2012 Euroleague Basketball Nike International Junior Tournament Thursday May 10Th – Sunday May 13Th, 2012 Istanbul, Turkey

2012 EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL NIKE INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR TOURNAMENT THURSDAY MAY 10TH – SUNDAY MAY 13TH, 2012 ISTANBUL, TURKEY

Introduction Competition System The 2012 Euroleague Basketball Nike The eight participating teams were randomly drawn into two groups of four International Junior Tournament field is teams. Each team will play a total of three games against the opponents in complete. Eight elite junior teams will meet their groups. The 1st placed team from each group will play each other in the to decide a champion from Thursday, May 10 Final. All group games will be played in the Abdi Ipekci Arena, whilst the Final through Sunday, May 13, during the 2012 will be played in the Sinan Erdem Arena. Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four in Istanbul, Turkey. Four new additions to the Groups Composition event will join the four teams that qualified from the classification tournaments held GROUP A GROUP B during the season. KK Zagreb Croatia CRVENA ZVEZDA DIVA BELGRADE TEAM CHINA Osiguranje of Croatia advanced from the ANADOLU EFES ISTANBUL KK ZAGREB CROATIA OSIGURANJE Torneo Citta di Roma; Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius of Lithuania qualified from the Torneig Junior FC BARCELONA REGAL ZALGIRIS KAUNAS Ciutat de L'Hospitalet; Zalgiris Kaunas of LIETUVOS RYTAS VILNIUS FENERBAHCE ULKER ISTANBUL Lithuania was crowned champion of the NIJT

Classification Tournament Kaunas; and Game Schedule Crvena Zvezda Belgrade of Serbia secured its ticket by winning the NIJT Classification DATE TIME TEAM A TEAM B

Tournament Belgrade. Joining these teams TH are FC Barcelona Regal of Spain, which was THU MAY 10 14:00 CRVENA ZVEZDA FC BARCELONA REGAL the runner-up at the L'Hospitalet tournament, THU MAY 10TH 14:45 ANADOLU EFES LIETUVOS RYTAS local teams Anadolu Efes Istanbul and TH THU MAY 10 16:15 TEAM CHINA ZALGIRIS KAUNAS Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul of Turkey, and for TH only the second time, Team China. THU MAY 10 17:00 KK ZAGREB FENERBAHCE ULKER FRI MAY 11TH 12:00 CRVENA ZVEZDA ANADOLU EFES The group-stage games will be held at the FRI MAY 11TH 12:45 FC BARCELONA REGAL LIETUVOS RYTAS famed Abdi Ipekci Arena, while the title game is set for Sinan Erdem Arena on the same FRI MAY 11TH 14:15 TEAM CHINA KK ZAGREB floor that the games of the Turkish Airlines FRI MAY 11TH 15:00 ZALGIRIS KAUNAS FENEBRAHCE ULKER Euroleague Final Four will be played. The TH tenth edition of the Euroleague Basketball SAT MAY 12 12:00 ANADOLU EFES FC BARCELONA REGAL Nike International Junior Tournament follows SAT MAY 12TH 12:45 LIETUVOS RYTAS CRVENA ZVEZDA hot on the heels of the four classification TH SAT MAY 12 14:15 KK ZAGREB ZALGIRIS KAUNAS tournaments, in which a total of 32 teams competed. With Europe's best under-18 SAT MAY 12TH 15:00 FENERBAHCE ULKER TEAM CHINA players headed to Istanbul, the champion will SUN MAY 13TH 12:30 1ST PLACE GROUP A 1ST PLACE GROUP B go home as the undisputed European junior club champion! Awards Ceremony

Immediately following the Final a trophy will be presented to the winning team. A long list of future stars that may well write The trophy presentation will be repeated at half-time of the 2012 Turkish their next chapter in Istanbul include Airlines Euroleague Final, as well as the presentation of a trophy to the returning All-Tournament Team selections Tournament MVP, and gifts to the five members of the All-Tournament Team. Mario Hezonja and Dario Saric of KK Zagreb

