Ghana at the 2023 African Games

Ghana at the
2023 African Games
Ghana at the; 2023 African Games
	Flag of Ghana
IOC code	GHA
NOC	Ghana Olympic Committee
in Accra, Ghana; 8 March 2024 – 23 March 2024
Medals; Ranked 6th	Gold 19 Silver 29 Bronze 21 Total 69
African Games appearances
	1965; 1973; 1978; 1987; 1991; 1995; 1999; 2003; 2007; 2011; 2015; 2019; 2023;

Ghana competed at the 2023 African Games held from 8 to 23 March 2024 in Accra, Ghana.^[1]

Medal table

Medal^[2]	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Winnifred Ntumi	Weightlifting	Women's 49 kg total	10 March
Gold	Godwin Sackey	Arm wrestling	Men's left arm 75 kg	15 March
Gold	Edward Asamoah	Arm wrestling	Men's left arm 90 kg	15 March
Gold	Blessed Abeka	Arm wrestling	Women's left arm 60 kg	15 March
Gold	Grace Minta	Arm wrestling	Women's left arm 80 kg	15 March
Gold	Edward Asamoah	Arm wrestling	Men's right arm 90 kg	16 March
Gold	Mabel Yeboah	Arm wrestling	Women's right arm 55 kg	16 March
Gold	Blessed Abeka	Arm wrestling	Women's right arm 60 kg	16 March
Gold	Grace Minta	Arm wrestling	Women's right arm 80 kg	16 March
Gold	Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah	Athletics	Women's high jump	19 March
Gold	Ghana	Football	Women's tournament	21 March
Gold	Joseph Amoah	Athletics	Men's 200 metres	22 March
Gold	Cadman Evans Yamoah	Athletics	Men's high jump	22 March
Gold	Mohammed Aryeetey	Boxing	Men's −48 kg	22 March
Gold	Mohammed Amadu	Boxing	Men's −54 kg	22 March
Gold	Joseph Commey	Boxing	Men's −60 kg	22 March
Gold	Samuel Takyi	Boxing	Men's −63.5 kg	22 March
Gold	Ghana	Football	Men's tournament	22 March
Gold	Ghana	Field hockey	Women's tournament	22 March
Silver	Abeiku Jackson	Swimming	Men's 50 metre butterfly	10 March
Silver	Winnifred Ntumi	Weightlifting	Women's 49 kg snatch	10 March
Silver	Winnifred Ntumi	Weightlifting	Women's 49 kg clean & jerk	10 March
Silver	Daniel Acquah	Arm wrestling	Men's left arm 55 kg	15 March
Silver	Henry Otoo	Arm wrestling	Men's left arm 60 kg	15 March
Silver	Isaac Amugi	Arm wrestling	Men's left arm 65 kg	15 March
Silver	Derrick Adu Kwakye	Arm wrestling	Men's left arm 100 kg	15 March
Silver	Racheal Lankai	Arm wrestling	Women's left arm 55 kg	15 March
Silver	Phildaus Bukari	Arm wrestling	Women's left arm 60 kg	15 March
Silver	Roselyn Lartey	Arm wrestling	Women's left arm 65 kg	15 March
Silver	Rashida Abass	Arm wrestling	Women's left arm 70 kg	15 March
Silver	Mariam Amuda	Arm wrestling	Women's left arm 80 kg	15 March
Silver	Mariam Kadri	Arm wrestling	Women's left arm +80 kg	15 March
