West African University Games 2026: Six schools without gold

UNIOSUN’s 16 medals top the list of gold-free countries as the provisional table for the 15th West African University Games (OUA 2026) shows 34 podium finishes for six institutions.

Six universities were still without a gold medal at the XV West African University Games (OUA 2026) when the last official table was published. Together they have won 34 medals, 9 silver and 25 bronze.

The table was updated at 03:49 WAT on October 11 and covers 155 of the 160 events. Only results confirmed by the Technical Committee are counted.

UNIOSUN leads the way

Osun State University (UNIOSUN) is the strongest of the six. He is in 18th place with 6 silver and 10 bronze, 16 medals in total. That equals the totals of the University of Ilorin, in eighth place, and the University of Cape Coast, in ninth place, and that’s more than nine schools ranked above that have won. Those nine include Delta State University, Abraka (11), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (12), Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (14) and the University of Abuja (13). According to the table rule, ranked by gold first, silver second and bronze third, the depth of UNIOSUN podiums cannot surpass schools with even a single gold.

Ilesa, Lead City and Plateau State on the board

The University of Ilesa (UNILESA) is ranked 19th with 1 silver and 6 bronze, 7 medals in total.

Lead City University (LCU) and Plateau State University (PLASU) share 20th place. Each has 1 silver and 1 bronze. The tie rule in the table means that no school is ranked 21st.

Bronze only for FUATO and FUTA

The Federal University of Agriculture and Technology, Okeho (FUATO) is ranked 22nd with four bronze medals. The Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) is in 23rd place with three.

By the numbers

The six schools account for about 7 percent of the 475 medals awarded so far. They own 9 of the 151 silvers (6 percent) and 25 of the 169 bronzes (15 percent).

The classification remains provisional

Five events are out of the table, so these positions could change. The table does not break down medals by sport, so the events behind each school’s results are not yet public.

Complete medal table

XV West African University Games (OUA 2026): Official medal list
Last updated on October 11, 2026 at 03:49 WAT. 155 of 160 events included.

Range	University	Code	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1st	Obafemi Awolowo University	OAU	32	50	39	121
2nd	University of Ghana	UG-GH	26	21	12	59
3rd	Benson Idahosa University	BIU-NG	21	10	7	38
4th	University of Ibadan	user interface	17	12	13	42
5th	Lagos State University	LASU	10	4	3	17
6th	Afe Babalola University	ABUAD	9	14	19	42
7th	Delta State University, Abraka	DELSU	7	2	2	11
eighth	University of Ilorin	UIL	6	4	6	16
ninth	Cape Coast University	UCC-GH	6	1	9	16
10th	Nile University of Nigeria	NILE	6	1	2	9
11	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology	KNUST	5	4	3	12
12	Ladoke Akintola University of Technology	LAUTECH	3	5	6	14
13	Rev. Fr. Moisés Orshio Adasu University, Makurdi	MOAUM	2	3	5	10
14	University of Development Studies	UDS-GH	2	2	2	6
15	University of Abuja	UNIABUJA	1	6	6	13
16	University of Energy and Natural Resources	UENR	1	2	6	9
17	Federal University Oye Ekiti	FUOYE	1	1	4	6
18	Osun State University	UNIOSUN	0	6	10	16
19	university of unharmed	UNILESA-NG	0	1	6	7
20	Leading city university	LCU	0	1	1	2
20	Plateau State University	PLASU	0	1	1	2
22	Federal University of Agriculture and Technology, Okeho	FUATO	0	0	4	4
23	Federal University of Technology, Akure	futa	0	0	3	3
	Medals awarded		155	151	169	475

Ranked by gold, then silver, then bronze. A tie shares a place and skips the next place. Only official results: medals confirmed by the Technical Committee. Source: Data from AlliSports.