The 2020–21 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament, also called Adidas Next Generation Tournament by sponsorship reasons, is the 19th edition of the international junior basketball tournament organized by Euroleague Basketball.
Teams In this edition, the number of the participating under-18 teams was reduced to 24. They will play in three qualifying tournaments between December 2020 and February 2021. CFBB Paris was supposed to participate, but was replaced by Tofaş Bursa.
Casademont Zaragoza Valencia Basket Partizan NIS Lokomotiv Kuban Barcelona Tofaş LDLC ASVEL Basket Brno Herbalife Gran Canaria Anadolu Efes Nanterre 92 Žalgiris Joventut Fenerbahçe Beko Budućnost VOLI Podgorica Maccabi Tel Aviv Real Madrid Crvena zvezda mts Stella Azzurra ratiopharm Ulm Unicaja Mega Soccerbet Cedevita Olimpija U-BT Cluj-Napoca
Qualifying tournaments
Valencia, Spain
27–29 December 2020
The first qualifying tournament featured hosts Valencia Basket, 2015–2016 champions Barcelona, Herbalife Gran Canaria, Unicaja, Joventut, all from Spain, LDLC ASVEL and Nanterre 92 from France, and ratiopharm Ulm from Germany. Barcelona defeated Joventut 79–55 in the final and advanced to the final tournament.
Group A
Group B
7th place game
5th place game
3rd place game
Final
Final ranking Qualified to the Final tournament Rank Team1 Barcelona2 Joventut3 ratiopharm Ulm4 Unicaja5 Herbalife Gran Canaria6 LDLC ASVEL7 Valencia Basket8 Nanterre 92
Istanbul, Turkey
19–21 March 2021 The second qualifying tournament featured hosts Fenerbahçe Beko and Anadolu Efes, as well as Tofaş Bursa, all from Turkey, the 2018–19 champions Real Madrid and Casademont Zaragoza from Spain, Stella Azzurra from Italy, Žalgiris from Lithuania and Basket Brno from Czech Republic. Real Madrid won 85–77 against Stella Azzurra to advance to the final tournament.
Group A
Group B
7th place game
5th place game
3rd place game
Final
Final ranking Qualified to the Final tournament Rank Team1 Real Madrid2 Stella Azzurra3 Žalgiris4 Anadolu Efes5 Casademont Zaragoza6 Fenerbahçe Beko7 Basket Brno8 Tofaş
Belgrade, Serbia
26–28 March 2021 The third qualifying tournament featured hosts Crvena zvezda mts, Partizan NIS and Mega Soccerbet, as well as Budućnost VOLI Podgorica from Montenegro, Cedevita Olimpija from Slovenia, Lokomotiv Kuban from Russia, Maccabi Tel Aviv from Israel and U-BT Cluj-Napoca from Romania. Mega Soccerbet won 82–80 against Crvena zvezda mts to advance to the final tournament.
Group A
Group B
7th place game
5th place game
3rd place game
Final
Final ranking Qualified to the Final tournament Rank Team1 Mega Soccerbet2 Crvena zvezda mts3 Partizan NIS4 Budućnost VOLI Podgorica5 Maccabi Tel Aviv6 Cedevita Olimpija 7 Lokomotiv Kuban8 U-BT Cluj-Napoca
Final tournament
The Final tournament was played between 3 and 6 June 2021 in Valencia, Spain.
Teams
Host team Qualified teams Invited teams Valencia Basket Barcelona Real Madrid Mega Soccerbet LDLC ASVEL Crvena zvezda mts Žalgiris Stella Azzurra
Group A
Group B
Final
Awards MVP
Eli Ndiaye (Real Madrid)
All-Tournament Team
Kymany Houinsou (LDLC ASVEL) Nikola Đurišić (Mega Soccerbet) James Nnaji (Barcelona) Michael Caicedo (Barcelona) Eli Ndiaye (Real Madrid)
References
External links Official website