Croatia Osiguranje as well as Dusan Ristic of Crvena Zvezvda Diva Belgrade, James Birsen Nike International Junior Tournament Quick Facts of Fenerbahce Ulker Isanbul and Josep Perez Location……………….……………………………………………………………………….Istanbul, Turkey of FC Barcelona Regal. As in previous years First Tournament………………………………….………………………………………………………...2003 there is no doubt that these and other players Teams...... 8 (Anadolu Efes Istanbul, Crvena Zvezda Diva Belgrade, will step up and make a name for themselves. ………...... FC Barcelona Regal, Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul, ...... KK Zagreb Croatia Osiguranje, Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius, With yet another balanced field, it is difficult …………………………………………………………………………………Team China, Zalgiris Kaunas) to select the favourites to win their groups Champions……….…2003, 2007 Zalgiris Kaunas, 2004, 2005, 2006 CSKA Moscow and make it to the Final. What is guaranteed …………………….2008, 2009 FMP, 2010 INSEP, 2011 KK Zagreb Croatia Osiguranje is that all eight teams will be raring to go and eager to win. Thirteen great games will have Organisation..………………………………………….………………………….Euroleague Basketball been played, making the 2012 Euroleague Title Sponsor…..……………………………………..………………………………………………………..Nike Basketball Nike International Junior Coordinator…………………………………….………………………………….…………………Goran Sasic Tournament the perfect complement of the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four. Venue………………………………………………………………………………………….Abdi Ipekci Arena Capacity………………………………………………….………………………………………..………….11,350

Media Relations Manager…………………………………………………………….Diego Fernandez Email…………………………………………………………………[email protected] Mobile Phone...... …………………………….………………………..………….+34 660 481 909

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Euroleague Basketball Vision Classification Tournaments Stats Leaders Continually striving for excellence: activating the Stats leaders from the Rome, L’Hospitalet, Kaunas and Belgrade passion of basketball for our clubs and fans. Classification Tournaments were:

Euroleague Basketball Mission  PPG Mirco Turel (Stella Azzurra) 23.3 We are our clubs and fans.  RPG Dario Saric (KK Zagreb) 14.5  APG Marius Grigonis (Zalgiris Kaunas) 7.3 Our mission is to provide a collaborative, aspirational  SPG Nicolo Basile (Stella Azzurra) 4 and unifying framework of excellence for the entire  BPG Jito Kok (CBA) 2.4 Euroleague Family: our fans, our clubs, our players  MPG Stanislav Il’nitskiy (BC Khimki Moscow) 38 and our commercial partners. Through fairness,  3FG% Davis Geks (VEF Riga) 59.3% integrity and honesty we have a responsibility as  2FG% Mantvydas Staselis (Zalgiris Kaunas) 80% guardians of the European Basketball League and the  FT% Josep Perez (FC Barcelona Regal) 100% collective values of its teams. MVPs: We reach into the communities at the heart of our clubs to grow the sport of basketball; positively  Rome Dario Saric (KK Zagreb Croatia Osiguranje) impacting all those who share in its values and  L’H Augustinas Jankaitis (Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius) passion.  Kaunas Tomas Dimsa (Zalgiris Kaunas)  Belgrade Dusan Ristic (Crvena Zvezda Diva Belgrade) Euroleague Basketball Approach Fans: capture the passion of basketball through a NIJT All-Time Records unique experience.  PTS Luigi Datome (Montepaschi Siena) 38  REB Povilas Butkevicius (Zalgiris Kaunas) 20 Clubs: provide support and leadership for increased  ASS Lluis Costa (FC Barcelona) 11 exposure and revenues.  STL Alessandro Piazza (Fortitudo Bologna) 10 Povilas Butkevicius (Zalgiris Kaunas) Players: deliver an environment of excellence and Spyridon Magkounis (AEK Athens) elite sporting values.  BL Mamadou Samb (FC Barcelona) 6 Kamil Pietras (Union Olimpija) Commercial Partners: extend multiple opportunities to build relations with consumers. Past Finals

2003 Barcelona: Zalgiris Kaunas vs. Maccabi Teddy Tel Aviv 87-80 Communities: be a centre of support, engagement Rolandas Alijevas (Zalgiris Kaunas) chosen MVP and upliftment.

