{"id":17559,"date":"2026-05-01T21:08:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T01:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bocciacanada.ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=17559"},"modified":"2026-05-01T21:08:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T01:08:19","slug":"canadian-team-demonstrates-strong-effort-despite-tough-losses-at-montreal-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/bocciacanada.ca\/en\/news\/article\/canadian-team-demonstrates-strong-effort-despite-tough-losses-at-montreal-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian team demonstrates strong effort despite tough losses at Montreal World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Fatima Abderrahmane at the Montreal World Cup<br \/>\nPhoto Credit: Patrick Beauchemin, D\u00e9fi Sportif AlterGo<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">MONTREAL, QC (May 1, 2026)\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8211;\u00a0The individual competition has concluded at the Montreal 2026 World Boccia Cup, offering a mix of hard-fought victories, tough losses, and valuable experience for the Canadian team.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In the BC1 division, Lance Cryderman delivered two commanding wins (7\u20130, 6\u20130) but\u00a0narrowly missed a playoff berth after dropping his remaining matches. Danik Allard (BC2) faced a challenging round-robin field, highlighted by an impressive victory over the 10th-ranked athlete in his division.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Marking her first event as a national team member, Fatima Abderrahmane (BC3) showed strong potential, capturing key ends against two\u00a0top 20\u00a0opponents despite not advancing. In BC4, Alison Levine, currently ranked 11th in the world, secured two decisive wins by margins of five points or\u00a0more, but\u00a0also fell just short of progressing to the playoffs.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Three Canadians advanced to the knockout stage. Iulian Ciobanu (BC4) topped his pool with two wins, including a victory over world No. 5 Boris Nicolai of Germany. He then advanced to the semi-finals, where he faced Czech athlete Radek Prochazka,\u00a0ultimately falling\u00a07\u20132. Marco\u00a0Dispaltro\u00a0also reached the semi-finals after finishing second in his pool, taking on world No. 8 Eliseu dos Santos. In BC3, Alexandre Lemaire delivered two thrilling matches that both went to extra ends, winning one and losing the other, all while keeping spectators on edge.\u00a0He was then defeated in the semi-finals by Diogo Castro of Portugal.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">High Performance Director, Mario Delisle, says. \u201cDespite not\u00a0progressing\u00a0to\u00a0semi-finals,\u00a0we have seen great\u00a0performances\u00a0from Canadian athletes\u00a0and for some\u00a0significant\u00a0progress\u00a0in\u00a0such a big\u00a0world\u00a0event.\u00a0The best athletes in the world showed up in Montreal,\u00a0the level of play\u00a0was amazing,\u00a0and the Canadian athletes\u00a0battled strongly in every\u00a0game,\u00a0building confidence for the next events.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Attention now turns to the teams and\u00a0pairs\u00a0competition. Ciobanu and Levine will join forces in\u00a0the BC4 pairs event, while Lemaire and Abderrahmane will compete together in BC3 pairs.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Follow Boccia Canada on Facebook\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BocciaCanada\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">here<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0for all relevant information and news.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">About Boccia Canada\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Boccia Canada is the boccia delivery arm of the Canadian Cerebral Palsy Sports Association (CCPSA), the National Sport Organization for the Paralympic sport of boccia. Boccia Canada is focused on providing athletes and individuals of all ages and skill with the chance to play a unique Paralympic sport. We lead,\u00a0develop\u00a0and grow boccia from grassroots to producing World Champions, and we collaborate with partners to increase participation of Canadians with physical disabilities in sport.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">About boccia\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Boccia is a Paralympic sport of precision and strategy\u00a0similar to\u00a0lawn bowling or curling, played by athletes with Cerebral Palsy, Muscular\u00a0Dystrophy\u00a0and related disabilities. It is one of only two Paralympic sports that do not have an Olympic counterpart. Athletes compete in one of six sport classes based on their level and type of disability: BC1, BC2, BC3 BC4, BC5, and Open.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">-30-<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Media Contact<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Zoe Meil-Charbonneau<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">National Program Coordinator<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:zmeil@bocciacanada.ca\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">zmeil@bocciacanada.ca<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatima Abderrahmane at the Montreal World Cup Photo Credit: Patrick Beauchemin, D\u00e9fi Sportif AlterGo MONTREAL, QC (May 1, 2026)\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0The individual competition has concluded at the Montreal 2026 World Boccia Cup, offering a mix of hard-fought victories, tough losses, and valuable experience for the Canadian team.\u00a0\u00a0 In the BC1 division, Lance Cryderman delivered two commanding wins&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17560,"menu_order":0,"template":"","news_category":[],"class_list":["post-17559","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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