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Vanessa Gilles scored in the 62nd minute to give Canada a 1-0 victory over Colombia and send the team into the quarterfinals of the Paris Olympics on Wednesday despite losing six points in the tournament because of a drone spying scandal.
Canada will face Germany in a quarterfinals Saturday in Marseille.
Earlier in the day, the defending Olympic champions lost their bid to overturn the FIFA-ordered points deduction for filming the practice of their opening opponents in France, New Zealand.
Canada went on to beat New Zealand before recording wins over France and then Colombia to secure second place in Group A and progress to the knockout phase.
The six-point penalty for an in-tournament violation of FIFA rules is unprecedented in modern soccer.
As well as the points penalty, Canada coach Bev Priestman, an assistant coach and a performance analyst were all given one-year bans and sent home from the Olympics
Priestman was the coach when Canada won the gold medal in Tokyo three years ago.
Information from The Associated Press contributed to this report.