Handball - who will come out on top?

So I know I've talked a bit about this sport before in a previous post, but I didn't really talk much about who the favourites are. Also now the line ups for the group rounds are posted and this will help in calculating who will make it to the quarter-finals and from there to the finals to decide to winners. Unlike other sports I follow this sport religiously and havent missed a championship since the age of 13 and I will therefore try to predict all the medals.

For both the men and women there are 12 teams divided into two groups of six where the top 3 move on to the quarter-finals. Win your group and you face the third team in the other group giving you an easier way to the finals.

For the Men's competition the groups are:
A - France, Sweden, Iceland, Great Britain, Argentina and Tunisia
B - Spain, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia, Denmark and South Korea
From this I think that from Group A France, Iceland and Sweden, in that order, will be the teams advancing to the quarter-finals, while Croatia, Spain and Serbia will go on from Group B. The bronze final will be between Iceland and Spain where I predict that Iceland will take the bronze medal. The final will be between France and Croatia and even though many might disagree I think Croatia will win while France gets the silver medal. I'd love to say Great Britain had a chance at going through, but I think they should focus on trying to not loose to hard and hopefully pulling out a victory. These groups are so unfair seeing as the historically three worst teams are in Group A.

For the Women's competition the groups are:
A- Montenegro, Russia, Croatia, Great Britain, Brazil and Angola
B - Norway, Spain, Denmark, France, Sweden and South Korea
Ok again totally unfair groupings with GB and Brazil in the same group, but as the host nation GB got to choose groups and they totally picked the right one. From Group A Montenegro, Angola and Russia will be the teams that move forward in the competition. Group B is alot harder, but I'm gonna say that Norway, Denmark and Sweden/South Korea will be advancing. The bronze medal match will be between Denmark and Russia. The finals will be between Montenegro and Norway, where Norway will take the gold. I might be biased though as I'm Norwegian, but Norway are the raining European, World and Olympic Champions and I therefore think anyone putting them anywhere other than the top of the podium as slightly crazy.

If you haven't ever seen an Olympic level handball match please watch during these Olympics as it's a fast, hard and thrilling sport that also shows of skills you could only dream of :D

What do you think? Is there any hope for other countries? Is a country going to shock the world? You tell me, leave a comment below.