Introduction to Pentanque

SPORT NAME: Pentanque
SPORT TYPE: | Boules | Throwing |

What is Pentanque?
Petanque is a boules sport in which the objective is to score points by rolling or throwing a boule (balls) closer to a target then one's opponents.

Organizations:

IN FRENCH: Fédération Internationale de Pétanque & Jeu Provençal (FIPJP)
IN ENGLISH: International Federation of Petanque and Provencal Game
ESTABLISHED: 1957 (made official on March 8, 1985)
DESCRIPTION: governs competitive Pétanque and Jeu Provençal
WEB SITE: fipjp.org | Link |
ARTICLE: wikipedia.org

Continental and National Organizations

Africa
- Confederation Africa Sports Boules
- https://fipjp.org/index.php/en/federations/africa-confederation
Chad
Comoros
Congo Republic - Fédération Congolaise de Sports Boules
Djibouti
Gabon
Guinea
Ivory Coast
Libya
Madagascar
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Niger
Senegal
Seychelles
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia

Asia
- Asian Boules Sport Confederation
- http://www.asianboulessport.org/ (HAS SOME DECEPTIVE LINKS)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200213141327/asianboulessport.org/Members.htm
- https://www.fipjp.org/index.php/en/federations/asian-confederation
Afghanistan LISTED HERE: https://www.fipjp.org/index.php/en/federations/asian-confederation
Bangladesh - Bangladesh Petanque Federation
Brunei - Brunei Darussalam Pétanque Federation
Cambodia - Fédération de Boules et de Pétanque du Cambodge
Cambodia - http://www.petanquecambodia.com (offline)
China - Association Chinoise de Boules Chinese Bocce Association
Hong Kong - https://www.hknesa.org/petanque
India - https://petanque.in/
Indonesia - Federation of Petanque Indonesia (FOPI)
Iran - http://www.boules.ir/
Japan - Japan Petanque Boules Federation
Kazakhstan - Kazakhstan Pétanque Association
Kyrgyzstan - http://www.petanque.kg/ (offline)
Laos - édération Laotienne de Pétanque
Lebanon - Fédération Libanaise de Sports Boules
Malaysia - Malaysia Boule Sports Federation
Mongolia - Mongolian Petanque Federation
Myanmar - Fédération de Pétanque du Myanmar
Nepal - Petanque Federation Nepal
Pakistan - Pakistan Petanque Sports Boules Federation
Philippines - Philippines Pétanque Clubs Association
South Korea - http://koreaboulessport.org
Singapore - http://www.sportsboules.org.sg/

Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) - http://www.petanque.org.tw/
Thailand - Thailand Boules Federation
Turkmenistan - National Petanque Federa5io of Turkmenistan
Vietnam - Fédération de Pétanque du Vietnam
IN ASIA BUT MEMBER OF EUROPEAN FEDERATION
Israel - https://www.petanque.co.il/

Europe
- Confédération Européenne de Pétanque
- https://www.cep-petanque.com/
- https://fipjp.org/index.php/en/federations/europa-confederation
Andorra - https://www.andorrapetanca.com/
Armenia - https://www.facebook.com/armeniepetanque
Austria - http://www.boule.at/
Belgium - http://www.petanque-belgium.be/
Bulgaria - https://www.petanque-bulgaria.com
Croatia - https://hrvatski-bocarski-savez.hr/
Czech Republic - https://czechpetanque.cz/
Denmark - https://petanque.dk/
Estonia - https://petanque.ee/
Finland - https://www.petanquefinland.com/
France - https://home.ffpjp.org/
Germany - https://deutscher-petanque-verband.de
Greece - http://www.petanque-hellas.eu/
Guernsey -https://guernseypetanqueassociation.wordpress.com
Hungary - https://www.petanque.hu/
Ireland - https://www.irishpetanque.org/
Italy - https://www.federbocce.it/
Jersey - https://petanque.je/
United Kingdom: England - https://www.petanque-england.uk/
MEMBER OF EUROPEAN FEDERATION BU LOCATED IN ASIA
Israel - https://www.petanque.co.il/

Oceania
- Confederation de Petanque Oceania
- https://oceaniapetanque.com/index.php/en/
- https://fipjp.org/index.php/en/federations/oceania-confederation
Australia - https://www.petanqueaustralia.org.au
French Polynesia - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063916847149
New Caledonia - New Caledonia Petanque Federation
New Zealand - https://www.petanquenz.com
Palau - Fédéraon Pétanque Republic of Palau
Vanuatu - Fédération de Pétanque du Vanuatu
Wallis and Futuna - host of 2025 Oceania Petanque Championships Oct 16-19

Panamerica
- Confederation Pan America Petanque
- https://panampetanque.org/
- https://fipjp.org/index.php/en/federations/panam-america-confederation
Canada - https://www.petanquecanada.ca/
Chile - https://www.facebook.com/federacion.chilenadebochas
Dominican Republic - https://panampetanque.org/domincan-republic.html
Haiti - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100066528441430
Mexico - https://www.fedmexpetanca.org/
Paraguay - https://panampetanque.org/paraguay.html
Peru - https://www.facebook.com/fedebochasperu/
United States - https://www.usapetanque.org/index.html
Veneuela - https://panampetanque.org/venezuela.html

References

wikipedia.com - petanque - article
- wikipedia.com - petanque - category
- wikipedia.com - petanque - article