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petanque
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Pétanque (, ; ; ) is a sport that falls into the category of boules sports (along with raffa, bocce, boule lyonnaise, lawn bowls, and crown green bowling). In these sports, players or teams play their boules/balls towards a target ball.
Pétanque is a sport where players or teams throw metal balls toward a smaller target ball, belonging to a broader category of games called boules sports. It matters because it's one of several popular ball-tossing games played around the world, each with its own variations and traditions.
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- Sport.image
- Dscn0054-boules-in-action 600x800.jpg
- Sport.caption
- Pétanque players on the beach in Nice
- Sport.union
- Fédération Internationale de Pétanque et Jeu Provençal
- Sport.first
- Provence, France
- Sport.contact
- Non-contact
- Sport.team
- Individual, doubles and triples
- Sport.category
- Boules
- Sport.ball
- Boules (balls) & cochonnet (little ball)
- Sport.olympic
- No
- Sport.IWGA
- 1985–present
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23 sectionsContents
- History
- Invention of the game
- Global spread of the game
- National and international competitions
- Playing the game
- Equipment
- The "ends"
- Order of play
- Scoring
- Miscellaneous rules
- Equipment specifications
- Boules
- Jack
- Playing area
- Strategy
- Pointing and shooting
- Throwing a boule
- Throwing the jack
- Glossary of special terms
- Image gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Pétanque (, ; ; ) is a sport that falls into the category of boules sports (along with raffa, bocce, boule lyonnaise, lawn bowls, and crown green bowling). In these sports, players or teams play their boules/balls towards a target ball.
In pétanque, the objective is to score points by positioning one's boules closer to the target ball than those of the opponent after all boules have been thrown. This is achieved by throwing or rolling boules closer to the small target ball, officially called a jack (), or by hitting the opponents' boules away from the target, while standing inside a circle with both feet on the ground. The game is normally and best played on hard dirt or gravel. It can be played in public areas in parks or in dedicated facilities called boulodromes.