Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament

The Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament is an international boy's youth age basketball tournament that is contested between the best basketball clubs in Europe in the Under-18 age category. The tournament is organized by Euroleague Basketball, and is sponsored by Adidas. The tournament's Final Four takes place during the senior men's EuroLeague Final Four event.[1] The tournaments's Final Four also features a slam dunk contest and 3 point shootout contest.[2]

Next Generation Tournament
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2022–23 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament
SportBasketball
Founded2002
CEOMarshall Glickman
PresidentDejan Bodiroga
No. of teams32
ContinentEurope Europe
Most recent
champion(s)
Spain Real Madrid (5th title)
Most titlesSpain Real Madrid
(5 titles)
Official websitewww.adidasngt.com

History

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The first Next Generation Tournament Final Four was held in 2003, in Barcelona, Spain. The tournament was originally officially called the Euroleague Basketball International Junior Tournament and was sponsored by Nike. Its sponsorship name was originally the Nike International Junior Tournament (NIJT). Originally, the tournament featured only 8 teams in total. In 2014, the name of the tournament was officially changed to the Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament, and Adidas took over as the tournament's main sponsor. Thus, the tournament's new sponsorship name became the Adidas Next Generation Tournament.

The four regional tournaments were originally the Torneo Città di Roma, the Torneig de Bàsquet Junior Ciutat de L'Hospitalet, the Kaunas International Junior Tournament, and the Belgrade International Junior Tournament. In 2016, the Torneo Città di Roma was replaced by the Torneo Costa del Sol.

Format

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In total, 34 teams compete to play for the Next Generation Tournament title, at the Next Generation Tournament Final Four. 32 teams compete in 4 regional tournaments, in order to qualify to the 8 team Final Four qualification tournament. The regional tournaments are the Torneig de Bàsquet Junior Ciutat de L'Hospitalet, the Kaunas International Junior Tournament, the Belgrade International Junior Tournament, and the Torneo Costa del Sol. The winners of each of the 4 regional tournaments qualify to the Final Four qualification tournament.[3]

In addition to the 4 winners of each of the regional qualification tournaments, the reigning champion from the previous season, as well as three wild card invitees, also take part in the Final Tournament, which is played by eight teams that are divided into two groups of four teams each. The two group winners play on the same court where the senior men's EuroLeague Final Four is held.

Results

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Semifinalists or best 2nd in final group stage.

# Season Host City Champion Runner-up Score Semifinalists MVP Ref
1 2002–03 Barcelona   Žalgiris   Maccabi Tel Aviv 87–80 {{}} / {{}}   Rolandas Alijevas [4]
2 2003–04 Tel Aviv   CSKA Moscow   Montepaschi Siena 90–62 {{}} / {{}}   Vasiliy Zavoruev [5]
3 2004–05 Moscow   CSKA Moscow   Žalgiris 97–64 {{}} / {{}}   Vasiliy Zavoruev [6]
4 2005–06 Prague   CSKA Moscow   Žalgiris 59–55 {{}} / {{}}   Ivan Nelyubov [7]
5 2006–07 Athens   Žalgiris   FMP 78–74 {{}} / {{}}   Donatas Motiejūnas [8]
6 2007–08 Madrid   FMP   Barcelona 80–70 {{}} / {{}}   Dejan Musli [9]
7 2008–09 Berlin   FMP   Lietuvos rytas 123–110 {{}} / {{}}   Dejan Musli [10]
8 2009–10 Paris   INSEP   FMP 83–73 {{}} / {{}}   Livio Jean-Charles [11]
9 2010–11 Barcelona   Zagreb   Žalgiris 76–65 {{}} / {{}}   Dario Šarić [12]
10 2011–12 Istanbul   Lietuvos rytas   Fenerbahçe 88–70 {{}} / {{}}   Metecan Birsen [13]
11 2012–13 London   FIATC Joventut   Barcelona 82–59 {{}} / {{}}   Alberto Abalde [14]
12 2013–14 Milan   Crvena zvezda Telekom   Real Madrid 55–42 {{}} / {{}}   Vojislav Stojanović [15]
13 2014–15 Madrid   Real Madrid   Crvena zvezda Telekom 73–70   Germany 3 /   Serbia 4   Luka Dončić [16]
14 2015–16 Berlin   Barcelona Lassa   Crvena zvezda Telekom 90–82   Serbia 3 /   Croatia 4   Boriša Simanić
15 2016–17 Istanbul   Centre Fédéral   Mega Bemax 65–58   Spain /   Russia   Ivan Février
16 2017–18 Belgrade   Lietuvos rytas   Stella Azzurra 76–71   Spain /   Spain   Deividas Sirvydis
17 2018–19 Vitoria-Gasteiz   Real Madrid   Mega Bemax 95–76   Serbia /   Germany   Mario Nakić
- 2019–20 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
18 2020–21 Valencia   Real Madrid   Barcelona 81–78   Serbia /   France   Eli Ndiaye
19 2021–22 Belgrade   Mega Mozzart   Next Generation Select Team 82–61 {{}} / {{}}   Nikola Đurišić
20 2022–23 Kaunas   Real Madrid   Next Generation Select Team 71–60 {{}} / {{}}   Jan Vide
21 2023–24 Berlin   Real Madrid   INSEP 85-84 {{}} / {{}}   Hugo González

Performances

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Performance by club

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Rank Club Titles Runners-up
1   Real Madrid 5
2015, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024
1
2014
2   CSKA Moscow 3
2004, 2005, 2006
0
3   Žalgiris 2
2003, 2007
3
2005, 2006, 2011
4   FMP 2
2008, 2009
2
2007, 2010
5   INSEP / Centre Fédéral 2
2010, 2017
1
2024
  Rytas 2
2012, 2018
1
2009
7   Barcelona 1
2016
3
2008, 2013, 2021
8   Crvena zvezda 1
2014
2
2015, 2016
  Mega Basket 1
2022
2
2017, 2019
  Zagreb 1
2011
0
  Joventut 1
2013
0
12   Next Generation Select Team 0
2
2022, 2023
13   Maccabi Tel Aviv 0
1
2003
  Mens Sana Siena 0
1
2004
  Fenerbahçe 0
1
2012
  Stella Azzurra 0
1
2018

Performance by country

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Rank Country Titles Runners-up
1   Spain 7
Real Madrid (5), Joventut (1), Barcelona (1)
4
Barcelona (3), Real Madrid (1)
2   Serbia 4
FMP (2), Crvena zvezda (1), Mega Basket (1)
6
FMP (2), Crvena zvezda (2), Mega Basket (2)
3   Lithuania 4
Žalgiris (2), Rytas (2)
4
Žalgiris (3), Rytas (1)
4   Russia 3
CSKA Moscow (3)
0
5   France 2
INSEP / Centre Fédéral (2)
1
INSEP / Centre Fédéral (1)
6   Croatia 1
Zagreb (1)
0
7   Italy 0
2
Mens Sana Siena (1), Stella Azzurra (1)
8   Israel 0
1
Maccabi Tel Aviv (1)
  Turkey 0
1
Fenerbahçe (1)

See also

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References

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Results

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