BEIJING,August 9 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the first round of women's handball preliminaries at the Beijing Olympic Games here 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)