BONJOUR!

French Presentation

SPORTS IN FRANCE

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1. Football

2. Basketball

3. Parkour

4. Pétanque

5. Table Football

6. Cycling

7. Rugby union

8. Motorsports

SPORTS IN FRANCE

Rugby Union

A popular sports in France.

Full participation from France since 1987.

France won the gold medal, the first ever rugby event at the Olympics in 1900s.

In 2003, France was awarded the right to host the 2007 Rugby World Cup.

Every year, France participates in the Six Nations Championship, they've won the championship fourteen times!

Hosted 2007 Rugby World Cup.

Ranks in 8th position for the year 2009.

Their rugby team is considered one of the strongest in Europe.

Motorsports

Reims-Gueux1950–1966

Rouen-Les-Essarts1952–1958

Tour de Corse1973–2008

Rallyed'Alsace 2010-today

Table Football

Adorably called “Baby foot” and French foosball.

Harold S. Thornton invented and patented foosball in 1923, although some patents exist as far back as the 1890s.

The French are the predominant winners of worldwide table football competitions.

In 2002, the International Table Soccer Federation (ITSF) was established in France.

In the ITSF World Cup and World Championships 2013, almost 500 players from 30 countries congregated in Nantes, France to compete.

Foosball realizing its ups and down.

Basketball

1932 •The Fédération Française de Basket-Ball, or FFBB, was established.

1948 •The French national basketball team won its first Olympic medal.

1951 & 1953 •The French also won the Eurobasket tournaments respectively.

2000 & 2004 •Won a silver medal in Sydney in 2000 and a bronze medal in 2004’s Eurobasket.

2009 •French women's team, won the Eurobasket gold medal.

Parkour

Free Running

Lieutenant Georges Hébert

1875-1957

David Belle1973-Present

Parkour training is rigorous physical training, but it also includes mental training, and a focus on moral responsibility.

France is known for its contribution in parkour.

Since the start of free running in 2001, Frenchmen made parkour health agility.

In 2007, WFPF (World Freerunning & Parkour Federation) was launched.

Pétanque

Pétanque was invented in 1907 (or possibly 1910) in the town of La Ciotat near Marseilles.

It was invented by Ernest Pitiot, a local café owner.

The name petanque is a derivation of the provençal word ped tanco and it means the feet together on the ground.

The first pétanque tournament with the new rules was organized in 1910

The first FIPJP (Men's) World Championships were organized in 1959.

Professional form of Pétanque is called Pétanque Sport, played under precise rules.

About 480,000 persons licensed with the Federation Française de Pétanque et Jeu Provençal (FFPJP).

The FFPJP is the 4th largest sports federation in France.

The most recent championships were held in countries mentioned on the right.

Fifty-two teams from 50 countries participated in 2007.

Faro in 2000

Monaco in 2001

Grenoble in 2002, 2004 and 2006

Geneva in 2003

Brussels in 2005

Pattaya, Thailand in 2007

Football is the most popular sport in France. The Federation Française de

Football is the national governing body is responsible for overseeing all

aspects of the game of association football in the country, both

professional and amateur. In 2006, the FFF had 2,143,688 licenses, with

over 1,850,836 registered players and 18,194 registered clubs.

Cycling

CYCLINGThe Tour de France was created in 1903.

The modern Tour typically has 21 daily stages and not more than 3,500 km (2,200 mi). The shortest and longest Tours were 2,428 and 5,745 km (1,509 and 3,570 mi) in 1904 and 1926, respectively

Riders completing a stage may be eliminated if their time exceeds the time limit for the stage. The limit is defined as the winner's time plus a percentage, which depends on the type of stage and the winner's average speed

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