Team Canada Masters National Women 56's team won gold and the Team Canada Masters National Women 48's team won silver at the IVVA World Championships in Benidorm, Spain, held from October 7 to 11, 2025.

-            Event website: https://www.ivva.eu/benidorm25-event/

Canada's Women 56's team finished with a stellar record of 5-0 beating the Ukraine team in the gold final 2-0. Julie Young was the MVP.

Canada had a very strong performance over the five days by beating Mexico 2-0, Slovakia 2-0 and Ukraine 2-0 in pool play, then beating Slovakia again 2-0

In the semis and Ukraine again 2-0 in the final.

Team Canada Masters women's 48 years old and older reached the second step of the podium. In an eight-team format, Canada was in the strongest pool and each preliminary match was hard fought. A 2-0 win against Poland secured Canada for the playoffs. After a win vs Spain in the quarters (2-0) and vs Czechia in the semis (2-0), they met Germany in the final. Canada lost 2-0 against a very competitive opponent. A strong team spirit and great defense helped the Canadian women secure the silver medal. The chemistry between the group grew rapidly during the week and their presence in the final surprised many.

If you would like to represent Canada in one or more of these events or would like more information, please contact the men's and women's Masters national teams coordinator George Tokarsky at tokarsky@ualberta.ca

The next events are in the USA Open National Championships in Orlando, Florida May 22-27, 2026 and in the World Cup in Loutraki, Greece June 10-15, 2026.