Match summary — FIBA ASIA U18 2026
NEW ZEALAND lost to CHINA 66-79 on in the FIBA ASIA U18 2026. CHINA won by a 13-point margin. Jackson Ball led all scorers with 23 points. NEW ZEALAND shot 41.9% from the field while CHINA managed 49.2%. NEW ZEALAND collected 30 rebounds and CHINA grabbed 32. This game was played as part of the FIBA ASIA U18 2026 season in World Championship. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
NEW ZEALAND
66 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | * Jackson Ball | 37:07 | 23 | 8/23 | 7/13 | 1/10 | 6/7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 3 | * Cole Hopoi | 36:35 | 12 | 4/9 | 3/6 | 1/3 | 3/3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 12 | * Aubrey Chunga | 35:31 | 4 | 2/7 | 2/5 | 0/2 | 0/4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 17 | * Arana Robertson | 27:18 | 11 | 5/10 | 4/6 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 34 | * Philip Wickham | 11:41 | 5 | 2/4 | 2/3 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | Hoani Ifopo-Togia | 22:00 | 11 | 5/6 | 5/6 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 8 | Harry Kelso | 14:41 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Joshua Kelly | 05:43 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Kingston Kailahi-Aso | 05:09 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | Hunter Savill | 02:17 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| 14 | Cooper Ratana | 01:58 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| 2 | Cooper Adams | 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 | 66 | 26/62 | 23/41 | 3/21 | 11/17 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 20 | 65 | |
CHINA
79 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | * Feiyan Liu | 35:02 | 6 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 4/6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| 7 | * Zichao Wang | 32:26 | 11 | 4/12 | 4/5 | 0/7 | 3/3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| 13 | * Yizhaojie Zhang | 24:40 | 12 | 5/8 | 3/5 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21 |
| 15 | * Junxian Li | 10:53 | 7 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | * Xuan Hao | 09:22 | 5 | 2/5 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Chunzhi Zhang | 31:35 | 18 | 5/12 | 1/4 | 4/8 | 4/4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| 17 | Boxin Zhao | 15:32 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 19 | Yixuan Yang | 15:20 | 10 | 5/7 | 5/5 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | Zhenhe Jack Liu | 13:35 | 5 | 2/4 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Yuxiu Chen | 07:34 | 3 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Keyu Yao | 04:01 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Yuchen Zhang | 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 | 79 | 29/59 | 21/33 | 8/26 | 13/17 | 25 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 17 | 92 | |