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: 2022–23 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament
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.
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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.
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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 TournamentCurrent season competition or edition 2022 23 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation TournamentSportBasketballFounded2002CEOMarshall GlickmanPresidentDejan BodirogaNo of teams32ContinentEuropeMost recentchampion s Real Madrid 4th title Most titlesReal Madrid 4 titles Official websitewww adidasngt com Contents 1 History 2 Format 3 Results 4 Performances 4 1 Performance by club 4 2 Performance by country 5 See also 6 References 7 Results 8 External linksHistory editThe 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 Citta di Roma the Torneig de Basquet Junior Ciutat de L Hospitalet the Kaunas International Junior Tournament and the Belgrade International Junior Tournament In 2016 the Torneo Citta di Roma was replaced by the Torneo Costa del Sol Format editIn 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 Basquet 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 editSemifinalists or best 2nd in final group stage Season Host City Champion Runner up Score Semifinalists MVP Ref 1 2002 03 Barcelona nbsp Zalgiris nbsp Maccabi Tel Aviv 87 80 nbsp Rolandas Alijevas 4 2 2003 04 Tel Aviv nbsp CSKA Moscow nbsp Montepaschi Siena 90 62 nbsp Vasiliy Zavoruev 5 3 2004 05 Moscow nbsp CSKA Moscow nbsp Zalgiris 97 64 nbsp Vasiliy Zavoruev 6 4 2005 06 Prague nbsp CSKA Moscow nbsp Zalgiris 59 55 nbsp Ivan Nelyubov 7 5 2006 07 Athens nbsp Zalgiris nbsp FMP 78 74 nbsp Donatas Motiejunas 8 6 2007 08 Madrid nbsp FMP nbsp Barcelona 80 70 nbsp Dejan Musli 9 7 2008 09 Berlin nbsp FMP nbsp Lietuvos rytas 123 110 nbsp Dejan Musli 10 8 2009 10 Paris nbsp INSEP nbsp FMP 83 73 nbsp Livio Jean Charles 11 9 2010 11 Barcelona nbsp Zagreb nbsp Zalgiris 76 65 nbsp Dario Saric 12 10 2011 12 Istanbul nbsp Lietuvos rytas nbsp Fenerbahce 88 70 nbsp Metecan Birsen 13 11 2012 13 London nbsp FIATC Joventut nbsp Barcelona 82 59 nbsp Alberto Abalde 14 12 2013 14 Milan nbsp Crvena zvezda Telekom nbsp Real Madrid 55 42 nbsp Vojislav Stojanovic 15 13 2014 15 Madrid nbsp Real Madrid nbsp Crvena zvezda Telekom 73 70 nbsp Germany 3 nbsp Serbia 4 nbsp Luka Doncic 16 14 2015 16 Berlin nbsp Barcelona Lassa nbsp Crvena zvezda Telekom 90 82 nbsp Serbia 3 nbsp Croatia 4 nbsp Borisa Simanic 15 2016 17 Istanbul nbsp Centre Federal nbsp Mega Bemax 65 58 nbsp Spain nbsp Russia nbsp Ivan Fevrier 16 2017 18 Belgrade nbsp Lietuvos rytas nbsp Stella Azzurra 76 71 nbsp Spain nbsp Spain nbsp Deividas Sirvydis 17 2018 19 Vitoria Gasteiz nbsp Real Madrid nbsp Mega Bemax 95 76 nbsp Serbia nbsp Germany nbsp Mario Nakic 2019 20 Cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic in Europe 18 2020 21 Valencia nbsp Real Madrid nbsp Barcelona 81 78 nbsp Serbia nbsp France nbsp Eli Ndiaye 19 2021 22 Belgrade nbsp Mega Mozzart nbsp Next Generation Select Team 82 61 nbsp Nikola Đurisic 20 2022 23 Kaunas nbsp Real Madrid nbsp Next Generation Select Team 71 60 nbsp Jan Vide 21 2023 24 nbsp nbsp Performances editPerformance by club edit Rank Club Titles Runners up 1 nbsp Real Madrid 4 2015 2019 2021 2023 1 2014 2 nbsp CSKA Moscow 3 2004 2005 2006 0 3 nbsp Zalgiris 2 2003 2007 3 2005 2006 2011 4 nbsp FMP 2 2008 2009 2 2007 2010 5 nbsp Rytas 2 2012 2018 1 2009 6 nbsp Barcelona 1 2016 3 2008 2013 2021 7 nbsp Crvena zvezda 1 2014 2 2015 2016 nbsp Mega Basket 1 2022 2 2017 2019 9 nbsp INSEP 1 2010 0 nbsp Zagreb 1 2011 0 nbsp Joventut 1 2013 0 nbsp Centre Federal 1 2017 0 13 nbsp Next Generation Select Team 0 2 2022 2023 14 nbsp Maccabi Tel Aviv 0 1 2003 nbsp Mens Sana Siena 0 1 2004 nbsp Fenerbahce 0 1 2012 nbsp Stella Azzurra 0 1 2018 Performance by country edit Rank Country Titles Runners up 1 nbsp Spain 6 Real Madrid 4 Joventut 1 Barcelona 1 4 Barcelona 3 Real Madrid 1 2 nbsp Serbia 4 FMP 2 Crvena zvezda 1 Mega Basket 1 6 FMP 2 Crvena zvezda 2 Mega Basket 2 3 nbsp Lithuania 4 Zalgiris 2 Rytas 2 4 Zalgiris 3 Rytas 1 4 nbsp Russia 3 CSKA Moscow 3 0 5 nbsp France 2 INSEP 1 Centre Federal 1 0 6 nbsp Croatia 1Zagreb 1 0 7 nbsp Italy 0 2 Mens Sana Siena 1 Stella Azzurra 1 8 nbsp Israel 0 1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1 nbsp Turkey 0 1 Fenerbahce 1 See also editJunior ABA League VTB United Youth League EuroLeague EuroCupReferences edit Euroleague net Field set for 2013 Euroleague Basketball Nike International Junior Tournament Euroleague net Heng wins NIJT Slam Dunk crown Hakanson Three Point title Euroleague net NIKE INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR TOURNAMENT https admin euroleague net u18 game center standings seasoncode J2003 https admin euroleague net u18 game center standings seasoncode J2004 https admin euroleague net u18 game center standings seasoncode J2005 https admin euroleague net u18 game center standings seasoncode J2006 https admin euroleague net u18 game center standings seasoncode J2007 https admin euroleague net u18 game center standings seasoncode J2008 https admin euroleague net u18 game center standings seasoncode JT08 https admin euroleague net u18 game center standings seasoncode JT09 https admin euroleague net u18 game center standings seasoncode JT10 https admin euroleague net u18 game center standings seasoncode JT11 https admin euroleague net u18 game center standings seasoncode JT12 https admin euroleague net u18 game center standings seasoncode JT13 https admin euroleague net u18 game center standings seasoncode JT14Results edithttps basketball realgm com international leagues https basketball realgm com international league 150 Youth Basketball Champions League https basketball realgm com international league 47 adidas Next Generation Tournament teams 31 https basketball realgm com international league 47 adidas Next Generation Tournament teams 157 https basketball realgm com international league 47 adidas Next Generation Tournament teams 253External links editNext Generation Tournament Webpage Euroleague Basketball Official Website EuroLeague Official Website https basketball realgm com international league 47 adidas Next Generation Tournament scores 2007 06 01 https web archive org web 20220712064630 https www euroleaguebasketball net ngt standings https www eurobasket com Adidas Next Generation Tournament basketball aspx Retrieved 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