Confédération Mondiale des Sports de Boules

Confédération Mondiale
des Sports de Boules
Formation	1985
Type	Sports federation
Headquarters	Monte Carlo
President	Claude Azema
Website	CMSB

The Confédération Mondiale des Sports de Boules (CMSB) is the international organization, recognized by the International Olympic Committee, which governs the sport of the boules.^[1]

History

The CMSB – Confédération Mondiale des Sports de Boules – was created (on 21 December 1985 in Monaco) by three international boules organizations

CBI Confederazione Boccistica Internazionale (bocce)
FIB Fédération Internationale de Boules (Sport-boules)
FIPJP Fédération Internationale de Pétanque et Jeu Provençal (pétanque and jeu provençal)

for the purpose of lobbying the Olympic committee to make boules sports part of the summer Olympics. World Bowls (bowls) was also a member from 2003 until 2013.

Boules and the CMSB were granted consideration for entry to the Olympic Games on 15 October 1986, but have never been granted the status of an official Olympic sport. Nevertheless, every year the CMSB continues to re-present its application.^[2]

Recognition

The CMSB is a sports federation recognized by the following confederations.

International Olympic Committee (IOC)
Association of the IOC Recognised International Sports Federations (ARISF)
SportAccord (GAISF)^[3]

References

^ "IOC Reviews Sporting Programme for Future Games of the Olympiad". olympic.org. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
^ History of the FIPJP Archived 10 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine at the FIPJP web site.
^ "SportAccord – Members". sportaccord.com. Archived from the original on 7 May 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2012.