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.

Game News

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)

The second event of the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague 2024-25 season has tipped off this morning at the BMW Park in Munich, where the continent’s top young talents will battle at the second in a series of four NextGen EuroLeague Qualifying Tournaments.

Watch LIVE: Day 1 of NextGen EuroLeague in Munich

The second event in the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague 2024-25 season tips off in Munich this weekend, so here are eight talents to keep an eye on at the tournament.

NextGen Munich players to watch

The second event in the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague 2024-25 season tips off in Munich this weekend. 

The tournament features reigning continental champion [U18 Real Madrid](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/ngt/teams/u18-real-madrid/jrm/), host [U18 FC Bayern Munich](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/ngt/teams/u18-fc-bayern-munich/jmu/), [U18 Aris Midea Thessaloniki](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/ngt/teams/u18-aris-midea-thessaloniki/jar/), [U18 Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/ngt/teams/u18-cedevita-olimpija-ljubljana/jlj/), [U18 Next Gen Team Munich](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/ngt/teams/u18-next-gen-team-munich/ngm/), [U18 SC Derby Podgorica](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/ngt/teams/u18-sc-derby-podgorica/jpg/), [U18 Valencia Basket](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/ngt/teams/u18-valencia-basket/jva/) and [U18 Virtus Segafredo Bologna](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/ngt/teams/u18-virtus-segafredo-bologna/jvi/). 

They will play over three days at BMW Park in Munich from January 17 to 19 with the goal of reaching the NextGen EuroLeague Finals, which will be played at the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four in May.

Here are some of the names to watch out for from the teams in Munich.

### Matteo Accorsi, U18 Virtus Segafredo Bologna 

[Matteo Accorsi](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/ngt/players/matteo-accorsi/013027/) is playing in his second NextGen tournament after he collected 16.5 points, 2.5 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.3 steals at last season’s event in Dubai. 

The Bologna native has played the last two summers for Italy, winning silver at both the FIBA U16 EuroBasket 2023 and FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2024, averaging 5.0 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.1 assists on the global stage. 

This season he is producing 16 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.4 assists in the Italian U19 championship. He is an excellent offensive player with a great three-point shot, but he has to improve defense and playmaking.

### Gildas Gimenez, U18 Real Madrid

[Gildas Gimenez](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/ngt/players/gildas-gimenez/012804/) is a NextGen EuroLeague champion as he helped Real win the title last season, picking up 2.4 points and 1.9 rebounds over seven games in 2023-24. 

The small forward is also a continental champion at the national team level, having helped Spain win the FIBA U16 EuroBasket 2023 crown with 14.4 points, 6.6 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.9 steals. And last summer he collected 10.4 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.0 assists at the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2024. 

Gimenez made his Spanish League debut in November against Murcia and is averaging 9.8 points, 2.1 rebounds and 2.4 assists in the Spanish fourth division. He is a great athlete with great physical capabilities. He is a very good defender, both on the ball and in passing lanes and recovering. Gimenez can help in rebounding at both ends of the court. 

Offensively, he is a good one-on-one player who finishes with strength – also against contact – or can stop and hit jumpers. He also is a good three-point shooter after a pass. He can play multiple offensive positions and can defend both guard positions and the small forward spot. 

### Mark Morano Mahmutovic, U18 Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana 

[Mark Morano Mahmutovic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/ngt/players/mark-morano/012331/) will be competing in the NextGen for the third consecutive season. After averaging 7.5 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.8 steals in his debut season, he averaged 12.2 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists in his second campaign. 

In the Slovenian third and U20 leagues, he is averaging 17.2 and 22 points, respectively. Morano was a key member of the Slovenian U18 national team, which secured a third-place finish at the FIBA U18 EuroBasket 2024, picking up 8.6 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.1 steals. 

Morano is a multi-level threat when catching the ball in the perimeter. With the height of 1.97m and fluid ball-handling ability, he is able to position himself well and is hard to contain by opposing defenders. His shooting ability, however, might be his biggest selling point, as he shows tremendous efficiency in tough shots off the dribble.

