{"id":839673,"date":"2025-04-07T18:12:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T23:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/07\/senegal-beats-nigeria-to-win-ecowas-wrestling-championship\/"},"modified":"2025-04-07T18:12:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T23:12:32","slug":"senegal-beats-nigeria-to-win-ecowas-wrestling-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/07\/senegal-beats-nigeria-to-win-ecowas-wrestling-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Senegal beats Nigeria to win ECOWAS wrestling championship"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Senegal emerged victorious at the 13th Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) African Wrestling Tournament, defeating hosts Nigeria 4-1 in the team final in Abuja over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Despite the loss, Nigeria showed significant improvement, surpassing its third-place finish in 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The tournament, held from March 6 to 8 at the Velodrome, Moshood Abiola National Stadium, was part of ECOWAS\u2019 50th-anniversary celebrations.<\/p>\n

Eleven countries participated in the three-day event, competing for the prestigious title ultimately claimed by Senegal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Senegalese team dominated in the 66kg, 86kg, 100kg, and 120kg weight categories, while Nigeria secured its only victory in the 76kg division.<\/p>\n

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Although Senegal won the overall team title, Nigerian wrestlers excelled in individual competitions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ebipatei Lienbofa clinched gold in the 66kg category by defeating Senegal\u2019s Safietou Goudiaby, while Ebi Bigos triumphed over Ivorian Youin Amy in the 76kg final. <\/p>\n

Benin Republic secured third place with a commanding 5-0 victory over Guinea, demonstrating superior strength and determination across all weight classes.<\/p>\n

Director of the ECOWAS Youth and Sports Development Centre, Francis Chuks Njoaguani, praised the high level of competition and the tournament\u2019s role in fostering regional unity.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was a remarkable improvement for Nigeria. Moving from third to second in just one edition shows growth and determination. Senegal may have won but Nigeria proved they are a rising force in West African wrestling. Beyond the competition, the tournament served as a cultural and sporting milestone.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cSenegal proved they are the best in West African wrestling but this competition is bigger than winning. It\u2019s about celebrating our heritage and the strength of our region. This was a fitting way to mark ECOWAS at 50,\u201d Njoaguani stated.<\/p>\n

While Senegal received $10,000 for their efforts, runners-up Nigeria took home $6,000 while third-placed finishers Benin were awarded $3,000.<\/p>\n

In the individual events, gold medalists earned $2,000, silver medalists received $1,500 and bronze medalists got $1,000.\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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News Senegal emerged victorious at the 13th Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) African Wrestling Tournament, defeating hosts Nigeria 4-1 in the team final in Abuja over the weekend. Despite the loss, Nigeria showed significant improvement, surpassing its third-place finish in 2023.\u00a0 The tournament, held from March 6 to 8 at the Velodrome, Moshood<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":839674,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3994,24780],"tags":[6926,49842],"class_list":{"0":"post-839673","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-beats","8":"category-senegal","9":"tag-beats","10":"tag-senegal"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=839673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/839674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=839673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=839673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=839673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}