Hugo Gonzalez claimed the Most Valuable Player of the Euroleague Basketball Adidas Next Generation Tournament Podgorica after guiding the reigning continent champion U18 Real Madrid to first place in a thrilling comeback victory over U18 Next Generation Team Podgorica.

Gonzalez fought through foul trouble against NGM and collected 16 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists for a performance index rating of 15. Gonzalez, who was one of the leaders of the team that won the title at the ANGT Finals last season, won his second consecutive MVP honors after he was named the top player at the ANGT Munich.

Gonzalez was joined on the All-Tournament Team by Real teammate Ismaila Diagne, Lefteris Liotopoulos of NGM, David Mirkovic of host team U18 SC Derby Podgorica and Ivan Kharchenkov of U18 FC Bayern Munich Basketball.

For the tournament Gonzalez averaged 13.8 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 2.5 steals for a 17.5 PIR. He ranked 10th in scoring, seventh in PIR, tied for eighth in assists, even for second in steals and seventh in fouls drawn at 4.5.

Diagne played a major factor in the first place game with 9 points, 9 rebounds and 4 blocks. For the tournament, the Senegalese center averaged 11.0 points, 7.8 rebounds, 3.2 offensive rebounds, and 1.5 blocks for an 18.8 PIR. He was fifth in PIR in the tournament, second in blocks, third in offensive rebounds and fifth in rebounds.

Liotopoulos had a strong first place game with 23 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals and he averaged 19.5 points with 3.2 three-pointers made, 3.5 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 2.2 steals and a PIR of 21.2. The Greek guard ranked third in PIR, third in scoring, second in three-pointers made, sixth in assists and fourth in steals.

Mirkovic guided competition host side and debutant SC Derby to third place with 22.2 points, 13.0 rebounds, 2.8 offensive rebounds, 3.2 assists, 2.2 steals and 8.0 fouls drawn for an average PIR of 26.5. He led the event in PIR, scoring, defensive rebounds, rebounds and fouls drawn. And he was tied for fourth in offensive rebounds, tied for eighth in assists and tied for fourth in steals.

Kharchenkov was the leader for fourth-place finisher Bayern with 16.5 points, 4.8 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.5 steals, 1.2 blocks and 6.2 fouls drawn for an PIR of 12.5. He was fifth in scoring, tied for fifth in blocks and third in fouls drawn.