Lo scopo è stato pienamente raggiunto ad Ardéche e la prima “Raffa CUP” ha messo completamente in mostra la grande bellezza spettacolare e tecnica della specialità raffa.

Nell’ambito dei campionati Europei di Crema, che hanno avuto un grande successo tecnico-organizzativo, venerdì 30 settembre, si è svolta, presso la “Sala dei Ricevimenti” del Comune di Crema, l'Assemblea Elettiva della E.B.A., presieduta da Romolo Rizzoli Presidente della C.B.I. (Confederazione Boccistica Internazionale) e della Federbocce Italiana. Una giornata importante che ha visto l'approvazione del nuovo statuto che prevedeva anche il cambiamento del nome E.B.A. in C.E.R....

Lundi 12 octobre, le Président de la CMSB Claude Azéma, assisté des présidents de la CBI Romolo Rizzoli et de la FIB Christian Lacoste, donnera une conférence de presse à l'ouverture du salon Sportel à Monaco pour annoncer officiellement aux médias la candidature de nos sports boules aux Jeux Olympiques.  

The extraordinary assembly of CBI was held in Mendrisio-Switzerland on the 26th May 2018. The new executive committee was elected unanimously by the votes of 39 countries represented out of 51 members for the following 4 years term.

Il nuovo comitato esecutivo ha avuto il suo primo incontro poco dopo l'assemblea. 

Il dott. Turkmen è stato eletto nuovo presidente di TBBDF.

Durante i diciottesimi Giochi del Mediterraneo svoltisi a Tarragona-Spagna, Enrico DALL'OLMO di San Marino ha vinto una grande vittoria battendo l'italiano Alfonso NANNI con un punteggio di 12-2 nelle gare di Raffa single.

19-23 September 2018St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Tre discipline di sport da bocce, Raffa, Lyonnaise e Petanque, sono state incluse nella 3a edizione di African Youth Games. Le competizioni sono state giocate dal 23 al 27 luglio. L'organizzazione è stata un successo totale per le 3 discipline.

1-4 November 2018Kemer, Antalya, TURKEY

Durante il campionato europeo juniores di bocce tenutosi a Kahramankazan, in Turchia, la squadra turca ha vinto la medaglia d'oro nella sua storia.

1-4 December 2018 New Delhi - INDIA

Il nuovo comitato esecutivo della CBI ha avuto il suo primo incontro a Kahramankazan, Ankara, in Turchia, il 3 agosto, e molte importanti decisioni sono state prese per avviare una vera riforma nello sport di Bocce.

4-11 March 2019San Miguel de Tucumán el Jardín de la República, Tucumán - ARGENTINA

Italy wins the gold medals in all three disciplines in European Women Championship, played in Sondrio, Italy, on 18-21 September 2018.

1 December 2018Campobasso- ITALY

CBI Board of Directors and Technical Committee had a 2 days working meeting on 20-21 September in Sondrio, Italy during the European Bocce Championship. The first day, general discussions with the participation of the head delegations took place. The second day the meeting was solely between the board of directors and the technical committee.

13-17 November 2018Colonia Valdense - URUGUAY 

International Bocce Tournament played in Missouri, USA resulted with the victory of the Italian team; MP Filtri Caccialanza. 

10th International Kemer Open (Raffa, Petanque and Volo) Tournament and 2nd Balkan Bocce (Raffa, Petanque, and Volo) Championship were held in Kemer, Antalya, Turkey with more than 300 participants from 16 nations.  

10-15 September 2019Innsbruck - AUSTRIA

Argentina took the first place in general ranking in the Pan American Bocce Women Cup played in Colonia Valdense - Uruguay from 13 to 17 November 2018. 

5-6 January 2019Budrione, ITALY

Italian team took the first place wining against San Marino, Switzerland third place and Turkey fourth place in International Quadrangular Tournament played in Campobasso on 1-2 December. 

First Asia & Oceania Raffa Championship was held in New Delhi, India from the 1st to the 4th of December.  A referee seminar and Foundation Assembly of Asia & Oceania Bocce Confederation were also organized along with the championship. 

The president of CBI, Mutlu Turkmen, visited the vice president of International Olympic Committee (IOC), Ugur Erdener, and had a fruitful meeting on the bid of Boules Sports inclusion to the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games. 

CBI President Dr. Mutlu Turkmen participated TAFISA Jurgen Palm Award Ceremony presented to the EU Commissioner Tibor Navracsics in Brussels.

7-8 September 2019Winterthur - SWITZERLAND

World Bocce Championship, with the new format and new disciplines, was held successfully in Tucuman Argentina between the 5th and the 10th of March 2019.    

5-6 October 2019Lugano - SWITZERLAND

In an important meeting held in Rosario Argentina, it was confirmed that Bocce will be one of the official sports in South American Games in 2022 which will be held in Asuncion, Paraguay. 

25-28 October 2019Kemer - TURKEY

Italian team dominated European Seniors Championship held in Innsbruck, Austria from 10th to 14th September 2019 winning 4 gold medals.  15 national teams competed in the championship which will qualify the first 7 nations in each category separately for the 2021 World Championship.

19-25 September 2022Rome - ITALY

The first Asian Oceania Juniors Championship was held in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia with the participation of 6 nations and 7 teams.  The organization which qualified first 3 teams for the world championship was a big success. 

To be DecidedKota Bharu - MALAYSIA 

18-24 June 2021Lisbon - PORTUGAL

CBI was approved as a full member of TAFISA during the 26th TAFISA General Assembly held in Tokyo on the 15th of November 2019. 

Bocce will be included in the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games which will be held in Konya, Turkey, in 2021. 

CMSB, extra-ordinary assembly and executive committee meeting was held in Lyon on the 8th of February. 

26-31 October 2021Kemer - TURKEY

During the 3rd International World Ethnosport Forum which was held in Antalya Turkey with the participation of delegates from 49 countries including 11 ministers of sports. One of the participants in the forum was CBI president Mutlu Turkmen and signed an MoU with the president of WEC, Mr. Bilal Erdogan. 

CBI Executive Committee had an online meeting on the 11th of April at 13:00 (CET Time) and decided to postpone World Juniors Championship to 2021.  

CBI executive committee had another online meeting on the 29th July 2020 evaluating new issues and ongoing problems caused by Covid19. 

CBI Executive Committee had its first meeting of 2021 on the 16th of January in order to discuss various issues. 

During the silence in the international tournament calendar, Lučenec managed to host the 11th edition of the Central European Raffa Tournament. 

During the 12th International Kemer Open Tournament, the first "Precision Shooting" tournament was organized.  

22-25 October 2022Kemer - TURKEY

30 October - 5 November 2022Mersin - TURKEY

CBI ExCom virtual meeting was held on the 17th December 2021.  The meeting started with a 1-minute silence for the memory of Mr Limardo, CBI vice-president, who passed away a short time ago. The main issues discussed and decisions taken in the meeting are as follows;