GB finished bottom with three defeats against Argentina, South Korea and Tunisia, who rank among the best in the world, in the round-robin tournament at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre.

Playing in the tournament as practice for this summer's Olympic Games, they found life tough against the South Americans on Thursday night, going down to a hefty 32-15 defeat, before being put to the sword by eventual event winners Tunisia on Good Friday in a 41-15 loss.

But Dragan Djukic's side can take heart by giving a fast and athletic South Korea a test on Saturday before losing 29-25.

Top scorer

Another positive GB can take is the performance of right-back Steven Larsson, who finished top scorer with 19 goals, 14 of those coming in a fine individual showing against Korea.

A spokesman for British Handball said: "The plan for the Pinsent Masons' London Handball Cup was to give Great Britain experience of playing against the top nations so they can better prepare for this summer's Olympics.

"On that score it is very much 'job done' with lessons learned, and Great Britain will take heart from their performance against a very strong Korean side."

GB next take to the court in June for their Euro 2014 pre-qualification tournament in Italy, where they face Greece, Switzerland and the host nation in a bid to get through to the group stage of qualifying.