MUNICH (Germany) – Ahead of the start of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 European Qualifiers, we look through the record books of the last two cycles.

Will any of these single-game highs be broken in the new campaign?

Individual – Points

#

Player

Team

Opposition

Year

Points

1.

Giannis Antetokounmpo

Greece

Serbia

2022

40

2.

Dennis Schroder

Germany

Poland

2022

38

3.

Michael Dixon

Georgia

Serbia

2017

36

4.

Tryggvi Hlinason

Iceland

Italy

2022

34

5.

Rihards Lomazs

Latvia

Serbia

2021

33

6.

AJ Slaughter

Poland

Germany

2022

32

7.

Nick Calathes

Greece

Georgia

2018

31

=

Janis Blums

Latvia

Slovenia

2018

31

=

David Jelinek

Czechia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

2021

31

=

Ludvig Hakanson

Sweden

Croatia

2022

31

=

Luka Doncic

Slovenia

Sweden

2022

31

Individual – Rebounds

#

Player

Team

Opposition

Year

Rebounds

1.

Tryggvi Hlinason

Iceland

Italy

2022

21

2.

Simon Birgander

Sweden

Croatia

2022

18

3.

Victor Wembanyama

France

Czechia

2023

17

=

Ondrej Balvin

Czechia

Hungary

2022

17

5.

Emir Sulejmanovic

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

2018

16

=

Ondrej Balvin

Czechia

Finland

2017

16

7.

Giorgi Shermadini

Georgia

Greece

2019

15

=

Giorgi Shermadini

Georgia

Estonia

2019

15

=

Giorgi Shermadini

Georgia

North Macedonia

2022

15

=

Jusuf Nurkic

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Czechia

2018

15

=

Martin Peterka

Czechia

Bulgaria

2022

15

=

Klavs Cavars

Latvia

Slovakia

2022

15

Individual – Assists

#

Player

Team

Opposition

Year

Assists

1.

Ludvig Hakanson

Sweden

Slovenia

2021

14

=

Justus Hollatz

Germany

Finland

2023

14

3.

Dennis Schroder

Germany

Israel

2018

13

4.

Bugrahan Tuncer

Türkiye

Great Britain

2021

12

=

Ziga Samar

Slovenia

Germany

2022

12

5.

Multiple players

11

Individual – Steals

#

Player

Team

Opposition

Year

Steals

1.

Tamir Blatt

Israel

Serbia

2018

7

2.

Andrew Albicy

France

Bosnia and Herzegovina

2018

6

=

Yovel Zoosman

Israel

Germany

2018

6

=

Mateusz Ponitka

Poland

Israel

2022

6

5.

Multiple players

5

Individual – Blocks

#

Player

Team

Opposition

Year

Blocks

1.

Tryggvi Hlinason

Iceland

Bulgaria

2017

6

=

Nicholas Spires

Sweden

Türkiye

2018

6

=

Aleksander Balcerowski

Poland

Israel

2021

6

=

Kristaps Porzingis

Latvia

Türkiye

2022

6

=

Victor Wembanyama

France

Czechia

2023

6

6.

Panagiotis Vasilopoulos

Greece

Great Britain

2017

5

=

Sertac Sanli

Türkiye

Latvia

2017

5

=

Emanuel Cate

Romania

Croatia

2018

5

=

Tryggvi Hlinason

Iceland

Italy

2022

5

=

Paul Biligha

Italy

Iceland

2022

5

Team – Points

#

Team

Opponent

Year

Points

1.

Germany

Israel

2018

112

2.

Latvia

Türkiye

2022

111

3.

Iceland

Italy

2022

107

4.

Lithuania

Kosovo

2018

106

5.

Serbia

Georgia

2017

105

=

Poland

Netherlands

2018

105

=

Italy

Iceland

2022

105

=

Croatia

Sweden

2022

105

Team – Rebounds

#

Team

Opponent

Year

Rebounds

1.

Germany

Slovenia

2022

56

=

Germany

Sweden

2023

56

3.

Iceland

Italy

2022

55

4.

Multiple teams

51

Team – Assists

#

Team

Opponent

Year

Assists

1.

Poland

Kosovo

2018

31

=

Latvia

Türkiye

2022

31

3.

Serbia

Israel

2019

30

Other team records include Latvia’s 20 made three-pointers against Türkiye in 2022, Montenegro (2017) and Israel (2018) share the record for steals with 18 and France’s 11 blocks in 2023 are the only double-digit effort for any team in the category.

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