U18 Zalgiris Kaunas will play for the trophy at the NextGen EuroLeague Qualifying Tournament in Ulm after beating the host side 58-74 in the final game of Group A. Zalgiris finished with a perfect 3-0 record, while U18 ratiopharm Ulm dropped to 2-1 and will be playing in the third-place game on Sunday.

Zalgiris beats Ulm to win Group A

U18 Zalgiris Kaunas will play for the trophy at the NextGen EuroLeague Qualifying Tournament in Ulm after beating the host side 58-74 in the final game of Group A. Zalgiris finished with a perfect 3-0 record, while U18 ratiopharm Ulm dropped to 2-1 and will be playing in the third-place game on Sunday.

Dovydas Buika was the only double-digit scorer for the winners with 23 points, and he also pulled down 7 rebounds and dished 4 assists. Meanwhile, Kajus Mikalauskas scored 9 points along with 4 rebounds and 4 assists, and Maksim Brnovic had 7 points and 9 rebounds in a winning effort. Jervis Scheffs led Ulm with 16 points, Niko Jerkic scored 11, while Oliver Kullamaee and Teo Milicic scored 10 apiece.

Ulm led 25-23 ealry in the second quarter after a three-pointer from Jerkic, but from that point on it was all Zalgiris which finished the half on a 4-17 run, then outscored Ulm 8-24 in the first 9 minutes of the third quarter, opening a 38-64 lead and securing victory.

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The Lithuanian team will play in Sunday’s first-place game

U18 ratiopharm ulm v U18 Zalgiris Kaunas (2025-02-08T14:45:00.000Z)

U18 LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne used a strong the second half to beat U18 Dubai Basketball 75-87 and finish Group A of the NextGen EuroLeague Qualifying Tournament in Ulm with a 1-2 record, and will play in Sunday’s fifth-place game. Dubai finished group action with three losses and will feature in the seventh-place game.

ASVEL sinks Dubai for first win

U18 LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne used a strong the second half to beat U18 Dubai Basketball 75-87 and finish Group A of the NextGen EuroLeague Qualifying Tournament in Ulm with a 1-2 record, and will play in Sunday’s fifth-place game. Dubai finished group action with three losses and will feature in the seventh-place game.

Adam Atamna starred for ASVEL with 30 points and 10 rebounda. Marvyn Wade scored 18 and Christopher Goder 11 points in a victory. Tomislav Vuckovic was Dubai’s leader with 23 points and 6 steals, while Bogdan Zekavica had 16 points.

Dubai was in front the entire first half and hel a nine-point lead midway through the second quarter. Dubai was ahead 45-40 at halftime, but ASVEL turned things around, took the lead in the third quarter, then blew the game open early in the fourth thanks to a 2-16 run in the first five and half minutes of the quarter, paving the way to victory.

 

ASVEL’s 2-16 fourth-quarter run decided the game

U18 Dubai Basketball v U18 LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne (2025-02-08T12:30:00.000Z)

U18 FC Barcelona improved to a 2-0 record in Group B of the NextGen EuroLeague Qualifying Tournament in Ulm with an impressive 109-61 win over U18 Olympiacos Piraeus, which registered its second defeat in as many games.

Barcelona blows past Olympiacos, 109-61

U18 FC Barcelona improved to a 2-0 record in Group B of the NextGen EuroLeague Qualifying Tournament in Ulm with an impressive 109-61 win over U18 Olympiacos Piraeus, which registered its second defeat in as many games.

Barcelona will later on Saturday face U18 NextGen Team Ulm where winner will win Group B and earn a place in Sunday’s first-place game.

Arturas Butajevas led Barcelona with 16 points and 7 rebunds. Abdrahamane Kone and Sayon Keita scored 14 apiece. Mathieu Grujicic scored 12, Emilis Prekevicius had 11 points, while Lluc Pluvinet and Ma Samba Gueye had 10 points apiece, with Gueye also pulling down 10 rebounds.

Georgios Bourneles had 19 points for Olympiacos, and Theodoros Pavlopoulos had 12 points in a loss.

Barcelona has won two games by a combined 101-point difference

U18 FC Barcelona v U18 Olympiacos Piraeus (2025-02-08T10:15:00.000Z)

U18 NextGen Team Ulm picked up its second win of the NextGen EuroLeague Qualifying Tournament by beating U18 ALBA Berlin 85-64 in the first game of Saturday’s schedule. Win improved NGU to 2-0 in Group B, while ALBA dropped to a 0-2 record.

NextGen Ulm downs ALBA to improve to 2-0

U18 NextGen Team Ulm picked up its second win of the NextGen EuroLeague Qualifying Tournament by beating U18 ALBA Berlin 85-64 in the first game of Saturday’s schedule. Win improved NGU to 2-0 in Group B, while ALBA dropped to a 0-2 record.

Davi Remagen paced the winners with 18 points, Urbonas Ignas scored 12 points, Giannis Odzebe had 11 points, while Maodo Mane collected 10 points and 10 assists. For ALBA, Richard Schmitt scored 12, Siim Suren had 11 and Matheo Hermann 10 points.

NGU led from start to finish and used an 11-0 second-quarter run to pull away to an 38-23 lead, but ALBA rallied back within 6, and was down 49-40 at halftime. After the break, NGU team coached by Dogus Balbay, restored a double-digit lead, which it slowly kept increasing, and cruised to a victory.

