| Host city | Accra, Ghana |
|---|---|
| Nations | 15 |
| Events | 5 sports |
| Opening | 16 June 2012 |
| Closing | 22 June 2012 |
| 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.
Participating nations
Ghana
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Ivory Coast
The Gambia
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
Sports
Medal table
* 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 entries) | 40 | 34 | 32 | 106 | |
Calendar
The schedule of the games was as follows. The calendar is to be completed with event finals information.
| 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
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● | ● | ● | |||
 Boxing
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1 | |||||
 Handball
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1 | |||||
 volleyball
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1 | |||||
 Wrestling
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1 | |||||
Venues
- Accra Sports Stadium Complex – Boxing, Handball, Volleyball, Wrestling
- El-Wak Sports Stadium – Athletics
References
- "ECOWAS Youth and Sports Development Centre Solicits Media Support". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- "Ivory Coast To Host 2014 ECOWAS Games". Channels Television. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- "ECOWAS Games 2012: Games opens on impressive note". www.moys.gov.gh. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- (in Portuguese) 2011 All-Africa Games Program Archived 2016-03-12 at the Wayback Machine
- General Schedule
