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bocce
Sign in to savethumb |An image of bocce embedded in a medieval manuscript thumb|An Argentine family playing bocce in San Vicente, Buenos Aires, thumb|Bocce play in Cape Coral, Florida, United States in 2007 thumb|Bocce being played thumb|A typical bocce set ' (, or , ), sometimes anglicized as bocce ball, bocci, or boccie', is a ball sport belonging to the boules family of games. Developed into its present form in Italy, it is closely related to English bowls and French , with a common ancestry from ancient games played in the Roman Empire. Bocce is played around Western, Southern, and Southeastern Europe,
Key facts
- Sport.image
- Bocce_players_scoring.jpg
- Sport.caption
- Bocce players scoring a match, 2005
- Sport.union
- Fédération Internationale de Boules
- Sport.nickname
- Bocci
- Sport.first
- 18th century in Italy
- Sport.country/region
- Worldwide
- Sport.contact
- Non-contact
- Sport.team
- Singles and doubles
- Sport.mgender
- Yes, separate tours and mixed doubles
- Sport.category
- Ball games
- Sport.ball
- Bocce (balls) and pallino (jack)
- Sport.olympic
- No
- Sport.paralympic
- No
- Sport.IWGA
- No
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Geographical spread
- Bocce culture in [[Valdese, North Carolina]]
- Rules and play
- Variants
- Punto raffa volo
- Open bocce
- Bocce volo
- Boccia
- Classic bocce
- Creole bocce
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb |An image of bocce embedded in a medieval manuscript thumb|An Argentine family playing bocce in San Vicente, Buenos Aires, thumb|Bocce play in Cape Coral, Florida, United States in 2007 thumb|Bocce being played thumb|A typical bocce set ''' (, or , ), sometimes anglicized as bocce ball, bocci, or boccie, is a ball sport belonging to the boules family of games. Developed into its present form in Italy, it is closely related to English bowls and French , with a common ancestry from ancient games played in the Roman Empire. Bocce is played around Western, Southern, and Southeastern Europe, as well as in overseas areas with historical Italian immigrant population, including Australia, North and South America, principally Argentina and the southern Brazilian states of Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina. Initially only played by Italian immigrants, the game has slowly gained popularity among descendant generations and outside the Italian diaspora.
==History==