Country tally of points after 46th (98th) edition of the Saturday 14/06/2022 Practice Oware Tournament
1. Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ(21) - 704.5
2. Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ(12) - 307.0
3. Colombia ๐จ๐ด(11) - 300.5
4. United Kingdom ๐ฌ๐ง (4) - 272.0
5. Kazakhstan ๐ฐ๐ฟ(8) - 212.5
6. Kyrgyzstan ๐ฐ๐ฌ(6) - 168.0
7. Belarus๐ง๐พ (1) - 119.5
8. Benin ๐ง๐ฏ(6) - 114.5
9. France ๐ซ๐ท(4) - 99.0
10. Czech Republic ๐จ๐ฟ(3) - 96.0
11. Ghana ๐ฌ๐ญ(6) - 96.0
12. Germany ๐ฉ๐ช(1) - 73.0
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. 21 players from Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ, 12 players each from Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ & Colombia ๐จ๐ด & 8 from Kazakhstan ๐ฐ๐ฟ. 6 each from Benin ๐ง๐ฏ, Kyrgyzstan ๐ฐ๐ฌ, & Ghana ๐ฌ๐ญ. 4 from France ๐ซ๐ท & the UK ๐ฌ๐ง, 3 each from China ๐จ๐ณ, the Czech Republic ๐จ๐ฟ & Poland ๐ต๐ฑ, 2 each from Austria ๐ฆ๐น & Spain ๐ช๐ธ. 1 each from Antigua & Barbuda ๐ฆ๐ฌ, Barbados ๐ง๐ง, Belarus ๐ง๐พ, Cape Verde ๐จ๐ป, Costa Rica ๐จ๐ท, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช, Italy ๐ฎ๐น, Ivory Coast ๐จ๐ฎ, Russia ๐ท๐บ, Togo ๐น๐ฌ and 4 from unknown & countries.
This week positions more of less stayed the same. The ranking list of the countries in terms of points for this tournament stood at: 1st Colombia ๐จ๐ด (9.0), 2nd Kazakhstan ๐ฐ๐ฟ (8) 3rd Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ (7), 4th Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ (7.0), 5th Benin ๐ง๐ฏ (5.0), 6th Ghana ๐ฌ๐ญ (5.0), 7th UK ๐ฌ๐ง (5.0), 8th Germany ๐ฉ๐ช (4.0), 9th Czech Republic ๐จ๐ฟ (3.0) and 10th Kyrgyzstan ๐ฐ๐ฌ (2.0)
With 6 editions to go, team Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ continues to pull ahead with a slightly increased 397.5 points lead against Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ, 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.