Jeux sans frontières season 8

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Jeux sans frontières
Season 8
No. of teams7 countries
Winner Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg La Chaux-de-Fonds
Runner-up Flag of Italy.svg Città di Castello
Head referees
No. of episodes8
Release
Original release23 May (1972-05-23) –
13 September 1972 (1972-09-13)
Season chronology
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The 8th season of the international television game show Jeux sans frontières was held in the summer of 1972. Broadcasters from Belgium, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and West Germany participated in the competition coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The different heats were hosted by each of the participant broadcasters in locations in their countries such as Passariano di Codroipo (Italy), Spa (Belgium), Westerland (West Germany), Delft (Netherlands), Nice (France), Bern (Switzerland), and Sheffield (United Kingdom). The grand final was held in Lausanne (Switzerland). The head international referees in charge of supervising the competition were Gennaro Olivieri and Guido Pancaldi  [ it ]. [1]

The season was won by the team from La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, the runner-up being the team from Città di Castello, Italy. [2] [3]

Participants

CountryBroadcasterCodeColour
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium RTB / BRT BYellow
Flag of France.svg  France ORTF FPurple
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy RAI IBlue
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands NCRV NLOrange
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland SRG SSR TSI CHGold
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom BBC GBRed
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany ARD DLight blue

Heats

Heat 1

Heat 1 was hosted by RTB on 23 May 1972 in Spa, Belgium, presented by Paule Herreman and Michel Lemaire.

PlaceCountryTownPoints
1GB Salisbury 48
2CH La Chaux-de-Fonds 44
3D Hirschau 38
4F Anglet 28
5NL Franeker 26
6B Spa 25
7I Ostuni 19

Heats 2

Heat 2 was hosted by TV DRS on behalf of SRG SSR TSI on 7 June 1972 in Bern, Switzerland, presented by Jan Hiermeyer  [ de ].

PlaceCountryTownPoints
1D Waldkraiburg 43
2I Terracina 42
3CH Jegenstorf 39
4NL IJsselstein 36
5B Gembloux 30
6F Thiers 23
7GB Banbury 22

Heat 3

Heat 3 was hosted by ARD on 20 June 1972 in Westerland, West Germany, presented by Camillo Felgen and Frank Elstner.

PlaceCountryTownPoints
1D Westerland 47
2CH Massagno 42
3NL Ridderkerk 40
4GB Folkestone 37
5I Carpi 30
6B Middelkerke 22
7F Angoulême 17

Heat 4

Heat 4 was hosted by RAI on 5 July 1972 at the grounds of Villa Manin in Passariano di Codroipo, Italy, presented by Giulio Marchetti and Rosanna Vaudetti.

PlaceCountryTownPoints
1NL Venray 44
2I Codroipo 38
3D Oberursel 36
4B Zottegem 31
5F Moëlan-sur-Mer 30
6GB Dalkeith 28
7CH Sarnen 23

Heat 5

Heat 5 was hosted by ORTF on 19 July 1972 in Nice, France, presented by Guy Lux and Simone Garnier  [ fr ].

PlaceCountryTownPoints
1I Città di Castello 40
1D Rodenkirchen 40
3CH Thônex 39
4GB Lincoln 37
5NL Zelhem 27
6B Bouillon 23
7F Nice 19

Heat 6

Heat 6 was hosted by the BBC on 2 August 1972 in Sheffield, United Kingdom, presented by Stuart Hall and Eddie Waring.

PlaceCountryTownPoints
1D Bad Münstereifel 43
2GB Congleton 40
3NL Lisse 36
4CH Küsnacht 33
5B Woluwe-Saint-Pierre 29
6F Gap 28
7I Pontedera 19

Heat 7

Heat 7 was hosted by NCRV on 16 August 1972 in Delft, Netherlands, presented by Dick Passchier  [ nl ] and Barend Barendse  [ nl ].

PlaceCountryTownPoints
1GB Luton 43
2D Ahrensburg 36
3NL Bladel 35
4B Leuven 34
5I Sermoneta 33
6CH Giubiasco 31
7F Saintes 24

Qualifiers

The teams with the most points from each country advanced to the grand final:

CountryTownPlace wonPoints won
GB Salisbury 148
D Westerland 147
NL Venray 144
I Città di Castello 140
CH La Chaux-de-Fonds 244
B Leuven 434
F Anglet 428

Final

The final was hosted by TSR on behalf of SRG SSR TSI on 13 September 1972 in Lausanne, Switzerland, presented by Georges Kleinmann  [ fr ] and Madeleine Stalder.

PlaceCountryTownPoints
1CH La Chaux-de-Fonds 42
2I Città di Castello 38
2NL Venray 38
4F Anglet 36
4GB Salisbury 36
6D Westerland 35
7B Leuven 25

References

  1. ↑ "Jeux sans frontières 1972". jsfnetfrance.free.fr (in French). Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  2. ↑ Pillirone, Nicolo. "Series Edizione 1972". giochisenzafrontiere.net (in Italian). Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  3. ↑ "Jeux Sans Frontières 1972". jsfnetgb.co.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
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