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France Reach First Women’s Basketball World Cup Final After Beating Germany
France have reached the Women’s Basketball World Cup final for the first time after defeating hosts Germany 86-64 on Saturday. Gabby Williams led the scoring with 22 points as the Olympic silver medallists maintained their unbeaten run at the tournament and booked their place in Sunday’s final in Berlin. The……
France have reached the Women’s Basketball World Cup final for the first time after defeating hosts Germany 86-64 on Saturday.
Gabby Williams led the scoring with 22 points as the Olympic silver medallists maintained their unbeaten run at the tournament and booked their place in Sunday’s final in Berlin.
The US-born guard delivered an all-round performance, leading France in assists with five and steals with four.
Williams remained a constant threat at both ends of the court as France pulled away from the hosts to secure a historic place in the final.
France are on track to face the United States and will hope to avenge their one-point defeat in the Olympic final in Paris in 2024, should the heavily favoured Americans get past Spain later on Saturday.
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The 11-time champion United States are on a 34-game winning streak at the World Cup dating back to their surprise semi-final defeat at the hands of Russia in 2006.
The underdog Germans swept past European champions Belgium in their quarter-final clash for a first semi-final appearance as a unified country, with East Germany having made the final four in 1967.
France burst out of the blocks early but the Germans stayed hot on their heels, trailing by just two at quarter-time.
France’s quality told as the match went on and the French scored nine straight points to start the second-half, running out to a 16-point lead.
Alexis Peterson and Emily Bessoir hit threes in the final quarter as the Germans cut the lead to just eight to stay within striking distance, but France again went on a run, scoring 12 straight to end the match and seal progress to a maiden final.
AFP
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