Match summary — FIBA EUROPEAN U18 2026
LATVIA lost to AUSTRIA 71-73 on in the FIBA EUROPEAN U18 2026. AUSTRIA won by a 2-point margin. Lenny Benczak led all scorers with 27 points. LATVIA shot 38.5% from the field while AUSTRIA managed 46.7%. LATVIA collected 36 rebounds and AUSTRIA 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
LATVIA
71 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | * Raivo Kudrjavcevs | 26:35 | 16 | 5/8 | 3/3 | 2/5 | 4/4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| 12 | * Roberts Rotcenkovs | 26:04 | 8 | 3/7 | 3/4 | 0/3 | 2/2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| 24 | * Rihards Cernevskis | 25:31 | 9 | 3/11 | 0/1 | 3/10 | 0/0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | * Ralfs Murnieks | 22:31 | 11 | 3/5 | 2/3 | 1/2 | 4/4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | * Roberts Valdis Berzins | 09:21 | 2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 44 | Ralfs Aleksandrovs | 19:19 | 11 | 4/12 | 2/6 | 2/6 | 1/1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 | Markuss Tebelis | 15:10 | 4 | 2/8 | 2/8 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 17 | Edgars Liekis | 15:09 | 4 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | Olivers Krilkovs | 14:37 | 4 | 2/6 | 2/3 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Gustavs Brutans | 13:44 | 2 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 15 | Jekabs Graudins | 11:58 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -2 |
| 31 | Rets Eduards Veinbergs | 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 | 71 | 25/65 | 17/34 | 8/31 | 13/17 | 22 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 17 | 76 | |
AUSTRIA
73 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | * Pierce Thompson | 34:48 | 11 | 5/13 | 5/11 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | * Armin Kapic | 32:45 | 6 | 3/12 | 3/9 | 0/3 | 0/2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | * Francis Chavez | 27:14 | 9 | 3/9 | 3/6 | 0/3 | 3/4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 13 | * Eris Javaragic | 24:00 | 2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 22 | * Osayande Brian Aifuwa | 05:35 | 2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Lenny Benczak | 28:43 | 27 | 9/10 | 5/6 | 4/4 | 5/6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 29 |
| 21 | Benjamin Kuranovic | 21:15 | 11 | 5/9 | 5/8 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| 42 | Kilian Witzmann | 15:44 | 3 | 1/3 | 0/2 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 0 | Tobias Rak | 06:57 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Jakob Edegger | 02:59 | 2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Jonas Mendl | 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 | 73 | 28/60 | 23/45 | 5/15 | 12/18 | 23 | 8 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 87 | |