[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":144},["ShallowReactive",2],{"country-en-haiti":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"country_code":132,"description":133,"extension":134,"federation":135,"flag":136,"lastUpdated":137,"meta":138,"navigation":139,"path":140,"region":135,"seo":141,"stem":142,"__hash__":143},"countries\u002Fcountries\u002Fen\u002Fhaiti.md","Pétanque in Haiti",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":126},"minimark",[9,13,75,80,98,102,116],[10,11,5],"h1",{"id":12},"pétanque-in-haiti",[14,15,16,17,21,22,25,26,29,30,33,34,39,40,39,44,48,49,39,53,39,57,39,61,48,65,69,70,74],"p",{},"Pétanque in Haiti has an organized governing history stretching back to 2009, when a new ",[18,19,20],"strong",{},"Federation Haitienne de Petanque"," was established in Port-au-Prince and joined the ",[18,23,24],{},"Fédération Internationale de Pétanque et Jeu Provençal (FIPJP)"," - a development driven by Jean-Edouard Nelson, who had ambitious plans for growing the sport domestically at the time. Today, Haiti's petanque scene is organized under the ",[18,27,28],{},"Federation Haitienne du Sport de Boules (FHSB)",", one of the 14 member federations of the ",[18,31,32],{},"Pan America Petanque Confederation (PAPC)",", the continental body that also governs the sport for ",[35,36,38],"a",{"href":37},"\u002Fcountries\u002Fargentina","Argentina",", ",[35,41,43],{"href":42},"\u002Fcountries\u002Fcanada","Canada",[35,45,47],{"href":46},"\u002Fcountries\u002Fchile","Chile",", the ",[35,50,52],{"href":51},"\u002Fcountries\u002Fdominican-republic","Dominican Republic",[35,54,56],{"href":55},"\u002Fcountries\u002Fmexico","Mexico",[35,58,60],{"href":59},"\u002Fcountries\u002Fparaguay","Paraguay",[35,62,64],{"href":63},"\u002Fcountries\u002Fperu","Peru",[35,66,68],{"href":67},"\u002Fcountries\u002Funited-states","United States",", and ",[35,71,73],{"href":72},"\u002Fcountries\u002Fvenezuela","Venezuela",".",[76,77,79],"h2",{"id":78},"federation","Federation",[14,81,82,83,86,87,90,91,97],{},"The FHSB's current president is ",[18,84,85],{},"Dieufils Pierre",", with ",[18,88,89],{},"Nancy Aly"," serving as the federation's PAPC representative, per the confederation's own member listing. Whether the FHSB is a direct continuation of the 2009 Federation Haitienne de Petanque or a later reorganization under a new name could not be independently confirmed via available sources - both names are documented here rather than assuming continuity between them. A federation founding date under the FHSB name, club scene details, and domestic competition results were not independently confirmed via available sources. The federation maintains a public ",[35,92,96],{"href":93,"rel":94},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.facebook.com\u002FFederation-Hatienne-Du-Sport-De-Boules",[95],"nofollow","Facebook page",", which is the only additional public-facing presence we could find beyond the PAPC's own member listing.",[76,99,101],{"id":100},"international-results","International Results",[14,103,104,105,108,109,111,112,115],{},"Haiti was not found among the nations contesting the Pan American qualifying tournaments documented on this site - the eight-nation ",[18,106,107],{},"Panamericano de Petancas Limache 2023"," in ",[35,110,47],{"href":46}," and the ten-nation ",[18,113,114],{},"Panamericano Clasificatorio de Petancas Iquique 2025",", also in Chile - and no other international petanque results for a Haitian national team were found via available sources.",[14,117,118,119,122,123,125],{},"Haiti also fielded a delegation at the ",[18,120,121],{},"2026 Central American and Caribbean Games"," in Santo Domingo (24 July - 8 August 2026, hosted by the ",[35,124,52],{"href":51},"), competing in boxing, judo, cycling, and taekwondo among other disciplines - but pétanque\u002Fbochas was not among that event's roughly 40 contested sports at all. This profile is intentionally limited to what could be verified, rather than filling gaps with guesswork.",{"title":127,"searchDepth":128,"depth":128,"links":129},"",2,[130,131],{"id":78,"depth":128,"text":79},{"id":100,"depth":128,"text":101},"HT","Haiti's petanque federation dates to 2009, when the Federation Haitienne de Petanque joined FIPJP under founder Jean-Edouard Nelson; today the sport is organized under the Federation Haitienne du Sport de Boules (FHSB), a member of the Pan America Petanque Confederation.","md",null,"🇭🇹","2026-08-07",{},true,"\u002Fcountries\u002Fen\u002Fhaiti",{"title":5,"description":133},"countries\u002Fen\u002Fhaiti","V0gBSOPHBpGblmXujZrN3dihfUEPTYiz29kYqlMoBq8",1786097167238]