Raffa, also known as raffa bocce or roundup, is a specialty, both male and female, of
bocce
(, or , ), sometimes anglicized as bocce ball, bocci, or boccie, is a ball sport belonging to the boules family. Developed into its present form in Italy, it is closely related to English bowls and French , with a common ancestry from anc ...
. It is governed by ''
Confederazione Boccistica Internazionale'' (CBI).
Along with
pétanque
Pétanque (, ; ; ) is a sport that falls into the category of boules sports (along with Raffa (boules), raffa, bocce, boule lyonnaise, Bowls, lawn bowls, and Crown green bowls, crown green bowling). In these sports, players or teams play thei ...
and
bocce volo
("flying boules"), or ("Lyonnais boules"), is a boules-type game.
In ', the balls are thrown or rolled overhand (palm down) or underhand (palm up) and are metal. In non-standard ', the wooden or plastic balls are tossed underhand (palm up) and ...
, it is one of the three specialties proposed by the ''
Confédération Mondiale des Sports de Boules'' (all of which are included in the
World Games) as possible new disciplines for the
2024 Summer Olympics
The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...
.
Rules
The specialty is named after the "raffa shot", a special shot made to strike - on the fly or with the help of the ground - a certain piece (jack or balls) indicated in advance; all pieces placed within 13 cm of that indicated are valid.
Raffa can be played individually, in pairs or in trio.
Matches end at 12 points, while the finals end at 15 points.
The name ''Raffa'' derives from Raffaele Bisteghi who described the game in the book "Gioco delle bocchie" in 1753.
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