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It's
A Christmas Knockout 1980
Festive Jeux Sans Frontières Special
Entrants
1980:
Belgium (B) • Switzerland (CH) •
Great Britain (GB) •
Italy (I) • Netherlands (NL)
Presenters:
Michel Lemaire (RTBF-BRT - B)
Georges Kleinmann (SSR-SRG-TSI - CH)
Stuart Hall (BBC - GB)
Claudio Lippi (RAI - I)
Dick Passchier (NCRV - NL)
International Referees:
Gennaro Olivieri
Guido Pancaldi
Production Credits:
National Producers:
Geoff Wilson (GB)
Produced by RTBF (B)
in association with SSR-SRG-TSI (CH), BBC Manchester (GB), RAI
(I), NCRV (NL)
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Key:
International Christmas Special
● =
Winner of Christmas Special
▲ = Promoted to Position / ▼ =
Demoted to Position |
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B |
It's
A Christmas Knockout 1980 |
Christmas
Special |
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Event Staged: Sunday 7th December 1980
Venue:
Ice Rink, Palais des Sports de Coronmeuse, Liège, Belgium
European Transmissions (Local Timings):
BBC1 (GB): Saturday 27th December 1980,
6.00-7.00pm
Nederland 2 (NL): Monday 30th December 1980, 8.27-9.25pm |
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Theme:
Festive Fun |
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Teams:
Liège (B) v. Chateau d’Œx (CH) v.
Bristol (GB) v.
Moena di Fassa (I) v. Heerenveen (NL) |
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Games: Collecting Christmas Baubles, Completing the
1000, Catching Father Christmas,
The Ice Skate Limbo Challenge, The Towering Christmas Cakes, Unwanted Presents
and Santas on the Rooftop. |
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Game
Results and Standings |
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Games |
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Team /
Colour |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
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Points Scored |
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B |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
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CH |
1 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
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GB |
4 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
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I |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
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NL |
3 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
Running Totals
(Leading teams shown in red) |
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B |
2 |
3 |
5 |
10 |
12 |
15 |
17 |
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CH |
1 |
4 |
5 |
10 |
13 |
14 |
18 |
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GB |
4 |
6 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
17 |
20 |
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I |
5 |
10 |
15 |
20 |
24 |
26 |
27 |
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NL |
3 |
7 |
10 |
15 |
20 |
24 |
29 |
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Result |
Team |
Points |
Final Scoreboard |
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1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th |
NL •
Heerenveen ●
I • Moena di Fassa
GB • Bristol
CH • Chateau d'Œx
B • Liège |
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27
20
18
17 |
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The Games
in Detail |
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Game 1 - Collecting
Christmas Baubles
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Running Scores and Positions:
1st Moena di Fassa (I) (5pts awarded / 5pts total)
2nd Bristol (GB) (4pts / 4pts)
3rd Heerenveen (NL) (3pts / 3pts)
4th Liège (B) (2pts / 2pts)
5th Chateau d'Œx (CH) (1pt / 1pt) |
Game 2 - Completing the
1000
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Running Scores and Positions:
1st Moena di Fassa (I) (5pts awarded / 10pts total)
2nd Heerenveen (NL) (4pts / 7pts) ▲
3rd Bristol (GB) (2pts / 6pts) ▼
4th Chateau d'Œx (CH) (3pts / 4pts) ▲
5th Liège (B) (1pt / 3pts) ▼ |
Game 3 - Catching Father
Christmas
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Running Scores and Positions:
1st Moena di Fassa (I) (5pts awarded / 15pts total)
=2nd Bristol (GB) (4pts / 10pts) ▲
=2nd Heerenveen (NL) (3pts / 10pts)
=4th Liège (B) (2pts / 5pts) ▼
=4th Chateau d'Œx (CH) (1pt / 5pts) ▲ |
Game 4 - The Ice Skate
Limbo Challenge
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Running Scores and Positions:
1st Moena di Fassa (I) (5pts awarded / 20pts total)
2nd Heerenveen (NL) (5pts / 15pts)
3rd Bristol (GB) (1pt / 11pts) ▼
=4th Liège (B) (5pts / 10pts)
=4th Chateau d'Œx (CH) (5pts / 10pts) ▲ |
Game 5 - The Towering
Christmas Cakes
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Running Scores and Positions:
1st Moena di Fassa (I) (3pts awarded / 24pts total)
2nd Heerenveen (NL) (5pts / 20pts)
3rd Chateau d'Œx (CH) (3pts / 13pts) ▲
=4th Liège (B) (2pts / 12pts)
=4th Bristol (GB) (1pt / 12pts) ▼ |
Game 6 - Unwanted Presents
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Running Scores and Positions:
1st Moena di Fassa (I) (2pts awarded / 26pts total)
2nd Heerenveen (NL) (4pts / 24pts)
3rd Bristol (GB) (5pts / 17pts) ▲
4th Liège (B) (3pts / 15pts)
5th Chateau d'Œx (CH) (1pt / 14pts) ▼ |
Game 7 - Santas on the
Rooftop
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Final Scores and Positions:
1st Heerenveen (NL) (5pts awarded / 29pts total) ▲
2nd Moena di Fassa (I) (1pt / 27pts) ▼
3rd Bristol (GB) (3pts / 20pts)
4th Chateau d'Œx (CH) (4pt / 18pts) ▲
5th Liège (B) (2pts / 17pts) ▼ |
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Additional Information |
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This was a two-horse contest between Italy and the Netherlands. Italy surged
into the lead, winning the first four games. Disastrous results on the last
two games meant that Netherlands pipped them to the post. Incidentally, Game 4
was a limbo contest on ice skates, where team members had to limbo under an
ever-lowering pole. This game ended in a four-way tie for 1st place, with
Bristol coming 5th! |
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Made
in Colour • This programme exists in the BBC Archives |
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JSFnetGB Series Guide pages researched by
Neil Storer and
Alan Hayes
with Ischa Bijl, Julien Dessy, Sébastien Dias, David Hamilton, Denis Kirsanov, Paul Leaver, Philippe Minet,
Christos Moustakas, David Laich Ruiz, Marko Voštan and JSFnet Websites |
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