Pétanque

Tournament coverage, results, and news from the world of pétanque — from village terrains to the world championships.

France Peaks at Home: The Last Europétanque at Cagnes-sur-Mer

Équipe de France beat Lacroix, Doerr and Mièvre 13-9 in Sunday's final at Cagnes-sur-Mer — the last Europétanque before the event returns to Nice — with the World-championship team hitting form one month out from the Mondiaux.

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The Last Dance at Cagnes

The Europétanque des Alpes-Maritimes plays its last triplette weekend at the Cagnes-sur-Mer hippodrome before moving to Nice in 2027 — 512 teams, Dylan Rocher defending, and one month until the World Championships.

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The Last National of the Year

This weekend at Cagnes-sur-Mer, 512 teams play the Europétanque des Alpes-Maritimes — the final big National before the World Championships in Thailand.

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Four Medals, No Title — the strange year of the Bleues

France's women brought home four European medals in 2026 and not one title. A club player weighs what all that silver and bronze is worth.

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Two Years Running

Dylan Rocher and Jean-Pierre Subrenat won the US Open of Pétanque's Concours A for the second straight year, beating Mamitiana Raherison and Rija Ramampiandra in a cold, rain-slicked final at Pier A Park in Hoboken.

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Eleven-Thirteen: The Final France Could Not Close

In Loutraki, the French women reached the European triplette final, led a comeback for the ages, and lost 11-13 to Belgium. Henri Roche on a week that started with Fannys and ended two points short — and on the young team that saved the trip with gold.

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Two Fannys, Zero Points

In Loutraki, the French women opened the European championships with two 13-0s and not a single point conceded. Gégé Lacroix on what a perfect start is worth — and what it isn't.

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The Triplette

Three players, two boules each, one job apiece — except the middle guy, who gets two. Ray Delgado on the triplette, pétanque's hardest formation to get right.

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The Quiet Discipline

While the triplette gets the crowds, Europe's best shooters stand alone in a circle today in Loutraki for precision-shooting qualifying. Tommy Becker on the loneliest, purest test in pétanque.

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Greece, Thursday

The senior women's European pétanque championships start Thursday in Loutraki. France arrives with a rebuilt team, a new selector, and everything to prove.

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The 15-Year-Old Who Shot 59

Dawson Herlemann, 15, scored 59 in precision-shooting qualifying at the European juniors in Loutraki, Greece — one of the best scores in the discipline's history. Then he won his quarterfinal and semifinal, and took the silver medal in the final, losing 47-58 to Italy's Nicolo Dagati.

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Club Night

Every Saturday, in towns all over France, the boulodrome fills up for the concours — the weekly club tournament that is half competition, half neighborhood reunion. In America, the equivalent ritual is the ladder night. Same hunger, different scoreboard.

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