U18 Next Gen Team Ulm v U18 ALBA Berlin (2025-02-08T08:00:00.000Z)

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The third event of the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague 2024-25 season has tipped off this week in Ulm, Germany. Follow the Day 2 action as the continent’s top young talents battle at another in a series of four NextGen EuroLeague Qualifying Tournaments.

U18 ratiopharm Ulm remained unbeaten at Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Ulm as it defeated U18 LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 96-77 in the final game of Friday night to improve to a 2-0 overall record in Group A. With this defeat, ASVEL dropped to 0-2.

Ulm takes care of business against ASVEL, 96-77

U18 ratiopharm Ulm remained unbeaten at Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Ulm as it defeated U18 LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 96-77 in the final game of Friday night to improve to a 2-0 overall record in Group A. With this defeat, ASVEL dropped to 0-2.

Endurance Aiyamenkhue followed on from his impressive opening game by dropping a 20-point, 13-rebound double-double, as well as 1 assist and 3 blocks, for Ulm. Jervis Scheffs also chipped in with 19 points, Niko Jerkic followed with 17, Oliver Kullamaee netted 14, and Milo Murray scored 11.

ASVEL was paced by the game's leading scorer in Adam Atamna's 30-point night and Christopher Goden with 10 points.

It was ASVEL which started the better on the night, ending the first quarter with a slender 23-24 lead before taking a 42-45 advantage into the break. However, Ulm responded after the interval with a 28-point quarter to lead 70-68 heading into the final frame. The hosts' defense then stepped up big time, holding ASVEL to just 9 fourth-quarter points, while on offense they scored 26 to wrap up a 96-77 win.

The German team and Zalgiris are the only teams with a 2-0 record so far

U18 ratiopharm ulm v U18 LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne (2025-02-07T19:15:00.000Z)

18 Zalgiris Kaunas is now 2-0 at the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Ulm after beating U18 Dubai Basketball 100-68. 

Zalgiris stays perfect with 100-68 win over Dubai

18 Zalgiris Kaunas is now 2-0 at the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Ulm after beating U18 Dubai Basketball 100-68. This win came hours after the Lithuanian team's 70-84 triumph against U18 LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne, while Dubai is now 0-2 having lost 71-94 to U18 ratiopharm Ulm in its opener.

The scoring load was shared among multiple Zalgiris players, with Majus Bulanovas scoring a team-high 18 points. Galius Cerneckis also impressed with 13 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks.

Zalgiris's other double-digit scorers were Maksim Brnovic with 13 points, Dovydas Buika with 12, and Ilja Kurucs with 11.

For Dubai, Bogdan Zekavica was the only player to stand out offensively, netting a game-high 20 points.

Zalgiris opened the game with a 32-16 first quarter and proceeded to outscore Dubai in each of the final three quarters (21-15, 25-17, 22-20) as it eased to an 100-68 victory.

The Lithuanian side led at the end of all four quarters

U18 Zalgiris Kaunas v U18 Dubai Basketball (2025-02-07T17:00:00.000Z)

U18 FC Barcelona got its Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Ulm campaign off to the best of starts by romping to a dominant 48-101 win against ALBA Berlin in Round 1. 

Sayon Keita did a bit of everything for Barcelona, posting a 24-point, 13-rebound double-double in 21 minutes, as well as 1 assist, 3 steals and 5 blocks. 

Barcelona swats ALBA aside, 48-101

U18 FC Barcelona got its Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Ulm campaign off to the best of starts by romping to a dominant 48-101 win against ALBA Berlin in Round 1. 

Sayon Keita did a bit of everything for Barcelona, posting a 24-point, 13-rebound double-double in 21 minutes, as well as 1 assist, 3 steals and 5 blocks. 

Mathieu Grujicic, back in his native Germany, also shined for Barcelona with 20 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 4 steals in almost 17 minutes. Arturas Butajevas was Barcelona's other double-digit scorer, netting 14 points. The only player to reach double figures in scoring for ALBA was Matheo Hermann.

Barcelona started the game as it meant to go on, ending the first quarter with a 6-30 lead, and the Blaugrana went on to outscore ALBA in each of the three remaining quarters (18-21, 12-32, 12-18) as it coasted to victory.

U18 ALBA Berlin v U18 FC Barcelona (2025-02-07T14:45:00.000Z)

Coach Dogus Balbay's team had a really strong first game. 


NextGen Ulm stops Olympiacos, 73-100! 

U18 NextGen Team Ulm sent a message that echoed all around the tournament by thrashing Olympiacos Piraeus 73-100 in both team's opening game in Group B. Samu Adler led the winners with 16 points. Davi Remagen added 15, Ignas Urbonas had 13 while Giannis Odzebe and Junior Kemm each got 11 for NextGen. Marios Fylaktakis led Olympiacos with 17 points. Georgios Bourneles added 15, Theodoros Pavlopoulos 14 and Evangalos Bouzoulas 10.

Adler struck three times from downtown and Remagen added another three-pointer in a 0-12 run that gave NextGen a 7-21 lead. Bourneles and Bouzoulas brought Olympiacos a bit closer, 20-31, after 10 minutes. Urbonas stepped up for NextGen, getting help from Adler and Odzebe to break the game open, 25-43. Adler and an outstanding Remagen boosted their team's lead to 31-58 at halftime. Ivaylo Skrinski struck from downtown to make it a 31-point game, 35-64, soon after the break. NextGen improved its margin to 45-82 at the end of the third quarter to cruise to a well-deserved win. 

NextGen Ulm stops Olympiacos, 73-100

U18 Olympiacos Piraeus v U18 Next Gen Team Ulm (2025-02-07T12:30:00.000Z)