Match summary — FIBA EUROPEAN U18 B 2026
GREAT BRITAIN defeated IRELAND 70-63 on in the FIBA EUROPEAN U18 B 2026. GREAT BRITAIN won by a 7-point margin. Emmanuel Ahamefule led all scorers with 26 points. GREAT BRITAIN shot 37.9% from the field while IRELAND managed 32.5%. GREAT BRITAIN collected 50 rebounds and IRELAND grabbed 33. 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
GREAT BRITAIN
70 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | * Emmanuel Ahamefule | 36:51 | 26 | 6/10 | 2/4 | 4/6 | 10/12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 22 |
| 1 | * Tristan Curran | 27:08 | 15 | 5/12 | 5/9 | 0/3 | 5/10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 11 | * Ike Davids | 25:18 | 6 | 3/6 | 3/6 | 0/0 | 0/4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | * Obinna Ekufu | 20:44 | 5 | 2/7 | 1/5 | 1/2 | 0/2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | * Andrew Nwokolo | 17:26 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/1 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 17 | Maxx Tjongondjoza | 18:02 | 4 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Oskaras Visockas | 12:55 | 1 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | Joshua Mboura | 12:52 | 8 | 2/5 | 0/2 | 2/3 | 2/2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 12 | Toby Gass | 09:45 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Alexander Nwabueze | 09:30 | 3 | 1/5 | 0/3 | 1/2 | 0/2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Oliver Bishop | 09:29 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 |
| 10 | Rufus Wilkinson | 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 | 70 | 22/58 | 14/39 | 8/19 | 18/34 | 36 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 23 | 63 | |
IRELAND
63 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | * Kieran Quinn | 35:16 | 3 | 1/13 | 1/7 | 0/6 | 1/2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | * Mark Burns | 28:21 | 8 | 3/8 | 3/5 | 0/3 | 2/3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | * Declan Ehigie | 27:43 | 2 | 1/4 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | * Fryderyk Klimas | 26:41 | 16 | 6/9 | 3/5 | 3/4 | 1/2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | * Nathan Gbinigie | 09:37 | 3 | 1/3 | 0/2 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Aidan Mcgrath | 25:27 | 16 | 7/18 | 6/11 | 1/7 | 1/3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| 21 | Sean Patterson | 23:31 | 11 | 4/14 | 1/7 | 3/7 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 13 | Aivaras Buzas | 08:24 | 2 | 1/4 | 1/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
| 3 | Shareef Elmahi | 07:43 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Michael Cunningham Smyth | 07:16 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Jayden Umeh | 00:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Patrick O'Keeffe | 00:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 199:59 | 63 | 25/77 | 17/46 | 8/31 | 5/10 | 23 | 10 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 59 | |