Country tally of points after 44th (96th) edition of the Saturday 30/04/2022 Practice Oware Tournament
1. Uganda 🇺🇬(21) - 685.0
2, Colombia 🇨🇴(12) - 288.0
3. Nigeria 🇳🇬(10) - 283.0
4. United Kingdom 🇬🇧 (4) - 265.0
5. Kazakhstan 🇰🇿(8) - 196.5
6. Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬(6) - 166.0
7. Belarus🇧🇾 (1) - 119.5
8. Benin 🇧🇯(6) - 105.5
9. France 🇫🇷(4) - 94.0
10. Czech Republic 🇨🇿(3) - 90.0
11. Ghana 🇬🇭(4) - 80. 0
12. Germany 🇩🇪(1) - 65.0
13. China 🇨🇳 (3) - 32.5
14. Austria 🇦🇹(2) - 22.0
15. Cape Verde 🇨🇻(1) - 18.0
16. Spain 🇪🇸 (2) - 12.5
17. Poland 🇵🇱 (3) - 9.5
18. Ivory Coast 🇨🇮(1) - 8.5
19. Antigua & Barbuda 🇦🇬 (1) - 8.5
20. Costa Rica 🇨🇷 (1) - 7.0
21. Barbados 🇧🇧 (1) - 3.0
22. Italy 🇮🇹 (1) - 3.0
23. Russia 🇷🇺 (1) - 2.0
24. Togo 🇹🇬(1) - 1.0
*The numbers in the brackets indicate the number of players that have represented each country.*
Last week’s edition of the practice tournament (nations league) had 9 countries represented. Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 with the largest contingent was represented by 5 players, 2 of them new to these tournaments. Followed by Nigeria 🇳🇬 represented by 3 players, of of them new to these tournaments. Uganda 🇺🇬 was represented by 2 players. The remaining 6 will countries: Belarus 🇧🇾, Benin 🇧🇯, Colombia 🇨🇴, Germany 🇩🇪 Ghana 🇬🇭 & the UK 🇬🇧 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 🇰🇿 (17), 2nd Nigeria 🇳🇬 (12), 3rd Uganda 🇺🇬 (6), 4th Benin 🇧🇯 (5.5), 5th Ghana 🇬🇭 (4.5), 6th Germany 🇩🇪 (4.0), 7th Belarus 🇧🇾 (4.0), 8th UK 🇬🇧 (3.0) & 8th Colombia 🇨🇴 (0.0)
With 8 editions to go, team Uganda 🇺🇬 continues to pull ahead with an increased 397.0 points lead against Colombia, the nearest contender. Team Uganda 🇺🇬 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. Don’t 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.