This Wednesday, the Junior team of Basket in Barça He starts his way to Abu Dabi. As of tomorrow, he will try to get the Adidas NextGen Euroleague, the Euroleague of the category, and thus achieve the triplet after the achievement of the Championships of Catalonia and Spain.
After defeating a Youth already Real Madrid, Barça starts an exciting and demanding tournament in which the square was won thanks to the brilliant victory achieved in the ULM qualifier, after the team of Carlos Marín Defeat in the final to Zalgiris Kaunas by 89-91. In that tournament, Mathieu Grujicic He was appointed 'MVP' thanks to his 18.5 points and 19.8 assessment credits.
Grujicic and Keita will help Junior in Abu Dhabi
The German will be one of the leaders of the team in Abu Dhabi, after the club has decided that both he and Keita Keita They leave for a few days the dynamics of the first team, and return to their category to try to get the title. Will not be in the Middle East Raul villas, that has stayed in Barcelona to be available for Joan Peñarroya This next Sunday (5pm) before Basketball Girona In the penultimate Endesa League match before the playoff. The situation in the first team is dramatic in terms of troops available for all injuries that ravage to the template.
The tournament format
The tournament is formed by Eight teams that are distributed in two groups of four sets, and the leaders of each group play the final. Barça is paired in A with Dubai Basketball, Olimpia Milano and Mega Super Belgrade, While in B is located Overtime Elite, Insep Paris, Zalgiris Kaunas and a Real Madrid that defends title. White has been the great dominators of the tournament these seasons, winning four of the last five editions. In 2024, those of Javier Juarez They imposed on the Parisian team for 85-84, y Hugo González He was chosen as 'MVP'.
The Barça calendar
First phase
- Dubai Basketball – Barça: Thursday 22 May 08: 00h (CET)
- Barça – Olimpia Milan: FRIDAY 23 MAY 10: 15H (CET)
- Barça – Mega Super Belgrade: Saturday May 24: 15h (CET)
Champions in 2016
Barça has a title in its showcases, the one achieved in 2016 after overcoming in the final Red star by 90-82. In that Barca team they played Eric Vila, Aleix Font, Rodion Kurucs O Sergi Martínez, All of them led by Alfred Julbe. Nine years later, the goal is to return to Barcelona with the championship, and for this, Barça is put in the hands of the talent of players like Grujicic, Keita O Butayev, But also in the Mohamed Dabone.
Mohamed Dabone, in a match in the last minicopa / ACB Photo – Aitor Arrizabalaga
Dabone's season
Burkina Faso was already in Berlin last year, in a final phase of the tournament in which she averaged 11.3 points and 5.3 rebounds In three games. Already in this course, Dabone played two ULM meetings in which he recorded 8.5 goals and 7.5 captures. Again, it will be an important challenge for the '60' Barça, which will be measured to the best players of two categories above their age, and that will once again have the media foci of one of the formative basketball tournaments with greater follow -up. In the 14 games he has played this season with the preferential junior against Catalan rivals, Dabone has averaged 16 points By meeting, while in the Spanish championships contributed 10.5 goals and 7.3 captures.
Dabone caused great impact on the ULM qualifier / Euroleague
Carlos Marín's words
“It is a very good opportunity to make a good closure of the season. It has been many months training with players in both individual and collective improvement, competing very well in the different competitions we have played, and Now we are in a very big event and we are excited to end the season with these games “, The Barca coach commented, a Marín who also referred to that task that is done from the club with the great promises of the quarry.
Barça template
Mathieu Grujicic
Pol Peña
Emil Prekevicius
As Gue Sambar
Mohamed Keita
Lluc Pluvinet
Miquel González
Arthur Butayev
Daniel Gonzalez
Go Omoaruna
Alan Garcia
Abdramane
Keita Keita
Mohamed Dabone
“We are at your service to try to make them the best possible player and prepare them in case the opportunity to be with the first team comes, that they are ready to be able to train well, that they can help, understand and even play, and that they can take steps forward in their career, “he explained.
