[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":146},["ShallowReactive",2],{"country-en-new-caledonia":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"country_code":132,"description":133,"extension":134,"federation":135,"flag":137,"lastUpdated":138,"meta":139,"navigation":140,"path":141,"region":142,"seo":143,"stem":144,"__hash__":145},"countries\u002Fcountries\u002Fen\u002Fnew-caledonia.md","Pétanque in New Caledonia",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":123},"minimark",[9,13,17,22,34,38,53,57,101,105,112,116],[10,11,5],"h1",{"id":12},"pétanque-in-new-caledonia",[14,15,16],"p",{},"Pétanque runs deep in New Caledonia, the French Pacific territory whose league did not just join the sport's Oceania competition scene but created it. Nouméa's public boulodromes and a territory-wide club network make the game one of the most visible pastimes on the islands.",[18,19,21],"h2",{"id":20},"federation","Federation",[14,23,24,25,29,30,33],{},"The ",[26,27,28],"strong",{},"Ligue Calédonienne de Pétanque et de Jeu Provençal",", headquartered in Nouméa, governs the sport across New Caledonia's provinces. As of a 2025 report, ",[26,31,32],{},"Ingrid Laurent"," serves as the league's president. The most recent published club count (2014) tallied roughly 600 licensed players across 19 clubs: nine in the South Province, five in the North Province, and four on the Loyalty Islands.",[18,35,37],{"id":36},"federation-contact","Federation Contact",[14,39,40,41,44,45,52],{},"The Ligue Calédonienne de Pétanque et de Jeu Provençal's postal address is ",[26,42,43],{},"BP 10749, 98805 Nouméa Cedex, New Caledonia",", as listed in the territorial Direction de la Jeunesse et des Sports' official directory of sports leagues and committees. General enquiries can be sent to ",[26,46,47],{},[48,49,51],"a",{"href":50},"mailto:michel.hamblin@outlook.fr","michel.hamblin@outlook.fr",".",[18,54,56],{"id":55},"oceania-confederation","Oceania Confederation",[14,58,59,60,63,64,68,69,73,74,68,78,68,82,86,87,91,92,95,96,100],{},"New Caledonia is one of the seven members of the ",[26,61,62],{},"Confédération de Pétanque de l'Océanie (Oceania Confederation)",", alongside ",[48,65,67],{"href":66},"\u002Fcountries\u002Faustralia","Australia",", ",[48,70,72],{"href":71},"\u002Fcountries\u002Ffrench-polynesia","French Polynesia"," (Tahiti), ",[48,75,77],{"href":76},"\u002Fcountries\u002Fnew-zealand","New Zealand",[48,79,81],{"href":80},"\u002Fcountries\u002Fpalau","Palau",[48,83,85],{"href":84},"\u002Fcountries\u002Fvanuatu","Vanuatu",", and ",[48,88,90],{"href":89},"\u002Fcountries\u002Fwallis-and-futuna","Wallis and Futuna",". In 1996, the Caledonian league created the regional championship known as ",[26,93,94],{},"\"les Océanias\""," specifically to raise the competitive level of its own players, inviting six men and six women from each member territory to a tournament held every two years. Since 2010, the event has doubled as the region's qualifier for the FIPJP World Championships. At the October 2025 edition, hosted in Wallis and Futuna, French Polynesia and Australia qualified for the 2026 Men's Triples World Championship - originally set for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, but ",[48,97,99],{"href":98},"\u002Fblog\u002Fpetanque-world-championship-2026-preview","relocated to Khon Kaen, Thailand"," after Malaysia's hosting bid fell through.",[18,102,104],{"id":103},"domestic-competition","Domestic Competition",[14,106,107,108,111],{},"New Caledonia's own showcase event is ",[26,109,110],{},"La Calédonienne",", an open triplette-and-doublette tournament held at the Boulari sports complex in Mont-Dore since its creation around 2013. Unlike a closed federation championship, it is open to licensed and unlicensed players of any age or gender, and it has grown into the territory's largest single pétanque gathering: its 5th edition, returning after a year's hiatus, drew around 150 local teams and an expected 300 competitors, with touring French internationals including record-holding 14-time world champion Philippe Suchaud and Dylan Rocher joining the field alongside visiting Australian, New Zealand, and Tahitian national teams. The tournament produced a milestone for the host territory at its 6th edition in January 2019, when Marc Grimm, Alexandre Pham, and Gaëtan Ogushiku became the first all-Caledonian team to win the triplette title, beating a mixed Pacific line-up 13-12 - the first time a \"Caillou\" team had taken the trophy since the event began. The following year's 7th edition, held in February 2020, ran across a full weekend at Boulari, opening with men's doubles on the Friday.",[18,113,115],{"id":114},"where-to-play","Where to Play",[14,117,118,119,122],{},"Nouméa, the territorial capital, maintains around twenty public boulodromes spread across its neighborhoods, putting a place to play within reach of most residents. In Mont-Dore, part of the South Province's nine-club cluster, the ",[26,120,121],{},"Boulari boulodrome"," hosts many of the territory's top competitions, including qualifying rounds for the Océanias.",{"title":124,"searchDepth":125,"depth":125,"links":126},"",2,[127,128,129,130,131],{"id":20,"depth":125,"text":21},{"id":36,"depth":125,"text":37},{"id":55,"depth":125,"text":56},{"id":103,"depth":125,"text":104},{"id":114,"depth":125,"text":115},"NC","New Caledonia's pétanque scene is run by the Ligue Calédonienne, creator of the 1996 Oceania Championship, with 19 clubs spread across the territory.","md",{"name":28,"url":136},"https:\u002F\u002Ffacebook.com\u002FLa-Cal%C3%A9donienne-de-p%C3%A9tanque-197223360415302","🇳🇨","2026-07-30",{},true,"\u002Fcountries\u002Fen\u002Fnew-caledonia",null,{"title":5,"description":133},"countries\u002Fen\u002Fnew-caledonia","WVljNx_qnURPg0ksXG63LeiKJvUm3SH34mg2yCojHVQ",1786097166247]