France vs USA: who will win the golden medal?

France national team will bring home the first Olympic medal after a 20-year break - Frenchmen were the silver medalists of the 2000 Olympics. They started the tournament at Tokyo with an unexpected victory over USA (83:76), after that The Tricolors beat Iran (79:62) and Czech Republic (97:77).

In the playoffs Frenchmen easily beat Italy (84:75) and then they had a difficult match against Slovenia. De Colo and Fournier put up a spectacular performance against the Balkan team, they scored 48 points and collected 12 rebounds combined. Experience was better than youth this time (90:89), so now France will play in the final. 

USA national team won the Olympic gold medals 15 times and qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games without any problems. In the first match Stars and Stripes had a disappointing defeat against their today opponent, which was a huge sensation. American players managed to step up after that failure, they didn't slow down until the final.

In the group stage Yanks beat Iran (120:66) and Czech Republic (119:84), then they had an easy road to the final. In the first match world champions were beaten - Americans recorded an easy victory over Spain (95:81). In the semi-final USA left no chance to Australia (97:78).