Pétanque World Championship 2007

The 43rd Senior Pétanque World Championships took place from September 20 to 24, 2007 in Pattaya , Thailand . At the same time, the 8th World Championships were held in the Tir de Précision ( precision shooting ). Men and women, but also Espoirs and Juniors, are admitted to the Seniors Championships . Women did not take part in the 2007 World Cup.

The Fédération Internationale de Pétanque et Jeu Provençal (FIPJP) organizes the world championships annually.

50 of the 72 nations organized in (FIPJP) competed for the 43rd World Cup.

With 40,000 (as of December 31, 2006) athletes, Thailand is the second strongest pétanque nation behind France (367,247 athletes). Pétanque was introduced in Thailand by the current Queen Mother, who got to know and appreciate this boules sport as a young woman in France and Switzerland. Pétanque is promoted in Thailand, there are many sports soldiers in this discipline.

The German Pétanque Association (DPV) is the sixth largest pétanque association with 14,129 athletes , behind the associations in Spain (29,115), Algeria (19,716) and that of the Netherlands (17,880). The Switzerland has 3482, Austria 262 petanque athletes.

The 43rd World Championships was the most successful for the DPV so far, as they achieved fifth place in both triplet and precision shooting .

Triplets

Like all international championships in the boules sport pétanque , triplet was also played at the 43rd World Cup . The hosts Thailand and last year's world champion France each provided two teams, all other nations one team.

Preliminary round

In the first round, 8 groups with 6 to 7 teams were played against each other. The top four qualified for the 1/16 finals. The eliminated teams continued to play in the Nations Cup.

The German team (Jannik Schaake ( Sandhofen ) / Jan Garner ( Hanover ) / Martin Kuball ( Hamburg ) / Patrick Abdelhak ( Konstanz )) played in Group C. They only lost against the favorites and eventual world champions France 1 and against Vietnam . Croatia played in the same groups , whose team consisted of players playing in Germany (Tino Capin ( Berlin ) / Stipe Mamic ( Grünwinkel ) / Ante Šolic (Berlin) / Michael Tekath ( Viernheim )). The Germans won the prestige duel.

Germany finished second behind France 2 and Croatia third.

France 1 came first in Group D, while hosts Thailand could only advance to the next round with one team. Switzerland qualified fourth in group B. Austria finished fourth in group A.

Preliminary round
space	A.	B.	C.	D.	E.	F.	G	H
1	Madagascar	Portugal	France 1	France 2	Belgium	Ivory Coast	Morocco	Tunisia
2	Thailand 2	Laos	Germany	Finland	Italy	French Polynesia	Sweden	Canada
3	Estonia	Benin	Croatia	United Kingdom	Australia	Seychelles	Senegal	Monaco
4th	Austria	Switzerland	Slovenia	Spain	New Zealand	Czech Republic	Djibouti	Denmark
5	Singapore	Thailand 1	Vietnam	Poland	Japan	Hungary	Slovakia	Netherlands
6th	Malaysia	Mauritius	People's Republic of China	Norway	Taiwan	United States	India	Belarus
7th	Philippines	Russia	Bulgaria	-	-	-	Lithuania	-

1/16 finals (poule round)

Poule was played in the 1/16 final . Poules are groups of four teams. The winners and losers of the 1st game play against each other. The winner of the winning game is directly qualified for the next round. The winner of the losing game and the loser of the winning game play a barrage . The winner is qualified for the next round. The losers of the loser game and the barrage continue to play in the Nations Cup.

Germany was able to qualify for the next round as second in Poules V behind France 1. They were able to win against New Zealand 13: 4, lost in the winning game 13: 1 against France 1 and finally won the Barrage against New Zealand.

Switzerland lost in Poule W game 1 against Sweden , won the loser game at 13:10 against Estonia and won the barrage against Sweden 13:12.

Austria was eliminated in Group X with two defeats against Morocco (3:13) and Canada (7:13) and continued to play in the Nations Cup.

Poules
space	S.	T	U	V	W.	X	Y	Z
1	Madagascar	Thailand 2	France 1	France 2	Tunisia	Morocco	French Polynesia	Ivory Coast
2	Denmark	Portugal	Finland	Germany	Switzerland	Canada	Spain	Italy
3	Laos	Czech Republic	Djibouti	New Zealand	Sweden	Benin	Belgium	Slovenia
4th	Senegal	Australia	Monaco	Seychelles	Estonia	Austria	Croatia	United Kingdom

1/8 final poule round

Poule was also played in the 1/8 final. The system can be followed using the colored markings.

Germany played strong in this round and qualified first in Poule 4 without defeat. Switzerland was eliminated with two defeats in Poule 2.

