Nigeria's boys' team gained one spot lift in ranking while the girls dropped two places as Japan dethroned China as champions of the Team Event of the ITTF World Junior Championship holding in Cape Town, South Africa.
Prior to the competition, Nigerian's boys' team was ranked 18 but with the classification victory over New Zealand at the weekend, they gained one place in the ranking to move to 17th in the world junior team ratings.
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