Canada vs Germany Epic Volleyball Highlights | Women's VNL 2026

789th point playing in the Volleyball Nations League. Bakbun from the middle, attacking for Canada. And they're back up front, early stages here, this first match for both teams. Branson goes deep, Cesar plays it. The right side swing, Canada's dug it. Here they come with Van Rijk, and she gets shut down. A monster block by Struba. Well, Germany blocking. Oh, attack, and Van Rijk gets shut down. Germany all over it. Struba. Well, that comes from knowing your opponent. Better pass. Crushed from Alexa Gray to tie it up again. That highlights what happens when you have a perfect pass. Here's Grozer. Wow, she's got an arm. Just crushes it, cross court. Comes through with a monster block, and it's back to a two-point lead for the team in red. Great reaction. Here's Alexa Gray. Cross court by Grozer. Her fifth point of the match. Played four games in the VNL last year. Van Rijk with a rip through the block to score. A good connection. Might serve for the last time. She sends it right back at Altsmeyer, handles it. Much better middle attack, and Weitzel makes no mistake. Going to be 26-year-old. Middle attack doesn't work. Here's a chance for Germany to finish it. Altsmeyer, yes she does! And Germany strikes first in the opening set. 28-26. Playing North America last year in Salt Lake City. In lead one. Just with the bump set for Van Rijk, she just throws it cross court. And it is back tied. That's a great example. Veska. Dusen. The middle attack. Weitzel all over that. Van Rijk doesn't get as much of an approach as she would have liked. Germany keeps it alive. Grozer finds the deep corner. And Germany back out front by three now. Ball chance. Get it up for Germany. Here's Van Rijk, and she rips that one. That had to feel good. Canada now starting to find the liberty. Looking to build on their lead in the match. Gray with a quick arm swing. That worked well. That worked well indeed. A great time to run this play. 14-11 Germany. Gray has to lay out to play it. And that one goes off of Van Rijk after the block. Watch the block move here. A fresh shoulder at the pin. Osmeyer shot down. So Smrek and Manlio put up a wall. That's why Smrek is on the court. Continues to be strong, but Germany recycles. They come again. Good hands on the ball again. Set to Gray. She's dug brilliantly by Stouts. Jost with a dig. Johnson comes into set. Gray is going to score, and we are going to be tied. What a response from the Canadians. Watch this dig. She was out. She plays this first ball. It's a bump set across for Osmeyer. Triple block. Canada can't do anything with it. Germany's going to come again with Osmeyer. She's there with the block. Free ball chance. Canada to take a three-point lead. Boom. White does it. Puts the ball in play deep at Osmeyer. Osmeyer swings. That's what they needed. Ripping it cross court. And Germany's got 20. They finish it. Yes, she's Canada. Bounces back from a disappointing end to the first set. Oshawa, Ontario. Rose there. A chance to attack with Van Rijk. And they've got her number. Grozer and Weitzel work to shut down Kiera Van Rijk. It's all Grozer, isn't it, man? Here's Grozer. Good job to dig it out of the net. And what a swing by Hilary Johnson off a broken play. A great swing, but you've got to give credit to Brie Franson for this set. Watch it come out of the net. Weitzel. Gray. Good job by Germany to keep this alive. And then score on Osmeyer's clever play. She's kind of handcuffed Grozer with that serve. And Osmeyer squeaks it through the block. Setter and server. Gray steps in to take it. Maglio goes through the middle. Franson back on the floor and serving. And the heat coming from Veszka. Well, coach can say, hey, you guys told me to call two earlier. And neither of them panned out. And Alexa Gray takes advantage of the mistake. And that's going to turn into an ace for Stouts and Germany with an impressive win. It's set number three. Solid pass. Baker with the set to Van Rijk. Nice pick up by the setter. So Jost has to set for Gray. And gets shut down. Weitzel all over it with Veszka. Area two blockers. Start here for Germany. Mitrovic gets a touch on the ball. Gray with a tip. That's all she could do. Here's Veszka. She gets blocked. Bachboom comes back into the game to make her presence felt. Well, one of the changes. And this is the one he's going with now. Nice pick up from Baker. Jost with the bump set. Van Rijk. And Cesar catches the ball. Ouch. An important side out here. Out of system. Van Rijk bump sets it across for Gray. Just a bump over. Free ball chance Germany. And that one is going to go off the shoulder of Jost. And out. Outside hitter in the front row. Van Rijk gets shut down. They really had her number. On a lot of occasions. Grozer and Weitzel this time. Shut the door. Comes out of this. Gusen finds the corner. That's what comes out of it. Bachboom. A little trouble on serve-receive. Grozer's going to swing and score! Into the corner! What a play by Liana Grozer. She had 21 earlier. She's going to try to add to it here. No matter what. Gray couldn't finish. Here's the back row swing. Let's go! Rips it off the shoulder of the Canadian libero. Jost that is. A lot of questions to ask as well. 19-15 right now. Bachboom. And it's going to drop. It goes off the block. Germany's blocking has been really good. Here's Gray. Gets a good set after a good pass. And finishes it off with authority. Veska puts the ball in play. But it's an overpass. A good serve. Canada handles it poorly. Grozer. Can she finish it with an ace? Up from Jost. Here's Gusen. And it's down. And Germany wins and starts the Volleyball Nations League 2026 with a victory.