Match summary — FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027
NETHERLANDS lost to CROATIA 99-101 on in the FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027. CROATIA won by a 2-point margin. Dario Saric led all scorers with 24 points. NETHERLANDS shot 50.0% from the field while CROATIA managed 51.5%. NETHERLANDS collected 32 rebounds and CROATIA grabbed 30. 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
NETHERLANDS
99 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | * Keye Jord Van Der Vuurst De Vries | 30:20 | 23 | 8/14 | 3/6 | 5/8 | 2/2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 23 |
| 0 | * Yannick Franke | 25:06 | 21 | 7/15 | 4/7 | 3/8 | 4/4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 19 |
| 51 | * Rienk Johannes Mast | 23:02 | 7 | 3/10 | 2/4 | 1/6 | 0/0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 16 | * Troy Koehler | 20:30 | 6 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 99 | * Nathan Kuta | 19:38 | 4 | 2/6 | 2/6 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Marijn Ververs | 17:30 | 6 | 3/6 | 3/4 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | David N'guessan | 17:03 | 19 | 7/10 | 7/9 | 0/1 | 5/7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| 22 | Lucas Kruithof | 14:33 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 90 | Charlon Kloof | 13:05 | 6 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 4/5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | Sander Hollanders | 12:59 | 3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Anton Bonke | 05:44 | 4 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 32 | Kjeld Zuidema | 00:29 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 199:59 | 99 | 35/70 | 23/38 | 12/32 | 17/24 | 21 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 22 | 105 | |
CROATIA
101 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | * Dario Saric | 33:16 | 24 | 7/13 | 5/9 | 2/4 | 8/9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
| 8 | * Mario Hezonja | 33:01 | 16 | 5/13 | 3/6 | 2/7 | 4/4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| 40 | * Ivica Zubac | 30:32 | 24 | 8/10 | 8/10 | 0/0 | 8/11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 35 |
| 3 | * Jaleen Smith | 28:06 | 8 | 3/6 | 2/3 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 18 | * Roko Badzim | 16:13 | 3 | 1/3 | 0/2 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 | Luka Bozic | 20:00 | 18 | 6/10 | 6/10 | 0/0 | 6/6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| 99 | Toni Nakic | 19:03 | 4 | 2/3 | 2/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 17 | Karlo Matkovic | 07:58 | 2 | 1/5 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Dominik Mavra | 07:02 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | David Skara | 04:49 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Mateo Dreznjak | 00:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Antonio Jordano | 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 | 101 | 34/66 | 28/49 | 6/17 | 27/32 | 23 | 7 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 26 | 114 | |