| Boules - men's pétanque doubles at the World Games | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venue | 228 Memorial Park | ||||||||||||
| Date | 20-22 July 2009 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 12 from 6 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The men's pétanque doubles event in boules sports at the 2009 World Games took place from 20 to 22 July 2009 at the 228 Memorial Park in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. [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 | Pakin Phukram Supan Thongphoo |  Thailand | 4 | 4 | 0 | 49–17 | +32 |
| 2 | Damien Hureau Julien Lamour |  France | 4 | 2 | 2 | 34–30 | +4 |
| 3 | Chen Hung-wen Sun Chia-yi |  Chinese Taipei | 4 | 2 | 2 | 33–35 | -2 |
| 4 | Fabrice Uytterhoeven William Van der Biest |  Belgium | 4 | 2 | 2 | 26-34 | -8 |
| 5 | Eliyahu Ochana Noam Seifer |  Israel | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11-52 | –41 |
| 6 | Irenee Rajaonarison Hary Tania Relevason |  Madagascar | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 |
| Team | Score | Team |
|---|---|---|
| France | 10–7 | Chinese Taipei |
| Israel | 5–13 | Belgium |
| Thailand | 13–6 | Belgium |
| France | 13–0 | Israel |
| France | 3–13 | Belgium |
| Chinese Taipei | 0–13 | Thailand |
| Chinese Taipei | 13–6 | Israel |
| France | 8–10 | Thailand |
| Israel | 3–13 | Thailand |
| Chinese Taipei | 13-6 | Belgium |
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| Belgium | 13 | ||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 4 | ||||||||
| Belgium | 5 | ||||||||
| France | 13 | ||||||||
| Thailand | 4 | ||||||||
| France | 13 | Third place | |||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 2 | ||||||||
| Thailand | 13 | ||||||||
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