Test match between Namibia and South Africa.

Namibian Electronic Sports Association squares up against Mind Sports South Africa.

As the IESF's 2020 World Championships to be held in Eilat, Israel in November later this year comes ever closer, teams are frantically trying to ready themselves for what will be the test of the year and result in world champions being produced in a a number of titles.

DotA 2 has already been selected  as an official title for such world championships.

Through the IESF's online test matches, South Africa is able to test the team against worthy adversaries. The European teams of course, are able to attend many more tournaments than what cash-strapped South Africans can, and thus develop their teams to apparently unassailable heights.

With COVID-19, teams are of course under lockdown, so national team athletes will be playing from their residences. Of course the  games will still be strictly monitored to ensure that fair play is enforced.

Namibia like South Africa, finds itself outside of the mainstream of international competition, but Namibia is fiercely competitive. Namibia never gives quarter and as has always given their best when playing against South Africa in all esports test matches between the two countries. 

There could not be a greater rivalry!

Both nations are thus enthusiastically rushing forward to this clash.

The Test Match will be held on Saturday, 25 April 2020 from 17H00.

The South African Protea team for 25 April 2020 consists of:

Name of athlete	Position	Club
Lourens Kok	Team Captain	Oakhill
Ryan Shearer	Player	Oakhill
Simon Shearer	Player	Oakhill
James Armstrong	Player	Oakhill
Chris Coetzee	Player	Oakhill
Diana Barnard	Assistant Team Manager	Oakhill

Thanks to the governing Sports Body, Minds Sports South Africa (MSSA) and the support given by PartnerMedia, the South African participation in such test matches is becoming a regular occurrence.

With esports being recognised as a fully recognised sport by both SASCOC and the government, gaming is now taken more seriously than ever before. Already gaming has been included into the Asian Games by the Asian Olympic Committee.

Test matches between South Africa and Namibia are always entertaining with a great deal of honour on the line.

Also read:

• Revised 2020 Calendar of events - National Team Trials
• Results of MSSA's 10th Annual Online Championships for High Schools
• Results of MSSA's Western Cape Online Provincial Championships.
• Results: MSSA's 11th Provincial Online Championships
• New National Team Selection Criteria
• Selecting the national Protea teams for Mind Sports South Africa.
• Qualifiers: Clash Royale
• Qualifiers: Counter-Strike: GO
• Qualifiers: Dota 2
• Qualifiers: League of Legends
• Qualifiers: Pro Evolution Soccer
• The road to Eilat
• IESF announces first three titles for 12th World Championships
• Rankings: Clash Royale rankings
• Rankings: Counter-Strike: GO rankings.
• Rankings: DotA 2 rankings
• Rankings: FIFA '20.
• Rankings: League of Legends rankings.
• Rankings: Paladins
• Rankings: PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER (PES) rankings
• Rankings: Street Fighter V rankings
• Rankings: Tekken 7 rankings

Rankings for Paladins after 11th Provincial Online Championships

The dynamic 'BOO Implode' team.

After every championships run by Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) new rankings are produced to be used at the next championships.

The new rankings help to hold even better championships as all of MSSA's current championships are held to a modified Swiss System. Although the modified Swiss  system is robust enough to deliver exceptional results even if players/teams are not ranked, the use of rankings ensures a more enjoyable championships.

The Paladin esports rankings is now dominated by BOO Gaming's 'BOO Implode'. The club only affiliated in 2020, but has already proven itself to be a main contender.

With over twenty events still to be held in South Africa, it is interesting to see just which club will be in pole-position at the end of the year.

The full rankings for the Paladins esports title are;

Pos	Name of Team	year	Club	Points
1	BOO Implode	20	BOO Gaming	802.2
2	FiB Dragons SNR	20	FiB	442.7
3	Team FiB JNR	20	Monument Park High School	431.6
4	whYES	20	Boo Games	420.5
5	Vikings	20	High School Zwartkops	385.6
6	FiB Wolves	20	FiB	354.7
7	Arcturus	20	Hoërskool Randburg	270
8	The Salty Bunch	20	Curro Mount Richmore	243.7
9	Another Bosch Boys Team	19	Bosch Boys	182.1
10	ZAG Academy	19	ZAG Academy	182.1
11	Pr0NHS	20	Northcliff High School	170.3
12	Oakhill	20	Oakhill School	125.6
13	Hyde Park	19	Hyde Park High	113.5
14	Normies Paladins A	19	Norman Hershilwood High School	106.1
15	Curro Aurora Paladins	19	Curro Aurora	100
16	GINX	19	HS Parys	90.3
17	Normies Paladins B	19	Norman Hershilwood High School	75
18	Oblivion Knights	20	Hoërskool Klerksdorp	75

Also read:

• Revised 2020 Calendar of events - National Team Trials
• Results of MSSA's 10th Annual Online Championships for High Schools
• Results of MSSA's Western Cape Online Provincial Championships.
• Results: MSSA's 11th Provincial Online Championships
• New National Team Selection Criteria
• Selecting the national Protea teams for Mind Sports South Africa.
• Qualifiers: Clash Royale
• Qualifiers: Counter-Strike: GO
• Qualifiers: Dota 2
• Qualifiers: League of Legends
• Qualifiers: Pro Evolution Soccer
• The road to Eilat
• IESF announces first three titles for 12th World Championships
• Rankings: Clash Royale rankings
• Rankings: Counter-Strike: GO rankings.
• Rankings: DotA 2 rankings
• Rankings: FIFA '20.
• Rankings: League of Legends rankings.
• Rankings: Paladins
• Rankings: PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER (PES) rankings
• Rankings: Street Fighter V rankings
• Rankings: Tekken 7 rankings

Latest PES 2020 rankings.

