Uganda at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Uganda competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England between 28 July and 8 August 2022.^[1] It was Uganda's sixteenth appearance at the Games.

Uganda at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Uganda
CGF code	UGA
CGA	Commonwealth Games Association Uganda
Website	nocuganda.org
in Birmingham, England 28 July 2022 (2022-07-28) – 8 August 2022 (2022-08-08)
Competitors	72 (37 men and 35 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearers	Michael Wokorach Peace Proscovia
Medals Ranked 16th	Gold 3 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 5
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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Michael Wokorach and Peace Proscovia were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.^[2]

Medalists

Main article: 2022 Commonwealth Games medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Victor Kiplangat	Athletics	Men's marathon	30 July
Gold	Jacob Kiplimo	Athletics	Men's 10,000 m	2 August
Gold	Jacob Kiplimo	Athletics	Men's 5000 m	6 August
Bronze	Peruth Chemutai	Athletics	Women's 3000 m steeplechase	5 August
Bronze	Teddy Nakimuli	Boxing	Women's light flyweight	6 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	7	9	16
Badminton	4	4	8
Boxing	5	1	6
Cycling	1	1	2
Netball	—	12	12
Para powerlifting	1	0	1
Rugby sevens	13	0	13
Squash	2	0	2
Swimming	2	3	5
Table tennis	0	4	4
Weightlifting	1	0	1
Wrestling	1	1	2
Total	37	35	72

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Fred Masisa	100 m (T12)	12.26	4	—		did not advance
Haron Adoli	400 m	46.38	2 Q	45.80	1 Q	45.62	5
Tom Dradriga	800 m	1:51.40	5	—		Did not advance
Abu Mayanja	1500 m	3:46.56	8	—		Did not advance
Emmanuel Otim		3:51.35	9	—		Did not advance
Jacob Kiplimo	5000 m	—				13:08.08
Jacob Kiplimo	10,000 m	—				27:09.19	[3]
Victor Kiplangat	Marathon	—				2:10:55

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jacent Nyamahunge	100 m	11.53	3 Q	11.58	8	did not advance
	200 m	24.07	3 Q	23.86	5	Did not advance
Leni Shida	400 m	53.65	3 Q	53.77	7	Did not advance
Halimah Nakaayi	800 m	1:59.35	2 Q	—		2:01.17	7
Winnie Nanyondo	1500 m	4:16.04	1 Q	—		4:05.68	6
Sarah Chelangat	5000 m	—				15:07.79	6
Stella Chesang		—				15:19.01	9
Rachael Chebet	10,000 m	—				32:30.95	10
Stella Chesang		—				31:14.14	4
Peruth Chemutai	3000 m steeplechase	—				9:23.24
Linet Chebet	Marathon	—				2:38:32	10

