Match summary — FIBA EUROPEAN U18 B 2026
FINLAND defeated NORTH MACEDONIA 98-77 on in the FIBA EUROPEAN U18 B 2026. FINLAND won by a 21-point margin. Valtter Varila led all scorers with 21 points. FINLAND shot 42.9% from the field while NORTH MACEDONIA managed 36.5%. FINLAND collected 42 rebounds and NORTH MACEDONIA 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
FINLAND
98 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 | 23:15 | 14 | 2/5 | 2/4 | 0/1 | 10/14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 9 | * Valtter Varila | 22:38 | 21 | 7/14 | 6/9 | 1/5 | 6/8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| 4 | * Reino Saivosalmi | 22:38 | 19 | 3/13 | 1/5 | 2/8 | 11/13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 20 | * Leo Rentola | 20:58 | 12 | 5/8 | 5/8 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 22 |
| 11 | * Velmeri Niemento | 15:59 | 6 | 3/7 | 3/3 | 0/4 | 0/1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Renne Ikalainen | 21:25 | 6 | 2/6 | 2/6 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Otto Kantero | 21:18 | 7 | 3/5 | 2/2 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 12 | Amani Haruna | 19:02 | 8 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| 14 | Benjamin Passila | 16:29 | 5 | 1/3 | 1/1 | 0/2 | 3/3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | Terell Hopkins | 13:57 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Tomas Loponen | 02:21 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| 21 | Aarne Pallijeff | 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 | 98 | 30/70 | 26/44 | 4/26 | 34/43 | 28 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 27 | 108 | |
NORTH MACEDONIA
77 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | * Grigorij Gjorgevikj | 32:53 | 7 | 1/5 | 0/1 | 1/4 | 4/4 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 22 |
| 10 | * Gjorgji Cvetkovski | 28:08 | 20 | 7/17 | 4/11 | 3/6 | 3/4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 8 | * Damjan Danev | 25:55 | 15 | 7/16 | 7/12 | 0/4 | 1/2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 19 | * Luka Chuchanov | 12:29 | 7 | 3/5 | 2/4 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 21 | * Damjan Stojanoski | 10:52 | 2 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | Aleksej Neshovikj | 24:29 | 8 | 3/10 | 1/3 | 2/7 | 0/0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 17 | Marko Vulkan Bajaldjiev | 14:52 | 6 | 2/5 | 2/4 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | Mihajlo Malinikj | 13:03 | 4 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 33 | Damjan Stojanovski | 12:55 | 5 | 2/4 | 1/1 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Filip Aleksovski | 12:49 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -3 |
| 0 | Pavel Gjinovski | 09:37 | 3 | 1/6 | 0/2 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 |
| 1 | Filip Srebrov | 01:58 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 77 | 27/74 | 18/41 | 9/33 | 14/16 | 27 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 15 | 78 | |