Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament

Next Generation Tournament
Current season, competition or edition: 2015–16 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament

Sport	Basketball
Founded	2002
CEO	Jordi Bertomeu
President	Jordi Bertomeu
No. of teams	32
Continent	Europe
Most recent champion(s)	Real Madrid (1st title)
Most titles	CSKA Moscow (3 titles)
Official website	Official website

The Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament, known as the adidas Next Generation Tournament^[1] for sponsorship reasons, and until 2014, called the Nike International Junior Tournament (NIJT) for sponsorship reasons, is an international boy's youth age basketball tournament that is contested between the best Under-18 basketball clubs in Europe. The tournament is organized by Euroleague Basketball Company and is sponsored by Adidas. The tournament's Final Four takes place during the Euroleague Final Four event.^[2] The tournaments's Final Four also features a slam dunk and 3 point shootout contest.^[3]

History

The first Next Generation Tournament Final Four was held in 2003, in Barcelona, Spain. The tournament was originally officially called the Euroleague Basketball International Junior Tournament and was sponsored by Nike. It's sponsorship name was originally the Nike International Junior Tournament (NIJT). In 2014, the name of the tournament was officially changed to the Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament, and Adidas took over as the tournament's main sponsor. Thus, the tournament's new sponsorship name became the adidas Next Generation Tournament.

Format

In total, 34 teams compete to play for the Next Generation Tournament title at the Next Generation Tournament Final Four. 32 teams compete in 4 regional tournaments in order to qualify to the 8 team Final Four qualification tournament. The regional tournaments are the Torneo Città di Roma, the Torneig de Bàsquet Junior Ciutat de L'Hospitalet, the Kaunas International Junior Tournament, and the Belgrade International Junior Tournament. The winners of each of the 4 regional tournaments qualify to the Final Four qualification tournament.^[4]

In addition to the 4 winners of each of the regional qualification tournaments, the reigning champion from the previous season as well as three wild card invitees take part in the Final Tournament, played by eight teams divided in two groups of four teams. The two group winners play on the same court where the Euroleague Final Four is held.

Next Generation Tournament Finals

Season	Host City	Champion	Runner-up	Score	MVP
2002–03	Barcelona	Žalgiris	Maccabi Tel Aviv	87–80	Rolandas Alijevas
2003–04	Tel Aviv	CSKA Moscow	Montepaschi Siena	90–62	Vasiliy Zavoruev
2004–05	Moscow	CSKA Moscow	Žalgiris	97–64	Vasiliy Zavoruev
2005–06	Prague	CSKA Moscow	Žalgiris	59–55	Ivan Nelyubov
2006–07	Athens	Žalgiris	FMP	78–74	Donatas Motiejūnas
2007–08	Madrid	FMP	Barcelona	80–70	Dejan Musli
2008–09	Berlin	FMP	Lietuvos Rytas	123–110	Dejan Musli
2009–10	Paris	INSEP	FMP	83–73	Livio Jean-Charles
2010–11	Barcelona	Zagreb	Žalgiris	76–65	Dario Šarić
2011–12	Istanbul	Lietuvos Rytas	Fenerbahçe	88–70	James Metecan Birsen
2012–13	London	Joventut Badalona	Barcelona	82–59	Alberto Abalde
2013–14	Milan	Crvena Zvezda	Real Madrid	55–42	Vojislav Stojanović
2014–15	Madrid	Real Madrid	Crvena Zvezda	73–70	Luka Dončić

By Club

Rank	Club	Champion	Finalist
1.	CSKA Moscow	3 2004, 2005, 2006	0
2.	Zalgiris Kaunas	2 2003, 2007	3 2005, 2006, 2011
3.	KK FMP	2 2008, 2009, 2014	2 2007, 2010, 2015
4.	Lietuvos Rytas	1 2012	1 2009
5.	Real Madrid	1 2015	1 2014
6.	INSEP	1 2010	0
7.	KK Zagreb	1 2011	0
8.	Joventut Badalona	1 2013	0

By Nation

Rank	Nation	Champion	Finalist
1.	Lithuania	3 Zalgiris Kaunas (2), Lietuvos Rytas (1)	4 Zalgiris Kaunas (3), Lietuvos Rytas (1)
2.	Serbia	3 KK FMP (2), KK Crvena Zvezda(ex KK FMP) (1)	3 KK FMP (2), KK Crvena Zvezda(ex KK FMP) (1)
3.	Russia	3 CSKA Moscow (3)	0
4.	Spain	2 Joventut Badalona (1), Real Madrid (1)	3 FC Barcelona (2), Real Madrid (1)
5.	France	1 INSEP (1)	0
6.	Croatia	1 KK Zagreb (1)	0

References

External links

FIBA European Champions Cup and Euroleague

FIBA European Champions Cup era, 1958–2001

Seasons	1958 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01

Finals	1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Euroleague Basketball era, 2000–present

Seasons	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Finals	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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