2004 Tel Aviv: CSKA Moscow vs. Montepaschi Siena 90-62 About Nike Vasiliy Zavoruev (CSKA Moscow) chosen MVP Nike first sold footwear in Europe in 1978. Two years later, the first Nike European Headquarters opened. 2005 Moscow: CSKA Moscow vs. Zalgiris Kaunas 97-64 Then, in 1994, Nike centralised European distribution Vasiliy Zavoruev (CSKA Moscow) chosen MVP at the Laakdal (Belgium) Customer Service Center. The current EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) 2006 Prague: CSKA Moscow vs. Zalgiris Kaunas 59-55 headquarters, a state-of-the-art complex designed by Ivan Nelyubov (CSKA Moscow) chosen MVP William McDonough + Partners, opened in 1999 in Hilversum, The Netherlands. In terms of revenue, 2007 Athens: Zalgiris Kaunas vs. FMP 78-74 the EMEA region is Nike's second largest region; it is Donatas Motiejunas (Zalgiris Kaunas) chosen MVP the third largest in terms of manufacturing. 2008 Madrid: FMP vs. AXA FC Barcelona 80-70 2011 MVP & All-Tournament Team Dejan Musli (FMP) chosen MVP The following players were selected to the 2011 Euroleague Basketball Nike International Junior 2009 Berlin: FMP vs. Lietuvos Rytas 123-110 Tournament All-Tournament Team (A-Z): Dejan Musli (FMP) chosen MVP

 Guo Ailun (Team China) 2010 Paris: INSEP vs. FMP 123-110  Mario Hezonja (KK Zagreb) Livio Jean-Charles (INSEP) chosen MVP  Stefan Popovski-Turanjan (FMP)  Ignas Ramasauskas (Zalgiris Kaunas) 2011 Barcelona: KK Zagreb vs. Zalgiris Kaunas 76-65  Dario Saric (KK Zagreb) - MVP Dario Saric (KK Zagreb) chosen MVP

Abdi Ipekci Arena Site Info 10 Yil Caddesi, Zeytinburnu, 34760 Istanbul Phone +90 2 126 797 420

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Illustrious Alumni Past Appearances The past nine editions of the event have seen many elite players Zalgiris Kaunas on 8 occasions who have gone on to play in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague and (2003-2008, 2010-2011) Eurocup competitions. Below is a list of select alumni who have played in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague during the 2011-12 FC Barcelona Regal on 4 occasions season (A-Z), along with the team they have played for this (2003, 2006, 2008, 2011) season: Crvena Zvezda Diva Belgrade on 2 occasions Player Turkish Airlines Euroleague Team (2008, 2011)

 Danilo Andjusic Partizan m:ts Belgrade Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius on 2 occasions  Mirza Begic Real Madrid (2008-2009)  Branislav Dekic Partizan m:ts Belgrade  Mantas Kalnietis Zalgiris Kaunas Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul on 1 occasion  Erjon Kastrati Union Olimpija Ljubljana (2011)  Nikita Kurbanov CSKA Moscow  Augusto Lima Unicaja KK Zagreb Croatia Osiguranje on 1 occasion  Vytenis Lipkevicius Zalgiris Kaunas (2011)  Milan Macvan Partizan m:ts Belgrade  Nikola Mirotic Real Madrid Team China on 1 occasion  Gezim Morina Union Olimpija Ljubljana (2011)  Donatas Motiejunas Asseco Prokom Gdynia  Dejan Musli Caja Laboral There are two teams in Istanbul (KK Zagreb  Josep Perez FC Barcelona Regal Croatia Osiguranje & Zalgiris Kaunas) who know  Leon Radosevic EA7 Emporio Armani Milan what it feels like to have won the NIJT.  Dario Saric KK Zagreb Croatia Osiguranje  Alexey Shved CSKA Moscow Anadolu Efes Istanbul are participating at the final  Milos Teodosic CSKA Moscow stage for the first time.

Youth Category Medallists Abdi Ipekci Arena The players participating in the 2012 Euroleague Basketball Nike Abdi Ipekci Arena, formerly known as Abdi Ipekci International Junior Tournament have won gold, silver & bronze Sports Complex, is a multi-purpose indoor arena medals in multiple youth category events over the past two years. located in the Zeytinburnu district of Istanbul, They are: Turkey, situated just outside of the ancient city walls in Yedikule. Opened in 1986 after many Summer 2010 years of interrupted construction, it is named after the renowned Turkish journalist Abdi Ipekci.  James Metecan Birsen Turkey 2010 European U16 Bronze  Tomas Dimsa Lithuania 2010 European U16 Silver The arena has an audience capacity of 12,500. It  Marius Grigonis Lithuania 2010 European U16 Silver hosts national and international sports events such  Lukas Lekavicius Lithuania 2010 European U16 Silver as basketball, volleyball, wrestling and  Hanchen Luo China 2010 Asian U18 Gold weightlifting, concerts and congresses among  Dominik Mavra Croatia 2010 European U16 Gold others. The facility contains a multi-faced visual  Simas Raupys Lithuania 2010 European U16 Silver scoreboard, six online-system counters, four locker  Dario Saric Croatia 2010 European U16 Gold rooms, two internet rooms, a press room, two  Justas Tamulis Lithuania 2010 European U16 Silver multi-purpose offices, VIP rooms, etc. Its parking  Zhelin Wang China 2010 Asian U18 Gold lot has a capacity of 1,500 cars.  Qian Wu China 2010 Asian U18 Gold The professional basketball teams of Galatasaray Summer 2011 Men and Women play their Turkish League home games since the 2009-10 season in the Abdi Ipekci  Adria Cantenys Spain 2011 European U16 Bronze Arena.  Mario Hezonja Croatia 2011 European U16 Gold  Ignasi Moix Spain 2011 European U16 Bronze  Josep Perez Spain 2011 European U18 Gold

