Canada cut up a pair of video games in girls’s 3×3 basketball on Saturday to achieve a spot within the semifinals of an Olympic qualifying event in Utsunomiya, Japan.
The highest-ranked Canadians, who beat Kenya to open the competitors, opened Saturday with a 22-9 drubbing of the Netherlands earlier than dealing with a troublesome Australian outfit, which prevailed 21-16 on a powerful closing minute of play.
Canada takes a 2-1 report into Sunday’s semifinal towards Germany (2-1) at 4:20 a.m. ET. Reside streaming of the sport is on the market at CBCSports.ca, the CBC Sports activities app and CBC Gem.
Australia and Brazil meet within the different semifinal at 4:45 a.m., with the ultimate scheduled for six:20 a.m. The champion secures a spot within the Olympic event this summer time in Paris.
Ought to Canada not place first in Japan, it might have yet one more probability to qualify for the Olympics later this month in Hungary. The highest three finishers in that 16-team occasion will spherical out the eight-team subject in Paris. Host France, the USA, China and Azerbaijan have already certified for the Video games.
WATCH | Full match replay, Canada vs. Netherlands:
Watch Canada face the Netherlands on the FIBA 3×3 Olympic Qualifying Match in Utsunomiya, Japan.
Canada, the two-time defending Girls’s Sequence champions, gained this yr’s first cease final week in Springfield, Mass., the place they downed the USA 20-18 within the closing.
Katherine Plouffe was named event MVP after scoring seven factors towards an American group that featured Rhyne Howard, the No. 1 total decide within the 2022 WNBA draft and the league’s rookie of the yr that season.
WATCH | Full match replay, Canada vs. Australia:
Watch Canada play Australia on the FIBA 3×3 Olympic Qualifying Match in Utsunomiya, Japan.
