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Great Britain will play the Czech Republic in the final of the LEN Women's European Nations Water Polo Trophy in Manchester.

Angela Winstanley-Smith scored a double-hat-trick in the hosts' 19-7 semi-final win over Slovakia and captain Ros Griffiths has high hopes of more success.

"We were slow to start and they weren't playing their defence as we thought they would so we changed it up soon after we started," she said.

"They put so many counter attacks on us but both our goalies played exceptionally well.

"We are really looking forward to playing in the final. Hopefully we'll go one better than last time and win it. The crowd were absolutely amazing; they really stepped it up and helped us perform."

The Czech Republic, who like Great Britain won their group to pass straight into the semi-finals, had just too much for the Ukraine, winning 14-8.

"We are very excited and happy to be in the final. It was our goal coming into the tournament and we have accomplished it," said Veronika Bartunkova.

"Our coach gave us a plan coming into the match, I think we were quicker than them and they were tired from their quarter-final which helped us out."

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