Match summary — FIBA EUROPEAN U18 B 2026
FINLAND lost to IRELAND 76-78 on in the FIBA EUROPEAN U18 B 2026. IRELAND won by a 2-point margin. Velmeri Niemento led all scorers with 18 points. FINLAND shot 35.1% from the field while IRELAND managed 41.9%. FINLAND collected 46 rebounds and IRELAND grabbed 36. This game was played as part of the FIBA EUROPEAN U18 B 2026 season in European Competitions. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
FINLAND
76 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | * Reino Saivosalmi | 33:36 | 11 | 4/15 | 3/10 | 1/5 | 2/2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | * Santeri Manninen | 29:14 | 13 | 3/10 | 3/6 | 0/4 | 7/10 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| 11 | * Velmeri Niemento | 25:10 | 18 | 7/15 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 0/1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 12 | * Amani Haruna | 23:59 | 1 | 0/4 | 0/4 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | * Valtter Varila | 19:55 | 9 | 4/9 | 4/5 | 0/4 | 1/1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | Renne Ikalainen | 20:12 | 7 | 2/6 | 1/2 | 1/4 | 2/4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 20 | Leo Rentola | 15:53 | 4 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 21 | Aarne Pallijeff | 12:23 | 3 | 1/4 | 1/2 | 0/2 | 1/1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Benjamin Passila | 11:03 | 8 | 2/7 | 0/2 | 2/5 | 2/2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Terell Hopkins | 07:38 | 2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Tomas Loponen | 00:58 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Otto Kantero | 00:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 200:01 | 76 | 26/74 | 18/40 | 8/34 | 16/23 | 33 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 18 | 75 | |
IRELAND
78 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | * Kieran Quinn | 24:57 | 4 | 2/6 | 2/3 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | * Aivaras Buzas | 24:15 | 8 | 4/7 | 4/6 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | * Fryderyk Klimas | 21:20 | 11 | 5/9 | 4/6 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 30 | * Mark Burns | 15:15 | 8 | 2/3 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 3/7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | * Nathan Gbinigie | 01:36 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Declan Ehigie | 24:05 | 10 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 21 |
| 21 | Sean Patterson | 23:22 | 13 | 5/10 | 5/9 | 0/1 | 3/4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Shareef Elmahi | 21:01 | 4 | 2/11 | 2/9 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Jayden Umeh | 16:21 | 3 | 1/5 | 0/1 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 24 | Aidan Mcgrath | 14:05 | 10 | 4/14 | 4/12 | 0/2 | 2/2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Michael Cunningham Smyth | 13:43 | 5 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 2/4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Patrick O'Keeffe | 00:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 78 | 31/74 | 27/55 | 4/19 | 12/22 | 29 | 7 | 25 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 21 | 82 | |