{"id":17763,"date":"2026-09-04T13:50:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T17:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bocciacanada.ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=17763"},"modified":"2026-09-08T12:12:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T16:12:22","slug":"canada-concludes-2026-world-boccia-championships-in-seoul","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/bocciacanada.ca\/en\/news\/article\/canada-concludes-2026-world-boccia-championships-in-seoul\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Concludes 2026 World Boccia Championships in Seoul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>SEOUL, South Korea \u2013 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canada wrapped up competition at the 2026 World Boccia Championships in Seoul, with Alison Levine, Iulian Ciobanu and Lance Cryderman representing the country across the individual and pairs competitions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All three Canadians earned wins during individual pool play and advanced to the knockout rounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In BC1, Cryderman faced Thailand\u2019s Witsanu Huadpradit, who controlled the match on his way to a 6\u20130 victory. In BC4, both Canadian matches came down to narrow margins. Ciobanu held a 3\u20131 lead against Germany\u2019s Boris Nicolai before falling 4\u20133, with the fourth end coming down to a measurement of just one millimetre. Levine battled back from a 3\u20130 deficit against Brazil\u2019s Laissa Guerreiro to tie the match before ultimately falling 4\u20133.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Levine finished ninth after entering the World Championships ranked 10th, while Ciobanu also improved on his pre-tournament ranking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Team Canada | Individual Highlights \u2013 World Boccia Championships Seoul 2026\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1SWgM3b50wk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Levine and Ciobanu then joined forces in BC4 pairs, opening with a 6\u20133 victory over Spain before a narrow 5\u20134 loss to Hungary. They closed out pool play with a huge win over Colombia, the world No. 4-ranked team and Paris 2024 Paralympic gold medallists. The victory secured Canada\u2019s place in the quarterfinals. Canada advanced to the quarterfinals, where Hong Kong earned a 10\u20133 victory to bring the Canadians\u2019 tournament to an end.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canada finished seventh overall in BC4 pairs, matching its pre-tournament world ranking and securing an important top-eight result on the road toward qualification for the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympic Games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019m proud of how Alison, Iulian and Lance competed throughout these World Championships,\u201d said C\u00e9sar Nicolai, Head Coach of Boccia Canada. \u201cWe had some very close matches and showed that we can compete at this level. We know where we can improve, and finishing in the top eight in pairs keeps us where we want to be as we continue working toward LA 2028.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Team Canada | BC4 Pairs Highlights \u2013 World Boccia Championships Seoul 2026\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oNLsPbIGIhQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canada leaves Seoul with valuable experience against the world\u2019s top boccia athletes and a clear benchmark as the program continues its preparations toward LA 2028.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEOUL, South Korea \u2013 Canada wrapped up competition at the 2026 World Boccia Championships in Seoul, with Alison Levine, Iulian Ciobanu and Lance Cryderman representing the country across the individual and pairs competitions. All three Canadians earned wins during individual pool play and advanced to the knockout rounds. In BC1, Cryderman faced Thailand\u2019s Witsanu Huadpradit,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17764,"menu_order":0,"template":"","news_category":[],"class_list":["post-17763","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Canada Concludes 2026 World Boccia Championships in Seoul - Boccia Canada<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bocciacanada.ca\/en\/news\/article\/canada-concludes-2026-world-boccia-championships-in-seoul\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Canada Concludes 2026 World Boccia Championships in Seoul - Boccia Canada\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SEOUL, South Korea \u2013 Canada wrapped up competition at the 2026 World Boccia Championships in Seoul, with Alison Levine, Iulian Ciobanu and Lance Cryderman representing the country across the individual and pairs competitions. 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