World champions the Netherlands and European title holders Norway stormed into the quarter-finals of the Olympic women's handball competition with comprehensive victories at Tokyo's Yoyogi National Stadium on Thursday.
Dutch left back Lois Abbingh scored six times to take her tally at Tokyo to 19 goals from three matches as the Netherlands dominated African champions Angola to seal a 37-28 victory and stay perfect after earlier wins over Japan and South Korea.It was Angola's third loss in as many matches and they paid the price for committing an extra player in attack in the second half by taking off their goalkeeper as the relentless Dutch ran amok to send out a warning to other medal contenders.
The Scandinavians won all five group matches in China 13 years ago but face a daunting task to repeat that feat as they meet the Dutch on Saturday, although both teams are likely to rotate players with their last-eight tickets booked.
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