The USA team last lost the World Championship back in 2006, when Australia won the gold.
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Since then, the American women have won 36 consecutive victories at the World Championships.
This time, the French basketball players had a better start in the final, holding a 14-point lead in the second quarter (31:17).
However, the Americans almost erased the deficit before halftime (43:45) and began to dominate in the second half of the game.
The USA team won the third quarter 30:12, and in the fourth quarter, with 6 minutes remaining, they extended their lead to 27 points (86:59), answering all questions in the match.
In the final, Breanna Stewart led the Americans. She scored 22 points (7/10 two-pointers, 8/9 free throws), grabbed 10 rebounds, made 4 assists, and recorded 30 efficiency points.
This 32-year-old basketball player became a world champion for the fourth time in her career, and she also has three Olympic gold medals.
Jackie Young added 18 points for the Americans, while France was led by the duo Dominique Malonga (21 points, 6 rebounds) and Gabby Williams (20 points, 7 assists).
In total, the USA team has become world champion 12 times. Meanwhile, France recorded its best achievement – until now, the only medal won by this country was the bronze at the 1953 tournament.
Spain won the bronze medal at the World Championship, crushing the tournament host Germany 81:58 (25:15, 15:21, 21:15, 20:7) in the small final.
This is already the fourth medal for Spain at the world championships: they also won bronze in 2010 and 2018, and silver in 2014.
Germany has played in the World Championship only for the second time and reached the semifinals for the first time.
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