European pétanque championship

Reigning masters
Triplets
	master	year
Men's	France Michel Loy, Dylan Rocher, Damien Hureau, Henri Lacroix	2015
Ladies	France Anna Maillard, Ludivine D'Isidoro, Angelique Colombet, Cindy Peyrot	2016
youth	France Dylan Djoukitch, David Doerr, Maxime James, Tyson Molinas	2014
Veterans	Netherlands Martin Bakker, Henri Calvetti, Rajen Koebeer, Bert van Dijk	2016
Espoirs (m)	France Mikael Bonetto, David Doerr, Guillaume Magier, Thibaut Vaillant	2016
Espoirs (noun)	France Audrey Bandiera, Caroline Bourriaud, Cindy Peirot, Alyson Rodriguez	2016
Tir de precision
	master	year
Men's	Italy Diego Rizzi	2015
Ladies	Spain Yolanda Matarranz	2016
youth	France Tyson Molinas	2014
Espoirs (m)	Spain Manuel Higinio Romero	2016
Espoirs (w)	France Cindy Peyrot	2016

The European championships in the sport of pétanque have been organized by the Confédération Européenne de Pétanque (CEP) since 1997.

European championships for adults (" seniors ") women, espoirs and youth are held.

At the meeting of the CEP on the fringes of the European Pétanque Championship in 2011 it was decided that in 2012 the first European Championship of the so-called " Veterans " (55 years and older) will be held in Denmark.

Seniors

In 2009, the first European Championship took place in Nice, which also served as qualification for the 2010 World Championship. For Germany, Jan Garner, Martin Kuball (both VFPS Osterholz-Scharmbeck), Daniel Reichert (BC Tromm) and Mahmut Tufan (1st BC Kreuzberg) secured participation in the World Cup a year later with a 9th place. In 2015, Germany missed the A tournament, but secured first place in the B tournament.

Triplets

year	venue	gold	silver	bronze
2009	Nice , France	France Henri Lacroix, Bruno Leboursicaud, Philippe Suchaud, Thierry Grandet	Spain	France Denmark
2011	Gothenburg , Sweden	France Michel Loy, Dylan Rocher, Kevin Malbec and Jean-Michel Puccinelli	Monaco	Italy Spain
2013	Rome , Italy	France Jean Feltain, Dylan Rocher, Kevin Malbec and Zvonco Radnic	Monaco	Italy Spain
2015	Albena , Bulgaria	France Michel Loy, Dylan Rocher, Damien Hureau and Henri Lacroix	Switzerland	Monaco Spain

Medal table

Pl.	country	gold	silver	bronze
1	France	4th	0	1
2	Monaco	0	2	1
3	Spain	0	1	3
4th	Switzerland	0	1	0
5	Italy	0	0	2
6th	Denmark	0	0	1

Tir de precision

year	venue	gold	silver	bronze
2009	Nice , France	Belgium Claudy Weibel	France Philippe Quintais	Sweden Richard Nilsson Switzerland Didier Sénezergues
2011	Gothenburg , Sweden	France Dylan Rocher	Portugal Hugo Dores	Estonia Veiko Proos Netherlands Wietse van Keulen
2013	Rome , Italy	France Dylan Rocher	Italy Diego Rizzi	Belgium Claudy Weibel Estonia Veiko Proos
2015	Albena , Bulgaria	Italy Diego Rizzi	Belgium Baton Logan	France Dylan Rocher Slovakia Juraj Valent

Medal table

Pl.	country	gold	silver	bronze
1	France	2	1	1
2	Belgium	1	1	1
3	Italy	1	1	0
4th	Portugal	0	1	0
5	Estonia	0	0	2
6th	Netherlands	0	0	1
	Sweden	0	0	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1
	Slovakia	0	0	1

Women

In Rastatt (Germany) the German team with Gudrun Deterding, Lara Eble, Daniela Thelen and Susi Fleckenstein won the bronze medal.

