The women’s basketball bracket was undetermined all the way until the final minutes of the final game Sunday night at Pierre Mauroy Stadium – and Australia was in the middle of the suspense.

The Opals entered their matchup with host France needing a victory to advance to the quarter-finals after Nigeria qualified earlier by beating winless Canada. Not only did the Aussies need to win to advance, they needed to win by at least six points to avoid playing Team USA in the first quarter-final.

France could have clinched the top seed with a win by at least 17 points, but Australia played its best game of the tournament, not only winning but beating the French 79-72 to avoid USA. Nigeria, which qualified for the knockout round for the first time, gets Team USA on Wednesday at Bercy Arena in Paris.

Australia played its way into a matchup with Serbia, while France won the tiebreaker in Group B and will play Germany, second place in Group C. Spain, which won its three games by a combined 10 points, will play Belgium, the third-place team in Group C. The Belgians were the final seed in the tournament but avoided Team USA because they were each in Group C.