“It’s unbelievable,” said head coach Tuomas Sammelvuo.

I’m really happy with the way the guys performed we got the job done. The celebration starts and we will have the year to prepare for Paris!”Īrgentina, who finished third and outside qualification, also had a 5-2 record but fewer points than Canada. We stepped up and we had also beat the teams we needed to earlier in the tournament. “It was disappointing and scary to be in that position, but we got another opportunity today and we took it. “It was an important game after yesterday,” said Team Captain and two-time Olympian Nicholas Hoag. Canada led in attack (39-33), dominated in both blocking (13-5) and aces (8-1), but did admit more error points to Mexico (17-15). Now all the Canadians had to do was win against Mexico and that’s exactly what they did.Ī post shared by Volleyball Canada their final tournament match on Sunday, Canada breezed to a 3-0 win over Mexico to secure their spot at Paris 2024. In a dramatic turn of events and despite having no shot at the top two spots in the final pool standings, Bulgaria pulled off a surprising five-set victory over Belgium. At the start of the day, Belgium had the best chance of joining Pool C winners Poland in Paris. Stephen Maar, Arthur Szwarc, and Eric Loeppky have consistently been among Canada’s top scorers in the first four games.Ĭanada pulled off another win in three straight sets over Bulgaria, before falling 1-3 to Belgium. The Canadians then bounced back to win their clash with China in three straight sets.

However, Canada gave the world’s top-ranked team a tough time, as the match ended in a tie-break.

The Canadians’ first defeat came against Poland, who went unbeaten in the tournament. A post shared by Volleyball World the Netherlands in their first match, Canada pulled off a five-set win, before securing a convincing 3-1 upset victory over Argentina.

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