2012 ECOWAS Games

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

• Athletics ()
• Boxing ()
• Handball ()
• Volleyball ()
• Wrestling ()

Medal table

Key

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Ghana	17	11	9	37
2	Nigeria	13	16	6	35
3	Senegal	4	1	2	7
4	Niger	2	2	3	7
5	Ivory Coast	2	0	0	2
6	Benin	1	0	2	3
7	Togo	1	0	0	1
8	Burkina Faso	0	3	3	6
9	Liberia	0	1	0	1
10	Mali	0	0	5	5
11	Sierra Leone	0	0	2	2
12	Guinea	0	0	0	0
13	Gambia	0	0	0	0
14	Guinea-Bissau	0	0	0	0
15	Cape Verde	0	0	0	0

Calendar

The schedule of the games was as follows. The calendar is to be completed with event finals information.^[4][5]

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

Venues

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

References