2014 Palarong Pambansa
# 2014 Palarong Pambansa

The 2014 Palarong Pambansa (also known as the 2014 PALARO) is the 57th edition of the annual multi-sporting event for Filipino student-athletes. Held in Santa Cruz, Laguna last 10–16 May 2014.

12,000 student-athletes from 17 regions of the Philippines joined this year's Palaro as they compete in various sports.

## Bidding

Five provinces bid for 2014 Palarong Pambansa. These are Laguna, Batangas, Mindoro, Palawan at Marikina. The province of Laguna is the strongest bidder among the five provinces. Last 23 October 2013, the DepEd or Department of Education held a meeting to announce the host of 2014 Palaro. It was the province of Laguna that was awarded for the hosting of 2014 Palarong Pambansa by the Department of Education regional directors. It was the first time of Laguna to host the Palarong Pambansa and expected to have a grand opening ceremony.

On the other hand, of the same meeting, the city of Marikina was selected to host the 6th ASEAN School Games.

## Sports

The 2014 Palarong Pambansa will feature 17 sports plus the 3 demonstration sports from last year . The 57th edition of the games may introduce wrestling as part of the grassroot program of Philippine Sports Commission. THE Wrestling Association of the Philippines (WAP) will promote the sport in schools nationwide after the Department of Education (DepEd) included wrestling in the 2014 Palarong Pambansa program. President Aquino signed Republic Act 10588, an act institutionalizing the conduct of the Palarong Pambansa, with wrestling as one of the medal sports.

| Archery Arnis Aquatics Athletics (sport) Badminton | Baseball Billiards¹ Boxing Chess Football | Futsal¹ Gymnastics Sepak takraw Softball Table tennis | Taekwondo Tennis Volleyball Wrestling* Wushu¹ |
| - | - | - | - |

Note:

¹ – demonstration sports in 2013 Palarong Pambansa

(*) – new sport at the 2014 Palarong Pambansa

## Opening

The opening ceremonies held last 5 May 2014 at the Laguna Sports Complex in Santa Cruz, Laguna, the host venue of the competition. Leading the torch relay of the opening are Filipino ice skater Michael Martinez, basketball players Jeron Teng and Jeric Teng, former swimmer and actor Enchong Dee, and DLSU track & field team captain Jerico Ejercito. Boxing champion Manny Pacquiao did not make it to the event due to the birth of Israel Pacquiao, his & Jinkee's newest baby. Laguna governor E.R. Ejercito together with Manila mayor Joseph Estrada also leads the unveiling of 26-foot-tall monument of Jose Rizal as an Eskrima swordsman, making it the tallest Rizal monument in the world.

## Participating regions

Host Region

| Regions | Regions | No. of Participants | No. of Participants | No. of Participants |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Code | Name | Athletes | Officials | Total |
| ARMMAA | Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao | | | |
| CAR | Cordillera Administrative Region | | | |
| NCR | National Capital Region | | | |
| IRAA | 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 | | | |
| MimaropaA | 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 | | | |
| CRAA | Region XII or Soccsksargen | | | |
| Caraga | Region XIII or Caraga | | | |

## Final Medal Tally

### Regular Sports

* Host nation (Host region)

| Rank | Region | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | National Capital Region (NCR) | 107 | 64 | 56 | 227 |
| 2 | Calabarzon / STCAA (Region IV-A)* | 38 | 51 | 51 | 140 |
| 3 | Western Visayas (Region VI) | 32 | 33 | 38 | 103 |
| 4 | Central Visayas (Region VII) | 24 | 27 | 41 | 92 |
| 5 | Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) | 24 | 11 | 12 | 47 |
| 6 | Northern Mindanao (Region X) | 21 | 21 | 31 | 73 |
| 7 | Soccsksargen (Region XII) | 15 | 17 | 30 | 62 |
| 8 | Davao Region (Region XI) | 10 | 20 | 21 | 51 |
| 9 | Bicol (Region V) | 9 | 6 | 22 | 37 |
| 10 | Central Luzon (Region III) | 8 | 11 | 22 | 41 |
| 11 | Ilocos (Region I) | 8 | 9 | 14 | 31 |
| 12 | Caraga (Region XIII) | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22 |
| 13 | Cagayan Valley (Region II) | 4 | 13 | 11 | 28 |
| 14 | Eastern Visayas (Region VIII) | 4 | 8 | 8 | 20 |
| 15 | Mimaropa (Region IV-B) | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 |
| 16 | Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 17 | Zamboanga Peninsula (Region IX) | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| Totals (17 entries) | Totals (17 entries) | 314 | 310 | 391 | 1015 |

### Demonstration Sports

* Host nation (Host Region)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Zamboanga Peninsula (Region IX) | 9 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 2 | Central Visayas (Region VII) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | Ilocos (Region I) | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Western Visayas (Region VI) | 4 | 7 | 10 | 21 |
| 6 | Davao Region (Region XI) | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
| 7 | Soccsksargen (Region XII) | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | National Capital Region (NCR) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | Eastern Visayas (Region VIII) | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 10 | Caraga (Region XIII) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | Bicol (Region V) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 12 | Calabarzon / STCAA (Region IV-A)* | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | Northern Mindanao (Region X) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | Central Luzon (Region III) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Cagayan Valley (Region II) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 16 | Mimaropa (Region IV-B) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Totals (17 entries) | Totals (17 entries) | 48 | 48 | 68 | 164 |

### Special Games

* Host nation (Host region)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Calabarzon / STCAA (Region IV-A)* | 15 | 19 | 4 | 38 |
| 2 | Davao Region (Region XI) | 10 | 12 | 7 | 29 |
| 3 | Ilocos (Region I) | 8 | 6 | 9 | 23 |
| 4 | Western Visayas (Region VI) | 8 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 | Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | National Capital Region (NCR) | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 |
| 7 | Zamboanga Peninsula (Region IX) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | Central Luzon (Region III) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Soccsksargen (Region XII) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Central Visayas (Region VII) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | Northern Mindanao (Region X) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 12 | Cagayan Valley (Region II) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Bicol (Region V) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | Caraga (Region XIII) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 59 | 59 | 52 | 170 |

## Point System by DepEd

| Rank | Region | Elementary (Pts) | Secondary (Pts) | Total Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | National Capital Region (NCRAA) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Region VI – WVRAA | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Region VII – CVRAA | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Region X – NMRAA | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Region 4A – STCAA / Calabarzon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Region III – CLRAA | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Region XII – CRAA / SOCCKSARGEN | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Region I – IRAA | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Region 4B – Mimaropa | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Region CAR – CARRAA | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Region XI – DAVRAA | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Region V – BRAA | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Caraga – CARAGAA | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Region IX – ZPRAA | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | ARMM – ARMRAA | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Region II – CAVRAA | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Region VIII – EVRAA | 0 | 0 | 0 |
