Serbia vs. France, FIBA World Cup 2014: Time, TV schedule and more

France looks to continue their recent run of success in international basketball with a FIBA World Cup semifinal matchup against Serbia on Friday. A win would put the French team in the final against the United States just one year after winning Eurobasket 2013 for the first time in the nation's history.

Led by Boris Diaw and Thomas Heurtel, France knocked Spain -- arguably the favorite behind Team USA -- out of a major tournament for the second straight year Wednesday with a 65-52 win in the quarterfinals. A year ago in the semifinals of Eurobasket, France upset Spain, 75-72, in overtime.

While Serbia isn't having a historically special level of success in international basketball like France, the team's blowout win over Brazil in the semifinals was impressive. Holding a talented team to 24 second-half points is nothing to brush off.

That means we should be in store for a pretty interesting game Friday as Diaw, Heurtel, Nicolas Batum and others look to keep France on the rise. These two teams met in the group stage and France took the game by the narrowest of margins, 74-73.

Serbia also lost to Brazil in the group stage and ended up beating them by 28 points on Wednesday. The team has been rolling in the elimination bracket with 87 points per game, while France's defense has allowed just 54 points per game in contests against Spain and Senegal. So something is going to have to give Friday, and that will likely determine who's headed to the final and who's looking for bronze.

Time: 4 p.m. ET

TV: ESPN2

Online streaming: WatchESPN

What's next?: The winner will face United States in the 2014 FIBA World Cup final on Sept. 14. Whoever wins the tournament receives an automatic bid to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, effectively providing a free pass from the Olympic qualifying tournament next summer.