Match summary — FIBA AFRICAN U18 QUALIFIERS 2026
BENIN lost to NIGERIA 43-101 on in the FIBA AFRICAN U18 QUALIFIERS 2026. NIGERIA won by a 58-point margin. Thomas Okoh led all scorers with 35 points. BENIN shot 25.8% from the field while NIGERIA managed 43.9%. BENIN collected 33 rebounds and NIGERIA grabbed 51. 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
43 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | * Ibrahim Salifou | 38:06 | 18 | 7/15 | 4/8 | 3/7 | 1/4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 |
| 7 | * Abdoul Moun-Imou Tanimou Adamou | 30:55 | 6 | 3/8 | 3/7 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| 12 | * Mansou Alassane | 22:18 | 0 | 0/7 | 0/5 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 |
| 11 | * Kenneth I B Hounkpatin | 12:31 | 2 | 0/5 | 0/4 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | * Gbedagba Stanislas Emmaus Gbodo | 10:54 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | -4 |
| 13 | Allenas Pericles Roosevelt Houngbo | 30:42 | 7 | 2/7 | 0/3 | 2/4 | 1/2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | Domingo Cohen Sacha | 25:16 | 6 | 2/9 | 2/7 | 0/2 | 2/2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | Daniel Akuma | 16:35 | 4 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Ayode Dhyan Happy Ouorou | 09:04 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -6 |
| 6 | Kotchami Emmanuel Atin | 03:40 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Team totals | 200:01 | 43 | 16/62 | 11/43 | 5/19 | 6/10 | 25 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 20 | 10 | |
NIGERIA
101 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | * Thomas Okoh | 34:20 | 35 | 11/23 | 11/19 | 0/4 | 13/19 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 40 |
| 15 | * Ekene Unekwe | 31:24 | 17 | 8/10 | 8/10 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 34 |
| 9 | * Isaiah John | 22:42 | 8 | 3/9 | 2/4 | 1/5 | 1/2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | * Victor Emeka Nwafor | 18:35 | 10 | 4/10 | 4/9 | 0/1 | 2/5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 2 | * Victor Endurance Sunday | 13:02 | 4 | 2/3 | 2/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Daniel Otaluwa | 18:53 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Joshua Ogbonna | 16:39 | 11 | 4/12 | 4/12 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | Timothy Augustine | 15:02 | 5 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | Olakunle Aribo | 09:59 | 5 | 2/5 | 2/4 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Emmanuel Oshiobugie Idornigie | 09:32 | 0 | 0/4 | 0/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -7 |
| 0 | Kehinde Olawale Asimolowo | 06:22 | 5 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 3/6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | Oolakunle David Kayode | 03:30 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 101 | 36/82 | 34/67 | 2/15 | 27/44 | 32 | 19 | 21 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 27 | 118 | |