Pétanque World Championships
The Pétanque World Championships are international pétanque competitions organized by the "International Federation of Petanque and Provençal game;" F.I.P.J.P. (Federation Internationale de Pétanque et Jeux Provençaux). Overview. The FIPJP Men's Triples World Championships were first held in 1959 in Spa, Belgium. Additional championship categories were subsequently added for young people ("jeunes"), women, and for precision shooting ("tir de precision"). In 2015, a Singles World Championship was added. Currently - Pétanque is an official sport in several multisports competitions: World Games, Mediterranean Games, SEA Games, Asian indoor Games ( and soon Asian Games), Pacific Games, Indian Ocean Games and  soon African Games (2015) and World Beach Games (2015). The four top countries so far are: France, Thailand, Belgium and Madagascar as per total world medal in 2018. Championships scheduled to take place in Tahiti in 2014 were cancelled due to concern about the ebola epidemic. Categories of championship. Current categories for Pétanque World Championships are : World Championship were not held in 1960, 62, 67, 68, 69 and 1970 due to managerial problems within the organisation Palmares. MEN – Senior. Men PRECISION SHOOTING "(Tir de précision)". The official World Record in Precision shooting is held by Christophe Sévilla with 67 points  / 100 ( 3 July 2011 - Macon - France ). The best performance non recognised by F.I.P.J.P is held by Dylan Rocher with 75 points / 100 ( Corsica - France). Global World Ranking. Including all medals from all MEN, WOMEN and YOUTH categories above / update June 2016 Organisations. The F.I.P.J.P is composed of the following members elected at last general assembly on 4 October 2012 in Marseilles: F.I.P.J.P. is member of C.M.S.B. - Confédération Mondiale des Sports de Boules (World Confederation for Boule Sports) - which group the following sports: Pétanque, Jeu Provençal, Lyonnaise and Rafa.