Tacloban City (May 5) -- The National Capital Region Athletic Association for the fourth consecutive years, bagged the Palarong Pambansa 2009 championship crown.

In order to set to rest the differing reports regarding the standing of the various Regional delegations, the official result was taken from the Palarong Pambansa record and documentation committee.

The overall standing of the various Regional Athletic Associations put the National Capital Region as the champion, followed by Region 6, Region 4-A, Region 7 and Region 12 in the second, third, fourth and fifth places.

Region 11 is in the sixth place while Region 10, Region 3, Region IV-B and Region 9 bagged the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth places.

While CAR is in the eleventh place, Region 1, ARMM and Region 8 are in the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth slots.

Furthermore, Region 5, Region 13 and Region 2 are in the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth places, respectively.

The overall standing is the sum of the particular Region in the elementary and secondary divisions.

For the elementary division, the champion is National Capital Region with 308 points while the second placer was Western Visayas or Region 6 with a total of 209 points.

The third placer is Region 4-A or CALABARZON with 127 points and the fourth placer is Central Visayas or Region 7 with 109 points.

Behind by only one point is fifth placer Region 12 or Cotabato Region which successfully retained its crown as being the best in Mindanao, with a total of 108 points.

In the sixth place is Davao Region or Region 11 with 63.6 points followed closely by Northern Mindanao or Region 10, the seventh placer with 60.5 points. Region 3 or Central Luzon, Zamboanga Peninsula and Region 4-B or MIMAROPA bagged the 8th, 9th and 10th places.

The Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao ranked 11th, the Cordillera Autonomous Region is number 12, Eastern Visayas ranked 13th, Region I or Ilocos Region bagged the 14th place.

CARAGA is in the 15th place while Region 2 and Region 5 shared the 16th slot.

Meanwhile, in the secondary division, the National Capital Region also got the championship crown with 280 points, followed by Region 4-A, Western Visayas, and Central Visayas in the second, third and fourth places.

In the 5th place is Region 12; Region 9 in the 6th place; Region 3 in the 7th place; Region 10 in the 8th place; CAR, MIMAROPA, and Region 9, in the ninth, tenth, and eleventh places, respectively.