Match summary — FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027
NIGERIA defeated GUINEA 80-79 on in the FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027. NIGERIA won by a 1-point margin. Sekou Doumbouya led all scorers with 23 points. NIGERIA shot 39.1% from the field while GUINEA managed 39.7%. NIGERIA collected 36 rebounds and GUINEA 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
Box score
NIGERIA
80 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | * Chimezie Metu | 29:18 | 9 | 3/9 | 3/5 | 0/4 | 3/3 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| 1 | * Ike Iroegbu | 28:33 | 6 | 1/7 | 1/2 | 0/5 | 4/4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | * Caleb Apochi Agada | 26:54 | 22 | 7/13 | 4/6 | 3/7 | 5/6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 20 |
| 25 | * Wes Iwundu | 25:42 | 6 | 2/8 | 0/1 | 2/7 | 0/0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 17 | * Christian Mekowulu | 24:35 | 6 | 2/6 | 1/4 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 0 | Kaodirichi Akobundu-Ehiogu | 24:27 | 10 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 4/6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| 2 | Uche Iroegbu | 20:41 | 14 | 5/11 | 2/5 | 3/6 | 1/2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | Daniel Utomi | 13:00 | 5 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 1/3 | 2/2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Stan Okoye | 06:50 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Martins Igbanu | 00:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Micheal Eric | 00:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Paul Solomon Dibal | 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 | 80 | 25/64 | 15/29 | 10/35 | 20/25 | 29 | 7 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 92 | |
GUINEA
79 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | * Shannon Evans Ii | 34:56 | 18 | 4/16 | 0/1 | 4/15 | 6/7 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 22 |
| 45 | * Sekou Doumbouya | 34:08 | 23 | 9/21 | 6/13 | 3/8 | 2/5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 0 | * Souley Boum | 31:53 | 18 | 7/17 | 4/8 | 3/9 | 1/3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 7 | * Abdoulaye Sy | 26:22 | 2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 2/2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 23 | * Ousmane Drame | 13:35 | 5 | 1/3 | 0/2 | 1/1 | 2/2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| 13 | Tidjane Keita | 24:33 | 6 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 22 | Ousmane Kaba | 15:02 | 4 | 2/4 | 2/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | Ahmed Doumbia | 12:36 | 3 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 24 | Ibrahim Kalil Fofana | 03:32 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 66 | Cheick Sekou Conde | 03:24 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Ibrahima Diallo | 00:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Alpha Diallo | 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 | 79 | 27/68 | 15/29 | 12/39 | 13/19 | 29 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 83 | |