Match summary — FIBA WORLD CUP U17 2026
AUSTRALIA defeated SERBIA 88-66 on in the FIBA WORLD CUP U17 2026. AUSTRALIA won by a 22-point margin. Nikola Kusturica led all scorers with 17 points. AUSTRALIA shot 49.3% from the field while SERBIA managed 32.0%. AUSTRALIA collected 45 rebounds and SERBIA grabbed 39. This game was played as part of the FIBA WORLD CUP U17 2026 season in World Championship. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
AUSTRALIA
88 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | * Luke Roland Paul | 23:50 | 11 | 2/6 | 2/6 | 0/0 | 7/7 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 9 | * Antonio Henry Browne | 23:50 | 10 | 4/7 | 4/6 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| 14 | * Yahya Ahmet Basaran | 21:36 | 15 | 7/9 | 7/9 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| 11 | * William Troy Hamilton | 19:04 | 0 | 0/6 | 0/5 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | * John Ojulu Aryang | 14:43 | 12 | 6/10 | 6/9 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| 4 | Andrew Charlton Watene | 21:31 | 12 | 3/7 | 1/2 | 2/5 | 4/5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| 13 | Riak Akhuar | 19:32 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
| 6 | Josh Timothy Mccann | 15:31 | 8 | 4/7 | 4/4 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 15 | Alexander John Peter Mabbott | 15:28 | 9 | 4/9 | 4/9 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | Lucas James Byrne | 11:19 | 5 | 2/4 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Tom Walter Dammers | 10:40 | 4 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 31 | Alex Edwards | 02:56 | 2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 88 | 34/69 | 31/54 | 3/15 | 17/20 | 32 | 13 | 22 | 11 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 23 | 20 | 116 | |
SERBIA
66 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | * Ognjen Simjanovski | 23:56 | 6 | 1/7 | 0/4 | 1/3 | 3/4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 |
| 25 | * Nikola Kusturica | 22:47 | 17 | 6/14 | 4/9 | 2/5 | 3/4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | * Nikola Djurovic | 19:07 | 0 | 0/5 | 0/5 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 | * Petar Bjelica | 18:11 | 4 | 2/6 | 2/6 | 0/0 | 0/4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| 95 | * Luka Pavlovic | 14:58 | 5 | 2/6 | 2/6 | 0/0 | 1/6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -3 |
| 11 | Matija Lukic | 25:24 | 16 | 5/13 | 3/7 | 2/6 | 4/7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 31 | Lazar Milicic | 21:41 | 2 | 1/10 | 1/9 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Luka Galic | 18:47 | 4 | 2/4 | 2/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 7 | Vuk Stepanovic | 16:08 | 10 | 4/6 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | Marko Veselinovic | 10:25 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Luka Miladinovic | 05:46 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Vaso Saponjic | 02:50 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 66 | 24/75 | 17/54 | 7/21 | 11/25 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 23 | 55 | |