Valencian Pilota Federation
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The Valencian Pilota Federation (in Catalan
Catalan language
Catalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...

: Federació de Pilota Valenciana) is the Valencian public organization that promotes and manages the many varieties and competitions of the Valencian pilota
Valencian pilota
Valencian pilota is a traditional handball sport played in the Valencian Community. Its origins are not known, but seems to be related to the French Jeu de paume....

 sport. Its current president is Ramón Sedeño Clemente.

There are 2003 licensed players, 28 teachers for the 756 students at the pilota colleges. There are 77 professional players (pilotaris), and 15 marxadors
Bookmaker
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at the trinquets
Valencian trinquet
Valencian trinquet, or simply trinquet , is the court used in the Valencian Community for two different modalities of Valencian pilota: the Escala i corda and the Raspall.- Court :...

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The "Federació de Pilota Valenciana" was founded on 1984, until then it was part of the "Confederación Española de Pelota", which was devoted to Basque pelota, a different handball. Its worry about the Valencian pilota
Valencian pilota
Valencian pilota is a traditional handball sport played in the Valencian Community. Its origins are not known, but seems to be related to the French Jeu de paume....

 was shown when the presidents of the Valencian federation were chosen at Madrid
Madrid
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 and they were unaware of this sport or whose only merit was being retired players of the Basque variety. This was the situation until a retired professional Valencian pilotari, Enrique Menéndez, got to be president but soon gave up protesting for the "ignorance" the local handball was suffering, according to him. His resignation, so, forced the raise of an independent Valencian pilota federation.

The FPV has named June 14 as the "Pilota day", recalling the date playing pilota was forbidden at the streets of València
Valencia
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, 1391.

Relevant official competitions

Professionals
  • Escala i corda
    Escala i corda
    Escala i corda is the most prestigious variant of Valencian pilota, and the only one, with Raspall, that have professional players.- History :...

    • Trofeu Individual Bancaixa
      Trofeu Individual Bancaixa
      The Trofeu Individual Bancaixa "Bancaixa one-on-one trophy") is the Escala i corda singles league played by Valencian pilota professionals and promoted by the Bancaixa bank.- Statistics :- Relevant facts about the Trofeu Individual Bancaixa :...

    • Circuit Bancaixa
      Circuit Bancaixa
      The Circuit Bancaixa , officially Lliga Professional d'Escala i Corda, is the Escala i corda league for this Valencian pilota modality professional players...


  • Raspall
    Raspall
    Raspall is a variant of the handball game, Valencian pilota, played mainly in the Valencian regions south to the Xúquer river: the Vall d'Albaida, the Safor, the Costera, the Marina Alta and the Marina Baixa. It is also popular in the Ribera Baixa...

    • Raspall singles championship
      Raspall singles championship
      The Campionat Individual de Raspall is the Valencian pilota Raspall modality singles league played by professional pilotaris.- Statistics :- Campionat Individual de Raspall relevant facts :...

    • Raspall team championship
      Raspall team championship
      The Campionat per Equips de Raspall is the Valencian pilota Raspall modality league played by professional pilotaris.-Statistics:...


International relationships

Since 1992, the FPV is a member of the International Ball game Confederation
International Ball game Confederation
The International Ball game Confederation , founded on May 13 1928, is the organization that manages the common activities of the many ball game deriving from the Jeu de paume....

, which organizes every year the Handball International Championships
Handball International Championships
The Handball International Championships are yearly held competitions where many countries and regions play the handball sports derived from the Jeu de paume....

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