Match summary — FIBA EUROPEAN U18 B 2026
BELGIUM defeated FINLAND 71-55 on in the FIBA EUROPEAN U18 B 2026. BELGIUM won by a 16-point margin. Aaron Patrick Ona Embo led all scorers with 24 points. BELGIUM shot 35.8% from the field while FINLAND managed 27.8%. BELGIUM collected 50 rebounds and FINLAND grabbed 38. This game was played as part of the FIBA EUROPEAN U18 B 2026 season in European Competitions. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
BELGIUM
71 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | * Aaron Patrick Ona Embo | 30:28 | 24 | 7/21 | 3/7 | 4/14 | 6/8 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 28 |
| 4 | * Christian Alem Elocobe | 23:12 | 13 | 4/11 | 4/8 | 0/3 | 5/6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | * Ilias Van Hecke | 22:21 | 5 | 1/5 | 0/1 | 1/4 | 2/2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | * Tom Kasongo | 19:09 | 11 | 5/7 | 5/7 | 0/0 | 1/3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 13 | * Eden Tshimanga Mashala | 16:17 | 5 | 2/4 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 19 | Tim Waerniers | 28:23 | 5 | 1/4 | 1/2 | 0/2 | 3/4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | Jules Rotsaert | 18:51 | 4 | 2/5 | 2/2 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 17 | Keurtis Fogue Dzati | 14:44 | 2 | 1/4 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Ilhan Ngamunguela Muna Ngamunguela | 10:31 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Noa Bronne | 07:14 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 |
| 14 | Kobe De Backer | 04:42 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Dylan Havyarimana | 04:08 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 71 | 24/67 | 19/39 | 5/28 | 18/25 | 39 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 23 | 84 | |
FINLAND
55 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | * Santeri Manninen | 27:12 | 7 | 2/9 | 2/6 | 0/3 | 3/6 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| 4 | * Reino Saivosalmi | 25:36 | 18 | 7/18 | 5/12 | 2/6 | 2/2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | * Valtter Varila | 21:15 | 2 | 1/7 | 1/5 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | -4 |
| 12 | * Amani Haruna | 20:43 | 9 | 2/7 | 2/7 | 0/0 | 5/7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 11 | * Velmeri Niemento | 20:28 | 4 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | Terell Hopkins | 17:45 | 4 | 2/7 | 2/5 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 14 | Benjamin Passila | 16:17 | 5 | 2/5 | 2/3 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 20 | Leo Rentola | 15:25 | 4 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Renne Ikalainen | 11:40 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Otto Kantero | 10:09 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| 21 | Aarne Pallijeff | 09:53 | 0 | 0/5 | 0/3 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 |
| 15 | Tomas Loponen | 03:37 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 55 | 20/72 | 17/48 | 3/24 | 12/19 | 28 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 20 | 47 | |