Match summary — FIBA ASIA U18 2026
NEW ZEALAND defeated JAPAN 94-58 on in the FIBA ASIA U18 2026. NEW ZEALAND won by a 36-point margin. Jackson Ball led all scorers with 20 points. NEW ZEALAND shot 54.9% from the field while JAPAN managed 28.8%. NEW ZEALAND collected 46 rebounds and JAPAN grabbed 28. 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
94 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | * Aubrey Chunga | 25:07 | 14 | 6/9 | 6/7 | 0/2 | 2/2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 28 |
| 4 | * Jackson Ball | 24:07 | 20 | 8/18 | 4/9 | 4/9 | 0/1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 34 | * Philip Wickham | 21:10 | 6 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | * Cole Hopoi | 20:14 | 10 | 5/9 | 5/8 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| 17 | * Arana Robertson | 19:52 | 9 | 4/5 | 4/4 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1 | Hoani Ifopo-Togia | 16:17 | 10 | 5/8 | 5/8 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | Harry Kelso | 16:14 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Joshua Kelly | 12:19 | 6 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | Cooper Ratana | 12:05 | 8 | 3/4 | 1/1 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 25 | Kingston Kailahi-Aso | 11:56 | 2 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 0 | Hunter Savill | 11:51 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Cooper Adams | 08:48 | 7 | 2/5 | 1/2 | 1/3 | 2/2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 94 | 39/71 | 32/51 | 7/20 | 9/15 | 32 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 127 | |
JAPAN
58 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | * Alex Mcmillian | 28:04 | 10 | 3/13 | 2/9 | 1/4 | 3/4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | * Eishin Konno | 24:59 | 5 | 2/8 | 1/4 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | * Roi Honda | 24:43 | 10 | 2/10 | 0/6 | 2/4 | 4/4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | * Aru Takahashi | 19:56 | 3 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | * Tetta Sakurai | 13:28 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Yousef Hasan Thompson | 28:37 | 9 | 4/9 | 3/7 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Kaito Nakamura | 26:32 | 17 | 5/12 | 1/4 | 4/8 | 3/4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 | Cayman Tsuneoka | 23:38 | 4 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 15 | Chusonjakku Shiratani | 06:39 | 0 | 0/6 | 0/4 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 |
| 14 | Kenichiro Benedict | 03:24 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Fumiya Nakamura | 00:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Hiromasa Fujiwara | 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 | 58 | 19/66 | 9/40 | 10/26 | 10/12 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 49 | |