The Egyptian handball team won on Wednesday its match againsrt Swedish team 26-25 as part of the Olympic Games Rio 2016 Group B.

The Swedish team was advancing in the first half of the match 12-13.

In the second half of the match, the Egyptian team played hard and compensated its loss, ending the match at a 25-26 result in favor of the Egyptian team. 

The Egyptian team lost its first hand ball team with Slovenia 27-26.

Group B includes Brazil, Germany, Sweden and Poland in addition to Egypt and Slovenia.

Egypt will face Poland on Thursday.

Source: MENA