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Canada is a plural noun here, as it refers to the collective teammates, not the nation-state.

Sorry - not the plural sense, the use of "deducted" .

I agree. The points were deducted from the team's total. The team itself was not deducted (though I guess you could argue without the points, the team was deducted from the tournament, lol)

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