PARIS, France — Sonja Greinarcher scored a two-point shot with 30 seconds left to give Germany a win in the women’s 3x3 basketball gold medal match over Spain at the Paris Olympics.
Germany won 17-16 to win the final. Spain’s Juana Camilion made a one-point shot with 17 seconds left but her team was unable to score again.
Greinarcher led Germany with five points in the game. Germany’s other three players each scored four points.
Camilion led Spain with six points.
The gold marks the first medal Germany has ever earned in a basketball event. Germany’s best finish was seventh in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics in the men’s basketball competition before the Paris Olympics. The German men’s basketball team bettered that mark in 2024 by reaching the semifinals -- the team faces France on Thursday. Germany's women’s team will play in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.
Team USA won bronze with a 16-13 win over Canada.
The 3x3 basketball event was introduced at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. All six nations who earned medals in 2020 missed the podium in Paris.
