{"id":9054,"date":"2026-03-26T11:18:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T09:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/?p=9054"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:17:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T09:17:52","slug":"rytas-youth-head-to-basketball-tournament-in-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-youth-head-to-basketball-tournament-in-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"Rytas youth head to basketball tournament in Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">Players of the Rytas Vilnius youth system have left for Spain, where from March 26\u201329 they will compete in one of the most prestigious youth basketball events \u2013 MADCUP Basket Madrid Elite. The team faces match-ups against the strongest European teams, including the basketball academies of Real Madrid and Valencia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">Playing in Group A, Rytas youth start the tournament with a very intensive schedule. According to the tournament rules, only the teams that take the first two places in the groups will advance to the semifinals and fight for the championship title, while the remaining teams will continue their performance playing for lower positions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">Before the trip to Madrid, the team\u2019s head coach Gintaras Kad\u017eiulis shared his thoughts about the upcoming challenge:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">&#8220;We didn&#8217;t have much time to prepare, but we have many talented young players, so I believe that we will help them reveal their potential and properly represent our club. Truly strong opponents await, so we must be brave, not afraid, and go fight,&#8221; said the team&#8217;s head coach G. Kad\u017eiulis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">In this tournament, the Rytas youth system will be represented by: Daniil Efe Kesen, Elvinas Bajus, Fallou Ntiaie, Filip Boleslaw Wilk, Ignas Martinkus, Jonas Bir\u017einis, Joris Matusevi\u010dius, Kostas Korsakovas, Mykolas Bilis, Raigardas Ciunys, Rapolas Kli\u0161auskas, Rytis Milius. Head coach of the team: Gintaras Kad\u017eiulis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><strong class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">Schedule in the group stage:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">March 26, 18:00 \u2013 Balidea Obradoiro vs Rytas<\/span><br class=\"ng-star-inserted\" \/><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">March 27, 13:00 \u2013 Valencia Basket Club vs Rytas<\/span><br class=\"ng-star-inserted\" \/><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">March 27, 20:00 \u2013 Rytas vs Real Madrid<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">Basketball fans can watch all the tournament matches live on the official streaming platform <\/span><a class=\"ng-star-inserted\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=E&amp;q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.madcup.tv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">www.madcup.tv<\/span><\/a><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">. Match results and official match protocols will be available in the official MADCUP tournament app.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">More information about the tournament: <\/span><a class=\"ng-star-inserted\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=E&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.madcup.es%2Fdeportes_madcupbasket_madrid_elite%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">https:\/\/www.madcup.es\/deportes_madcupbasket_madrid_elite\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Players of the Rytas Vilnius youth system have left for Spain, where from March 26\u201329 they will compete in one of the most prestigious youth basketball events \u2013 MADCUP Basket Madrid Elite. The team faces match-ups against the strongest European teams, including the basketball academies of Real Madrid and Valencia. Playing in Group A, Rytas [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9055,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rytas","category-rytas-junior"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rytas youth head to basketball tournament in Madrid - Vilniaus \u201eRYTAS\u201c<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/rytas-youth-head-to-basketball-tournament-in-madrid\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rytas youth head to basketball tournament in Madrid - Vilniaus \u201eRYTAS\u201c\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Players of the Rytas Vilnius youth system have left for Spain, where from March 26\u201329 they will compete in one of the most prestigious youth basketball events \u2013 MADCUP Basket Madrid Elite. 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