All three nations earned their place on the podium at the Rio Olympic Arena to ensure they will be joining hosts Brazil at this summer's Games.

For the Germans - Anastasija Khmelnytska, Daniela Potapova, Julia Stavickaja, Sina Tkaltschewitsch, Rana Tokmak and Natalie Hermann - the difference came in their exercise with the five ribbons, which gave them the gold medal in the final with a total of 33.183 points.

Uzbekistan’s Samira Amirova, Valeriya Davidova, Luiza Ganieva, Zarina Kurbonova and Marta Rostoburova assured themselves silver with 32.832 points after dominating with the three pairs of clubs and two hoops.

Greece's Ioanna Anagnostopoulou, Eleni Doika, Zoi Kontogianni, Michaela Metallidou and Stavroula Samara secured bronze with 31.982 points.

Brazil’s Maiara Candido, Morgana Gmach, Jessica Meier, Gabrielle Moraes da Silva and Francielly Pereira finished fifth behind Finland but were qualified from the outset, taking advantage of the place reserved for Olympic host countries. 

Ten groups qualified directly for the Games from last year’s World Championships in Stuttgart.

Although Germany and Uzbekistan finished tied for 10th, the last direct qualification spot went to the United States, due to the need for representation by groups from at least three continents.

In the individual all-around final, Belarus' Melitina Staniouta followed up her domination of yesterday’s qualification round to triumph with a total of 70.749 points.

The world bronze medallist recovered from a shaky start with the hoop to finish just ahead of Kazakhstan’s Sabina Ashirbayeva, who managed a total of 68.966 points.

The battle for the bronze medal was a close one with Austria's Nicol Ruprecht emerging victorious with a total of 67.883 points, a mere two tenths of a point more than Italy’s Veronica Bertolini.