Bocce is the only court sport where the carpet يكون the game. السطح لا يبطن الرياضيين — يجب أن تسمح أ 920 ز المجال لفة مباشرة ل 26.5 متر مع عدم وجود الانجراف. هذه الحقيقة تعيد كتابة كل الكمية التي يجلبها المشترون من الرياضات الأخرى. أنت تطلب سطحًا متدحرجًا تمت معايرته, و م² on your PO is dictated by geometry no other sport shares.
Three numbers control your entire order. أولاً, ال court footprint: 66 م² ترفيهية, 75 م² Paralympic boccia, أو 119.25 م² CBI-regulation — a spread that nearly doubles your material. ثانية, ال 4.5 m width problem: because a standard roll is 4 م واسعة, the regulation court can never be covered by a single strip. ثالث, ال 12–20 ارتفاع كومة مم: shorter than any other sport surface, it eliminates every substitute and means you are buying purpose-made bocce carpet.
Miss any one of these and the order fails differently — too few rolls, the wrong surface that kills ball speed, or carpet that cannot be installed. This guide breaks down the exact m², عدد لفة, and FOB cost for every project size, from one backyard court to an 8-court complex. Use the calculator for an instant figure, then read on for the full geometry and bill of materials. For non-standard layouts, ملكنا العشب الاصطناعي team will prepare a custom specification within 24 ساعات.
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Three Court Standards That Change Your Order by 40%

Before you calculate a single square metre, you must know which of three governing standards your court follows — the footprint swings wildly between them. ال Confederazione Boccistica Internazionale (CBI) sets the regulation open court at 26.5 م × 4.5 m = 119.25 م². A recreational backyard court shrinks to 18.3 م × 3.6 m = 65.88 م². The Paralympic boccia court (World Boccia, BC1–BC4) runs 12.5 م × 6 m = 75 م². The gap between smallest and largest is nearly double — 66 م² versus 119 م² — so quoting “a bocce court” without naming the format is the fastest route to a wrong order.
| Court Standard | أبعاد | Grass Area | Order Qty (+10%) | لفات (4م×25م) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CBI Regulation | 26.5 م × 4.5 م | 119.25 م² | 131 م² | 2 |
| Recreational | 18.3 م × 3.6 م | 65.88 م² | 72 م² | 1 |
| Boccia (Paralympic) | 12.5 م × 6 م | 75 م² | 83 م² | 1 |
Notice the roll-count column: the recreational court at 65.88 م² slips inside a single 100 م² لفافة — the only genuine one-roll order. The CBI court at 119.25 م² always demands two rolls, and the boccia court’s 6 m width also breaks the single-strip assumption. Confirm the governing standard on your PO before requesting pricing; the same sport can mean a 40% difference in material.
The 4.5m Width Problem: Why One Roll Is Never Enough
Here is the geometric quirk that makes bocce unlike any other sport surface order. A standard production roll is 4 م واسعة. The CBI regulation court is 4.5 م واسعة. Because 4.5 exceeds 4.0, you cannot cover the court with a single strip — there is always a 0.5 m gap running the full 26.5 m length. No other court sport produces this exact width mismatch: only bocce forces a near-full-width main strip plus a sliver trim strip on every court.
The installer solves this by laying two longitudinal strips: one 4.0 m strip and one 0.5 m trim strip (4.0 + 0.5 = 4.5). Each runs the full 26.5 m length, joined by a seam. ال 0.5 m trim strip is cut from a full 4 m-wide roll, so a single court ordered as standard rolls carries significant offcut — unless the factory pre-cuts and nests strips across courts.
| Court Format | Width Coverage | Longitudinal Strips | Seam Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| CBI Regulation (4.5 م) | 4.0 م + 0.5 م | 2 | 26.5 م |
| Recreational (3.6 م) | 3.6 م (from 4 m roll) | 1 | لا أحد |
| Boccia (6.0 م) | 4.0 م + 2.0 م | 2 | 12.5 م |
The recreational court is the exception. Its 3.6 m width sits inside the 4 m roll, so a single ~19 m strip covers the court with modest trim and no seam. That makes it the only true one-roll, one-strip order. Every CBI regulation court, by contrast, is locked into a two-strip layout with a full-length seam that must be laid flat, glued, and sanded so it does not deflect a rolling pallino.
