U18 Next Gen Team Munich surprised two-time reigning champion U18 Real Madrid 58-63 to lock up a spot in the first-place game of the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Munich.

Next Gen Team surprises Real, reaches first-place game

U18 Next Gen Team Munich surprised two-time reigning champion U18 Real Madrid 58-63 to lock up a spot in the first-place game of the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Munich. The game was close throughout NGM ended Real’s streak of winning consecutive qualifying tournaments at 11. Real also had won its last 19 NextGen games dating back to the NextGen Finals in 2022 in Belgrade. Gabriel Veras paced NGM with 13 points and Felipe Minzer chipped in 10 points.

NGM will face U18 Valencia Basket in Sunday’s first-place game. Real Madrid, which has won the last two NextGen trophies and five in total, was led by Fabian Kayser’s 12 points.

NGM had the first four points and held Real scoreless for nearly 4 minutes before a Maximo Garcia-Plata score. Real was down 5-6 when Arminas Vilkas and Ricards Aizpurs both hit three-pointers for a 7-12 NGM lead. Veras added a triple for the selection team and it was 12-19. And the score was 14-19 after 10 minutes. The two remained close and the lead changed hands four in the middle of the second quarter and NGM built a 6-point lead 26-32. And the score was 28-33 at halftime. 

Real struggled to score early in the second half and the cushion was 30-37. Declan Duru scored 5 points to pull within 38-40. But NGM led 42-45 after 30 minutes. A Kayser three-pointer tied the game 45-45 and a Garcia-Plata three-pointer put the Spanish powerhouse up 52-49. And it was 56-53 when NGM had a run that ended with a Veras triple to make it 56-61. Kayser trimmed the gap to 58-61 but the young 2009-born talent missed a triple with 14 seconds that would have tied the game. And Veras added a free throw as Real’s streak ended.

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NGM ends Real’s streak of winning qualifying tournaments at 11

U18 Real Madrid v U18 Next Gen Team Munich (2025-01-18T19:15:00.000Z)

U18 SC Derby Podgorica clinched its first victory of the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Munich tournament with an 87-64 win over U18 Virtus Segafredo Bologna. Derby had a big 10-0 spurt in the final quarter to decide the game for a 1-2 record in Group B. 

Derby secures first victory in beating Virtus

U18 SC Derby Podgorica clinched its first victory of the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Munich tournament with an 87-64 win over U18 Virtus Segafredo Bologna. Derby had a big 10-0 spurt in the final quarter to decide the game for a 1-2 record in Group B. Vladimir Komnenovic had 18 points as Derby’s top scorer and Vuk Tudorovic scored 12 points. Matteo Accorsi tallied 17 points for Virtus, which finished group play with a 0-3 record. 

Virtus led early on 2-6 and it was 6-14 and the first double digit advantage was 8-18. The Italian side moved the lead to 11 at 12-23 and the score was 15-26 after 10 minutes. Virtus continued its strong play in the second quarter and extended the advantage to 15 points at 17-32. Derby fought back into the game and was down just 40-42 at the break.  

Derby finally pulled back in front 43-42 but Virtus pushed back and was up 45-51 midway through the third frame. Derby put together a 15-1 surge and opened a 60-52 cushion and it was 62-55 going into the final 10 minutes. Virtus was still close and trailed 67-59 when Derby finished off the game for good with a 10-0 run.

Montenegro club will play for fifth place 

U18 SC Derby Podgorica v U18 Virtus Segafredo Bologna (2025-01-18T17:00:00.000Z)

U18 Valencia Basket locked up a spot in the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Munich tournament first place game after fighting past host U18 FC Bayern Munich 102-83 to remain undefeated. Pau Torrens and Nicolas Gomez both scored 17 points, Didac Cebolla had 15 points and 7 assists and Javier Viguer chipped in 14 points for the winners.

Valencia beats Bayern, books date in first place game

U18 Valencia Basket locked up a spot in the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Munich tournament first place game after fighting past host U18 FC Bayern Munich 102-83 to remain undefeated. Pau Torrens and Nicolas Gomez both scored 17 points, Didac Cebolla had 15 points and 7 assists and Javier Viguer chipped in 14 points for the winners. Nikolas Sermpezis scored a game-high 27 points with 7 assists and Caspar Vossenberg added 21 points in the loss.   

Bayern went ahead 2-7 and it was 3-10 early on. Bayern worked its way back into the game and tied it 12-12. The biggest lead the rest of the first quarter was three points and the score was tied 23-23 after 10 minutes. The host side pushed the lead to 27-32 and it was 31-39 midway through the second quarter. Valencia went on a 12-1 spurt to go head 50-42, but Bayern punched back to go into the break down just 52-50. 

Valencia nosed ahead 59-53 and the cushion grew to 65-57. And Valencia was still in front 69-61 before Bayern finished the third quarter with a 4-12 spurt to tie the game 73-73 after three quarters. Valencia held Bayern scoreless for the first 3 minutes and pulled ahead 81-73. Bayern tried to get back into the game but could only close the gap to 83-77 the rest of the way.

