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Playing as a tireur - the shooting specialist tasked with knocking opposing boules out of play - Daunois teamed with club mate ",[46,105,106],{},[107,108,110],"a",{"href":109},"\u002Fplayers\u002Fclaudio-contardi","Claudio Contardi"," and Alain Laterza to win the Luxembourg national men's triples championship, beating Belvaux 13-5 in the final at the national boulodrome in Belvaux.",[19,113,115],{"id":114},"building-an-international-résumé","Building an International Résumé",[97,117,118,119,122,123,126,127,130,131,134],{},"Daunois's international career runs through several formats and partners. At the ",[46,120,121],{},"2022 European Championship"," in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, he partnered Massimo Santioni in men's doubles, finishing 15th of 27 nations, while also competing in tête-à-tête, where he was eliminated in the Nations Cup semifinal (22nd of 27 overall). The following year, at the ",[46,124,125],{},"2023 European Championship"," in Albertville, France, Daunois played tireur for Luxembourg's men's triples squad, beating Austria 13-8 in pool play; in a press interview around that tournament, he described the Luxembourg team as an \"équipe d'amis\" (a team of friends) aiming to build on a previous quarterfinal appearance. In 2024, at the ",[46,128,129],{},"European Championship in Martigny",", Switzerland, he switched formats again, partnering ",[46,132,133],{},"Julie Feller"," in mixed doublette.",[19,136,138],{"id":137},"_2024-world-championship-luxembourgs-coupe-des-nations-run","2024 World Championship: Luxembourg's Coupe des Nations Run",[97,140,141,142,145,146,149],{},"Later in 2024, Daunois was selected for Luxembourg's four-man squad at the ",[46,143,144],{},"World Championship"," in Dijon, France, alongside Contardi, ",[46,147,148],{},"Luc Cattazzo"," and Santioni, competing in the Coupe des Nations - the World Championship's national-teams event. The Luxembourg squad advanced through pool play to reach the round of 8, one of the country's best-ever results at a World Championship.",[19,151,153],{"id":152},"_2026-pushing-france-to-the-brink","2026: Pushing France to the Brink",[97,155,156,157,160,161,167,168,174,175,179],{},"Daunois's highest-profile result came at the ",[46,158,159],{},"2026 European Pétanque Championship"," in Lorca, Spain (18-21 June 2026). Partnering Contardi in the men's doublette event, the Luxembourg pair produced one of the tournament's most dramatic scorelines in the round of 16: racing out to an 8-1 lead over France's ",[46,162,163],{},[107,164,166],{"href":165},"\u002Fplayers\u002Fmickael-bonetto","Mickaël Bonetto"," and ",[46,169,170],{},[107,171,173],{"href":172},"\u002Fplayers\u002Fyohan-cousin","Yohan Cousin"," before France stormed back to win 13-8. Bonetto and Cousin went on to take bronze in that event, underlining just how competitive Daunois and Contardi's run against a top-five nation had been. Read the full recap in our ",[107,176,178],{"href":177},"\u002Fblog\u002Fpetanque-european-championship-2026-results","2026 European Championship results",".",[19,181,183],{"id":182},"legacy","Legacy",[97,185,186],{},"Adrien Daunois has become one of the most versatile figures in Luxembourg's small but ambitious pétanque scene, having represented the national team across doubles, triples, mixed doublette and men's doublette formats within a five-year span, winning a national triples title with BP Riganelli along the way. Alongside his regular partner Claudio Contardi, he remains the man behind Luxembourg's closest brush yet with beating one of the sport's traditional powers on the international stage.",{"title":188,"searchDepth":189,"depth":189,"links":190},"",2,[191,192,193,194,195,196],{"id":21,"depth":189,"text":22},{"id":94,"depth":189,"text":95},{"id":114,"depth":189,"text":115},{"id":137,"depth":189,"text":138},{"id":152,"depth":189,"text":153},{"id":182,"depth":189,"text":183},"Adrien Daunois profile: the Luxembourg shooter behind a national triples title with BP Riganelli and the country's dramatic near-upset of France at the 2026 European Championship.","md",[200,203,206,209,212],{"question":201,"answer":202},"Who is Adrien Daunois?","Adrien Daunois is a Luxembourgish pétanque player from BP Riganelli in Esch-sur-Alzette who plays as a tireur (shooter). He has represented Luxembourg's national team at multiple European and World Championships since 2022, and won the Luxembourg national men's triples title with Claudio Contardi and Alain Laterza.",{"question":204,"answer":205},"What has Adrien Daunois won?","He won the Luxembourg national men's triples championship for BP Riganelli alongside Claudio Contardi and Alain Laterza, beating Belvaux 13-5 in the final. Internationally, he has represented Luxembourg at the European Championship in men's doubles (2022, 's-Hertogenbosch), men's triples (2023, Albertville), mixed doublette (2024, Martigny) and men's doublette (2026, Lorca), and was part of Luxembourg's Coupe des Nations squad that reached the round of 8 at the 2024 World Championship in Dijon, France.",{"question":207,"answer":208},"What position does Adrien Daunois play?","He plays as a tireur (shooter), the position responsible for knocking opposing boules out of play. He confirmed the role in press interviews around Luxembourg's Men's Triples campaign at the 2023 European Championship in Albertville, France.",{"question":210,"answer":211},"Which club does Adrien Daunois play for?","He plays for BP Riganelli, based in Esch-sur-Alzette in southern Luxembourg. Founded in 1965, Riganelli is one of the country's strongest clubs, with multiple Luxembourg championship titles across the 2010s and 2020s.",{"question":213,"answer":214},"What happened when Adrien Daunois played France at the 2026 European Championship?","In the round of 16 of the men's doublette event at the 2026 European Championship in Lorca, Spain, Daunois and partner Claudio Contardi raced out to an 8-1 lead over France's Mickael Bonetto and Yohan Cousin - the eventual bronze medalists - before France stormed back to win 13-8. It is considered one of the strongest results a Luxembourg pairing has produced against a top-five nation in recent memory. 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