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KK Zagreb Croatia Osigruanje: 2011 Euroleague Basketball Nike International Junior Champions

DVD copies of all 2012 EB NIJT games are available for €10 each. If you are interested in purchasing any of the games please contact:

Selver Džigal [email protected] +34 637 770 890

Games must be paid for in cash up front, and will be available later in the same day.

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CRVENA ZVEZDA DIVA ROSTER FC BARCELONA REGAL ROSTER # FULL NAME CM DOB POS NAT # FULL NAME CM DOB POS NAT 4 REBIC, NIKOLA 187 22/01/95 G SRB 4 LOPEZ, LUIS 206 18/07/95 C ESP 5 VORKAPIC, PETAR 192 15/03/95 G SRB 6 MOIX, IGNASI 185 09/02/95 G ESP 6 GUDURIC, MARKO 196 08/03/95 G SRB 7 PAULI, ORIOL 198 20/05/94 F ESP 7 ARANITOVIC, PETAR 190 20/09/94 G SRB 8 MOIX, XAVIER 185 09/02/95 G ESP 8 CVOROVIC, NIKOLA 199 30/01/94 F SRB 9 CAMARASA, BERNAT 184 12/03/95 G ESP 9 ILIC, STANKO 197 05/01/94 F SRB 10 PEREZ, JOSEP 183 11/05/94 G ESP 10 DJUKANOVIC, BRANO 194 21/03/95 G SRB 11 CANTENYS, ADRIA 200 28/04/95 F ESP 11 STANOJEVIC, NEBOJSA 210 09/10/94 C SRB 12 CUSO, DIDAC 197 08/01/95 F ESP 12 KAPLANOVIC, DJORDJE 209 21/03/95 C SRB 13 HAKANSON, LUDDE 189 22/03/96 G SWE 13 DOBRIC, OGNJEN 198 27/10/94 F SRB 15 ANDRADE, FERNANDO 206 14/01/95 C BRA 14 RISTIC, DUSAN 210 27/11/95 C SRB 16 SPIRES, NICK 210 25/02/94 F SWE 15 TEJIC, MARKO 209 04/08/95 C SRB 17 ZHIGULIN, ALEXANDR 204 26/04/94 F KAZ HC MANDARIC, MILAN SRB HC CALDERON, MARC ESP

ANADOLU EFES ISTANBUL ROSTER LIETUVOS RYTAS VILNIUS ROSTER # FULL NAME CM DOB POS NAT # FULL NAME CM DOB POS NAT 4 BAYRAK, FURKAN 185 20/02/95 G TUR 4 KUMELIS, DEIVIDAS 188 06/04/95 G LTU 5 ZMARIDIS, MARIO 196 04/05/95 F TUR 5 NARASKEVICIUS, PAULI. 184 08/06/94 G LTU 6 OSMAN, CEDI 198 08/04/95 G TUR 6 GALECKAS, TOMAS 183 28/06/94 G LTU 7 TEZEL, DOGUKAN 181 06/11/95 G TUR 7 ZALALIS, GEDIMINAS 205 21/01/95 C LTU 8 ER, ILKER 200 27/09/94 F TUR 12 JODELIS, TAUTVYDAS 196 03/05/94 F LTU 9 GUL, GUNEY 199 01/03/94 F TUR 14 JANKAITIS, AUGUSTINA. 203 16/08/94 C LTU 10 COSAR, EFEKAN 193 07/02/94 F TUR 15 KRESTININ, DENIS 200 15/04/94 F LTU 11 YILDIZLI, BURAKCAN 204 22/04/94 C TUR 17 ZARSKUS, ALVYDAS 205 18/08/94 C LTU 12 DEMIR, BERK 203 18/05/95 F TUR 19 SESKUS, EDVINAS 192 10/03/95 G LTU 13 CANBOLAT, KEMAL 211 12/04/94 C TUR 20 GANAS, LUKAS 190 09/09/19 G LTU 95 14 KOSUT, EMIRCAN 216 03/07/95 C TUR 21 RAZUKAS, KAROLIS 200 02/03/95 F LTU 15 ERULKU, TAYFUN 196 22/02/94 G TUR 32 GINTVAINIS, JOKUBAS 192 25/07/94 G LTU HC DURU, BILAL HAN TUR HC MASKOLIUNAS, DARIUS LTU

