Canadian women’s 3×3 team just 1 win away from clinching Olympic Games berth
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The Canadian women’s 3×3 team are just one win away from clinching a spot at the Paris Olympic Games.
The team of Paige Crozon, Kacie Bosch, and twin sisters Michelle and Katherine Plouffe scored a 21-8 quarterfinal win over Italy on Sunday at a last-chance Olympic qualifier in Debrecen, Hungary.
Crozon and Katherine Plouffe both scored nine points in the win over Italy, which saw the Canadians roar out of the gate on a 9-1 run.
Canada will now play in the semifinals at 1:30 p.m. ET against Spain.
The top three finishers at the event will lock down spots at the Summer Games, which means semifinal winners automatically qualify for Paris 2024.
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The two semifinal losers will play in the third-place match for the final spot available at the Summer Games.
Canada finished atop Pool B with a perfect 3-0 record with round-robin wins over Chile (21-11), Lithuania (19-16), and Czechia (17-10).
All games from the last-chance qualifying tournament stream live on CBCSports.ca, the CBC Sports app, and CBC Gem.
