China were upset by Turkey despite winning the first set. Brazil, Italy and United States would all go through in straight sets

Amongst the drama of a spying scandal, Canada would win all three group games but were docked six points. 

United States  ? 41 32 China ? 40 41 32 China 🇨🇳 39 32 18 GB 🇬🇧 25 26 23 France 🇫🇷 23 21 33

206 countries are competing in the Paris Olympics. Some nations will expect to take home 100 medals whilst others will be happy with one.

This feels destined to be a France v Denmark final. It has been at the last two Olympics. However, they are playing in the same group

Carissa Moore (United States) is already in the hall of fame and will be looking to add to her Tokyo Olympic title.

They have also recruited Antoine Dupont, a former world rugby player of the year and early signs suggest he will be just as good at sevens.

France is the reigning Olympic champions and will be buoyed by home support. They’ve also won the 2022 and 2024 Nations League

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Serbia and Croatia were seeded number one heading into the tournament, but neither won their group

There, they came up against China who had overcome Brazil, winning 3-2 in the shock of the tournament.

In the semi-finals, the Netherlands beat Germany after an epic 14-shot penalty shootout. Great Britain joined them in the final

Brazil could not continue the hot streak and were knocked out in the quarter finals by Netherlands. The other ties went to form

France beat Sweden 29-27 to set a final with Russia beating Norway 27-26.

In the other semi-final once again Sweden and Brazil would head to a penalty shootout. This time Sweden would get the win

France continues their good run through the tournament, beating Argentina 3-0 in the semi-final.

The first shock happened on day one as Sweden overcame World Cup winners United States 3-0.

The two favourites Pavan/Humana-Paredes and Ross/Klineman both cruised through the quarter-finals in straight sets.