Triplets

year	venue	gold	silver	bronze
2001	Strasbourg , France	France Angélique Papon, Ranya Kouadri, Florence Schopp, Cynthia Quennehen	Spain	United Kingdom
2003	Rastatt , Germany	Spain Jerónima Ballesta, Yolanda Matarranz, Maria José Diaz, Maria José Perez	France Angélique Papon, Florence Schopp, Chantal Salaris, Cynthia Quenehen	Germany Gudrun Deterding, Lara Eble, Daniela Thelen, Susi Fleckenstein
2005	Odense , Denmark	France Angélique Papon, Marie Christin Virebayre, Evelyne Lozano, Cynthia Quennehen	Spain Jerónima Ballesta, Verónica Martinez, Yolanda Matarranz, María José Perez	Belgium Nancy Barzin, Paulette Doore, Linda Goblet, Oscarine Stevens
2007	Ankara , Turkey	Sweden Jessica Johansson, Lotta Larsson, Sara Lindelof. Lotta Bromer	Czech Republic Alis Hancova, Lucie Klusova, Hana Srubarova, Romana Vokrouhlikova	Italy Jaqueline Grosso, Irma Giraudo, Barbara Beccaria, Serena Sacco Netherlands Marina Blom, Katie Bosch, Karin Rudolfs, Karin Zantingh
2010	Ljubljana , Slovenia	France Angélique Papon, Marie-Christine Virebayre, Anna Maillard, Ludivine D'Isidoro	Denmark Camilla Svensson, Maria Sonasson, Mia Carlsson, Tina Bach-Poulsen	Germany Susanne Fleckenstein, Carolin Birkmeyer, Muriel Hess, Indra Waldbüßer Spain Aurelia Blazquez, Silvia Garces, Veronica Martinez, Yolanda Matarranz
2012	Ghent , Belgium	France Angélique Papon, Marie-Angele Germain, Anna Maillard, Nelly Peyre	Spain Silvia Garces, Veronica Martinez, Yolanda Matarranz, Maria José Perez	Denmark Mia Carlsson, Tanja Gromada, Maria Saxild, Camilla Svensson Sweden Jessica Johansson, Jenny Hamberg, Anna Theander, Rebecka Bergström
2014	Mersin , Turkey	Spain Yolanda Matarranz, Ines Rosario, Melani Homar, Aurelia Blazquez	Denmark	Belgium Germany
2016	Bratislava , Slovakia	France Anna Maillard, Ludivine D'Isidoro, Angelique Colombet, Cindy Peyrot	Spain	Italy Austria

Medal table

Pl.	country	gold	silver	bronze
1	France	5	1	0
2	Spain	2	4th	1
3	Sweden	1	0	1
4th	Denmark	0	2	1
5	Czech Republic	0	1	0
6th	Germany	0	0	3
7th	Belgium	0	0	2
	Italy	0	0	2
9	United Kingdom	0	0	1
	Netherlands	0	0	1
	Austria	0	0	1

Tir de precision

The Swiss Ludvine Maître won silver in Odense (Denmark) in 2005 and bronze in Rastatt in 2003. In 2007 Anna Lazaridis won the first medal in this competition for Germany with bronze. In 2012 Indra Waldbüßer repeated this success.

year	venue	gold	silver	bronze
2003	Rastatt , Germany	France Cynthia Quenehen	Netherlands Karin Zantingh	Belgium Carine Stevens Switzerland Ludvine Maître
2005	Odense , Denmark	France Angélique Papon	Switzerland Ludivine Maître	Finland Tarja Roslöf Netherlands Karin Rudolfs
2007	Ankara , Turkey	Netherlands Karin Rudolfs	Spain Ines Rosario	Germany Anna Lazaridis France Angélique Papon
2010	Ljubljana , Slovenia	France Angélique Papon	Israel Sivan Siri	Spain Yolanda Matarranz Czech Republic Lucie Venclova
2012	Ghent , Belgium	France Angélique Papon	Spain Yolanda Matarranz	Denmark Mia Carlsson Germany Indra Waldbüßer
2014	Mersin , Turkey	Spain Yolanda Matarranz	France Audrey Bandiera	Belgium Camille Max Norway Ranu Homniam
2016	Bratislava , Slovakia	Yolanda Mattaranz	Jessica Johansson	Sarah Huntley Cindy Peyrot