Ball Roll Speed: How Pile Height Controls Your Order Spec
Quantity is only half the PO. The other half is specification — and bocce is more demanding than any other sport. Bocce carpet requires the shortest pile in the industry: 12–20 مم. Compare that to football (40–60 مم) or landscape lawn (30–45 مم). A bocce surface sits at the extreme low end because the ball must roll long, straight, and true.
A regulation bocce ball (107 mm diameter, 920 g) dropped from 1 m onto the surface must rebound no higher than 15 سم. Higher means the pile is too tall or soft — the surface kills roll distance and is unplayable.
Higher pile equals slower ball, and slow ball is fatal to bocce. On a 40 mm football surface, a thrown pallino would stop dead within a metre. You are not ordering “grass by the square metre” — you are ordering a surface with calibrated rolling resistance, and only purpose-made bocce carpet passes the rebound test.
| نوع السطح | ارتفاع الكومة | Passes Bocce Rebound? | Substitute? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bocce carpet (purpose-made) | 12–20 مم | نعم | مطلوب |
| Putting green turf | 10–15 مم | لا (wrong texture) | لا |
| Landscape lawn | 30–45 مم | لا (too soft) | لا |
| العشب لكرة القدم | 40–60 مم | لا (far too tall) | لا |
When you request a quote, always specify the pile height range (12–20 مم) alongside the m². A supplier who only sees a square-metre figure may quote 30 mm sports turf — cheaper, but completely unplayable for bocce. The carpet must be dense, low-pile, and typically sand-dressed to fine-tune rolling resistance to competition standard.
Roll Layout: Covering a 26.5m Court

Now the roll math gets counter-intuitive. A CBI regulation court is 26.5 m long, but a standard production roll is only 25 m long. The court is longer than the roll — so even if width were not a problem, you would still need two rolls just for length.
Combine the width and length problems: you need two strips of 4.0 م + 0.5 م, each cut to at least 27 م, sourced from two separate 25 م لفات. The arithmetic resolves cleanly: court area 119.25 م² plus 10% cutting allowance equals ~131 m², rounding up to 2 full rolls of 100 م².
| Layout Factor | Court Value | Roll Value | Impact on Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Court length | 26.5 م | 25.0 م | 26.5 > 25 → 2 rolls for length |
| Court width | 4.5 م | 4.0 م | 4.5 > 4.0 → 2 strips for width |
| Court area + 10% | 131 م² | 100 م²/لفافة | 2 rolls of 100 م² |
For multi-court projects, the factory nests the 0.5 m trim strips across courts — offcut from court one feeds court two — so waste per court drops as the count rises.
Multi-Court Projects: Club Economics

Most commercial bocce buyers build 2 ل 8 courts to host concurrent league play. As court count climbs, the per-m² price steps down in tiers — production setup, yarn procurement, and freight efficiency all improve with volume.
| حجم المشروع | Grass Area | Order Qty (+10%) | لفات | FOB Unit Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 court | 119 م² | 131 م² | 2 | $28 – $35/م² |
| 4 courts | 477 م² | 525 م² | 6 | $18 – $25/م² |
| 8 courts | 954 م² | 1,049 م² | 11 | $12 – $18/م² |
The discount is real: moving from one court to four typically cuts the unit price by 25–30%, and from four to eight saves another 20–25%. For a club phasing construction over two seasons, ordering all carpet in a single production run — even if installation is staggered — can fund an extra court from the savings alone. A single batch also guarantees one dye lot across every court, which matters when courts sit side by side and colour matching is visible to players.
وزن, Containers & شحن: Why Bocce Almost Always Goes LCL

Because bocce carpet uses the shortest pile in the industry (12–20 مم), it is also the lightest sports surface — تقريبا 3 kg per m². That low density keeps freight modest but means a bocce order almost never fills a container on its own.
A single CBI court weighs roughly 131 م² × 3 kg = ~390 kg — a pallet-sized consignment. Even an 8-court complex at ~3.1 tons fills less than a third of a 20 ft container (which holds 10–12 tons). To fill a container with bocce alone you would need ~24 courts — far beyond any typical project. The practical result: bocce is the court sport most likely to ship as LCL consolidation, sharing container space with other consignments.
| حجم المشروع | Carpet Weight (~3 kg/m²) | لفات | طريقة الشحن |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 court | ~0.4 t | 2 | Air freight or LCL |
| 4 courts | ~1.6 t | 6 | LCL consolidation |
| 8 courts | ~3.1 t | 11 | LCL (or part of 20 قدم) |
For a rush single-court order, the low weight makes air freight viable — 390 kg ships by air at a fraction of a full sports-surface consignment. Confirm whether rolls ship vertical or horizontal: vertical packing protects the short pile face and is standard for pre-cut strips.
