Russia and Brazil won the Preliminary Round Groups at Women’s Olympic tournament in Rio. The only team from 24 who qualified for the knock-out stage with 100% of wins is Russia. The Russian girls celebrated fifth win at Future Arena, this time against Netherlands 38:34, which will give them „the easiest rival“ in the battle for semi-final.
In Group A, Brazil beat Montenegro 29:23 to take first place ahead of Norway.
The host team will meet Netherlands in quarter-final, while Norway, after win over Romania 28:27, will face Sweden!
France won battle for the second place in Group B against Sweden 27:25.
| 1 | BRA | Brazil | 8 |
| 2 | NOR | Norway | 8 |
| 3 | ESP | Spain | 4 |
| 4 | ANG | Angola | 4 |
| 5 | ROU | Romania | 4 |
| 6 | MNE | Montenegro | 0 |
| 1 | RUS | Russian Federation | 10 |
| 2 | FRA | France | 8 |
| 3 | SWE | Sweden | 5 |
| 4 | NED | Netherlands | 4 |
| 5 | KOR | Republic of Korea | 1 |
| 6 | ARG | Argentina | 0 |
PHOTO: IHF, Stephane Pillaud
