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Toronto/CMEDIA: The Canadian men’s volleyball team was able to win third straight Olympic tournament spot to Paris 2024 on Sunday following appearances at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.
The 12th-ranked Canada was able to defeat No. 34 Mexico 3-0 (25-20, 25-21, 25-15) in its final game of the men’s Olympic Qualification Tournament in Xi’an, China and clinched a second-place finish in the eight-team Pool C with a 5-2 record.
“I’m just so happy for volleyball in Canada, and the history of what people have done for many years with this program to now consistently be in the Olympics…It’s an unbelievable moment and being in the Olympics is huge, as it represents the country,” Canada’s head coach Tuomas Sammelvuo was reported saying in a news release.
United States and Japan in Pool B, and Germany and Brazil in Pool A. also qualified for the men’s tournament this week.
