Canada’s 2028 Olympic Qualification Discussion Road to LA 2028

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A thread to discuss all things related to the upcoming summer Olympics! 

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Qualification procedures won't be finalized for another two years, but here are my thoughts of our qualification chances in the five added sports.

 

American Football - Even assuming the United States gets a host quota, it might be difficult for Canada to qualify. Currently, Mexico is the next best Pan American nation and while we have potential using CFL and NFL players, I'm not sure if many would commit. A world qualifier would help our chances.

 

Baseball/Softball - We should easily qualify in softball given the United States will get the host quota. Baseball on the other hand will be quite difficult, assuming the team sports are only going to have 6-8 entrants.

 

Cricket - This is our weakest sport among the five here. I was relatively impressed with our men's T20 performance earlier this year. A split West Indies team makes things a bit interesting for the Pan American quota. On paper the major teams from the West Indies should beat us, but it does create a little bit of hope.

 

Lacrosse - We should easily qualify a men's and women's team. At worst we are top 2 in the world.

 

Squash - We currently have 1 man and 2 women in the top 50 rankings. I believe this will be a 16-person tournament and assuming 1 athlete per NOC there's a chance, more so on the women's side, but who knows where they will be ranked in four years or if someone new moves up the rankings.