[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":160},["ShallowReactive",2],{"country-en-uruguay":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"country_code":148,"description":149,"extension":150,"federation":151,"flag":152,"lastUpdated":153,"meta":154,"navigation":155,"path":156,"region":151,"seo":157,"stem":158,"__hash__":159},"countries\u002Fcountries\u002Fen\u002Furuguay.md","Pétanque in Uruguay",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":141},"minimark",[9,13,74,79,112,116,119,126,130],[10,11,5],"h1",{"id":12},"pétanque-in-uruguay",[14,15,16,17,21,22,25,26,31,32,31,36,40,41,45,46,49,50,54,55,31,59,63,64,68,69,73],"p",{},"Pétanque in Uruguay is organized under the ",[18,19,20],"strong",{},"Federación Uruguaya de Bochas (FUB)",", founded on 28 May 1930 and based in Montevideo. The FUB is a multi-discipline federation - it governs bochas, boccia, ",[18,23,24],{},"petanca",", and zerbin under one roof, publishing a dedicated Reglamento Petanca alongside its rules for the other disciplines, the same governance pattern already established for ",[27,28,30],"a",{"href":29},"\u002Fcountries\u002Fitaly","Italy",", ",[27,33,35],{"href":34},"\u002Fcountries\u002Fchile","Chile",[27,37,39],{"href":38},"\u002Fcountries\u002Fparaguay","Paraguay",", and ",[27,42,44],{"href":43},"\u002Fcountries\u002Fargentina","Argentina",". The FUB is one of the 14 member federations of the ",[18,47,48],{},"Pan America Petanque Confederation (PAPC)",", the continental body that also governs the sport for Argentina, ",[27,51,53],{"href":52},"\u002Fcountries\u002Fcanada","Canada",", Chile, the ",[27,56,58],{"href":57},"\u002Fcountries\u002Fdominican-republic","Dominican Republic",[27,60,62],{"href":61},"\u002Fcountries\u002Fhaiti","Haiti",", Mexico, Paraguay, ",[27,65,67],{"href":66},"\u002Fcountries\u002Fperu","Peru",", the United States, and ",[27,70,72],{"href":71},"\u002Fcountries\u002Fvenezuela","Venezuela",".",[75,76,78],"h2",{"id":77},"federation","Federation",[14,80,81,82,85,86,89,90,93,94,98,99,105,106,111],{},"The FUB brings together 16 leagues and more than 80 clubs across Montevideo and Uruguay's interior departments, with roots tracing to Italian and Spanish immigration that brought bochas to the Rio de la Plata region. Its current leadership is ",[18,83,84],{},"Sergio Malacrida"," as president and ",[18,87,88],{},"Miguel De Martini"," as vice president, with ",[18,91,92],{},"Fredy Isaás"," serving as secretary general, per the federation's own listing - the Pan America Petanque Confederation's own member contact for Uruguay names its representative as \"Fredy Isaias,\" a minor spelling variant of the same name that was not further resolved via available sources. The FUB is affiliated with the South American Confederation of Bochas, the International Bochas Federation, the Uruguayan Olympic Committee, and the Uruguayan Confederation of Sports. Its headquarters are at Marcelino Sosa 2081, Montevideo (telephone\u002Ffax +598 2924 4844, email ",[27,95,97],{"href":96},"mailto:fubochas@gmail.com","fubochas@gmail.com","), with an active presence on ",[27,100,104],{"href":101,"rel":102},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.facebook.com\u002FFUBochas\u002F",[103],"nofollow","Facebook"," and ",[27,107,110],{"href":108,"rel":109},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.instagram.com\u002Fbochasuruguay\u002F",[103],"Instagram"," under the handle @bochasuruguay.",[75,113,115],{"id":114},"domestic-scene","Domestic Scene",[14,117,118],{},"Petanca is played through 17 affiliated departmental and regional leagues rather than a single national petanca-only competition: Liga Departamental De Canelones, Liga Regional Inter Balnearia, Liga Departamental De Colonia, Liga Regional De Dolores, Liga Departamental De Flores, Liga Departamental De Florida, Liga Departamental De Lavalleja, Liga Departamental De Maldonado, Liga Departamental De Montevideo, Liga Departamental De Paysandu, Liga Departamental De Rio Branco, Liga Departamental De Rio Negro, Liga Departamental De Rocha, Liga Departamental De Salto, Liga Departamental De San Jose, Liga Departamental De Soriano, and Liga Departamental De Treinta y Tres. These leagues feed the FUB's national selection championships, including age-grade national team competitions such as the Campeonato Nacional Sub 15.",[14,120,121,122,125],{},"The FUB's wider bochas program produces internationally competitive athletes, though its highest-profile recent success has come in ",[18,123,124],{},"raffa volo"," (an Italian-style bocce discipline the FUB also governs) rather than petanca specifically: Valentina Pérez of Club Juventud, in the department of Colonia, won the women's precision-shooting gold medal for Uruguay at the 2025 Youth World Bochas Championship in Plaintel, France (28 October - 1 November 2025), and took silver in mixed doubles alongside Diogo Martínez. The event was held in the Punto Raffa Volo discipline, distinct from petanca, so this result is not counted as a petanque achievement below - it is noted here only to describe the federation's broader competitive activity.",[75,127,129],{"id":128},"international-results","International Results",[14,131,132,133,136,137,140],{},"Uruguay was not found among the nations contesting the Pan American qualifying tournaments documented on this site - the eight-nation ",[18,134,135],{},"Panamericano de Petancas Limache 2023"," and the ten-nation ",[18,138,139],{},"Panamericano Clasificatorio de Petancas Iquique 2025",", both hosted in Chile - and no other international petanque (as distinct from the raffa volo bochas success noted above) results for a Uruguayan national team were found via available sources. This profile is intentionally limited to what could be verified, rather than filling gaps with guesswork.",{"title":142,"searchDepth":143,"depth":143,"links":144},"",2,[145,146,147],{"id":77,"depth":143,"text":78},{"id":114,"depth":143,"text":115},{"id":128,"depth":143,"text":129},"UY","Uruguay's petanque scene is governed by the Federación Uruguaya de Bochas (FUB), founded in 1930, which oversees bochas, boccia, petanca, and zerbin nationwide and is a member of the Pan America Petanque Confederation.","md",null,"🇺🇾","2026-08-06",{},true,"\u002Fcountries\u002Fen\u002Furuguay",{"title":5,"description":149},"countries\u002Fen\u002Furuguay","LF1-6DIXIJbTzQaOxkYPzdaYSRh5pYmm6BvXsHF-zTA",1786097167082]