The 2017 Palarong Pambansa was the 60th edition of the Palarong Pambansa and was held from April 23 to 29, 2017 in Antique. Student athletes from 18 athletic associations representing the 18 regions of the Philippines competed in different sporting events and disciplines.
Bidding Two provinces remained after Negros Occidental, Cebu and Iloilo backed-out of the bid to host the annual multi-sports event in 2017 due to budget difficulties, San Jose de Buenavista, Antique and Dumaguete showed interest in hosting the event and officially submitted their respective bids to the Palarong Pambansa bids and selection committee. On November 18, 2016, the Palarong Pambansa Selection Committee voted to choose the official host of the next Palarong Pambansa. San Jose de Buenavista, Antique won with 5 votes against 4 for Dumaguete and was officially declared the host of Palarong Pambansa 2017.
2017 Palarong Pambansa bids City/Municipality Province/Region VotesSan Jose de BuenavistaAntique/R-6 5DumagueteNegros Oriental/R-7 4 BacolodNegros Occidental/R-6 Withdrawn from Bidding Cebu CityCebu/R-7 Iloilo CityIloilo/R-6
Plan for the games Antique's bid includes plans to renovate and upgrade the rubberized track oval and other facilities inside the Binirayan Sports Complex in San Jose de Buenavista, which will be the main venue of the games. Several indoor sporting events will be held at the University of Antique in the town of Sibalom, St. Anthony's College in San Jose de Buenavista, and other covered courts located within the 40-kilometer radius around the capital town.
The province of Antique was awarded the rights to host the games by the DepEd Palarong Pambansa Selection Committee after it outbid Dumaguete, Negros Oriental by a single vote.
The Games was originally scheduled to be held from April 10 to 16, 2017 but was moved to April 23 to 29, 2017 due to the original schedule coinciding with Holy Week observances. This would be the first time for Antique to host the event.
Sports Regular sports Futsal is elevated from being a demonstration sport and will be played as a regular sports discipline for the first time. Dancesport, Pencak Silat, and Aerobic Gymnastics will be introduced as demonstration sports in the games.
Archery Arnis Aquatics Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Boxing Chess Football Futsal Gymnastics Sepak takraw (Boys) Softball Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Volleyball
Demonstration Sports These are the seven demonstration sports for this year's Palarong Pambansa. Futsal was elevated as a regular sports discipline starting this edition of the games. Dancesport, Pencak Silat, and Aerobic Gymnastics will be introduced as demonstration sports in the games.
Aerobic Gymnastics Billiards Dancesport Pencak Silat Sepak takraw (Girls) Wrestling Wushu
Special Para Games These are the four sports with various events to be contested at this games:
Swimming Bocce Goalball Athletics
Participating regions A total of 18 athletic associations coming from 18 regions of the country participated in the athletic meet.
RegionsCodeNameColorsARMMAAAutonomous Region in Muslim MindanaoCARAACordillera Administrative RegionNCRAANational Capital RegionIRAARegion I or Ilocos RegionCAVRAARegion II or Cagayan ValleyCLRAARegion III or Central LuzonSTCAARegion IV-A or Southern Tagalog - CalabarzonMRAA (MimaropaA)Region IV-B or Southern Tagalog - MimaropaBRAARegion V or Bicol RegionWVRAARegion VI or Western VisayasCVRAARegion VII Central VisayasEVRAARegion VIII or Eastern VisayasZPRAARegion IX or Zamboanga PeninsulaNMRAARegion X or Northern MindanaoDAVRAARegion XI or Davao RegionSRAARegion XII or SoccsksargenCaragaRegion XIII or CaragaNIRAARegion XVIII or Negros Island Region
Playing Venues At least 31 different locations were selected as the playing venues for the 26 sports discipline of the games.
