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Palarong Pambansa
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MottoDiscipline, Teamwork, Excellence
First event1948 as the BPISAA Games in Manila, Philippines
Occur everyAnnually
Last event 2025 in Ilocos Norte
Next event 2026 in Agusan del Sur
PurposeNational multi-sporting event for Filipino student-athletes
Organized by Department of Education
Website palarongpambansa.deped.gov.ph

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 1973, is organized and governed by the Department of Education.

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Student-athletes from public and private schools at elementary and secondary levels can compete, provided they qualified by winning at their regional meet. For young Filipino student-athletes, Palarong Pambansa is the culmination of school sports competition, which start with local school intramurals, followed by the congressional district, provincial, and regional athletic meets.

The objectives of Palaro are:

The legal basis of the Palarong Pambansa is stipulated in the provision of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, Article XIV, Section 19.

Student-athletes at the 63rd Palarong Pambansa in 2023 Palarong Pambansa (Marikina; 2023-07-31) E911a 26.jpg
Student-athletes at the 63rd Palarong Pambansa in 2023

History

BPISAA Games (1948–1973)

The first edition of the games was held in Manila in 1948. Before it was called Palarong Pambansa, it was dubbed as Bureau of Public Schools-Interscholastic Athletics Association Games (BPISAA). It was hosted yearly only disrupted twice; in 1957 due to the death of President Ramon Magsaysay and in 1972 when President Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law. In 1973, the last BPISAA which was held in Vigan, Ilocos Sur. [1]

Palarong Pambansa (1974–present)

In 1974, the Bureau of Public Schools-Interscholastic Athletics Association Games was renamed Palarong Pambansa.

The 1980 Palarong Pambansa was not conducted was substituted with another tournament called Palarong Bagong Lipunan hosted by Marikina.

In 1984, the games scheduled to be hosted in Laoag. However it was cancelled due to the 1983 Luzon earthquake. Gintong Alay director Michael Keon organized the Palarong Pilipino in Manila in place of the cancelled games in the same year. The games was not be held until 1988, or two years after the People Power Revolution. The 1988 edition was known as the Palarong Paaralang Pambansa. [2] There were plans to organize the games biannually to save funds but this was aborted by the organization of the 1989 games. [3]

Misamis Oriental and Negros Occidental have hosted Palarong Pambansa four times each, more than any other provinces. Misamis Oriental hosted the Palarong Pambansa in 1975, 1977, 1978 and 1988. Negros Occidental hosted the games in 1974, 1979, 1998 and 2000. Lingayen, Pangasinan has hosted three times, in 1959, 1999 and 2012. [4]

Institutionalized Palarong Pambansa

Starting with the 2015 edition of the games, the Palarong Pambansa Board, which was created due to the Palarong Pambansa Law signed in May 2014, shall be mainly responsible for the preparation and conduct of the games. The board shall be the main policy-making and coordinating body of the annual tournament. [5] The point system which is used to rank teams as early as the 2005 edition [6] was scapped for the 2014 edition. From the 2014 edition, the General Olympic Medal System is used where the number of medals with priority to gold medals is devised to determine team rankings. [7]

The Palaro would be disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic which led to the cancellation of the 2020 edition and the games not being held at all in 2021 and 2022. The games has returned with the hosting of the 2023 edition in Marikina. [8]

Participating teams

The regions participating in the annual Palarong Pambansa has become bigger as some regions have split. For instance, Southern Tagalog Regional Athletics Association (STRAA) represented the 10 provinces of Southern Tagalog in the later Palarong Pambansa. But it was divided into two, which is now Region 4-A or the Calabarzon region and Region 4-B or the Mimaropa region. Both are taking part in Palarong Pambansa as different teams or regions.

Creation of administrative and autonomous regions such as Bangsamoro (competing since the 2019 edition [9] ) and Cordillera Administrative Region and splitting of big region into new regions like the Southern Mindanao, Central Visayas and Western Visayas causes more teams. All these reasons made the 18 regions participating in Palarong Pambansa.

