U18 Aris Midea Thessaloniki secured its first victory of the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Munich tournament by rallying back from 20 points down to beat U18 Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana 77-71. The Greek side was down 14-34 and took over the game with a 24-2 start to the fourth quarter, giving Aris a 1-2 record in Group A. Vassilis Pourlidas scored 26 points with 8 rebounds and Vasileios Kazamias added 24 points and 8 assists. Mark Morano scored 20 points to pace Cedevita, which dropped to 1-2. 

 

Cedevita scored 10 straight points and led 2-10 and a 0-13 run had the Balkan side ahead 7-23. The score was 9-23 after 10 minutes. Cedevita kept pushing and increased the lead to 20 points at 14-34. Aris started coming back and was only down 31-40 at the break. 

 

Aris got as close as three points at 42-45 only to see Cedevita extend the cushion out to 13 points at 47-60. And it was 49-60 after 30 minutes. Aris scored the first 12 points of the final frame and then after one Cedevita score, Aris poured in the next 12 points to lead 73-62 with 86 seconds left.

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Greek team rallies from 20 points down to capture first win 

Aris shocks Cedevita with comeback win 

U18 Aris Midea Thessaloniki v U18 Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana (2025-01-18T12:30:00.000Z)

U18 Next Gen Team Munich clinched its second straight victory in the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Munich tournament with a convincing 91-61 victory over U18 SC Derby Podgorica. NGM held Derby to just 5 points in the third quarter to move to 2-0 in Group B ahead of the final game in the group stage against U18 Real Madrid to decide which team plays in the first place game. 

Next Gen Team eases past Derby 91-61

U18 Next Gen Team Munich clinched its second straight victory in the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Munich tournament with a convincing 91-61 victory over U18 SC Derby Podgorica. NGM held Derby to just 5 points in the third quarter to move to 2-0 in Group B ahead of the final game in the group stage against U18 Real Madrid to decide which team plays in the first place game. Guillermo Del Pino and Sten Markus Adamson both scored 15 points and all 12 NGM players scored at least 2 points and grabbed at least 1 rebound. Ognjen Brajovic led Derby with 19 points. 

The selection team conceded only one basket in the first nearly 5 minutes and led 7-2. The Montenegro side came back and tied the game at 11-11 was down 18-14 after 10 minutes. The advantage reached double figures for the first time at 27-16 and NGM had a 20-point gap at 36-16. And the score was 46-19.

The cushion fluctuated between 27 and 29 points in the first 2 minutes of the third quarter and Derby cut the deficit to 26 points. The lead grew to 30 points for the first time at 62-32 and NGM was up 74-34 late in the period and was up 78-36 after 30 minutes. The picture didn’t change in the final frame as Dogus Balbay’s team just kept pouring it on.

Selection team goes to 2-0 in Group B ahead of decisive game.

U18 Next Gen Team Munich v U18 SC Derby Podgorica (2025-01-18T10:15:00.000Z)

U18 Real Madrid remained undefeated in the Adidas NextGen Munich tournament with a comfortable 52-86 victory over U18 Virtus Segafredo Bologna. The two-time reigning continental champion pulled away for good in the second quarter to move to 2-0 in Group B. Maximo Garcia-Plata and Ignacio Campoy both scored 13 points and Gildas Gimenez had 10 points. Virtus dropped to 0-2 despite Matteo Accorsi picking up 17 points. 

Real improves to 2-0 with comfortable win over Virtus 

U18 Real Madrid remained undefeated in the Adidas NextGen Munich tournament with a comfortable 52-86 victory over U18 Virtus Segafredo Bologna. The two-time reigning continental champion pulled away for good in the second quarter to move to 2-0 in Group B. Maximo Garcia-Plata and Ignacio Campoy both scored 13 points and Gildas Gimenez had 10 points. Virtus dropped to 0-2 despite Matteo Accorsi picking up 17 points. 

 

Virtus failed to score for the first 2 minutes and fell behind 0-6. The Italians fought a good fight in the quarter, and were only down 11-13 and 15-17. Real however scored the final six points of the first quarter and led 15-23. Real’s first points of the second quarter made it a 10-point lead at 15-25. The Spanish side increased the margin to 12 points and then was only up 29-35. Real tallied the final 10 points of the first half to lead 29-45 going into the locker room. 

Real made it 29-49 in the early going of the third quarter and the lead steadily grew and expanded out to 37-63. Virtus finished the third quarter a bit more consistent on scoring and was down 43-67 after 30 minutes. After the advantage swelled to 43-73, Virtus managed to get the deficit to 24 points. Real pushed the lead back out to 49-84 to end any doubts.

