Spain (9) | 18-12 | 8-14 | —– | 21-14 | 13-19 | (2-2) | ||||||
| Brazil (20) | 18-19 | 14-19 | 14-21 | —– | 20-19 | (1-3) | ||||||
| Netherlands (8) | 12-21 | 8-21 | 19-13 | 19-20 | —– | (1-3) | ||||||
| POOL B | AUS | GER | JPN | EGY | POL | Record | ||||||
| Australia (19) | —– | 19-21 | 22-11 | 22-11 | 21-14 | (3-1) | ||||||
| Germany (2) | 21-19 | —– | 20-21 | 21-16 | 18-11 | (3-1) | ||||||
| Japan (6) | 11-21 | 21-20 | —– | 21-18 | 21-11 | (3-1) | ||||||
| Egypt (15) | 11-21 | 16-21 | 18-21 | —– | 21-18 | (1-3) | ||||||
| Poland (10) | 14-21 | 11-18 | 11-21 | 18-21 | —– | (0-4) | ||||||
| POOL C | CAN | USA | CZE | HUN | MNG | Record | ||||||
| Canada (7) | —– | 16-13 | 18-20 | 21-11 | 21-9 | (3-1) | ||||||
| United States (3) | 13-16 | —– | 21-8 | 20-10 | 21-18 | (3-1) | ||||||
| Czech Republic (16) | 20-18 | 8-21 | —– | 17-14 | 21-10 | (3-1) | ||||||
| Hungary (13) | 11-21 | 10-20 | 14-17 | —– | 21-19 | (1-3) | ||||||
| Mongolia (11) | 9-21 | 18-21 | 10-21 | 19-21 | —– | (0-4) | ||||||
| POOL D | CHN | ISR | ITA | LIT | ROM | Record | ||||||
| China (4) | —– | 21-4 | 21-18 | 17-7 | 21-7 | (4-0) | ||||||
| Israel (18) | 4-21 | —– | 21-18 | 15-14 | 21-12 | (3-1) | ||||||
| Italy (14) | 18-21 | 18-21 | —– | 22-21 | 20-14 | (2-2) | ||||||
| Lithuania (5) | 7-17 | 14-15 | 21-22 | —– | 17-13 | (1-3) | ||||||
| Romania (12) | 7-21 | 12-21 | 14-20 | 13-17 | —– | (0-4) | ||||||
| RD16 | United States 22 Japan 17 | |||||||||||
| RD16 | Germany 19 Czech Republic 16 | |||||||||||
| RD16 | France 17 Italy 11 | |||||||||||
| RD16 | Spain 21 Israel 11 | |||||||||||
| QF | United States 21 Austria 17 | |||||||||||
| QF | China 17 Germany 14 | |||||||||||
| QF | France 14 Canada 13 | |||||||||||
| QF | Australia 21 Spain 10 | |||||||||||
| Semi | United States 20 China 12 | |||||||||||
| Semi | France 21 Australia 17 | |||||||||||
| Bronze | Australia 21 China 20 | |||||||||||
| Final | United States 16 France 12 | |||||||||||
Canada opened with a 20-18 overtime loss to the Czech Republic. Canada struggled to find the mark from the perimeter. Kacie Bosch scored on back-to-back possessions to give Canada a 12-10 lead with 3:20 to play. remaining.
After a two-point shot from Katerina Galíčková tied the game at 14, Michelle Plouffe scored inside, but Galíčková tied things up again at 15 and then connected on a tough two-point shot give the Czechs a 17-15 lead with 56 seconds on the clock. Shots from each Plouffe sister tied the game at 18 points to force overtime, but Galíčková opened the extra session with a two-pointer to win it for the Czech Republic. Katerina Galíčková paced the Czech Republic with 9 on 3-4 from the floor, 3-5 from the arc and 3 boards. Anna Rylichova added 5 on 2-2 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc and 1-2 from the line. Karolina Sotolova notched 4 on 2-4 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc and 3 boards. Alzbeta Levinska scored 2 on 2-3 from the floor and 0-1 from the arc. The Czech Republic hit 9-13 from the floor, 5-11 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, while garnering 10 boards, including 1 on the offensive glass, 5 turnovers and 7 fouls. Michelle Plouffe paced Canada with 8 on 5-8 from the floor, 0-5 from the arc, 3-5 from the line and 10 boards, including 3 on the offensive glass. Katherine Plouffe added 4 on 4-10 from the floor and 6 boards. Paige Crozon notched 4 on 2-3 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 2 offensive boards. Kacie Bosch scored 2 on 2-3 from the floor and 0-2 from the arc. Canada hit 13-24 from the floor, 1-10 form the arc and 3-5 from the line, while garnering 21 boards, including 12 on the offensive glass, 2 blocks, 5 turnovers and 7 fouls.
