Match summary — FIBA AFRICAN U18 QUALIFIERS 2026
NIGERIA defeated BURKINA FASO 98-54 on in the FIBA AFRICAN U18 QUALIFIERS 2026. NIGERIA won by a 44-point margin. Victor Emeka Nwafor led all scorers with 18 points. NIGERIA shot 42.4% from the field while BURKINA FASO managed 25.9%. NIGERIA collected 53 rebounds and BURKINA FASO grabbed 49. 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
NIGERIA
98 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 | 31:29 | 16 | 8/15 | 8/13 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 21 |
| 2 | * Victor Endurance Sunday | 29:35 | 17 | 5/15 | 5/10 | 0/5 | 7/8 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 26 |
| 8 | * Victor Emeka Nwafor | 25:02 | 18 | 8/11 | 8/11 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 24 |
| 9 | * Isaiah John | 21:54 | 13 | 4/12 | 2/4 | 2/8 | 3/6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 15 | * Ekene Unekwe | 15:38 | 0 | 0/5 | 0/5 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | -1 |
| 12 | Joshua Ogbonna | 24:34 | 18 | 8/12 | 8/11 | 0/1 | 2/4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 |
| 5 | Daniel Otaluwa | 13:21 | 10 | 3/8 | 2/5 | 1/3 | 3/3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Emmanuel Oshiobugie Idornigie | 11:20 | 4 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 4/4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 0 | Kehinde Olawale Asimolowo | 11:18 | 2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Oolakunle David Kayode | 06:25 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Olakunle Aribo | 04:47 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 |
| 6 | Timothy Augustine | 04:38 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Team totals | 200:01 | 98 | 36/85 | 33/66 | 3/19 | 23/33 | 32 | 21 | 19 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 25 | 117 | |
| # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | * Victor Soulama | 34:31 | 8 | 3/9 | 2/6 | 1/3 | 1/4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 29 | * Kouassi Barack Djaeli Ido | 30:08 | 12 | 4/11 | 4/11 | 0/0 | 4/7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | * Ange Amadou N'Gardeita | 24:11 | 8 | 3/9 | 1/2 | 2/7 | 0/0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | * Ramadan O Babatunde Junior Omodara | 23:42 | 13 | 6/15 | 5/12 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 7 | * Abdel Samir Ouedraogo | 16:35 | 6 | 2/7 | 2/7 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 21 | Ismael Florent Tegwend Keita | 19:13 | 2 | 1/8 | 1/6 | 0/2 | 0/3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -3 |
| 9 | David Rishi Devdan Bayala | 17:14 | 2 | 1/7 | 1/4 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -7 |
| 0 | Yanbedaar Ryann Samson Somda | 16:55 | 3 | 1/9 | 0/4 | 1/5 | 0/2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
| 10 | Youssouf Cherif Diabate | 08:24 | 0 | 0/5 | 0/4 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Boblawende Josias Elvis Sankara | 05:10 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 |
| 12 | Weipya Rene Songoti | 03:56 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| 5 | Alex Brice Ouedraogo | 00:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 199:59 | 54 | 21/81 | 16/56 | 5/25 | 7/20 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 21 | 17 | |