Petanque world championship to be hosted in Vientiane this year

Petanque world championship to be hosted in Vientiane end-this year

(KPL) This is a good news for Lao petanque lovers because Lao PDR will be the host of petanque world championship in Vientiane Capital at the end of this year, according to last week�s press conference in Vientiane Capital.

Mr. Khamla Vinlaithong, Deputy Chairman of Asian Petanque Federation said that the petanque world championship will compete in two events of Petanque Asia-pacific championship (from 6 to 8 December) and petanque world championship (from 10 to 12 December).

Mr. Khamla who is also the new President of Lao National Petanque Federation added that the two competitions will draw the attendance of best patenque players from 20 countries.

�Lao PDR has been chosen as the host of the Petanque World Championship because the Petanque International Federation believed that Laos is a peaceful country, which proved a complete success in the host of 25th SEA Games late last year,� he stated further.

Before the competition of petanque world championship hosted by Laos, the Lao National Petanque Federation will organise three national competitions to select players for Lao team and then they will be sent to compete in Thailand and Vietnam in September this year.