Medal table

Pl.	country	gold	silver	bronze
1	France	4th	1	2
2	Spain	2	2	1
3	Netherlands	1	1	1
4th	Switzerland	0	1	1
5	Israel	0	1	0
	Sweden	0	1	0
7th	Germany	0	0	2
	Belgium	0	0	2
9	Denmark	0	0	1
	England	0	0	1
	Finland	0	0	1
	United Kingdom	0	0	1
	Norway	0	0	1

youth

Triplets

year	venue	gold	silver	bronze
1998	Dijon , France	France Ludovic Labrue, Nicolas Tavian, Cédric Le Foll, M. Rognon, E. Royer, Fabien Sauvage	Spain	Belgium
2000	Liege , Belgium	Belgium Fabrice Uytterhoeven, Yannick Collaiocco, Jérémy Pardoen, Julien Goblet	Italy Simon Salto, Daniele Ghigliazza, Silvio Squarciafichi, Fabrizio Ellena	France Sébastien Boissel, Romain Scultore, Richard Mondillon, Florent Montoya
2002	La Louvière , Belgium	Belgium Patrick van Meerbeck, Brecht Claes, Jérémy Pardoen, Robin Henderycks	Italy JAndrea Dalmasso, Daniele Ghigliazza, Simon Salzo, Silvi Squarciafichi	France Michaël Jacquet, Maison Durk, Ludovic Castagne, Mathieu Charpentier
2004	Dudelange , Luxembourg	France Tony Perret, Angy Savin, Jérémy Darodes, Mickaël Jacquet	Spain Javier Hildago, Sergio Julin Muños, Abel Fernandez, Jose Luis Piñero	Denmark Eric Geraci, Marc Geraci, Anders Erlandsen, Dennis Steffensen Sweden Victor von Roggers Patron, Tonny van Houtem, Alexander Lindquist, Leo Brod Björk
2006	Martigny , Switzerland	France Kevin Malbec, Dylan Rocher, Jean Feltain, Florent Coutanson	Spain Oscar Rodrigo, Oscar Alberola, José David Fernandez, Fernando José Perez	Italy Gabriele Allio, Gianluca Berno, Florian Cometto, David Martino Switzerland Fabian Ronzel, Simon Caillat, Fabien Rotzetter, Yohan Bourgeois
2008	Nieuwegein , Netherlands	France Dylan Rocher, Vianney Moureau-Fontan, Gaetan Blaszczak, Florent Coutanson	Italy Diego Rizzi, Mattia Chiapello, Alessio Farina, Mattia Balestra	Spain Francisco Bernabe Guillen, Pedro Luis Garcia Lison, Juan Carlos Sogorb Mancheno, Marc Diaz Martinez Netherlands Davey Koojiman, Joey van Doorn, Kees Koogje, Tom van der Voort
2010	Montauban , France	Spain José Luis Guash, Manuel Higinio Romero, José Gomez Guerrero, José Fernandez Valor	France Gueven Rocher, Mendy Rocher, Baptiste Rousseau, Amourette Logan	Italy Diego Rizzi, Matteo Rei, Alessandro Basso, Gian-Luca Brondino Sweden Nanna Bostrom, Alexander Norin, Niklas Carlen, Daniel Eriksson
2012	Ghent , Belgium	France Djoukitch Dylan, Renaul Julien, Magician Guillaume, Billet Anthony	Belgium Corentin Nicolay, Corentin Buffe, Karim D'Heedene, Gregory Kausse	Italy Andrea Tesio, Matteo Mana, Simone Bertone Spain Miguel Trujillo, Jonathan Oliver, Jose Rodriguez, Miguel Diaz
2014	Bassens , France	France Djoukitch Dylan, Renaul Julien, Magician Guillaume, Billet Anthony	Luxembourg Jean-Luc Carneiro, Adrien Daunois, Felix Schmitz, Thibaut Weber	Belgium Thomas Bens, Nicky Kockx, Corentin Buffe, Quentin Triqueneaux Spain Joaquin Grau, David Rasero, Miguel Diaz, Javier Minchon

Medal table

Pl.	country	gold	silver	bronze
1	France	6th	1	2
2	Belgium	2	1	2
3	Spain	1	3	3
4th	Italy	0	3	3
5	Luxembourg	0	1	0
6th	Sweden	0	0	2
7th	Denmark	0	0	1
	Netherlands	0	0	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1

