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2012 ECOWAS Games

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Host city
  
Accra, Ghana

Events
  
5 sports

Closing ceremony
  
22 June 2012

Nations participating
  
15

Opening ceremony
  
16 June 2012

Officially opened by
  
John Mahama

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.

Contents

Sports

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

    • Medal table

    Key

    Calendar

    The schedule of the games was as follows. The calendar is to be completed with event finals information.

    Venues

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

    • References

    2012 ECOWAS Games Wikipedia
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