Table 5. Average number of professional tournaments organised per period for specific world region (the total number of tournaments in a specific period divided by the number of years in a period).
Period Africa Asia Central America Europe North America Oceania South America
P1 0 .2 .2 11.8 7.8 2.6 0
P2 0 1.0 .2 16.2 9.2 3.8 0
P3 .8 1.2 0 18.0 10.6 3.4 0
P4 .8 2.2 .4 24.6 12.2 4.0 1.0
P5 1.0 4.4 .8 28.2 13.0 4.0 1.2
P6 1.0 4.6 1.0 29.4 13.0 4.0 2.6
P7 1.0 6.o 1.0 30.8 14.0 4.0 3.0