Following are the results of the first round of women's handball preliminaries at the Beijing Olympic Games?on Saturday:
Group A
Romania bt Kazakhstan 31-19 (13-10)
France bt Angola 32-21 (13-14)
Norway bt China 30-23 (13-12)
Group B
Russia tied to South Korea 29-29 (16-13)
Hungary bt Sweden 30-24 (15-14)
Germany bt Brazil 24-22 (11-12)
(Xinhua News Agency August 9, 2008)