Petanque facts for kids

Petanque players in Cannes, France

Petanque is a game played by many people, especially in France. It is played on a level surface which can be covered with gravel of varying sizes.Boules [metal balls] are thrown along this terrain. The game is played between two teams. Each team has three players [triples] with 2 boules each. At the start of the game, a small ball [coche or jack] is thrown. Each player stands in a circle and tries to throw a larger ball [boule] so that it lands close to the coche.The team having their boule or boules closest to the coche at the first end takes the points. Play continues until one team reaches 13. In a doubles game each player has 3 boules.

Images for kids

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  Pétanque being played indoors at an IBA reunion in Rotterdam, the Netherlands

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  Pétanque at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games

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  Pétanque player throwing from a prefabricated circle

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  Jack (cochonnet) and boule

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  Playing pétanque in the late afternoon at Aigues-Mortes

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  Men playing pétanque next to the Fort St. Louis in Toulon.

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  The 2006 Pétanque World Championship in Grenoble, France

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  Action on the Pétanque field in Batignolles.

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  Players of the Brighton & Hove Petanque Club on the Peace Statue Terrain, Brighton & Hove, UK

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  Pétanque players at the port of Bonifacio in 1975

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  Pétanque is a popular game among pensioners, here in Ystad 2022.

See also

In Spanish: Petanca para niños