Match summary — FIBA AFRICAN U18 QUALIFIERS 2026
BENIN lost to BURKINA FASO 82-87 on in the FIBA AFRICAN U18 QUALIFIERS 2026. BURKINA FASO won by a 5-point margin. Ramadan O Babatunde Junior Omodara led all scorers with 34 points. BENIN shot 33.8% from the field while BURKINA FASO managed 41.3%. BENIN collected 46 rebounds and BURKINA FASO grabbed 42. This game was played as part of the FIBA AFRICAN U18 QUALIFIERS 2026 season in World Championship. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
BENIN
82 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | * Ayode Dhyan Happy Ouorou | 33:45 | 16 | 6/12 | 5/8 | 1/4 | 3/8 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 19 |
| 12 | * Mansou Alassane | 30:18 | 10 | 2/10 | 1/9 | 1/1 | 5/6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 8 | * Domingo Cohen Sacha | 29:02 | 18 | 7/17 | 7/12 | 0/5 | 4/5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 19 |
| 15 | * Daniel Akuma | 19:26 | 4 | 2/5 | 2/4 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | -1 |
| 7 | * Abdoul Moun-Imou Tanimou Adamou | 15:55 | 0 | 0/5 | 0/2 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -7 |
| 9 | Ibrahim Salifou | 34:50 | 26 | 7/24 | 2/14 | 5/10 | 7/9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 18 |
| 13 | Allenas Pericles Roosevelt Houngbo | 24:40 | 8 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 2/3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 14 | Gbedagba Stanislas Emmaus Gbodo | 10:49 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Kenneth I B Hounkpatin | 01:15 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| 6 | Kotchami Emmanuel Atin | 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 | 82 | 26/77 | 17/49 | 9/28 | 21/31 | 30 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 22 | 73 | |
| # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | * Ramadan O Babatunde Junior Omodara | 33:56 | 34 | 16/30 | 16/28 | 0/2 | 2/6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 32 |
| 4 | * Ange Amadou N'Gardeita | 32:47 | 13 | 3/7 | 0/0 | 3/7 | 4/4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 29 | * Kouassi Barack Djaeli Ido | 31:25 | 12 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | * Victor Soulama | 28:32 | 9 | 2/11 | 1/6 | 1/5 | 4/7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 7 | * Abdel Samir Ouedraogo | 22:45 | 6 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | David Rishi Devdan Bayala | 14:33 | 2 | 1/5 | 1/2 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Alex Brice Ouedraogo | 11:39 | 4 | 2/4 | 2/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Youssouf Cherif Diabate | 07:14 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | Yanbedaar Ryann Samson Somda | 06:01 | 3 | 1/4 | 1/1 | 0/3 | 1/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -6 |
| 11 | Boblawende Josias Elvis Sankara | 05:48 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Ismael Florent Tegwend Keita | 03:17 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Weipya Rene Songoti | 02:03 | 2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 87 | 33/80 | 27/51 | 6/29 | 15/28 | 30 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 26 | 69 | |