LIVE BLOG: U18 Gran Canaria vs. U18 AS Monaco

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Follow all the games of the ANGT Paris tournament, live!

U18 Gran Canaria 84-63 U18 AS Monaco

U18 Gran Canaria v U18 AS Monaco (2024-04-06T07:00:00.000Z)

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U18 Paris Basketball 94-102 U18 Next Generation Team Paris

U18 Paris Basketball v U18 Next Generation Team Paris (2024-04-05T18:15:00.000Z)

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U18 Olympiacos Piraeus 69-70 U18 Joventut Badalona

U18 Olympiacos Piraeus v U18 Joventut Badalona (2024-04-05T16:00:00.000Z)

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U18 AS Monaco 42-93 U18 PFYM INSEP Paris

U18 AS Monaco v U18 PFYM INSEP Paris (2024-04-05T13:45:00.000Z)

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U18 Gran Canaria 93-66 U18 Panathinaikos Athens

U18 Gran Canaria v U18 Panathinaikos Athens (2024-04-05T11:30:00.000Z)

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U18 Next Generation Team Paris 87-60 U18 Olympiacos Piraeus

U18 Next Generation Team Paris v U18 Olympiacos Piraeus (2024-04-05T09:15:00.000Z)

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U18 Joventut Badalona 98-67 U18 Paris Basketball

U18 Joventut Badalona v U18 Paris Basketball (2024-04-05T07:00:00.000Z)

The capital of France will welcome dozens of top prospects for the last qualifying event of this season's Adidas EuroLeague Next Generation Tournament

ANGT Paris players to watch

The fourth of this season's four qualifying events for the Euroleague Basketball Adidas EuroLeague Next Generation Tournament Finals will take place this weekend in Paris. Eight top-tier junior teams with some of the best players aged 18 and younger will come together for the three-day tournament in the capital of France. The winning team in Paris will join U18 Real Madrid, which finished first at ANGT Podgorica; ANGT Belgrade winner U18 FC Barcelona; and U18 ratiopharm Ulm, which took home the honors at ANGT Dubai, at the ANGT Finals to be played in May alongside the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four in Berlin. One thing that all ANGT events have in common is that it is a stage for tomorrow's top talents to shine on. Here are some names to watch out for from each of the eight teams in Paris.

### Veniamin Abosi, U18 Olympiacos Piraeus

Abosi will be making his second appearance at the ANGT following the ANGT Patras in 2022-23. The 2.00-meter forward from Heraklion, Crete, was coming off a serious injury that did not allow him to show his true potential and limited him to 5 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks in 18 minutes over two games. Abosi helped Greece reach the semifinals of the FIBA U16 EuroBasket 2022 with 6.0 points and 4.9 rebounds and averaged 9.7 points and 4.1 rebounds at the FIBA U18 EuroBasket 2023. He made his Turkish Airlines EuroLeague debut on February 8, 2023, playing 1:26 minutes against ALBA Berlin, becoming the youngest EuroLeague debutant for Olympiacos. He also played in two games in the Greek League last season. This season he has a combined 2 points and 1 rebound in 7 minutes over three Greek League games in March. Abosi stands out for his athleticism and the physicality in his game. He knows how to use his body, can finish at the rim, has good court vision and is a very good defender. His biggest weakness is his inconsistent shooting.

### Mohamed Diakite, U18 PFYM INSEP Paris 

Diakite will be playing in the competition for the third season and the ANGT Paris will be his fourth event. After playing in the ANGT Varese and ANGT Finals in 2021-22, the 2.07-meter forward averaged 5.2 points, 2.8 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.0 blocks at the ANGT Belgrade last season. Diakite helped France win the FIBA U16 European Challengers 2021 and then was a major factor in France taking third place at the FIBA U16 EuroBasket 2022 with 9.4 points, 8.4 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.9 steals. This season he is averaging 7.8 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.3 steals in the French third division NM1. Diakite is a very good defender and can guard all five positions. He is very athletic but his three-point shot is a work in progress. He will serve as the team captain in Paris.

Mohamed Diakite, U18 PFYM INSEP Paris

### Christos Georgas, U18 Panathiniakos Athens

Georgas will be playing at the ANGT for the first time. The 1.96-meter forward has yet to play for a Greek national team. Georgas, who will be a year younger as a 2007-born, has averaged 7.3 points 6.0 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 2.0 steals and 1.3 blocks in his last three games with the Panathinaikos U18 team. He is a good spot-up shooter with a quick release. He can run the floor and attack the rim. Georgas also does a good job blocking shots as a help defender. He needs to work on his ball handling and court vision.

### Malone Gros, U18 AS Monaco 

Gros will be making his ANGT debut just like Monaco. The 1.89-meter guard arrived this off-season at the club from Boulazac and the 2007-born guard quickly established himself as the group’s leading offensive player. He has averaged 22.1 points this season with the U18 team while also contributing 4.6 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.2 steals for the U21 team. Gros, who has yet to play for a France national team but is scheduled to play for the country in the 3x3 competition, is highly skilled from behind the arc and also can hold his own in the post on both sides of the court with some strong defense. His ability to read pick-and-rolls and his physical qualities make him a complete player.

