Nigeria, July 30 -- Nigeria and Egypt, in front of a vibrant Lagos crowd, punched their tickets to the 2025 World Youth Championships (WYC) in Romania after standout performances in the U-19 team events of the ITTF African Youth Championships at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall, Teslim Balogun Stadium.

For Nigeria's U-19 boys, the road to gold was anything but smooth. After staging a thrilling comeback from 0-2 down against Egypt in the semi-finals to win 3-2, the hosts found themselves in another battle against defending champions Tunisia in Tuesday's final.

Despite Tunisia's top star Wassim Essid grinding out two narrow 3-2 wins over Matthew Kuti and Abdulbasit Abdulfatai, the Nigerian team refused to crumble.

With the tie locked at 2-2,...