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TOKYO, Japan, June 2, 2016 – A determined French team defeated
Canada 3-0 (25-17, 25-17, 25-16) at the Men’s World Olympic
Qualification Tournament at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on
Thursday.
In today’s match, France’s Earvin Ngapeth and Antonin Rouzier
sparked their team’s offense with 15 and 14 points respectively.
Graham Vigrass led Canada with 11 points.
France has four wins and one loss (a five-set battle with
Poland) at this tournament – a very solid position to get a Rio
berth. Canada has two wins and three losses. After today,
teams have only two matches left to make their mark in the
grueling week-long tournament.
In the other matches on Thursday, Iran defeated China 3-2
(26-24, 22-25, 25-19, 17-25, 18-16), Poland beat Venezuela 3-0
(25-21, 25-17, 25-18) and Australia swept Japan 3-0 (25-23,
25-19, 29-27).
The Canadian team has a day-and-a-half rest to prepare for the
matches against Japan (Saturday) and China (Sunday).
The WOQT is a round robin tournament: eight teams are competing
in 28 games, with each country playing seven matches in as many
days. The top-ranked Asian team and the top three ranked teams,
four in total, will qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. |
