[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":196},["ShallowReactive",2],{"country-en-san-marino":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"country_code":182,"description":183,"extension":184,"federation":185,"flag":187,"lastUpdated":188,"meta":189,"navigation":190,"path":191,"region":192,"seo":193,"stem":194,"__hash__":195},"countries\u002Fcountries\u002Fen\u002Fsan-marino.md","Pétanque in San Marino",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":173},"minimark",[9,13,58,63,83,87,107,111,126,130,133,158,162],[10,11,5],"h1",{"id":12},"pétanque-in-san-marino",[14,15,16,17,22,23,22,27,22,31,22,35,22,39,22,43,47,48,52,53,57],"p",{},"San Marino, one of Europe's smallest states, runs pétanque as one specialty inside a single national bocce federation, the same governance pattern seen in ",[18,19,21],"a",{"href":20},"\u002Fcountries\u002Fitaly","Italy",", ",[18,24,26],{"href":25},"\u002Fcountries\u002Fcroatia","Croatia",[18,28,30],{"href":29},"\u002Fcountries\u002Fchile","Chile",[18,32,34],{"href":33},"\u002Fcountries\u002Fperu","Peru",[18,36,38],{"href":37},"\u002Fcountries\u002Fparaguay","Paraguay",[18,40,42],{"href":41},"\u002Fcountries\u002Fargentina","Argentina",[18,44,46],{"href":45},"\u002Fcountries\u002Furuguay","Uruguay",", and ",[18,49,51],{"href":50},"\u002Fcountries\u002Fbrazil","Brazil",". The ",[54,55,56],"strong",{},"Federazione Sammarinese Sport Bocce (FSSB)"," is affiliated to the Confederation Europeenne de Petanque (CEP), and its calendar is anchored by an annual international pétanque tournament held at the Bocciodromo Federale in Borgo Maggiore.",[59,60,62],"h2",{"id":61},"history","History",[14,64,65,66,69,70,22,73,22,76,47,79,82],{},"The FSSB was founded in ",[54,67,68],{},"1967",", and the federation marked its 50th anniversary in December 2017 with an international match against Italy's national bocce federation, at which point it counted four affiliated clubs: ",[54,71,72],{},"Faetano",[54,74,75],{},"La Fiorita",[54,77,78],{},"Libertas",[54,80,81],{},"Montecerreto",". During that anniversary event, FSSB president Maurizio Mularoni and Federazione Italiana Bocce (FIB) president Marco Giunio De Sanctis signed a cooperation agreement, in the presence of San Marino's State Secretary Claudio Podeschi and CONS president Gian Primo Giardi, allowing athletes from either federation to compete freely in the other's domestic competitions, with the exception of events where individual national titles are contested.",[59,84,86],{"id":85},"federation","Federation",[14,88,89,90,93,94,98,99,102,103,106],{},"The FSSB sits within the ",[54,91,92],{},"Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Sammarinese (CONS)",", San Marino's national Olympic committee, and is based at Via Giorgio Ordelaffi, 100, in Borgo Maggiore (telephone 0549 90 31 22, email ",[18,95,97],{"href":96},"mailto:fedbocce@omniway.sm","fedbocce@omniway.sm","). For the 2025-2028 term, the federation's General Assembly reconfirmed ",[54,100,101],{},"Maurizio Mularoni"," as president, defeating challenger Gian Luigi Giancecchi, with a Board of Directors comprising Alessia Casadei, Lorena Forcellini, Claudio Gasperoni, Pier Marino Paoletti, and Carlo Rossi, alongside Giuseppe Frisoni as the athletes' representative. The FSSB should not be confused with the separately governed ",[54,104,105],{},"Federazione Sammarinese Sport Speciali",", a distinct body for Special Olympics-style competition that also runs its own bocce program.",[59,108,110],{"id":109},"domestic-scene","Domestic Scene",[14,112,113,114,117,118,121,122,125],{},"Pétanque activity is concentrated at the ",[54,115,116],{},"Bocciodromo Federale"," in Borgo Maggiore, built in 1992 with six indoor lanes for Italian-style bocce alongside four outdoor courts for petanque and raffa. It is home to the federation's flagship annual event, the ",[54,119,120],{},"Trofeo Internazionale di Petanque",", organized jointly by the FSSB and the ",[54,123,124],{},"Societa Bocciofila