Country tally of points after 45th (97th) edition of the Saturday 07/05/2022 Practice Oware Tournament
1. Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ(21) - 697.5
2. Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ(12) - 300.0
3. Colombia ๐จ๐ด(12) - 291.5
4. United Kingdom ๐ฌ๐ง (4) - 267.0
5. Kazakhstan ๐ฐ๐ฟ(8) - 204.5
6. Kyrgyzstan ๐ฐ๐ฌ(6) - 166.0
7. Belarus๐ง๐พ (1) - 119.5
8. Benin ๐ง๐ฏ(6) - 109.5
9. France ๐ซ๐ท(4) - 99.0
10. Czech Republic ๐จ๐ฟ(3) - 93.0
11. Ghana ๐ฌ๐ญ(6) - 91. 0
12. Germany ๐ฉ๐ช(1) - 69.0
13. China ๐จ๐ณ (3) - 32.5
14. Austria ๐ฆ๐น(2) - 22.0
15. Cape Verde ๐จ๐ป(1) - 18.0
16. Spain ๐ช๐ธ (2) - 12.5
17. Poland ๐ต๐ฑ (3) - 9.5
18. Ivory Coast ๐จ๐ฎ(1) - 8.5
19. Antigua & Barbuda ๐ฆ๐ฌ (1) - 8.5
20. Costa Rica ๐จ๐ท (1) - 7.0
21. Barbados ๐ง๐ง (1) - 3.0
22. Italy ๐ฎ๐น (1) - 3.0
23. Russia ๐ท๐บ (1) - 2.0
24. Togo ๐น๐ฌ(1) - 1.0
*The numbers in the brackets indicate the number of players that have represented each country.*
Last weekโs edition of the practice tournament (nations league) had 10 countries represented. Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ was represented by 4 players. Followed by Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ & Ghana ๐ฌ๐ญ represented by 3 players each. Colombia ๐จ๐ด, France ๐ซ๐ท & Kazakhstan ๐ฐ๐ฟ were represented by 2 players each. The remaining 4 countries Benin ๐ง๐ฏ, Czech Republic ๐จ๐ฟ, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช & the UK ๐ฌ๐ง were represented by one player each.
This week Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ overtook Colombia ๐จ๐ด to move into 2nd place. The ranking of the countries in terms of points for this tournament stood at: 1st Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ (17), 2nd Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ (12.5), 3rd Ghana ๐ฌ๐ญ(11), 4th Kazakhstan ๐ฐ๐ฟ (8), 5th France ๐ซ๐ท (5.0), 6th Benin ๐ง๐ฏ (4.0), 7th Germany ๐ฉ๐ช (4.0), 8th Colombia ๐จ๐ด (3.5) Czech Republic ๐จ๐ฟ (3.0), UK ๐ฌ๐ง (2.0)
With 7 editions to go, team Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ continues to pull ahead with a slightly increased 397.5 points lead against Colombia, the nearest contender. Team Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ continues to consolidate its lead, making sure their numbers compensate for the lack of top positions & thus points.
We implore all members to take part in these practice tournaments. Donโt just wait for a championship to come around to familiarise yourself with the sign up process. For as has been shown, doing so once is not enough to guarantee you will be able to sign up on the day of a championship.