The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao has competed in the Palarong Pambansa from 1994 until 2018. It was succeeded by Bangsamoro. [10] The Negros Island Region (NIR) has also competed during its first iteration from in 2016 and the 2017 editions. [11] [12] [13]

A color coding system was introduced to uniquely identify each region based on their designated colors. Here are the participating regions with their assigned colors.

Current teams
CodeNameColors
BARMMAA Bangsamoro BARMM  
CARAA Cordillera Administrative Region CAR  
NCRAA National Capital Region NCR  
R1AA Ilocos Region R-1  
CAVRAA Cagayan Valley R-2  
CLRAA Central Luzon R-3  
STCAA Southern TagalogCalabarzon R-4A  
MRAA Southern TagalogMimaropa R-4B  
BRAA Bicol Region R-5  
WVRAA Western Visayas R-6  
CVRAA Central Visayas R-7  
EVRAA Eastern Visayas R-8  
ZPRAA Zamboanga Peninsula R-9  
NMRAA Northern Mindanao R-10  
DAVRAA Davao Region R-11  
SRAA Soccsksargen R-12  
CARAGA Caraga Region R-13  
NAS National Academy of Sports   
PSO Philippine Schools Overseas   
Historical teams
CodeNameColorsActive
ARMMAA Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao ARMM  1994–2018
NIRAA Negros Island Region 1NIR  2016-2017

Note:

Sports

A total of 34 sports disciplines, including the para-games, demonstrations, and exhibition sports. [14]

It also features the Indigenous Filipino (Traditional) Games, also known as "Laro ng Lahi", the DepEd will conduct Kadang-kadang , Tumbang Preso , and Patintero on July 28, as of 2023. [15]

Demonstration Sports

Exhibition Sports

Parasports

Regular Sports

Editions

Host cities of Palarong Pambansa in Metro Manila.
Host cities of Palarong Pambansa in Palawan.

BPISAA Games (1948–1973)

EditionYearHostNotes
1st1948 Manila, NCR
2nd1949 Tuguegarao, Cagayan, R-2
3rd1950 Davao City, R-11
4th1951 Cavite City, R-4A
5th1952 Legazpi, Albay, R-5
6th1953 Vigan, Ilocos Sur, R-1
7th1954 Cebu City, R-7
8th1955 Iloilo City, R-6
9th1956 Batangas City, R-4A
1957Cancelled due to President Ramon Magsaysay's death (1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash) [16]
10th1958 Tagbilaran, R-7
11th1959 Lingayen, Pangasinan, R-1
12th1960 Manila, NCR
13th1961 Cavite City, R-4A
14th1962 Ozamiz, R-10
15th1963 Roxas, R-6
16th1964 Pasig, NCR
17th1965 Tacloban, R-8
18th1966 Quezon City, NCR
19th1967 Laoag, R-1
20th1968 Zamboanga City, R-9
21st1969 Pili, Camarines Sur, R-5
22nd1970 Surigao City, R-13
23rd1971 Bacolod, R-6
1972Cancelled due to declaration of martial law [16]
24th1973 Vigan, Ilocos Sur, R-1 [16]
Source: Department of Education [1]

Palarong Pambansa (1974–present)

