Jeux sans frontières season 2 explained

Module1:	Label1: Head referees Num Teams: 4 countries Runner Up: Jambes
Num Episodes:	13

The 2nd season of the international television game show Jeux sans frontières was held between 1 June and 14 September 1966. Broadcasters from Belgium, France, Italy, and West Germany participated in the competition coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Teams from towns from those four countries participated in a series of heats, with two cities being qualified for the international final. The team from Eichstätt, West Germany, won the season, giving the first overhall win for the country.

This was the first season featuring Gennaro Olivieri and as referees, an partnership that would last seventeen years, until the first series' end in 1982.^[1]

Overview

See main article: Jeux sans frontières. Jeux sans frontières ("Games Without Borders" in French) is a international television game show, based on the French programme Intervilles which was first broadcast in 1962. It was broadcast from 1965 to 1999 under the auspices of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which owned the format. In non-French-speaking countries, the show had alternative titles. It is also widely known as It's a Knockout, the title of the BBC's domestic version and national selection for the programme.

Participating countries and teams

All countries who had participated in the previous season returned for a second consecutive year.

Country	Broadcaster	Code	Colour	Cities
	RTB	B	Yellow	Antoing
		Ath
		Huy
		Jambes
		Malmedy
	ORTF	F	Green	Arcachon
		Bagnères-de-Bigorre
		Fougères
		Malo-les-Bains
		Menton
	RAI	I	Dark Blue	Alassio
		Procida
		Montecatini Terme
		Tivoli
		Todi
	ARD	D	Red	Eichstätt
		Eschwege im Werratal
		Erkelenz
		Glückstadt an der Elbe
		Sennestadt

Season overview

Teams from Belgium, France, Italy, and West Germany competed each week in head-to-head competition between two cities or towns from two of the four competing nations. There would be sports events, but also studio-based quizzes each week. Eventually, all teams would have competed against each other and the teams with the highest cumulative points for each nation from the series would meet in two semi-finals, with the two winners meeting in the final. The heats had 7 games per event, with the seventh game being the quiz game named "Game of Questions".^[2]

Heat	Date	Teams	Points
1	1 June	Arcachon	7
Eschwege im Werratal		1
2	8 June	Antoing	13
Tivoli		1
3	15 June	Montecatini Terme	10
Menton		-4
4	22 June	Ath	11
Erkelenz		7
5	29 June	Jambes	12
Fougères		-4
6	6 July	Eichstätt	12
Alassio		-4
7	3 August	Bagnères-de-Bigorre	13
Glückstadt an der Elbe		4
8	10 August	Todi	8
Malmedy		6
9	17 August	Malo-les-Bains	10
Procida		0
10	24 August	Sennestadt	10
Huy		8
International Semi-Finals
	31 August	Jambes	8
Malo-les-Bains		4
	7 September	Eichstätt	12
Montecatini Terme		10
International Final
	14 September	Eichstätt	7
Jambes		5

Heats

Heat 1

Heat 1 was held on 1 June 1966.

Detailed scoreboard

Team	Country	Games^[3]
		1	2	3	4	5	6					Total
Eschwege im Werratal		0	2	2	0	0	1	–	-1	-3	–	7
Arcachon		2	0	0	2	2	1	-1	–	–	1	1

Heat 2

Heat 2 was held on 8 June 1966.

Detailed scoreboard

Team	Country	Games
		1	2	3	4	5	6					Total
Antoing		2	2	2	2	1	2	1	–	–	1	13
Tivoli		0	0	0	0	1	0	–	-3	3	–	1

Heat 3

Heat 3 was held on 15 June 1966.

Detailed scoreboard

Team	Country	Games
		1	2	3	4	5	6					Total
Menton		0	2	-1	0	0	1	–	-3	-3	–	-4
Montecatini Terme		2	0	1	2	2	1	-1	–	–	1	10

Heat 4

Heat 4 was held on 22 June 1966.

