Nigeria's D'Tigers Pick Bronze.

Nigeria,Greece and New Zealand head to Venezuela for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament today for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament starting July 2 in Caracas, Venezuela.

The tournament  surpassed the expectation of the Tigers as a top-class avenue to expose the team to the type of competition to expect in Venezuela.

Playing against Brazil,a medal contender in the Olympics and Greece,fourth ranked team in the world was more than a welcome opportunity to put the Tigers to a true test and the team heads to Caracas confident that anything is possible.

Host Brazil,already in the Olympics decidedly took the gold medal of the tournament after overwhelming Venezuela-bound Greece 78-71 in the final game before a capacity home crowd.

Brazil had earlier defeated New Zealand and Nigeria by a 30 plus margin and New Zealand lost to Greece the silver medal winner by close to 30 points while Nigeria defeated New Zealand 74 - 66 to pick the bronze medal presented in a colourful ceremony superintended by the Mayor of Sao Carlos,host city,the President of the Confederation of Brazilian Basketball,Carlos Nunes and Tournament Partners Electrobras.