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<\/p>\nThe top two countries in each of the men\u2019s and women\u2019s world championships qualified for 2028 when flag football makes its Olympic debut. <\/p>\n
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But if the United States, already qualified as host, reached either final, the top three finishers qualified for L.A.<\/p>\n
The Canadian women will meet the U.S., which was a 27-21 semifinal winner over Britain, for the world title Sunday. <\/p>\n
Mexico and Britain will battle for the remaining women\u2019s Olympic berth in the bronze-medal game.<\/p>\n
Canada\u2019s men fell 41-36 to Italy in Saturday\u2019s semifinal, but still had a chance to punch an early Olympic ticket in Sunday\u2019s bronze-medal match against Mexico.<\/p>\n
The U.S. was a 42-40 winner over the Mexicans in the other semifinal, and faces Italy for men\u2019s gold Sunday at the world championship.<\/p>\n
Countries can also qualify for Los Angeles via next year\u2019s continental championships and a qualifying series the following year.<\/p>\n
The Canadian men defeated American Samoa 24-14 and the women were 40-12 victors over Austria in Saturday\u2019s quarterfinals.<\/p>\n
Canada\u2019s women edged the U.S. 34-33 at the USA Football Summer Series on June 19.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is an incredible moment for our women\u2019s flag football team and everyone who has supported them along the way,\u201d said Eva Havaris, Football Canada\u2019s chief executive officer. \u201cThis group worked incredibly hard for this moment, delivered an outstanding performance and it goes without saying that they\u2019ve earned it.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to see them officially secure their place on the Olympic stage, and we can\u2019t wait to see what they do in Los Angeles.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sara Parker passed for 107 yards in Saturday\u2019s semifinal. Silvia Contreras led Canada\u2019s receivers with 38 yards on six catches, and also scored a touchdown.<\/p>\n
Caroline Moquin-Joubert scored a pair of touchdowns and Alexane Fournier also reached the end zone. <\/p>\n
James Drysdale compiled 76 yards on six catches and also scored a touchdown for Canada\u2019s men in the semifinal loss. Jackson Tachinski and Antony Auclair also scored.<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 15, 2026.<\/p>\n
The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The top two countries in each of the men\u2019s and women\u2019s world championships qualified for 2028 when flag…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":859432,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":["post-859431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=859431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/859432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=859431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=859431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=859431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}