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.

1-4 December 2018 New Delhi - INDIA

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.

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.  

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. 

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. 

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.    

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. 

Italian players won all 5 gold medals in European Juniors Bocce Championship held Gersthofen Germany. Austria was ranked the second, and Slovakia the third in overall ranking. 

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

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.  

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; 

CBI Precision Shooting game rules are published on the CBI website in 5 languages; English, Italian, German, Spanish, and French. Follow the below link to reach the documents; https://cbi-prv.org/regolamento-tecnic

CBI national referee course was held in Tunisia between 3-7 February 2022 with the support of the Libyan Federation. 

PanAmerican Juniors Bocce Championship was held in Carlos Barbosa, Brazil from the 4th to the 10th of April 2022. 

Algerian Raffa and Billiards Federation hosted the joint African Championship of Raffa and Volo in Algiers, Algeria from 7 to 13 May. 

After Tarragona 2018 where Raffa was represented with 1 sole discipline, Raffa took its full representation in Oran 2022 with all 4 disciplines, being played successfully. 

5-8 December 2022Kota Bharu - MALAYSIA

Bocce took its place for the first time in the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games which was held in Konya-Turkiye from 9th to 18th of August 2022. 

World Juniors Bocce Championship was held in Rome from the 20th to the 24th of September 2022.  After a long break due to the covid19 break, the juniors arriving from various destinations of the world enjoyed competing in the technical bocce center of Rome. The organization was a big success and players did their best to reach the result. Only the best 20 teams in each discipline qualified from the continents had a chance to show up in the...

Mersin Toroslar Municipality hosted the press conference for the World Bocce Championships of Raffa and Volo, Mersin 2022, with the presence of the Governor of Mersin Mr Ali Hamza Pehlivan, President of CBI Dr Mutlu Turkmen and the Mayor of Mersin Toroslar Municipality, Mr Atsız Afşin Yılmaz.

From October 1st to 15th, the XXII South American Games of Asunción 2022 were held, the most important sporting event in South America, in which Bocce was on the stage between October 12th and 14th.

The opening ceremony of the World Joint Raffa and Volo Championships was a huge gathering staging 52 teams from 37 countries.   

The historical joint World Championships of Raffa and Volo gathering 52 teams from 37 countries ended successfully. 

The 13th Kemer Open which gathers Raffa, Volo, and Petanque disciplines together was held in Kemer-Antalya from the 22nd to the 25th of October 2022. 

The European Championship for Clubs was organised in Bergamo from 24th to 27th November with 10 male club teams and 8 female club teams. Italy won both titles. 

L'Aquila, as the European Sports City in 2022, hosted an international Bocce tournament gathering 8 best players from the world. 

The third edition of Asian & Oceanian Bocce took place in Kota Bharu- Malaysia, from 5 to 8 December 2022, with participants from 6 countries.   

The former chair of the CBI Auditors Committee, Mr. Mehmet Demirdelen, lost his life on the 4th of June due to a heart attack. 

Paraguay Bocce Federation hosted the second PanAmerican Juniors Bocce Championship which qualified the teams for the coming World Juniors Championship in Algeria.   

European Juniors Championship in Rome was finished with the amazing performance of the athletes on the final day. 

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 15th National Petanque and Bocce Championships for Men and Women, together with the 16th General Assembly of the Iran Petanque and Bocee Association, were organized successfully at the newly opened center of this association talent identification and development located in the South-West of Iran in the Shahid Ghorbani International Sport Complex, Ahwaz City, Khouzestan Province during Feb 20-25, 2024.

26 October 2024Kemer, Antalya - TÜRKİYE

The World Bocce Championship kicked off with a spectacular opening ceremony. Thirty-six teams representing all the regions of the world marched from the sports hall to the Kemer city centre, where the official ceremony was held. 

The CBI General Assembly was held in Kemer during the World Championship, and Turkmen was re-elected as the president for the new cycle. 

San Marino is at the top of the World Championship, reaching first place with two golds in Kemer, followed by Italy and Argentina. 

The Malaysian Bocce Federation hosted the Asian Oceanian Bocce Championship in Kota Bharu Kelantan between 7-12 December with the participation of junior and senior teams from seven countries.        Please see the below file to see all the medallists; 

Libya hosts the regular and elective general assembly meeting of the Arab Federation of Bocce.  Under the patronage of the Libyan Ministry of Sports, the Libyan Federation of Bocce hosted the assembly in the city of Tripoli on 12-13 December. The president of CBI, Dr Mutlu Turkmen and the EC member of the Federation of Arab Sports Federations, Dr Basil Al Shaer, also participated in the assembly.

Before the 43rd edition of the historic and coveted “MB FIB AWARD” (Marche Bowls FIB Award), Pope Francis accepted the Bocce delegation in St Peter's Basilica, Vatican, including the regional and federal managers of the Italian Federation, and the CBI President. 

CBI President Dr Mutlu Turkmen received the 'International Personality' award during the 43rd edition of the FIB MB Awards Ceremony held in the Honor Hall of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) on the 20th of December, 2024. 

The 16th Iranian All Petanque and Bocce Championships for selecting men's and women’s national teams and the 17th General Assembly of the Iran Petanque and Bowls Association (IPBA) were organized successfully in Tehran from January 13-17, 2025. Last week was the second time that the most famous international venue in Iran, “Azadi Sport Complex”, hosted the national annual of the IPBA.

The PanAmerican Juniors Bocce Championship took place in Paraná, Brazil, from 25 to 29 June 2025, bringing together the most promising young talents of the continent. The event served as a key qualification round for the upcoming World Juniors Championship, to be held in Bretagne, France, at the end of October.