| Confédération
Mondiale Sports Boules
Homepage: http://boules.dsnsports.com/index1.html#
History:
The Confédération Mondiale
Sports Boules is an umbrella organization
established to gain Olympic recognition
for the disciplines represented by each
of the following organizations: the Fédération
International de Boules (FIB), the Confédération
Bouliste Internationale (CBI), and the International
Petanque Association (IPA). Among the three
organizations, it was IPA that was the most
different: IPA promotes petangue, a game
from France which started in the early part
of the century that uses small metal balls
on courts shorter than those used for bocce.
While the three organizations
differed in playing principles, all three
mainly pursued the same goal: to gain Olympic
recognition. By banding together, they became
successful in 1986 in their bid for Olympic
recognition, after having received a formal
communication from the Olympic Committee
saying, “welcome to the Olympic family.”
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