2015-16 Philippine National Games

2015-16 POC-PSC Games

Host city	Lingayen, Pangasinan (National Finals) Various (Metro Manila, Zamboanga del Sur and Antique) (Qualification and National Finals for selected sports)
Country	Philippines
Events	27
Opening ceremony	Various
Website	png.psc.gov.ph
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The 2015-16 Philippine National Games is a national multi-sport event. A series of smaller multi-sport events were held in three separate venues and legs in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Some sports also served as qualifying events^[1] for National Finals to be hosted by the province of Pangasinan from March 7–11, 2016.^[2]

Events

Events[1][3]
Area	Dates	Host/s	Main Venue	Sports
				Qualifying events (for finals)	National finals*
Luzon	July 2–6, 2015	Metro Manila	Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, PhilSports Complex, Marikina Sports Complex.	Athletics, Archery, Arnis, Badminton, Boxing, Chess, Karate, Billiards, Swimming, Taekwondo	Table tennis, Cycling, Wrestling, Baseball, Lawn tennis, Fencing, Judo, Sepak Takraw, Volleyball, Football, Dancesport, Waterpolo, Rugby
Mindanao	September 10–14, 2015	Pagadian, Zamboanga del Sur			Softball, Futsal
Visayas	November 10–14, 2015	Antique			Pencak Silat, Weightlifting, Muay Thai
Luzon	November 21, 2015	Subic[4]			Triathlon
Luzon	March 7–11, 2016	Lingayen, Pangasinan[5]			Arnis, Athletics, Badminton, Billiards, Boxing, Chess, Karatedo, Swimming, Taekwondo, Cycling, Dancesports, Futsal, Judo, Lawn tennis, Muay Thai, Pencak silat, Sepak takraw, Table tennis, Volleyball, Weightlifting, Wrestling[6]
(*) May be participated by athletes from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

Sports

There are 10 sports events which also served as qualifiers for the finals to be held in 2016 which were held in all three legs of the games. Only athletes from the hosting region are eligible to participate in these qualifying events. (e.g. Athletes from Luzon can only participate in the Luzon leg, and so on). The other events can be participated by athletes from any region. The non-qualifiying events were scattered across the three legs with the Luzon leg hosting most number of events.^[3]

• Archery
• Arnis
• Athletics
• Badminton
• Baseball
• Billiards
• Boxing
• Chess
• Cycling
• Dancesport
• Fencing
• Football
• Futsal
• Handball
• Judo
• Karate
• Lawn tennis
• Muay Thai
• Pencak Silat
• Rugby
• Sepak takraw
• Softball
• Swimming
• Table tennis
• Taekwondo
• Triathlon
• Volleyball
• Waterpolo
• Weightlifting
• Wrestling

References

1. Leongson, Randolph (23 June 2015). "Philippine National Games to hold 3 qualifying legs nationwide". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
2. Macob, Johanne Margarette (1 February 2016). "Pangasinan set to host Philippine National Games in March". Inquirer Northern Luzon. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
3. "Philippine National Games 2015" (PDF). Philippine National Games. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
4. "2-IN-ONE TRIATHLON EVENT SET IN SUBIC". Malaya. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
5. "Elite athletes, masusubok sa PNG Finals (Elite athletes to be tested in the PNG Finals)" (in Tagalog). Balita. March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
6. Oredo, Angelito (30 January 2016). "22 sports paglalabanan sa Philippine National Games". Bandera. Retrieved 4 February 2016.