The Canadian women's national team achieved a valuable 3:1 (20:25, 25:19, 25:17, 25:20) victory over the Netherlands in a match from the second week of the Volleyball Nations League, played in Bangkok (Thailand).
The match started better for the Dutch women, who won the first set 25:20. After that, however, the Canadians took control of the game and achieved a complete comeback with 25:19, 25:17, and 25:20 in the next three sets.
The standout player on the court was Van Ryk, who scored 26 points and deservedly finished as the top scorer of the match. From the new season, she will play for Italian club Scandicci, where she will replace Ekaterina Antropova, who has left. The Italian national player continues her career with Turkish powerhouse Eczacıbaşı.

Maglio also made a strong contribution to Canada's success with 11 points.
For the Netherlands, Dambrink was the top scorer with 13 points, and Kok added 9.
The statistics also favored the Canadians. They finished with 53 attack points against 41 for their opponent and achieved an impressive 11 aces against only 4 for the Netherlands. The European team's only advantage was in blocking, where they scored 12 points against 8 for Canada.
An interesting detail about the match was the presence of Ahmetcan Erşimşek. The former coach of Maritsa (Plovdiv), who most recently worked with the Canadian national team staff, was on the other side of the net this time as an assistant coach for the Netherlands.
The victory earned Canada 9.99 points for the world ranking and moved the team from 10th to 9th place with a total of 257.05 points. The Netherlands lost the same number of points and remains in 8th place with 281.52 points.

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