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→Political Questions Resolved by the Games: Added to handball section, I sense a lack of understanding of the sport by some editors.
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|Will heavy underdogs [[Tunisia]] overperform in Group A? Group A should perhaps be dubbed the "Group of Left", since the other five teams are Sweden, Iceland, and Argentina, where same-sex marriage is legal, and increasingly atheistic Great Britain and France.
|Will underdogs [[Tunisia]] overperform in Group A? Group A should perhaps be dubbed the "Group of Left", as the other five teams are Sweden, Iceland, and Argentina, where same-sex marriage is legal, and increasingly atheistic Great Britain and France.
|Tunisia went 2-3 in the group stage, becoming just the second African team ever to advance to the quarterfinals. They then lost to Croatia, the winner of Group B.
|Tunisia went 2-3 in the group stage, becoming the second African team ever to advance to the quarterfinals. They then lost to Croatia, the winner of Group B in the quarter finals.
It should be noted that they finished 8th ranked in the twelve team tournament, beating the Great Britain squad that was only formed for the Olympics and then disbanded, and the Argentine team, who qualified for the first time in 2012. So their performance could be viewed as living up to their expectations in some quarters.
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