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2012 ECOWAS Games

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II All-Africa Games
Host cityAccra, Ghana
Nations15
Events5 sports
Opening16 June 2012
Closing22 June 2012
Opened byJohn Mahama
Main venueAccra Sports Stadium
Websitewww.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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Sports

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Ghana)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Ghana (GHA)*1711937
2 Nigeria (NGR)1316635
3 Senegal (SEN)4127
4 Niger (NIG)2237
5 Ivory Coast (CIV)2002
6 Benin (BEN)1023
7 Togo (TOG)1001
8 Burkina Faso (BUR)0336
9 Liberia (LBR)0101
10 Mali (MLI)0055
11 Sierra Leone (SLE)0022
12 Cape Verde (CPV)0000
 Gambia (GAM)0000
 Guinea (GUI)0000
 Guinea-Bissau (GBS)0000
Totals (15 entries)403432106

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
September 2nd
Sat
3rd
Sun
4th
Mon
5th
Tue
6th
Wed
Ceremonies  OC   CC 
Athletics  ●    ●    ●  
Boxing  1 
Handball  1 
volleyball  1 
Wrestling  1 

Venues

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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"