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Basque pelota (Basque: pilota, Spanish: pelota vasca, French: pelote basque) is the name for a variety of court sports played with a ball using one's hand, a racket, a wooden bat or a basket, against a wall (frontis or fronton) or, more traditionally, with two teams face to face separated by a line on the ground or a net. The roots of this ...
It is a variation of Basque pelota. The term jai alai, coined by Serafin Baroja in 1875, is also often loosely applied to the fronton (the open-walled playing area) where matches take place. The game, whose name means "merry festival" in Basque, is called zesta-punta ("basket tip") in the Basque Country.
The International federation of Basque pelota was established on 19 May 1929 in Buenos Aires, Argentina brought into being by the French Federation of Basque Pelota, the Spanish Federation of Basque Pelota and the Argentinian Federation of Basque Pelota.
This is a List of players of Basque pelota ordered by the variant of Basque pelota for which they are renowned, and without taking into account their active time or their nationality. Cesta-Punta [ edit ]
The Basque Pelota World Championships is a quadrennial tournament first organized in 1952 by the International Federation of Basque Pelota. The modern championships crown the best amateur players in fifteen different playing categories.
Pages in category "Basque pelota" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
A Basque pelota ball is a ball designed for the sport of Basque pelota, variations of the kind and size of balls are given by the peculiar category. [ 1 ] Hand-pelota ball (right) in comparison with a Valencian variation ball
The Basque pelota competition at the 2019 Pan American Games was held from August 4 to August 10, 2019 in Lima, Peru. Medal summary Host ...