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

* Host nation (Ghana)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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 nations)		40	34	32	106

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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