### Ilian Moungalla, U18 Paris Basketball 

Moungalla will be making his debut in the ANGT as a year underage, being born in November 2007. The 1.94-meter guard, who has yet to play for a France youth national team, came to Paris in the off-season from INSEP. Moungalla started the season with the U18 team and averaged 17.1 points in 8 games before quickly making the jump to the U21 side. He has played 25 games in the U21 league and averaged 6.8 points, 2.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.2 steals, including a game with 13 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. Coming into the ANGT Paris, Moungalla has averaged 10.3 points, 3.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists in his last six games. He is a complete point guard who loves passing the ball. Moungalla still needs to improve his shooting to become more elite on the offensive side of the game.

### Ian Platteeuw, U18 Joventut Badalona

Platteeuw will be competing in his second ANGT after he averaged 5.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.0 blocks in two games at the ANGT Patras last season, which Joventut won. The 2.10-meter center, who was born in November 2007, helped Spain win the FIBA U16 EuroBasket 2023 with 7.4 points, 6.7 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.1 blocks. He plays in the Spanish fourth division EBA and has tallied 9.2 points, 8.9 rebounds and 2.4 assists. He just made his Spanish League debut with 2 points, 1 rebound and 1 block in 1 minute of action on March 24 against FC Barcelona. Platteeuw has very good vision and plasticity to finish. He can finish above the rim but also has shooting range outside the restricted zone. Defensively Platteeuw is very versatile and mobile and he can defend both power forwards and centers. 

Fynn Schott, U18 Gran Canaria

### Fynn Schott, U18 Gran Canaria 

Schott will be competing in the ANGT for a second time after he was part of the Next Generation Team at the ANGT Zadar last season. The 2.06-meter center averaged 2.2 points and 4.8 rebounds. Schott led the FIBA U16 EuroBasket 2022, Division B in rebounds (14.3 rpg) and blocks (5.2 bpg) to go with 14.7 points. Last summer he averaged 9.1 points, 10.9 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.9 blocks at the FIBA U18 EuroBasket 2023. Schott has already played for the Austrian senior national team in two FIBA windows. He averaged 6.3 points, 10.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocks in the Austrian first league last season. He moved from Furstenfeld Panthers to Gran Canaria in the off-season and is contributing 5.5 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.2 assists for Gran Canaria’s team in the third division LEB Silver. Schott is a hard worker, always the first at practice and the last to leave. He is solid at both ends of the court as a good rim protector and great rebounder. Schott is a very physical player who still has room for improvement offensively.

### Jahel Trefle, U18 Next Genertaion Team Paris 

Trefle has yet to play at an ANGT event but he was a major player for France at the FIBA U16 EuroBasket 2023, where he averaged 8.2 points, 5.2 rebounds, 1.2 steals and 1.0 blocks for a France team that took third place. The 2.05-meter center plays for Elan Bearnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez and is averaging 18.9 points in the French U18 league this season. Trefle is an outstanding athlete and a very high-energy player. He needs to improve his skills overall but from a physicality point of view, he has everything to make it to the highest level.

Past champions PFBB and Joventut and newcomers from Monaco and host Paris add spice to the final ANGT qualifier of the season

A pair of former champs, two debutants highlight ANGT Paris field

The final ticket for the Euroleague Basketball Adidas Next Generation Tournament Finals will be handed out in the French capital with the debut of the ANGT Paris. The eight-team field for the first event in Paris includes 2010 and 2017 continental champion U18 PFYM INSEP Paris and 2013 winner U18 Joventut Badalona as well as debutant teams U18 AS Monaco and U18 Paris Basketball - with the latter serving as the host team. The winner in Paris will reach the ANGT Finals at the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four in Berlin. The other teams to already qualify for the May 23-26 event are defending ANGT champ U18 Real Madrid, U18 FC Barcelona and U18 ratiopharm Ulm. 

The eight teams will play in round-robin group play with all four teams in the two groups facing each other once. The top finishers in the groups will square off in Sunday’s first-place game to determine the fourth qualifier for the ANGT Finals. Group A includes Joventut, U18 Next Generation Team Paris, U18 Olympiacos Piraeus and Paris. Group B consists of U18 Gran Canaria, PFBB, Monaco and U18 Panathinaikos Athens. 

The top name in Group A is Joventut, which has played in the competition every season since 2007-08 and is making its 17th appearance overall. The Spanish side took first place in the ANGT Patras last season - the first time it won a qualifying tournament since the ANGT L’Hospitalet in 2017-18. Joventut then went 0-3 at the ANGT Finals. Joventut lost to U18 FC Barcelona in the 2020-21 ANGT Valencia first-place game. Olympiacos will be participating in the competition for the eighth time overall and third in a row. Last season the Reds took seventh place at the ANGT Patras. Host Paris is playing in the ANGT for the first time. The other team is the NGP, which will be coached by Petteri Koponen.

In Group B, Gran Canaria returns to the competition after not playing since 2020-21, when the Spanish side was fifth at the ANGT Valencia. Gran Canaria finished first at the ANGT Valencia in 2019-20 and qualified for the ANGT Finals for the first time, but the event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. PFBB owns two continental trophies and is competing for the 15th time in the latest 16 tournaments, missing only the 2020-21 session due to government restrictions during the pandemic. PFBB went 2-2 last season and took fourth place at the ANGT Belgrade after winning the ANGT Varese in 2021-22. Panathinaikos is on hand for the sixth time overall and last season finished fifth, but grabbed two victories - one more than it had combined for in its previous ANGT history. Panathinaikos then lost all three games at the ANGT Finals. The other team in the group is debutant Monaco.