Match summary — FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027
ROMANIA defeated GREECE 73-66 on in the FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027. ROMANIA won by a 7-point margin. Fatts Russell led all scorers with 20 points. ROMANIA shot 40.3% from the field while GREECE managed 40.6%. ROMANIA collected 36 rebounds and GREECE 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
ROMANIA
73 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | * Nicolae-Bogdan Nicolescu | 24:22 | 3 | 1/8 | 0/2 | 1/6 | 0/0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | * Emanuel Cate | 22:55 | 8 | 4/4 | 4/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| 1 | * Lucas Tohatan | 22:49 | 13 | 4/9 | 2/6 | 2/3 | 3/4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 77 | * Mihai Maciuca | 22:08 | 9 | 3/7 | 0/2 | 3/5 | 0/0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | * Nandor Kuti | 19:11 | 5 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 1/3 | 2/2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Fatts Russell | 27:24 | 20 | 6/13 | 4/5 | 2/8 | 6/9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | Dragos Diculescu | 18:37 | 4 | 2/5 | 2/3 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 44 | Rares Cristian Uta | 17:05 | 6 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 11 | Stefan Grasu | 12:37 | 3 | 1/5 | 0/2 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 0 | Tudor Stefan Somacescu | 09:22 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Vlad Nistor | 03:30 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Bogdan Stefan Popa | 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 | 73 | 25/62 | 15/32 | 10/30 | 13/19 | 29 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 22 | 86 | |
GREECE
66 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | * Vasileios Toliopoulos | 28:46 | 6 | 2/10 | 0/2 | 2/8 | 0/0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| 16 | * Kostas Papanikolaou | 28:19 | 10 | 4/8 | 2/2 | 2/6 | 0/0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21 |
| 5 | * Giannoulis Larentzakis | 23:26 | 16 | 6/11 | 2/2 | 4/9 | 0/1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 12 | * Dimitrios Kaklamanakis | 21:57 | 2 | 1/4 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | * Dimitrios Rafail Moraitis | 11:25 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 55 | Elijah Mitrou-Long | 26:27 | 12 | 5/13 | 4/9 | 1/4 | 1/1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 15 | Vasilieios Charalampopoulos | 23:24 | 13 | 5/11 | 2/4 | 3/7 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 22 | Ioannis Kouzeloglou | 11:59 | 2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 77 | Athanasios Bazinas | 10:46 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 74 | Omiros Netzipoglou | 08:38 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | Georgios Tsalmpouris | 04:53 | 3 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Nikos Persidis | 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 | 66 | 26/64 | 14/26 | 12/38 | 2/4 | 29 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 16 | 74 | |