The 2025–26 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament, also called Adidas Next Generation Tournament for sponsorship reasons, was the 24th edition of the international junior basketball tournament organized by Euroleague Basketball.
The competition's final tournament was held in Athens in May 2026, with FC Barcelona obtaining its second title.
Teams In this edition, the number of the participating under-18 teams was 28. They played in four qualifying tournaments between February and March 2026. The tournaments were held in Ulm, Abu Dhabi, Bologna and Belgrade.
FC Barcelona Paris Basketball Olympiacos Piraeus Hapoel Tel Aviv Fundación Baskonia-Alavés Pôle France INSEP Panathinaikos Athens Maccabi Tel Aviv Occident Bàsquet Manresa Crvena zvezda EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Žalgiris Real Madrid FMP Belgrade Dolomiti Energia Trento Cedevita Olimpija Valencia Basket Mega Super Belgrade Virtus Bologna Anadolu Efes AS Monaco Partizan Mozzart Bet FC Bayern Munich Dubai Basketball LDLC ASVEL Aris Thessaloniki ratiopharm Ulm London Lions
Qualifying tournaments
Ulm, Germany
6–7 February 2026
The first qualifying tournament featured hosts Next Gen Team Ulm and ratiopharm Ulm, as well as Cedevita Olimpija, EA7 Emporio Armani Milano, LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne, Mega Super Belgrade, Occident Bàsquet Manresa, Olympiacos Piraeus. Cedevita Olimpija defeated Mega Super Belgrade 82–73 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 Cedevita Olimpija2 Mega Super Belgrade3 ratiopharm Ulm4 LDLC ASVEL5 Occident Bàsquet Manresa6 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano7 Next Gen Team Ulm8 Olympiacos Piraeus
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
27 February–1 March 2026 The second qualifying tournament featured hosts Next Gen Team Abu Dhabi and Dubai Basketball as well as Real Madrid, AS Monaco, Aris Thessaloniki, Žalgiris, Valencia Basket and London Lions. The tournament was cancelled due to the 2026 Iran war on February 28, with only 9 qualifier games played.
Group A
Group B
Bologna, Italy
13–15 March 2026 The third qualifying tournament featured hosts Next Gen Team Bologna and Virtus Bologna, as well as FC Barcelona, Dolomiti Energia Trento, FC Bayern Munich, Paris Basketball, Fundación Baskonia-Alavés and Panathinaikos. Barcelona won the final game 88–53 against Baskonia 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 FC Barcelona2 Fundación Baskonia-Alavés3 Dolomiti Energia Trento4 Next Gen Team Bologna5 Virtus Bologna6 FC Bayern Munich7 Paris Basketball8 Panathinaikos
Belgrade, Serbia
20–22 March 2026 The third qualifying tournament featured hosts Crvena zvezda, Partizan Mozzart Bet, FMP Belgrade and Next Gen Team Belgrade, as well as Anadolu Efes, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Pôle France INSEP. Pôle France INSEP won 73–95 against Crvena zvezda 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 Pôle France INSEP2 Crvena zvezda3 Next Gen Team Belgrade4 Partizan Mozzart Bet5 Anadolu Efes6 FMP Belgrade7 Maccabi Tel Aviv8 Hapoel Tel Aviv
Final tournament
The Final tournament was played between 21 and 24 May 2026 in Athens, Greece. The group-stage games were held at the SUNEL Arena while the final was played at the Telekom Center Athens before the 2026 EuroLeague Championship Game.
Teams
Host team Qualified teams Invited teams Panathinaikos Cedevita Olimpija FC Barcelona Pôle France INSEP Next Gen Team 3SSB Crvena zvezda Real Madrid Žalgiris
Group A
Group B
Final
Real MadridStatistics FC Barcelona 17/33 (51.5%) 2-pt field goals 16/32 (50.0%) 10/38 (26.3%) 3-pt field goals 10/31 (32.3%) 13/15 (86.7%) Free throws 23/31 (74.2%) 12 Offensive rebounds 16 23 Defensive rebounds 32 35 Total rebounds 48 19 Assists 21 13 Turnovers 16 9 Steals 9 1 Blocks 4 23 Fouls 17
Awards MVP
Joaquim Boumtje-Boumtje (Barcelona)
Rising star
Blaze Johnson (Next Gen Team 3SSB)
All-Tournament Team
Yaël Masdieu-Reynaert (Pôle France INSEP Paris) Fabian Kayser (Real Madrid) Jalen Davis (Next Gen Team 3SSB) Mohamed Dabone (Barcelona) Joaquim Boumtje-Boumtje (Barcelona) Source:
References
External links Official website