Spanish side still perfect after three games, and is one victory from NextGen Finals.

U18 Valencia Basket v U18 FC Bayern Munich (2025-01-18T14:45:00.000Z)

U18 Aris Midea Thessaloniki secured its first victory of the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Munich tournament by rallying back from 20 points down to beat U18 Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana 77-71. The Greek side was down 14-34 and took over the game with a 24-2 start to the fourth quarter, giving Aris a 1-2 record in Group A. Vassilis Pourlidas scored 26 points with 8 rebounds and Vasileios Kazamias added 24 points and 8 assists. Mark Morano scored 20 points to pace Cedevita, which dropped to 1-2. 

 

Cedevita scored 10 straight points and led 2-10 and a 0-13 run had the Balkan side ahead 7-23. The score was 9-23 after 10 minutes. Cedevita kept pushing and increased the lead to 20 points at 14-34. Aris started coming back and was only down 31-40 at the break. 

 

Aris got as close as three points at 42-45 only to see Cedevita extend the cushion out to 13 points at 47-60. And it was 49-60 after 30 minutes. Aris scored the first 12 points of the final frame and then after one Cedevita score, Aris poured in the next 12 points to lead 73-62 with 86 seconds left.

Greek team rallies from 20 points down to capture first win 

Aris shocks Cedevita with comeback win 

U18 Aris Midea Thessaloniki v U18 Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana (2025-01-18T12:30:00.000Z)

U18 Next Gen Team Munich clinched its second straight victory in the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Munich tournament with a convincing 91-61 victory over U18 SC Derby Podgorica. NGM held Derby to just 5 points in the third quarter to move to 2-0 in Group B ahead of the final game in the group stage against U18 Real Madrid to decide which team plays in the first place game. 

Next Gen Team eases past Derby 91-61

U18 Next Gen Team Munich clinched its second straight victory in the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Munich tournament with a convincing 91-61 victory over U18 SC Derby Podgorica. NGM held Derby to just 5 points in the third quarter to move to 2-0 in Group B ahead of the final game in the group stage against U18 Real Madrid to decide which team plays in the first place game. Guillermo Del Pino and Sten Markus Adamson both scored 15 points and all 12 NGM players scored at least 2 points and grabbed at least 1 rebound. Ognjen Brajovic led Derby with 19 points. 

The selection team conceded only one basket in the first nearly 5 minutes and led 7-2. The Montenegro side came back and tied the game at 11-11 was down 18-14 after 10 minutes. The advantage reached double figures for the first time at 27-16 and NGM had a 20-point gap at 36-16. And the score was 46-19.

The cushion fluctuated between 27 and 29 points in the first 2 minutes of the third quarter and Derby cut the deficit to 26 points. The lead grew to 30 points for the first time at 62-32 and NGM was up 74-34 late in the period and was up 78-36 after 30 minutes. The picture didn’t change in the final frame as Dogus Balbay’s team just kept pouring it on.

Selection team goes to 2-0 in Group B ahead of decisive game.

U18 Next Gen Team Munich v U18 SC Derby Podgorica (2025-01-18T10:15:00.000Z)

U18 Real Madrid remained undefeated in the Adidas NextGen Munich tournament with a comfortable 52-86 victory over U18 Virtus Segafredo Bologna. The two-time reigning continental champion pulled away for good in the second quarter to move to 2-0 in Group B. Maximo Garcia-Plata and Ignacio Campoy both scored 13 points and Gildas Gimenez had 10 points. Virtus dropped to 0-2 despite Matteo Accorsi picking up 17 points. 

Real improves to 2-0 with comfortable win over Virtus 

U18 Real Madrid remained undefeated in the Adidas NextGen Munich tournament with a comfortable 52-86 victory over U18 Virtus Segafredo Bologna. The two-time reigning continental champion pulled away for good in the second quarter to move to 2-0 in Group B. Maximo Garcia-Plata and Ignacio Campoy both scored 13 points and Gildas Gimenez had 10 points. Virtus dropped to 0-2 despite Matteo Accorsi picking up 17 points. 

 

Virtus failed to score for the first 2 minutes and fell behind 0-6. The Italians fought a good fight in the quarter, and were only down 11-13 and 15-17. Real however scored the final six points of the first quarter and led 15-23. Real’s first points of the second quarter made it a 10-point lead at 15-25. The Spanish side increased the margin to 12 points and then was only up 29-35. Real tallied the final 10 points of the first half to lead 29-45 going into the locker room. 

Real made it 29-49 in the early going of the third quarter and the lead steadily grew and expanded out to 37-63. Virtus finished the third quarter a bit more consistent on scoring and was down 43-67 after 30 minutes. After the advantage swelled to 43-73, Virtus managed to get the deficit to 24 points. Real pushed the lead back out to 49-84 to end any doubts.

