Brazil face Norway in quarter-finals

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Brazil's Daniela Piedade celebrates a goal against Angola in their women's handball Preliminaries Group A match at the Copper Box venue during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 5, 2012. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Aug. 6

By Tom Pilcher

LONDON (Reuters) - Brazil will face reigning Olympic women's handball champions Norway in the quarter-finals after finishing top of Group A on Sunday having survived a late rally to beat Angola 29-26.

Norway, who are also world and European champions, rounded off a lacklustre group stage campaign by suffering a 25-20 loss to Spain in the penultimate qualifying encounter of the Games.

Group B winners France, still unbeaten, will play debutants Montenegro in the last eight while Beijing runners-up Russia face 2008 bronze medallists South Korea and Spain meet Croatia.

The quarter-finals will be contested on Tuesday.

(Editing by Ken Ferris)

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