The XX National Sports Week (Indonesian: Pekan Olahraga Nasional XX, abbreviated as PON XX), also called PON XX Papua or PON Papua 2021, was the twentieth edition of the Indonesian National Sports Week, hosted by Papua. The event took place from 2 October to 15 October 2021. Lukas Enembe Stadium was the main venue for this edition, both the opening and closing ceremonies. This event was originally going to be held in 2020, but was postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic.[1] This edition was the first PON held in the province,[2] as well as in the Western New Guinea region and Eastern Indonesian Time areas.
Papua successfully defeated Bali and Aceh to host PON XX / 2020. Gaining the most votes in the voting for the prospective host of the National Sports Week (PON) XX in 2020 by winning 66 votes at the Annual Member Meeting of the National Sports Committee of Indonesia (KONI).[3]
The PON XX venues spread in one city and three regencies on Papua Provinces: Jayapura City, Jayapura Regency, Merauke Regency, and Mimika Regency.[4]
The 2020 edition featured more sports than the previous edition. Based on KONI Decree No. 100 of 2019, a total of 56 sports were competed in the games.[5] Previously, the central KONI determined a number of 47 sports to be competed,[6] but returned later to 56 according to the hosts ability.[7] Ten sports that were removed were cycling, bridge, dance, gateball, golf, petanque, water skiing, soft tennis, table tennis and woodball.[8] Meanwhile, electronic sports are also competed as an exhibition sport.
A total of 2212 medals—688 gold, 675 silver, and 849 bronze—were awarded to athletes.[9]
* Host nation (Papua)
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