[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":224},["ShallowReactive",2],{"country-en-andorra":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"country_code":210,"description":211,"extension":212,"federation":213,"flag":215,"lastUpdated":216,"meta":217,"navigation":218,"path":219,"region":220,"seo":221,"stem":222,"__hash__":223},"countries\u002Fcountries\u002Fen\u002Fandorra.md","Pétanque in Andorra",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":202},"minimark",[9,13,26,31,66,81,85,108,112,119,129,147,157,164,168],[10,11,5],"h1",{"id":12},"pétanque-in-andorra",[14,15,16,17,21,22,25],"p",{},"Andorra, one of Europe's smallest states, holds an outsized place in pétanque history: barely three years after its national federation was founded, the tiny Pyrenean principality hosted the sport's biggest stage, the ",[18,19,20],"strong",{},"FIPJP World Triplette Championship",". The ",[18,23,24],{},"Federacio Andorrana de Petanca (FAP)"," governs the sport today, affiliated with both the Confederation Europeenne de Petanque (CEP) and the Federation Internationale de Petanque et Jeu Provencal (FIPJP).",[27,28,30],"h2",{"id":29},"history","History",[14,32,33,34,37,38,41,42,45,46,49,50,53,54,57,58,61,62,65],{},"Organized pétanque in Andorra traces to the 1980s, when clubs in the parishes of ",[18,35,36],{},"Sant Julia de Loria",", ",[18,39,40],{},"Ordino",", and ",[18,43,44],{},"Andorra la Vella"," came together to propose forming a national federation so Andorra could take part in world championship competition. The ",[18,47,48],{},"Federacio Andorrana de Petanca i Disciplines Associades (FAP)"," was formally created in ",[18,51,52],{},"1988",", with ",[18,55,56],{},"Antoni Calvet"," as its first president and ",[18,59,60],{},"Josep Maria Benazet"," as vice-president; the pair submitted the federation for registration in the country's official register of sports federations. A second board, elected the following year and led by ",[18,63,64],{},"Christian Trillas Villalongue",", drove the federation's early growth.",[14,67,68,69,72,73,76,77,80],{},"That growth culminated remarkably quickly: in ",[18,70,71],{},"1991",", Andorra hosted the ",[18,74,75],{},"27th FIPJP World Men's Triplette Championship"," in the parish of ",[18,78,79],{},"Escaldes-Engordany",", drawing 28 national teams and 56 triplettes to Andorran soil. According to the federation's own account, the decision to award Andorra the championship was reached over a dinner in Ordino between FIPJP president Claude Azema, Escaldes' sports councillor Robert Font, and FAP president Christian Trillas, only around a year before the event itself. The Andorran government subsidized participating teams' accommodation to help the young federation, then barely three years old, pull off hosting duties for the sport's premier international event - a feat it has not repeated since.",[27,82,84],{"id":83},"federation","Federation",[14,86,87,88,91,92,95,96,99,100,103,104,107],{},"The FAP is based at the ",[18,89,90],{},"Centre Tecnificacio Ordino",", C\u002F Narciso Yepes s\u002Fn, AD300-Ordino, and is a member of both the CEP and FIPJP. Its current board is led by ",[18,93,94],{},"Josep Maria Cucalon Duran"," as president, with ",[18,97,98],{},"Francisco Galera Zamora"," as vice-president, ",[18,101,102],{},"Cecilia Galvan"," as secretary, and ",[18,105,106],{},"Bruno Samtmann"," as treasurer, alongside vocal members Philippe Santmann, Alexandre Giraud, Francisco Barrionuevo Puertas, Rosalia Torrado Reyes, and Patrick Senzier Maslo. We could not independently verify the exact date this board took office via WebSearch alone.",[27,109,111],{"id":110},"domestic-scene","Domestic Scene",[14,113,114,115,118],{},"Andorran pétanque was once played at up to eight affiliated clubs, but by 2026 the FAP counted just ",[18,116,117],{},"four active clubs",": Club