U18 Next Gen Team Istanbul will face off against U18 Mega MIS Belgrade in the first place game of the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Istanbul today after both teams went a perfect 3-0 record on Friday and Saturday at the newly renovated Basketball Development Center where the continent’s top young talents battle at the first in a series of four NextGen EuroLeague Qualifying Tournaments.

Watch LIVE: Day 3 of NextGen EuroLeague Qualifying Tournament in Istanbul

### Sunday, December 1, 2024

**7th place**: [U18 Bahcesehir College Istanbul 67-60 U18 Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/ngt/game-center/2024-2025-istanbul/u18-bahcesehir-college-istanbul-u18-fenerbahce-beko-istanbul/JTI24/13/)

**5th place**: [U18 Umana Reyer Venice 83-76 U18 Anadolu Efes Istanbul](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/ngt/game-center/2024-2025-istanbul/u18-umana-reyer-venice-u18-anadolu-efes-istanbul/JTI24/14/)

**3rd place**: [U18 Panathinaikos Athens 53-80 U18 Gran Canaria](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/ngt/game-center/2024-2025-istanbul/u18-panathinaikos-athens-u18-gran-canaria/JTI24/15/)

**1st place**: [U18 Mega MIS Belgrade 86-70 U18 NextGen Team Istanbul](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/ngt/game-center/2024-2025-istanbul/u18-mega-mis-belgrade-u18-next-gen-team-istanbul/JTI24/16/)

Watch Day 3 of NextGen EuroLeague Qualifying Tournament in Istanbul

The Adidas NextGen EuroLeague’s 2024-25 season has tipped off this week with its first qualifying tournament in Istanbul at the newly renovated Basketball Development Center. Follow the Day 2 action as the continent’s top young talents battle at the first in a series of four NextGen EuroLeague Qualifying Tournaments.

Watch LIVE: Day 2 of NextGen EuroLeague Qualifying Tournament in Istanbul

### Sunday, December 1, 2024

**7th place**: U18 Bahcesehir College Istanbul vs. U18 Fenerbahce BEKO Istanbul (8:00 CET)

**5th place**: U18 Umana Reyer Venice vss. U18 Anadolu Efes Istanbul (10:15 CET)

**3rd place**: U18 Panathinaikos Athens vs. U18 Gran Canaria (12:30 CET)

**1st place**: U18 Mega MIS Belgrade vs. U18 NextGen Team Istanbul (14:45 CET)

U18 Next Gen Team Istanbul will face off against U18 Mega MIS Belgrade in the first place game of the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Istanbul on Sunday. Both teams have a perfect 3-0 record after two days of action at the newly renovated Basketball Development Center where the continent’s top young talents battle at the first in a series of four NextGen EuroLeague Qualifying Tournaments.

Day 2: NextGen EuroLeague Qualifying Tournament Istanbul

U18 Anadolu Efes Istanbul snatched its first victory of the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Istanbul by beating U18 Fenerbahce BEKO Istanbul 78-59 in the city derby. Efes’ victory gives the Turkish side third place in Group B with a 1-2 record.

Efes blows out Fenerbahce for first win

U18 Anadolu Efes Istanbul snatched its first victory of the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Istanbul by beating U18 Fenerbahce BEKO Istanbul 78-59 in the city derby. Efes’ victory gives the Turkish side third place in Group B with a 1-2 record. Darius Karutasu led the way with 19 points and Demir Ozturk had 16 points for the winners, who will face U18 Umana Reyer Venice for fifth place. Fenerbahce, which was paced by Omer Ziyaettin’s 20 points, went winless in the group and will play host side U18 Bahcesehir College Istanbul for seventh place. 

Ziyaettin drained 3 three-pointers in giving Fenerbahce a 2-11 lead early on. Karutasu had five points at the other end and it was 15-17 and Efes was within 19-20 after one quarter. Aldin Turkoglu started the second quarter with two free throws to give Efes its first lead 21-20. Fenerbahce responded with the next seven points to go up 21-27. Efes charged back with a 9-0 surge and led 37-33 at halftime. 

