West African Games

The West African Games (French: Jeux d'Afrique de l'Ouest) was an international multi-sport event between the nations of West Africa, which was held in Lagos, Nigeria in 1977. Opened on 27 August by Nigeria's head of state, Olusegun Obasanjo, ten countries took part in the eight-day competition.^[1] A total of eleven sports were contested.^[2]

The competition was also called the ECOWAS Games on account of all participating nations being from the Economic Community of West African States, founded in Lagos two years earlier. It was organised by the ECOWAS Games Council headed by Dan Isokrari. During the games, a second edition to be held in 1979 in Cotonou, Benin was announced,^[3] though this did not come to pass.^[4]

Some sources referred to this competition as the second West African Games, in light of a previous event organised in 1960.^[4]^[5]

Sports

Athletics (details)
Basketball (details)
Football (details)
Karate (details)
Volleyball (details)

Participating nations

Benin
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Côte d'Ivoire
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo

References

^ Nigeria: First Ever West African Games Open In Lagos 1977. British Pathe. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
^ Jeux régionaux et sous-régionaux (in French). Comite International Olympique (2012-11-29). Retrieved 2019-09-12.
^ Addo-Twum, J.K. (1977). Daily Graphic: Issue 8354 August 29, 1977. Graphic Communications Group Limited. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
^ ^a ^b West African Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
^ Karate, 2nd West African Games, Lagos, Nigeria serie, circa 1977.. DreamsTime. Retrieved 2019-09-12.

Multi-sport events

Global
Olympics	Olympic Games Summer Winter Youth Olympic Games
Parasports	Paralympic Games Summer Winter Deaflympics Summer Winter Défi sportif IBSA World Games INAS Global Games Invictus Games World Dwarf Games Special Olympics Summer Winter World Abilitysport Games
Professions	International Army Games Lumberjack World Championship World Air Games Military World Games World Police and Fire Games World Firefighters Games
Youth and students	FISU World University Games (Universiade) World School Sport Games (Gymnasiade) International Children's Games SELL Student Games World Interuniversity Games World School Sport Games Commonwealth Youth Games CPLP Games University International Sports Festival
Other types	Arafura Games CSIT World Sports Games Dew Tour Mind Sports Olympiad World Mind Sports Games World Mind Games World Beach Games World Combat Games World Games World Masters Games World Nomad Games World Skate Games World Urban Games X Games
Intercommunity	Arab Games Commonwealth Games Croatian World Games Gay Games Highland games Islamic Solidarity Games Jeux de la Francophonie Lusofonia Games Maccabiah Games Pan-Armenian Games World Transplant Games World Eskimo Indian Olympics World Indigenous Games World Outgames World Polonia Games

Regional
Africa	African Games African Para Games African Youth Games All-Africa University Games West African University Games
Americas	Pan American Pan American Games Parapan American Games Junior Pan American Games Americas Masters Games Central American and the Caribbean Central American and Caribbean Games Central American Games Latin American ALBA Games Bolivarian Games North American CANUSA Games North American Indigenous Games North American Outgames South American South American Games South American Beach Games South American Para Games South American University Games South American Youth Games Caribbean Caribbean Games
Asia	Pan Asian Asian Games Summer Winter Asian Para Games Asian Beach Games Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Asian Youth Games Southeast Asian SEA Games ASEAN School Games ASEAN University Games ASEAN Para Games Central Asian Games East Asian Youth Games South Asian Games West Asian Games¹
Europe	Black Sea Games¹ European Games European Masters Games European Championships European Para Championships European Para Youth Games European Youth Olympic Festival EuroGames European Universities Championships European Universities Games Games of the Small States of Europe International Erasmus Games
Oceania	Australian Youth Olympic Festival Micronesian Games Pacific Games Pacific Mini Games Arafura Games Pan Pacific Masters Games
Intercontinental	Arab Games Arctic Winter Games Asia Pacific Deaf Games Asia Pacific Masters Games Isles Indian Ocean Island Games Island Games Jeux des îles Mediterranean Games

National

Africa

South African Games¹

Americas

Canada British Columbia Ontario Quebec Saskatchewan Western Colombia United States amateur juniors seniors Warrior Games
NCSG, United States³	Alabama California Florida Massachusetts Missouri Montana Nebraska New York North Carolina North Dakota¹ Lakota Nation Texas Wisconsin

Asia

Bangladesh
China
- All-China Games
- National Games
- National Peasants' Games
- National Youth Games
- National Ethnic Games
India
- Youth
- University
Indonesia
Japan
Malaysia
Mongolia
Pakistan
Philippines
Singapore
South Korea
- Summer
- Winter
Thailand
- Youth
Vietnam
Taiwan
- National
- Amateur
- Youth
- University

Europe

Netherlands¹
Poland (youth)
Spartakiad of Albania¹
Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR¹
- youth¹
WheelPower

Historical¹
Pre-Modern Olympics (in order, from 1900 BC to 1859 AD)	Tailteann Games (ancient) Panhellenic Games Ancient Olympic Games Pythian Games Nemean Games Isthmian Games Heraean Games Panathenaic Games Roman Games Cotswold Olimpick Games Gog Magog Games Wenlock Olympian Society Annual Games Zappas Olympics
Alternatives to the Modern Olympics	Aryan Games Friendship Games GANEFO Goodwill Games Inter-Allied Games Islamic Games Liberty Bell Classic People's Olympiad Workers' Olympiads Spartakiad
Defunct regional or community events	Afro-Asian Games Asian Indoor Games Asian Martial Arts Games Baltic Sea Games Black Sea Games Central African Games East Asian Games Far Eastern Championship Games FESPIC Games Games of the New Emerging Forces Pacific Ocean Games Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR Tailteann Games (modern) West African Games Women's Islamic Games World Youth Games IWAS World Games Cerebral Palsy Games

Winter games
International	Olympics Paralympics Winter University Games FIS Games Nordic Games¹ Commonwealth¹ World Scout Arctic Winter Games Kennedy Memorial¹ New Zealand Winter Games Winter World Masters Games
Regional	National Winter Games of China Asian Winter Games European Youth Olympic Festival Winter X Games Europe Russian–Chinese Winter Youth Games