Jeux sans frontières season 8

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 referee in charge of supervising the competition were Gennaro Olivieri and Guido Pancaldi.

Jeux sans frontières
Season 8
No. of teams	7 countries
Winner	La Chaux-de-Fonds
Runner-up	Città di Castello
Head referees	Gennaro Olivieri Guido Pancaldi
No. of episodes	8
Release
Original release	23 May (1972-05-23) – 13 September 1972 (1972-09-13)
Season chronology

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

Participants

Country	Broadcaster	Code	Colour
Belgium	RTB / BRT	B	Yellow
France	ORTF	F	Purple
Italy	RAI	I	Blue
Netherlands	NCRV	NL	Orange
Switzerland	SRG SSR TSI	CH	Gold
United Kingdom	BBC	GB	Red
West Germany	ARD	D	Light blue

Heats

Heat 1

Heat 1 was hosted by RTB on 23 May 1972 in Spa, Belgium.

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

Heats 2

Heat 2 was hosted by SRG SSR TSI on 7 June 1972 in Bern, Switzerland.

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

Heat 3

Heat 3 was hosted by ARD on 20 June 1972 in Westerland, West Germany.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	D	Westerland	47
2	CH	Massagno	42
3	NL	Ridderkerk	40
4	GB	Folkestone	37
5	I	Carpi	30
6	B	Middelkerke	22
7	F	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.

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

Heat 5

Heat 5 was hosted by ORTF on 19 July 1972 in Nice, France.

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

Heat 6

Heat 6 was hosted by the BBC on 2 August 1972 in Sheffield, United Kingdom.

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

Heat 7

Heat 7 was hosted by NCRV on 16 August 1972 in Delft, Netherlands.

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

Qualifiers

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

Country	Town	Place won	Points won
GB	Salisbury	1	48
D	Westerland	1	47
NL	Venray	1	44
I	Città di Castello	1	40
CH	La Chaux-de-Fonds	2	44
B	Leuven	4	34
F	Anglet	4	28

Final

The final was hosted by SRG SSR TSI on 13 September 1972 in Lausanne, Switzerland.

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