Country tally of points after 31st (83rd) edition of the Saturday Practice Oware Tournament
1. Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ(21) - 517.5
2. Colombia ๐จ๐ด(10) - 191.0
3. United Kingdom ๐ฌ๐ง(4) - 173.0
4. Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ(7) - 149.5
5. Kyrgyzstan ๐ฐ๐ฌ(5) - 121.5
6. France ๐ซ๐ท(4) - 86.5
7. Kazakhstan ๐ฐ๐ฟ(6) - 85.0
8. Belarus๐ง๐พ (1) - 82.5
9. Czech Republic ๐จ๐ฟ(3) - 62.0
10. Germany ๐ฉ๐ช(1) - 48.5
10. Benin ๐ง๐ฏ(3) - 48.5
12. China ๐จ๐ณ (4) - 46.0
13. Ghana ๐ฌ๐ญ(2) - 31.5
14. Austria ๐ฆ๐น(2) - 21.0
15. Cape Verde ๐จ๐ป(1) - 18.0
16. Antigua & Barbuda ๐ฆ๐ฌ (1) - 7.0
17. Costa Rica ๐จ๐ท (1) - 7.0
18 Spain ๐ช๐ธ (1) - 5.5
19. Ivory Coast ๐จ๐ฎ(1) - 5.0
20. Poland ๐ต๐ฑ (1) - 3.5
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) saw 12 countries represented. Team Ugandan ๐บ๐ฌ represented by 5 players led the participation table once again. Followed by Team Kazakhstan ๐ฐ๐ฟ represented by 4 players, Colombia ๐จ๐ด represented by 3 players. Team Czech Republic ๐จ๐ฟ , Kyrgyzstan ๐ฐ๐ฌ, Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ & the U.K. ๐ฌ๐ง represented by 2 players each. With 1 each from the remaining 5 countries: Antigua & Barbuda ๐ฆ๐ฌ, Belarus ๐ง๐พ, France ๐ซ๐ท, Ivory Coast ๐จ๐ฎ and Spain ๐ช๐ธ
This week with an influx of players practicing for the Asian Championship Kazakhstan ๐ฐ๐ฟ has been able to overtake Belarus ๐ง๐พ 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 seasonโs league end. Which countryโs Oware playing fraternity will be able to demonstrate to the organisational skills, to be able to mount a final valiant assaults to overtake Ugandaโs ๐บ๐ฌ lead? Is Colombia ๐จ๐ด, the UK ๐ฌ๐ง or Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ or any other nation up to the challenge?