Match summary — FIBA WORLD CUP U17 2026
NEW ZEALAND lost to SERBIA 91-121 on in the FIBA WORLD CUP U17 2026. SERBIA won by a 30-point margin. Jayden Cecil led all scorers with 37 points. NEW ZEALAND shot 40.8% from the field while SERBIA managed 50.5%. NEW ZEALAND collected 34 rebounds and SERBIA grabbed 54. 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
NEW ZEALAND
91 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | * Jayden Cecil | 31:39 | 37 | 11/25 | 5/12 | 6/13 | 9/9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 26 |
| 12 | * Marco Sula | 25:25 | 15 | 5/13 | 3/6 | 2/7 | 3/7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | * Tawhiri Cate | 24:12 | 10 | 3/9 | 1/4 | 2/5 | 2/2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | * Zach Rampton | 19:47 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | * Liam Anthony Keogh | 19:05 | 11 | 5/9 | 5/9 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| 1 | Lawson Pryor | 15:28 | 9 | 3/5 | 1/2 | 2/3 | 1/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | William Patten | 13:23 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Jackson Couper | 12:40 | 5 | 2/5 | 1/2 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Noah Duncan | 12:28 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Matayas Thomson | 10:32 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Daley Pohio | 09:19 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 |
| 20 | Malakai Tuimalealiifano | 06:02 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 91 | 31/76 | 18/44 | 13/32 | 16/21 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 20 | 80 | |
SERBIA
121 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | * Nikola Kusturica | 21:40 | 27 | 11/17 | 7/9 | 4/8 | 1/2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 31 |
| 9 | * Ognjen Simjanovski | 21:20 | 16 | 5/12 | 2/8 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 18 |
| 11 | * Matija Lukic | 20:28 | 11 | 5/10 | 5/7 | 0/3 | 1/4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 22 | * Petar Bjelica | 17:33 | 15 | 7/10 | 7/10 | 0/0 | 1/4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
| 3 | * Nikola Djurovic | 14:48 | 4 | 2/8 | 2/2 | 0/6 | 0/0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Lazar Milicic | 22:28 | 11 | 4/9 | 2/5 | 2/4 | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 95 | Luka Pavlovic | 18:44 | 11 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 0/0 | 5/8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 18 | Luka Miladinovic | 16:46 | 4 | 2/8 | 2/7 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Luka Galic | 15:57 | 10 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
| 7 | Vuk Stepanovic | 15:25 | 10 | 4/8 | 2/4 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Marko Veselinovic | 12:12 | 2 | 1/5 | 1/3 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Vaso Saponjic | 02:39 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 121 | 49/97 | 38/65 | 11/32 | 12/24 | 33 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 22 | 146 | |