Reigning champion has little trouble with the Italians

U18 Virtus Segafredo Bologna v U18 Real Madrid (2025-01-18T08:00:00.000Z)

U18 Valencia Basket remained perfect at the Adidas NextGen Munich tournament by rallying in the closing seconds to beat U18 Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana 80-81. Tomas Talcis converted a layup with 2 seconds to play to move Valencia to 2-0 in Group A. Nicolas Gomez collected 20 points and 10 rebounds, Pau Torrens had 19 points, Talcis finished with 12 points and Alex Blanco chipped in 11 points and 8 assists. Cedevita dropped to 1-1 despite Mark Morano scoring 30 points with 10 rebounds and Luka Stojic scoring 14 points.

 

Valencia needed more than 2 minutes to score and fell behind 7-0 and it was 11-4 early on. Valencia got back into the game and went ahead 14-17 and 17-21 with the score 18-21 after 10 minutes. Valencia started to take control and used a 2-15 run to take a 22-36 lead. Cedevita held the Spanish side scoreless for nearly 4 minutes and was down 32-37 at intermission.

 

Valencia three times increased the lead to nine points and was up 41-50. Cedevita charged back into the game with a 14-5 spurt to tie the game. And it went back in front 61-57 after two triples. Cedevita was leading 61-60 going into the fourth quarter. 

 

Valencia was down just 63-62 but watched as Cedevita picked up eight straight points to lead 71-62. The Spanish side was not done yet and twice trimmed the gap to five points including 75-70 with 1:15 minutes left. Stojic made four of six free throws for a 79-74 lead with 31 seconds. Javier Viguer drained a corner three-pointer and then Torrens scored after a steal to even it at 79-79. Samba Gueye only made one of two free throws with 12 seconds left to give Valencia the chance to win and Talcis hit the game-winning driving layup with 2 seconds to go. 

Tomas Talcis scores the game winner with 2 seconds left 

Valencia comes back for unthinkable 80-81 victory over Cedevita

U18 Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana v U18 Valencia Basket (2025-01-17T19:15:00.000Z)

U18 FC Bayern Munich collected its first victory of the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Munich tournament with a clear 54-74 win over U18 Aris Midea Thessaloniki. The host side pulled away in the third quarter to improve to 1-1 in Group A. Nikolas Sermpezis led the way with 18 points, the 14-year-old Marko Volf, the younger brother of recent EuroLeague debutant Ivan Volf, scored 12 points and Andrija Susic collected 6 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. Aris fell to 0-2 in the group despite Vasileios Kazamias scoring 13 points. 

 

Bayern opened the game with the first six points. Aris came back to even the game at 10-10 and temporarily took the lead 14-13. The game was tied 16-16 after 10 minutes. Aris tried to keep Bayern from pulling away in the second quarter and it was 25-30. Bayern did manage to push the advantage out to 25-35 and went into the halftime ahead 30-35. 

 

The German side tallied the first nine points of the second half and the cushion grew to 30-44. Bayern even increased the margin to 15 points at 32-47 and was leading 43-54 after three quarters. Bayern picked up the first seven points of the fourth quarter and held Aris scoreless for nearly 4 minutes in leading 43-61. The 20-point marker was hit at 48-68 and Bayern did not let Aris get back into the game.

Hosts get 12 points from 14-year-old prospect Marko Volf

Bayern grabs first victory by beating Aris

U18 Aris Midea Thessaloniki v U18 FC Bayern Munich (2025-01-17T17:00:00.000Z)

U18 Next Gen Team Munich showed no signs of difficulties getting used to one another as it coasted to a 101-43 victory over U18 Virtus Segafredo Bologna in its first game in Group B of the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Munich tournament. NGM scored 12 straight points in the opening minutes and was not tested the rest of the game. Dorian Rinaldo Komlan scored 19 points, Ricards Aizpurs had 17 points and Mathias Vazquez chipped in 10 points for the winners. Matteo Lenci was the only Virtus player in double figures with 14 points. 

 

Virtus stayed close for the opening moments but NGM raced away with a 12-0 run to lead 15-3. And the cushion was 23-6 and the selection side was ahead by as many as 19 points before ending the opening frame up 27-10. NGM did not let up in the second quarter with an 11-0 surge for a 38-11 margin. And Dogus Balbay’s team was up 50-18 at halftime. 

