The 2020–21

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 B ...

, also called

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Next Generation Tournament by sponsorship reasons, is the 19th edition of the international junior basketball tournament organized by

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Teams

In this edition, the number of the participating under-18 teams was reduced to 24. They will play in three qualifying tournaments between December 2020 and February 2021. CFBB Paris was supposed to participate, but was replaced by Tofaş Bursa.

Qualifying tournaments

Valencia Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...
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*27–29 December 2020 The first qualifying tournament featured hosts

Valencia Basket Valencia Basket Club Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D., commonly known as Valencia Basket (), is a professional basketball team based in Valencia, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the EuroCup Basketball, EuroCup, and his Valencia Basket ...

, 2015–2016 champions

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

, Herbalife Gran Canaria, Unicaja, Joventut, all from Spain,

LDLC ASVEL ASVEL Basket, currently known as LDLC ASVEL for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional basketball team located in the commune of Villeurbanne, a suburb of Lyon, France. The club, which is the basketball section of the ASVEL multi-sports ...

and

Nanterre 92 Nanterre 92 is a professional basketball club from the city of Nanterre (a western suburb of Paris), France. The club has played in French basketball league system, the top-tier level basketball league in France, the LNB Pro A, Pro A, since 2011. ...

from France, and

ratiopharm Ulm Ratiopharm Ulm, officially stylized as ratiopharm ulm, is a professional basketball club based in Ulm, Germany. The club has two teams, one professional team, which plays in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the major German professional league an ...

from Germany.

defeated Joventut 79–55 in the final and advanced to the

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Group A

Group B

7th place game

5th place game

3rd place game

Final

Final ranking

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*19–21 March 2021 The second qualifying tournament featured hosts Fenerbahçe Beko and

Anadolu Efes Anadolu Efes Spor Kulübü, commonly referred to as Anadolu Efes or simply Efes, is a Turkish professional basketball team based in Istanbul. Founded in 1976, the club was formerly known as Efes Pilsen until 2011. Efes is the 2021–22 EuroLeagu ...

, as well as Tofaş Bursa, all from Turkey, the 2018–19 champions

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, th ...

and

Casademont Zaragoza Basket Zaragoza 2002 S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Basket Zaragoza and as Casademont Zaragoza for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Zaragoza, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the FIBA Europe Cup. ...

from Spain, Stella Azzurra from Italy, Žalgiris from Lithuania and

Basket Brno Basketball Club Brno (), for sponsorship reasons Brno Next Generation, is a Czech professional basketball club based in the city of Brno. The team plays in the Czech National Basketball League – the highest competition in the Czech Republic. H ...

from Czech Republic. Real Madrid won 85–77 against Stella Azzurra to advance to the

Group A

Group B

7th place game

5th place game

3rd place game

Final

Final ranking

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*26–28 March 2021 The third qualifying tournament featured hosts Crvena zvezda mts, Partizan NIS and Mega Soccerbet, as well as Budućnost VOLI Podgorica from Montenegro,

Cedevita Olimpija Košarkarski klub Cedevita Olimpija (), commonly referred to as KK Cedevita Olimpija or simply Olimpija, is a men's professional basketball club based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The club competes in the ABA League and the Premier A Slovenian Bask ...

from Slovenia, Lokomotiv Kuban from Russia,

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv () is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such as football, basketball, j ...

from Israel and

U-BT Cluj-Napoca U-Banca Transilvania Cluj-Napoca, commonly known as U-BT Cluj-Napoca, is a professional basketball club based in Cluj-Napoca, Romania that competes domestically in the Liga Națională (men's basketball), Liga Națională de Baschet and internatio ...

from Romania. Mega Soccerbet won 82–80 against Crvena zvezda mts to advance to the

Group A

Group B

7th place game

5th place game

3rd place game

Final

Final ranking

Final tournament

The Final tournament was played between 3 and 6 June 2021 in

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Teams

Group A

Group B

Final

Awards

;MVP: Eli Ndiaye (

) ;All-Tournament Team: * Kymany Houinsou (

) *

Nikola Đurišić Nikola Đurišić ( sr-cyr, Никола Ђуришић; born 23 February 2004) is a Serbian professional basketball player for the College Park Skyhawks of the NBA G League. Early life and career Đurišić was born in Ghent, Belgium where his ...

( Mega Soccerbet) * James Nnaji (

) * Michael Caicedo (

) * Eli Ndiaye (

)

References

External links

Official website
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