Crew USA vs. France in Girls’s World Cup remaining: Time, TV and what you must know

Published On: September 13, 2026

Team USA vs. France in Women's World Cup final: Time, TV and what you need to know

The final time France and Crew 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.

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

Whereas Crew 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 taking part in in its first World Cup remaining. 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.

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Here is what you must know:

The way to watch

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

Crew USA vs France at 2 p.m. ET on TNT, truTV and HBO Max

From semifinal to remaining

Crew 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), staff 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. Crew USA completed with extra turnovers than assists and scored 27 factors from the free-throw line.

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

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 recreation. France additionally leads the match with 96.2 factors per recreation (Crew USA is second with 87.6), a 51.6 subject aim share and a 44.2 clip from the 3-point line.

“They seem to be a actually robust staff,” Stewart instructed TNT following Saturday’s semifinal win. “They’re capturing the (expletive) out of the ball this match, however we now have a fast turnaround.”

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Dynasty on the road

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

The Individuals have not misplaced a significant worldwide match recreation since falling to Russia within the World Cup semifinals in 2006. That is 35 straight victories within the World Cup and 61 straight within the Olympics. In reality, Crew USA has solely misplaced a complete of thrice within the final 4 a long time throughout the World Cup and Olympics.