West African University Games

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The West African University Games (French: Jeux Universitaires Ouest Africains), also known as the ECOWAS Students Games, is a multi-sport event between student-athletes from West African universities. The competition was first held in 1965 in Ibadan, Nigeria, and has been held on a roughly once ever four to six years since 1989.

The idea for the competition emerged from a conference of West African universities in 1964 in Ibadan.

The last edition to be held was the 14th at the University of Port Harcourt in Nigeria, lasting from 31 October to 12 November 2018. The 13th edition of the games in 2012 involved 1,443 athletes from 56 West African Universities (6 non-competing) from 5 West African nations. A total of 13 Olympic sports were contested.

Editions

Games Year Host country Host city Dates Sports Nations Competitors Universities Medal table winner
I 1965 Nigeria Ibadan
II 1967 Ghana Legon (Accra)
III 1969 Sierra Leone Freetown
IV 1971 Nigeria Lagos
V 1973 Ghana Kumasi
VI 1975 Nigeria Ifẹ
VII 1977 Ivory Coast Yamoussoukro
VIII 1989 Burkina Faso Ouagadougou
IX 1995 Nigeria Benin City
X 1999 Benin Cotonou
XI 2003 Burkina Faso Ouagadougou
XII 2008 Ghana Accra 43
XIII 2012 Nigeria Ilorin 27 March – 7 April 13 5 1,443 56
XIV 2018 Nigeria Port Harcourt 31 October – 12 November XV 2023 Nigeria Ile-Ife 17 December - 21 December

Sports

References

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  5. ^ a b 13th West Africa University Games successfully hosted in Nigeria. FISU (2012-05-15). Retrieved 2021-01-21.
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