2008 World Women's Petanque Championship

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The 2008 women's pétanque world championship took place from October 10th to 12th, 2008 in Samsun .

The Fédération Internationale de Pétanque et Jeu Provençal (FIPJP) organizes the women's world championships every two years.

A total of 147 athletes from 36 of the 79 associations organized in the FIPJP will start. Defending champions Thailand and hosts Turkey each provide two teams. 4 athletes can be registered per team. In the triplet competition, an athlete can also be replaced during the game. As in almost all world and European championships in pétanque, the so-called triplet discipline is played, and the world champion in precision shooting is determined.

For the eleventh time medals will be awarded in triplet and for the fourth time in precision shooting.

Participating Nations

Algeria  Australia  Austria  Belgium  Belarus  Bulgaria  Canada  People's Republic of China  Czech Republic

Denmark  England  Estonia  Finland  France  Germany  Hungary  Israel  Japan

Madagascar  Monaco  Morocco  Netherlands  New Zealand  Poland  Russia  Scotland  Slovakia

Spain  Sweden  Switzerland  Tahiti  Chinese Taipei  Thailand  Tunisia  Turkey  United States

Thailand and Turkey are marked in bold, with two teams and a total of eight athletes participating.

The teams from Germany, Austria and Switzerland

Both the German (DPV) and the Austrian Pétanque Association (ÖPV) as well as the Federation Suisse (fr: Switzerland) de Pétanque (FSP) nominated four female athletes for the world championships.

DPV	Public transport	FSP
Susanne Fleckenstein BC Sandhofen	Silvia Marega	Mylene Hug
Muriel Hess PCB Horb	Gabi Pechmann	Jessica Lamon
Anna Lazaridis PF Marl	Julia Koellner	Ludivine Maitre Wicki
Annick Hess Vesoul, France	Daniela Kulhanek	Laure Muriset

Results

Triplets

Preliminary round

The German team won all preliminary round matches and was first in the group. Austria took second place in the group with two preliminary round wins. Both nations qualified for the round of 16. Switzerland was only third with 3 wins and continued to play in the Nations Cup.

Preliminary round
space	A.	B.	C.	D.	E.	F.	G	H
1	Thailand B	Tunisia	Germany	France	Turkey B	Slovakia	Spain	Tahiti
2	Canada	Austria	Italy	Thailand A	People's Republic of China	Czech Republic	Japan	Algeria
3	Netherlands	New Zealand	Sweden	Switzerland	Denmark	Estonia	Belgium	Russia
4th	Turkey A	Belarus	Finland	Hungary	Australia	United States	Chinese Taipei	Poland
5	Israel	England	Bulgaria	Scotland	Morocco	Monaco

Finals

The German team was eliminated against the Czech Republic in the round of 16, Austria failed in the same round against Spain.

World Champion
Spain	Yolanda Matarranz , Silvia Garces , Rosario Ines , Jeronima Ballesta
Vice world champion
Thailand A	Tra Chuamung , Janjira Hansuwan , Kannika Limwanich , Suphannee Wongsut
place 3
Thailand B	Thongsri Thamakord , Phantipha Wongchuwej , Noknoi Youngcham , Boonyoum Kamsawaung
France	Ranya Koadri , Angelique Papon , M. Christine Virebayre , Florence Schopp

Nations Cup

Switzerland took second place in the Nations Cup

	1/16 finals					1/8 final ( cadrage )					Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
		Estonia	13
		Bulgaria	2
							Estonia	1
							Belgium	13
		Belgium	13
		Scotland	3
												Belgium	13
												Morocco	8th
		Morocco
		-
							Morocco	13
							Russia	3
		Russia	13
		Madagascar	6th
																	Belgium	13
																	United States	12
		United States	13
		Turkey	11
							United States
							-
		-
		-
												United States	13
												Finland	5
		Finland	13
		Hungary	0
							Finland	13
							Australia	12
		Belarus	8th
		Australia	13
																						Belgium	13
																						Switzerland	12
		Denmark	13
		England	8th
							Denmark
							-
		-
		-
												Denmark	1
												Switzerland	13
		Sweden	13
		Monaco	3
							Sweden	4th
							Switzerland	13
		Switzerland	13
		Israel	1
																	Switzerland	13
																	Netherlands	9
		Netherlands	13
		Poland	5
							Netherlands
							-
		-
		-
												Netherlands	13
												Chinese Taipei	2
		Chinese Taipei	13
		New Zealand	6th
							Chinese Taipei
							-
		-
		-

Precision shooting

First a qualifying round was held. The best four athletes qualified directly for the quarter-finals. Places 5 to 20 played a repêchage in which another four athletes qualified.

final
Karin Rudolfs	:	Angelique Papon	19:47
World Champion	Angelique Papon
Vice world champion	Karin Rudolfs
place 3	Thongsri thama cord
	Mounia Beji
5th place	Maryse Bergeron
	Ines Rosario
	Margalit Ossi
	Jessica Johansson

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Presentation of the athletes  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ For the mode see under Precision Shooting and the form for the World Championships in Precision Shooting ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . For more information, see the draw / results on the FIPJP page ( memento of the original from January 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

• FIPJP
• Information on the DPV website
• Information on the public transport website
• Information on the FSP website
• Organizer's website in French, English and Turkish