Breanna Stewart and America they looked dominant defensively beat Canada 83-43 on Friday and move towards World Cup Gold Medal Match basketball feminine for the fourth consecutive tournament.

Stewart scored 17 points and the Americans quickly took the lead to defeat a team from Canada whose 43 points is the fewest points scored in a semi-final game in the history of the World Cup.

We recommend: today’s top sports VIDEOS

The Americans will face China on Saturday, which for its part beat Australia 61-59. The The Chinese team lost to the United States by 14 points in the group stage, in the tightest duel of the tournament for the Americans.

The United States (7-0), which maintains a record pace of points and margin of victory in the tournament, he took control of the game from the start by scoring the first 15 points. The Americans went into every game defensively and caused the Canadians to miss their first nine shots from the field. offensive side, Stewart, A’ja Wilson and Alyssa Thomas They succeeded in just about everything they tried.

Laeticia Amihere, who plays in South Carolina for former USA coach Dawn Staley, finally put Canada on the scoreboard nearly five minutes after kickoff.

At the end of the first trimester, The United States was already winning 27-7. Canada had committed four turnovers, the same number they suffered in the entire game against Puerto Rico in the quarter-finals, which was the lowest total in a game in 30 years.

The Americans led 45-21 at halftime and the lead continued to grow in the final 20 minutes. The victory was the biggest margin for the United States in the Round of 16, surpassing the 36-point victory over Spain in the 2010 World Cup.

Canada (5-2) advanced to the semi-finals for the first time since 1986 and has the opportunity to snag his first medal since securing bronze that year.

It was the 29th consecutive World Cup victory for the Americans, they haven’t lost since the 2006 semi-finals against Russia. The Soviet Union holds the World Cup record with 56 consecutive victories between 1959 and 1986. It is the second time in history that the United States has reached four consecutive Women’s World Cup finals. They also did it from 1979 to 1990, winning three.

Americans average 101 points per game and its previous high was 99.1, set in 1994.