Men's Handball Olympic Squad Selected - Three to be Cut

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17 players have been selected for the men's handball squad for the Olympics in Paris this summer. All players will travel to Paris before the squad is trimmed to 14 players.

Here is the Olympic squad.

Goalkeepers :

Andreas Palicka, Paris Saint-Germain

Tobias Thulin, GOG (Pick Szeged)

Mikael Appelgren, Rhein-Neckar Löwen

Left Backs :

Hampus Wanne, Barcelona

Lucas Pellas, Montpellier

Centre Backs :

Max Darj, Füchse Berlin

Oscar Bergendahl, Magdeburg

Andreas Nilsson, Veszprem (Önnered)

Right Backs :

Daniel Pettersson, Magdeburg

Sebastian Karlsson, Montpellier

Left Wings :

Jonathan Carlsbogård, Barcelona

Karl Wallinius, Kiel

Centre Wings :

Felix Claar, Magdeburg

Jim Gottfridsson, Flensburg-Handewitt

Jonathan Edvardsson, Hannover-Burgdorf

Right Wings :

Albin Lagergren, Magdeburg

Lukas Sandell, Veszprem

Facts: Men's Handball at the Olympics

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Group A: Spain, Croatia, Germany, Slovenia, Sweden, Japan.

Group B: Denmark, Norway, Hungary, France, Egypt, Argentina.

The top four teams in each group advance to the quarter-finals.

Sweden's matches (in Paris):

27 July: Germany (7:00 pm).

29 July: Spain (4:00 pm)

31 July: Slovenia (4:00 pm)

2 August: Croatia (2:00 pm)

4 August: Japan (9:00 am)

Quarter-finals, semi-finals, and medal matches will be played in Lille on 7, 9, and 11 August, respectively.

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