### Danilo Nikezic, U18 SC Derby Podgorica

[Danilo Nikezic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/ngt/players/danilo-nikezic/012877/) will be competing in his second NextGen tournament after picking up 4.2 points and 1.2 rebounds in Podgorica last season. The forward has appeared in four games in the Montenegro league with 2.0 points per game. 

He played two summers for Montenegro, averaging 3.6 points and 1.4 rebounds at the FIBA U18 EuroBasket 2024, Division B. Nikezic has a stable mentality and understands and knows the game, playing quite maturely. 

He is creative, solid on the ball, accepts advice and works on himself with individual dedication and is unselfish. He has improved his shooting mechanics but he still needs to work more on that and also becoming more decisive and aggressive defensively – especially on rebounds. 

### Vasileios Kazamias, U18 Aris Midea Thessaloniki

[Vasileios Kazamias](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/ngt/players/vasileios-kazamias/013043/) will make his second NextGen appearance with Aris as the 1.97-meter point guard averaged 11.8 points, 4.5 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 1.5 steals with 16.5 PIR in last year’s tournament in Dubai. Kazamias has also played five games in the BKT EuroCup and three times in the Greek League. 

This season with the U18 team he is averaging 14.8 points, 6 assists and 4.5 rebounds in three games, and he plays for APS Navarchos Votsis in the Greek fourth division where he tallies 17.4 points, 5.2 assists and 4.2 rebounds. Kazamias participated in the Basketball Without Borders European camp. 

One of his biggest strengths is his great game understanding, which makes him ideal for handling the ball and setting up the team’s offense. Kazamias is also a fantastic one-on-one finisher and lockdown defender in one-on-one situations – besides being a great team defender, too. He has also improved this year his shooting after the dribble. His main weaknesses are the right-hand ball handling and spot up shooting – things that he is working on daily to improve. 

### Javier Viguer, U18 Valencia Basket

[Javier Viguer](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/ngt/players/javier-viguer/013527/) will participate for the first time in the NextGen. He starred for the Spanish team that finished second at the FIBA U16 EuroBasket 2024 with 12.7 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.0 steals. He is averaging 10.9 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.1 steals in the fourth division. 

Viguer is a complete player on offense, contributing in every aspect, from shooting to rebounding. He stands out with his wingspan and long arms, allowing him to make shots that are difficult to block. On defense, he can guard both perimeter positions and can also hold his own inside thanks to his physical attributes. 

His versatility and basketball IQ make him a player to watch, capable of adapting to various roles and playing styles. His leadership on the court and ability to perform in clutch moments show his potential to make a strong impact at the next level.

### Nikolas Sermpezis, U18 FC Bayern Munich 

[Nikolas Sermpezis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/ngt/players/nikolas-sermpezis/012840/) collected 8.8 points, 3.0 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.8 steals at last season’s NextGen Podgorica. The guard collected 12.0 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 2.1 steals for Greece at the FIBA U16 EuroBasket 2023. 

Sermpezis is one of the leaders of Bayern’s second team with 11.7 points, 3.7 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.9 steals. Sermpezis is typical of many Greek guards: very aggressive on offense, attacking the basket. He is improving his shot as well. 

His main strength is the defense and his aggressiveness, which allowed him to have a very good impact last year in the third division. He still has to improve his ball handling and his decision-making.

### Guillermo del Pino, U18 Next Gen Team Munich

[Guillermo del Pino](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/ngt/players/guillermo-del-pino/013574/) will be playing his first NextGen tournament. The guard helped Spain win the title at the FIBA U16 EuroBasket 2023 with 14.6 points, 1.4 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.9 steals to win the MVP trophy. 

Last summer he had 11.0 points, 2.0 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.4 steals at the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup. He is currently playing in Spain’s third division and collecting 8.0 points, 1.4 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.1 steals for Coto Cordoba. 

The point guard has great three-level scoring skills and playmaking upside. He has a high basketball IQ, is tough as nails and can handle and pass the ball. 

Here are eight top talents to keep an eye on at the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Munich