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TEAM CHINA ROSTER ZALGIRIS KAUNAS ROSTER # FULL NAME CM DOB POS NAT # FULL NAME CM DOB POS NAT 4 LI, BIN 188 25/05/95 G CHN 4 LEKAVICIUS, LUKAS 180 30/03/94 G LTU 5 WU, QIAN 190 07/07/94 G CHN 5 TAMULIS, JUSTAS 194 12/07/94 G LTU 7 LIU, ZHENAN 192 29/03/94 G CHN 7 STASELIS, MANTVYDA. 188 01/02/94 G LTU 10 HAN, DELONG 192 11/01/95 F CHN 9 DIMSA, TOMAS 193 01/01/94 G LTU 11 JIANG, KAI 190 11/01/94 G CHN 10 SATKUS, PAULIUS 201 04/07/94 C LTU 12 GAO, SHANG 198 10/08/94 F CHN 11 CERVINSKIS, KASPAR. 190 06/01/94 G LTU 14 DAI; HUAIBO 205 12/02/94 C CHN 13 GRIGONIS, MARIUS 198 26/04/94 F LTU 15 ZHANG, HAN 205 28/09/94 C CHN 14 GUSTYS, ROKAS 202 22/08/94 C LTU 16 SHAO, YINGLUN 200 27/01/96 F CHN 15 MISKINIS, TOMAS 204 04/01/94 C LTU 17 RONG, HAOFENG 198 19/01/94 F CHN 20 RAUPYS, SIMAS 195 27/02/94 F LTU 18 ZHAO, TIANYI 208 06/04/95 C CHN 33 JANUSKIS, SIMONAS 197 10/09/94 G LTU 19 SUN, MINGYANG 210 23/01/94 C CHN 41 VENE, KENT 190 21/02/94 G EST HC WANG, HUAIYU CHN HC MASIULIS, TOMAS LTU

KK ZAGREB ROSTER FENERBAHCE ULKER ROSTER # FULL NAME CM DOB POS NAT # FULL NAME CM DOB POS NAT 4 TURKALJ, TONI 196 08/08/95 F CRO 4 SARALOGLU, UTKU 188 17/07/96 G TUR 5 MILATIC, JAKSA 180 22/07/96 G CRO 5 IBRAHIMUGURLU, BE. 191 27/04/96 G TUR 6 LAZIC, VUK 180 15/04/98 G CRO 6 ASIK, TARIK 210 20/09/95 C TUR 7 MILEKIC, MARKO 197 03/05/95 F CRO 7 ATIN, UMAR 199 23/02/94 F TUR 8 JUSIC, LUKA 197 25/02/95 G CRO 8 BIRSEN, JAMES MET. 205 06/04/95 G TUR 9 KRTOLICA, NEMANJA 203 15/04/95 C SRB 9 BASARAN, EGE 185 17/07/95 G TUR 10 MAVRA, DOMINIK 195 15/06/94 G CRO 10 AYGUN, UMUT 188 19/02/95 G TUR 11 KNEZEVIC, FILIP 202 11/08/94 C CRO 11 GULERYUZ, AYBERK 206 14/09/95 F TUR 12 ALEKSIC, BRUNO 203 26/08/95 F CRO 12 DAGDELEN, ATILLA 212 23/03/94 C TUR 13 JURKOVIC, MATEO 190 23/01/95 G CRO 13 SANLI, MEHMET 204 06/06/95 F TUR 14 SUCEVIC, LUKA 202 31/12/95 C CRO 14 ALEMDAROGLU, MEH. 205 24/07/96 F TUR 15 SARIC, DARIO 207 08/04/94 F CRO 15 KUCUKASCI, MUHAM. 203 16/01/95 F TUR HC BAJRAMOVIC, DENIS CRO HC DOGAN, FIKRET TUR