Match summary — FIBA ASIA U18 2026
SOUTH KOREA lost to NEW ZEALAND 97-102 on in the FIBA ASIA U18 2026. NEW ZEALAND won by a 5-point margin. Jiwon Yoon led all scorers with 29 points. SOUTH KOREA shot 50.0% from the field while NEW ZEALAND managed 64.8%. SOUTH KOREA collected 20 rebounds and NEW ZEALAND grabbed 36. 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
SOUTH KOREA
97 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | * Geonwoo Heo | 38:14 | 15 | 7/15 | 6/9 | 1/6 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 11 | * Jiwon Yoon | 29:27 | 29 | 9/16 | 5/9 | 4/7 | 7/7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 28 |
| 5 | * Jihoon Yoon | 27:58 | 13 | 5/10 | 4/7 | 1/3 | 2/2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 21 |
| 6 | * Jihoo Eom | 23:22 | 5 | 2/9 | 2/6 | 0/3 | 1/2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | * Jungwoo Kim | 14:42 | 4 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 30 | Taejoon Park | 26:17 | 15 | 6/10 | 6/8 | 0/2 | 3/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 22 | Sungmin Eom | 21:42 | 6 | 2/3 | 2/2 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 13 | Seungjun Lee | 16:06 | 9 | 4/9 | 3/3 | 1/6 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 14 | Yubeom Shin | 02:12 | 1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Daehyeon Kweon | 00:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Jongwon Baek | 00:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Geonwoo Kwak | 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 | 97 | 37/74 | 30/46 | 7/28 | 16/18 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 16 | 103 | |
NEW ZEALAND
102 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 | 34:12 | 12 | 4/5 | 2/3 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 22 |
| 4 | * Jackson Ball | 32:52 | 29 | 9/15 | 7/9 | 2/6 | 9/12 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 25 |
| 3 | * Cole Hopoi | 31:38 | 14 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 0/0 | 8/9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 34 | * Philip Wickham | 31:37 | 19 | 9/11 | 9/10 | 0/1 | 1/3 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 |
| 17 | * Arana Robertson | 21:38 | 8 | 1/5 | 1/3 | 0/2 | 6/6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | Harry Kelso | 17:37 | 9 | 4/5 | 3/3 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 14 | Cooper Ratana | 10:14 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Kingston Kailahi-Aso | 06:53 | 7 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 0 | Hunter Savill | 05:40 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/1 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Joshua Kelly | 05:11 | 2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Cooper Adams | 02:28 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| 1 | Hoani Ifopo-Togia | 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 | 102 | 35/54 | 30/39 | 5/15 | 27/35 | 30 | 6 | 24 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 22 | 120 | |