Country tally of points after 39th (91st) edition of the Saturday 26/03/2022 Practice Oware Tournament
1. Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ(21) - 629.5
2. Colombia ๐จ๐ด(12) - 261.0
3. United Kingdom ๐ฌ๐ง (4) - 239.5
4. Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ(9) - 238.0
5. Kyrgyzstan ๐ฐ๐ฌ(6) - 161.0
6. Kazakhstan ๐ฐ๐ฟ(6) - 160.0
7. Belarus๐ง๐พ (1) - 107.0
8. France ๐ซ๐ท(4) - 90.0
9. Benin ๐ง๐ฏ(6) - 82
10. Czech Republic ๐จ๐ฟ(3) - 76.0
11. Ghana ๐ฌ๐ญ(4) - 58.5
12. Germany ๐ฉ๐ช(1) - 53.0
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 represented by 5 players. Followed Colombia ๐จ๐ด represented by 4. Then Bรฉnin ๐ง๐ฏ & Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌrepresented by 3 players each. Ghana ๐ฌ๐ญ & Kazakhstan ๐ฐ๐ฟ were represented by 2 players each. Finally Belarus ๐ง๐พ, Czech Republic ๐จ๐ฟ Kyrgyzstan ๐ฐ๐ฌ & the UK ๐ฌ๐ง were represented by one player each.
This week there were two changes in the nations league ranking order. Nigeria pulled ahead of the U.K. ๐ฌ๐ง to place 3rd & Benin ๐ง๐ฏ pulled ahead of Germany ๐ฉ๐ช & secure 9th place. This week saw three new players participate in the tournament: ayirungo ๐ฌ๐ญ & sikandou ๐ง๐ฏ & katoo3 ๐ง๐ฏ, increasing those countries teams. This week the identity of kdc9042 has been revealed to be from Colombia ๐จ๐ด. The all time number of known countries represented still remains at 24.
As the end of this years league approaches with 13 editions to go, Team Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ continues to pull ahead with an increased 368.5 points lead against Colombia, the nearest contender. This outcome so far and likely to remain has some lessons to teach us about life. That being, in life in the current paradigm, it is not the most knowledgeable, skilful or strongest that prevail but the most organised. Team Ugandaโs ๐บ๐ฌ performance certainly has highlighted this. Progress is best served by being cognisant of this.