Following are the results of the first day men's handball preliminaries at the Beijing Olympic Games on Sunday:
Group A
Croatia bt Spain 31-29 (16-11)
France bt Brazil 34-26 (19-11)
Poland bt China 33-19 (21-10)
Group B
Russia lost to Iceland 31-33 (16-19)
Germany bt South Korea 27-23 (10-13)
Denmark tied to Egypt 23-23 (11-10)
(Xinhua News Agency August 11,2008)