Canadian women’s water polo team tops Japan for 2nd straight victory at aquatics worlds | CBC Sports
The Canadian women’s water polo team is off to the Round of 16 after defeating host Japan 17-12 at the World Aquatics Championships on Thursday.
The victory wrapped up a second-place finish in Pool D for a Canadian squad that also defeated New Zealand 13-11, and lost 11-10 to the 3-0 Hungarian team in the tournament opener.
With the top team in each of the four groups getting a bye, Canada enters the elimination round with a game against South Africa – a team that avoided elimination with a 12-9 victory over Argentina, but were on the receiving end of identical 24-2 losses to both Greece and Italy.
Canada will take on South Africa at 5:30 a.m. ET on Saturday, with the winner advancing to a quarterfinal match on Monday against a 3-0 Netherlands team that finished third-place in the 2022 tournament. Watch live coverage on CBCSports.ca, the CBC Sports app and CBC Gem.
Canada’s five-goal margin of victory on Thursday was its largest of group play, with Montreal’s Elyse Lemay-Lavoie making up that difference by herself with five goals.
WATCH | Canada wraps up group play against Japan:
Watch the Canadian women’s water polo team take on Japan at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.
Fellow Montreal native Axelle Crevier was named player of the game with a four-goal performance.
The Canadian women’s team has finished outside of the top 10 just once in its past 15 appearances at the worlds, with a silver medal at both the 1991 and 2009 events, and a bronze medal at the 2001 and 2005 tournaments.
On the men’s side, Canada is 1-1, looking to break a tie with France in the Pool B standings with a Friday matchup at 7:30 a.m. ET.
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