Lukas Enembe Stadium was the main venue for this edition, both the opening and closing ceremonies.
[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.
[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.