''Fédération Internationale de Boules'' (International Boules Federation) (abbreviated FIB) is part of the "
Confédération Mondiale des Sports de Boules" which is the highest international authority of
bocce
(, or , ), sometimes anglicized as bocce ball, bocci, or boccie, is a ball sport belonging to the boules family. Developed into its present form in Italy, it is closely related to English bowls and French , with a common ancestry from anc ...
sports acknowledged by the
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; , CIO) is the international, non-governmental, sports governing body of the modern Olympic Games. Founded in 1894 by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas, it is based i ...
. The current FIB president is Frédéric Ruis from France.
FIB governs the sport of ''
bocce volo
("flying boules"), or ("Lyonnais boules"), is a boules-type game.
In ', the balls are thrown or rolled overhand (palm down) or underhand (palm up) and are metal. In non-standard ', the wooden or plastic balls are tossed underhand (palm up) and ...
'', also known as ''boule lyonnaise''.
FIB has 51 member associations on all continents (except
Antarctica
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).
History
The need for a single body to oversee bocce associations became clear shortly after
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
. The spiritual father of FIB, André Mignot, started negotiations among French, Swiss and Italian bocce associations. FIB was founded in
Ville-la-Grand
Ville-la-Grand (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. The commune consists of the main town Ville-la-Grand and the small villages Crêt and Marsaz.
History of Ville-la-Gran ...
(France) on April 14, 1946, and the first official international competition took place the next year.
FIB birth
/ref> During the next 60 years the number of associations increased from only four (France
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, Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
, Monaco
Monaco, officially the Principality of Monaco, is a Sovereign state, sovereign city-state and European microstates, microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Regions of Italy, Italian region of Liguria, in Western Europe, ...
and Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...
) to more than 50.
See also
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References
External links
FIB web site
{{DEFAULTSORT:FeDeration Internationale De Boules
Boules
Sports organizations established in 1946