Country tally of points after 31st (83rd) edition of the Saturday Practice Oware Tournament
1. Uganda 🇺🇬(21) - 517.5
2. Colombia 🇨🇴(10) - 191.0
3. United Kingdom 🇬🇧(4) - 173.0
4. Nigeria 🇳🇬(7) - 149.5
5. Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬(5) - 121.5
6. France 🇫🇷(4) - 86.5
7. Kazakhstan 🇰🇿(6) - 85.0
8. Belarus🇧🇾 (1) - 82.5
9. Czech Republic 🇨🇿(3) - 62.0
10. Germany 🇩🇪(1) - 48.5
10. Benin 🇧🇯(3) - 48.5
12. China 🇨🇳 (4) - 46.0
13. Ghana 🇬🇭(2) - 31.5
14. Austria 🇦🇹(2) - 21.0
15. Cape Verde 🇨🇻(1) - 18.0
16. Antigua & Barbuda 🇦🇬 (1) - 7.0
17. Costa Rica 🇨🇷 (1) - 7.0
18 Spain 🇪🇸 (1) - 5.5
19. Ivory Coast 🇨🇮(1) - 5.0
20. Poland 🇵🇱 (1) - 3.5
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) saw 12 countries represented. Team Ugandan 🇺🇬 represented by 5 players led the participation table once again. Followed by Team Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 represented by 4 players, Colombia 🇨🇴 represented by 3 players. Team Czech Republic 🇨🇿 , Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬, Nigeria 🇳🇬 & the U.K. 🇬🇧 represented by 2 players each. With 1 each from the remaining 5 countries: Antigua & Barbuda 🇦🇬, Belarus 🇧🇾, France 🇫🇷, Ivory Coast 🇨🇮 and Spain 🇪🇸
This week with an influx of players practicing for the Asian Championship Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 has been able to overtake Belarus 🇧🇾 into the 7th position. Apart from a few other such increments in positions the ranking of countries has pretty much stayed the same.
With 21 editions to go till this season’s league end. Which country’s Oware playing fraternity will be able to demonstrate to the organisational skills, to be able to mount a final valiant assaults to overtake Uganda’s 🇺🇬 lead? Is Colombia 🇨🇴, the UK 🇬🇧 or Nigeria 🇳🇬 or any other nation up to the challenge?