COUNTRIES & PLAYERS

Guillermina Bianco Rigazio

Ana Giuliano

Mia Yaya

Argentina returns for the second time in tournament history led by returning players Ana Giuliano who is currently ranked no. 225 on WAGR and Mia Yaya (no. 621 WAGR) who is committed to attend Michigan. 

Elena Duduleanu

Samira Petek

Sophie Willschke

Austria will compete in its fourth tournament led by 13-year–old Samira Petek who is Austria’s lowest ranked player at no. 729 on WAGR. 

Chloé Lam

Violette Gérard

Laetitia Vandeplas

Belgium will make its eighth appearance with an entirely new line-up this year led by Laetitia Vandeplas (no. 799 WAGR). 

Nobelle Park

Clairey Lin

Shauna Liu

Team Canada I have enjoyed a successful run over the past three years earning a gold medal and two silvers in that time. Canada I will see Shauna Liu (no. 55 WAGR) and Clairey Lin (no. 45 WAGR) return from the 2024 and 2025 squads that finished second both years. Nobelle Park (no. 412 WAGR) returns this year after competing in 2024.

In addition, Canada also earned a bronze medal in the tournament’s inaugural year. Anna Huang (2023) and Aphrodite Deng (2024) both have the highest respective individual finish in tournament history, finishing as runner-up to earn silver for Team Canada I.

Eileen Park

Jodie Han

Ruihan Kendria Wang

Eileen Park (no. 467 WAGR) and Ruihan Kendria Wang (no. 674 WAGR) return for Team Canada II coming off the team’s best finish in tournament history last year in St. Catharines. Park will be competing in her fourth WJG Championship.  

Annika Chen

Ping-Hua Hsieh

Jie-En Lin

Chinese Taipei will make its eighth consecutive appearance with all three players having experience in the championship. Jie-En Lin (no. 119 WAGR) will be making her third straight appearance while Annika Chen (no. 454 WAGR) returns for her second year. Ping-Hua Hsieh (no. 484 WAGR) will compete for the second time having previously played for Chinese Taipei in 2024. 

Isabella Errichetto

Luciana Medina

Valeria Rubio

Colombia is coming off a top 10 finish last year and will have all three players returning in Maria Isabella Errichetto (no. 284 WAGR), Valeria Rubio (no. 301 WAGR) and Luciana Medina (no. 389 WAGR).

In 2022, María José Marin earned a second-place finish individually. Earlier this year, Marin won the 2026 Augusta National Women’s Amateur and is currently ranked no. 5 on WAGR.

Lauren Crump

Eleanor Lichtenhein

Annabel Peaford

England returns two players in Lauren Crump (no. 219 WAGR) and Ellie Lichtenhein (no. 830 WAGR) from the team that tied for England’s best finish in tournament history last year. Crump will be making her third appearance at the world championship and is coming off a personal best finish of T22. Annabel Peaford (no. 328 WAGR) finished T5 individually and helped England finish T4 at the 2025 World Amateur Team Championship and will make her tournament debut this year.

Last year Charlotte Naughton won the individual title for England, finishing -10 under to hold off Clara Ding (Team Canada II) by one.

Eléa Bastoni

Axelle Guillemard

Salomé Lumbaca

France have never finished outside of the top 10 in tournament history and are coming off back-to-back T4 finishes the past two years. An entirely new roster will compete in Brampton led by Axelle Guillemard (no. 746 WAGR).

Lena Geier

Luisa Hartmann

Sofìa Maier-Borst

Germany will be making it’s eighth appearance coming off a 12th place finish last year in St. Catharines. Germany returns one player from that team, Sofìa Maier-Borst (no. 415 WAGR) who will be making her third appearance in tournament history. Last year Maier-Borst finished a personal best, T28. 

Felicia Hughes

Elin Wang

Sabrina Wong

Hong Kong, China return for only the second time in tournament history after finishing T6 in their debut in 2024. Arianna Lau led the way in Mississauga, finishing third individually. 

Hong Kong, China are led by two players inside the top 300 in Sabrina Wong (no. 154 WAGR) who returns after competing in 2024 and Elin Wang (no. 273 WAGR). 

Bryndis Agustsdottir

Embla Hallsdottir

Lilja Jonsdottir

Iceland will make it’s fourth consecutive appearance at the championship and is coming off its best finish (T16). Iceland are led by Lilja Maren Jonsdottir (no. 714 WAGR) and the lone returnee, Bryndis Eva Agustsdottir (no. 902 WAGR) from last year. 

Ella Cantwell

Olivia Costello

Hannah Lee-McNamara

Ireland returns after a two-year absence having finished 20th in 2024. Ireland is led by Olivia Costello (no. 754 WAGR), who finished T39 in 2024. 

