Canada has earned the fourth and final berth to the World Championships by downing the Dominican Republic 80-76 in the FIBA Americas quarterfinals.

(Discuss the Dominican Republic vs. Canada match)

The Canadians used ball movement and three-point shooting to slay the Dominican team, who was without their second leading scorer Francisco García.

Canada hit 10 of their 14 three-pointers in the second half, including two huge threes from Aaron Doornekamp in the final quarter, during a game when they couldn’t shoot well from inside the arc (37%).

Canada converted more than half of their three-point attempts (27), led by Jermaine Anderson’s 5-8 shooting from downtown.

Anderson exploded for an unexpected 21 points. Carl English added 13 points, Jesse Young 11 points, and Levon Kendall contributed a double-double, 10 points and 11 rebounds, for the Mapleleafs

The Dominicans on the other hand, clearly missed Garcia’s ability to stretch the offense. Though veteran guard Luis Flores shot 3-7 from three, they needed another threat from downtown, as the rest of the squad hit just 2-14.

Flores and Charlie Villanueva led the Dominicans with 17 points apiece.

Francisco García was a late scratch as his NBA team, the Sacramento Kings, released a statement saying that Garcia would no longer participate because of an injury to his right ring-finger.

The Dominican Republic’s only chance to go to the World Championships is to receive a Wild Card from FIBA.

With the win, Canada joins Argentina, Brazil, and Puerto Rico in the semi-finals and is guaranteed at least fourth place in the tournament.  They will will have to defeat Puerto Rico in order to reach the finals.