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He reached the World Championship triplette final twice, in 2021 and 2023, without winning either, and competed at a third World Championship in 2024. The breakthrough came in June 2026, when he partnered ",[44,103,104],{},[105,106,108],"a",{"href":107},"\u002Fplayers\u002Fjesus-escacho-alarcon","Jesús Escacho"," to win the men's doublette gold medal at the European Championship in Lorca, Spain - his first major title, won in front of a home crowd.",[17,111,113],{"id":112},"european-gold-in-lorca-2026","European Gold in Lorca, 2026",[95,115,116,117,120,121,127,128,134,135,139],{},"At the ",[44,118,119],{},"2026 European Championship"," in Lorca, Spain, Guasch and Escacho reached the men's doublette final as the host pair and beat Italy's ",[44,122,123],{},[105,124,126],{"href":125},"\u002Fplayers\u002Fandrea-chiapello","Andrea Chiapello"," and ",[44,129,130],{},[105,131,133],{"href":132},"\u002Fplayers\u002Fjacopo-gardella","Jacopo Gardella"," 13-9 to take gold. The result is confirmed by the Confédération Européenne de Pétanque's own official medal list, which records \"Doublettes Masculin 2026: Jose Luis Guasch, Jesús Escacho, Espagne,\" and independently by Germany's national federation (DPV). It capped a strong championship for the host nation, which also won the women's doublette title, and gave Guasch the first European or World title of his career after two near-misses at World Championship level. See the ",[105,136,138],{"href":137},"\u002Fblog\u002Fpetanque-european-championship-2026-results","2026 European Championship results"," for the full rundown of the Lorca event.",[17,141,143],{"id":142},"two-world-championship-silvers","Two World Championship Silvers",[95,145,146],{},"Guasch's route to that gold medal ran through two World Championship triplette finals, both lost by narrow margins.",[95,148,116,149,152],{},[44,150,151],{},"2021 World Championship"," in Santa Susanna, Spain - the Men's Triples and Precision Shooting event delayed and relocated from its original Lausanne venue because of the pandemic - Guasch played alongside Escacho and the Andalusian brothers Javier and Alejandro Cárdenas. The Spanish team reached the final before losing to France.",[95,154,155,156,159],{},"Two years later, at the ",[44,157,158],{},"2023 World Championship"," in Cotonou, Benin, Guasch reached a second straight triplette final, this time partnering Escacho, Sergi Rodríguez and Juan Carlos Mata. Spain came within three points of the title, losing a tight 10-13 final to host-nation rival Thailand, who topped the medal table at that championship.",[17,161,163],{"id":162},"dijon-2024","Dijon 2024",[95,165,166,167,170],{},"Spain returned to the World Championship triplette competition for a third straight edition at the ",[44,168,169],{},"51st World Championship"," in Dijon, France, in December 2024, with Guasch again named alongside Escacho and Sergi Rodríguez. Billed by French press as a squad carrying the label of back-to-back World Championship runners-up, Spain lost to France in the group phase and did not advance to the medal rounds, which were ultimately filled by Italy, Madagascar, France and Tunisia. Escacho still left Dijon with a medal of his own, taking bronze in the individual precision shooting event.",[17,172,69],{"id":173},"club-petanca-prat",[95,175,176,177,179],{},"Away from the national team, Guasch plays for ",[44,178,69],{}," in Catalonia. The win in Lorca did not slow him down domestically: days after returning from European gold, he won a local tournament, the Torneig Turismar on Coma-ruga beach, alongside two Club Petanca Prat teammates, Raúl and Albert Tabera.",[17,181,183],{"id":182},"legacy","Legacy",[95,185,186],{},"José Luis Guasch's career is a reminder that international medals do not always arrive in the order a player might hope for. Two World Championship triplette finals came and went without gold, and a third World Championship ended in the group phase, before his first major title finally arrived in doublette, not triplette, and on home soil. With Jesús Escacho now a European champion alongside him as well as a World and European singles champion in his own right, the Spanish doublette pairing heads into future seasons as one of the more dangerous partnerships in the European game.",{"title":188,"searchDepth":189,"depth":189,"links":190},"",2,[191,192,193,194,195,196,197],{"id":19,"depth":189,"text":20},{"id":92,"depth":189,"text":93},{"id":112,"depth":189,"text":113},{"id":142,"depth":189,"text":143},{"id":162,"depth":189,"text":163},{"id":173,"depth":189,"text":69},{"id":182,"depth":189,"text":183},"Jose Luis Guasch profile: the Catalan pétanque player who won 2026 European men's doublette gold with Jesus Escacho after two World Championship triplette silvers in 2021 and 2023.","md",[201,204,207,210,213],{"question":202,"answer":203},"Who is Jose Luis Guasch?","José Luis Guasch, known in Catalonia as Josito Guasch, is a Spanish pétanque player who won the 2026 European Championship men's doublette title with Jesús Escacho in Lorca, Spain. Before that breakthrough, he had already reached two World Championship triplette finals, taking silver in 2021 and again in 2023, and played at a third World Championship, in Dijon, France, in 2024.",{"question":205,"answer":206},"What did Jose Luis Guasch win at the 2026 European Championship?","Partnering Jesús Escacho for host nation Spain, Guasch won the men's doublette gold medal in Lorca, beating Italy's Andrea Chiapello and Jacopo Gardella 13-9 in the final - confirmed by the Confédération Européenne de Pétanque's own official medal list. It was the first European title of his career.",{"question":208,"answer":209},"Has Jose Luis Guasch won a World Championship medal?","He has reached two World Championship triplette finals without winning gold. In 2021 in Santa Susanna, Spain, he won silver alongside Jesús Escacho and the Andalusian brothers Javier and Alejandro Cárdenas, losing the final to France. In 2023 in Cotonou, Benin, he won a second triplette silver, this time with Escacho, Sergi Rodríguez and Juan Carlos Mata, losing a close 10-13 final to Thailand.",{"question":211,"answer":212},"Did Jose Luis Guasch play at the 2024 World Championship in Dijon?","Yes. He was part of Spain's four-man triplette squad, alongside Jesús Escacho and Sergi Rodríguez, at the 51st World Championship in Dijon, France, in December 2024. Spain, bidding to add a third straight triplette final after 2021 and 2023, lost to eventual champion-bound France in the group phase and did not reach the medal rounds, which Italy, Madagascar, France and Tunisia went on to fill.",{"question":214,"answer":215},"Which club does Jose Luis Guasch play for?","He plays for Club Petanca Prat in Catalonia. Days after winning European gold in Lorca in June 2026, he won a local tournament, the Torneig Turismar on Coma-ruga beach, alongside two Club Petanca Prat teammates, Raúl and Albert Tabera.","🇪🇸","\u002Fimages\u002Fplayers\u002Fjose-luis-guasch.png","2026-10-16",{},"Spain",true,"\u002Fplayers\u002Fen\u002Fjose-luis-guasch","All-rounder",{"title":5,"description":198},"players\u002Fen\u002Fjose-luis-guasch",[227,228,229,230,231,232,233],"jose luis guasch","spanish petanque","european champion","catalonia petanca","jesus escacho","club petanca prat","petanque doublette",0,"i-r42VtCaXID06kP0X_4Vn_n-oDEx-NHHQ0WPS6dcd8",1793696962819]