Tir de precision

The German Patrick Beton and the Swiss Jimmy Bondallaz shared third place in 2002 in La Louvière, Belgium.

year	venue	gold	silver	bronze
2002	La Louvière , Belgium	Monaco Benjamin Debos	Italy Simon Salto	Germany Patrick Beton Switzerland Jimmy Bondallaz
2004	Dudelange , Luxembourg	France Jérémy Darodes	Switzerland Justin Metrailler	Spain Abel Fernandez Denmark Eric Geraci
2006	Martigny , Switzerland	France Dylon Rocher	Belgium Michael Bonvoisin	Denmark Dennis Steffensen Israel Adar Redlinger
2008	Nieuwegein , Netherlands	Spain Juan Carlos Sogorb	Italy Mattia Chiapello	France Dylan Rocher Sweden Alexander Norin
2010	Montauban , France	Sweden Alexander Norin	Netherlands Tom van der Voort	Italy Diego Rizzi Monaco Pierre Luchesi
2012	Ghent , Belgium	Poland Pawel Pieprzyk	Netherlands Rik van Lier	France Guillaume Magier Switzerland Gaetan Amman
2014	Bassens , France	Tyson Molina	Saverio Amormino	William Silfverberg Alexandre Utz

Medal table

Pl.	country	gold	silver	bronze
1	France	3	0	2
2	Sweden	1	0	2
3	Monaco	1	0	1
	Spain	1	0	1
5	Poland	1	0	0
6th	Italy	0	3	1
7th	Netherlands	0	2	0
8th	Switzerland	0	1	3
9	Belgium	0	1	0
10	Denmark	0	0	2
11	Germany	0	0	1
	Israel	0	0	1

Espoirs

Team / triplet

European Championships of Espoirs ( U23 ) were held for the first time in 2008 . Unique in pétanque, there are separate competitions for women and men. There are no other pure men's competitions in pétanque, the senior age group is open to women and men.

Due to the registrations, a qualification was only necessary for the men. The German women's team with Julia Würthle (Horb), Anna Lazaridis (Marl), Muriel Hess (Horb) and Judith Berganski (Lübeck) became vice-European champions.

In 2009 the EM took place in Germany. In the Pétanquehalle in Düsseldorf, the same German women succeeded in winning their first title for the DPV at an official international championship after silver in the previous year. The men (Micha Abdul, Zeki Engin, Jannik Schaake, Florian Korsch) completed the good German result with bronze.

In 2011 in Roskilde (Denmark) the German women repeated the success of 2009 with Lea Mitschker, Natascha Denzinger, Muriel Hess and Julia Würthle and became European champions again. The men also took bronze again.

In contrast to other international competitions, not only a triplet, but also a double and a tête-à-tête were played until 2015 . Since 2016, the European Espoir Championships have also been held in the "classic" triplet mode and without pre-qualification.

year	Finals	m / f	gold	silver	bronze
2008	Saint-Jean-d'Angély , France	Ladies	France Emilie Fernandez, Nadège Baussian, Ludivine D'Isidoro	Germany Julia Würthle, Anna Lazaridis, Muriel Hess, and Judith Berganski	Denmark Belgium
		Men's	France Jérémy Darodes, Jean Feltain, Mickael Jacquet, Mathieu Charpentier	Spain Jesus Perze Martin, Javier Hidalgo Arenas, Oscar Alberola Marques	Netherlands Belgium
2009	Dusseldorf , Germany	Ladies	Germany Julia Würthle, Anna Lazaridis, Muriel Hess, and Judith Berganski	France Anna Maillard, Nadège Baussian, Ludivine d'Isidoro, Kelly Fuches	Sweden Spain
		Men's	France Jérémy Darodes, Dylon Rocher, Mickaël Jacquet, Jean Feltain	Spain Jesus Perez Martin, Javier Hidalgo Arenas, Oscar Alberola Marques, Abel Fernandes Tortosa	Germany Italy
2011	Roskilde , Denmark	Ladies	Germany Julia Würthle, Natascha Denzinger, Muriel Hess, Lea Mitschker	France Anna Maillard, Nadège Baussian, Mayline Cegarra, Celine Baron	Belgium Spain
		Men's	France Kevin Malbec, Dylon Rocher, Florent Coutanson, Jean Feltain	Monaco Yohan Borde, Vincent Ferrandez, Joseph Gimenez, Pierre Lucchesi	Germany Italy
2013	Dusseldorf , Germany	Ladies	France Morgan Bacon, Audrey Bandiera, Anaïs Lapoutge, Anna Maillard	Spain Diana Castro, Melani Homar, Marta Fernandez, Cynthia Arrabal	Italy Switzerland
		Men's	France Logan Amourette, Florent Coutanson, Williams Dauphant, Dylan Rocher	Italy Alessandro Basso, Mattia Chiapello, Gianluca Rattenni, Diego Rizzi	Belgium Denmark
2015	Nieuwegein , Netherlands	Ladies	France Audrey Bandiera, Anaïs Lapoutge, Cindy Peirot, Alyson Rodriguez	Italy	Belgium Sweden
		Men's	Italy Alessandro Basso, Luca Palermo, Diego Rizzi, Andrea Teslo	Spain	Germany Netherlands
2016	Torrelavega , Spain	Ladies	France Audrey Bandiera, Caroline Bourriaud, Cindy Peirot, Alyson Rodriguez	Spain	England Italy
		Men's	France Mikael Bonetto, David Doerr, Guillaume Magier, Thibaut Vaillant	Italy	Germany Switzerland