Reigning champion has little trouble with the Italians

U18 Virtus Segafredo Bologna v U18 Real Madrid (2025-01-18T08:00:00.000Z)

U18 Valencia Basket remained perfect at the Adidas NextGen Munich tournament by rallying in the closing seconds to beat U18 Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana 80-81. Tomas Talcis converted a layup with 2 seconds to play to move Valencia to 2-0 in Group A. Nicolas Gomez collected 20 points and 10 rebounds, Pau Torrens had 19 points, Talcis finished with 12 points and Alex Blanco chipped in 11 points and 8 assists. Cedevita dropped to 1-1 despite Mark Morano scoring 30 points with 10 rebounds and Luka Stojic scoring 14 points.

 

Valencia needed more than 2 minutes to score and fell behind 7-0 and it was 11-4 early on. Valencia got back into the game and went ahead 14-17 and 17-21 with the score 18-21 after 10 minutes. Valencia started to take control and used a 2-15 run to take a 22-36 lead. Cedevita held the Spanish side scoreless for nearly 4 minutes and was down 32-37 at intermission.

 

Valencia three times increased the lead to nine points and was up 41-50. Cedevita charged back into the game with a 14-5 spurt to tie the game. And it went back in front 61-57 after two triples. Cedevita was leading 61-60 going into the fourth quarter. 

 

Valencia was down just 63-62 but watched as Cedevita picked up eight straight points to lead 71-62. The Spanish side was not done yet and twice trimmed the gap to five points including 75-70 with 1:15 minutes left. Stojic made four of six free throws for a 79-74 lead with 31 seconds. Javier Viguer drained a corner three-pointer and then Torrens scored after a steal to even it at 79-79. Samba Gueye only made one of two free throws with 12 seconds left to give Valencia the chance to win and Talcis hit the game-winning driving layup with 2 seconds to go. 

Tomas Talcis scores the game winner with 2 seconds left 

Valencia comes back for unthinkable 80-81 victory over Cedevita

U18 Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana v U18 Valencia Basket (2025-01-17T19:15:00.000Z)

U18 FC Bayern Munich collected its first victory of the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Munich tournament with a clear 54-74 win over U18 Aris Midea Thessaloniki. The host side pulled away in the third quarter to improve to 1-1 in Group A. Nikolas Sermpezis led the way with 18 points, the 14-year-old Marko Volf, the younger brother of recent EuroLeague debutant Ivan Volf, scored 12 points and Andrija Susic collected 6 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. Aris fell to 0-2 in the group despite Vasileios Kazamias scoring 13 points. 

 

Bayern opened the game with the first six points. Aris came back to even the game at 10-10 and temporarily took the lead 14-13. The game was tied 16-16 after 10 minutes. Aris tried to keep Bayern from pulling away in the second quarter and it was 25-30. Bayern did manage to push the advantage out to 25-35 and went into the halftime ahead 30-35. 

 

The German side tallied the first nine points of the second half and the cushion grew to 30-44. Bayern even increased the margin to 15 points at 32-47 and was leading 43-54 after three quarters. Bayern picked up the first seven points of the fourth quarter and held Aris scoreless for nearly 4 minutes in leading 43-61. The 20-point marker was hit at 48-68 and Bayern did not let Aris get back into the game.

Hosts get 12 points from 14-year-old prospect Marko Volf

Bayern grabs first victory by beating Aris

U18 Aris Midea Thessaloniki v U18 FC Bayern Munich (2025-01-17T17:00:00.000Z)

U18 Next Gen Team Munich showed no signs of difficulties getting used to one another as it coasted to a 101-43 victory over U18 Virtus Segafredo Bologna in its first game in Group B of the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Munich tournament. NGM scored 12 straight points in the opening minutes and was not tested the rest of the game. Dorian Rinaldo Komlan scored 19 points, Ricards Aizpurs had 17 points and Mathias Vazquez chipped in 10 points for the winners. Matteo Lenci was the only Virtus player in double figures with 14 points. 

 

Virtus stayed close for the opening moments but NGM raced away with a 12-0 run to lead 15-3. And the cushion was 23-6 and the selection side was ahead by as many as 19 points before ending the opening frame up 27-10. NGM did not let up in the second quarter with an 11-0 surge for a 38-11 margin. And Dogus Balbay’s team was up 50-18 at halftime. 

 

Virtus scored the first points of the second half only to see NGM pour in the next 11 points to lead 61-20. And a 12-0 run increased the lead to 75-24 with Virtus down 79-27 after 30 minutes. NGM did not slow down in the final frame as it worked towards playing better together and took the quarter 22-16. 

Selection side dominates Italians from the beginning

Next Gen team doesn’t give Virtus a chance 

U18 Next Gen Team Munich v U18 Virtus Segafredo Bologna (2025-01-17T14:45:00.000Z)