Match summary — FIBA EUROPEAN U18 2026
ITALY defeated LATVIA 89-67 on in the FIBA EUROPEAN U18 2026. ITALY won by a 22-point margin. Rihards Cernevskis led all scorers with 22 points. ITALY shot 50.7% from the field while LATVIA managed 33.8%. ITALY collected 44 rebounds and LATVIA grabbed 31. 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
ITALY
89 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | * Cheichk Niang | 22:22 | 12 | 3/8 | 3/6 | 0/2 | 6/7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | * Federico Bottelli | 22:10 | 12 | 5/9 | 4/7 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 14 | * Thomas Acunzo | 22:02 | 13 | 5/9 | 5/8 | 0/1 | 3/5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| 15 | * Werther Bellinaso | 18:08 | 7 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 0/0 | 1/4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | * Gabriele Lastella | 12:32 | 9 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| 9 | Edoardo Di Meo | 25:36 | 8 | 3/6 | 1/4 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| 1 | Federico Cattapan | 19:25 | 3 | 1/5 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | Randy Livingston Jr | 18:19 | 10 | 3/9 | 3/4 | 0/5 | 4/6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| 16 | Pablo Abreu | 15:11 | 11 | 5/7 | 5/7 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| 27 | Antonio Barra | 08:43 | 2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 17 | Vittorio Triggiani | 08:04 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
| 20 | Amir Chafir | 07:28 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 89 | 34/67 | 31/54 | 3/13 | 18/32 | 28 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 23 | 108 | |
LATVIA
67 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | * Rihards Cernevskis | 26:27 | 22 | 7/15 | 1/2 | 6/13 | 2/3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| 9 | * Raivo Kudrjavcevs | 26:01 | 14 | 5/11 | 3/5 | 2/6 | 2/2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 12 | * Roberts Rotcenkovs | 26:00 | 4 | 2/8 | 2/5 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | * Edgars Liekis | 23:03 | 7 | 2/5 | 2/3 | 0/2 | 3/4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 1 | * Ralfs Murnieks | 19:59 | 4 | 1/7 | 1/2 | 0/5 | 2/2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | Olivers Krilkovs | 19:56 | 3 | 1/5 | 0/0 | 1/5 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 31 | Rets Eduards Veinbergs | 16:50 | 2 | 1/6 | 1/5 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 |
| 15 | Jekabs Graudins | 16:19 | 4 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 44 | Ralfs Aleksandrovs | 13:59 | 3 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Gustavs Brutans | 06:03 | 4 | 2/4 | 2/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Markuss Tebelis | 05:23 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Roberts Valdis Berzins | 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 | 67 | 23/68 | 13/27 | 10/41 | 11/13 | 21 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 18 | 58 | |