2008 World Pétanque Championship

The 44th Senior Pétanque World Championships took place from November 12 to 16, 2008 in Dakar , Senegal , and for the first time in a country in Sub-Saharan Africa . At the same time, the 9th 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 .

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

56 of the 78 nations organized in the FIPJP competed in the 44th World Cup.

Triplets

Like all international championships in the boules sport pétanque , triplet was also played at the 44th World Cup . The host Senegal and last year's world champion France each provided two teams, all other nations one team.

Teams from Germany, Austria and Switzerland

DPV	Public transport	FSP
Patrick Abdelhak (24, Lützelsachsen)	Admed Derradji	Regis Froidevaux
Florian Korsch (20, Bad Godesberg)	Nabil Hammami	Luc Camelique
Torsten Lay 18, Saarwellingen	Sorio Oscar	Thierry Matthey
Benjamin Lehmann (20, Essingen)	Helmut Planter	J.-Maurice Schnegg

Preliminary round

The first round is played in 8 groups with 7 teams each against each other. The first four qualified for the next round. The eliminated teams continued to play in the Nations Cup.

The German triplet plays in group B, Switzerland in group E and Austria in group F.

Preliminary round
team	A.	B.	C.	D.	E.	F.	G	H
1	Belgium	Mauritania	France B	Portugal	Senegal A	Madagascar	France A	Italy
2	Sweden	San Marino	Algeria	Tunisia	Luxembourg	Armenia	Morocco	Thailand
3	Spain	Burkina Faso	Canada	Guinea	Switzerland	Austria	Monaco	Cameroon
4th	Mauritius	Ivory Coast	Mali	Lebanon	French Polynesia	Benin	Poland	Senegal B
5	Turkey	Ireland	People's Republic of China	Djibouti	Japan	Denmark	Finland	Netherlands
6th	Wales	Germany	England	Scotland	Israel	Russia	Hungary	United States
7th	Slovakia	Bulgaria	Andorra	Niger	Lithuania	Czech Republic	Estonia	Norway

1/16 finals (poule round)

Poules
space	S.	T	U	V	W.	X	Y	Z
1	Belgium	Switzerland	France B	French Polynesia	Italy	France A	Armenia	Madagascar
2	Monaco	Mauritania	Tunisia	Algeria	Morocco	Thailand	Senegal A	Luxembourg
3	Senegal B	Sweden	Cameroon	Portugal	Spain	Burkina Faso	Canada	Mali
4th	San Marino	Benin	Poland	Austria	Ivory Coast	Mauritius	Lebanon	Guinea

1/8 final (poule round)

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

Poule 1 Game 1  Belgium :  Senegal A 13: 8  France B :  Mauritania 10:13 winner  Belgium :  Mauritania 13: 4 loser  France B :  Senegal A 13: 4 Barrage  France B :  Mauritania 13: 3 qualified  Madagascar  France B eliminated  Mauritania  Senegal A

Poule 2 Game 1  Switzerland :  Luxembourg 8:13  French Polynesia :  Morocco 2:13 winner  Luxembourg :  Morocco 2:13 loser  French Polynesia :  Switzerland 4:13 Barrage  Luxembourg :  Switzerland 13:10 qualified  Morocco  Luxembourg eliminated  Switzerland  French Polynesia

Poule 3 Game 1  Italy :  Thailand 10:13  Armenia :  Monaco 13: 1 winner  Armenia :  Thailand 13: 6 loser  Italy :  Monaco 11:13 Barrage  Thailand :  Monaco 13: 4 qualified  Armenia  Thailand eliminated  Monaco  Italy

Poule 4 Game 1  France A :  Tunisia 13: 3  Madagascar :  Algeria 10:13 winner  France A :  Algeria 13: 4 loser  Tunisia :  Madagascar 7:13 Barrage  Algeria :  Madagascar 2:13 qualified  France A  Madagascar eliminated  Tunisia  Algeria

