Country tally of points after 50th (102nd) edition of the Saturday 11/06/2022 Practice Oware Tournament
1. Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ(21) - 745.5
2. Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ(12) - 346.0
3. Colombia ๐จ๐ด(11) - 325.5
4. United Kingdom ๐ฌ๐ง (4) - 290.5
5. Kazakhstan ๐ฐ๐ฟ(8) - 243.5
6. Kyrgyzstan ๐ฐ๐ฌ(6) - 183.0
7. Benin ๐ง๐ฏ(7) - 149.0
8. Belarus๐ง๐พ (1) - 130.0
9. Ghana ๐ฌ๐ญ(7) - 125.5
10. Czech Republic ๐จ๐ฟ(3) - 103.5
11. France ๐ซ๐ท(4) - 102.0
12. Germany ๐ฉ๐ช(1) - 80.5
13. China ๐จ๐ณ (3) - 32.5
14. Austria ๐ฆ๐น(2) - 22.0
15. Cape Verde ๐จ๐ป(1) - 18.0
16. Poland ๐ต๐ฑ (3) - 13.5
17. Spain ๐ช๐ธ (2) - 12.5
18. Ivory Coast ๐จ๐ฎ(1) - 8.5
19. Antigua & Barbuda ๐ฆ๐ฌ (1) - 8.5
20. Costa Rica ๐จ๐ท (1) - 7.0
21. Togo ๐น๐ฌ(1) - 6.0
22. Barbados ๐ง๐ง (1) - 3.0
23. Italy ๐ฎ๐น (1) - 3.0
24. Russia ๐ท๐บ (1) - 2.0
25. Unknown (5)
*The numbers in the brackets indicate the number of players that have represented each country.*
16 players from 10 countries + 1 unknown participated in the last edition of the practice tournament on Saturday. The team with the largest contingent was Ghana ๐ฌ๐ญ with 3 players. Followed by Kazakhstan ๐ฐ๐ฟ, Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ & Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ with 2 players each. were represented by 2 players each. The remaining 7 countries: Belarus ๐ง๐พ, Benin ๐ง๐ฏ, Colombia ๐จ๐ด, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช Kyrgyzstan ๐ฐ๐ฌ, the UK ๐ฌ๐ง & Unknown were represented by one player each.
In the latest edition of these tournaments the positions countries, stayed the same. With Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ in first place. Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ 2nd position. Colombia ๐จ๐ด stayed in 3rd position.
The ranking list of countries in terms of points for this tournament stands at:
1st - Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ (11.0)
2nd - Ghana ๐ฌ๐ญ (9.0)
3rd - Kazakhstan ๐ฐ๐ฟ (8.0)
4th - Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ (5.0)
5th - Benin ๐ง๐ฏ (5.0)
6th - Kyrgyzstan ๐ฐ๐ฌ (4.0)
7th - UK ๐ฌ๐ง (4.0)
8th - Belarus ๐ง๐พ (4.0)
9th - Colombia ๐จ๐ด (3.0)
10th - Unknown (2.0)
11th - Germany ๐ฉ๐ช (1.0)
With 2 editions to go, team Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ continues to pull ahead with a slightly decreased 399.5 points against lead the nearest contender Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ. Could the number of countries participating increase by one with the participation of ptahhotep in the tournament.
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.