Canada made up for the far too many unforced errors by outperforming the opponents in attack by 55-39 in spike kills and in net defense by 14-8 in kill blocks. Middle blocker and captain Emily Maglio authored as many as six of those 14 stuffs, to which she added four aces and six successful swings to finish with 16 points. Outside hitter Alexa Gray, middle blocker Nyadholi Thokbuom and 20-year-old outside Abagayle Guezen also reached the double digits in scoring with 14, 13 and 11 points, respectively. Unfortunately, Canada’s main setter Brie Fransen suffered an ankle injury during the match, but her substitution Quinn Pelland played an excellent game, conducting her team’s offense to victory.
Bulgaria, the youngest team in the women's VNL 2026, showed their best performance so far in the Thai capital. They outplayed their opponents in serving by 8-6 in aces and made 26 unforced errors, 10 fewer than the Canadians. Middle Borislava Saykova was their leading scorer with four kill blocks and two aces towards a team-high 14 points. Outside hitters Miroslava Paskova and Aleksandra Milanova added 13 and 12 points, respectively.
