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