Mixed results for our Parisians on Wednesday

Norway - Spain: 25-24

Unlike on Tuesday, not all of Paris Saint-Germain handball's internationals were able to end their day with a win - because two of them were playing against each other, Kent Robin Tonnesen's Norway taking on Ferran Sole Sala's Spain. After a complicated first half (30‘: 10-13) and an equally difficult start to the second (41’: 14-19), the Scandinavians, on home turf, let loose in the final 12 minutes. Kent and his team-mates outscored Ferran's team (who scored three times throughout the match) 6-2 in the final phase to finally win by a single goal. The Norwegians thus notched their first points of the competition (fifth in Group III) and sit just behind the Spaniards (one win, one draw and one defeat in three games).

Egypt - Iceland: 24-27

Egypt went close to matching Norway's performance. But Yahia Omar's side started from too far back to hope to topple the Icelanders. At the break, our right-back (three goals) saw his team trailing by four goals (30': 9-13). Despite a more satisfactory second half, the African champions were unable to reverse the trend and suffered their first defeat of the campaign after starting with two straight wins.

Sweden - Portugal: 37-37

What a match! The match between Sweden and Portugal lived up to all its promise. Although the Portuguese had the upper hand on several occasions, the two teams struggled to separate themselves and ended the two periods with the score locked. Andreas Palicka's side might even have won had it not been for a last-gasp equaliser from Rui Silva. The Portuguese and Swedes therefore parted on level terms after a match that produced no fewer than 74 goals. The Swedes are second in Group III, one point behind Portugal.

Fixture list for Thursday 23 January:

• Netherlands (Luc Steins and Dani Baijens) - France (Luka Karabatic, Elohim Prandi and Mathieu Grébille)
• Poland (Kamil Syprzak) - Kuwait
• Denmark (Jacob Holm and Jannick Green) - Switzerland

(Credits: IHF)