Match summary — FIBA EUROPEAN U18 2026
BULGARIA lost to SLOVAKIA 72-74 on in the FIBA EUROPEAN U18 2026. SLOVAKIA won by a 2-point margin. Samuel Kokavec led all scorers with 19 points. BULGARIA shot 37.9% from the field while SLOVAKIA managed 42.7%. BULGARIA collected 40 rebounds and SLOVAKIA grabbed 42. This game was played as part of the FIBA EUROPEAN U18 2026 season in European Competitions. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
BULGARIA
72 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91 | * Yves Castanier | 31:05 | 10 | 4/10 | 4/8 | 0/2 | 2/4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | * Mark Vodenicharski | 28:01 | 14 | 5/12 | 2/5 | 3/7 | 1/1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 10 | * Martin Popov | 27:27 | 8 | 2/8 | 0/3 | 2/5 | 2/2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | * Kaloyan Kolev | 27:03 | 17 | 6/14 | 5/11 | 1/3 | 4/4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | * Kristiyan Zanov | 25:51 | 6 | 2/6 | 2/6 | 0/0 | 2/8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | Andrey Mihaylov | 18:45 | 9 | 3/6 | 2/5 | 1/1 | 2/4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Kiril Dimitrov | 13:48 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Petar Simeonov | 10:56 | 4 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | Dario Todorov | 06:19 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | Kristiyan Kamenski | 05:57 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Boris Gidov | 04:48 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 72 | 25/66 | 18/46 | 7/20 | 15/25 | 26 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 19 | 72 | |
SLOVAKIA
74 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | * Adam Pukancik | 29:02 | 10 | 5/13 | 5/9 | 0/4 | 0/2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 13 | * Bruno Randuska | 28:53 | 14 | 6/16 | 4/10 | 2/6 | 0/0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | * Alex Valocsay | 23:04 | 0 | 0/5 | 0/0 | 0/5 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 |
| 18 | * Antonio Ianquinta | 22:24 | 5 | 2/6 | 2/3 | 0/3 | 1/2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | * Benjamin Boros | 05:24 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Samuel Kokavec | 26:43 | 19 | 8/15 | 6/9 | 2/6 | 1/1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 |
| 11 | Matus Gregor | 24:25 | 12 | 5/8 | 5/7 | 0/1 | 2/3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| 4 | Samuel Ivanko | 19:45 | 3 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 16 | Lukas Kubala | 17:36 | 11 | 5/10 | 5/10 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 14 | Rybar Matus | 02:44 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| 9 | Tomas Gogh | 00:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Martin Lukjanec | 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 | 74 | 32/75 | 28/50 | 4/25 | 6/14 | 28 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 79 | |