Match summary — FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027
IRAN lost to NEW ZEALAND 91-93 on in the FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027. NEW ZEALAND won by a 2-point margin. Shea Ili led all scorers with 24 points. IRAN shot 40.6% from the field while NEW ZEALAND managed 45.1%. IRAN collected 35 rebounds and NEW ZEALAND grabbed 50. This game was played as part of the FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027 season in World Championship. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
IRAN
91 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | * Matin Aghajanpour | 36:06 | 19 | 6/14 | 2/5 | 4/9 | 3/3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 14 | * Arsalan Kazemi | 33:46 | 7 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 4/6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 55 | * Seyed Mahdi Jafari | 33:04 | 14 | 6/10 | 5/8 | 1/2 | 1/4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 11 | * Mohammad Mahdi Heydari | 03:01 | 5 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 32 | * Hasan Aliakbari | 02:20 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Arman Zangeneh | 27:38 | 9 | 3/5 | 1/1 | 2/4 | 1/2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| 6 | Mohammad Amini | 26:55 | 16 | 4/14 | 4/9 | 0/5 | 8/9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 |
| 13 | Mohammad Jamshidi | 24:45 | 12 | 4/9 | 4/9 | 0/0 | 4/4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | Piter Girgoorian | 16:57 | 6 | 1/6 | 1/2 | 0/4 | 4/4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Mobin Sheikhi | 09:50 | 1 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | Salar Monji | 06:27 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Alireza Sharifi | 04:12 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
| Team totals | 225:01 | 91 | 28/69 | 19/42 | 9/27 | 26/36 | 30 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 31 | 93 | |
NEW ZEALAND
93 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | * Shea Ili | 30:13 | 24 | 6/10 | 5/7 | 1/3 | 11/14 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 26 |
| 8 | * Samuel Mennenga | 28:52 | 15 | 7/11 | 7/9 | 0/2 | 1/6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 19 |
| 11 | * Flynn Cameron | 25:38 | 10 | 3/10 | 2/5 | 1/5 | 3/5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| 93 | * Samuel Waardenburg | 24:32 | 11 | 4/11 | 3/5 | 1/6 | 2/2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 20 | * Jordan Ngatai | 18:31 | 4 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Carlin Davison | 31:38 | 6 | 3/6 | 3/3 | 0/3 | 0/2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 1 | Reuben Te Rangi | 23:35 | 13 | 5/8 | 3/4 | 2/4 | 1/1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| 9 | Corey Webster | 17:00 | 2 | 1/7 | 1/3 | 0/4 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 |
| 0 | Tai Jack Webster | 12:58 | 6 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 3/4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 33 | Sam Timmins | 10:14 | 2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Alexander Mcnaught | 01:49 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 |
| 19 | Luca Yates | 00:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 225:00 | 93 | 32/71 | 25/39 | 7/32 | 22/36 | 36 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 29 | 106 | |