Highlights: Japan 87-71 France in Women's Basketball Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

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Full time! Japan wins, guarantees an unprecedented medal for the country's Olympic basketball, and will seek gold against the United States. France will still play for the bronze medal against Serbia.

Moeko Nagaoka made one of two free throws.

Marine Fauthoux layup

Marine Fauthoux jump shot

Moeko Nagaoka two free throws made

Alexia Chartereau layup

Marine Fauthoux layup

Alexia Chartereau layup

Marine Fauthoux jump shot

Evelyn Mawuli layup

Naho Miyaoshi jump shot

Naho Miyaoshi made one of two thee throws.

Saori Miyazaki layup

Marine Johannès layup

Alix Duchet jump shot

Moeko Nagaoka layup

Marine Johannès layup

Evelyn Mawuli two free throws made.

Evelyn Mawuli layup

Nanako Todo two free throws made

Start of fourth period

End of period

Monica Okoye layup

Iliana Rupert two free throws made

Rui Machida jump shot

Monica Okoye jump shot

Iliana Rupert two free throws made.

Rui Machida jump shot

Sandrine Gruda jump shot

Yuki Miyazawa layup

Alix Duchet jump shot.

Himawari Akayo layup

Sandrine Gruda layup

Saki Hayashi three points jump shot

Sandrine Gruda in fadeaway jump shot

Himawari Akaho layup

Sandrine Gruda two point fadeaway

Yuki Miyazawa three points jump shot

Himawari Akaho two free throws made

Himawari Akaho three points jump

Sandrine Gruda layup

Third period is underway

End of period.

Marine Johannès three points jump shot

Saki Hayashi three points jump shot.

Monica Okoye layup.

Yuki Miyazawa three points jump shot made

Rui Machida layup

Two free throws made for Sandrine Gruda

Maki Takada three points jump shot

Endene Miyem layup

Himawari Akaho layup

Yuki Miyazawa three points jump shot.

Sandrine Gruda fadeaway

Himawari Akaho layup

Marine Fauthoux jump shot made.

Himawari Akaho layup

Maki Takada free throw made

Maki Takada layup

Saki Hayashi layup.

Start of period

End of period.

Iliana Rupert layup.

Alexia Chartereau jump shot

Alexia Chartereau layup

Marine Johannès layup

Evelyn Mawuli jump shot

Nako Motohashi layup

Endene Miyem jump shot.

Sandrine Gruda layup

Alix Duchet three points jump shot.

Sandrine Gruda layup.

Rui Machida layup

Himawari Akaho layup

Gabby Williams layup.

Yuki Miyazawa free throw.

Yuki Miyazawa layup

Maki Takada layup.

Gabby Williams layup

Raise the ball and the game begins.

Crew chief - Maripier Malo (CAN)

Umpires - Luis Castillo (SPA) and Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ)

Commissioner - Gabriela Schaer (CRC)

Teams on the court and national anthems played.

Besides being a reunion after the first match in the competition (game won by the Japanese), the semifinal can guarantee the unprecedented possibility of a gold medal for France or clinch Japan's first Olympics medal in women's basketball. Don't miss a detail of the match France vs Japan live updates and commentaries of VAVEL.

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Japan 86-85 Belgium

Nigeria 83-102 Japan

United States 86-69 Japan

Japan 74-70 France

Spain 64-67 France

France 82-93 United States

France 87-62 Nigeria

Japan 74-70 France

1 - United States - eight gold, one silver and one bronze (10)

2 - Soviet Union - two gold and one bronze (3)

3 - Unified Team (Commonwealth of Independent States - CIS) - one gold (1)

4 - Australia - three silver and two bronze (5)

5 - Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Yugoslavia - one silver and one bronze each (2)

9 - France, South Korea, Spain - one silver each (1)

12 - Russia - two bronze (2)

13 - Serbia - one bronze (1)

10 - United States

5 - Australia

3 - Soviet Union

2 - Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Russia and Yugoslavia

1 - France, Serbia, Spain, South Korea and Unified Team (Commonwealth of Independent States - CIS)

8 - United States

2 - Soviet Union

1 - Unified Team (Commonwealth of Independent States - CIS)

3 - Australia

1 - Brazil, Bulgaria, China, France, South Korea, Spain, United States and Yugoslavia

2 - Australia and Russia

1 - Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Serbia, Soviet Union, United States and Yugoslavia

11 - United States

10 - Australia

9 - China

7 - Brazil, Canada, South Korea

5 - Japan, Russia, Spain

4 - Cuba, France, Ukraine

3 - Bulgaria, Czechia, Italy, New Zealand, Soviet Union, Yugoslavia

2 - Belarus, Czechoslovakia, Nigeria, Senegal, Serbia, Turkey

1 - Angola, Belgium, Croatia, DR Congo, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Mali, Poland, Puerto Rico, Slovakia, United Team (Commonwealth of Independent States - CIS)

Basketball was adopted in the Olympics in Berlin '36 only for men. As for women, they began participating 40 years later, in Montréal '76.

The France vs Japan match will be played at the Saitama Super Arena, in Saitama/JPN. The court has been used for all basketball games in the Olympic Games, both men's and women. Because of restrictive measures by the Japanese health authorities, the matches do not receive an audience.

My name is Tainan Melo and I'll be your host for this game. We will provide you with pre-game analisis, score updates, and news as it happens live here on VAVEL. The match between France and Japan is valid for the semifinals of the women's basketball.