Match summary — FIBA EUROPEAN U18 B 2026
IRELAND lost to BELGIUM 63-88 on in the FIBA EUROPEAN U18 B 2026. BELGIUM won by a 25-point margin. Tim Waerniers led all scorers with 19 points. IRELAND shot 45.0% from the field while BELGIUM managed 43.7%. IRELAND collected 35 rebounds and BELGIUM grabbed 42. 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
IRELAND
63 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | * Fryderyk Klimas | 28:55 | 8 | 4/8 | 4/6 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | * Declan Ehigie | 28:53 | 2 | 1/6 | 1/6 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | * Nathan Gbinigie | 26:15 | 14 | 6/8 | 6/8 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| 30 | * Mark Burns | 20:52 | 8 | 2/10 | 1/3 | 1/7 | 3/5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 0 | * Kieran Quinn | 20:20 | 8 | 4/8 | 4/7 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | Michael Cunningham Smyth | 19:46 | 15 | 7/12 | 7/9 | 0/3 | 1/2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| 24 | Aidan Mcgrath | 18:36 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 |
| 21 | Sean Patterson | 14:19 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 13 | Aivaras Buzas | 13:00 | 4 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Shareef Elmahi | 05:12 | 3 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Patrick O'Keeffe | 03:52 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| 5 | Jayden Umeh | 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 | 63 | 27/60 | 25/45 | 2/15 | 7/14 | 27 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 15 | 63 | |
BELGIUM
88 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 | 26:00 | 18 | 7/16 | 4/8 | 3/8 | 1/2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | * Christian Alem Elocobe | 25:56 | 11 | 3/8 | 2/3 | 1/5 | 4/5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 12 | * Tom Kasongo | 24:20 | 14 | 5/9 | 5/9 | 0/0 | 4/10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 9 | * Ilias Van Hecke | 16:36 | 3 | 0/4 | 0/0 | 0/4 | 3/4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | * Dylan Havyarimana | 02:36 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Jules Rotsaert | 24:41 | 12 | 4/6 | 1/1 | 3/5 | 1/3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| 13 | Eden Tshimanga Mashala | 18:46 | 5 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 17 | Keurtis Fogue Dzati | 18:39 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 19 | Tim Waerniers | 17:21 | 19 | 7/13 | 6/7 | 1/6 | 4/5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 22 |
| 5 | Ilhan Ngamunguela Muna Ngamunguela | 15:42 | 4 | 2/8 | 2/5 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| 10 | Noa Bronne | 05:12 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Kobe De Backer | 04:12 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 200:01 | 88 | 31/71 | 23/38 | 8/33 | 18/33 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 25 | 90 | |