Match summary — FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027
NIGERIA lost to TUNISIA 78-88 on in the FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027. TUNISIA won by a 10-point margin. Omar Abada led all scorers with 29 points. NIGERIA shot 34.3% from the field while TUNISIA managed 39.2%. NIGERIA collected 50 rebounds and TUNISIA grabbed 35. 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
78 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | * Ike Nwamu | 35:25 | 9 | 4/12 | 3/5 | 1/7 | 0/0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | * Stan Okoye | 32:31 | 9 | 2/13 | 0/3 | 2/10 | 3/3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | * Jordan Ogundiran | 32:23 | 6 | 2/9 | 2/2 | 0/7 | 2/2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 13 | * Talib Zanna | 31:14 | 22 | 7/12 | 3/6 | 4/6 | 4/10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| 7 | * Christopher Obekpa | 08:53 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 24 | Morris Udeze | 21:15 | 10 | 0/3 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 10/13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 1 | Michael Nuga | 17:43 | 5 | 2/6 | 1/2 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Andrew Simon Ugochukwu | 16:03 | 2 | 1/4 | 1/2 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Chingka Garba | 14:31 | 4 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 33 | Olisa Akonobi | 12:00 | 9 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 0/0 | 3/3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 30 | Paul Solomon Dibal | 03:02 | 2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Team totals | 225:00 | 78 | 23/67 | 15/30 | 8/37 | 24/35 | 34 | 16 | 22 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 25 | 81 | |
TUNISIA
88 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | * Omar Abada | 35:43 | 29 | 8/17 | 3/6 | 5/11 | 8/9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 26 |
| 7 | * Oussama Marnaoui | 32:33 | 25 | 10/19 | 5/8 | 5/11 | 0/4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| 11 | * Mokhtar Ghayaza | 27:34 | 4 | 2/4 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 23 | * Firas Lahiani | 25:44 | 4 | 2/9 | 2/7 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 32 | * Ahmed Addami | 25:43 | 6 | 2/6 | 0/3 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 | Achref Gannouni | 24:00 | 4 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 13 | Bechir Ben Yahia | 17:26 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Jawhar Jawadi | 13:37 | 3 | 1/7 | 1/2 | 0/5 | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | Belhssan Chihi | 13:23 | 4 | 1/5 | 1/2 | 0/3 | 2/5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Bilel Jaziri | 09:17 | 7 | 2/5 | 1/1 | 1/4 | 2/2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 35 | Amen Hammi | 00:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | Mohamed Aziz Mghirbi | 00:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 225:00 | 88 | 31/79 | 18/39 | 13/40 | 13/22 | 26 | 9 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 17 | 96 | |