Match summary — FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027
FINLAND defeated BELGIUM 78-75 on in the FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027. FINLAND won by a 3-point margin. Olivier Nkamhoua led all scorers with 23 points. FINLAND shot 37.7% from the field while BELGIUM managed 43.5%. FINLAND collected 35 rebounds and BELGIUM grabbed 34. This game was played as part of the FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027 season in World Championship. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
FINLAND
78 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | * Andre Gustavson | 31:47 | 7 | 3/11 | 3/9 | 0/2 | 1/1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| 18 | * Mikael Jantunen | 30:43 | 12 | 4/12 | 3/6 | 1/6 | 3/4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 13 | * Olivier Nkamhoua | 22:42 | 23 | 7/11 | 5/6 | 2/5 | 7/7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 26 |
| 9 | * Sasu Salin | 15:40 | 3 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | * Perttu Blomgren | 09:13 | 5 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 2/2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 21 | Edon Maxhuni | 27:23 | 14 | 5/12 | 3/6 | 2/6 | 2/2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 20 | Alexander Madsen | 22:22 | 7 | 2/7 | 2/7 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 25 | Mustapha Amzil | 20:10 | 5 | 2/4 | 2/3 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 24 | Miikka Muurinen | 08:15 | 2 | 1/4 | 1/1 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Ilari Seppala | 06:22 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Henri Kantonen | 03:13 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| 22 | Samu Adler | 02:10 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 78 | 26/69 | 19/40 | 7/29 | 19/22 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 23 | 83 | |
BELGIUM
75 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | * Emmanuel Lecomte | 29:56 | 14 | 5/10 | 5/6 | 0/4 | 4/4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 11 | * Loic Schwartz | 27:24 | 19 | 6/13 | 0/4 | 6/9 | 1/1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| 12 | * Vrenz Bleijenbergh | 25:31 | 18 | 6/10 | 0/1 | 6/9 | 0/0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| 27 | * Leander Dedroog | 24:24 | 3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 26 | * Niels De Ridder | 23:11 | 8 | 3/8 | 3/8 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| 31 | Thibault Vanderhaegen | 16:44 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 | Siebe Ledegen | 14:07 | 5 | 2/5 | 1/2 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 44 | Mamadou Guisse | 10:13 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | Haris Bratanovic | 08:55 | 4 | 2/4 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 30 | Stephan Dibongue Swenson | 06:43 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 |
| 34 | Niels Van Den Eynde | 06:40 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 47 | Archange Izaw Bolavie | 06:11 | 2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team totals | 199:59 | 75 | 27/62 | 13/28 | 14/34 | 7/11 | 25 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 18 | 82 | |