2012 ECOWAS Games

II All-Africa GamesHost 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]

## Participating nations

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* Ghana
* Benin
* Burkina Faso
* Cape Verde
* Ivory Coast
* The Gambia
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Liberia
* Mali
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Senegal
* Sierra Leone
* Togo

## Sports

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* Athletics (details)
* Boxing (details)
* Handball (details)
* Volleyball (details)
* Wrestling (details)

## Medal table

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* 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

## Calendar

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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

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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 |  |

## Venues

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* Accra Sports Stadium Complex – Boxing, Handball, Volleyball, Wrestling
* El-Wak Sports Stadium – Athletics

## References

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1. ^ "ECOWAS Youth and Sports Development Centre Solicits Media Support". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
2. ^ "Ivory Coast To Host 2014 ECOWAS Games". Channels Television. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
3. ^ "ECOWAS Games 2012: Games opens on impressive note". www.moys.gov.gh. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
4. ^ (in Portuguese) 2011 All-Africa Games Program Archived 2016-03-12 at the Wayback Machine
5. ^ General Schedule