The draw was held on Saturday evening, after the men's World Cup final between Italy and Croatia in Doha. The women were drawn first, and Hungary easily made it into the top five, as in addition to the Dutch, they were paired with Australia, China and Canada. But at the same time, it will certainly be tough in the direct elimination stage, as Spain, Greece, Italy and France were placed alongside world champions the United States in Group B, the Hungarian Telegraph reported.
Among the strongest opponents were the Spanish men, as well as the Australians, the Japanese, the Serbs and the French.
It was not officially revealed until Friday evening that South Africa, the African quota team, would not participate in the men's and women's pentathlon competitions, so Romania, the 10th-placed team in Doha for the men, and Canada for the women, entered the field.
More than 7.8 million tickets have already been sold for the five-ring competition, with water polo in the top ten, said Aurélie Merle, competition director for the Olympic Games, in her speech.
He added that more tickets have already been sold for the water polo tournament than in 2016 in Rio.
MTI expects the water polo tournaments at the Paris Olympics to be held from July 27 to August 11.
Men's Gymnastics Team Classification
Group: Greece, Croatia, United States, Romania, Italy, Montenegro
Group B: Hungary, Spain, Australia, Japan, Serbia, France
Women's Gymnastics Team Classification
Group: Netherlands, Australia, Hungary, China, Canada
Group B: Spain, Greece, Italy, United States, France
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