Boules - men's pétanque triples at the World Games
Venue	World Games Plaza, Akita, Japan
Date	17–19 August 2001
Competitors	18 from 6 nations
Medalists
Stefano Bruno Fabio Dutto Paolo Lerda  Italy José Luis Delgado José Joaquín Romero Antonio López  Spain André Lozano Michel Van Campenhout Claudy Weibel  Belgium
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The men's pétanque triples 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	Stefano Bruno Fabio Dutto Paolo Lerda	Italy	5	5	0	65–39	+26
2	André Lozano Michel Van Campenhout Claudy Weibel	Belgium	5	3	2	55–35	+20
3	José Luis Delgado José Joaquín Romero Antonio López	Spain	5	3	2	53–39	+14
4	Damien Hureau David Le Dantec Raphaël Rypen	France	5	3	2	48–42	+6
5	Kazuya Inoe Katsuyuki Kaneko Hiroyuki Konari	Japan	5	1	4	26–64	–38
6	Nabil El Bey Chokri Gharbi Allala Jendoubi	Tunisia	5	0	5	37–65	–28

	Score
Belgium	13–2	Tunisia
France	4–13	Italy
Spain	13–0	Japan
Italy	13–10	Spain
Belgium	6–13	France
Tunisia	12–13	Japan
Belgium	10–13	Italy
Tunisia	8–13	Spain
France	13–4	Japan
Tunisia	6–13	France
Belgium	13–4	Spain
Italy	13–6	Japan
France	5–13	Spain
Tunisia	9–13	Italy
Belgium	13–3	Japan

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Italy	13
	4	France	12
						1	Italy	13
						3	Spain	5
	2	Belgium	12
	3	Spain	13			Third place
						4	France	3
						2	Belgium	13

• Results on IWGA website