Maria Sole Albini

Giulietta Bertero

Alice Alexandra Negroni

Italy returns following an 8th place finish last year but with a new roster. Italy are led by Maria Sole Albini (no. 629 WAGR). 

In addition to winning in 2018, Italy finished third in 2019. Alessia Nobilio earned two runner-up finishes individually, losing in a playoff in 2017. She added a third-place finish in 2019. Caterina Don also earned a third-place finish for Italy in 2016. 

Alejandra Botaya

Regina Jiménez Jardón

Alexis Lamadrid

Mexico is coming off three consecutive top 10 finishes, following up a fifth place in 2023 with a T8 and 7th. All three players from last year are returning giving Mexico one of the more experienced teams in the tournament. Regina Jiménez Jardon (no. 286 WAGR) is the lowest ranked player on the team, with Alejandra Botaya making her second appearance and Alexis Yanet Lamadrid making her third. 

Salma El Hali

Noha Ghadi

Sophia Zbiri

Morocco will make its third consecutive appearance in Brampton with one player returning from last year in Noha Ghadi. 

Juwon Kim

Amy Tang

Teresa Wang

New Zealand returns for the first time since the inaugural championship in 2014 and brings three players within the top 550 on WAGR including Teresa Wang (no. 150), Amy Tang (no. 416) and Juwon Kim (no. 532). 

Ella Ingebretsen

Nora Sophie Johnsen

Marie Sandtorv Lussand

Norway returned in 2025 after last competing in 2016 and earned a top 15 finish. Like Colombia and Mexico, Norway will see all three players from last season return to compete in Brampton including Marie Sandtorv Lussand, Ella Ingebretsen and Nora Sophie Johnsen. 

Chloe Ang

Nicole Gan

Bea Lapuz

The 2016 champions will return for the first time since 2017. In 2016 Yuka Saso (now representing Japan) led the way winning the individual competition by six shots and helped the Philippines win team honours. Saso has since went on to win the U.S. Women’s Open twice (2021, 2024) and has two additional wins on the LPGA of Japan Tour during her professional career. 

Seoyeon Kang

Seoah Kim

Gyuri Yoon

Korea enter as defending champions, after becoming the first team in tournament history to win back-to-back championships. 

In seven appearances, Korea has never finished outside of the top two. In addition to four team championships (2015, 2019, 2024, 2025), Korea earned runner-up finishes in 2016, 2017 and 2023. Korea enters this year’s tournament with an entirely new roster in search of more history as no team has won three consecutive championships. All three players are currently ranked inside the top 100 on WAGR including, Seoah Kim (no. 39), Gyuri Yoon (no. 81) and Seoyeon Kang (no. 86). 

Three members of Korea have won individual honours including Hye-jin Choi (2015), Seo-yun Kwon (2017) and Soomin Oh (2024). Oh had an additional third place finish in 2023. 

Adriana Garcia Terol

Carlota López

Marta Muñoz

The two-time champions found their way back to the podium last year finishing T2 with Team Canada I. Spain will be led by Adriana Garcia Terol (no. 222 WAGR) who is the lone returning player having finished T3 individually last year. 

Terol became the second Spanish player to earn the bronze medal joining Bianca Fernández in 2017. Cayetana Fernández won individual honours in 2022, helping to lead Spain to its second team gold medal. 

Wilma Augustsson

Olivia Holmberg

Ebba Mejer

Sweden returns following four consecutive top 10 finishes since 2022. Olivia Holmberg returns for her second tournament and is Sweden’s lowest ranked player at no. 377 on WAGR. 

In addition to two silver medals, Sweden finished third in 2015 and 2017. Individually, Emma Svensson (2014), Filippa Moork (2015) and Meja Örtengren (2022) have all earned bronze medals. 

Lana Guyot

Anahie Lohner Hutzli

Axelle Martin

Switzerland will have two returning players who helped drive them to their best finish (T14) last year since 2019. Axelle Martin (no. 542 WAGR) will be making her third appearance at the championship and has finished inside the top 40 individually back-to-back years. Also returning is Anahie Lohner Hutzli for her second appearance. Lana Guyot joins the team this year and is currently ranked no. 347 on WAGR.

Mia Clausen

Anna Fang

Amelie Zalsman

The U.S. will send a strong squad to Brampton with two players in the top 100 on WAGR in Amelie Zalsman (no. 25) and Anna Fang (no. 51). Zalsman, the lowest ranked player in the field this year finished as runner-up to Clairey Lin at the 2026 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship (5&4). Mia Clausen (no. 234 WAGR) joins the Zalsman and Fang for an entirely new team for the U.S. 

The 2014 champions have a second place (2018) and two third place (2016, 2024) finishes in tournament history. Mika Liu won the gold medal in 2014; 2023 CPKC Women’s Open winner Megan Khang (2014) and Jennifer Chang (2016) have earned silver for the U.S. and Zoe Campos took home a bronze in 2018.