Match summary — FIBA AFRICAN U18 2026
NIGERIA lost to COTE D'IVOIRE 68-77 on in the FIBA AFRICAN U18 2026. COTE D'IVOIRE won by a 9-point margin. Yves Roland Jonas Nathan Djako led all scorers with 23 points. NIGERIA shot 29.2% from the field while COTE D'IVOIRE managed 33.8%. NIGERIA collected 45 rebounds and COTE D'IVOIRE grabbed 53. This game was played as part of the FIBA AFRICAN U18 2026 season in World Championship. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
NIGERIA
68 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | * Victor Endurance Sunday | 37:16 | 19 | 5/17 | 4/12 | 1/5 | 8/8 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 18 |
| 15 | * Ekene Unekwe | 28:14 | 4 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | * Emmanuel Oshiobugie Idornigie | 24:51 | 10 | 4/11 | 2/5 | 2/6 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | * Victor Emeka Nwafor | 21:25 | 0 | 0/4 | 0/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | * Jamil Adelagun | 14:49 | 5 | 2/8 | 1/4 | 1/4 | 0/2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -2 |
| 9 | Isaiah John | 29:57 | 14 | 3/15 | 3/9 | 0/6 | 8/11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | Olakunle Aribo | 20:58 | 13 | 4/10 | 1/3 | 3/7 | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 10 | Oolakunle David Kayode | 14:05 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | Kehinde Olawale Asimolowo | 08:27 | 3 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Team totals | 200:02 | 68 | 21/72 | 13/42 | 8/30 | 18/26 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 55 | |
COTE D'IVOIRE
77 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | * Yves Roland Jonas Nathan Djako | 28:42 | 23 | 9/15 | 8/10 | 1/5 | 4/4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 32 |
| 5 | * Karl-Randell Kouame-Zeze | 28:21 | 15 | 4/11 | 3/6 | 1/5 | 6/7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 1 | * Deh Dimitri Azema | 24:34 | 6 | 2/7 | 0/1 | 2/6 | 0/0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | * Chris Junior Echui | 23:24 | 0 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | * Siincere Fashione Hudson | 18:20 | 10 | 2/9 | 2/6 | 0/3 | 6/8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 2 | Jason Ake | 20:27 | 0 | 0/6 | 0/2 | 0/4 | 0/2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -2 |
| 11 | Bryan N'goli | 18:59 | 2 | 1/8 | 1/7 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 |
| 32 | Irene Raphael Ouedraogo | 16:36 | 7 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 10 | Minty Jean-Philippe Dylan Oka | 11:29 | 12 | 5/10 | 3/6 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 4 | Medard Dabire | 06:16 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Rayan Shawn Mehimon Diomande | 02:52 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| 12 | Ladji Adama Konate | 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 | 77 | 26/77 | 20/48 | 6/29 | 19/25 | 33 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 19 | 88 | |