Match summary — FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027
RWANDA lost to NIGERIA 62-106 on in the FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027. NIGERIA won by a 44-point margin. Uche Iroegbu led all scorers with 17 points. RWANDA shot 34.8% from the field while NIGERIA managed 55.4%. RWANDA collected 29 rebounds and NIGERIA grabbed 39. 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
RWANDA
62 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | * Furaha Cadeaux De Dieu | 28:21 | 4 | 2/6 | 2/4 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | * Paul Bizimana | 24:44 | 11 | 5/7 | 4/4 | 1/3 | 0/2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 30 | * Justin Uwitonze | 19:36 | 3 | 1/9 | 0/2 | 1/7 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -5 |
| 23 | * Steven Hagumintwari | 15:24 | 3 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | * Jean De Dieu Umuhoza | 15:22 | 5 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 1/4 | 2/2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Sean Mwesigwa | 23:00 | 10 | 4/11 | 2/3 | 2/8 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Prince Tokoza Twa | 18:55 | 16 | 6/12 | 3/6 | 3/6 | 1/1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | Herve Irakoze Hodari | 17:00 | 7 | 3/6 | 2/4 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Hubert Sage Kwizera | 15:26 | 2 | 1/7 | 1/4 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 |
| 14 | Hilar Irankunda | 13:28 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Kenny Manzi | 08:44 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Dieudonne Ndizeye | 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 | 62 | 24/69 | 14/30 | 10/39 | 4/7 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 37 | |
NIGERIA
106 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | * Caleb Apochi Agada | 24:32 | 13 | 5/7 | 2/2 | 3/5 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 25 |
| 10 | * Chimezie Metu | 21:09 | 10 | 5/8 | 5/6 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| 1 | * Ike Iroegbu | 20:19 | 10 | 4/6 | 2/2 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 25 | * Wes Iwundu | 19:43 | 6 | 0/5 | 0/1 | 0/4 | 6/6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 17 | * Christian Mekowulu | 15:31 | 13 | 6/8 | 6/8 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| 2 | Uche Iroegbu | 26:27 | 17 | 6/12 | 5/7 | 1/5 | 4/6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 19 |
| 5 | Stan Okoye | 20:17 | 13 | 5/10 | 2/3 | 3/7 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 0 | Kaodirichi Akobundu-Ehiogu | 15:54 | 6 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | Daniel Utomi | 14:31 | 5 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1/3 | 2/2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Martins Igbanu | 08:23 | 9 | 4/6 | 3/4 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 50 | Micheal Eric | 07:53 | 4 | 2/4 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 30 | Paul Solomon Dibal | 05:21 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 106 | 41/74 | 30/42 | 11/32 | 13/19 | 27 | 12 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 140 | |