Canadian women’s volleyball team starts Olympic qualifier beating the Netherlands
NINGBO, China — Canada opened an Olympic women’s qualification volleyball tournament with a marathon five-set victory over the Netherlands on Saturday.
The Canadian women prevailed 30-32, 25-19, 25-15, 17-25, 13-15 over the Dutch to kick off the 24-country tournament.
The top two teams in each pool of eight qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Canada’s women last played in an Olympic volleyball tournament in Atlanta in 1996.