Match summary — NORDIC CHAMPIONSHIP U18 2025-2026
FINLAND defeated SWEDEN 97-87 on in the NORDIC CHAMPIONSHIP U18 2025-2026. FINLAND won by a 10-point margin. Micheal Chimereeze Odinks led all scorers with 33 points. FINLAND shot 57.1% from the field while SWEDEN managed 42.9%. FINLAND collected 33 rebounds and SWEDEN grabbed 47. 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
FINLAND
97 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 | 22:46 | 13 | 5/6 | 5/6 | 0/0 | 3/8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 19 |
| 12 | * Benjamin Passila | 22:19 | 11 | 4/7 | 2/3 | 2/4 | 1/2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| 21 | * Aarne Pallijeff | 16:13 | 3 | 1/5 | 1/2 | 0/3 | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | * Lasse Sellman | 15:19 | 3 | 1/5 | 1/2 | 0/3 | 1/4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | * Bill Luak | 00:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Reino Saivosalmi | 27:40 | 24 | 7/10 | 3/3 | 4/7 | 6/7 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 29 |
| 8 | Santeri Manninen | 26:25 | 23 | 7/10 | 5/6 | 2/4 | 7/16 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 19 |
| 10 | Terell Hopkins | 22:30 | 6 | 2/4 | 2/2 | 0/2 | 2/2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | Velmeri Niemento | 16:52 | 5 | 2/4 | 1/1 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Renne Ikalainen | 13:28 | 5 | 2/3 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Leo Rentola | 12:22 | 4 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 15 | Tomas Loponen | 04:02 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 |
| Team totals | 199:56 | 97 | 32/56 | 22/28 | 10/28 | 23/45 | 28 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 32 | 95 | |
SWEDEN
87 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | * Baba Nils Ottosson Diop | 23:04 | 2 | 1/6 | 1/4 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | * John Gonzalez | 14:46 | 4 | 2/4 | 2/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 22 | * Idriss Omaru Kamara | 11:43 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | * Frank Karlsson | 11:13 | 7 | 3/8 | 2/5 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 23 | * Jerome Holm Keita | 10:58 | 6 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 20 | Micheal Chimereeze Odinks | 29:58 | 33 | 14/25 | 10/15 | 4/10 | 1/2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 30 |
| 5 | Simon Massamba Johansson | 26:40 | 12 | 4/11 | 3/6 | 1/5 | 3/4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 11 | Noel Karlsson Rask | 21:07 | 3 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 3/5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Noah Kartal | 16:40 | 12 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 6/8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 6 | Marcus Lecesne | 16:07 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -3 |
| 10 | Prince Gozee Biose Edogiawerie | 08:55 | 3 | 1/5 | 1/5 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | Rio Davet | 08:43 | 5 | 2/5 | 1/2 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Team totals | 199:54 | 87 | 33/77 | 26/52 | 7/25 | 14/26 | 27 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 18 | 82 | |