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

By virtue of its position in the combined BWF World Ranking (as of 1 February 2022), Uganda qualified for the mixed team event.^[4] Eight players were selected as of 11 July 2022.^[5]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Friday Attama	Men's singles	Karunaratne (SRI) L (6–21, 6–21)	Did not advance
Brian Kasirye		Bye	Mulenga (ZAM) L (19–21, 21–14, 14–21)	Did not advance
Daniel Wanagaliya		King (BAR) W (21–13, 21–10)	Kidambi (IND) L (9–21, 9–21)	Did not advance
Husina Kobugabe	Women's singles	Siamupangila (ZAM) W (21–9, 21–8)	Gupta (KEN) W (21–17, 21–10)	Sindhu (IND) L (10–21, 9–21)	Did not advance
Justine Naluwooza		Laurens Jordaan (RSA) L (19–21, 10–21)	Did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Brian Kasirye Daniel Wanagaliya	Men's doubles	—	Bye	C Mulenga & K Mulenga (ZAM) W (21–15, 21–15)	Chia & Soh (MAS) L (6-21, 12-21)	did not advance
Friday Attama Kenneth Mwambu		—	Abela & Cassar (MLT) L (10–21, 18–21)	Did not advance
Husina Kobugabe Fadilah Moahmed Rafi	Women's doubles	—	Bye	Bodha & Dookhee (MRI) W (21–19, 21–19)	Birch & Smith (ENG) L (6-21, 4-21)	did not advance
Sharifah Wanyana Justine Naluwooza		—	Leung & Mungrah (MRI) L (21–16, 18–21, 15–21)	Did not advance
Brian Kasirye Fadilah Mohamed Rafi	Mixed doubles	Bye	Lin & Somerville (AUS) L (10–21, 6–21)	Did not advance
Daniel Wanagaliya Husina Kobugabe		N Ramdhani & P Ramdhani (GUY) W (21–18, 21–10)	B Chater & V Chater (FLK) W (21–13, 21–7)	Ellis & Smith (ENG) L (5–21, 7–21)	Did not advance
Friday Attama Sharifah Wanyana		Bye	Alphous & Nantuo (GHA) W (21–17, 17–21, 21–14)	Hall & MacPherson (SCO) L (5–21, 6–21)	Did not advance
Kenneth Mwambu Justine Naluwooza		Bye	Pham & Yu (AUS) L (6–21, 7–21)	Did not advance

Mixed team

Main article: Badminton at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Mixed team

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Uganda	Mixed team	Canada L 0–5	Scotland L 1–4	Maldives W 4–1	3	did not advance

Squad

• Brian Kasirye
• Israel Wanagaliya
• Friday Attama
• Kenneth Mwambu
• Husna Kobugabe
• Tracy Naluwooza
• Fadilah Mohamed Rafi
• Sharifah Wanyana

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	13	2	+11	26	4	+22	610	319	+291	3	Knockout stage
2	Scotland	3	2	1	11	4	+7	22	8	+14	562	365	+197	2
3	Uganda	3	1	2	5	10	−5	11	21	−10	416	597	−181	1
4	Maldives	3	0	3	1	14	−13	3	29	−26	344	651	−307	0

Source: BWF

Canada 5	National Exhibition Centre, Court 3 29 July 2022, 14:00 UTC+1 [6]		Uganda 0
1 2 3 1 Ty Alexander Lindeman / Josephine Wu Daniel Wanagaliya / Fadilah Mohamed Rafi 21 13 21 5     2 Brian Yang Brian Kasirye 21 12 21 14     3 Michelle Li Husina Kobugabe 21 8 21 8     4 Adam Dong / Nyl Yakura Brian Kasirye / Daniel Wanagaliya 21 2 21 9     5 Rachel Honderich / Kristen Tsai Husina Kobugabe / Fadilah Mohamed Rafi 21 6 21 10

Scotland 4	National Exhibition Centre, Court 4 30 July 2022, 09:00 UTC+1 [7]		Uganda 1
1 2 3 1 Christopher Grimley / Eleanor O'Donnell Daniel Wanagaliya / Husina Kobugabe 21 7 21 7     2 Callum Smith Brian Kasirye 11 21 19 21     3 Kirsty Gilmour Fadilah Mohamed Rafi 21 7 21 11     4 Adam Hall / Alexander Dunn Brian Kasirye / Daniel Wanagaliya 21 8 21 5     5 Ciara Torrance / Julie MacPherson Husina Kobugabe / Tracy Naluwooza 21 7 21 4

Maldives 1	National Exhibition Centre, Court 4 30 July 2022, 19:00 UTC+1 [8]		Uganda 4
1 2 3 1 Zayan Zaki Brian Kasirye 4 21 4 21     2 Aminath Nabeeha Abdul Razzaq Fadilah Mohamed Rafi 20 22 17 21     3 Ahmed Nibal / Ajfan Rasheed Brian Kasirye / Daniel Wanagaliya 14 21 21 14 15 21   4 Aminath Nabeeha Abdul Razzaq / Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq Husina Kobugabe / Fadilah Mohamed Rafi 17 21 17 21     5 Zayan Zaki / Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq Daniel Wanagaliya / Husina Kobugabe 18 21 21 14 21 14

