Nisantasi prevailed 3-1 at the Jorge Anjinho venue in the Portuguese city.

Ibrahim Gündüz set them on their way to success with a 9-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-5 win over Łukasz Nadolski before Abdullah Talha Yigenler doubled their advantage by defeating Mateusz Gołębiowski 11-8, 11-7, 15-13. 

Piotr Cyrnek pulled Rzeszow back into the contest by overcoming Ziver Gündüz 11-6, 11-7, 7-11, 12-14, 11-4 but Nisantasi's triumph was sealed when Ibrahim Gündüz beat Gołębiowski 9-11, 11-5, 11-6, 10-12, 11-4.

Beaten semi-finalists Vytautas Magnus University of Lithuania and University of Gothenburg of Sweden, who lost 3-0 to Rzeszow and Nisantasi respectively, were the bronze medallists. 

The women's team table tennis final saw Russia's Kazan Innovative University edge Poland's University of Warsaw 3-2.

Kazan twice came from behind to draw level before Ekaterina Guseva defeated Bingran Ren 11-9, 11-7, 11-4 in the decider.

Katarzyna Ślifirczyk gave Warsaw the lead with a 12-10, 11-6, 12-10 win over Guseva, but it was cancelled out by Anna Blazhko's 11-7, 11-3, 9-11, 11-5 victory at the expense of Ren.

Katarzyna Nowocin restored Warsaw's advantage by overcoming Diana Ivanova 11-9, 11-7, 10-12, 11-8 before Blazhko forced the contest to a fifth and final match with an 11-9, 11-3, 11-7 triumph over Ślifirczyk.

The semi-finals saw Warsaw and Kazan register 3-0 wins over France's University of Paris 13 and Poland's Jan Dlugosz University respectively.

The Opening Ceremony of the 2018 European Universities Games took place this evening at University Palace.