Basketball World Cup: USA beaten by France in quarter-finals in China
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Holders the United States suffered a jolt 89-79 loss to France from their Celtics World Cup in China’s quarter-finals on Wednesday.
The US had won the past two World Cups rather than lost a run, in 58 global matches.
France were 51-41 ahead in the third quarter went right into a 72-65 lead, nevertheless, the French battled back to take the victory.
While Rudy Gobert finished with 21 evan Fournier scored 22 points.
France and Spain taking in the game on either Australia or the Czech Republic will play Argentina at the semi-finals on Friday,.
This will be the first time that the United States have failed to win a trophy in the World Cup when they finished sixth.
As well as winning the previous two World Cups, they also have won the three Olympic titles.
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