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 the different regions of the Philippines. The event which was known as the BPISAA Games from its inception in 1948 until 197 ...

and was held from April 23 to 29, 2017 in

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. Student athletes from 18 athletic associations representing the 18

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competed in different sporting events and disciplines.

Bidding

Two provinces remained after

Negros Occidental Negros Occidental (; ), officially the Province of Negros Occidental (; ), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Negros, Negros Island. Its capital is the city of Bacolod, of which it is geographically s ...

Cebu Cebu ( ; ), officially the Province of Cebu (; ), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, and consists of a main island and 167 surrounding islands and islets. The coastal zone of Cebu is identified as a ...

and

Iloilo Iloilo ( ; ), officially the Province of Iloilo (; ; ; ), is a province in the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. Its capital and largest city is Iloilo City, the regional center of Western Visayas and politically independen ...

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 (; ; ), is a municipality of the Philippines, municipality and capital of the Philippine Province, province of Antique (province), Antique, Philippines. According ...

and

Dumaguete Dumaguete, officially the City of Dumaguete (; ; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city and capital of the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it h ...

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 Dumaguete 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, San Jose de Buenavista, Antique (province), Antique, Philippines. Background The sports complex was carved out of La Granja Hill and was one of t ...

, 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 the 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, agricu ...

in the town of

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, 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

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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

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

Sports

Regular sports

Futsal Futsal is a variant of association football played between two teams of five players each on a court smaller than a football pitch. Its rules are based on the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game of association football, and i ...

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 organizat ...

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, and

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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.

, and

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: *

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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