The men's handball tournament continued with six preliminary round matches on Monday. 

Details from each game of the session are below.

Underdog Sweden overcame Spain, 29-26, in the men's Group A tournament. 

With five minutes left in the first half, Sweden maintained an 11-8 advantage over Spain. But Spain climbed back to tie the score at 11 apiece entering halftime.

Though Spain's goalie came up with big saves in the second half, Sweden achieved a 7-point advantage (the biggest lead of the game) with about six minutes left to play. 

Sweden was dominant throughout the second half and surged ahead to defeat Spain in a much-needed victory after losing to Germany in its first match of the tournament. 

The Spanish entered this match as the favorite. Spain won its fourth Olympic bronze medal in Tokyo and is one of four nations to have won multiple Olympic medals in men's handball (along with Germany, Croatia and Sweden). 

But Sweden was not to be stopped. The Nordic country has an Olympic record four men's handball silver medals (most recently in 2012) but is still seeking its first-ever gold medal.

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In the first handball game of the day at South Paris Arena, Germany bested Japan, 37-26.

Germany displayed its dominance from the start by jumping out to an early lead vs. Japan. The Germans shot a blistering 83% to take a controlling advantage at halftime, 21-10.

Japan got off to a better start in the second half and tallied more goals than the first with 16, but it was still not enough to overcome the Germans, who rode their first half lead to a comfortable victory. 

Japan is making its second-straight Olympic appearance, having finished 11th in Tokyo. The men's handball team has never advanced out of the preliminary round in five previous Olympic appearances. 

Germany does not have a major tournament podium finish since taking bronze in Rio, so this win keeps them on track to end the medal drought. The win marks Germany's second of the tournament, setting the team up well for the quarterfinals.

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Slovenia captured its first win of the tournament with a 31-29 upset over Croatia. 

It was a low-scoring affair to start with Croatia converting the only goal in the first five minutes. Offense started to pick up as the half continued, though, as Croatia jumped out to an 8-4 lead behind Domagoj Duvanjak’s goal. Slovenia ended the half with the momentum and evened the score to 13 all.

Ten minutes into the second half, the back-and-forth game continued. Slovenia capitalized on a red card assed to Croatia’s Veron Nacinovic when Blaz Janc converted on the man advantage, but Croatia immediately pulled their goalie to even the players and retook the lead.

Janc scored seven times in the second half to help lead Slovenia’s offensive effort. Teammate Aleks Vlah also led the offensive charge with eight goals in the match. The duo was responsible for half of Slovenia’s goals in the game. 

Ultimately, Slovenia secured the 31-29 win over Croatia and its first win in the Olympic tournament.

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After defeating defending champions France, Denmark held off Egypt for a 30-27 win -- despite a spirited second half performance from the Egyptians, in which in the team tried to claw its way back from a 10-point deficit. 

Not even 10 minutes into the match, Denmark had established a 5-1 lead. Egypt powered back to score four more points, but momentum was halted around the 15-minute mark when left wing Omar El-Wakil was penalized and received a two-minute suspension. 

At half time, Denmark led 19-9. The Egyptians never recovered, though Yehia El Deraa's aggressive play -- which helped Egypt narrow the gap to 22-18 at the 40-minute mark -- prevented a blowout.

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Norway handed host nation and medal favorite France its second loss in the men's handball tournament on Monday. 

Norway, which is also a medal favorite, was able to tame Nikola Karabatic and company to earn a statement 27-22 win, putting itself in a strong position to advance from the group. France, on the other hand, finds itself in some trouble after only two games, but it still has time to right the ship. 

The host nation will help its star player Karabatic, who played for over half an hour against Norway and didn't register a single shot, find his form and get this France side competing at the level that was expected ahead of the Olympics. 

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