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Great Britain's men and women some qualified for this year's SVNS Grand Final aft finishing eighth successful Singapore.
The men were beaten by Ireland successful nan semi-final earlier claiming nan last qualifying spot pinch a 26-5 triumph complete Australia successful nan bronze badge match.
The women's 35-5 triumph complete Brazil successful nan group stages secured nan past qualifying spot earlier they were beaten by eventual winners New Zealand successful nan quarter-finals.
New Zealand claimed nan double arsenic nan men hit Ireland successful nan last to travel nan women, who overcame Australia and were besides crowned 2024 convention winners.
Argentina, meanwhile, became nan sixth federation to beryllium crowned men's convention winners for nan first clip successful their history.
The inaugural SVNS Grand Final takes spot successful Madrid betwixt 31 May and 2 June.
GB men's skipper Robbie Fergusson says advancement makes nan reliable moments "worthwhile" arsenic they besides look guardant to adjacent month's last Olympic qualifying tourney arsenic they bid to scope Paris 2024.
"There’s full belief betwixt nan 18 boys, nan ones that are astatine location and couldn’t make this travel that are injured that are fresh to travel backmost successful for nan adjacent one, and nan boys that person slogged it retired present for nan past six games," said Fergusson.
"It’s reliable going connected nan assemblage but these moments make it each worthwhile."
GB women person already qualified for nan Olympics but their spot successful nan Grand Final was nether threat until they hit Brazil and Fiji overcame Japan successful their thrilling knockout game.
"We knew we’d put successful nan activity down nan scenes and we had analysed Brazil truthful we knew precisely what we were going to do coming into this game," said GB's Isla Norman-Bell.
