U18 FC Bayern Munich claimed seventh place at the EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL ADIDAS NEXT GENERATION TOURNAMENT Qualifying Tournament Coin by beating U18 Darussafaka Dogus Istanbul 61-73 for its first victory of the event. Kristian Kullamaee paced the winners with 16 points and Vladimir Pinchuk chipped in 15 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. Darussafaka, which picked up one win in the group stage but finished eighth, was led by Yavuz Gultekin’s 10 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Furkan Cevikel was effective early in the post with four points as Darussafaka opened an 8-4 lead. The big man added another basket and an assist on a break away layup from Cagdas Atbas as the advantage grew to 16-9. Pinchuk stepped up with a three-point play and three-pointer and a layup from Kullamee completed a 2-10 spurt to put Bayern up 18-19. The German side led 19-21 after 10 minutes. Two Kullamaee three-pointers and four points in the paint from reserve big man Robin Rajcic increased the Bayern lead to 24-33. Jannik Focht knocked down a three-pointer for Bayern, which led 31-41 at intermission. Pinchuk and Focht combined for nine points early in the second half as Bayern extended the advantage to 37-50. Dora Doruk tried to get Darussafaka back into the game with three baskets as the gap was down to 45-54. A Kullamaee three-ball had Bayern up 47-57 after 30 minutes. Mert Akay’s three-pointer opened the fourth quarter and cut the deficit to seven points but Darussafaka went about 5 minutes without a basket and Pinchuk’s inside score had Bayern ahead 51-64 with about 4 minutes to play. Darussafaka went another nearly 2 minutes without a score and by the time Gultekin hit a three-pointer to make it 58-70 it was too little too late.