 

Virtus scored the first points of the second half only to see NGM pour in the next 11 points to lead 61-20. And a 12-0 run increased the lead to 75-24 with Virtus down 79-27 after 30 minutes. NGM did not slow down in the final frame as it worked towards playing better together and took the quarter 22-16. 

Selection side dominates Italians from the beginning

Next Gen team doesn’t give Virtus a chance 

U18 Next Gen Team Munich v U18 Virtus Segafredo Bologna (2025-01-17T14:45:00.000Z)

U18 Real Madrid needed some time but cruised past U18 SC Derby Podgorica 89-49 in the opening game of Group B at the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Munich tournament. The two-time reigning champion put the game away with a 23-2 run in the third quarter. Gildas Gimenez was Real’s top scorer with 21 points, Fabian Kayser had 11 points and both Maximo Garcia-Plata and Sidi Gueye collected 10 points. Vladimir Komenovic had 9 points as Derby’s leading scorer. 

 

Real struggled early on scoring and Derby led 2-7. The Montenegro side was ahead 12-16 until Real came back for the final four points of the quarter to tie 16-16. Derby was still hanging tough in the second quarter and led 26-27. Real was finally able to wrestle away control with the next eight points and led 40-30 at halftime.   

 

Derby tallied the first three points of the second half but then Real took complete control with a 23-2 run to go ahead 63-35. The final seven points of the quarter went to Derby and it was 63-42 after three quarters. Derby failed to score for the first 7 minutes of the final frame and Real surged to an 81-42 lead. 

Defending champ shows class in second half

Real defense limits Derby in blowout

U18 Real Madrid v U18 SC Derby Podgorica (2025-01-17T12:30:00.000Z)

U18 Valencia Basket shrugged off a subpar first half to run away with an 84-57 victory over U18 Aris Midea Thessaloniki in its first game of the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Munich. Valencia had a 23-4 third quarter run to decide the Group A game. Javier Viguer was Valencia’s top scorer with 19 points while Tomas Talcis scored 16 points, Pau Torrens had 13 points and guard Didac Cebolla collected 3 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists. Vassilis Pourlidas picked up 19 points as Aris’ leading scorer.   

 

After Aris went up 3-6 early on, Valenica used a 7-0 spurt to take a 10-6 lead. The gap was 12-7 when Aris answered with seven straight points to lead 12-14 and Valencia grabbed a 16-14 advantage after 10 minutes. The game remained close though Valencia had a 25-18 cushion and was ahead 32-25. But Aris knocked down two three-pointers in the closing 31 seconds of the second quarter to make it 32-31 at the break. 

 

Aris temporarily took the lead to start the second half but Valencia started to dominate play. The Spanish side put together a 23-4 run in the third quarter to open a 20-point lead 59-39. And the advantage was 64-44 after three quarters. Aris scored the first basket of the final frame but did not get closer than 18 points the rest of the way. 

Valencia dominated the third quarter 32-13 in grabbing the win 

Valencia uses strong second half to blow out Aris

U18 Valencia Basket v U18 Aris Midea Thessaloniki (2025-01-17T10:15:00.000Z)

U18 Cedevita Olimpija Ljublajana opened the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Munich tournament with a convincing 78-98 victory over host team FC Bayern Munich in Group A. Cedevita pulled away in the second quarter and rolled to the win. Ian Lazarevski led the way with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists while Mark Morano and Luka Stojic both scored 21 points and combined for 8 rebounds, 11 assists, 6 steals and 3 blocks. Casper Vossenberg was Bayern’s leading scorer with 17 points and Nikolas Sermpezis had 16 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Lazarevski scored 13 of Cedevita’s first 15 points and the Balkan side led 9-15. The cushion extended to 12-23 and it was 17-25 after 10 minutes. Bayern was able to cut the gap to 24-27 and it was 32-35 midway through the second quarter. Cedevita took more control again and used a 4-13 run to close the second quarter and led 36-48 at halftime.

Morano scored the first five points of the second half and Cedevita’s advantage grew to 36-54. He added two more triples and the lead swelled to 20 points - 43-63. The Slovenian side was up 61-80 after 30 minutes. Bayern was twice able to trim the margin to 13 points but never threatened Cedevita the rest of the way.

Three players scored 20+ points in convincing win for Cedevita

Cedevita cruises past Bayern 78-98 to open tournament 

U18 FC Bayern Munich v U18 Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana (2025-01-17T08:00:00.000Z)