Match summary — FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027
NIGERIA defeated CAPE VERDE 100-84 on in the FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 2027. NIGERIA won by a 16-point margin. Ivan Almeida led all scorers with 32 points. NIGERIA shot 49.3% from the field while CAPE VERDE managed 41.5%. NIGERIA collected 43 rebounds and CAPE VERDE grabbed 31. 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
NIGERIA
100 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | * Ike Nwamu | 31:23 | 14 | 6/17 | 4/6 | 2/11 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | * Josh Okogie | 30:21 | 15 | 5/12 | 5/9 | 0/3 | 5/6 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 26 |
| 10 | * Chimezie Metu | 24:33 | 6 | 3/6 | 3/5 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 18 |
| 15 | * Ebuka Izundu | 18:09 | 8 | 3/11 | 3/10 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 95 | * Chima Moneke | 13:57 | 4 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Caleb Apochi Agada | 23:53 | 26 | 9/12 | 1/1 | 8/11 | 0/0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 34 |
| 35 | Manny Obaseki | 21:00 | 7 | 3/5 | 2/4 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 11 | Efe Abogidi | 18:37 | 11 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 2/2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| 7 | Udoka Azubuike | 13:20 | 8 | 4/4 | 4/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | Stan Okoye | 03:52 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1/4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 |
| 0 | Jordan Ogundiran | 00:56 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Paul Solomon Dibal | 00:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 200:01 | 100 | 37/75 | 22/40 | 15/35 | 11/18 | 29 | 14 | 29 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 20 | 128 | |
CAPE VERDE
84 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | * Ivan Almeida | 39:01 | 32 | 11/24 | 5/7 | 6/17 | 4/5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 30 |
| 3 | * Roesley Sanches Cardoso Mendes | 28:49 | 1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 10 | * Kenneti Mendes | 24:15 | 3 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 1 | * Kwabena Anima Delgado Yeboah | 20:09 | 12 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 0 | * Patrick Lima | 13:19 | 4 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Anderson Correia | 27:48 | 21 | 7/15 | 4/9 | 3/6 | 4/8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | Joel Almeida | 23:05 | 7 | 1/5 | 0/1 | 1/4 | 4/5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | Davide Buccilli | 15:15 | 3 | 1/6 | 1/3 | 0/3 | 1/2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 |
| 14 | Ailton Manuel Lopes Marques | 08:19 | 1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 |
| 34 | Patrick Junior Santos Spencer | 00:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Betinho Gomes | 00:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Marcus Santos-Silva | 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 | 84 | 27/65 | 15/30 | 12/35 | 18/32 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 26 | 64 | |