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It was the standout result of the French campaign in Lorca and the team's only gold medal of the championship.",[33,52,54],{"id":53},"womens-tête-à-tête-johansson-denies-bories-a-repeat","Women's Tête-à-Tête: Johansson Denies Bories a Repeat",[16,56,57,63,64,70,71,74],{},[20,58,59],{},[46,60,62],{"href":61},"\u002Fplayers\u002Fjessica-johansson","Jessica Johansson"," of ",[20,65,66],{},[46,67,69],{"href":68},"\u002Fcountries\u002Fsweden","Sweden"," beat France's defending champion ",[20,72,73],{},"Aurélie Bories"," 13-9 in the women's individual final, adding the European Singles title to a career that already included a 2019 World Championship doubles silver medal and 25 Swedish national titles. Bories, who had won the title at the previous European Championship, took silver.",[33,76,78],{"id":77},"mens-doublette-spain-beats-italy-on-home-soil","Men's Doublette: Spain Beats Italy on Home Soil",[16,80,81,82,88,89,95,96,99],{},"The men's doublette final went the host nation's way, with ",[20,83,84],{},[46,85,87],{"href":86},"\u002Fcountries\u002Fspain","Spain"," defeating ",[20,90,91],{},[46,92,94],{"href":93},"\u002Fcountries\u002Fitaly","Italy"," 13-9 to win gold in front of a home crowd. France's pair of Bonetto and ",[20,97,98],{},"Yohan Cousin"," had already been eliminated in the semifinal, losing 11-13 to Italy, and settled for bronze - Italy's runners-up finish in the final meant silver.",[33,101,103],{"id":102},"womens-doublette-spain-completes-the-home-double","Women's Doublette: Spain Completes the Home Double",[16,105,106,107,110,111,114,115,118,119,122],{},"Spain made it a doublette sweep, beating ",[20,108,109],{},"Switzerland","'s ",[20,112,113],{},"Yvonne Bless"," and ",[20,116,117],{},"Corinne Althaus"," 13-7 in the women's final for a second home gold. France's pair - ",[20,120,121],{},"Charlotte Darodes"," and Bories, the defending champions from Martigny 2024 - led the Swiss 6-0 early in their semifinal before Bless and Althaus fought back to win 13-6, sending France to the bronze-medal match instead of a title defense.",[33,124,126],{"id":125},"mixed-doublette-italy-edges-france-by-a-single-point","Mixed Doublette: Italy Edges France by a Single Point",[16,128,129,130,114,133,136],{},"The closest final of the championship came in mixed doublette, where Italy's ",[20,131,132],{},"Jacopo Gardella",[20,134,135],{},"Sara Ferrera"," held off Darodes and Cousin 13-12. The French pair had cruised through qualifying with a perfect 5-0 record before falling agonizingly short in the final.",[33,138,140],{"id":139},"beyond-the-podium-portugals-best-result-in-years","Beyond the Podium: Portugal's Best Result in Years",[16,142,143,144,148,149,114,152,155],{},"Outside the medal table, ",[46,145,147],{"href":146},"\u002Fcountries\u002Fportugal","Portugal"," turned in its strongest European Championship performance in years. 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Full 2026 European results.","md",[308,311,314,317,320,323],{"question":309,"answer":310},"When and where was the 2026 European Pétanque Championship held?","The Confédération Européenne de Pétanque (CEP) championship ran 18-21 June 2026 in Lorca, Murcia, Spain, hosted by the Federación Española de Petanca (FEP) at the Huerto de la Rueda fairground and the Palacio de Ferias y Congresos Alcalde Francisco Jódar. More than 30 national federations competed across five disciplines: men's and women's tête-à-tête (singles), men's and women's doublette, and mixed doublette.",{"question":312,"answer":313},"Who won the men's tête-à-tête title at the 2026 European Championship?","France's Mickaël Bonetto won gold, finishing the qualifying rounds with a perfect 5 wins from 5 matches before taking the title in Lorca.",{"question":315,"answer":316},"Who won the women's tête-à-tête title at the 2026 European Championship?","Sweden's Jessica Johansson won gold, beating France's defending champion Aurélie Bories 13-9 in the final for the biggest title of her career.",{"question":318,"answer":319},"Who won the doublette titles at the 2026 European Championship?","Host nation Spain won both doublette golds: the men's pair beat Italy 13-9 in the final, and the women's pair beat Switzerland's Yvonne Bless and Corinne Althaus 13-7. France's pairs in both events lost their semifinals and settled for bronze.",{"question":321,"answer":322},"Who won the mixed doublette title at the 2026 European Championship?","Italy's Jacopo Gardella and Sara Ferrera won 13-12 over France's Charlotte Darodes and Yohan Cousin in a final decided by a single point.",{"question":324,"answer":325},"How did France perform overall at the 2026 European Championship?","France medaled in all five disciplines it entered - one gold (Bonetto), two silver (Bories in tête-à-tête féminin, Darodes and Cousin in mixed doublette), and two bronze (Bonetto and Cousin in men's doublette, Darodes and Bories in women's doublette) - despite winning only the one title.","\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fpetanque-european-championship-2026-results.png","2026-08-03",{"targetKeywords":329},[330,331,332,333,334],"petanque european championship 2026","petanque european championship results lorca","jessica johansson european champion","mickael bonetto european champion","lorca petanque 2026",true,"\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Fpetanque-european-championship-2026-results",{"title":5,"description":305},"blog\u002Fen\u002Fpetanque-european-championship-2026-results",[340,341,26,87,342,343],"European Championship","CEP","2026","Tournament Results","9vSaGLXkMA2ujoA9UT8MIeNHknfEwn_RmH1FVIgbNRI",[346,358,368],{"path":347,"title":348,"description":349,"image":350,"tags":351,"collection":356,"overlap":357},"\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Fpetanque-world-youth-championship-2026-preview","2026 Pétanque World Youth Championship Results: Santa Susanna, Spain","Thailand won mixed triples gold, Madagascar defended its mixed doubles title, and France's Kimberley Bousch and Dawson Herlemann took precision shooting gold at the 2026 World Youth Championship in Santa Susanna.","\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fpetanque-world-youth-championship-2026-preview.png",[352,353,87,354,342,355,343],"World Championship","FIPJP","Junior","Madagascar","blog",3,{"path":359,"title":360,"description":361,"image":362,"tags":363,"collection":356,"overlap":294},"\u002Fblog\u002Fen\u002Ffrench-petanque-championships-2026-results","2026 French Pétanque National Championships: Full Results","Henri Lacroix claimed a record 23rd French title in triplette, Dylan Rocher completed his national collection in mixed triplette, and Christophe Sarrio finally won tête-à-tête. 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