Euroleague Basketball’s junior tournament is more global than ever
ANGT Qualifiers 2024 to feature 28 teams from 11 countries
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Euroleague Basketball is delighted to announce the 28 teams that will compete in the 2023-24 Euroleague Basketball Adidas Next Generation Tournament. This season will be the 21st edition of the annual event, which includes clubs and academies representing 11 different countries. Under-18 teams are coming from 15 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and eight BKT EuroCup clubs, as well as five invited clubs and the Next Generation Team. They will clash to be the last one standing when the continental junior club champion is crowned in the spring in a finals phase to be held in parallel with the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four.
To reach the ANGT Finals, teams will first compete in three-day qualifiers held in Podgorica, Montenegro; Belgrade, Serbia; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; and Paris, France. Each qualifier will have eight teams, with the winner earning an automatic berth to the ANGT Finals. Each will also feature Next Generation Teams organized by adidas from the top 18-and-under talents in Europe whose club teams are not already playing in one of the four qualifying tournaments.
The first qualifier – in Podgorica, Montenegro, from January 26 to 28, 2024 – will feature the U18 teams of host SC Derby Podgorica, ALBA Berlin, Cholet Basket, 2019, 2021 and 2023 ANGT champion Real Madrid, FC Bayern Munich, Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana, Umana Reyer Venice and the NGT Podgorica team.
The second qualifier – in Belgrade, Serbia, from March 1 to 3, 2024 – includes hosts Crvena Zvezda Belgrade, Partizan Belgrade and 2022 champion Mega MIS Belgrade, in addition to Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv, 2016 champion FC Barcelona, EA7 Emporio Armani Milan, Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv and the NGT Belgrade team.
The third qualifier will see the ANGT tournament head to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for the first time from March 22 to 24, 2024. The host team is Dubai Basketball Academy, with the other clubs being: 2003 and 2007 champion Zalgiris Kaunas, Aris Midea Thessaloniki, ratiopharm Ulm, LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne, Valencia Basket, Virtus Segafredo Bologna and the NGT Dubai team.
The fourth and final qualifying tournament takes place in Paris, France, from March 29 to March 31. Besides local clubs Paris Basketball and Pole France INSEP Paris, the tournament will include U18 representatives from 2013 champion Joventut Badalona, Olympiacos Piraeus, Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens, Dreamland Gran Canaria, AS Monaco and the NGT Paris team.