2012 ECOWAS Games

II All-Africa Games

Host city	Accra, Ghana
Nations participating	15
Events	5 sports
Opening ceremony	16 June 2012
Closing ceremony	22 June 2012
Officially 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. 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. The games were sponsored by Rlg Communications, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, Ghana Oil Company, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, Ghallywood and Zoomlion.

Sports

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

Medal table

Key

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

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.

OC

Opening ceremony

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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

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