General
1. Only one non-European athlete per team sports is eligible to take part (first come first serve principle). It’s not allowed that any sports team can have more than one non-Armenian participant. Non-Armenians who have proven (ID card or other governmental document) first-degree (married or child) family relation with an Armenian person are not counted as non-Armenian players.
2. For the team sports athletes, the minimum age is 12+ years. Athletes turning this age during the year of the EAG will be accepted.
3. Size of teams, number of boules - you can play the game with two teams of one, two or three players on each side. With teams of one or two, each player has 3 boules; with teams of 3, each has 2 boules. To be determined by the EAG host.
4. Size of boules and cochonnet - boules should have a diameter between 7 and 8 cm; ideally made of steel and weighing between 650g and 800g. They should be marked so each player can tell which boules belong to them. The cochonnet should be made of wood, about 3 cm in diameter.
5. Area of play and terrain rules - Pétanque is played on any surface with minimum dimensions: 15 metres long x 4 metres wide. For some competitions dimensions of 12 metres x 3 metres are allowed. A playing area comprises of an indeterminate number of lanes defined by strings. To be determined by the EAG host.
Group stage
6. During the group stage the total amount of points is determined by the EAG host.
7. The maximum game length limit is determined by the EAG host.
8. In case of an equal number of points after the maximum game time, a winning point will be played.
9. No show on time (EAG schedule) means automatic loss of the game.
Final stage
10. During the knockout stage and the final the game length is determined by the EAG host.
11. A total number of points is determined by the EAG host.
12. The game ends when one team has achieved the points within the provided game length, determined by the EAG host.
13. The maximum game length limit is determined by the EAG host.
14. In case of an equal number of points, a winning point will be played.
15. No show on time (EAG schedule) means automatic loss of the game.
Basic rules
16. Toss a coin to choose which team plays first.
17. Any player in this team chooses where to draw a circle on the ground in which every player will stand to throw their boules. The circle should be about 0.5m in diameter and at least 1m from any obstacle (wall, tree, edge of playing area, etc).
18. He/she then throws the "cochonnet" between 4m and 8m, or 6 to 10 paces from the circle in any direction. It also must not be closer than 1m from any obstacle.
19. Any player from the first team then throws the first boule, trying to get it as close as possible to the "cochonnet". Both feet must stay together on the ground and within the circle while throwing and until the boule has landed.
20. A player from the other team then steps into the circle and tries to place a boule closer to the cochonnet than their opponent, or to knock the opponent’s boule away.
21. You must throw within 1 minute of your turn starting.
22. The boule nearest to the cochonnet is said to be “holding the point”.
23. The players in the team that is not “holding” continue throwing until they place a boule closest to the cochonnet, and so on. Players on the same team do not have to take alternate throws, but player must always play their own boules.
24. When a team has no more boules to be played, the players of the other team throw theirs and try to place them as close as possible to the cochonnet.
25. When both teams have no more boules, you stop and count up the points. The winning team scores one point for each boule nearer the cochonnet than the opponents closest. Only one team can score points in each round.
26. A player from the team that has won throws the cochonnet from a new circle drawn round the cochonnet’s last position. The winners are the first team to reach 11 or 13 points (points to be determined by the host.).
Points
2 points for a winning match
0 points for a lost game or by disqualification
Poule
When teams in the group stage has an equal number of points, first the points difference counts:
– Example: 48 points for and 43 points against counts as + 5.
If the points difference is equal, the number of scored points is counting.
When the number of scored points is also equal, the mutual result counts.
During the tournament the house rules and general terms and conditions of the Euro Armenian Games are applicable.
Rules
For cases where the above rules are not adequate enough, refer to the petanque rules of the International Federation of Pétanque and Provençal Game (FIPJP). These can be found at www.fipjp.org.