Algeria/Oran Hosted World Juniors

The World Juniors Bocce Raffa Championship was held in Oran, Algeria from 19 to 23 September 2023, simultaneously with the World Juniors and Espoirs Bocce Volo Championship.

The World Juniors Bocce Raffa Championship was held in Oran, Algeria from 19 to 23 September 2023, simultaneously with the World Juniors and Espoirs Bocce Volo Championship.

Opening ceremony with 22 countries

There were 22 nations participating in two championships and 19 teams participated in Raffa World which represented the four continents. The teams gathered in the Palais des Sports for the opening ceremony.

The secretary general of the Algerian Ministry of Youth and Sports, the governor of Oran, the consul of Türkiye at Oran, the president of FIB, the president of CBI, and other local authorities were present at the opening ceremony. After the presentation of the 22 Raffa and Volo teams, the officials delivered their speeches. The ceremony ended with the spectacular shows of local music and dance groups.

Extended executive meeting

The CBI executive committee had a hybrid meeting with its members and presidents of national federations in Oran, Algeria, some attending in person and some connected online. CBI EC decided to decrease the number of disciplines played in world championships from 7 to 5. The format of the following 4 years will be as follows;

2024- World Singles (Men & Women), Mixed Doubles, and Precision Shooting (Men & Women) Championships

2025- World Junior Singles (Men & Women), Mixed Doubles, and Precision Shooting (Men & Women) Championships

2026- World Doubles (Men & Women), Mixed Doubles, and Precision Shooting (Men & Women) Championships

2027- World Junior Doubles (Men & Women), Mixed Doubles, and Precision Shooting (Men & Women) Championships

During the championships, one athlete will be allowed to play in 3 disciplines but countries will be permitted to have different players in each discipline. The continents are advised to organize continental qualifications accordingly.

Italy dominated the results with 4 golds

Italian juniors managed to complete the challenge with 4 golds and 1 silver and a total of 338 points reaching first place in team ranking. The juniors of Paraguay also had great success having 1 gold and 2 silver medals completing the team ranking the second with 167 points. The Croatian team was ranked third with 1 gold and 1 silver medal with 128 points. Turkish team, having 2 silver and 3 bronze medals reached 109 points and was ranked fourth. Uruguay winning the gold in boys' precision shooting received 85 points and ranked fifth. The host country's team, Algerians also had a successful result winning 1 silver and 1 bronze medal with 71 points ranked sixth.

The gold medallists of 7 disciplines

Single boys: Federico ALIMENTI (Italy)
Single girls: Ana JUGINOVIČ (Croatia)
Double boys: Brahian FINKLER STRIEDER - Gustavo PLETSCH DAMKE (Paraguay)
Double girls: Rachele VIVENZI - Ginevra CANNULI (Italy)
Mixed doubles: Luca DOMANESCHI - Ginevra CANNULI (Italy)
Boys' precision shooting: Gonzalo PERDOMO (Uruguay)
Girls' precision shooting: Gilda FRANCESCHINI (Italy)

For the full results, all medallists, and country ranking please see the attached results below;

oran23_full_results.pdf