2023 AL-CON : Uganda Doves defend Africa Ludo Cup Of Nations trophy

UGANDA DOVES 

The Uganda National Ludo Team the Uganda Doves defeated rivals South Africa 1-0 in extra time topurdy jersey florida jersey deuce vaughn jersey custom ohio state jersey fsu jersey penn state jersey fsu jersey deion sanders jersey keyvone lee jersey aiyuk jersey college football jerseys purdy jersey aiyuk jersey justin jefferson lsu jersey purdy jersey win the 2023 Africa Ludo Cup Of Nations tournament on Saturday evening at Ikageng Hall in Pretoria South Africa .Uganda won the inaugural Africa Ludo Nations Tournament in South Africa Jahannesburg in 2021.

Uganda and South Africa were tied on three rounds (8-8) ,(3-3) and (6-6).

The tournament diced off on 27th September and it culminated on 30th September.

A total of Sixteen teams participated at the continental showpiece and the teams include; Uganda ,South Africa, Cote D’ivore ,Nigeria , Zambia ,Mozambique, Mauritius , Togo ,Cameroon ,Zimbabwe, Lesotho , Namibia, Eritrea ,Malawi Madagascar and Egypt.

In the Individual tournament ,Uganda  managed to fetch two gold medals from Mubiru Emmanuel who was in group G and Nagadya Beth who was in group D.

Mubiru Emmanuel

Nagadya Beth

Other winners include Thomas and Karabo from South Africa

Thomas (left) and Karabo (right) all from South Africa

Uganda Doves player Mubiru Emmanuel was crowned MVP of the tournament.

The second edition was graced by the introduction of the female categories that were played in Durban on 27th and  28th September and the female teams included South Africa, Cote D’ivore ,Zambia ,Nigeria and Mozambique. Uganda didn’t participate in the females category after failing to have the minimum number of participants for the categories.

South African female National team Bafana Queens won the female categories.

The awarding ceremony was done by Kalule Hussein the Africa Ludo Federation president and the ALF General Secretary Joe Matheta.

Kalule Hussein ALF and ULF President

Speaking at the awarding ceremony, Kalule Hussein the ALF president stressed that ALF is going to do more sensitization to have more countries affiliated to the continental governing bodies.

“I would like to take this opportunity and thank the Federations presidents , players ,teams ,coaches and our hosts Ludo South Africa for this wonderful tournament. Congratulations to Uganda upon defending the AL-CON title its a big achievement.

“Moving forward we are going to engage Minsters from different countries in Africa so that we can have more countries get affiliated to the ALF and our target is covering atleast 85% of the continent because the game is widely spread but we are going to embark on more sensitization ” said Kalule

The ALF General Secretary Joe Matheta who is also the President of Ludo South Africa thanked all those who made it to the tournament and Uganda for defending the tournament.

UGANDA DOVES TEAM

Matovu Huzaifah

Mubiru Emmanuel

Nadadya Beth 

Nakabuye Rose

Mayanja Herny

Ssenkumba Abdul

Ssembusi Mike

Africa Ludo Cup Of Nations Winners

2021 – Uganda

2023 – Uganda