Detailed scoreboard

Team	Country	Games
		1	2	3	4	5	6					Total
Ath		2	0	0	0	1	2	–	3	3	–	11
Erkelenz		0	2	2	2	1	0	-1	–	–	1	7

Heat 5

Heat 5 was held on 29 June 1966.

Detailed scoreboard

Team	Country	Games
		1	2	3	4	5	6					Total
Jambes		1	1	2	2	2	2	3	–	–	-1	12
Fougères		1	1	0	0	0	0	–	-3	-3	–	-4

Heat 6

Heat 6 was held on 6 July 1966.

Detailed scoreboard

Team	Country	Games
		1	2	3	4	5	6					Total
Eichstätt		2	2	2	2	0	2	1	–	–	1	12
Alassio		0	0	0	0	2	0	–	-3	-3	–	-4

Heat 7

Heat 7 was held on 3 August 1966.

Detailed scoreboard

Team	Country	Games
		1	2	3	4	5	6					Total
Glückstadt an der Elbe		0	1	2	2	0	0	–	3	-3	–	5
Bagnères-de-Bigorre		2	1	0	0	2	2	3	–	–	3	13

Heat 8

Heat 8 was held on 10 August 1966.

Detailed scoreboard

Team	Country	Games
		1	2	3	4	5	6					Total
Malmedy		0	2	0	2	0	2	-3	–	–	3	6
Todi		2	0	2	0	2	0	–	1	1	–	8

Heat 9

Heat 9 was held on 17 August 1966.

Detailed scoreboard

Team	Country	Games
		1	2	3	4	5	6					Total
Malo-les-Bains		1	2	2	1	0	0	3	–	–	1	10
Procida		1	0	0	1	2	2	–	-3	-3	–	0

Heat 10

Heat 10 was held on 24 August 1966.

Detailed scoreboard

Team	Country	Games
		1	2	3	4	5	6					Total
Huy		0	0	0	0	0	2	–	3	3	–	8
Sennestadt		2	2	2	2	2	0	1	–	–	-1	10

Qualified teams

The teams which qualified from each country to the final phase were:

Country	Team	Heat
	Jambes	5
	Malo-les-Bains	9
	Montecatini Terme	3
	Eichstätt	6

Finals

Bracket

Semi-final 1

Semi-final 1 was held on 31 August 1966.

Detailed scoreboard

Team	Country	Games
		1	2	3	4	5	6					Total
Jambes		2	0	2	2	2	0	-2	–	–	1	8
Malo-les-Bains		0	2	0	0	0	2	–	3	-3	–	4

Semi-final 2

Semi-final 2 was held on 7 September 1966.

Detailed scoreboard

Team	Country	Games
		1	2	3	4	5	6					Total
Eichstätt		Unknown	12
Montecatini Terme		10

Grand Final

The grand final was held on 14 September 1966.

Detailed scoreboard

Team	Country	Games
		1	2	3	4	5	6					Total
Jambes		0	0	2	1	2	0	–	-3	3	–	5
Eichstätt		2	2	0	1	0	2	-3	–	–	3	7

Broadcasts

The competition was broadcast live from both competing towns to the participating broadcasters via the Eurovision network.

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Broadcaster(s)	Channel(s)	Presenter(s)/Commentator(s)
	RTB	RTB
	ORTF	French: [[TF1|Première Chaîne]]|i=unset
	ARD	German: [[Das Erste|Deutsches Fernsehen]]|i=unset
	RAI	Italian: [[Rai 2|Secondo Programma]]|i=unset

+ Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Presenter(s)/Commentator(s)
	ORF	ORF
	SRG SSR TSI	TSI
		SSR TV

Notes and References

1. Web site: Series Guide 1966 - Introduction . JSFnet GB.
2. Web site: Data Rank: Scoreboard . JSFNet GB.
3. Web site: Series Guide: 1966 . JSFNet GB.

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