By: Felix Ikpotor
The 14th edition of the West African University Games , WAUG, has ended on Monday with the host, University of Port Harcourt emerging the overall winner.
The university won the 13-day competition with 75 gold, 36 silver and 24 bronze medals to top the medals table.
University of Lagos came second with 16 gold, 24 silver and 16 bronze medals, while University of Cape Coast, Ghana, won nine gold, three silver and four bronze medals to place third.
According to the final medals table at the games obtained at the end of the games showed that 36 universities, which participated at the just concluded collegiate sports fiesta collectively won 462 medals.
The medals table at the end of the games is as follows:
| Final Medal Table | |||||
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | ||
| 1st | University of Port Harcourt | 75 | 36 | 24 | 135 |
| 2nd | University of Lagos | 16 | 24 | 16 | 56 |
| 3rd | University of Cape Coast Ghana | 9 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 4th | Obafemi Awolowo University | 8 | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 5th | Bayero University Kano | 6 | 7 | 9 | 22 |
| 6th | University of Ghana (LEGON) | 5 | 12 | 21 | 38 |
| 7th | University of Development Studies Ghana | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| 8th | University of Ilorin | 5 | 2 | 10 | 17 |
| 9th | University of Benin | 3 | 12 | 9 | 24 |
| 10th | Nile University of Nigeria | 3 | 8 | 4 | 15 |
| 11th | Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 12th | Niger Delta University | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 13th | Kwara State University | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14th | University of Nigeria Nsukka | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| 15th | Federal University of Technology Akure | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 16th | Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 17th | University of Uyo | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 18th | University of Ibadan | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 |
| 19th | Kaduna State University of Science and Techno | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 20th | Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21st | Delta State University | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 22nd | Lagos State University | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 23rd | Olabisi Onabanjo University | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 24th | Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 25th | Benue State University | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 26th | University of Maiduguri | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 27th | Federal University of Technology Owerri | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 28th | Nasarawa State University, Keffi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 28th | Federal University of Petroleum Resources | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 30th | University of Calabar | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 31st | Imo State University | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 32nd | University of Abuja | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 33rd | Rivers State University | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33rd | University of Sierra Leone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33rd | Akwa Ibom State University | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33rd | Federal University of Technology Niger State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 148 | 147 | 167 | 462 |