Editions from 1974–2003

EditionYearHostNotes
25th1974 Bacolod, R-6
26th1975 Cagayan de Oro, R-10
27th1976 Lucena, R-4A
28th1977 Cagayan de Oro, R-10
29th1978 Cagayan de Oro, R-10
30th1979 Bacolod, R-6
1980Cancelled but substituted by Palarong Bagong Lipunan [16] hosted by Marikina, National Capital Region
31st1981 Tuguegarao, Cagayan, R-2
32nd1982 Dipolog, R-9
33rd1983 Tacloban, R-8
1984 Laoag, R-1 Cancelled due to 1983 Luzon earthquake but was substituted by the Palarong Pilipino games in Manila [2]
1985–87Not held, cancelled in 1986 due to the People Power Revolution
34th1988 Cagayan de Oro, R-10 Known as the Palarong Paaralang Pambansa. [2]
35th1989 Lucena, R-4A
36th1990 San Fernando, Pampanga, R-3
37th1991 Iloilo City, R-6
38th1992 Zamboanga City, R-9
39th1993 Ilagan, Isabela, R-2
40th1994 Cebu City, R-7
41st1995 Lingayen, Pangasinan, R-1
42nd1996 Koronadal, South Cotabato, R-12
General Santos, R-12
Province of Sarangani, R-12
43rd1997 [17] Legazpi, Albay, R-5
44th1998 [17] Bacolod, R-6
1999 Tubod, Lanao del Norte, R-10 Cancelled due to security isuues [17]
45th2000 [17] Bacolod, R-6
2001 Tubod, Lanao del Norte, R-10 Cancelled due to lack of fund and security isuues [17] [18]
46th2002 [19] Naga, Camarines Sur, R-5
47th2003 Tubod, Lanao del Norte, R-10
2004Cancelled due to 2004 National Elections
Source: Department of Education [1]

Palaro under the Point System (2005–2013)

From as early as the 2005 edition to 2013, the point system is used to determine the rankings of the participating team. [6] [7] There is no comprehensive information for earlier editions of the games including the system officially in used.

EditionYearHostResultsRef / Notes
First placeSecond placeThird place
48th12005 Iloilo City, R-6 638 - National Capital Region (NCR) 434 - Western Visayas (R-6) 411.1 - Calabarzon (R-4A)
49th2006 Naga, Camarines Sur, R-5 512.67 - National Capital Region (NCR) 428 - Calabarzon (R-4A) 367.5 - Western Visayas (R-6)
50th2007 Koronadal, South Cotabato, R-12 640.4 - National Capital Region (NCR) 455 - Western Visayas (R-6) 332 - Calabarzon (R-4A)
51st2008 Puerto Princesa, R-4B 638 - National Capital Region (NCR) 434 - Western Visayas (R-6) 411.1 - Calabarzon (R-4A)
52nd2009 Tacloban, R-8 588.34 - National Capital Region (NCR) 460.17 - Western Visayas (R-6) 382.5 - Calabarzon (R-4A)
53rd2010 San Jose, Tarlac, R-3 643 - National Capital Region (NCR) 432.67 - Western Visayas (R-6) 404.67 - Calabarzon (R-4A) [20]
54th2011 Dapitan, R-9 572.66 - National Capital Region (NCR) 479.50 - Western Visayas (R-6) 429.50 - Calabarzon (R-4A) [21]
55th2012 Lingayen, Pangasinan, R-1 733 - National Capital Region (NCR) 452 - Western Visayas (R-6) 335.5 - Calabarzon (R-4A) [22] [23]
56th 2013 Dumaguete, R-7 596.5 - National Capital Region (NCR) 446.34 - Western Visayas (R-6) 333 - Central Visayas (R-7) [24]

Palaro under the General Olympic Medal System (2014–present)

The Palarong Pambansa was institutionalized through the Palarong Pambansa Act. With it the traditional ranking by medal count is used from the 2014 edition. [7]

