Match summary — NORDIC CHAMPIONSHIP U18 2025-2026
NORWAY lost to FINLAND 77-90 on in the NORDIC CHAMPIONSHIP U18 2025-2026. FINLAND won by a 13-point margin. Reino Saivosalmi led all scorers with 21 points. NORWAY shot 51.9% from the field while FINLAND managed 41.9%. NORWAY collected 28 rebounds and FINLAND grabbed 38. 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
NORWAY
77 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | * Harald Lilledahl | 35:43 | 19 | 7/14 | 4/8 | 3/6 | 2/4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | * Jakob Ellingsen | 35:40 | 16 | 3/10 | 2/7 | 1/3 | 9/11 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 3 | * Evert Dahlberg | 22:30 | 10 | 4/5 | 3/3 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | * Benjamin Dyve | 16:51 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 18 | * Dennis Brathen Nappen | 01:13 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Kevin Leraand | 27:53 | 2 | 1/6 | 1/3 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Malik Abdul Rauf | 27:07 | 13 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 0/0 | 5/10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 11 | Mathias Flesche | 24:51 | 17 | 8/12 | 8/12 | 0/0 | 1/5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| 17 | Ludvig Haneborg Garthe | 03:40 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Mio Mandt | 03:21 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| 8 | Lucas Mclean | 01:07 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Team totals | 199:56 | 77 | 27/52 | 22/38 | 5/14 | 18/32 | 21 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 24 | 72 | |
FINLAND
90 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | * Benjamin Passila | 24:43 | 17 | 6/8 | 5/6 | 1/2 | 4/4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 24 |
| 20 | * Leo Rentola | 17:40 | 2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | * Amani Haruna | 14:58 | 7 | 3/6 | 3/6 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 21 | * Aarne Pallijeff | 14:25 | 3 | 1/4 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 0/2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | -8 |
| 7 | * Lasse Sellman | 12:11 | 4 | 2/8 | 2/2 | 0/6 | 0/0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | -1 |
| 4 | Reino Saivosalmi | 30:16 | 21 | 6/18 | 5/9 | 1/9 | 8/9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 19 |
| 10 | Terell Hopkins | 26:43 | 16 | 5/5 | 3/3 | 2/2 | 4/4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 23 |
| 3 | Renne Ikalainen | 25:33 | 11 | 4/10 | 3/7 | 1/3 | 2/4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 11 | Velmeri Niemento | 12:11 | 3 | 1/4 | 0/3 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | Sakarias Aldensand | 10:49 | 3 | 1/5 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 |
| 15 | Tomas Loponen | 07:22 | 3 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Peter Santos | 03:04 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| Team totals | 199:55 | 90 | 31/74 | 24/47 | 7/27 | 21/27 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 25 | 91 | |