Country tally of points after 44th (96th) edition of the Saturday 30/04/2022 Practice Oware Tournament
1. Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ(21) - 685.0
2, Colombia ๐จ๐ด(12) - 288.0
3. Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ(10) - 283.0
4. United Kingdom ๐ฌ๐ง (4) - 265.0
5. Kazakhstan ๐ฐ๐ฟ(8) - 196.5
6. Kyrgyzstan ๐ฐ๐ฌ(6) - 166.0
7. Belarus๐ง๐พ (1) - 119.5
8. Benin ๐ง๐ฏ(6) - 105.5
9. France ๐ซ๐ท(4) - 94.0
10. Czech Republic ๐จ๐ฟ(3) - 90.0
11. Ghana ๐ฌ๐ญ(4) - 80. 0
12. Germany ๐ฉ๐ช(1) - 65.0
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 9 countries represented. Kazakhstan ๐ฐ๐ฟ with the largest contingent was represented by 5 players, 2 of them new to these tournaments. Followed by Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ represented by 3 players, of of them new to these tournaments. Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ was represented by 2 players. The remaining 6 will countries: Belarus ๐ง๐พ, Benin ๐ง๐ฏ, Colombia ๐จ๐ด, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช Ghana ๐ฌ๐ญ & the UK ๐ฌ๐ง were represented by one player each.
This week there were no changes to the nations league ranking order. Of note was the ranking of the countries in terms of points for this tournament: 1st Kazakhstan ๐ฐ๐ฟ (17), 2nd Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ (12), 3rd Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ (6), 4th Benin ๐ง๐ฏ (5.5), 5th Ghana ๐ฌ๐ญ (4.5), 6th Germany ๐ฉ๐ช (4.0), 7th Belarus ๐ง๐พ (4.0), 8th UK ๐ฌ๐ง (3.0) & 8th Colombia ๐จ๐ด (0.0)
With 8 editions to go, team Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ continues to pull ahead with an increased 397.0 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.