Netherlands came from 9-6 down to stop United States from winning a water polo medal, the first time since the event made the Olympics.

France would lead by double digits in the third-quarter after a 10-0 run. With 92 seconds left France were a point down.

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

The acrobatic section was closer but again it was China who led. United States were second to guarantee themselves silver. 

The other semi final was something of a classic, Germany winning 3-2 despite India creating a greater number of chances.

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

Netherlands have dominated, winning three of the last four, losing the other by penalty shootout and winning the last three World Cups.

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

This event is probably the most open edition of it so far without the usual Russian favourite.

This does feel like quite an open tournament. Overall I do think Italy and Spain have been the strongest.

There will be a new Olympic champion in Paris. China will expect to win a gold medal here. The weakness could be the technical

France arguably has the greatest talent pool in the sport at the moment though and if a strong squad is picked will no doubt challenge

This is perhaps more in question than any time in recent history as some of the best players in the world are from other countries.

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

New Zealand turned it on in the semi-final, with Portia Woodman scoring a hat trick to help beat Great Britain 25-7

In the final, performances only improved. Mamun scored 19 points in every event with Kudryavtseva managing it in all but one.

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