Турнирная таблица показывает итоговый балл.

Because турнирная has to agree with таблица.

• таблица is a feminine singular noun
• Russian adjectives must match the noun in gender, number, and case
• so the adjective takes the feminine singular nominative ending: -ая

So:

• турнирный = masculine
• турнирная = feminine
• турнирное = neuter
• турнирные = plural

Here, турнирная таблица means tournament table / standings table.

Because it is the subject of the sentence — the thing doing the action.

In Турнирная таблица показывает итоговый балл:

• Турнирная таблица = the subject
• показывает = shows
• итоговый балл = the object, what is being shown

Subjects are normally in the nominative case, so таблица stays in its dictionary form.

Показывает is the 3rd person singular present tense form of показывать.

That form is used because the subject is singular:

• таблица показывает = the table shows

The verb ending -ет is typical for this kind of verb in the present tense.

A few forms of показывать:

• я показываю = I show
• ты показываешь = you show
• он / она показывает = he / she / it shows
• мы показываем = we show
• они показывают = they show

Since таблица is one thing, Russian uses the singular form показывает.

This is a question of aspect.

• показывать = imperfective
• показать = perfective

In the sentence, the idea is general or descriptive: the table shows something. Russian usually uses the imperfective for this kind of neutral statement.

Also, the present tense normally uses the imperfective verb. A perfective verb like показать does not usually have a true present meaning; its “present” forms usually refer to the future.

So:

• таблица показывает = the table shows
• таблица покажет = the table will show

It actually is the direct object, so it is in the accusative case. But with an inanimate masculine singular noun, the accusative often looks exactly like the nominative.

So:

• nominative: итоговый балл
• accusative: итоговый балл

No visible change happens here.

This is very common in Russian. Compare:

• Я вижу новый стол — стол is accusative, but it looks like nominative
• Я вижу нового студента — here the accusative changes because студент is animate

Since балл is inanimate, its accusative form matches the nominative.

Both can relate to scoring, but they are not always interchangeable.

• балл often means a point, mark, or score value
• очки often means points in games, sports, rankings, or competitions

In this sentence, итоговый балл sounds like the final score/result value as a single outcome. It treats the result as one total score.

Depending on context, Russian might also use:

• итоговые очки = total points
• итоговый счёт = final score
• итоговый балл = final point total / final score value

So балл is natural if the speaker is thinking of one overall score.

Russian does not have articles like English a/an and the.

So Турнирная таблица показывает итоговый балл can mean:

• The tournament table shows the final score
• or, depending on context, A tournament table shows a final score

The exact meaning comes from context, not from articles.

This is something English speakers often need to get used to: Russian leaves definiteness unstated unless something else in the sentence makes it clear.

Yes. Russian word order is more flexible than English because case endings show grammatical roles.

The neutral order here is:

• Турнирная таблица показывает итоговый балл.

But other orders are possible, for example:

• Итоговый балл показывает турнирная таблица.
• Показывает итоговый балл турнирная таблица.

These versions may sound more marked, literary, or focused on a particular part of the sentence.

Even if the order changes, the meaning stays understandable because:

• турнирная таблица is nominative, so it is the subject
• итоговый балл is the object

For learners, the original sentence is the most natural and standard order.

The stresses are:

• турни́рная
• табли́ца
• пока́зывает
• итого́вый
• балл

So the whole sentence is pronounced approximately as:

турни́рная табли́ца пока́зывает итого́вый балл

Stress is very important in Russian because it is not always predictable and can affect pronunciation of vowels.

Yes, very much so.

Турнирная таблица is a standard phrase used for:

• standings
• league table
• tournament table
• ranking table

It is the normal way to refer to the table showing teams’ or players’ positions in a competition.

So learners should treat турнирная таблица as a common collocation, not just as two random words put together.

Because it agrees with балл, which is:

• masculine
• singular
• here accusative, but for an inanimate masculine noun that looks like nominative

So the adjective takes the masculine singular form:

• итоговый балл

Compare:

• итоговая таблица = feminine
• итоговое место = neuter
• итоговые результаты = plural

This agreement pattern is one of the most important basics in Russian grammar.