This means that the gold favorite France, which won the European gold a year ago and is also reigning World Cup champion, stands at just one point after two matches.

Despite leading 10-7 at the break, it ended up being 19-19 against Brazil. France had major problems in their attack game and Brazil was able to catch up and celebrated big after securing a point against the major nation.

France, which fell surprisingly yesterday against South Korea, has yet to meet Denmark and Germany. Three out of six teams advance to the playoffs.