Match summary — FIBA AFRICAN U18 QUALIFIERS 2026
BURKINA FASO defeated BENIN 88-63 on in the FIBA AFRICAN U18 QUALIFIERS 2026. BURKINA FASO won by a 25-point margin. Ramadan O Babatunde Junior Omodara led all scorers with 27 points. BURKINA FASO shot 44.0% from the field while BENIN managed 31.0%. BURKINA FASO collected 44 rebounds and BENIN grabbed 39. 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
| # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | * Kouassi Barack Djaeli Ido | 36:37 | 14 | 6/14 | 4/6 | 2/8 | 0/0 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 |
| 13 | * Ramadan O Babatunde Junior Omodara | 35:24 | 27 | 10/17 | 10/17 | 0/0 | 7/11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 25 |
| 4 | * Ange Amadou N'Gardeita | 34:41 | 14 | 5/15 | 1/1 | 4/14 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | * David Rishi Devdan Bayala | 27:36 | 9 | 3/7 | 3/7 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | * Victor Soulama | 15:29 | 7 | 3/5 | 2/3 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| 21 | Ismael Florent Tegwend Keita | 24:32 | 11 | 4/9 | 3/7 | 1/2 | 2/5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 10 | Youssouf Cherif Diabate | 11:57 | 4 | 1/4 | 1/2 | 0/2 | 2/2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 0 | Yanbedaar Ryann Samson Somda | 03:12 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 |
| 12 | Weipya Rene Songoti | 03:01 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Boblawende Josias Elvis Sankara | 02:55 | 2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Abdel Samir Ouedraogo | 02:37 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 |
| 5 | Alex Brice Ouedraogo | 01:59 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 88 | 33/75 | 25/45 | 8/30 | 14/22 | 28 | 16 | 25 | 12 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 19 | 92 | |
BENIN
63 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | * Domingo Cohen Sacha | 28:24 | 21 | 8/21 | 7/13 | 1/8 | 4/6 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 |
| 10 | * Ayode Dhyan Happy Ouorou | 25:53 | 12 | 5/15 | 3/6 | 2/9 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | * Ibrahim Salifou | 24:59 | 11 | 3/9 | 3/6 | 0/3 | 5/11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| 12 | * Mansou Alassane | 22:46 | 6 | 3/8 | 3/7 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 14 | * Gbedagba Stanislas Emmaus Gbodo | 18:35 | 4 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 4/6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Abdoul Moun-Imou Tanimou Adamou | 26:36 | 2 | 0/5 | 0/2 | 0/3 | 2/2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Allenas Pericles Roosevelt Houngbo | 24:47 | 5 | 2/5 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 15 | Daniel Akuma | 15:33 | 2 | 1/4 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 |
| 11 | Kenneth I B Hounkpatin | 10:25 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -3 |
| 6 | Kotchami Emmanuel Atin | 02:02 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 63 | 22/71 | 18/44 | 4/27 | 15/29 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 21 | 36 | |