Nigeria loses match against their cameroonian counterparts in Tunisia.

The U-21 men national volleyball team lost 0-3 to their Cameroonian counterparts on Monday in the match for third place in the current 2022 African Men Volleyball U-21 Championship in Tunisia. The Nigerian News Agency (NAN) reports that Nigeria thus failed to finish in the top three countries of the championship. They lost 21-25 20-25 23-25 ​​in the match played in Tunisia. The Cameroonians caught Nigeria sleeping in the opening minutes of the first set to lead by seven to two points. Nigeria struggled to catch up with the Cameroonians, but the set ended 25-21. The second set looked promising for Nigeria as they led 13-11 but then fell apart and lost 20-25 points. Nigeria and Cameroon simultaneously gained points in the third set up to 23-23 before the winners had two consecutive blocks to win the third set 25-23. Team Nigeria head coach Sani Mohammed later said that he was proud of his players despite finishing fourth in the championship. Mohammed said that the players did well throughout the tournament adding that Nigeria was an underdog in the competition. I am very proud of all the players. Our intention was to choose one of the available places for the FIVB World Championship 2023 but in the end we could not do it.