Efes had the better start to the second half and pushed ahead 47-38 and the cushion was extended to 52-40. Efes remained in control and was leading 58-44. Efes put the game to bed with a 12-3 start to the fourth quarter to lead 70-47. Fenerbahce did not get closer than 18 points the rest of the way. 

Game News

Efes wins Istanbul derby to take third place in Group B.

U18 Anadolu Efes Istanbul v U18 Fenerbahce BEKO Istanbul (2024-11-30T17:15:00.000Z)

U18 Next Gen Team Istanbul will face off against U18 Mega MIS Belgrade in the first place game of the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Istanbul after defeating U18 Gran Canaria 80-69 to top Group B. NGT pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 3-0 record with Isaac Guedegbe tallying 15 points and 10 assists.

NGT pulls away in fourth to beat Gran Canaria

U18 Next Gen Team Istanbul will face off against U18 Mega MIS Belgrade in the first place game of the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Istanbul after defeating U18 Gran Canaria 80-69 to top Group B. NGT pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 3-0 record with Isaac Guedegbe tallying 15 points and 10 assists, Jahel Trefle scoring 13 points and Stratos Papastavrou adding 11 points. Joaquin Taboada poured in 17 points to lead Gran Canaria, which finished second in the group with a 2-1 record. Arthur Tsafack had 16 points and 9 rebounds and Mervedi Miteo added 12 points.

The first five minutes of the game saw NGT score and Gran Canaria follow up to even the score until it was 13-13. A Papastavrou three-pointer gave the selection team an 18-13 lead and Papastavrou’s second triple made it 23-15. The score was 25-22 after 10 minutes. Three free throws from Taboada gave Gran Canaria its first lead 27-30 and Tsafack made it 27-34. NGT trimmed the margin to 34-36 only to see the Spanish side push ahead 34-42. NGT made a push right back and was down 42-43 at the break. 

The early parts of the second half featured four lead changes and Gran Canaria eventually opened a 52-59 cushion. And the advantage was 58-61 after 30 minutes. NGT scored the first eight points of the fourth quarter to lead 66-61. Gran Canaria answered with the next four points to make it a one-point game and then Gerard Fernandez threw down maybe the dunk of the tournament and followed that with a corner three as NGT led 72-65. Trailing 74-67, Tsafack got a steal but missed a dunk in the open court and Guedegbe nailed the dagger three-pointer for a 77-67 lead with 70 seconds left. 

Selection team sets up date with Mega in first place game.

U18 Next Gen Team Istanbul v U18 Gran Canaria (2024-11-30T15:00:00.000Z)

The 2022 continental champion U18 Mega MIS Belgrade clinched a spot in the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Istanbul first place game with a tougher than expected 53-64 victory over host side U18 Bahcesehir College Istanbul. 

Mega needs tough fight to see off Bahcesehir

The 2022 continental champion U18 Mega MIS Belgrade clinched a spot in the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Istanbul first place game with a tougher than expected 53-64 victory over host side U18 Bahcesehir College Istanbul. Mega could never put away the NextGen debutant and finally finished strong for a perfect 3-0 mark in Group A. After scoring 59 points combined in the first two games, Ognjen Srzentic was held to 14 points but did add 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals. Pavle Backo scored 13 points and Vid Krunic picked up 10 points for Mega. Bahcesehir could have won the group with a victory but ended up last with a 1-2 record - finishing behind U18 Panathinaikos Athens and U18 Umana Reyer Venice. Yavuz Kara was Bahcesehir’s top scorer with 13 points and Ahmet Aydin added 12 points. 

Bahcesehir led 4-2 in the early going as it played tough defense against the number one offense, and the lead was 7-6. Petar Ostojic answered with five points and Mega star Srzentic needed more than 6 minutes to finally score, but added two triples for a 10-18 lead. And Mega was up 14-20 after the first quarter. Bahcesehir trailed just 18-20 in the opening moments of the second quarter and then Backo scored six straight points for an 18-28 Mega cushion. Bahcesehir’s defense stood strong and allowed the team to stay within 24-30. Bahcesehir went more than 2 minutes without a point and fell behind 24-35, but went into the break down 26-35. 

