Nigeria denied Egypt a clean sweep of the team events at the 2026 ITTF Africa Youth Championships after a heroic comeback inspired by Quadri Atunwon secured gold in the boys’ U-19 category on Wednesday in Accra, PUNCH Sports Extra reports.
The defending champions looked destined to surrender their title after falling 2-0 behind against Egypt in the final, but rallied brilliantly to claim a dramatic 3-2 victory and prevent the North Africans from winning all four team titles.
Egypt seized the early advantage through victories in the opening two matches, leaving Nigeria with a mountain to climb.
Sultan Agunbiade sparked the comeback by defeating his Egyptian opponent to reduce the deficit to 2-1 before Matthew Kuti, who had earlier lost a closely contested 3-2 match to Yassin Gaber, bounced back with a 3-1 victory over Abdelmalk Elsayed to level the tie.
That left Atunwon and Gaber to decide the championship
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