The final time France and Workforce USA met, there was an Olympic gold medal on the road. The U.S. received by a single level after France’s potential game-tying 3-pointer on the buzzer was dominated a two-pointer.

Now, two years later, the 2 international locations meet once more — this time with World Cup gold up for grabs.

Workforce USA faces France within the 2026 World Cup last Sunday at 2 p.m. in Berlin. The winner takes residence the gold, whereas the loser walks away with silver. Germany and Spain will battle for the bronze.

Whereas Workforce USA appears to increase its dominant, unbeaten streak, France will look to play spoiler, avenge its Olympic loss, and proceed to rewrite its girls’s basketball historical past.

The U.S. is the four-time reigning World Cup champs and has received 35 consecutive video games within the match. A gold on Sunday wouldn’t solely give the Individuals a fifth straight title however tie them with the Soviet Union for many consecutive World Cup championships.

France is enjoying in its first World Cup last. By defeating Germany in Saturday’s semifinal, the French are assured to medal for the primary time within the World Cup since its inception in 1953.

Right here’s what it’s essential know:

Bronze-medal sport: Germany vs Spain at 10:30 a.m. ET on TNT, truTV and HBO Max

Gold-medal sport: Workforce USA vs France at 2 p.m. ET on TNT, truTV and HBO Max

Workforce USA survived an early-game scare from Spain in Saturday’s semifinals. Regardless of a poor begin that noticed the U.S. down by eight (its largest deficit within the World Cup this yr), group captain and former UConn girls’s basketball nice Breanna Stewart anchored the Individuals’ turnaround. Stewart completed with a team-high 16 factors within the 76-66 win. Workforce USA completed with extra turnovers than assists and scored 27 factors from the free-throw line.

Jackie Younger leads the Individuals with 11.2 factors per sport, adopted by Stewart with 11.0. The previous Husky leads the squad with 6.8 rebounds per sport.

Fellow former Husky star Gabby Williams led France in its victory over host Germany in Saturday’s earlier semifinal. Williams led all gamers with 22 factors, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals within the 86-64 win. France’s protection stole the present with 14 steals and 29 factors off Germany’s 25 turnovers.

Williams leads France with 18.4 factors, 3.4 assists and a couple of.8 steals per sport. France additionally leads the match with 96.2 factors per sport (Workforce USA is second with 87.6), a 51.6 subject purpose proportion and a 44.2 clip from the 3-point line.

“They seem to be a actually powerful group,” Stewart advised TNT following Saturday’s semifinal win. “They’re taking pictures the (expletive) out of the ball this match, however now we have a fast turnaround.”

Whereas France will hope to avenge its Olympic last loss to the Individuals and win its first major-tournament gold medal, Workforce USA has extra on the road heading into Sunday’s assembly.

The Individuals haven’t misplaced a significant worldwide match sport since falling to Russia within the World Cup semifinals in 2006. That’s 35 straight victories within the World Cup and 61 straight within the Olympics. In reality, Workforce USA has solely misplaced a complete of thrice within the final 4 many years throughout the World Cup and Olympics.

From UConn to the Connecticut Solar, there are a handful of acquainted native faces in Sunday’s gold-medal sport:

Workforce USA – Breanna Stewart
Workforce USA – Napheesa Collier
Workforce USA – Paige Bueckers
Workforce France – Gabby Williams

Connecticut Solar
Workforce France – Leïla Lacan
Workforce France – Migna Toure (performed 18 video games for the Solar in 2025)