The host side picked up the first four points of the second half and was only down 30-35. Mega finally started to get some points with Backo adding four more points and the gap was 30-41. Bahcesehir briefly got the deficit down to six points but trailed 39-48 after three quarters. Bahcesehir would not go away and Aydin’s three-pointer made it 45-48. Mega could not put away Bahcesehir and Pamir Suvari scored two baskets to trail just 51-54 with under 4 minutes to play. Backo hit a big three-pointer and Krunic converted a layup and Mega was back up 10 points - 51-61 - with under 2 minutes to play. 

Mega needs tough fight to see off Bahcesehir 

U18 Bahcesehir College Istanbul v U18 Mega MIS Belgrade (2024-11-30T12:45:00.000Z)

U18 Umana Reyer Venice secured its first victory of the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Istanbul by winning a back-and-forth battle against U18 Panathinaikos Athens 69-68 in Group A. The biggest lead of the game was seven points and Reyer prevailed for a 1-2 record. Francesco Eramo collected 19 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 steals.

Reyer downs Panathinaikos for first win

U18 Umana Reyer Venice secured its first victory of the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Istanbul by winning a back-and-forth battle against U18 Panathinaikos Athens 69-68 in Group A. The biggest lead of the game was seven points and Reyer prevailed for a 1-2 record. Francesco Eramo collected 19 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 steals, Davide Marini scored 17 points and Edoardo Bonivento added 13 points and 9 rebounds. Panathinaikos is also 1-2 after the loss, wasting Christos Georgas tallying 20 points and 12 rebounds. Georgios-Angelos Tsakiris added 18 points, Iason Binis had 17 points and 10 rebounds and Evangelos Bousmpouras chipped in 2 points and 10 assists. 

Panathinaikos scored the first six points and led 2-8 and was still ahead 7-13. Reyer fought back and trailed just 13-14, and it was 13-15 after 10 minutes. Marini hit a three-pointer for Reyer’s first lead 18-17. The rest of the first half went back and forth with eight lead changes and the game was knotted 35-35 at the break. 

Binis scored 4 points as Panathinaikos opened the second half with the first seven points and led 35-42. Another Marini triple trimmed the deficit to 47-49, only to have Tsakiris hit a three-pointer at the other end to make it 51-57. Reyer cut it to 55-57 after three quarters. The game remained tight in the final frame and it was still tied 66-66 after Federico Vecchiuzzo and Tsakiris drained three-pointer to temporarily put their teams ahead. Marini hit his fifth three-pointer to put Reyer up 69-66 with 80 seconds to go. Bousmpouras pulled back two points from the free throw line but committed a traveling turnover with 10.3 seconds left. Marini however turned it over with 7.2 seconds to play giving Panathinaikos the chance to win, but Georgas missed his shot.

Italian side finishes group play with 1-2 record.

U18 Umana Reyer Venice v U18 Panathinaikos Athens (2024-11-30T10:30:00.000Z)

Gran Canaria takes down Efes after tough fight for 2-0 mark

U18 Gran Canaria remained perfect at the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Istanbul by fighting past U18 Anadolu Efes Istanbul 87-79 in Group B. Gran Canaria took Efes’ best punch in the fourth quarter and delivered in the clutch for a 2-0 record. Arthur Tsafack paced Gran Canaria with 23 points and 12 rebounds, Jorge Arteaga had 14 points including the dagger three-pointer late in the game and Code Mbengue added 8 points, 14 rebounds and 2 blocks. Efes fell to 0-2 despite Atahan Akbas scoring 21 points and dishing out 5 assists. Aldin Turkoglu had 19 points and 10 rebounds and Mert Kocagozoglu picked up 13 points in the loss. 

