The Philippine Youth Games – Batang Pinoy or simply Batang Pinoy () is the national

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sports competition of the

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for athletes under 18 years old. Unlike the Palarong Pambansa a competition for student athletes, the Batang Pinoy also includes the out-of-school youth.

History

The Batang Pinoy was established through the Executive Order No. 44 which was signed by then President

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on December 2, 1998. The first edition was held in

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in 1999. From then, the games were held annually with Santa Cruz, Laguna (2000),

(2001)

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(2002) hosting the next three editions. The 2002 and prior editions, were for athletes of 12 years and below. In 2003, the Philippine Sports Commission decided to put the competition, along with its other national competitions, on hold so the sports body could reallocate funds to the national teams' stint at the

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. The Batang Pinoy was held again in 2011, and is held annually since then. In 2017, the prospects of ending the organization of Batang Pinoy was raised due to it being redundant to the Palarong Pambansa, another national games but for student-athletes below 18 years of age. In 2020, Batang Pinoy was cancelled due to the

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. Last held in 2019 in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, the Batang Pinoy would be not held until 2022 in Vigan,

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Editions

Host of the Batang Pinoy National Championships. (*) Hosting of the originally 2013 edition postponed to early 2014. A second Batang Pinoy was hosted in the same year.

References

External links

* {{International multi-sport events Batang Pinoy Recurring sporting events established in 1998 Multi-sport events in the Philippines 1998 establishments in the Philippines Youth multi-sport events Youth sport in the Philippines

History

Editions

See also

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