Canada loses 3-0 to No. 2 Brazil in women’s Volleyball Nations League action

ISTANBUL — Canada’s women’s team lost its third match in three days with a 3-0 defeat to No. 2 Brazil in the 2025 Volleyball Nations League on Friday.

VNL rookie Abby Guezen led the Canadians with 13 points, all off the attack. Nyadholi Thokbuom tallied 12 points — nine off the attack, two off blocks and one off a serve.

Set scores were 25-20, 25-23 and 25-23.

Canada (2-5) also lost 3-2 to South Korea on Wednesday and 3-0 to host Turkey on Thursday.

The Canadians rank 15th in the 18-country round robin with five preliminary phase matches remaining.

Canada will have a day off before facing Belgium on Sunday.

“I’m very happy to see the team getting better each day,” head coach Giovanni Guidetti said. “Today we had a chance to win two sets against Brazil, that means the team is performing well because we played at the same level as Brazil, so we should be proud of that. We need to be better at the end of the sets, but again, we had a chance against Brazil, which is a good sign.”

This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 20, 2025.