Medal table

Pl.	country	gold	silver	bronze
1	France	9	2	0
2	Germany	2	1	4th
3	Italy	1	3	4th
4th	Spain	0	5	2
5	Monaco	0	1	0
6th	Belgium	0	0	5
7th	Denmark	0	0	2
	Netherlands	0	0	2
	Sweden	0	0	2
	Switzerland	0	0	2
11	England	0	0	1

Tir de Precisión

With the switch from team to triplet competition in 2016, a European championship in precision shooting was also introduced at the Espoirs, also separated into men and women. Each participating nation was allowed to name a starter. Jennifer Schüler from BV Ibbenbüren was temporarily the European record holder with 40 points, until Cindy Peyrot achieved the best score in the semifinals with 57 points.

year	Finals	m / f	gold	silver	bronze
2016	Torrelavega , Spain	Ladies	Cindy Peirot	Ellen Walrave	Sara Díaz Özlem Korkmaz
		Men's	Manuel Higinio Romero	Diego Rizzi	Logan Baton Adrien Daunois

Medal table

Pl.	country	gold	silver	bronze
1	Spain	1	0	1
2	France	1	0	0
3	Italy	0	1	0
	Netherlands	0	1	0
5	Belgium	0	0	1
	Luxembourg	0	0	1
	Turkey	0	0	1

Veterans

The first European Championship for Veterans (55 years and older) was held in August 2012 in Hvidovre, Denmark. 21 CEP associations took part in this event.

The winner of the first edition was Spain with a sovereign 13-2 victory over Germany, with Klaus Eschbach (BC Ettenheim), Rolando Jecle (Hochsteiner BC 1991), Detlev Krieger and Michel Lauer (both BC Sandhofen; all Baden-Württemberg) was.

In addition to France, which had voted against hosting a "veteran" EM, Italy from the top European associations was also missing from the participants.

Triplets

year	venue	gold	silver	bronze
2012	Hvidovre , Denmark	Spain Antonio Lopez, Luis de los Reyes, Vicente Cabrera	Germany Klaus Eschbach, Rolando Jecle, Detlev Krieger, Michel Lauer	Finland Monaco
2014	Luleå , Sweden	Monaco René Pintus, Gilbert Cimelli, Paul Olivier, Daniel Merello	Denmark Doris Pedersen, Torden Vous, Flemming Christian Boysen Schmidt, Lars Schaefer	Germany Hellmuth Platz, Albin Raux, Karl-Heinz Wied, Peter Weise Netherlands

Medal table

Pl.	country	gold	silver	bronze
1	Monaco	1	0	1
2	Spain	1	0	0
3	Germany	0	1	1
4th	Denmark	0	1	0
5	Finland	0	0	1
	Netherlands	0	0	1

swell

• DPV website approval GFDL: Ticket #: 2006111710003577

1. ↑ 1998 was still played with team mode, whereby six players were used.

Web links

• CEP
• German Pétanque Association