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International Federation of Basque Pelota

The International Federation of Basque Pelota ( (FIPV), ) is the worldwide governing body for Basque pelota, recognized by the International Olympic Committee. It sets the regulations for international competition and organizes the competitions.

Membership

The FIPV is a sports federation recognized by the following confederations:

History

The International federation of Basque pelota was established on 19 May 1929 in Buenos Aires, Argentina brought into being by the French Federation of Basque Pelota, the Spanish Federation of Basque Pelota and the Argentinian Federation of Basque Pelota. Due to the outbreak of World War II and the Spanish Civil War, their activities were restricted until 1945. In 1946 the official modalities regulated by the federation were defined, and its specific rules set for equality of the participant country federations and the international championships. The headquarters of the federation are currently located in Pamplona, Spain.

Categories

The internationally recognized modalities in which the Basque Pelota World Championships is contested are the following:

  • Hand-pelota (Basque: esku huska; Spanish: pelota mano), played barehanded (36m Fronton and Trinquete)
  • Rubber-paleta (Basque: gomazko paleta; Spanish: paleta goma), played with a short and broad wooden bat (called paleta) and a rubber ball (30m Fronton and Trinquete)
  • Leather-paleta (Basque: cuero paleta; Spanish: paleta cuero), similar to the previous one but played with a traditional leather ball (36m Fronton and Trinquete)
  • Short-bat, (Spanish: paleta corta), played with a shorter, thicker and much narrower bat and a leather ball (36m Fronton)
  • Xare, which means "net" in Basque, played with a wooden ring strung with a net, similar to a tennis racket (Trinquete)
  • Jai alai, (Basque: zesta punta; Spanish: cesta punta; both meaning literally 'edged basket'), played with a special glove that extends into a long pointed curved basket (hence the name) (54m Fronton)
  • Frontenis, it uses tennis rackets (30m Fronton)
  • Frontball

Participating national federations

Source in April 2022:

Regions

  1. Africa: ,
  2. Asia: , , ,
  3. Europe: , , , , ,
  4. Americas: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Countries

International Federation is constituted by 27 national federations in 2010. In 2022 it had 33 members.

Medal table

The current medal table for Basque Pelota World Championships from 1952 to 2022 is as follows:

See also

References

External links