Oct 25, 2025, 01:12 AM ET<\/p>\n
GOYANG, South Korea — Canada’s Brooke Henderson<\/a> and Wei-Ling Hsu<\/a> of Taiwan beat Sweden’s Madelene Sagstrom<\/a> and Ingrid Lindblad 4 and 3 Saturday to qualify the World team for the International Crown semifinals.<\/p>\n The win gave the World team its fourth point in Pool B from three wins and two ties in the LPGA team event at the New Korea Country Club.<\/p>\n In a later match, Maja Stark and Linn Grant<\/a> of Sweden beat the World team’s Charley Hull<\/a> and Lydia Ko<\/a> 3 and 1.<\/p>\n Australia also qualified for the semifinals from Pool A, as did Japan from Pool B.<\/p>\n “I’ve been waiting a long time for the World team to come true, and I am just so grateful to be a part of this team,” Henderson said. “It’s been an incredible opportunity so far. I love my partner here. (Wei-Ling) bailed me out a lot here today, and she played amazing all week. It’s been so much fun, and I’m really excited for tomorrow.”<\/p>\n Going into Saturday’s final round of fourball matches, the United States had already qualified for the semifinals from Pool A with wins in its first four fourball matches.<\/p>\n Under the tournament format, seven countries and a “rest of the world” team compete in two pools. The teams and their players were determined by the women’s world ranking.<\/p>\n The top two countries from each pool advance to Sunday’s semifinals and final that consists of one foursomes (alternate shot) and two singles matches.<\/p>\n