2024 Palarong Pambansa

64th Palarong Pambansa

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Host city	Cebu City, Cebu
Country	Philippines
Motto	"Beyond Sports"
Teams	19 (17 regional athletic associations and two other delegations)
Athletes	13,000
Opening	July 9, 2024 (2024-07-09)
Closing	July 16, 2024 (2024-07-16)
Opened by	Philippine President Bongbong Marcos [1]
Closed by	Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte [2]
Athlete's Oath	Mitchloni Dinaunao
Judge's Oath	Jeanette Obiena
Ceremony venue	Cebu City Sports Center
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The 2024 Palarong Pambansa , officially known as the 64th Palarong Pambansa, was a multi-sport event held in Cebu City, Cebu, from July 9 to July 16, 2024. Student-athletes from 19 athletic associations consisting the 17 regions of the Philippines, the National Academy of Sports, and the Philippine Schools Overseas competed in different sporting events and disciplines.

Hosting

Cebu City was given the rights to host the games on February 2, 2024. ^[3]

The Games

Participating teams

The 2024 edition of the games, saw the debut of two new teams. These debutants are not region-based; they are members of the National Academy of Sports and Philippine Schools Overseas. ^[4] Despite the formation of the Negros Island Region in 2024, there is no delegation which officially represented the newly reestablished region. ^[5]

NCRAA delegation during the opening of the games

  Host Region

Regions
Code	Official name	Region colors
BARMAA	Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
CARAA	Cordillera Administrative Region
NCRAA	National Capital Region
I-R1AA	Region I / Ilocos Region
II-CAVRAA	Region II / Cagayan Valley
III-CLRAA	Region III / Central Luzon
IV-A STCAA	Region IV-A / Southern Tagalog - Calabarzon
IV-B MRAA	Region IV-B / Southern Tagalog - Mimaropa
V-BRAA	Region V / Bicol Region
VI-WVRAA	Region VI / Western Visayas
VII-CVIRAA	Region VII / Central Visayas
VIII-EVRAA	Region VIII / Eastern Visayas
IX-ZPRAA	Region IX / Zamboanga Peninsula
X-NMRAA	Region X / Northern Mindanao
XI-DAVRAA	Region XI / Davao Region
XII-SRAA	Region XII / Soccsksargen
CARAGA	Region XIII / Caraga
Other teams
Code	Official name	Colors
NAS	National Academy of Sports
PSO	Philippine Schools Overseas

Venues

Cebu City Sports Center, the opening and closing ceremony venue

The following were the venues for the 2024 Palarong Pambansa. ^[6]

City	Venue	Event
Cebu City	Asmara Tennis Club	Tennis
	Alta Vista Tennis Club – Pardo	Tennis
	Cebu City Sports Center	Athletics, Football
	Cebu Coliseum	Boxing
	Cebu Eastern College Gym	3x3 basketball
	Cebu Institute of Technology-University	Gymnastics (artistic)
	Cebu Technological University	Table tennis
	City Di Mare	Baseball
	Citigreen Tennis Resort	Tennis
	Don Bosco Technical College–Cebu	Football
	Gaisano Mall of Cebu	Dancesport
	IL Corso Filinvest Malls	Billiards
	MetroSports Center	Badminton
	SM Seaside City	Taekwondo, Wrestling, Softball (Lot 11)
	South Road Properties Grounds	Archery
	University of the Philippines Cebu – Lahug Campus	Chess
	University of Cebu - Maritime Education and Training Center	Pencak silat, wushu
	University of San Carlos – Main Campus	Basketball
	University of San Carlos – North Campus	Basketball
	University of San Carlos – Talamban Campus	Football
	University of San Jose–Recoletos – Basak Campus	Volleyball
	University of Southern Philippines Foundation	Gymnastics (rhythmic)
	University of the Visayas – Main	Gymnastics (aerobic)
	Villa Aurora Tennis Club	Tennis
Lapu-Lapu City	Hoops Dome	Basketball
Mandaue	Mandaue Sports Complex	Arnis
	Sacred Heart School - Ateneo de Cebu	Football, Futsal, Sepak takraw
Talisay	Dynamic Herb Sports Complex	Football

Medal tally

Regular games

Rank	Region	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	National Capital Region (NCRAA)	98	66	74	238
2	Calabarzon (IV-A STCAA)	57	51	53	161
3	Western Visayas (VI-WVRAA)	56	41	41	138
4	Davao Region (XI-DavRAA)	32	25	35	92
5	Central Visayas (VII-CVIRAA)*	29	42	39	110
6	Central Luzon (III-CLRAA)	25	37	45	107
7	Eastern Visayas (VIII-EVRAA)	18	14	22	54
8	Soccsksargen (XII-SRAA)	17	23	31	71
9	Northern Mindanao (X-NMRAA)	14	27	43	84
10	Bicol Region (V-BRAA)	14	15	20	49
11	Caraga (CARAGA)	12	7	16	35
	Zamboanga Peninsula (IX-ZPRAA)	12	7	16	35
13	Cordillera Administrative Region (CARAA)	11	8	18	37
14	Cagayan Valley (II-CAVRAA)	7	15	22	44
15	Ilocos Region (I-R1AA)	5	14	10	29
16	Mimaropa (IV-B MRAA)	2	6	9	17
17	Bangsamoro (BARMAA)	2	1	4	7
18	National Academy of Sports (NAS)	1	5	2	8
19	Philippine Schools Overseas (PSO)	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 entries)		412	404	501	1,317

Source: 2024 Palarong Pambansa Medal Tally (Rappler)

Controversy

During the games, the track oval of the Cebu City Sports Complex was not satisfied by officials due to its fell short of 400-meter World Athletics standard distance, therefore some of the athletic track records were nullified. ^[7]

References

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2. Palaubsanon, Mitchelle; De Dios, Kristin. "Vice President Sara graces Palaro closing ceremony". The Freeman. Archived from the original on August 15, 2024. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
3. Balancio, Joyce (February 2, 2024). "Cebu City to host the 2024 Palarong Pambansa". ABS-CBN Sports. Archived from the original on May 21, 2025. Retrieved May 21, 2025.
4. "Palarong Pambansa 2024 will be a Palaro of many firsts". Cebu Daily News. Philippine Daily Inquirer. June 29, 2024. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
5. "In Charts: Which region has dominated Palarong Pambansa through the years?". Rappler. May 22, 2025. Retrieved June 1, 2025.
6. "List: Palarong Pambansa 2024 venues in Cebu". Cebu Daily News. Philippine Daily Inquirer. June 10, 2024. Archived from the original on October 1, 2024. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
7. Escudero, Christa (July 17, 2024). "Track troubles: Why 11 Palaro athletics records got nullified". RAPPLER. Retrieved June 2, 2025.