West African University Games

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

The idea for the competition emerged from a conference of West African universities in 1964 in Ibadan.^[3]

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.^[4] 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.^[5]

Editions

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Games	Year	Host country	Host city	Dates
I	1965	Nigeria	Ibadan^[6]
II	1967	Ghana	Legon (Accra)^[6]
III	1969	Sierra Leone	Freetown^[6]
IV	1971	Nigeria	Lagos^[6]
V	1973	Ghana	Kumasi^[6]
VI	1975	Nigeria	Ifẹ^[6]
VII	1977	Ivory Coast	Yamoussoukro^[6]
VIII	1989	Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou^[6]
IX	1995	Nigeria	Benin City^[6]
X	1999	Benin	Cotonou^[6]
XI	2003	Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou^[3]
XII	2008	Ghana	Accra^[3]
XIII	2012	Nigeria	Ilorin^[5]	27 March – 7 April
XIV	2018	Nigeria	Port Harcourt^[4]	31 October – 12 November
XV	2023	Nigeria	Ife^[7]	16 December - 22 December

Sports

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Athletics (details)

References

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^ Akpodonor, Gowon (2018-10-10). We’ll rule athletics, swimming, Uniport boasts ahead 2018 WAUG Games. The Guardian Nigeria. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
^ West African University Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
^ ^a ^b ^c WAUG Ends In Accra. Modern Ghana (2008-04-01). Retrieved 2021-01-21.
^ ^a ^b West African University Games start off in Nigeria. FISU (2018-10-31). Retrieved 2021-01-21.
^ ^a ^b 13th West Africa University Games successfully hosted in Nigeria. FISU (2012-05-15). Retrieved 2021-01-21.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN 0-7864-1026-4.
^ Cite error: The named reference Ile-Ife was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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