September 17, 2025.- Türkiye defeated Canada in the last game of the pool stage at the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship in the Philippines and finished as the undefeated leader of the final Pool G standings.
This Wednesday in Quezon City, the Turks defeated Canada in straight sets, who also advanced to the Round of 16 as pool runners-up with a record of two victories and one loss.
Now the Canadians will face on September 20 at 8 PM (local time) in the Round of 16 Poland, a team they have faced twice, the first in the 2006 World Championship in the Pool Stage with a 0-3 loss, and the second in 2010, also with a 0-3 loss.
Türkiye achieved a convincing 3-0 (25-21, 25-16, 27-25) victory over Canada, eighth in the world. With this result, the European team took away 16.59 ranking points from their rivals and moved three positions up to number 13, while Canada fell to ninth place.
Türkiye outperformed Canada in attack with 43-28 in successful spikes, which marked the big difference in this match. The European team also committed fewer unforced errors: 19 against 24 from the North Americans. Opposite Adis Lagumdzija led with 15 points, all in spikes, with a 71% success rate. Outside hitter Efe Mandiraci registered a 55% success rate in spikes and added one ace for a total of 12 points. He was the one who scored the winning point in the intense overtime of the third set.
Canada did not fall without a fight. In fact, they outperformed the Turks in serving with 8-3 in aces and matched them in net defense with seven kill blocks each. Opposite Sharone Vernon-Evans (three aces, two blocks), middle blocker Fynnian McCarthy (three aces, one block), and outside hitter and captain Nicholas Hoag (two aces, one block) were the top scorers of their team with eight points each.
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