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FIBA World Cup qualifiers · Friday 3 July · Topsportcentrum Almere

Netherlands
69 : 72Full time
Latvia

Netherlands – Latvia 69:72: FIBA World Cup qualifiers, 03/07/2026

Key facts

Form, table position, scoring and head-to-head in one place

Form: up to the last 5 matches in all competitions, most recent on the left (W = win, D = draw, L = loss). Averages come from the league table; where there is none, from these recent matches.

Form · last 5

Netherlands—
LatviaW

Head to head · 1

Netherlands1–0–0Latvia

wins – draws – wins

Match report

The match in a few sentences: score, scorers, table impact

The text is generated automatically from the match data and updates with it.

FIBA World Cup qualifiers: Netherlands – Latvia 69:72 (3 July). Latvia won. Venue: Topsportcentrum Almere.

By quarter: 26:18, 7:23, 21:11, 15:20. Netherlands led after the first quarter (26:18), but their opponents came back to win.

Top scorers: Der Vuurst Keye Van (Netherlands) — 23; Rihards Lomazs (Latvia) — 21; Arturs Zagars (Latvia) — 21.

Head to head (1): Netherlands — 1 win, Latvia — 0.

Latvians in this match

Latvian players in this match and their contribution

The data source carries no player nationality, so for club matches we use the desk's list of Latvian players; for national-team matches, every Latvia player.

  • 🇱🇻 Rihards LomazsLatvia21 points, 6 reb, 4 ast, 36 min
  • 🇱🇻 Arturs ZagarsLatvia21 points, 2 reb, 1 ast, 26 min
  • 🇱🇻 Arturs StrautinsLatvia8 points, 7 reb, 25 min
  • 🇱🇻 Roberts BlumbergsLatvia2 points, 2 reb, 22 min
  • 🇱🇻 Marcis SteinbergsLatvia6 points, 2 reb, 19 min
  • 🇱🇻 Rolands SmitsLatvia6 points, 3 reb, 1 ast, 22 min

Score by quarter

Points in each quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Σ
Netherlands267211569
Latvia1823112072

Game leaders

Top performers in this game

Points

  1. 1
    Der Vuurst Keye Van
    23
  2. 2
    Rihards Lomazs
    Latvia36 min
    21
  3. 3
    Arturs Zagars
    Latvia26 min
    21

Rebounds

  1. 1
    Der Vuurst Keye Van
    8
  2. 2
    Arturs Strautins
    Latvia25 min
    7
  3. 3
    K. Cavars
    Latvia19 min
    7

Assists

  1. 1
    Der Vuurst Keye Van
    5
  2. 2
    Marijn Ververs
    4
  3. 3
    Lucas Kruithof
    4

Box score

Every player's stats in this game

Min = minutes, Pts = points, Reb = rebounds, Ast = assists, 3P = three-pointers (made/attempted), FT = free throws, FG = field goals, FG% = field-goal percentage, Stl = steals, Blk = blocks, TO = turnovers. Greyed out = bench players.

Netherlands

PlayerMinPtsRebAst3PFTFGFG%
6Der Vuurst Keye Van3323854/167/86/2227%
5Marijn Ververs2811141/10/05/956%
T. Koehler226312/30/02/367%
99Nathan Kuta2110620/04/43/743%
32Kjeld Zuidema170310/20/00/30%
17Lucas Kruithof234440/32/21/425%
7Sander Hollanders1911223/70/04/850%
L. Williams182100/00/01/250%
E. Ugbo142200/12/20/10%
M. Pikaar50200/00/00/0–
R. Overbeek10000/00/00/0–

Latvia

PlayerMinPtsRebAst3PFTFGFG%
19Rihards Lomazs3621641/66/77/1547%
32Arturs Zagars2621213/128/95/1533%
12Arturs Strautins258702/60/03/838%
9Roberts Blumbergs222200/20/01/617%
12Marcis Steinbergs196201/13/41/250%
10Rolands Smits226310/32/22/633%
K. Cavars191710/01/20/20%
K. Kilps167531/12/22/450%
44Toms Leimanis120120/20/00/20%
25Martins Laksa40000/00/00/0–

Team stats

Both teams' numbers side by side

  • 32Rebounds35
  • 19Assists12
  • 10Three-pointers made8
  • 33Three-point attempts33
  • 15Free throws made22
  • 16Free-throw attempts26
  • 22Field goals made21
  • 59Field-goal attempts60

Team leaders

Each team's best players this season

NetherlandsLatvia

Points per game

Yannick Franke22.5 · 2 gp · 45
Rihards Lomazs19.2 · 4 gp · 77

Assists per game

Der Vuurst Keye Van6.2 · 4 gp · 25
Toms Skuja10.0 · 1 gp · 10
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Recent matches

Both teams' recent results in all competitions

H — home, A — away

Head to head

Previous meetings between the two teams

Only matches in our data source (usually recent seasons).

Netherlands 1 : 0 Latvia

  • 28.11.25Full timeLatvia7886Netherlands