The 2017 Palarong Pambansa was the 60th edition of the

Palarong Pambansa The Palarong Pambansa ( Filipino for "National Games") is an annual multi-sport event involving student-athletes from 17 regions of the Philippines. The event, started in 1948, is organized and governed by the Department of Education. Student- ...

and was held from April 23 to 29, 2017 in Antique. Student athletes from 18 athletic associations representing the 18 regions of the Philippines competed in different sporting events and disciplines.

Bidding

Two provinces remained after

Negros Occidental Negros Occidental ( hil, Nakatungdang Negros; tl, Kanlurang Negros), officially the Province of Negros Occidental, is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Western Visayas Regions of the Philippines, region. ...

Cebu Cebu (; ceb, Sugbo), officially the Province of Cebu ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Sugbo; tl, Lalawigan ng Cebu; hil, Kapuroan sang Sugbo), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, and consists of a main island and 16 ...

and

Iloilo Iloilo (), officially the Province of Iloilo ( hil, Kapuoran sang Iloilo; krj, Kapuoran kang Iloilo; tl, Lalawigan ng Iloilo), is a province in the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. Its capital is the City of Iloilo, the ...

backed-out of the bid to host the annual multi-sports event in 2017 due to budget difficulties,

San Jose de Buenavista San Jose de Buenavista, officially the Municipality of San Jose de Buenavista, ( krj, Banwa kang San Jose de Buenavista; hil, Banwa sang San Jose de Buenavista; tl, Bayan ng San Jose de Buenavista), is a 1st class municipality and capital of th ...

, Antique and

Dumaguete City Dumaguete, officially the City of Dumaguete ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Dumaguete; fil, Lungsod ng Dumaguete), is a 3rd income class component city and the capital of the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a p ...

Negros Oriental Negros Oriental ( ceb, Sidlakang Negros; tl, Silangang Negros), officially the Province of Negros Oriental, is a province in the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region. Its capital is the city of Dumaguete. It occupies the southeaste ...

showed interest in hosting the event and officially submitted their respective bids to the Palarong Pambansa bids and selection committee. On November 18, 2016, the Palarong Pambansa Selection Committee voted to choose the official host of the next

, Antique won with 5 votes against 4 for

and was officially declared the host of Palarong Pambansa 2017.

Plan for the games

Antique's bid includes plans to renovate and upgrade the rubberized track oval and other facilities inside the

Binirayan Sports Complex The Binirayan Sports Complex is a sports facility complex located in San Jose de Buenavista, Antique, Philippines. Background The sports complex was carved out of La Granja Hill and was one of the projects of the local government under Antique go ...

, which will be the main venue of the games. Several indoor sporting events will be held at the

University of Antique The University of Antique (UA), formerly known as Polytechnic State College of Antique, is a state university in the Philippines. It is mandated to provide higher technological, professional and vocational instruction and training in science, ...

in the town of

Sibalom Sibalom, officially the Municipality of Sibalom, ( krj, Banwa kang Sibalom; hil, Banwa sang Sibalom; tl, Bayan ng Sibalom), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Antique, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population ...

, St. Anthony's College in San Jose de Buenavista, and other covered courts located within the 40-kilometer radius around the capital town. The province of Antique was awarded the rights to host the games by the DepEd Palarong Pambansa Selection Committee after it outbid

Dumaguete Dumaguete, officially the City of Dumaguete ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Dumaguete; fil, Lungsod ng Dumaguete), is a 3rd income class component city and the capital of the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a p ...

by a single vote. The Games was originally scheduled to be held from April 10 to 16, 2017 but was moved to April 23 to 29, 2017 due to the original schedule coinciding with

Holy Week Holy Week ( la, Hebdomada Sancta or , ; grc, Ἁγία καὶ Μεγάλη Ἑβδομάς, translit=Hagia kai Megale Hebdomas, lit=Holy and Great Week) is the most sacred week in the liturgical year in Christianity. In Eastern Churches, w ...

observances. This would be the first time for Antique to host the event.

Sports

Regular sports

Futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and indoor football. Futsal is played between two teams of five players each, one of whom is ...

is elevated from being a demonstration sport and will be played as a regular sports discipline for the first time.

Dancesport Dancesport is competitive ballroom dancing, as contrasted to social or exhibition dancing. In the case of Para dancesport, at least one of the dancers is in a wheelchair. Dancesport events are sanctioned and regulated by dancesport organizatio ...

, Pencak Silat, and Aerobic Gymnastics will be introduced as demonstration sports in the games.

Demonstration Sports

These are the seven demonstration sports for this year's Palarong Pambansa. Futsal was elevated as a regular sports discipline starting this edition of the games.

, Pencak Silat, and Aerobic Gymnastics will be introduced as demonstration sports in the games.

Special Para Games

These are the four sports with various events to be contested at this games: *

Swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

Bocce (, or , ), sometimes anglicized as bocce ball, bocci or boccie, is a ball sport belonging to the boules family. Developed into its present form in Italy, it is closely related to British bowls and French , with a common ancestry from ancie ...

Goalball Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. Participants compete in teams of three, and try to throw a ball that has bells embedded inside of it into the opponents' goal. The ball is thrown by hand a ...

Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competi ...

Participating regions

A total of 18 athletic associations coming from 18 regions of the country will be participating in the athletic meet.

Playing Venues

At least 31 different locations were selected as the playing venues for the 26 sports discipline of the games.:

Billeting Areas

Several public and private elementary, secondary and tertiary schools, colleges and university situated from the towns near the provincial capital

Bidding

Plan for the games

Sports

Regular sports

Demonstration Sports

Special Para Games

Participating regions

Playing Venues

Billeting Areas

Official Medal Tally

Regular Games

Demo Sports

Para Games

References