Madrid, September 27 (EFE).- The Canadian women’s team, after beating Jamaica, will be able to defend its Olympic title for Paris 2024, a tournament for which the names of five teams are already known with 301 days to go. of the competition.

The North American team won the CONCACAF play-offs by defeating Jamaica in both qualifying matches. In the first leg, in Kingston, they won 0-2, and in the second leg, at BMO Field in Toronto, they won 2-1 thanks to goals from Chloe Zoe Lacasse and Jordyn Pamela Huitema.

Canada will try to retain the Olympic title it won on August 6, 2021 at the Yokohama International Stadium, beating Sweden on penalties after finishing the final with a 1-1 draw.

Canadian players reached the Olympic qualifying play-offs as runners-up in the 2022 CONCACAF tournament, where they lost 1-0 in the final to the United States.

This year, however, they could not maintain the good level of the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, in which they were eliminated in the group stage, being third after a 0-0 draw against Nigeria, a 2-1 victory against Ireland and a defeat against the hosts ‘Matildas’ by 0-4.

Alongside Canada, France has already secured its place as organizer of the Games, the United States as continental champion, as well as Brazil and Colombia after the 2022 Copa América dispute, during which both teams faced each other in the final, with a score of 1- 1 victory.-0 for the ‘canarinha’.

It therefore remains to know the names of seven teams, two from the confederations of Asia, Africa and Europe and one from Oceania.

The Asian, African and Oceanic pre-Olympic tournaments have yet to be finalized and European representation will emerge from the final phase of the new Nations League, which will be played between February 21 and 28.

After playing the first two days, Belgium, France, Denmark and Spain are leading the four groups in League A, although there are four matches to play and everything remains to be decided.

Sweden, current vice-champion, is second in group 4 after losing in Gothenburg against Spain, the current world champion, who despite the problems after the final in Sydney, managed to maintain their good momentum on the field to attack Gamla Ullevi (2-3) and beat Switzerland (5-0).

Germany, Olympic champion in Rio 2016, is also second in 3 after succumbing to the Danish team (2-0) and beating Iceland (4-0); Norway, gold medalist at Sydney 2000, is third out of 2 after equalizing with Austria (1-1) and losing to Portugal (3-2); and in number 1, a tough battle awaits because two powers like the Netherlands and England are one point behind Belgium.