🏀🥇 Buzzer-Beater for Olympic Gold! | FRA 🇫🇷 vs NED 🇳🇱 | 3x3 Basketball Final | Paris 2024
Mar 10, 2026 #Europeanbasketball #Sports
The last game of 3x3 basketball at Paris 2024.
France played the Netherlands in the men's gold medal match.
La Concorde rocking.
The crowd ready to cheer France on to the gold.
The fans had already played their part in France's dramatic run to the final.
After losing four pool games,
they'd needed a last gasp win over Serbia to reach the semi-finals
where they beat reigning champions Latvia.
Now they faced the Netherlands,
led by one of this tournament's most charismatic stars,
His explosive acceleration here put the Netherlands in front early on.
De Jong's pace was proving a powerful weapon for the Dutch.
But France were still right in the game.
Timothée Vergia and Jules Rambeau both scoring.
You couldn't take your eyes off the court.
It was one basket after another.
Arvind Slagter tied the game at 13-all.
Seconds remaining.
France were up 16-15.
The crowd were ready to celebrate.
Worthy De Jong made it 16-all.
Vergia couldn't beat the buzzer.
The gold medal game into overtime.
In overtime, the first team to score two points wins.
Vergia opted for the certainty of a one-point score.
De Jong didn't hesitate.
A two-pointer that will go down in history.
On the biggest of stages,
De Jong had made the Netherlands Olympic champions.
A valiant France had come so close,
but had to make do with silver.
The bronze medal for Lithuania.
The silver medal went to France.
And the gold medal in the men's 3x3 basketball for the Netherlands.