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Basque Pelota. From second in the world in 2022 to fifth four years later: France’s crushing defeat in Buenos Aires

As the World Championship runner-up (with five titles to its credit) at the tournament held four years earlier in Biarritz, Bayonne, Bidart, and Hasparren, the French team finished this 2026 edition in […]

Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port: The Hunters’ Cup Set to Crown Its Champions This Monday

The final of the traditional fall tournament in the Cize region pits the pairs Aingeru De la Fuente–Xabi Alcasena and Julen Mariluz–Iker Rekalde against each other this Monday (4:30 p.m., with the junior division serving as the opening event) The Coupe des Chasseurs, a historic open tournament in the Cize region that is part of the Esku Pilota circuit, will crown its champions this Monday at the Garat trinquet in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port. The grand final will pit […]

Basque Pelota: Biarritz Takes the Reins as Headquarters of the International Pelota Federation

Following Buenos Aires’ withdrawal, Biarritz will be the new headquarters of the FIPV, as decided following the federation’s general assembly in Argentina At the annual general meeting, held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Buenos Aires, the International Basque Pelota Federation (FIPV), which...At the […]

Bronze for the women’s hollow-rubber paleta team at the Basque Pelota World Championships in Buenos Aires

Eloïse Salaberry and Marie Goyheneteche emerged victorious in their third-place match in paleta gomme against Chile in three sets. The Buenos Aires tournament proved that the level of play in paleta has truly risen among women […]

Basque Pelota: France’s Hopes Dashed at the 20th World Championships in Buenos Aires

By losing three times in the finals on Friday, the French national team has definitively ruled itself out of contention for the title of top nation in the competition After a mixed bag of results on Thursday and key losses in the semifinals, the “blue and white” team endured a truly nightmarish Friday. It began with the consolation prizes at […]

En main nue trinquet, la France perd une médaille d'or et beaucoup d'illusions au Mondial de pelote en Argentine

Basque pelota. France suffers a major setback at the 20th World Championships in Buenos Aires

Despite Baptiste Ducassou’s first gold medal in bare-hand play, the French team was defeated in the trinquet parapelote final as well as in three semifinals Not a catastrophe, but a relentless rejection… which almost makes one forget Baptiste Ducassou’s third world championship title in the individual bare-hand event, earned through methodical effort and […]

First gold medal for France at the World Pelota Championships in Argentina; finals suspended due to humidity

The bare-hand and xare trinquet finals were suspended in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at the World Championships. In the singles match, Baptiste Ducassou won France’s first gold medal on Thursday against Luis Sanchez in a closely contested match […]

A surprise in Basque pelota: Biarritz will not be the headquarters of the international federation; instead, it will be Buenos Aires.

The FIPV held its general assembly in Argentina during the 20th World Championship. The executive committee decided by a narrow majority to move its headquarters from Pamplona to Buenos Aires. The pelota federation is still working to bring pelota back to the Olympic Games […]

Basque Pelota (bare-handed): A Hierarchy to Be Respected in the Amateur League

This weekend’s playoff matches will pit the lower-ranked pairs from the Elite group against the top teams from the second division, who are in top form. Surprises cannot be ruled out. The Basque Country Championship—the Elite amateur bare-handed trinquet team competition—reaches a new turning point this weekend. Following three smoothly run matchdays, marked by 24 hard-fought matches for the […]