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Motto | Discipline, Teamwork, Excellence |
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First event | Manila, Philippines |
Occur every | Annually |
Last event | 2024 in Cebu City |
Next event | 2025 in Ilocos Norte |
Organized by | Department of Education |
Website | palarongpambansa |
The Palarong Pambansa (Filipino for "National Games") is an annual multi-sport event involving student-athletes from 17 regions of the Philippines. The event, started in 1948, is organized and governed by the Department of Education.
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 the Palaro are:
The legal basis of the Palarong Pambansa is stipulated in the provision of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, Article XIV, Section 19.
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 continued yearly until it was cancelled in 1957 due to the death of President Ramon Magsaysay. In 1958, Tagbilaran, Bohol hosted the 10th edition of the game. The game was again cancelled in 1972 when President Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law. In 1973, the last BPISAA which was held in Vigan, Ilocos Sur.
In 1974, the Bureau of Public Schools-Interscholastic Athletics Association Games was renamed Palarong Pambansa.
In 1980, 1984-1987 and 1999 Palarong Pambansa was not conducted. In 1980 Palarong Pambansa was substituted with another game called Palarong Bagong Lipunan hosted by Marikina. Between 1984 and 1987 the event's cancellation was due to the People Power Revolution.
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. [1]
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. [2]
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. [3]
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 [4] ) 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.
Defunct regions that have competed in the Palarong Pambansa include the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (which has been replaced by Bangsamoro) and the short-lived Negros Island Region. [5]
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.
Code | Name | Colors |
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BARMMAA | Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao | |
CARAA | Cordillera Administrative Region | |
NCRAA | National Capital Region | |
NIRAA | Negros Island Region | |
R1AA | Region I or Ilocos Region | |
CAVRAA | Region II or Cagayan Valley | |
CLRAA | Region III or Central Luzon | |
STCAA | Region IV-A or Southern Tagalog - Calabarzon | |
MRAA | Region IV-B or Southern Tagalog - Mimaropa | |
BRAA | Region V or Bicol Region | |
WVRAA | Region VI or Western Visayas | |
CVRAA | Region VII Central Visayas | |
EVRAA | Region VIII or Eastern Visayas | |
ZPRAA | Region IX or Zamboanga Peninsula | |
NMRAA | Region X or Northern Mindanao | |
DAVRAA | Region XI or Davao Region | |
SRAA | Region XII or Soccsksargen | |
CARAGA | Region XIII or Caraga Region | |
NAS | National Academy of Sports | |
PSO | Philippine Schools Overseas |
A total of 34 sports disciplines, including the para-games, demonstrations, and exhibition sports. [6]
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. [7]
Demonstration Sports Exhibition Sports Parasports | Regular Sports |
Note:
Rank | Region | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | National Capital Region (NCRAA) | 918 | 642 | 517 | 2077 |
2 | Western Visayas (VI-WVRAA) | 434 | 351 | 390 | 1175 |
3 | Calabarzon (IV-A STCAA) | 388 | 409 | 506 | 1303 |
4 | Central Visayas (VII-CVIRAA) | 222 | 269 | 313 | 804 |
5 | Northern Mindanao (X-NMRAA) | 197 | 193 | 319 | 709 |
6 | Cordillera Administrative Region (CARAA) | 166 | 140 | 160 | 466 |
7 | Central Luzon (III-CLRAA) | 164 | 191 | 277 | 632 |
8 | Soccsksargen (XII-SRAA) | 146 | 182 | 277 | 605 |
9 | Davao Region (XI-DavRAA) | 142 | 176 | 220 | 538 |
10 | Bicol Region (V-BRAA) | 73 | 108 | 199 | 380 |
11 | Ilocos Region (I-R1AA) | 66 | 95 | 207 | 368 |
12 | Mimaropa (IV-B MRAA) | 59 | 79 | 114 | 252 |
13 | Cagayan Valley (II-CAVRAA) | 56 | 92 | 118 | 266 |
14 | Eastern Visayas (VIII-EVRAA) | 56 | 70 | 102 | 228 |
15 | Negros Island Region (NIRAA) | 47 | 55 | 75 | 177 |
16 | Caraga (CARAGARAA) | 41 | 76 | 124 | 241 |
17 | Zamboanga Peninsula (IX-ZPRAA) | 34 | 42 | 119 | 195 |
18 | Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (BARMAA) | 15 | 27 | 39 | 81 |
Host City/Municipality | Event Hosted |
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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 a | 2 |
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 | 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 |
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Host Province | Event Hosted |
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Negros Occidental (R-6) | 5 |
Metro Manila (NCR) a | 5 |
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) b | 2 |
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) c | 1 |
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 | |
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Host Region | Event Hosted |
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Bicol Region (R-5) | 10 |
Western Visayas (R-6) c | 10 |
Ilocos Region (R-1) a | 7 |
Northern Mindanao (R-10) | 6 |
Calabarzon (R-4A) | 6 |
National Capital Region (NCR) | 5 |
Central Visayas (R-7) c | 4 |
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) b | 1 |
Mimaropa (R-4B) | 1 |
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Host Inter-Island | Event Hosted |
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Luzon a (NCR) | 29 (5) |
Visayas | 17 |
Mindanao b | 15 |
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