The Nigerian male Under 21 volleyball team  will be up against Cameroon on Sunday in a bid to win the third place price at the ongoing African U21 Volleyball Championship in Tunisia.

The Nigerian male volleyball team who have been very impressive so far in the championship unfortunately lost to a very strong and tactical Egyptian team, 1-3 (33-35, 28-26, 17-25, 16-25) in the first semifinals match Yesterday.

Nigeria led the Egyptians in the early minutes of the first set 17-11 but suffered several setbacks during the game. Egypt leveled up with Nigeria at 23-23 and the set ended in favour of Egypt 35-33 points.

Nigeria came in fired up in the second set and eventually won 28-26 points. Egypt won the third and fourth set by 25-17 and 25-16 points.

The head coach of Nigeria U21 team, Sani Mohammed said Nigeria deserves to win the match against the 5 times African, Egypt adding that he has accepted the result.

Mohammed said the next assignment for his side is to beat Cameroon at all cost in order to return home with a medal.

He said, “I am sure Nigerians watched the match against Egypt and you will agree with me that we gave our best. Nigeria deserved to win the match but it is unfortunate that we lost the game due to minor mistakes.

“Cameroon is a decent team and we face them on Sunday; we will not underrate them. The players are aware that we cannot afford to return home empty handed. The Federation has invested heavily in the team and the only way the team can show appreciation is by winning the bronze medal match”.

The third place match between Nigeria and Cameroon will kick off by 3PM on Sunday Afternoon.