Silver	Daniel Acquah	Arm wrestling	Men's right arm 55 kg	16 March
Silver	Henry Otoo	Arm wrestling	Men's right arm 60 kg	16 March
Silver	Isaac Amugi	Arm wrestling	Men's right arm 65 kg	16 March
Silver	Wisdom Abromekyi	Arm wrestling	Men's right arm 75 kg	16 March
Silver	Issah Kunya	Arm wrestling	Men's right arm 90 kg	16 March
Silver	Derrick Adu Kwakye	Arm wrestling	Men's right arm 100 kg	16 March
Silver	Racheal Lankai	Arm wrestling	Women's right arm 55 kg	16 March
Silver	Eugenia Ntow	Arm wrestling	Women's right arm 60 kg	16 March
Silver	Mary Quaye	Arm wrestling	Women's right arm 65 kg	16 March
Silver	Joseph Amoah Edwin Gadayi Solomon Kweku Benjamin Azamati	Athletics	Men's 4 × 100 metres relay	20 March
Silver	William Amponsah	Athletics	Men's half marathon	22 March
Silver	Fredrick Asante Francis Dake Henry Kpogo Stephen Semey	3x3 basketball	Men's U23	22 March
Silver	Abubakar Kamoko	Boxing	Men's −86 kg	22 March
Silver	Ghana	Field hockey	Men's tournament	22 March
Silver	Kelvin Amuzu	Taekwondo	Men's over 17	22 March
Silver	Erica Tuagbor	Taekwondo	Women's over 17	22 March
Bronze	Abeiku Jackson	Swimming	Men's 100 metre butterfly	12 March
Bronze	Sanaa Abdul-Somed	Arm wrestling	Men's left arm 55 kg	15 March
Bronze	Abdul Issahak	Arm wrestling	Men's left arm 60 kg	15 March
Bronze	Wisdom Abromekyi	Arm wrestling	Men's left arm 75 kg	15 March
Bronze	Issah Kunya	Arm wrestling	Men's left arm 90 kg	15 March
Bronze	Mabel Yeboah	Arm wrestling	Women's left arm 55 kg	15 March
Bronze	Eugenia Ntow	Arm wrestling	Women's left arm 60 kg	15 March
Bronze	Mary Quaye	Arm wrestling	Women's left arm 65 kg	15 March
Bronze	Sanaa Abdul-Somed	Arm wrestling	Men's right arm 55 kg	16 March
Bronze	Sumaila Ujeeb	Arm wrestling	Men's right arm 60 kg	16 March
Bronze	Godwin Sackey	Arm wrestling	Men's right arm 75 kg	16 March
Bronze	Phildaus Bukari	Arm wrestling	Women's right arm 60 kg	16 March
Bronze	Naa Korkor Ackah	Arm wrestling	Women's right arm 65 kg	16 March
Bronze	Perpetual Nunoo	Arm wrestling	Women's right arm 80 kg	16 March
Bronze	Mariam Kadri	Arm wrestling	Women's right arm +80 kg	16 March
Bronze	Halutie Hor Mary Boakye Janet Mensah Doris Mensah Benedicta Kwartemaa	Athletics	Women's 4 × 100 metres relay	20 March
Bronze	Amoako Hannah	3x3 basketball (Shoot Out Contest)	Women's U23	22 March
Bronze	Theophilus Allotey	Boxing	Men's −51 kg	22 March
Bronze	Janet Acqua	Boxing	Women's −48 kg	22 March
Bronze	Gerald Sarfo	Taekwondo	Men's under 40	22 March
Bronze	Ghana	Volleyball	Men's tournament	23 March