Poule 1 Game 1  Madagascar :  Spain 13: 2  France 1 :  Portugal 13: 9 winner  Madagascar :  France 1 13: 1 loser  Spain :  Portugal 13: 2 Barrage  Spain :  France 1 4:13 qualified  Madagascar  France 1 eliminated  Spain  Portugal

Poule 2 Game 1  Thailand 2 :  Italy 13: 5  France 2 :  Switzerland 13: 3 winner  Thailand 2 :  France 2 0:13 loser  Italy :  Switzerland 13: 1 Barrage  Thailand 2 :  Italy 4:13 qualified  France 2  Italy eliminated  Thailand 2  Switzerland

Poule 3 Game 1  Tunisia :  Canada 13:11  French Polynesia :  Denmark 13: 3 winner  French Polynesia :  Tunisia 13: 1 loser  Denmark :  Canada 4:13 Barrage  Tunisia :  Canada 13: 8 qualified  French Polynesia  Tunisia eliminated  Canada  Denmark

Poule 4 Game 1  Morocco :  Finland 6:13  Ivory Coast :  Germany 1:13 winner  Finland :  Germany 6:13 loser  Morocco :  Ivory Coast 13: 5 Barrage  Morocco :  Finland 13: 6 qualified  Germany  Morocco eliminated  Finland  Ivory Coast

Final round

Germany was eliminated in the 1/4 finals and finished fifth like in 2006 and 1996. These are the best German results.

World champion was France 1. France 2 lost in the 1/4 final against Madagascar 0:13. Madagascar then became vice world champion. Italy and Tunisia finished third.

Record champions France became world champions for the 24th time and won their 51st medal.

The 1999 world champion Madagascar won his second silver medal, his third medal overall.

Tunisia, third behind Switzerland in the medal table , won its 4th bronze medal (3 × gold, 7 × silver) and now has 14 medals, placing it in second place behind France and ahead of Belgium (13).

The three-time world champion Italy won his 4th bronze medal.

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

World Champion
France 1		Henri Lacroix / Philippe Suchaud / Bruno Leboursicaud / Thierry Grandet
Vice world champion
Madagascar		Andrianiaina / Rakotoarivelo / Dinmamod / Maminiarina
place 3	Italy		Occelli / Dutto / Zocco / Biancotto
	Tunisia		Lakhal / Tarek / Attalah / Med Nizar
5th place	Germany		Jannik Schaake / Jan Garner / Martin Kuball / Patrick Abdelhak
	France 2
	Morocco
	Tahiti

Nations Cup

The teams eliminated in the first round will play for the Nations Cup.

Austria was eliminated in the 2nd round of poule, Croatia reached the quarter-finals in its 1st World Cup participation.

Belgium won the final. Until 2005, Belgium was often France's greatest competitor, was world champion for the second time in 2000 and won 6 silver and 5 bronze medals. In 2006 Belgium failed in the 1/8 final, in 2007 the World Cup tournament was already over in the 1/16 final.

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Precision Shooting (Tir de precision)

The 18-year-old Jannik Schaake was the first German to qualify directly as fourth in the preliminary round in precision shooting . There he lost to the French Pascal Milei. The 5th place, which Sascha Koch also occupies, is the best placement of a German tireur.

The Swiss Tuong van Nguyen qualified seventh for the Repêchage, but retired there and finished 15th. The Austrian Sorio Oscar retired as 31st in the preliminary round.

Madagascar won its first world title in this 200 first-time discipline and improved with a total of 4 medals (2 × silver, 1 × bronze).

France added a silver one to its 4 gold medals so far. French Polynesia and Morocco won their first (bronze) medals.

Qualifying round 4 of 55 starters qualified directly, 17 for the Repêchage
1st place	Yann Nauta (Tahiti)				52 points
place 2	Claude Bedi Jean (Côte d'Ivoire)				48 points
place 3	Phusa - Ad Thaleungkiat (Thailand)				46 points
4th place	Jannik Schaake (Germany)				44 points
Repêchage 2nd chance / 4 of 17 starters qualified
5th place	Pascal Milei (France)				49 points
Rank 6	Abdessamad Menkari (Morocco)				42 points
7th place	Sylvain Rakotoarivelo (Madagascar)				39 points
8th place	Han Liquang (PR China)				35 points

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
	1	Yann Nauta	33
	8th	Han Liquang	32
						1	Yann Nauta	20th
						5	Pascal Milei	35
	4th	Jannik Schaake	35
	5	Pascal Milei	46
											5	Pascal Milei	41
											7th	Sylvain Rakotoarivelo	52
	3	Phusa - Ad Thaleungkiat	44
	6th	Abdessamad Menkari	46
						3	Abdessamad Menkari	18th
						7th	Sylvain Rakotoarivelo	36
	2	Claude Bedi Jean	20th
	7th	Sylvain Rakotoarivelo	32

World Champion
Sylvain Rakotoariveload (Madagascar)
Vice world champion
Pascal Milei (France)
place 3	Yann Nauta (Tahiti)
	Abdessamad Menkari (Morocco)
5th place	Jannik Schaake (Germany)
	Han Liquang (PR China)
	Phusa - Ad Thaleungkiat (Thailand)
	Claude Bedi Jean (Côte d'Ivoire)

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} On the results pages of the FIPJP , some nations are shown as qualified in the preliminary round, but they did not play in the second round. Those who have also played in the 2nd round are shown as qualified
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} The FEDERATION TAHITIENNE DE PETANQUE en POLYNESIE FRANCAISE is listed as Tahiti in the results lists of the FIPJP .

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