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

As of 29 June 2022, six boxers will take part in the competition.^[9]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jonathan Kyobe	Men's Featherweight	Molwantwa (BOT) L 1 - 4	did not advance
Joshua Tukamuhebwa	Men's Light welterweight	Hale (NIR) W 3 - 2	Polkinghorn (AUS) W 4 - 1	Sanford (CAN) L 1 - 4	did not advance
Owen Kibira	Men's Welterweight	Bye	Ali (BAN) W 5 - 0	Zimba (ZAM) L 0 - 5	did not advance
Isaac Ssenyange	Men's Light middleweight	Pakela (LES) L 1 - 4	did not advance
Yusuf Nkobeza	Men's Middleweight	Bye	Richardson (ENG) L 1 - 4	did not advance
Teddy Nakimuli	Women's Light flyweight	—	Bye	Haghighat-Joo (SLE) W WO	McNaul (NIR) L 0-5	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Charles Kagimu	Road race	3:38:11	67
	Time trial	52:05.91	19

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Sarah Nanyanzi	Time trial	1:04:35.27	31

Netball

Main article: Netball at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

By virtue of its position in the World Netball Rankings (as of 31 January 2022), Uganda qualified for the tournament.^[10]

Complete fixtures were announced in March 2022.^[11]

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Semifinal	Final / BM / Cl.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Uganda women	Women's tournament	New Zealand L 40 - 53	Trinidad and Tobago W 62 - 28	England L 35 - 56	Northern Ireland W 63 - 26	Malawi W 56 - 43	3	Did not advance	5th place match  South Africa W 54 - 48	5

Roster

Twelve players were officially selected on 13 July 2022.^[12][13]

• Peace Proscovia (c)
• Mary Cholhok Nuba
• Joan Nampungu (co-vc)
• Jesca Achan (co-vc)
• Shaffie Nalwanja
• Stella Oyella
• Norah Lunkuse
• Margaret Baagala
• Sandra Nambirige
• Shadia Nassanga
• Irene Eyaru
• Hanisha Muhameed

Reserves: Viola Asingo, Faridah Kadondi, Alice Wasagali, Shakira Nakanyike, Desire Birungi

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England (H)	5	5	0	0	321	169	+152	10	Semi-finals
2	New Zealand	5	4	0	1	325	188	+137	8
3	Uganda	5	3	0	2	256	206	+50	6	Classification matches
4	Malawi	5	2	0	3	258	262	−4	4
5	Northern Ireland	5	1	0	4	155	299	−144	2
6	Trinidad and Tobago	5	0	0	5	136	327	−191	0

Source: Birmingham 2022
(H) Hosts

30 July 2022 20:00	Report	New Zealand	53–40	Uganda		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Gary Burgess Bronwen Adams
		Nweke  32/37 (86%) Selby-Rickit  7/8 (88%) Wilson  14/15 (93%)		Cholhok  19/22 (86%) Eyaru  16/21 (76%) Proscovia  5/8 (63%)

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31 July 2022 18:00	Report	Uganda	62–28	Trinidad and Tobago		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Louise Travis Tara Warner
		Cholhok  28/32 (88%) Eyaru  9/11 (82%) Nassanga  25/25 (100%)		Cooper  8/13 (62%) Noel  20/23 (87%)

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2 August 2022 18:00	Report	England	56–35	Uganda		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Tara Warner Ken Metekingi
		Cardwell  27/30 (90%) Harten  14/17 (82%) Housby  15/15 (100%)		Cholhok  6/7 (86%) Eyaru  12/14 (86%) Nassanga  9/12 (75%) Proscovia  8/9 (89%)

