Christmas in the Orient 1990

Festive Jeux Sans Frontières Special

Entrants Winter 1990:
Spain (E) • Italy (I) • Macau (MC) • Portugal (P)
San Marino (SM) • Yugoslavia (YU)

On-Location Presenters:
Paulo Chan, Eládio Clímaco, Ana Isabel Dias and Ivy Kuong

Commentators:
Daniel Vindel (TVE - E)
Ettore Andenna and Feliciana Iaccio (RAI - I)
Ana do Carmo (RTP - P)
Silvia Battazza (RTVSM - SM)
Jovan Paulicek (JRT - YU)

Production Credits:

Games Designer: Popi Perani; Setting Design: Victor Marreiros, Armando Nobili; Choreography: Roger Hannah; Technical Direction: Frederico do Rosario; Organisation Committe Co-ordinator: Paulo Godinho; Producer/Director: Luis Nestor Ribeiro.

Produced by TVE (E), RAI UNO (I), TDM (MC), RTP (P)
RTVSM (SM), JRT (YU)
 

Key:
International Christmas Special
= Winner of Christmas Special
 

  ▲ = Promoted to Position / ▼ = Demoted to Position

 

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Jeux Sans Frontières 1990

Macau Special

Event Staged: Tuesday 6th November 1990 from 8.00pm
Venue: Sao Antonio, Coloane Island, Macau

European Transmissions (Local Timings):
TDM (M):
Saturday 10th November 1990, 9.30pm
RTP (P):
Sunday 23rd December 1990
RAI Uno (I): Thursday 27th December 1990, 8.40-11.10pm
TVE (E): Saturday 29th December 1990, 6.05-7.50pm

Theme: Macau - Gateway to the East

Teams: Jaca (1) (E) v. Bergamo (I) v. Macau (MAC) v.
Guimarães (P) v. San Marino (RSM) v. Trogir (YU)

Team Members included:
Jaca (E) -
David Dumall, Ignacio Noguerol, Isabel Dumall, Sonia Asún, Antonio Capillas, Alfonso Juez, Belén Lara, