{"id":400314,"date":"2024-08-10T08:05:13","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T06:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=400314"},"modified":"2024-08-10T08:27:54","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T06:27:54","slug":"gold-medal-game-set-at-the-womens-olympic-basketball-tournament-paris-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/gold-medal-game-set-at-the-womens-olympic-basketball-tournament-paris-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold Medal Game set at the Women\u2019s Olympic Basketball Tournament Paris 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The pairings and schedule for the <a href=\"https:\/\/fiba.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=7033084a6897e1c399b667eb5&amp;id=a03d785a57&amp;e=daa307ce7a\" aria-controls=\"popover-content_8853\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" data-test-id=\"cf-ui-text-link\">Women\u2019s Olympic Basketball Tournament Paris 2024<\/a>\u00a0Gold Medal Game are now confirmed following the successful conclusion of the Semi-Finals in Paris, France.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/fiba.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=7033084a6897e1c399b667eb5&amp;id=1712eff217&amp;e=daa307ce7a\" aria-controls=\"popover-content_3481\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" data-test-id=\"cf-ui-text-link\">Women\u2019s Olympic Basketball Tournament Paris 2024<\/a> Gold Medal Game will\u00a0take place on Sunday, August 11.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"null\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong>August 11<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Gold Medal Game<\/strong><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<ul data-slate-node=\"element\">\n<li data-slate-node=\"element\"><strong>FRA v USA &#8211; 21:30 Local Time (19:30 GMT)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Host nation France are looking forward to competing in the title game for a second time, having also faced USA in the Final at London 2012 when they had ultimately had to settle for silver &#8211; their best ever finish at the Games.<\/p>\n<p>This time they have the opportunity to not only match that result, but potentially make history with a first gold medal. To do it on home soil would be special, with Gabby Williams and Marine Johannes looking the most likely to inspire a famous victory.<\/p>\n<p>USA head into the Final in search of an eighth gold medal in a row and also looking to make history as the first nation to reach double-digits. If they climb to the top of the podium step, it will be the 10th time they have reached that position. The last time they didn&#8217;t occupy it was way back at Barcelona 1992.<\/p>\n<p>They continue to be powered by the one-two punch of Breanna Stewart and A&#8217;ja Wilson who both impressed yet again in the Semi-Finals win against Australia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bronze Medal Game<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<ul data-slate-node=\"element\">\n<li data-slate-node=\"element\"><strong>BEL v AUS &#8211; 11:00 Local Time (09:00 GMT)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Belgium have already taken one historical step at this event, which is only their second ever appearance at the Games. Having made the Semi-Finals for the first time, they will now compete against Australia in pursuit of a maiden Olympic medal.<\/p>\n<p>The Cats have been backed by tremendous support at the event and the fans will be hoping they can complete a fairytale with yet another slice of history &#8211; no doubt led by their phenomenal leader, Emma Meesseman.<\/p>\n<p>Australia are looking to repeat their last medal success at the Games and take bronze &#8211; as they did at London 2012. Lauren Jackson will be looking to add to her stunning collection of honors with a fifth Olympic medal, having won silver in 2000, 2004 and 2008, as well as bronze in London.<\/p>\n<p>The Opals are looking to bounce back from their Semi-Finals loss and finish the tournament on a high. A bronze medal would also replicate their third podium step from the FIBA Women&#8217;s Basketball World Cup 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The complete Women\u2019s Olympic Basketball Tournament Paris 2024 final phrase bracket is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fiba.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=7033084a6897e1c399b667eb5&amp;id=67face9353&amp;e=daa307ce7a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-controls=\"popover-content_3195\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" data-test-id=\"cf-ui-text-link\"><strong data-slate-leaf=\"true\">here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Women\u2019s Olympic Basketball Tournament Paris 2024 Gold Medal Game will\u00a0take place on Sunday, August 11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":158,"featured_media":400313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[381],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[15727],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-400314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-olympic-games","typology-press-release-en"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/08\/photo_2024-08-10-08.20.25.jpeg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/158"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400314"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=400314"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=400314"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=400314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}