2025 Palarong Pambansa

The 2025 Palarong Pambansa, officially known as the 65th Palarong Pambansa, was a multi-sport event held in Laoag, Ilocos Norte in 2025. Student-athletes from 20 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.

The National Capital Region was the eighteenth straight general champions.

Hosting The Ilocos Norte was confirmed to be the host the 2025 Palarong Pambansa as early as 2023.

Venues

The following are the playing venues for the games. MunicipalityVenueEvent Bacarra Bacarra National Comprehensive High School Grounds Baseball Bacarra USA National Cultural Center Gymnastics PCV Socio Civic and Cultural Center Volleyball Batac MMSU Student Center Billiards MMSU Library Center for Flexible Learning Chess MMSU Teatro Ilocandia Taekwondo MMSU Gymnasium Volleyball MMSU Football Field Football Burgos Burgos Military Grounds Football Dingras Dingras Municipal Grounds Football Dingras Civic Center Volleyball Laoag Ilocos Norte Centennial Arena Basketball, closing ceremonyLaoag City AmphitheaterBasketball SM City Laoag East Wing Parking Lot Basketball St. Mary's Seminary Covered Court Bocce Divine Word College of Laoag Covered Court Futsal Ilocos Norte National High School Gymnasium Gymnastics Marcos Stadium Athletics, Football and opening ceremony Marcos Stadium Swimming Pool Aquatics Marcos Stadium Tennis Court Tennis Northwestern University Football Field Football Paoay Plaza del Norte Hotel and Convention Center Table Tennis Pasuquin Pasuquin Civic Center Basketball Gabaldon Elementary School Grounds Softball Ilocos Norte Agricultural College Open Grounds Softball Piddig Piddig Farmers Training Center Badminton San Nicolas F.E. Marcos Mini Cultural and Sports Center Arnis Robinsons Ilocos Dance Sport, Kickboxing and Penckak Silat Venvi Real State Open Ground Archery SarratSarrat Civic CenterWushuVintar Vintar Sports Complex Baseball Vintar Civic Center Gymnastics

The Games Opening ceremony The opening of the games was held on May 24, 2025 at the Marcos Stadium in Laoag. It was opened by Philippine president Bongbong Marcos.

The event started with the "Parada ng mga Atleta" where all delegates participated in a parade along Rizal Street and Sirib Mile in Laoag. The main program was entitled Palakasan:Tales of Filipino Strength where cultural performances showcases the culture of Northern Luzon which includes the Biag ni Lam-ang, the Basi Revolt, and the feats of Ilocano swimmer Teófilo Yldefonso.

Olympic gold medalist and weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz led the oath of coaches and technical officials while youth baseball player Gerick Jhon Flores led the athlete's oath. The symbolic lighting of the Palarong Pambansa lightbeam featured various Filipino athletes namely: Jemmuelle James Espiritu (archery), Mark Anthony Domingo (athletics), Jesson Cid (decathlon), Roger Tapia (para-athletics), and Eric Ang (trap shooting). Sports As of 2025, there are total of 27 sports disciplines, including the para-games, demonstrations, and exhibition sports.

Weightlifting, last featured in the 1980s, returns to the Palarong Pambansa albeit as a demonstration sport.

Demonstration sports Dancesport Weightlifting

Exhibition sports Kickboxing

Parasports Athletics Bocce Goalball SwimmingRegular sports Archery Arnis Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Billiards Boxing Chess Football Futsal Gymnastics Aerobics Artistic Rhythmic Pencak silat Sepak takraw Softball Swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Volleyball Wrestling Wushu

Closing ceremony

The closing ceremony held on May 31, 2025 at the Ilocos Norte Centennial Arena in Laoag. 2025 Palarong Pambansa Ilocos Norte governor Matthew Manotoc hands over the Palarong Pambansa flag to the governor of the host province of the 2026 Palarong Pambansa, Santiago Cane Jr. of Agusan del Sur.

Participating teams

The Philippine Schools Overseas and National Academy of Sports also entered as a separate delegations.

RegionsCodeNameMonickerColorsBARMMAABangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim MindanaoBARMM Sultans CARAACordillera Administrative RegionFearless Highlanders NCRAANational Capital Region NCR Metro Stars IRAARegion I or Ilocos RegionMighty TamarawsCAVRAARegion II or Cagayan ValleyGreen HawksCLRAARegion III or Central LuzonCentral Luzon PatriotsSTCAARegion IV-A or Southern Tagalog - CalabarzonCalabarzon HeroesMRAARegion IV-B or Southern Tagalog - MimaropaMimaropa TamarawsBRAARegion V or Bicol RegionBicol VulcansWVRAARegion VI or Western VisayasThe Champs Western VisayasCVRAARegion VII Central VisayasCViRAA FightersEVRAARegion VIII or Eastern VisayasEV TroopersZPRAARegion IX or Zamboanga PeninsulaZamboanga Peninsula SharksNMRAARegion X or Northern MindanaoNorthmin StarsDAVRAARegion XI or Davao RegionDavao EaglesSRAARegion XII or SoccsksargenSoccsksargen WarriorsCARAGARAARegion XIII or CaragaCaragoldOther teams Code NameMonicker ColorsNASNational Academy of SportsNSA Excel LionsPSOAssociation of Philippine Schools Overseas

Calendar OCOpening ceremony ● Event competitionsF/MFinals/Medal eventsCCClosing ceremony

May 202524thSaturday25thSunday26thMonday27thTuesday28thWednesday29thThursday30thFriday31stSaturdayEvents CeremoniesOC CC Regular, Demonstration1, and Para2 Sports Archery

| style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00" |● | | 4 Arnis | | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00" |● | 6 Athletics

| style="background-color:#ffcc00" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00" |● | 5 Badminton

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| style="background-color:#ffcc00" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00" |● | | 4 Boxing | | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00" |● | 6 Chess

| style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00" |● | | 3 Football | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00" |●8 Futsal

| style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | | 4 Gymnastics

| style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | | 4 Pencak silat

| style="background-color:#ffcc00" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00" |● | | 4 Sepak takraw

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| style="background-color:#ffcc00" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00" |● | 4 Table tennis | | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00" |● | 6 Taekwondo

| style="background-color:#ffcc00" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00" |● | | 4 Tennis | | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00" |● | 6 Volleyball | | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00" |● | 6 Weightlifting

| style="background-color:#ffcc00" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00" |● | 4 Wushu

| style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#3399ff;" |● | style="background-color:#ffcc00" |● | | 4 Source: 2025 Palarong Pambansa Schedule of Games

Medal tally Regular games

Demonstration games

Para games

Marketing

The logo for the 2025 Palarong Pambansa features the inabel weaving pattern and a "pixelated human figure" inspired from a photo of Teófilo Yldefonso, a swimmer who is the first Filipino Olympic medal winner and a native of Piddig.

The Office of the Governor of Ilocos Norte in partnership with the Philippine Postal Corporation launched a series of pre-paid postcards featuring scenic scenes of Ilocos Norte. The set of 5 postcards features scenes such as Saud Beach, the Burgos Windfarm, the Marcos Stadium, the Suba Sand Dunes, and the Kapurpurawan Rock Formation. The postcards are given for free at the event center and are also sold at the philatelic division of the Manila Central Post Office for ₱104 Philippine Pesos.

Media coverage

2025 Palarong Pambansa

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