Setterosa beats Canada 18-12 in the final for seventh place at the Doha World Championships and thus qualifies for Paris 2024. The Italians beat the North Americans for the second time in the world championship tournament in the Emirate country and won the Olympic pass in the sixth and final opportunity.
Excellent defense, which saves six numerical inferiorities out of nine, and incisive attack with the five from Bianconi and the four from Avegno and Giustini.
For the Italian women's team, gold in Athens 2004 and silver in Rio de Janeiro 2016, it is a return to the Games after losing the Tokyo edition, held in 2021, for which she was not qualified.
There are ten teams that will participate in the Paris 2024 Olympics: France (host country), Holland and Spain (World Cup 2023), Australia (Oceania), China (Asian Games), United States (Pan American Games 2023), Greece (European Championships 2024), Hungary and Italy (Doha World Cup), South Africa (Africa, to be confirmed).
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