Petanca Ordino, Club Petanca Pas de la Casa, Club de Petanca d'Andorra la Vella, and Club Petanca d'Escaldes-Engordany. Four other clubs that once carried the sport in their parishes - Club Petanca La Bola d'Encamp, Club Petanca Sant Julia de Loria, Club Petanca La Massana, and Club Petanca d'Enclar - are no longer listed among the federation's active membership.",[14,120,121,124,125,128],{},[18,122,123],{},"Club Petanca Ordino (CP Ordino)",", one of the federation's founding clubs, remains active today under president ",[18,126,127],{},"Jean-Michel Armengol",", playing behind the parish schools and opposite the Casa Pairal. The club organizes doublette and triplette tournaments through the FAP's competition calendar.",[14,130,131,134,135,138,139,142,143,146],{},[18,132,133],{},"Club Petanca Pas de la Casa",", based at Hotel Les Truites, Carrer dels Pareatges 8, in the AD200 parish of Encamp, was founded in ",[18,136,137],{},"1990"," and claims one of the sport's more unusual home courts: an indoor terrain more than 2,400 meters above sea level, needed because of Pas de la Casa's high-altitude ski-resort climate. The club, presided over by ",[18,140,141],{},"Bruno Santmann",", won the 2024 edition of the ",[18,144,145],{},"Canolich championship",", an annual open-air tournament held each spring at the Canolich area of Sant Julia de Loria parish.",[14,148,149,152,153,156],{},[18,150,151],{},"Club de Petanca d'Andorra la Vella"," plays at the Pistes del Santa Coloma courts, and ",[18,154,155],{},"Club Petanca d'Escaldes-Engordany"," plays at the Pistes del Prat Gran, both in their respective capital-area parishes.",[14,158,159,160,163],{},"Outside the FAP's four registered clubs, a local ",[18,161,162],{},"Grup de Petanca Lauredia"," remains active in Sant Julia de Loria: in 2023 the parish comu remodeled the Prat del Senzill park and gave the group dedicated courts there, which now serve as its base for training sessions and an annual tournament held during the parish's Festa Major each July.",[27,165,167],{"id":166},"international-results","International Results",[14,169,170,171,174,175,178,179,182,183,186,187,190,191,194,195,197,198,201],{},"Beyond hosting the 1991 World Championship, Andorra has fielded individual competitors in pétanque at the ",[18,172,173],{},"Mediterranean Games",", a multi-sport event that includes boules disciplines (lyonnaise, petanque, and raffa) alongside Olympic sports. At the ",[18,176,177],{},"2022 Mediterranean Games"," in Oran, Algeria, held at the Es Senia LOFA Complex from 26-29 June 2022, ",[18,180,181],{},"Jon Fortes Porres"," represented Andorra in the men's petanque precision-throwing event but was eliminated in the preliminary rounds, while a second entrant, ",[18,184,185],{},"Frederic Breton Martin",", did not start. Andorra is set to send a petanque delegation back to the ",[18,188,189],{},"2026 Mediterranean Games"," in Taranto, Italy (21 August - 3 September 2026), with ",[18,192,193],{},"Jon Fortes"," and ",[18,196,106],{}," competing and ",[18,199,200],{},"Patrick Senzier"," providing technical support, as part of a nine-athlete Andorran delegation across four sports.",{"title":203,"searchDepth":204,"depth":204,"links":205},"",2,[206,207,208,209],{"id":29,"depth":204,"text":30},{"id":83,"depth":204,"text":84},{"id":110,"depth":204,"text":111},{"id":166,"depth":204,"text":167},"AD","Explore pétanque in Andorra: the Federacio Andorrana de Petanca, founded in 1988, and the astonishing 1991 FIPJP World Triplette Championship the tiny Pyrenean principality hosted in Escaldes-Engordany.","md",{"name":24,"url":214},"https:\u002F\u002Fandorrapetanca.com\u002Fla-federacio","🇦🇩","2026-08-06",{},true,"\u002Fcountries\u002Fen\u002Fandorra",null,{"title":5,"description":211},"countries\u002Fen\u002Fandorra","7AS6RhlxIhxHqIz37FJYlkP7bkg0ivAkaOU5MPWQKgA",1786097142000]