| Boules - women's pétanque doubles at the World Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | World Games Plaza, Akita, Japan | ||||||||||||
| Date | 17–19 August 2001 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 12 from 6 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The women's pétanque doubles event in boules sports at the 2001 World Games took place from 17 to 19 August 2001 at the World Games Plaza in Akita, Japan. [1]
A total of 6 teams entered the competition. In preliminary round they played round-robin tournament. From this stage the best four pairs advanced to the semifinals.
| Rank | Team | Country | M | W | L | Pts | +/– |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inés Rosario María Luisa Ruíz |  Spain | 5 | 5 | 0 | 65–23 | +42 |
| 2 | Nancy Barzin Linda Goblet |  Belgium | 5 | 3 | 2 | 57–34 | +23 |
| 3 | Hanta Randriambahiny Odile Razanamahefa |  Madagascar | 5 | 3 | 2 | 48–47 | +1 |
| 4 | Machiko Inoue Fumie Kakiuchi |  Japan | 5 | 2 | 3 | 30–61 | –31 |
| 5 | Lene Kaaberbøl Tine Hansen |  Denmark | 5 | 2 | 3 | 50–57 | –7 |
| 6 | Maryse Bergeron Violette Robert |  Canada | 5 | 0 | 5 | 37–65 | –28 |
| Score | ||
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 10–13 | Denmark |
| Spain | 13–8 | Madagascar |
| Canada | 10–13 | Japan |
| Madagascar | 13–8 | Japan |
| Belgium | 8–13 | Spain |
| Denmark | 12–13 | Japan |
| Belgium | 13–1 | Madagascar |
| Denmark | 13–8 | Canada |
| Spain | 13–0 | Japan |
| Denmark | 3–13 | Spain |
| Belgium | 13–7 | Canada |
| Madagascar | 13–4 | Japan |
| Spain | 13–4 | Canada |
| Denmark | 9–13 | Madagascar |
| Belgium | 13–0 | Japan |
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 1 | Spain | 13 | |||||||
| 4 | Japan | 8 | |||||||
| 1 | Spain | 7 | |||||||
| 2 | Belgium | 13 | |||||||
| 2 | Belgium | 13 | |||||||
| 3 | Madagascar | 9 | Third place | ||||||
| 4 | Japan | 5 | |||||||
| 3 | Madagascar | 13 | |||||||
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