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Canadian women beat France, advance to world sitting volleyball quarterfinals
Canada improved to 4-0 at the tournament and will face Iran for a spot in the final four and Paralympic qualification.
- On Tuesday, Canada's women's sitting volleyball team advanced to the World Sitting Volleyball Championships quarterfinals in Hangzhou, China, sweeping France 3-0 to improve to 4-0 at the tournament.
- Team captain Heidi Peters led with 12 points, and Canada recorded 20 service aces during the dominant performance. Anna Dunn said the team "did a really good job bouncing back from uncharacteristic mistakes."
- The tournament serves as a qualifier for the 2028 Los Angeles Paralympic Games, with the women's team facing Iran on Wednesday, July 15, for a spot in the final four.
- Meanwhile, the Canadian men's team was eliminated in the round of 16 after a 3-0 loss to the United States, moving them to the classification round for ninth to 16th place.
- Despite the result, Canadian player Andrew Tucker said the team "played as a unit with a lot of heart," calling it a "good stepping stone for moving forward.
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Montreal, July 15, 2026 (Sportcom) – Canada's women's sitting volleyball team reached the semifinals of the World Championships on Wednesday, after five games in Hangzhou, China. After a three-run win against France, Allison Lang and her teammates scored their fifth blank against Iran's players in the quarter-finals, winning the first round 25-19 and then 25-22 in the next two rounds. Albertaine Heidi Amanda Peters was Canada's top scorer with a…
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