Match summary — FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027
MONTENEGRO defeated ROMANIA 65-64 on in the FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027. MONTENEGRO won by a 1-point margin. Fatts Russell led all scorers with 17 points. MONTENEGRO shot 33.3% from the field while ROMANIA managed 35.6%. MONTENEGRO collected 43 rebounds and ROMANIA grabbed 33. 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
MONTENEGRO
65 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | * Yogi Ferrell | 32:50 | 7 | 2/11 | 2/8 | 0/3 | 3/3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 8 | * Emir Hadzibegovic | 27:47 | 9 | 4/9 | 3/5 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| 3 | * Jovan Kljajic | 18:00 | 3 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | * Milan Suskavcevic | 06:59 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -4 |
| 17 | * Balsa Zivanovic | 06:23 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/1 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Igor Drobnjak | 23:45 | 13 | 3/13 | 2/6 | 1/7 | 6/7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 19 | Zoran Nikolic | 22:31 | 6 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 13 | Djordije Jovanovic | 20:08 | 12 | 4/6 | 3/3 | 1/3 | 3/4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 44 | Fedor Zugic | 13:25 | 7 | 2/7 | 1/3 | 1/4 | 2/5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | Andrija Slavkovic | 12:57 | 4 | 2/4 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Danilo Ivanovic | 09:13 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -2 |
| 5 | Filip Andjusic | 06:02 | 2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 65 | 22/66 | 18/40 | 4/26 | 17/29 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 22 | 62 | |
ROMANIA
64 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | * Emanuel Cate | 30:46 | 15 | 7/10 | 7/10 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 22 |
| 1 | * Lucas Tohatan | 28:40 | 10 | 2/7 | 1/3 | 1/4 | 5/6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 10 | * Nicolae-Bogdan Nicolescu | 28:06 | 5 | 2/8 | 1/4 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | * Nandor Kuti | 21:52 | 5 | 1/6 | 0/2 | 1/4 | 2/2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | * Dragos Diculescu | 08:13 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 77 | Mihai Maciuca | 23:46 | 2 | 1/6 | 1/3 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Fatts Russell | 23:21 | 17 | 4/13 | 2/5 | 2/8 | 7/11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 |
| 11 | Stefan Grasu | 11:54 | 2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | Tudor Stefan Somacescu | 11:00 | 5 | 2/4 | 1/3 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 44 | Rares Cristian Uta | 08:20 | 3 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Vlad Nistor | 03:08 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Bogdan Stefan Popa | 00:54 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 64 | 21/59 | 15/33 | 6/26 | 16/24 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 26 | 63 | |