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Group  A:

France – Tunisia 32:19 (15:9)

Reigning champion France started well in Sweden – even as Tunisia showed a lot of resistance in their opener. It took France 25 minutes to reach the 15:10, as the game was close until the 7:5. Tunisia having to miss their star Wissem Hmam stood well in defense, but couldn’t really break through the French wall. But as the World Champion was away from their top form in the beginning the gap didn’t increase too much. But when Tunisia lost their powers the result became clearer and clearer – and the score of 21:14 was the start of the decisive period. Five minutes before the end – and as sniper William Accambray had started his shooting series - the gap was already ten goals at the score 27:17, in the end it were 13. France could not be endangered despite the fact that top star Nikola Karabatic received a red card in minute 43.

Germany – Egypt 30:25 (15:12)

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Men's Handball World Championship is on a tour in Sweden, where we will visit all the eight WCh cities, and Stockholm. With the tour is the world's largest hand-stitched handball, 171 centimeters in diameter.

The tour starts at Farsta Centrum in Stockholm on November 17 and will then travel further south through all the host cities for the Men's Handball World Championship 2011. On November 26, the tour ends in the final city, Malmö.

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With 12 weeks left to throw-off for the first game of the Handball World Championship 2011 in Sweden, the host cities are preparing to welcome all supporters.
– This will be a party, both in arenas and on the town, says Karl Löfmark, Manager of External Events.

Tens of thousands of Danes will come to Malmo. The red and whites will face competition from large groups of Croatian fans, and certainly a lot of Serbian ones.

In Norrköping and Linköping, large Norwegian groups will bring festive touch to the city. Here it may also be samba pace in the arenas – the Brazilian Tourist Office takes the initiative to help with a carnival atmosphere.

Sweden plays their group matches in Gothenburg and in the same stadium, the Polish supporters will do everything to compete with the support for the host nation.

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