2024 Pekan Olahraga Nasional

Pekan Olahraga Nasional XXI

Host city	Aceh North Sumatra
Motto	Bersatu Kita Juara! (Together we are Champion!)
Events	46 events
Opening	9 September 2024
Closing	20 September 2024
Ceremony venue	Harapan Bangsa Stadium (opening) Teladan Stadium (closing)
Website	ponxxi.acehprov.go.id ponxxi.sumutprov.go.id
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The National Sports Week 2024 (Indonesian: Pekan Olahraga Nasional XXI, abbreviated as PON XXI), also called as PON Aceh-Sumut 2024, is the twenty first edition of the National Sports Week (PON) which is a major national multi-sport event which take place from 9 to 20 September 2024 with Aceh and North Sumatra as hosts.

This edition marks the first time PON has been held by two provinces at once, also marks the first time it has been held in Aceh, and the second time it has been held in North Sumatra (previously in 1953). This is the fourth time PON has been held in Sumatra (previously Medan 1953, Palembang 2004, Pekanbaru 2012) and the first time since 2012. The youngest provinces, Southwest Papua, Highland Papua, Central Papua and South Papua will make their debut at the PON XXI event.

PON XXI also commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Aceh and North Sumatra tsunami disaster, which occurred on 26 December 2004.

The selection of the host took place at the Extraordinary National Sports Conference (Musornaslub) of National Sports Committee of Indonesia (KONI) on 24 April 2018, at the Bidakara Hotel, South Jakarta. This selection was made through a voting mechanism which was attended by KONI representatives from 34 provinces throughout Indonesia.^[1]

Host provinces	Votes
Aceh– North Sumatra	24 votes
Bali– West Nusa Tenggara	8 votes
South Kalimantan	2 votes

The North Sumatra government has prepared 100 hectares to build the Sumut Sport Centre for 2024 PON in Kualanamu, Deli Serdang Regency. The North Sumatra Provincial Government has also prepared 300 hectares of land in Sena Village, Batang Kuis, Deli Serdang Regency. Meanwhile, the Aceh government is preparing 240 hectares.^[2]

The opening ceremony is scheduled to take place on 8 September 2024. The ceremony will take place at Harapan Bangsa Stadium, Banda Aceh.^[3]

The National Sports Week 2024 (PON XXI) will feature 46 sports.^[4]

Eight sports will be competed as exhibitions at the XXI 2024 National Sports Week (PON) in Aceh and North Sumatra. The eight sports are ice skating, padel, teqball, floorball, pickleball, mixed martial arts, beach handball and horseback archery.^[5]

All the 38 provinces of Indonesia will compete at this event, including the youngest provinces, Southwest Papua, Highland Papua, Central Papua, and South Papua will make their debut at the PON event.

The following schedule is correct as of the latest update. The exact schedule can change up until the end of the games.

All times and dates use Western Indonesia Time (UTC+7)

List as per Monday, 16 September 2024 at 12:59 p.m. local time.

2024 Pekan Olahraga Nasional medal tablesports.^[6]

Rank	Province	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Jakarta	106	92	88	286
2	West Java	99	96	100	295
3	East Java	94	87	85	266
4	North Sumatra*	50	26	57	133
5	Aceh*	42	35	39	116
6	Central Java	39	38	66	143
7	Special Region of Yogyakarta	22	27	32	81
8	Bali	21	22	34	77
9	Lampung	16	12	21	49
10	East Kalimantan	13	26	33	72
11	Banten	13	12	21	46
12	Riau	12	11	23	46
13	Papua	11	13	13	37
14	South Kalimantan	10	7	13	30
15	South Sulawesi	7	12	18	37
16	Jambi	6	13	21	40
17	South Sumatra	5	12	20	37
18	West Nusa Tenggara	5	8	9	22
19	North Sulawesi	4	6	8	18
20	Highland Papua	4	0	2	6
21	Central Papua	3	4	6	13
22	Riau Islands	3	3	4	10
23	West Papua	3	2	10	15
24	East Nusa Tenggara	3	2	7	12
25	Bangka Belitung	3	2	6	11
26	Gorontalo	3	2	3	8
27	West Sumatra	2	8	16	26
28	North Kalimantan	2	0	3	5
29	Southeast Sulawesi	1	5	6	12
30	West Kalimantan	1	4	11	16
31	Central Sulawesi	1	2	9	12
32	Central Kalimantan	0	5	2	7
33	Maluku	0	2	3	5
34	South Papua	0	2	0	2
	West Sulawesi	0	2	0	2
36	Bengkulu	0	0	4	4
37	Southwest Papua	0	0	3	3
38	North Maluku	0	0	1	1
39	Capital City of Nusantara	0	0	0	0
Totals (39 entries)		604	600	797	2,001

The 2024 PON men's soccer quarter-final match between Aceh and Central Sulawesi was marred by controversy triggered by the leadership of referee Eko Agus Sugih Harto from South Sumatra. His leadership was considered full of oddities, especially in several decisions that were considered to benefit the host Aceh. The match became heated when the referee issued three red cards and gave two penalties to Aceh even though there were no clear violations. These decisions made the Central Sulawesi team feel unfairly treated until they finally decided not to continue the match when the score was still 1-1 in extra time. As a result of this incident, the Aceh team, which qualified for the semifinals, allegedly deliberately defeated themselves when facing West Java. This action was allegedly taken to avoid criticism from Indonesian netizens who were disappointed with Aceh's controversial victory over Central Sulawesi.^[7]

• Official website of North Sumatra Event Committee (in Indonesian)
• Official website of Aceh Event Committee (in Indonesian)