August 11, 2024, 21:30 pm BST.
Paris Olympics
Women's Basketball Final
The hosts, the French women's basketball team, will take on the powerful U.S. women's basketball team in a marquee match. This is not only the ultimate test for the French women's basketball team, but also the stage for the U.S. women's basketball team's eighth consecutive Olympic gold medal.
The French women's basketball team performed well in the group stage of this year's Olympics, advancing to the top of the group with a record of 2 wins and 1 loss, topping Australia, Canada and Nigeria. In the group stage, the French women's basketball team showed strong teamwork and defense, especially the two big wins against Canada and Nigeria, which was impressive. Entering the knockout rounds, the French women's basketball team continued its good form, defeating Germany and Belgium successively and advancing to the final.
The U.S. Women's Basketball team, as the absolute dominant force in women's basketball, won all three games in the group stage and advanced to the first place in the group. Facing Japan, Belgium and Germany, the U.S. women's basketball team showed dominant offensive firepower, averaging as much as 89.8 points per game, and the defensive end was equally solid. In the knockout rounds, the U.S. Women's Basketball Team continued to soar, defeating Nigeria and Australia, and advancing to the finals with a clean sweep.
In the last 8 meetings between the two teams, the U.S. women's basketball team achieved 7 wins and 1 loss overwhelming advantage, since 1996, the U.S. women's basketball team is seven consecutive Olympic Games won the gold medal, the strength of the strong, indisputable. Although the French women's basketball team performed well in this Olympics, but the average score, compared with the U.S. women's basketball team still has a gap of 12.4 points, which is undoubtedly a major challenge to the French women's basketball team.