Cricket

Men's

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Uganda	3	3	0	6	3.283	Advanced to the knockout stage
2	Kenya	3	2	1	4	1.049	Advanced to the knockout stage
3	University Sports South Africa	3	1	2	2	1.000
4	Ghana	3	0	3	0	−5.888

Source: ESPNcricinfo^[3]

17 March 2024
13:50
Scorecard

University Sports South Africa 237/2 (20 overs)	v	Ghana 103/7 (20 overs)
George Van Heerden 107* (57) Godfred Bakiweyem 1/46 (4 overs)		James Vifah 41 (25) Jesse Prodehl 2/10 (4 overs)

University Sport South Africa won by 134 runs
Achimota Oval A, Accra
Umpires: Adil Kassam (Tan) and Patric Makumbi (Uga)
Player of the match: George Van Heerden (University Sports South Africa)

University Sports South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

18 March 2024
13:50
Scorecard

Uganda 194/5 (20 overs)	v	Ghana 73 (16 overs)
Simon Ssesazi 90 (50) Obed Harvey 5/36 (4 overs)		Richmond Baaleri 27 (35) Juma Miyagi 3/10 (3 overs)

Uganda won by 121 runs
Achimota Oval B, Accra
Umpires: Sarah Dambanevana (Zim) and Isaac Oyieko (Ken)
Player of the match: Simon Ssesazi (Uga)

Uganda won the toss and elected to bat.
Lee Nyarko (Gha) made his T20I debut.
Obed Harvey (Gha) took his first five-wicket haul in T20Is.^[4]

20 March 2024
09:30
Scorecard

Ghana 111 (18.3 overs)	v	Kenya 115/3 (11.1 overs)
Obed Harvey 33 (33) Rakep Patel 3/12 (4 overs)		Collins Obuya 68 (30) Richmond Baaleri 3/55 (4 overs)

Kenya won by 7 wickets
Achimota Oval B, Accra
Umpires: Habib Enesi (Nga) and Adil Kassam (Tan)
Player of the match: Collins Obuya (Ken)

Ghana won the toss and elected to bat.
Aarnav Patel (Ken) made his T20I debut.

Field Hockey

Summary

Key:

FT – After full-time.
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage				Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Rank
Ghana men's	Men's tournament	Nigeria W 1–0	Kenya W 3–0	Egypt L 0–1	2	Egypt L 2–2 (3–1 s.o.)	2
Ghana women's	Women's tournament	Kenya W 4–1	Nigeria W 1–0	Bye	1	Nigeria W 0–0 (4–3 s.o.)	1

Men's

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	3	3	0	9	6	+3	9	Final
2	Ghana (H)	3	2	1	4	2	+2	6	Final
3	Nigeria	3	1	2	6	7	−1	3	Third place match
4	Kenya	3	0	3	4	8	−4	0	Third place match

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
(H) Hosts

18 March 2024
10:00

Egypt	5–4	Nigeria
El-Ganaini 17', 36' Ragab 29' Sayed 32' Mamdouh 51'	Report	Samaila 21', 30' Victor 32', 49'

Umpires:
Deepak Joshi (IND)
Nortey Ebenezer (GHA)

18 March 2024
16:00

Kenya	1–3	Ghana
Wiswa 59'	Report	Fialor 38' Addison 43' Ntiamoah 45'

Umpires:
Mohamed Hassan (EGY)
Simon Awasa (NGR)

20 March 2024
16:00

Ghana	0–1	Egypt
	Report	El-Ganaini 41'

Umpires:
Simon Awasa (NGR)
Deepak Joshi (IND)

Women's

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ghana (H)	2	2	0	5	1	+4	6	Final
2	Nigeria	2	1	1	1	1	0	3	Final
3	Kenya	2	0	2	1	5	−4	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
(H) Hosts

17 March 2024
10:00

Kenya	1–4	Ghana
Onyango 56'	Report	Opoku 9', 33' Berko 19' Narkuor 27'

Umpires:
Kamile Mockaitytė (LTU)
Charity Onosimuan (NGR)

18 March 2024
14:00

Nigeria	0–1	Ghana
	Report	Berko 19'

Umpires:
Kamile Mockaitytė (LTU)
Haroon Rashid (PAK)

Final

22 March 2024
13:30

Ghana	0–0	Nigeria
	Report
Penalties
Opoku Umaru Amoako Bamfo Owusuwaa Umaru Opoku Amoako	4–3	Johnson Jerry Christopher Saturday Billo Christopher Johnson Jerry

Umpires:
Kamile Mockaitytė (LTU)
Haroon Rashid (PAK)

References

^ "Winnifred Ntumi ends Ghana's medal drought with gold". Ghana News Agency. 2024-03-10. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
^ "African Games Medal Count". results.accra2023ag.com. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
^ "African Games 2024". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
^ "Statistics / Statsguru / Twenty20 Internationals / Bowling records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2024.

External links

African Games Ghana

[1] "Winnifred Ntumi ends Ghana's medal drought with gold". Ghana News Agency. 2024-03-10. Retrieved 2024-03-13.

[2] "African Games Medal Count". results.accra2023ag.com. Retrieved 2024-04-19.

[mAFG-3] "African Games 2024". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2024.

[five-4] "Statistics / Statsguru / Twenty20 Internationals / Bowling records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2024.

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