Petanque in France

Petanque is the game of boules, popularly known as 'Petanque'. It is one of the sweetest sports, which takes away the heart of the French people. The game seems to be very close to their heart, quite similar to British lawn bowling or Italian bocce. Petanque in France is played with metallic balls on the surface, where trees are surrounded. The objectivity of the game is to back spin the ball and throw it in the direction of your opponent, where lies another small ball.

Petanque first emerged in the village of La Ciotat near Marseilles in 1907. It has originated from southern France, and is mostly played in Marseilles. Being the third largest city in France, Marseille has a lot on offer for tourist from across the world. Je de Boules was another name of Petanque used among the French villagers.

The first Championship in the international level was organized in the year 1959. In recent years, the Petanque championships were held in countries like Faro in 2000, Portugal in 2001, Monaco in 2002, Geneva in 2003, Grenoble in 2004 and Brussels in 2005. The procedure of the game is to play in teams, where there can be three players per team with two boules per player, or two players with three boules per player. It can even be one player per team with three boules per player, called singles.

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