INSEP is the 2010 Nike International Junior Tournament champion! INSEP lifted the trophy by downing dethroned champion FMP 73-83. Hugo Ivernizzi paced the winners with 16 points. Ulysse Adjagba and Livio Jean-Charles each added 15 while William Howard had 10 for INSEP. Nenad Miljenovic led FMP with 20 points and 7 rebounds. Jean-Charles was named tournament MVP after averaging 16.7 points in the four games. He was joined on the All-Tournament Team by Rafa Freire of Unicaja, Dovydas Redikas of Zalgiris, Hugo Invernizzi of INSEP and Nikola Jankovic of FMP. That quintet received special Nike jackets along with their trophies. Ivernizzi sank two three-pointers midway through the fourth quarter to seal the outcome, 63-73, as FMP never recovered. All INSEP players exploded with joy in a very emotional post-game celebration. FMP and INSEP survived do-or-die battles on Saturday to reach the final. MORE

For the second year in a row, The Eternal City opened the NIJT series action with the Torneo Città Di Roma, which Zalgiris Kaunas dominated with four victories by an average of 32 points each - including a 79-55 title-game win over Benetton to clinch a spot in the Nike International Junior Tournament during the 2010 Final Four in Paris next May!

The 31st annual Torneig de Bàsquet Júnior "Ciutat de L'Hospitalet", played in suburban Barcelona from January 4 to 6, 2010, produced a first-time champion, Cajasol of Seville which completed its undefeated run through the tournament by outlasting Unicaja, its archrival, by 70-72 in the final.

For the third year in a row, the winner of the Belgrade Nike International Junior Tournament is none other than host FMP, which downed INSEP 77-69 in Sunday's title game. FMP's victory will make one other team happy, too.

Union Olimpija is the London NIJT 2010 champ! In the title game, the Slovenian team defeated USK Future Stars Prague by 76-60. Olimpija's Gezim Morina was also named MVP of the tourney. Despite a slow start in the first quarter, which ended 8-21 for USK Future Stars, Union Olimpija reacted in the second quarter outscoring the Czech team by 27-13.