Host city | Accra, Ghana |
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Nations | 15 |
Events | 5 sports |
Opening | 16 June 2012 |
Closing | 22 June 2012 |
Opened by | John Mahama |
Main venue | Accra Sports Stadium |
Website | www.ecowasgames.moys.goc.gh |
The 2012 ECOWAS Games was the second biennial regional sports meeting of the Economic Community of West African States.[1] The event was held in Accra, Ghana from the 16th of June to the 22nd of June 2012. Ghana's sports team won the most medals at the event. The 5 sports that featured in the 2012 games were athletics, wrestling, handball, volleyball and boxing. The first edition of the event was held in Nigeria in 2010.[2] The games were sponsored by Rlg Communications, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, Ghana Oil Company, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, Ghallywood and Zoomlion.[3]
* Host nation (Ghana)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Ghana (GHA)* | 17 | 11 | 9 | 37 |
2 | Nigeria (NGR) | 13 | 16 | 6 | 35 |
3 | Senegal (SEN) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
4 | Niger (NIG) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
5 | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
6 | Benin (BEN) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
7 | Togo (TOG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
8 | Burkina Faso (BUR) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
9 | Liberia (LBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
10 | Mali (MLI) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
11 | Sierra Leone (SLE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
12 | Cape Verde (CPV) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gambia (GAM) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Guinea (GUI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Guinea-Bissau (GBS) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals (15 entries) | 40 | 34 | 32 | 106 |
The schedule of the games was as follows. The calendar is to be completed with event finals information.[4][5]
OC | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | 1 | Event finals | CC | Closing ceremony |
September | 2nd Sat |
3rd Sun |
4th Mon |
5th Tue |
6th Wed | |
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Ceremonies | OC | CC | ||||
Athletics | ● | ● | ● | |||
Boxing | 1 | |||||
Handball | 1 | |||||
volleyball | 1 | |||||
Wrestling | 1 |