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Australia will play Canada for the bronze medal after falling to a desperately tight defeat against China.

The Opals will rue a low shooting percentage from the field and will now face Canada in a bid to secure the bronze medal. Australia immediately called a timeout to muster for one last throw of the dice, but missed their chance to level the scores as China prevailed 61-59 in front of a raucous crowd of over 11,000 at the Sydney Superdome. With the scores level in the dying seconds, a late foul from Sami Whitcomb gave Siyu Wang two shots from the free-throw line to hand China the lead with 3.4 seconds remaining.

Australia will have to play for the bronze medal at the FIBA women's World Cup after suffering a heartbreaking 61-59 loss to China in the semi-finals on ...

Really gutsy win for China considering they’re without their best guard in Li Meng. Really gutsy.” Ezi Magbegor had a chance to tie the game at the death but her shot was off the mark, meaning the Opals fell agonisingly short of the gold medal match. Australia will have to play for the bronze medal at the FIBA women’s World Cup after suffering a heartbreaking 61-59 loss to China in the semi-finals on Friday night. In a seesawing contest, the Opals fought back to take the lead late in the last quarter and had the chance to run out the game. Australia’s Opals suffered a heartbreaking loss to China at the basketball World Cup, falling agonisingly short of the gold medal match.

China booked its spot in the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup final with a heart-stopping 91-59 win over the Australian Opals.

China will take on Team USA in the World Cup final on Saturday, October 1, with tip-off set for 4:00 p.m. Steph Talbot added 12 points and 10 rebounds in the loss. AEST, meanwhile, Australia will battle Canada for bronze at 1:00 p.m. game, and hopefully we'll get that bronze medal and cap off a solid week for us." "We stayed in it, China was the better team tonight but we've just got to get better tomorrow." Australia had a chance to take the lead in the final 24 seconds, but couldn't get a shot off, resulting in a 24-second violation, leaving China with one possession to make it count.

In circumstances eerily similar to the sides' clash at the Tokyo Olympics, China broke the deadlock with two free-throws in the dying seconds to win the game.

Cayla George and Marianna Tolo both missed regulation lay-ups in the first quarter to set the tone for a wayward shooting performance across the board. China were foul-prone in the first quarter and unable to match Australia for rebounds, but shot with superior accuracy. The Opals will rue a low shooting percentage from the field in Friday’s semi-final and will now face Canada in a bid to secure the bronze medal.

Australia's Opals have bowed out of the race for gold at the women's basketball World Cup, falling to China 61-59 in a heart-breaking semifinal.

China were foul prone in the first quarter and unable to match Australia for rebounds but shot with superior accuracy. The Opals will rue a low shooting percentage from the field in Friday's semi-final and will now face Canada in a bid to secure the bronze medal. In circumstances eerily similar to the sides' clash at the Tokyo Olympics, China broke the deadlock with two free-throws in the dying seconds to win the game.