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

Sports

Medal table

  *   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

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

References

  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"