Country tally of points after 48th (100th) edition of the Saturday 28/05/2022 Practice Oware Tournament
1. Uganda 🇺🇬(21) - 722.0
2. Colombia 🇨🇴(11) - 319.5
3. Nigeria 🇳🇬(12) - 314.0
4. United Kingdom 🇬🇧 (4) - 280.0
5. Kazakhstan 🇰🇿(8) - 228.0
6. Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬(6) - 176.0
7. Benin 🇧🇯(7) - 140.0
8. Belarus🇧🇾 (1) - 123.5
9. Ghana 🇬🇭(6) - 107.0
10. France 🇫🇷(4) - 102.0
11. Czech Republic 🇨🇿(3) - 100.5
12. Germany 🇩🇪(1) - 76.0
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. 21 players from Uganda 🇺🇬, 12 players each from Nigeria 🇳🇬 & Colombia 🇨🇴, 8 from Kazakhstan 🇰🇿. 7 from Benin 🇧🇯, 6 each from Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬 & Ghana 🇬🇭. 4 from France 🇫🇷 & the UK 🇬🇧, 3 each from China 🇨🇳, the Czech Republic 🇨🇿 & Poland 🇵🇱, 2 each from Austria 🇦🇹 & Spain 🇪🇸. 1 each from Antigua & Barbuda 🇦🇬, Barbados 🇧🇧, Belarus 🇧🇾, Cape Verde 🇨🇻, Costa Rica 🇨🇷, Germany 🇩🇪, Italy 🇮🇹, Ivory Coast 🇨🇮, Russia 🇷🇺, Togo 🇹🇬 and 4 from unknown & countries.
This week positions more or less stayed the same, with the exception of Colombia 🇨🇴 overtaking Nigeria 🇳🇬 into 2nd position. The ranking list of the countries in terms of points for this tournament stands at: 1st Benin 🇧🇯 (16.5), 2nd Colombia 🇨🇴 (11.5), 3rd Uganda 🇺🇬 (8.5), 4th Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 (7.5), 5th Ghana 🇬🇭 (5.0), 6th Belarus 🇧🇾 (4.0), Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬 (4.0) & the UK 🇬🇧 (4.0), 7th Czech Republic 🇨🇿 (2.0)
With 4 editions to go, team Uganda 🇺🇬 continues to pull ahead with a slightly increased 402.5 points against lead contender Colombia 🇨🇴. Team Uganda 🇺🇬 continues to pull ahead increasing its lead. At this stage it is all but practically impossible for any team to catch up with the Ugandan team. Just to indicate what a mammoth task it will be. Team Colombia will have to field 100 players each week each gaining on average a point to catch up.
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.