Match summary — FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027
NEW ZEALAND defeated SYRIA 126-74 on in the FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027. NEW ZEALAND won by a 52-point margin. Corey Webster led all scorers with 22 points. NEW ZEALAND shot 61.5% from the field while SYRIA managed 40.3%. NEW ZEALAND collected 43 rebounds and SYRIA grabbed 21. 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
NEW ZEALAND
126 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | * Flynn Cameron | 18:42 | 21 | 7/12 | 6/7 | 1/5 | 6/6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 |
| 8 | * Samuel Mennenga | 17:26 | 20 | 8/9 | 8/8 | 0/1 | 4/5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 25 |
| 20 | * Jordan Ngatai | 16:51 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 51 | * Shea Ili | 15:45 | 8 | 4/5 | 4/4 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| 93 | * Samuel Waardenburg | 15:43 | 13 | 5/6 | 5/5 | 0/1 | 3/4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| 9 | Corey Webster | 27:11 | 22 | 8/18 | 2/4 | 6/14 | 0/0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 |
| 2 | Carlin Davison | 22:20 | 10 | 4/6 | 4/4 | 0/2 | 2/2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 1 | Reuben Te Rangi | 19:07 | 13 | 4/6 | 2/2 | 2/4 | 3/4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| 0 | Tai Jack Webster | 17:17 | 9 | 4/6 | 3/4 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| 19 | Luca Yates | 11:21 | 4 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 33 | Sam Timmins | 11:13 | 3 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Alexander Mcnaught | 07:04 | 3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 126 | 48/78 | 37/43 | 11/35 | 19/24 | 30 | 13 | 32 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 21 | 166 | |
SYRIA
74 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54 | * James Justice | 36:32 | 22 | 9/19 | 6/8 | 3/11 | 1/1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 23 |
| 33 | * Christian Maran | 23:10 | 4 | 1/4 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | * Yousef Abdullah | 12:59 | 3 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 0/2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | * Omar Idelbi | 03:44 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | * Kamel Abdullah | 02:44 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | David Hermes | 22:55 | 7 | 3/9 | 2/5 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Mhd Maiar Albalbisi | 20:50 | 8 | 3/8 | 1/4 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Omar Cheikh Ali | 19:18 | 6 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | Tarek Aljabi | 17:01 | 5 | 2/5 | 1/2 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Abd Al Rahman Alkordy | 16:17 | 7 | 2/6 | 2/3 | 0/3 | 3/3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Andre Michelsson | 12:37 | 9 | 3/6 | 3/5 | 0/1 | 3/5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 24 | Omar Alfarouk Makanas | 11:53 | 3 | 1/5 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 74 | 27/67 | 17/35 | 10/32 | 10/15 | 14 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 17 | 51 | |