Country tally of points after 49th (101st) edition of the Saturday 04/06/2022 Practice Oware Tournament
1. Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ(21) - 740.5
2. Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ(12) - 335.0
3. Colombia ๐จ๐ด(11) - 322.5
4. United Kingdom ๐ฌ๐ง (4) - 286.5
5. Kazakhstan ๐ฐ๐ฟ(8) - 235.5
6. Kyrgyzstan ๐ฐ๐ฌ(6) - 179.0
7. Benin ๐ง๐ฏ(7) - 144.0
8. Belarus๐ง๐พ (1) - 126.0
9. Ghana ๐ฌ๐ญ(6) - 116.5
10. Czech Republic ๐จ๐ฟ(3) - 103.5
11. France ๐ซ๐ท(4) - 102.0
12. Germany ๐ฉ๐ช(1) - 79.5
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
*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 13 countries represented. 21 players from Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ, 12 players each from Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ & Colombia ๐จ๐ด, 8 from Kazakhstan ๐ฐ๐ฟ. 7 from Benin ๐ง๐ฏ, 6 each from Kyrgyzstan ๐ฐ๐ฌ & Ghana ๐ฌ๐ญ. 4 from France ๐ซ๐ท, Poland ๐ต๐ฑ & the UK ๐ฌ๐ง, 3 each from China ๐จ๐ณ, & the Czech Republic ๐จ๐ฟ. 2 each from Austria ๐ฆ๐น, Spain ๐ช๐ธ & Togo ๐น๐ฌ. 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, and 4 from unknown & countries.
In the latest edition of these tournaments 3 countries positions changed,moving up), Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌovertook Colombia ๐จ๐ด moved into 2nd position. Poland ๐ต๐ฑ moved up one place overtaking Spain ๐ช๐ธ. Togo ๐น๐ฌ moved up 4 placed to the 21st position.
The ranking list of countries in terms of points for this tournament stands at:
1st - Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ (21.0)
2nd - Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ (18.5)
3rd - Ghana ๐ฌ๐ญ (9.5)
4th - Kazakhstan ๐ฐ๐ฟ (7.5)
5th - UK ๐ฌ๐ง (6.5)
6th - Togo ๐น๐ฌ (5.0)
7th - Poland ๐ต๐ฑ (4.0) & Benin ๐ง๐ฏ (4.0)
8th - Colombia ๐จ๐ด (3.0), Czech Republic ๐จ๐ฟ (3.0) & Kyrgyzstan ๐ฐ๐ฌ (3.0)
9th - Belarus ๐ง๐พ (2.5)
With 3 editions to go, team Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ continues to pull ahead with a slightly increased 405.5 points against lead contender Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ. It was refreshing to have Poland ๐ต๐ฑ, Togo ๐น๐ฌ represented after a long hiatus & Nigeria back from their absence last week.
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.