Match summary — FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027
NEW ZEALAND lost to AUSTRALIA 77-79 on in the FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027. AUSTRALIA won by a 2-point margin. Keanu Pinder led all scorers with 21 points. NEW ZEALAND shot 40.0% from the field while AUSTRALIA managed 38.8%. NEW ZEALAND collected 45 rebounds and AUSTRALIA grabbed 37. 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
Nick Kay
PFC
Box score
NEW ZEALAND
77 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | * Mojave Jackson King | 30:17 | 13 | 5/12 | 3/5 | 2/7 | 1/1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| 3 | * Finn Delany | 25:20 | 8 | 3/10 | 2/7 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | * Izayah Mauriohooho-Le'afa | 24:55 | 6 | 2/6 | 0/0 | 2/6 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | * Taylor Britt | 18:58 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| 10 | * Yanni Wetzell | 17:20 | 8 | 2/8 | 2/8 | 0/0 | 4/4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 11 | Flynn Cameron | 19:32 | 9 | 4/8 | 4/5 | 0/3 | 1/1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Taine Murray | 17:21 | 6 | 3/7 | 3/6 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Samuel Mennenga | 14:40 | 16 | 6/10 | 5/7 | 1/3 | 3/4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| 24 | Tyrell Harrison | 14:11 | 6 | 3/6 | 3/6 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 0 | Carlin Davison | 08:57 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | Tohi Smith-Milner | 08:29 | 4 | 2/4 | 2/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Jackson Ball | 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 | 77 | 30/75 | 24/50 | 6/25 | 11/15 | 27 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 83 | |
AUSTRALIA
79 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | * William Hickey | 32:50 | 12 | 3/12 | 1/6 | 2/6 | 4/4 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | * Jaylin Galloway | 31:06 | 13 | 5/7 | 2/2 | 3/5 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 5 | * Angus Glover | 30:30 | 0 | 0/4 | 0/1 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 15 | * Nick Kay | 28:05 | 20 | 8/16 | 8/14 | 0/2 | 4/4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 |
| 25 | * Keanu Pinder | 27:45 | 21 | 10/23 | 9/18 | 1/5 | 0/0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 21 |
| 14 | Jack White | 16:46 | 5 | 2/7 | 1/4 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Alexander Ducas | 10:24 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Ben Ayre | 07:10 | 3 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Josh Bannan | 04:29 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | Elijah Pepper | 04:27 | 2 | 1/4 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Dash Daniels | 03:33 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | Jordan Hunter | 02:55 | 3 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 79 | 31/80 | 23/51 | 8/29 | 9/10 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 88 | |