Canada then defeated the United States 16-13 despite trailing 7-1 early. Canada responded with a 6-1 run capped by a Michelle Plouffe two-pointer to draw within 8-7 with 3:22 to play. Cierra Burdick got a reverse lay-in for the American before Plouffe hit a pair of free throws to knot the score at 9. The teams traded buckets until Paige Crozon made a free throw and then drove to the rim for a lay-in, putting Canada up 15-13 with 35 seconds remaining. Plouffe added an insurance bucket to ice the win the Canadian win. Michelle Plouffe paced Canada with 8 on 3-5 from the floor, 1-7 from the arc, 3-3 from the line and 5 boards. Katherine Plouffe added 4 on 3-4 from the floor, 0-1 form the arc, 1-2 from the line and 3 boards. Paige Crozon notched 4 on 3-3 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 4 boards, while Kacie Bosch was scoreless. Canada hit 9-14 from the floor, 1-13 from the arc and 5-7 from the line, while garnering 18 boards, including 4 on the offensive glass, 3 turnovers and 8 fouls. Linnae Harper paced the United States with 6 on 3-6 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc and 1-2 from the line, while garnering 3 boards. Cierra Burdick added 3 on 3-5 from the floor and 4 boards. Hailey Van Lith notched 3 on 2-8 from the floor, 0-4 from the arc and 1-2 from the line, while garnering 5 boards, including 3 on the offensive glass. Cameron Lee Brink scored 2 on 1-4 from the floor, 3 boards and 2 blocks. The Americans hit 9-23 from the floor, 1-8 from the arc and 2-4 from the line, while garnering 20 boards, including 7 on the offensive glass, 3 blocks, 4 turnovers and 10 fouls.
Canada improved to (2-1) by clocking Mongolia 21-9. “Mongolia is a really good team,” Paige Crozon said. “They’re really scrappy, they like to take a lot of two-point shots and then chase the ball down, but with the help of Coach Kim [Gaucher], I felt we were really prepared going into the game, had a good game plan of trying to be deliberate of fighting over screens, take away their two-point shots and then crash the glass hard. … I thought we did a really good job of executing. On Day 1 you could tell we were a little bit nervous offensively, we didn’t have as much offensive flow and that was an adjustment for today. We were playing a lot looser, a lot more comfortable and we were able to get the looks that we wanted by moving the ball and playing together.” Paige Crozon paced Canada with 11 on 1-1 from the floor, 3-6 from the arc and 4-4 from the line. Michelle Plouffe added 6 on 4-4 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 3 boards. Katherine Plouffe notched 3 on 3-5 from the floor and 6 boards. Kacie Bosch scored 1 on 1-1 from the floor, 2 boards and 3 blocks. Canada hit 8-10 from the floor, 3-9 from the arc and 4-4 from the line, while garnering 13 boards, including 5 on the offensive glass, 3 blocks, 1 turnover and 6 fouls. Indra Ulziibat paced Mongolia with 5 on 2-3 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc and 1-1 from the line. Tserenlkham Munkhsaikhan added 3 on 0-1 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc and 1-1 from the line. Khulan Onolbaatar notched 1 on 1-3 from the floor, while Ariuntsetseg Bat-Erdene was scoreless and nabbed 2 boards. Mongolia hit 3-7 from the floor, 2-9 from the arc and 2-2 from the line, while garnering 6 boards, including 3 on the offensive glass, 4 turnovers and 8 fouls.
Canada closed out pool play at (3-1) by dusting Hungary 21-11. Canada entered the game know that a win would tie them with the United States and Czech Republic atop the pool, provided they hit the 21-point mark, which they did on a bucket by Katherine Plouffe with 12 seconds to play. “We really fought for that first seed,” Michelle Plouffe said. “We did it the hard way, if we just won all of our games we would have had it. But that’s okay, we still got the one seed which is huge. We don’t have to play the play-in game and just go straight to the quarters. We don’t know who we’re going to play yet, but our team has done a great job prepping us with game plan and video and really giving us confidence to play to our strengths and take away what we can from the other team.” Coach Kim Gaucher said “I think going in, we were just trying to get back to how we play, play loose and free. I thought they did a way better job today. They looked a lot looser. They had a lot of fun and had great movement. They have really big goals and dreams for this World Cup and so it’s just [about] getting into rhythm.” Michelle Plouffe paced Canada with 8 on 3-7 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 3-4 from the line and 4 boards. Katherine Plouffe added 6 on 5-10 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 9 boards. Paige Crozon notched 6 on 2-4 from the floor, 2-8 from the arc and 3 boards. Kacie Bosch scored 1 on 1-1 from the floor and 3 boards. Canada hit 11-22 from the floor, 3-13 from the arc and 4-6 from the line, while garnering 20 boards, including 9 on the offensive glass, 5 turnovers and 7 fouls. Klaudia Papp paced Hungary with 7 on 5-9 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc and 6 boards. Vivi Borondy added 3 on 1-5 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 4 boards. Janka Hegedus notched 1 on 1-2 from the floor and 3 boards, while Petra Pusztai was scoreless. Hungary hit 7-17 from the floor, 1-7 from the arc and 2-2 from the line, while garnering 17 boards, including 4 on the offensive glass, 2 blocks, 14 turnovers and 8 fouls.
In the quarterfinals, France nipped Canada 14-13 on a driving layup by Marie-Eve Paget with two seconds to play. Laetitia Guapo paced France with 6 on 1-4 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 1-1 from the line, 2 blocks and 3 boards. Marie-Eve Paget added 5 on 3-3 from the floor and 1-4 from the arc. Hortense Limouzin notched 2 on 1-3 from the floor. Myriam Djekoundade scored 1 on 1-3 from the floor and 3 boards. France hit 6-13 from the floor, 3-10 from the arc and 1-1 from the line, while garnering 9 boards, including 4 on the offensive glass, 7 turnovers and 6 fouls. Katherine Plouffe paced Canada with 8 on 8-14 from the floor and 5 boards. Michelle Plouffe added 3 on 2-6 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-1 from the line and 4 boards. Kacie Bosch notched 1 on 1-2 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 4 boards. Paige Crozon scored 1 on 1-3 from the floor. Canada hit 12-25 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc and 1-1 from the line, while garnering 18 boards, including 8 on the offensive glass, 10 turnovers and 6 fouls.
The all-tournament team featured MVP Cameron Brink (United States); Laetitia Guapo (France); and Marena Whittle (Australia).