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3 August 2022 12:00	Report	Uganda	63–26	Northern Ireland		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Tracy-Ann Griffiths Gary Burgess
		Cholhok  41/46 (89%) Eyaru  8/9 (89%) Nassanga  14/15 (93%)		Bowman  2/8 (25%) Crosbie  14/20 (70%) Magee  7/11 (64%) McGrath  3/5 (60%)

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4 August 2022 16:00	Report	Malawi	43–56	Uganda		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Tara Warner Gary Burgess
		Chimaliro  14/15 (93%) Kumwenda  22/23 (96%) Mvula  4/6 (67%) Simtowe  3/3 (100%)		Cholhok  31/33 (94%) Eyaru  22/23 (96%) Proscovia  3/3 (100%)

Fifth place match

5 August 2022 17:00	Report	South Africa	48–54	Uganda		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Tara Warner Gary Burgess
		Rademan  6/7 (86%) van der Berg  17/18 (94%) Venter  25/29 (86%)		Cholhok  31/35 (89%) Eyaru  21/24 (88%) Nassanga  2/2 (100%)

Para powerlifting

Main article: Para powerlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Dennis Mbaziira	Men's heavyweight	103.5	6

Rugby sevens

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

As of 24 April 2022, Uganda qualified for the men's tournament. This was achieved through their position in the 2022 Africa Men's Sevens.^[14]

The thirteen-man roster was announced on 8 July 2022, with Levis Ocen named as a reserve.^[15]

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary Round				Quarterfinal / CQ	Semifinal / CS	Final / BM / CF
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Uganda men's	Men's tournament	Kenya L 14 -27	Australia T 12 - 12	Jamaica W 40 - 0	3	Sri Lanka W 38 - 19	Tonga W 27 - 7	England L 17 - 31	10

Men's tournament

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament

Roster

• Ian Munyani
• Adrian Kasito
• William Nkore
• Philip Wokorach
• Timothy Kisiga
• Michael Wokorach
• Desire Ayera
• Aaron Ofoyrowth
• Isaac Massanganzira
• Norbert Okeny
• Ivan Otema
• Karim Arinaitwe
• Alex Aturinda

Pool D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	2	1	0	81	17	+64	8	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Kenya	3	2	0	1	77	21	+56	7
3	Uganda	3	1	1	1	66	39	+27	6	Advance to classification Quarter-finals
4	Jamaica	3	0	0	3	0	147	−147	3

Updated to match(es) played on 29 July 2022. Source: Birmingham2022
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.

29 July 2022 10:50

Kenya	27–14	Uganda
Try: Olindi (2) 1' m, 12' m Humwa 2' c Odhiambo 4' m Wekesa 14' m Con: Olindi (1/3) 3' Taabu (0/2)	Report	Try: Kisiga 5' c Wokorach 9' c Con: Wokorach (2/2) 5', 10'

Coventry Stadium, Coventry Referee: Talal-Azmat Chaudhry (Canada)

29 July 2022 19:20

Australia	12–12	Uganda
Try: Malouf 4' m Hutchison 9' c Con: Longbottom (0/1) Roache (1/1) 10' Cards: Longbottom  11' Roache  12'	Report	Try: Ayera 7' c Wokorach 12' m Con: Wokorach (1/2) 7' Cards: Wokorach (0/1)

Coventry Stadium, Coventry Referee: Morné Ferreira (South Africa)

30 July 2022 10:28

Uganda	40–0	Jamaica
Try: Kasito 1' c Munyani 4' c Ofoyrowth (2) 6' m, 9' c Wokorach 8' c Nkore 12' c Con: Wokorach (5/6) 1', 5', 8', 9', 13'	Report

Coventry Stadium, Coventry Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)

Classification Quarterfinals

30 July 2022 18:58

Uganda	38–19	Sri Lanka
Try: Wokorach 3' c Ofoyrowth 4' c Munyani 7' m Okorach (3) 9' m, 10' c, 11' c Con: Wokorach (4/6) 3', 4', 10', 12' Cards: Munyani  3'	Report	Try: Kudachchige 1' c Sooriyabandara 5' c Raffaideen 14' m Con: Sooriyabandara (2/3) 2', 6'

