Germany beat France (49-48) and Italy defeat Spain (64-72) in the U-18 Vilagarcia Cup opener, held in the Spanish town from today till Saturday. Team coached by Kay Blümel started well despite the absences of Besnik Bekteshi ('93), Bogdan Radosavljevic ('93), Julius Wolf ('93) and Malik Müller ('93) against a squad with many pieces of INSEP team that won last edition of the Euroleague NIJT. Not bad. Johannes Richter ('93), the best of the winners. In the other contest, the hosts were surprisingly shocked by Italy and Amedeo Della Valle ('93), the MVP of this first day with a 24 rating.