Libertas",". The 2026 edition, the tournament's 24th, drew 36 doublette teams from Italy, France, Switzerland, and San Marino; the pairing of Marro and Musso won the title, beating Bauman and Fabrice of Beridier in the final, with a Swiss pairing, Natale and Patrik, taking third place. In the accompanying consolation draw (\"Gara B\"), Zanasi and Ferrari of Modena won, ahead of Natale and Thierry, while the Sammarinese pairing of Carlo Rossi and Gianluigi Giancecchi finished fourth. The 2026 edition also marked the inauguration of a new covered structure over the four petanque courts at the Bocciodromo Federale, built with support from CONS, allowing year-round play. Separately, San Marino's bocce federation also runs raffa and volo competitions, including the annual Trofeo Libertas and, new in 2026, the 1st Trofeo Internazionale Montecerreto, hosted by the Montecerreto club at the Bocciodromo Federale on 25-26 July 2026 and drawing over 250 athletes from six nations.",[59,127,129],{"id":128},"clubs","Clubs",[14,131,132],{},"The FSSB's four affiliated bocce societies, each of which fields petanque players, are:",[134,135,136,142,147,153],"ul",{},[137,138,139,141],"li",{},[54,140,124],{},", based in Borgo Maggiore, the federation's regular co-organizer of the Trofeo Internazionale di Petanque and other events at the Bocciodromo Federale.",[137,143,144,146],{},[54,145,75],{},", a multi-sport club headquartered at Via del Dragone 17 in Montegiardino, better known internationally for its football section but affiliated to the FSSB for bocce and petanque.",[137,148,149,152],{},[54,150,151],{},"Societa Bocciofila Montecerreto",", based in Acquaviva, host of the new Trofeo Internazionale Montecerreto starting in 2026.",[137,154,155,157],{},[54,156,72],{},", based in the castello of Faetano, one of San Marino's nine municipalities.",[59,159,161],{"id":160},"international-results","International Results",[14,163,164,165,168,169,172],{},"We could not independently verify any San Marino national-team result at a FIPJP World Championship or CEP European Championship via web search; this page will be updated if and when a documented result is found. San Marino has, however, medaled in boules at the ",[54,166,167],{},"Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE)",", a biennial multi-sport event for Europe's smallest states. Boules made its GSSE debut on 30-31 May 2017 at the Bocciodromo Federale in Borgo Maggiore, when San Marino hosted the Games; San Marino finished second in the boules medal table with 2 gold and 1 silver, all in the ",[54,170,171],{},"raffa"," discipline rather than petanque - Enrico Dall'Olmo won men's raffa singles, and Dall'Olmo paired with Jacopo Frisoni to win men's raffa doubles, with Frisoni also taking singles silver. That same 2017 program's petanque events were won by other nations (Monaco's Cincinnato Martire in men's singles, Luxembourg in men's doubles and women's singles), and San Marino did not medal in boules, including petanque, when the sport returned at the 2019 Games in Budva, Montenegro. Boules was not part of the sports program at the 2023 Games in Malta.",{"title":174,"searchDepth":175,"depth":175,"links":176},"",2,[177,178,179,180,181],{"id":61,"depth":175,"text":62},{"id":85,"depth":175,"text":86},{"id":109,"depth":175,"text":110},{"id":128,"depth":175,"text":129},{"id":160,"depth":175,"text":161},"SM","Explore pétanque in San Marino: the Federazione Sammarinese Sport Bocce, founded in 1967, its four affiliated clubs, its annual Trofeo Internazionale di Petanque at Borgo Maggiore, and San Marino's boules medals from hosting the 2017 Games of the Small States of Europe.","md",{"name":56,"url":186},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cons.sm\u002Ffederations\u002Fbocce\u002F","🇸🇲","2026-08-06",{},true,"\u002Fcountries\u002Fen\u002Fsan-marino",null,{"title":5,"description":183},"countries\u002Fen\u002Fsan-marino","ihV5l2eq67akfidi46IrcLdzWKvA6pswWE3vFO0XUz8",1786097169461]