Aslam Parker (PES Society) has shot to the top of the rankings with his outstanding victory at MSSA's 11th Online Provincial Championships.

International Esports Federation (IESF) has already announced that the efootball title of PES 2020 shall be played at its 12th World Championships - Eilat - in November 2020. Thus there is frantic activity in the game title as players jostle for position in order to be selected for MSSA's Protea Team.

PES Society esports club occupies the top 9 positions of the rankings.

It should be noted that all MSSA Regional, Provincial, and National Championships, as well as online championships and online leagues count towards selection to the national team.

Being selected to represent South Africa at IESF's World Championships is the highest honour that an esports athlete in South Africa can earn. Such player is awarded the much coveted Protea Colours - the same as in any other sport, and the experience of being thrust among the world's best legends in the game.

The current South African rankings for the PES 2020 efootball esports title after MSSA's 11th Online Provincial Championships held on 18 April 2020 is as follows:

Pos	Name of Player	Year	Club	Points
1	Aslam Parker	20	PES Society	165
2	Sahil Ebrahim	20	PES Society	152
3	Rafeeq Cariem	20	PES Society	145.5
4	Nazir Adams	20	PES Society	144.5
5	Riezwaan Hakim	20	PES Society	133.8
6	Ighsaan Pretorius	20	PES Society	132.9
7	Wade Apollis	20	PES Society	130.4
8	Sameer De Vries	20	PES Society	128
9	Abdul Kabir Govender	20	PES Society	117.1
10	Lesego Motlasi	18	Fakkel School of Skills	116.5
11	Denver Abdullah	18	North School	116.5
12	Raygen Abdullah	18	North School	116.5
13	Morena Velapho	18	Fakkel School of Skills	116.5
14	Zuko Nomaqhiza	18	Curro Klerksdorp	116.5
15	Thokozane Mntimane	18	Fakkel School of Skills	116.5
16	Leonard Loftus	18	Masters of Mind Sports	116.5
17	Khahliso Malape	18	Fakkel School of Skills	116.5
18	Katleho Mofokeng	18	North West University - Vaal	116.5
19	Jodie-Ray Nelson	18	Empangeni High School	116.5
20	Gordon McCormack	18	JCS Academy	116.5
21	Hakeem Choonara	18	Northcliff High School	116.5
22	Lita Sotomela	18	North West University - Vaal	115.9
23	Lefa Lekhula	18	Fakkel School of Skills	115.9
24	Joost Loftus	18	Masters of Mind Sports	114.9
25	Jason van der Walt	18	JCS Academy	112.9
26	Kurt Freeman	20	PES Society	112.6
27	Andile Sibanda	20	PES Society	112.4
28	Lesego Molotsi	18	Fakkel School of Skills	110
29	Thando Siyengo	20	PES Society	109.7
30	Henry Colin	18	Fakkel School of Skills	109.5
31	Dylan Vos	20	PES Society	107.1
32	Ridah Hendricks	20	PES Society	105.3
33	Unathi Nzimande	18	Empangeni High School	105
34	Ru-Landie Kilian	18	Affies Sasolburg	105
35	Delmari van der Walt	18	JCS Academy	101.3
36	Junior Mpembe	18	Fakkel School of Skills	95
37	Irfaan Sabat	18	Empangeni High School	95
38	Aiden Hodgkinson	18	JCS Academy	95
39	Deen Bartlett	20	PES Society	95

Also read:

• Revised 2020 Calendar of events - National Team Trials
• Results of MSSA's 10th Annual Online Championships for High Schools
• Results of MSSA's Western Cape Online Provincial Championships.
• Results: MSSA's 11th Provincial Online Championships
• New National Team Selection Criteria
• Selecting the national Protea teams for Mind Sports South Africa.
• Qualifiers: Clash Royale
• Qualifiers: Counter-Strike: GO
• Qualifiers: Dota 2
• Qualifiers: League of Legends
• Qualifiers: Pro Evolution Soccer
• The road to Eilat
• IESF announces first three titles for 12th World Championships
• Rankings: Clash Royale rankings
• Rankings: Counter-Strike: GO rankings.
• Rankings: DotA 2 rankings
• Rankings: FIFA '20.
• Rankings: League of Legends rankings.
• Rankings: Paladins
• Rankings: PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER (PES) rankings
• Rankings: Street Fighter V rankings
• Rankings: Tekken 7 rankings