Final round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Morocco

2

Thailand

13

Thailand

13

Belgium

11

Madagascar

10

Belgium

13

Thailand

0

France B

13

Luxembourg

0

France A

13

France A

7th

France B

13

France B

13

Armenia

6th

World Champion
France B		Philippe Suchaud-Bruno Leboursicaud-Thierry Grandet-Henri Lacroix
Vice world champion
Thailand		Thaloengkiat-Suksan-Pakin-Sarawut
place 3	France A		MILEI-LOY-ROBINEAU-RADNIK
	Belgium		WEIBEL-VAN CAMPENHOUT-MASUY-HEMON
5th place	Armenia
	Madagascar
	Luxembourg
	Morocco

Precision shooting (Tir de précision)

The German Benjamin Lehmann finished 12th in the qualifying round of precision shooting with 37 points and thus qualified for the round of hope (Repêchage).

The Austrian Oscar Sorio could not qualify as 28th (25 points) as well as the Swiss Luc Camelique as 39th (17 points).

In the Repêchage Benjamin Lehmann took 4th place together with the Belgian Weibel. Both had to play against each other in a jump-off. Initially, the so-called Atelier 1 was shot from a distance of 7 m (bullet in the middle of the target circle.) Since both scored 3 points, Atelier 2 was also shot at (target bullet in the middle of the circle, in front of which Cochonnet at 10 cm distance) shot. Weibel also scored 3 points here, Lehmann 0 points. So Weibel got one round.

World champion was Abdel El Mankari (Morocco) ahead of François Ndiaye, who set a new world record in the semi-finals.

Qualifying round 4 of 51 starters qualified directly, 18 for the Repêchage
1st place	Pascal Milei (France)				47 points
place 2	François Ndiaye (Senegal)				46 points
place 3	Michel Hatchadourian (Armenia)				44 points
4th place	Abdel El Mankari (Morocco)				43 points
12th place	Benjamin Lehmann (Germany)				37 points
28th place	Sorio Oscar (Austria)				25 points
39th place	Luc Camelique (Switzerland)				17 points
Repêchage 4 starters qualified
1st place	Roberto Carlos Lopez (Spain)				52 points
place 2	Boureima Ouédraogo (Burkina Faso)				45 points
place 3	Ousmane Maiga (Ivory Coast)				45 points
4th place	Claude Weibel (Belgium)				44 points
4th place	Benjamin Lehmann (Germany)				44 points
Jump there tied
1st place	Claude Weibel (Belgium)				6 points
place 2	Benjamin Lehmann (Germany)				3 points

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
	1	Pascal Milei	47
	8th	Claude Weibel	35
						1	Pascal Milei	42
						5	Abdel El Mankari	36
	4th	Roberto Carlos Lopez	47
	5	Abdel El Mankari	37
											5	Abdel El Mankari	39
											2	François Ndiaye	33
	2	François Ndiaye	45
	7th	Ousmane Maiga	35
						2	François Ndiaye	64
						6th	Boureima Ouédraogo	35
	3	Michel Hatchadourian	39
	6th	Boureima Ouédraogo	41

World champion :
Abdel El Mankari		Morocco
Vice world champion
François Ndiaye		Senegal
place 3	Pascal Milei	France
	Boureima Ouédraogo	Burkina Faso
5th place	Roberto Carlos Lopez	Spain
	Claude Weibel	Belgium
	Ousmane Maiga	Ivory Coast
	Michel Hatchadourian	Armenia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mot de bienvenue du Président de la FIPJP ( Memento of December 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} The FEDERATION TAHITIENNE DE PETANQUE en POLYNESIE FRANCAISE is listed as Tahiti in the results lists of the FIPJP .
3. ↑ The individual studios and tasks (including pictures) can also be found in the DPV Sports Regulations / Annex 4.1 Regulations of the German Tireur Championship ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 442 kB)
4. ↑ cf. see the results pages of the FIPJP ( Memento of December 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) and World Records Mondial Tir / FIPJP ( Memento of July 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ New world record, see FIPJP results pages ( Memento of December 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) and Mondial Tir / FIPJP World Records ( Memento of July 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

• World Cup news from the German Pétanque Association
• FIPJP homepage