Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament

Next Generation Tournament
Current season, competition or edition:; 2022–23 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament
Sport	Basketball
Founded	2002
CEO	Marshall Glickman
President	Dejan Bodiroga
No. of teams	32
Continent	Europe
Most recent; champion(s)	Real Madrid (4th title)
Most titles	Real Madrid; (4 titles)
Official website	www.adidasngt.com

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]

History

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

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.

Finals

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

Performances

Performance by club

Rank	Club	Titles	Runners-up
1	Real Madrid	4 2015, 2019, 2021, 2023	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	Rytas	2 2012, 2018	1 2009
6	Barcelona	1 2016	3 2008, 2013, 2021
7	Crvena zvezda	1 2014	2 2015, 2016
–	Mega Basket	1 2022	2 2017, 2019
9	INSEP	1 2010	0
–	Zagreb	1 2011	0
–	Joventut	1 2013	0
–	Centre Fédéral	1 2017	0
13	Next Generation Select Team	0	2 2022, 2023
14	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0	1 2003
–	Mens Sana Siena	0	1 2004
–	Fenerbahçe	0	1 2012
–	Stella Azzurra	0	1 2018

Performance by country

Rank	Country	Titles	Runners-up
1	Spain	6 Real Madrid (4), 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 (1), Centre Fédéral (1)	0
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)

References

External links

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[1] Euroleague.net Field set for 2013 Euroleague Basketball Nike International Junior Tournament.

[2] Euroleague.net Heng wins NIJT Slam Dunk crown, Hakanson Three-Point title.

[3] Euroleague.net NIKE INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR TOURNAMENT.