Coventry Stadium, Coventry Referee: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji)

Classification Semifinals

31 July 2022 11:36

Uganda	27–7	Tonga
Try: Okorach 1' m Kasito 7' m Wokorach (2) 8' m, 11' m Ofoyrwoth 14' c Con: Wokorach (0/4) Kisiga (1/1) 14'	Report	Try: Osika 4' c Con: Pakalani (1/1) 4' Cards: Halafihi  10'

Coventry Stadium, Coventry Referee: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji)

Classification Finals

31 July 2022 18:44

England	31–17	Uganda
Try: Adamson (3) 3' c, 8' c, 9' m Emery 8' c Bowen 11' m Con: Roddick (1/1) 3' Emery (2/4) 8', 8'	Report	Try: Ofoyrwoth 5' m Kisiga 12' c Arinaitwe 14' m Con: Wokorach (1/3) 12'

Coventry Stadium, Coventry Referee: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji)

Squash

Main article: Squash at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Paul Kadoma	Men's singles	Khalil (GUY) L 2 - 3	did not advance
Michael Kawooya		Adela (SEY) W 3 - 0	Makin (WAL) L 0 - 3	did not advance
Paul Kadoma Michael Kawooya	Men's doubles	—	Sachvie / Baillargeon (CAN) L 0 - 2	did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Atuhaire Ambala	50 m freestyle	25.13	53	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	54.04	49	did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:01.68	29	did not advance
Tendo Mukalazi	50 m freestyle	24.37	37	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	52.91	39	did not advance
	50 m breaststroke	30.79	33	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kirabo Namutebi	50 m freestyle	26.54	20	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	1:01.58	41	did not advance
	50 m breaststroke	33.87	20	did not advance
Avice Meya	100 m freestyle	1:03.01	49	did not advance
	50 m backstroke	33.71	29	did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:10.35	24	did not advance
Husnah Kukundakwe	100 m freestyle S9	1:19.01	9	—		did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Atuhaire Ambala Tendo Mukalzai Kirabo Namutebi Avice Meya	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:51.75	13	did not advance
Avice Meya Tendo Mukalazi Atuhaire Ambala Kirabo Namutebi	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:18.04	15	did not advance

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and Table tennis at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

Uganda qualified for the women's team event. Four women were selected following the selection trials that concluded on 29 May 2022.^[16]

Singles

Athletes	Event	Group stage			Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Rita Nakhumitsa	Women's singles	Sinon (SEY) W 4 - 0	Nazim (MDV) L 0 - 4	2	did not advance
Judith Nangonzi		Tsaptsinos (ENG) L 0 - 4	Tee (MAS) L 0 - 4	3	did not advance
Florence Seera		Hosenally (MRI) L 2 - 4	Silcock (JEY) L 1 - 4	3	did not advance

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Florence Seera Rita Nakhumitsa	Women's doubles	Bye	Edwards / Kalam (RSA) L 1 - 3	did not advance
Judith Nangonzi Jemimah Nakawala		Bye	Bardsley / Bolton (ENG) L 0 - 3	did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Florence Seera Jemimah Nakawala Judith Nangonzi Rita Nakhumitsa	Women's team	Canada L 0 - 3	Wales L 0 - 3	Vanuatu W 3 - 0	3	did not advance

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

Athlete	Event	Weight Lifted		Total	Rank
		Snatch	Clean & jerk
Davis Niyoyita	Men's -55 kg	NM	DNS	DNF

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Key:

• VT - Victory by Fall.
• PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jacob Ntuyo	Men's -74 kg	Sesay (SLE) L 0 - 10	Did not advance
Veronica Ayo	Women's -57 kg	Adekuoroye (NGR) L 0 - 2	did not advance		Ayieta (KEN) L 0 - 11	did not advance