After Gran Canaria started with a 9-5 lead, Efes got 5 points from Kocagozoglu in a 0-12 run to go ahead 9-17. The Spanish side punched back with a 13-2 surge and was leading 22-19 after the first quarter. Efes tallied the first nine points of the second quarter to reclaim the lead 22-28. Two baskets from Tsafack evened the game 33-33 and even though Gran Canaria nosed back ahead 37-36, the score was 39-41 at halftime. 

The beginning of the second half was back and forth with seven lead changes until Gran Canaria scored 6 straight points to take a 60-55 lead. The score was 60-56 after 30 minutes. Gran Canaria had a strong start to the final frame and increased the lead to 67-58. And the cushion was 71-61 with under 7 minutes to play. A Kocagozoglu three-pointer was followed by two triples from Demir Ozturk and Efes was suddenly down just 73-70. Gran Canaria answered with the next 6 points, and Arteaga buried a dagger three-pointer with 73 seconds left to lead 84-76.

Gran Canaria will face Next Gen Team for spot in first place game

U18 Gran Canaria v U18 Anadolu Efes Istanbul (2024-11-30T08:15:00.000Z)

The U18 Next Gen Team Istanbul grabbed its second victory in two games at the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Istanbul by winning comfortably 74-95 over U18 Fenerbahce BEKO Istanbul. NGT laid the foundation for its win with a 17-30 second quarter for a 2-0 mark in Group B. Jahel Trefle was the selection team’s top scorer with 16 points to go with 8 rebounds.

Next Gen team takes care of Fenerbahce 

The U18 Next Gen Team Istanbul grabbed its second victory in two games at the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Istanbul by winning comfortably 74-95 over U18 Fenerbahce BEKO Istanbul. NGT laid the foundation for its win with a 17-30 second quarter for a 2-0 mark in Group B. Jahel Trefle was the selection team’s top scorer with 16 points to go with 8 rebounds, Lucas Sanchez and Dominique Fisher both had 13 points and Isaac Guedegbe tallied 12 points and 7 assists. Fenerbahce fell to 0-2 despite Omer Ziyaettin scoring 17 points and Ulas Urunlu chipping in 15 points. 

Trefle started strong for the selection team with 5 points in a 5-7 game. Urunlu shined at the other end with 11 points as Fenerbahce led 18-12. Louka Letailleur and Fisher combined for 9 points as NGT responded with a 0-15 run to surge back ahead 18-27. The score was 23-27 after 10 minutes. Ziyaettin and Doruk Yanci both hit triples to get Fenerbahce close at 29-32. Trefle responded with four more points as the advantage grew back to double digits at 31-41. And Sanchez and Djordje Djukanovic drained three-pointers to give NGT a 40-57 lead at halftime. 

The selection team hit the first six points of the third quarter as the cushion grew to 40-63. Fenerbahce trailed by 22 points when it went on an 8-0 spurt to climb within 53-67. The Turkish side still trailed 57-76 after three quarters. NGT once again started a quarter strong with the first five points to re-establish a 24-point lead. Fenerbahce did not get closer than 15 points the rest of the way. 

 

NGT improves to 2-0 in Group B with comfortable victory.

Next Gen team takes care of Fenerbahce

U18 Fenerbahce BEKO Istanbul v U18 Next Gen Team Istanbul (2024-11-30T06:00:00.000Z)

The Adidas NextGen EuroLeague’s 2024-25 season has tipped off this morning at the newly renovated Basketball Development Center in Istanbul, where the continent’s top young talents will battle at the first in a series of four NextGen EuroLeague Qualifying Tournaments.

Watch LIVE: Day 1 of NextGen EuroLeague Qualifying Tournament in Istanbul

The Adidas NextGen EuroLeague’s 2024-25 season tipped off on Friday morning at the newly renovated Basketball Development Center in Istanbul, where the continent’s top young talents will battle at the first in a series of four NextGen EuroLeague Qualifying Tournaments. U18 Mega MIS Belgrade is the only team with two wins after the first day of action, while the host team U8 Bahcesehir College Istanbul as well as U18 Gran Canaria, U18 Panathinaikos Athens and U18 Next Gen Team Istanbul all registered wins on Friday. The action continues on Saturday morning.