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.
Canada will now play in the semifinals at 1:30 p.m. ET against the winner of the quarterfinal between Spain and Poland.
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.
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