Opening ceremony President
Rodrigo Duterte formally commenced the games during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Philippine National Games at the
Cebu City Sports Complex held on May 19, 2018. The competition proper began the day after.
Participating teams A total of 92 local government units (provinces and independent cities) participated in the Games.
Sports A total of 19 sports were contested. A total of 2,578 medals, including 770 gold medals, 770 silver medals and 1,038 bronze medals in 19 disciplines were contested. ;Key Host LGU (Cebu Province and Cebu City) ==References==