The XX National Sports Week (, abbreviated as PON XX), also called PON XX Papua or PON Papua 2021, was the twentieth edition of the Indonesian

National Sports Week The National Sports Week (, abbreviated as PON) is a multi-sport event held every four years in Indonesia. The participants of this event are the athletes from all provinces of Indonesia. It is organized by the National Sports Committee of Indones ...

, hosted by Papua. The event took place from 2 October to 15 October 2021.

Lukas Enembe Stadium The Lukas Enembe Stadium, formerly known as Papua Bangkit Stadium (''Rising Papua Stadium''), is a multi-purpose stadium located within the Lukas Enembe Sports Complex in Nolokla, Jayapura Regency, Papua, Indonesia. Located between the Cyclops ...

was the main venue for this edition, both the opening and closing ceremonies. This event was originally held in 2020, but was postponed to 2021 due to

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. This edition was the first PON held in the province, as well as in the

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region and

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areas.

Bids

Papua successfully defeated

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and

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to host PON XX / 2020. Gaining the most votes in the voting for the prospective host of the

(PON) XX in 2020 by winning 66 votes at the Annual Member Meeting of the

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(KONI).

Venues

The PON XX venues spread in one city and three regencies on Papua Provinces:

Jayapura City Jayapura (formerly Hollandia (1910-1962), Kota Baru (1962-1963), Soekarnopura (1963-1968)) is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of Papua. It is situated on the northern coast of New Guinea island and covers an area of . T ...

Jayapura Regency Jayapura Regency is one of the regencies (''kabupaten'') in Papua Province of Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Paci ...

Merauke Regency Merauke Regency is a Regencies of Indonesia, regency in the far south of the Indonesian province of South Papua. It covers an area of 45,013.35 km2, and had a population of 195,716 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 2 ...

, and

Mimika Regency Mimika Regency is one of the regencies (''kabupaten'') in the Indonesian province of Central Papua. It covers an area of 21,693.51 km2, and had a population of 182,001 at the 2010 Census,Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. which grew to 311 ...

Games

Sports

The 2020 edition featured more sports than the previous edition. Based on KONI Decree No. 100 of 2019, a total of 56 sports were competed in the games. Previously, the central KONI determined a number of 47 sports to be competed, but returned later to 56 according to the hosts ability. Ten sports that were removed were cycling, bridge, dance, gateball, golf, petanque, water skiing, soft tennis, table tennis and woodball. Meanwhile, electronic sports are also competed as an exhibition sport. * Aerosport ** ** ** ** ** * Aquatics ** ** ** ** ** * * * * Baseball/Softball ** ** * Basketball ** ** * Bodybuilding, Powerlifting, Weightlifting ** ** ** * * * * * * * Football ** ** * ** Artistic gymnastics ** Rhythmic gymnastics ** Aerobic gymnastics * ** Field hockey (2) ** Indoor hockey (2) * * * Human-powered boat racing ** ** ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** Pool ** Sea * ** Indoor volleyball (2) ** Beach volleyball (2) * ** Freestyle (17) ** Greco-Roman (9) *

Participating Provincial Sports Committees

Medal table

A total of 2212 medals—688 gold, 675 silver, and 849 bronze—were awarded to athletes.

References

External links

* {{Pekan Olahraga Nasional Pekan Olahraga Nasional

Pekan Olahraga Nasional The National Sports Week (, abbreviated as PON) is a multi-sport event held every four years in Indonesia. The participants of this event are the athletes from all provinces of Indonesia. It is organized by the National Sports Committee of Indone ...

2021 in Indonesian sport

September 2021 sports events in Indonesia