2016 Pekan Olahraga Nasional
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| Host city | Bandung |
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| Events | 43 sports |
| Ceremony venue | Gelora Bandung Lautan Api Stadium |
2016 Pekan Olahraga Nasional is the nineteenth edition of Pekan Olahraga Nasional. It will be held in Bandung, West Java in 2016. It will be the first time for Indonesia's third largest city of Bandung to host the games in more than forty years. Bandung hosted the fifth edition of Pekan Olahraga Nasional in 1961. Province of West Java is the second most successful team in the history of the Pekan Olahraga Nasional by being the overall champions of the games for three times,in 1951, 1953, and 1961.
Bids
West Java was given the rights to host the 2016 Pekan Olahraga Nasional by acclamation of the members of National Sports Committee of Indonesia. Banten was the only other applicant which submitted its bid for the games.[1][2] North Sulawesi showed its interest in hosting, but later decided to cancel it.[3]
The Games
Sports
The 2016 edition will feature more sports than the previous edition.[4] 44 sports and 10 exhibition sports will be held in various venues scattered around West Java.[5]
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References
- ↑ http://gresnews.com/ch/Sport/cl/PON+2016/id/1061508/Jabar+Tuan+Rumah+PON+2016
- ↑ http://bataviase.co.id/node/187816
- ↑ goedang.com - de beste bron van informatie over goedang. Deze website is te koop!
- ↑ "Cabang Olahraga PON". pon-peparnas2016jabar.go.id. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ↑ "PON XIX/2016 dan PEPARNAS XV/2016 JAWA BARAT". pon-peparnas2016jabar.go.id. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
| Preceded by 2012 Pekanbaru, Riau |
Pekan Olahraga Nasional | Succeeded by TBA |
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