EditionYearHostResultsRef / Notes
First placeSecond placeThird place
57th 2014 Santa Cruz, Laguna, R-4A 107 - National Capital Region (NCR) 38 - Calabarzon (R-4A) 32 - Western Visayas (R-6) [25] [26]
58th 2015 Tagum, R-11 236 - National Capital Region (NCR) 141 - Calabarzon (R-4A) 131 - Western Visayas (R-6) [27] [28] [29] [30]
59th 2016 Legazpi, Albay, R-5 209 - National Capital Region (NCR) 142 - Calabarzon (R-4A) 109 - Western Visayas (R-6) [31]
60th 2017 San Jose de Buenavista, Antique, R-6 209 - National Capital Region (NCR) 155 - Calabarzon (R-4A) 107 - Western Visayas (R-6) [32] [33]
61st 2018 Vigan, Ilocos Sur, R-1 220 - National Capital Region (NCR) 178 - Calabarzon (R-4A) 146 - Western Visayas (R-6) [34] [35] [36]
62nd 2019 Davao City, R-11 213 - National Capital Region (NCR) 188 - Calabarzon (R-4A) 147 - Western Visayas (R-6) [37]
2020 Marikina City, NCR 3,4Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [38] [39]
2021–2023Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [38] [39]
63rd 2023 Marikina City, NCR 214 - National Capital Region (NCR) 149 - Western Visayas (R-6) 161 - Calabarzon (R-4A) [39] [40] [41]
64th 2024 Cebu City, Cebu, R-7 238National Capital Region (NCR) 161Calabarzon (R-4A) 138Western Visayas (R-6) [42]
65th 2025 Ilocos Norte, R-1 237National Capital Region (NCR) 181Calabarzon (R-4A) 156Western Visayas (R-6)
66th 2026 Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, R-13 Future event
Source: Department of Education (until 65th edition) [1]

Note:

  • 1 Hosting of Palarong Pambansa is from Luzon and then Visayas and then back to Luzon and then Mindanao. This order will be repeated. If Visayas have no bids to host the Palaro, then Mindanao will have the rights to host and/or vice versa. If Luzon have no bids, Metro Manila will be going to host the Palaro.
  • 2 Negros Island Region (NIR) is a newly created region in 2015 which consists of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental. Any existing previous list and records should be counted for the previous regions they are affiliated with otherwise, their records and statistics should be counted for their present region at the time of their creation unless otherwise specified.
  • 3 The original host was in Occidental Mindoro, but was forced to back-out due to damages brought to the province by Typhoon Tisoy. [43]
  • 4After the withdrawal of Occidental Mindoro as hosts, Marikina replaced as host city for 2020, but the 2020 Palaro was cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic in the Philippines. [38] However, DepEd has announced that Marikina will retain hosting rights for the 2023 edition of the event, with Cebu City and Laoag's hosting moved to 2024 and 2025, respectively.

Results

Standings by tournament

The following standings per region since the 2008 edition as per the Games and Results Documentation Committee. [44] Do note that the standings until 2013 were determined using a points system rather than the number of medals. [6] [7]

Team2008
(17)
2009
(17)
2010
(17)
2011
(17)
2012
(17)
2013
(17)
2014
(17)
2015
(17)
2016
(18)
2017
(18)
2018
(17)
2019
(17)
2023
(17)
2024
(19)
ARMM 13th13th16th17th15th15th16th14th17th18th17th
Bangsamoro 16th17th17th
Cordillera Administrative Region 11th10th10th11th11th10th5th4th9th6th5th10th9th13th
National Capital Region 1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st
Ilocos Region 10th12th13th12th9th8th11th17th14th13th11th9th11th15th
Cagayan Valley 17th17th15th14th13th16th13th12th16th12th10th14th12th14th
Central Luzon 5th8th6th8th6th6th10th7th8th10th8th6th4th6th
Calabarzon 3rd3rd3rd3rd3rd5th2nd2nd2nd2nd2nd2nd3rd2nd
Mimaropa 9th9th9th9th8th9th15th13th15th17th15th15th13th16th
Bicol Region 12th15th12th13th14th12th9th10th11th11th13th7th10th10th
Western Visayas 2nd2nd2nd2nd2nd2nd3rd3rd3rd3rd3rd3rd2nd3rd
Central Visayas 4th4th4th4th4th3rd4th6th4th9th4th5th5th5th
Eastern Visayas 15th14th14th16th17th17th14th11th13th15th12th13th14th7th
Negros Island Region 6th4th
Zamboanga Peninsula 14th11th11th10th12th14th17th16th12th16th16th17th16th11th
Northern Mindanao 8th7th5th5th5th4th6th5th5th8th6th8th7th9th
Davao Region 6th6th8th7th10th11th8th9th10th7th9th11th6th4th
Soccsksargen 7th5th7th6th7th7th7th8th7th5th7th4th8th8th
Caraga 16th16th17th15th16th13th12th15th18th14th14th12th15th12th
National Academy of Sports 18th
Philippine Schools Overseas 19th

