Men's water polo was fairly crazy as well. Just like volleyball, the #1 seed had already been knocked out, but the US got essentially docked 4 goals on a technicality.
They can review a "brutality" foul, but not other fouls. So Australia committed a common foul, which would have stopped play (holding a head underwater), and in response the US player punched the guy. So the play should have been whistled dead, wasn't then they reviewed, and called the brutality foul which (a) negated the goal the US scored on the possession; (b) gave Australia a penalty shot they scored on; and (c) gave Australia a 4 minute power play, during which they scored 2 goals. For comparison a normal power play is 20 seconds.
So that call turned a 2-1 US lead into a 4-1 deficit. Although the US then held Australia scoreless for 19 game minutes, which is also insane, retook the lead by 1, only to give up goals on back to back possessions. The US then scored on their final possession to send it to shootouts, where they won 4-3
The Olympics are perfect for stuff like this
