PON XX, which stands for XX National Sports Week, or currently called PON Papua 2020, is a national-level sporting event held in Papua. This National Sports Week takes place from 2 October 2021 to 15 October 2021. So, this event turned out to invite various provinces to join in, including Central Java!
Papua is the main location for holding the XX PON, to be precise at the Lukas Enembe Stadium, from the opening ceremony to the closing ceremony entirely held at that location.
PON XX was originally planned to be held in 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and finally took place in 2021.
In PON XX Papua 2021 there is a slogan that is an encouragement, namely "Torang Can!”. This slogan is a typical Papuan form of encouragement taken from a phrase in Papuan Malay which means “We Can!”.
PON XX Papua 2021 will also be the inaugural event for the new sport Esports. This esport sport joins exhibition sports.
By joining this sport, it is hoped that it will become an opportunity for the millennial community to continue to participate in national competitions to compete and bring the good name of their respective provinces.
Apart from that, the presence of esports at PON XX Papua 2021 is also a forum for PBESI (Indonesian Esport Management) to look for athletes with potential in esports across Indonesia.
Virtually PBESI conducted a press on last Wednesday 18 August 2021 regarding the esport sports branch which was demonstrating its capabilities in implementing the 2021 PON XX Papua.
Glorya Famiela as the chief executive of the 2021 PON XX Papua exhibition explained that there were four games that would compete, namely Free Fire, Mobile Legends, E-Football PES, and PUBG Mobile.
For the Central Java contingent itself, in implementing the XX Papua 2021 PON, it sent 651 players and coaches who will compete in 39 sports at the 2021 XX Papua PON.
For esports, the Central Java contingent certainly sends athletes who are very competent in each game. Even though it is relatively new, it is hoped that in this esport sport, Central Java will be able to win medals in every game.
The following are athletes representing the Central Java contingent in the 2021 PON XX Papua
Free Fire
The athletes who were selected to represent the Province of Central Java to compete in pre-PON esport came from Pati Regency. Below are the names of the players Free Fire representing Central Java
- Nungky Bagus Julianto (Nungky BJ)
- Mohammad Farhan (iNatsuu)
- Eka Far'an Nugroho (Kappii)
- Bayu Maulana (BayuuTzy)
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG)
The athletes selected to represent the Province of Central Java competing in the PUBG PON XX Papua 2021 finals are:
- Star Muhammad Faizin
- Rio
- Shaykh Sharif
- Bramastya
E Football PES
esports athlete Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) representing Central Java in the implementation of the XX Papua 2021 PON comes from Pemalang Regency, Imam Aji Syarifudin, besides the athlete priest who passed the qualification for the PES Esport Exhibition from Central Java, Fahmi Noor Rachman from Kudus. They competed in group A with KI Jakarta, West Java, Central Java and DI Yogyakarta.
Mobile Legends
The only game in the esports branch that managed to contribute medals to Central Java is Mobile Legends.
These great players managed to be in second place and donated a silver medal for their proud land, Central Java. Here are the best players Mobile Legends from Central Java who competed in PON XX Papua 2021.
Bernard Ditya Y
This young man from Semarang City is still 17 years old, but at this young age he is able to make his province proud in implementing XX PON. Bernard joins Rebellion Esport.
Athanasius David
Not unlike Bernard, it turns out that David is also 17 years old and also joined the time sport Rebellion Esport and often achieves achievements with his team.
Kevin Widjanarko / Martinus Kevin Dwi
Kevin is older than his teammates, currently Kevin is 25 years old and comes from the city of Semarang. Just like David and Bernard, it turns out that Kevin also joined the Rebellion Esport team. He also used to use the name Sugar in the game.
Nabeel Dewanssa W
Among his teammates, it turns out that Nabeel is the youngest player, because Nabeel is currently 15 years old. Even though he was very young, Nabeel was able to donate a silver medal for his province.
Pack of Jason Aristo
Become a MLBB player who also comes from the city of Semarang and is 19 years old. Just like the others, Pek Jason Aristo has also won various titles in competitions Mobile Legends this.
These are all the best sons of the Central Java contingent who have represented their province in the 2021 PON XX Papua.
Don't miss this historic moment, you can watch PON XX Papua through the PONPapua Stream application. You guys can watch live streaming after downloading the application via google play store or you can also watch it via the PON XX PAPUA 2021 Youtube account.
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