List of Hosts

By city/municipality
Host city/municipalityEvent hosted
Bacolod 5
Cagayan de Oro 4
Iloilo City 3
Naga, Camarines Sur 2
Tacloban 3
Lingayen, Pangasinan 3
Vigan, Ilocos Sur 3
Manila 2
Tuguegarao, Cagayan 2
Lucena 2
Zamboanga City 2
Cebu City 3
Koronadal, South Cotabato a2
Davao City 2
Marikina 1
Cavite City 1
Legazpi, Albay 3
Batangas City 1
Tagbilaran 1
Ozamiz 1
Roxas 1
Pasig 1
Quezon City 1
Laoag City 1
Pili, Camarines Sur 1
Surigao City 1
Dipolog 1
San Fernando, Pampanga 1
Ilagan, Isabela 1
Tubod, Lanao del Norte 1
Puerto Princesa 1
San Jose, Tarlac 1
Dapitan 1
Dumaguete 1
Santa Cruz, Laguna 1
Tagum 1
Guinobatan, Albay 1
San Jose de Buenavista, Antique 1
Note
By province
HostEvent hosted
Negros Occidental (R-6) 5
Metro Manila (NCR) a5
Misamis Oriental (R-10) 4
Camarines Sur (R-5) 4
Iloilo (R-6) 3
Leyte (R-8) 3
Pangasinan (R-1) 3
Ilocos Sur (R-1) 3
Cavite (R-4A) 2
Cagayan (R-2) 2
Quezon (R-4A) 2
Zamboanga del Sur (R-9) 2
Cebu (R-7) 3
South Cotabato (R-12) b2
Zamboanga del Norte (R-9) 2
Albay (R-5) 3
Davao del Sur (R-11) 2
Batangas (R-4A) 1
Bohol (R-7) 1
Misamis Occidental (R-10) 1
Capiz (R-6) 1
Ilocos Norte (R-1) c1
Surigao del Norte (R-13) 1
Pampanga (R-3) 1
Isabela (R-2) 1
Lanao del Norte (R-10) 1
Palawan (R-4B) 1
Tarlac (R-3) 1
Negros Oriental (R-7) 1
Laguna (R-4A) 1
Davao del Norte (R-11) 1
Antique (R-6) 1
Agusan del Sur (R-13) d
Note
  • a Metro Manila is not a province. It is a representation to complete the data.
  • b 1996 Palarong Pambansa was co-hosted by Province of Sarangani.
  • c Upcoming host for the 2025 Palarong Pambansa.
  • d Upcoming host for the 2026 Palarong Pambansa.
By region
HostEvent hosted
Bicol Region (R-5) 10
Western Visayas (R-6) c10
Ilocos Region (R-1) a7
Northern Mindanao (R-10) 6
Calabarzon (R-4A) 6
National Capital Region (NCR) 5
Central Visayas (R-7) c4
Zamboanga Peninsula (R-9) 4
Cagayan Valley (R-2) 3
Eastern Visayas (R-8) 3
Davao Region (R-11) 3
Soccsksargen (R-12) 2
Central Luzon (R-3) 2
Caraga Region (R-13) b1
Mimaropa (R-4B) 1
Note
  • a Upcoming host for the 2025 Palarong Pambansa.
  • b Upcoming host for the 2026 Palarong Pambansa.
  • c Negros Island Region (NIR) is a newly created region in 2015 which consists of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental. Any existing previous list and records should be counted for the previous regions they are affiliated with.
By island group
HostEvent hosted
Luzon a(NCR)29 (5)
Visayas 17
Mindanao b15
Note
  • a Upcoming host for the 2025 Palarong Pambansa
  • b Upcoming host for the 2026 Palarong Pambansa

See also

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