The advantage with a women’s basketball tournament in which the United States appears, is that we know the winner in advance. As expected, the Americans won this Saturday, October 1 in Sydney, Australia, the Women’s World Cup. Like all their matches during the competition, the Americans largely dominated the final by beating China (83-61).
Eleventh World Title
The Chinese, fallers of the France team in the quarter-finals, could not do anything. The Americans of A’ja Wilson (19 pts), whose last defeat in the competition dates back to 2006, are only one crowning away from the USSR record (five between 1959 and 1975). China, in front of an audience won over to its cause, won its first world medal since 1994 and silver already.
On the planet of women’s basketball, there is therefore the United States and the others. “Everyone is progressing, all the nations are playing better and better, analyzed for us this week Céline Dumerc, the general manager of the France team. However, the United States is also progressing. The Americans are even stronger than before. They do everything wonderfully. This means that even if everyone is playing better and better, the gap remains between them and the others remains as important as before. I don’t see who can make them doubt. »
Thirty straight wins
The United States is indeed untouchable. They remain on a series of 30 victories in a row. In Sydney, they therefore won their 4th consecutive coronation but above all their 11th title of world champions. Since 1986, only Brazil (1994) and Australia (2006) have managed to break World Cup dominance. It’s the same thing at the Olympic Games: the Americans have been Olympic champions without interruption since 1996 and since women’s basketball has appeared at the Games, only the former USSR has slipped into the list in 1992, 1976 and 1980, a edition in which the United States had not participated. In two years, the Americans will obviously be the very, very big favorites for the Paris 2024 tournament.