Match summary — NORDIC CHAMPIONSHIP U18 2025-2026
ESTONIA defeated FINLAND 81-77 on in the NORDIC CHAMPIONSHIP U18 2025-2026. ESTONIA won by a 4-point margin. Reino Saivosalmi led all scorers with 25 points. ESTONIA shot 47.7% from the field while FINLAND managed 42.6%. ESTONIA collected 42 rebounds and FINLAND grabbed 29. This game was played as part of the NORDIC CHAMPIONSHIP U18 2025-2026 season in Sweden. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
ESTONIA
81 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | * Jesper Roman | 23:23 | 3 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | * Hendrik Jaak Pertel | 20:43 | 16 | 8/12 | 8/11 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 23 |
| 3 | * Christian Elmar Kask | 15:28 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | * Joosep Sepper | 12:24 | 1 | 0/5 | 0/5 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | * Kaspar Vuks | 11:55 | 10 | 3/6 | 3/5 | 0/1 | 4/4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | Marten Midri | 23:13 | 10 | 5/6 | 5/6 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| 1 | Robert Kangur | 21:43 | 5 | 2/7 | 1/3 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | Sten-Markus Adamson | 18:16 | 6 | 3/8 | 3/4 | 0/4 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Rasmus Vuks | 15:40 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Rando Sarapson | 15:25 | 13 | 4/7 | 0/0 | 4/7 | 1/2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 14 | Roman Avdejev | 13:37 | 11 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 5/10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 4 | Stenver Poder | 08:05 | 6 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Team totals | 199:52 | 81 | 31/65 | 24/41 | 7/24 | 12/20 | 27 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 17 | 95 | |
FINLAND
77 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | * Amani Haruna | 20:53 | 7 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 1/4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 21 | * Aarne Pallijeff | 19:25 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 20 | * Leo Rentola | 19:06 | 4 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | * Lasse Sellman | 07:54 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | * Bill Luak | 02:22 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| 3 | Renne Ikalainen | 28:01 | 8 | 3/9 | 3/6 | 0/3 | 2/2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | Terell Hopkins | 21:43 | 8 | 3/8 | 1/1 | 2/7 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | Velmeri Niemento | 21:38 | 9 | 3/4 | 2/2 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 4 | Reino Saivosalmi | 20:55 | 25 | 8/11 | 2/4 | 6/7 | 3/6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 22 |
| 8 | Santeri Manninen | 20:03 | 9 | 2/13 | 1/6 | 1/7 | 4/8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | -2 |
| 9 | Peter Santos | 12:05 | 0 | 0/4 | 0/1 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| 15 | Tomas Loponen | 07:58 | 5 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Team totals | 202:03 | 77 | 26/61 | 15/31 | 11/30 | 14/30 | 19 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 27 | 72 | |