The Olympic flag football field for the 2028 Games in Los Angeles is taking shape.
On Sunday, Canada's men and Mexico's women won bronze-medal games at the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) championships in Düsseldorf, Germany, securing the final two Olympic qualifying spots available from the tournament. Canada's men beat Mexico, 34-26, and Mexico's women beat Great Britain, 20-19.
Italy's men and Canada's women previously qualified by advancing to Saturday's gold-medal games. Canada's women beat USA, 27-20 for the gold medal, while the U.S. men beat Italy, 46-26.
The top-two non-USA finishers from the men's and women's 16-team fields earned spots in the Olympic field. The U.S. men and women had already secured Olympic spots via automatic bids awarded to the host country.
That meant significant stakes and additional drama for Sunday's bronze-medal games, with the winner of each securing an Olympic bid and the loser having to wait until 2028 for another shot at qualifying. Both games were thrillers.

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