Sample PO: A 4-Court Bocce Club
To show how every figure in this guide locks together, here is the complete bill of materials for a 4-court CBI-regulation club — the most common commercial project size.
| Line Item | Calculation | Quantity | FOB Unit Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bocce carpet (12–20 mm pile) | 119.25 م² × 4 × 1.10 | 525 م² | $18 – $25/م² |
| Factory pre-cut rolls (4م × 25م) | 525 ÷ 100 | 6 لفات | included |
| Silica sand infill | ~3 kg/m² × 477 م² | ~1.4 t | $200 – $350/t |
| Spare carpet (throwing-end repairs) | 10% ل 1 court | ~12 m² | $18 – $25/م² |
| Seaming tape + لاصق | 1 seam/court × 26.5 م × 4 | ~106 m + 25 كجم | $100 – $180 |
Total carpet: ~537 m² (525 + 12 spare)
Total rolls: 6 (pre-cut, nested trim strips)
Total carpet weight: ~1.6 metric tons
Sand infill: ~1.4 tons (ships separately or sourced locally)
Estimated FOB (carpet only): $9,450 – $13,125
شحن: LCL consolidation
Production lead time: 12–20 أيام
Send a PO with these exact line items and the factory confirms pricing and shipping in one response — no clarification rounds. The sand infill line is the one buyers most often forget: without it the ball-speed calibration cannot be tuned to competition standard.
Five Mistakes That Cost You m² and Money
After supplying bocce surfaces worldwide, the same five errors recur on purchase orders. Each turns a straightforward order into a costly problem.
أ 35 mm landscape lawn looks green but fails the rebound test — أ 920 g ball stops within a metre. Always specify 12–20 mm purpose-made bocce carpet.
Buyers see “4 m roll” and “4.5 m court” and assume one roll covers the width. It does not — أ 4 m roll leaves a 0.5 m gap across the full length. Every CBI court needs two strips (4.0 م + 0.5 م), so the minimum is two rolls.
The court is 26.5 m long; the roll is 25 م. A single roll cannot span the court even if width were irrelevant. This length overrun locks the CBI court into a firm two-roll minimum.
Bocce carpet is sand-dressed to calibrate ball speed. Without silica sand the surface plays too fast and unpredictable. Add roughly 2–4 kg per m² as a line item or source locally before installation.
The throwing (volo) end takes concentrated impact wear. Ordering an exact quantity with zero spare means a future patch requires a rush shipment of mismatched dye-lot carpet. مضيفا ~12 m² (10% of one court) saves thousands later.
الأسئلة المتداولة
Why does a CBI regulation court always need two rolls?
Two geometric limits force it. The court is 4.5 م واسعة but a roll is 4 م, so a 0.5 m trim strip is always required. The court is also 26.5 m long but a roll is 25 م, so one roll cannot reach the far end. ال 131 م² order (119.25 + 10%) confirms: two rolls of 100 م² each.
Can I use landscape turf or football turf for a bocce court?
لا. Bocce requires 12–20 مم كومة — the shortest of any sport. العشب المناظر الطبيعية (30–45 مم) and football turf (40–60 مم) are far too tall; a ball dropped from 1 m would barely roll. Only purpose-made bocce carpet passes the rebound test (bounce ≤ 15 سم) and delivers the calibrated rolling resistance the game demands.
Is a recreational court really a one-roll order?
نعم — the only format that is. A recreational court is 18.3 م × 3.6 m = 65.88 م². Its 3.6 m width fits inside the 4 m roll (no trim strip, no seam), and its 18.3 m length fits inside the 25 m roll. The order (~72 m²) slips into a single 100 م² لفافة.
How much does bocce court turf cost FOB from China?
The FOB range is $12–$35 per m², driven by volume. A single court (131 م²) sits at the top: $28–$35/م². A 4-court order (525 م²) drops to $18–$25/م². An 8-court order (1,049 م²) reaches $12–$18/م². Ordering all courts in one batch captures the full discount.
Does bocce carpet ship in a dedicated container?
Almost never. Short-pile bocce carpet weighs only ~3 kg/m², so even an 8-court complex (~3.1 tons) fills less than a third of a 20 ft container (10–12 tons). Bocce is the court sport most likely to ship as LCL consolidation. You would need ~24 courts to justify a dedicated container.
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