2018 Philippine National Games

The 2018 Philippine National Games was the sixth edition in the modern era (ninth overall) of the Philippine National Games. It was co-hosted by the City of Cebu and the Province of Cebu, Philippines from May 19 to 25, 2018.[1] The games will be organized by the Philippine Sports Commission.

2018 POC-PSC Games
Host cityCebu City
CountryPhilippines
Teams participating92 LGUs
Officially opened byPresident Rodrigo Duterte
Torch lighterRamon Fernandez
Main venueCebu City Sports Complex
Race lengthMay 19–25, 2018

This edition marks the first time in 20 years that Cebu will be hosting the games. The province first hosted the games in 1997.

It was first scheduled for December 10–16, 2017,[2][3][4] but rescheduled on April 15–21, 2018,[5] and later moved to May 19–25, 2018.

Host selection

There was no bidding held, and Cebu City and Cebu Province were both awarded the hosting rights outright after an impromptu meeting called for by the Philippine Sports Commission and the Philippine Olympic Committee, where the topic of the hosting of the next PNG was brought up.[4]

Venues
The Cebu City Sports Complex is the venue of the opening ceremony.

Majority of the venues were held in Cebu City with selected events hosted in other cities and towns in Cebu province.[6]

2018 Philippine National Games venues[6]
City/MunicipalityVenueSport
Cebu CityCebu City Sports ComplexAthletics, Aquatics
SM SeasideArnis, Judo, Karate, Taekwondo
Metro Sports CenterBadminton
New Cebu ColiseumBoxing
Robinsons Galleria CebuChess, Dancesport, Table tennis
CitiGreen Tennis CourtTennis (men)
Fort San PedroVolleyball (Beach)
University of San CarlosVolleyball (Indoor; Men)
University of Southern Philippines Foundation GymnasiumVolleyball (Indoor; Women)
DanaoDanao Track OvalArchery
N/ACycling, Triathlon (Duathlon)
NagaEnan Chiong Activity CenterSepak takraw
Naga Tennis CourtTennis (women)
Open Covered CourtWeightlifting
Lapu-LapuMactan Air BaseSoftball
TabuelanN/ATriathlon

The Games

Opening ceremony

President Rodrigo Duterte formally commenced the games during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Philippine National Games at the Cebu City Sports Complex held on May 19, 2018.[7] The competition proper began the day after.[8]

Participating teams

A total of 92 local government units (provinces and independent cities) participated in the Games.[9]

Sports

A total of 19 sports were contested.[6]

Medal table

The local government unit of Cebu City was named as the overall champions of the Philippine National Games surpassing the performance of Baguio which were the champions of the 2016 edition.[10] A total of 2,578 medals, including 770 gold medals, 770 silver medals and 1,038 bronze medals in 19 disciplines were contested.[11]

Key

  *   Host LGU (Cebu Province and Cebu City)

2018 Philippine National Games
Rank LGU Gold Silver Bronze Total
1Cebu City*525971182
2Baguio383654128
3Mandaluyong26172770
4Cebu*18182864
5General Santos16222765
6–96Others6206188312,069
Total7707701,0382,578
Source: Philippine News Agency[10]

References
  1. "PSC and Cebu seal PNG hosting". ABS-CBN Sports. April 19, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  2. 2017 Philippine National Games and Batang Pinoy
  3. "PNG returns to Cebu after 20 years". Sun.Star. July 30, 2017. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  4. Cordova, Calvin D. (November 26, 2017). "Cebu City to cohost Phil National Games". Cebu Daily News. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  5. "PHI Nat'l Games rescheduled to April 2018". ABS-CBN Sports. November 3, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  6. "Philippine National Games Competition Schedules". Philippine Sports Commission. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  7. "Opening Ceremonies of the Philippine National Games (PNG) 2018". RVTM. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  8. Villar, Joey (20 May 2018). "Duterte opens Philippine National Games; 43 golds up today". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  9. Galvez, Waylon (26 May 2018). "Cebu shows might, rules PNG". Tempo. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  10. Galarpe, Luel. "Cebu City officially crowned PH Nat'l Games champ". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  11. "3,000 athletes for PNG 2018". Sun Star Cebu. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
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