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)