BEIJING, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following are the second day results of the men's handball preliminaries at the Beijing Olympic Games here on Tuesday:

    Group A

    Brazil lost to Croatia 14-33 (halftime 9-18)

    China lost to France 19-33 (7-19)

    Group B

    Spain bt Poland 30-29 (16-17)

    Egypt lost to Russia 27-28 (14-14)