Regular Events Event Venue Municipality Archery Pis-anan National High School Track Oval Sibalom Arnis Patnongon Municipal Gym Patnongon Aquatics Binirayan Swimming Pool San Jose de Buenavista Athletics Binirayan Sports Complex San Jose de Buenavista Badminton St. Anthony's College De Wit Hall San Jose de Buenavista Baseball Camp Gen. Leandro Fullon San Jose de Buenavista Basketball Binirayan Sports Complex Binirayan Sports Complex Covered Gym Brgy. San Pedro Gym San Jose de BuenavistaSan Remigio Municipal Gym St. Vincent's High School Gym San Remigio Boxing EBJ Freedom Park San Jose de Buenavista Chess University of Antique Library San Jose de Buenavista Football Belison Football Field Belison Binirayan Sports ComplexSaint Anthony's College Grounds San Remigio Gov. Julian Fullon Pacificador National HS Hamtic University of Antique GroundsSibalom Futsal Binirayan Sports Complex (Indoor) San Jose de Buenavista Hamtic Basketball Court Hamtic Gymnastics Binirayan Sports Complex San Jose de Buenavista Sepak takraw Angel Salazar Jr. School Covered Court Diosdado Macapagal Trade Center Gym Brgy. San Fernando Gym San Jose de Buenavista Malandog Elementary School Hamtic Softball Camp Gen. Leandro Fullon San Jose de Buenavista Table tennis Antique Electric Cooperative Covered Gym San Jose de Buenavista Taekwondo Belison Municipal Gym Belison Tennis Binirayan Sports Complex Brgy. San Pedro Sports Plaza San Jose de Buenavista Volleyball St. Anthony's College Bishop Martirez Hall San Jose de Buenavista Brgy. Egaña Gym Sta. Rita Academy Gym Sibalom Municipal Gym University of Antique Gym Sibalom
Demonstration Sports Event Venue Municipality* Billiards Robinson's Place Mall Antique San Jose de Buenavista Wushu Villavert-Jimenez Gym Hamtic Wrestling Hamtic Central Elementary School Covered Gym Hamtic Dancesport Antique National High School Covered Gym San Jose de BuenavistaPencak Silat Binirayan Sports Complex Covered Gym San Jose de Buenavista
Special Para Events Event Venue Municipality Aquatics Bocce Goalball Track Events Antique SPED Center Binirayan Sports Complex San Jose de Buenavista
Billeting Areas Several public and private elementary, secondary and tertiary schools, colleges and university situated from the towns near the provincial capital San Jose de Buenavista were selected as the billeting areas for delegates and officials of the games.
Billeting Areas Athletic Association Code Region Billeting Area Location ARMMAA Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Angel Salazar Jr. Memorial SchoolSan Jose de Buenavista CARAA Cordillera Administrative Region Saint Anthony's College - Grade SchoolSan Jose de Buenavista NCRAA National Capital Region Antique Vocational School Bugasong IRAA Region I - Ilocos Region Sibalom Elementary School SibalomSibalom National High School CAVRAA Region II - Cagayan Valley Bugasong Central SchoolBugasong CLRAA Region III - Central Luzon Moscoso Rios Elementary School HamticMoscoso Rios National High School STCAA Region IV-A - Southern Tagalog - Calabarzon Pis-anan Elementary School SibalomPis-anan National High School MRAA (MimaropaA) Region IV-B - Southern Tagalog - Mimaropa Belison Central Elementary School BelisonBelison National High School BRAA Region V - Bicol Region Assemblyman Segundo Moscoso Memorial Elementary School San Jose de BuenavistaSan Pedro National High School WVRAA Region VI - Western Visayas Saint Anthony's College - High School Department San Jose de BuenavistaSaint Anthony's College CVRAA Region VII - Central Visayas University of Antique - Sibalom Campus Sibalom EVRAA Region VIII - Eastern Visayas Aureliana Elementary School PatnongonAureliana National High School ZPRAA Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula University of Antique - Sibalom Campus Sibalom NMRAA Region X - Northern Mindanao Col. Abellon Memorial Elementary School PatnongonSt. Augustine's Academy DAVRAA Region XI - Davao Region Gov. Julian Pacificador National High School Sibalom SRAA Region XII - Soccsksargen Egaña Elementary School Egaña National High School SibalomBuhang Elementary School Buhang National High School Hamtic Caraga Region XIII - Caraga Carit-an Central Elementary School PatnongonLerio Escaño Memorial National High School NIRAA Region XVIII - Negros Island Region Tobias Fornier Central Elementary School Tobias FornierDao Catholic School Technical Officials Antique National High School San Jose de Buenavista
Official Medal Tally
Regular Games
Demo Sports
Para Games
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