|
|
|
|
| |
| Lineup for 2022-23 ANGT Finals confirmed |
| |
To purchase ANGT Finals tickets, please click here
The best and most exciting prospects in European basketball have a perfect opportunity to showcase their potential at the 2023 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four, as the Euroleague Basketball Adidas Next Generation Tournament Finals comes to Kaunas, Lithuania from May 18 to 21. Now in its 20th year, Europe's premier junior basketball event will feature clubs from this season's four qualifying events.
Eight teams will take part in the ANGT Finals, with four sides having booked their place in the tournament by winning one of the four qualifying events: Real Madrid (ANGT Munich), Joventut Badalona (ANGT Patras), FC Barcelona (ANGT Zadar) and Mega MIS Belgrade (ANGT Belgrade). Three of the remaining spots have gone to teams that received a wild card – Zalgiris Kaunas, Panathinaikos Athens and Crvena Zvezda Belgrade – and the last place has gone to the Next Generation Select Team, which features players from specially selected Next Generation teams at the four qualifying events.
These eight teams are split into two groups, with Real, Barca, Panathinaikos and Zvezda comprising Group A and Joventut, Mega, Zalgiris and the Next Generation Select Team making up the teams in Group B.
A combined seven ANGT Finals trophies have been won by the eight clubs involved in the 2023 edition of the tournament, yet just under half of those – three – have been won by Real, who lifted the trophy in 2015, 2019 and 2021. Joventut became ANGT Finals champion the longest time ago, winning the tournament in 2013, while Zvezda became the champion one year later in 2014, Barca tasted glory in 2016 and Mega enters this year's showpiece event as the reigning champ, having won the title in Belgrade in 2022. Will one of these teams add to their existing silverware, or will a new winner be crowned?
In Kaunas, 12 group games will be played over the first three days – from May 18 to May 20 – at the legendary Kaunas Sports Hall, which will also host Sunday's ANGT Championship Game between the two group winners.
Over the last 20 years, many stars – past and present – have passed through, and this year's Finals is a chance to see the stars of the future. At present, the players who have shined at the ANGT and are currently on EuroLeague rosters are:
- Louis Olinde, Gabriele Procida, Tim Schneider, Marcus Eriksson, Yovel Zoosman, Jonas Mattisseck, Nils Machowski, Malte Delow, Elias Rapieque, Rikus Schulte, Linus Ruf (ALBA Berlin)
- Vasilije Micic, Ante Zizic, Karahan Efeoglu and Egehan Arna (Anadolu Efes Istanbul)
- Donatas Motiejunas, Matthew Strazel and Mohammad Amini (AS Monaco)
- Vanja Marinkovic, Daniel Diez (Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz)
- Nemanja Nedovic, Luka Mitrovic, Branko Lazic, Ognjen Dobric, Stefan Lazarevic, Miroslav Raduljica (Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade)
- Luigi Datome, Giampaolo Ricci and Davide Alviti (EA7 Emporio Armani Milan)
- Nikola Mirotic, Rokas Jokubaitis, James Nnaji, Oriol Pauli, Sergi Martinez, Kasparas Jakucionis, Dame Sarr and Martin Iglesias (FC Barcelona)
- Ognjen Jaramaz, Isaac Bonga, Andreas Obst, Niels Giffey and Niklas Wimberg (FC Bayern Munich)
- Marko Guduric, Ismet Akpinar, Tarik Biberovic and Metecan Birsen (Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul)
- Zaccharie Risacher (LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne)
- Tomer Agmon (Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv)
- Veniamin Abosi and Panagiotis Tsamis (Olympiacos Piraeus)
- Eleftherios Mantzoukas, Georgios Kalaitzakis, Alexandros Samontourov and Neoklis Avdalas (Panathinaikos Athens)
- Danilo Andjusic, Aleksa Avramovic and Tristan Vukcevic (Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade)
- Alberto Abalde, Hugo Gonzalez and Eli Ndiaye (Real Madrid)
- Klemen Prepelic, Xabi Lopez-Arostegui, Guillem Fernando, Millan Jimenez, Sergio de Larrea, Pablo Navarro and David Barbera (Valencia Basket)
- Milos Teodosic, Alessandro Pajola, Leo Menalo, Ismael Bako, Mam Jaiteh and Gora Camara (Virtus Segafredo Bologna)
- Lukas Lekavicius, Edgaras Ulanovas, Arnas Butkevicius, Tomas Dimsa, Laurynas Birutis, Karolis Lukosiunas, Kajus Kublickas, Liutauras Lelevicius and Motiejus Krivas (Zalgiris Kaunas)
Tickets for the ANGT Finals are now available for purchase, with single-day tickets costing 8 € for the first three days, and 13 € for the Finals on May 21. Should you wish to attend the entire event, Tournament Packages will be available for a price of 23 €.
To purchase ANGT Finals tickets, please click here.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
