09 January 2022Modena - ITALY

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

26-28 November 2021Bergamo - ITALY

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

CBI Executive Committee had its virtual meeting on the 1st of July and decided to postpone the World Bocce Juniors Championship to 2022.  

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

The 2021 Libya Championship was organized in Tripoli, November 13-14, 2021, with the participation of 106 players. 

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; 

22-23 July 2022Palazzo di Bocce,  Lake Orion, MI, USA

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. 

22-26 August 2022Lugano, SWITZERLAND

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. 

CBI President, Mutlu Turkmen, visited the two Algerian ministers and the centre for African Raffa Confederation before and after the Mediterranean Games competitions. 

Palazzo di Bocce hosted the second edition of its International Invitational Tournament on 22-23 July 2022. 

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. 

3 November 2022Mersin - TURKEY

The opening of the World Juniors Bocce Championship was held in the spectacular historical municipal square of Rome.  

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...

7 January 2023Budrione - ITALY

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.

8 January 2023Budrione - ITALY

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.

25-29 October 2023Kemer - TURKEY

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 Ordinary Elective General Assembly of CBI was held in Mersin during the World Bocce Championship on the 3rd of November.  

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 Extraordinary Elective General Assembly of Confederation European Raffa (CER) was held in Bergamo on 26th November 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 French national team player Aurélien Corbihan hit the world record in precision shooting during the national championship held in Plaintel, France, on the 8th of April, 2023. 

Amazing Show in Pallino D’Or   The 50th anniversary of the Pallino D’Or Tournament organized by the Sambucheto Bocce Club ended with an amazing show.   

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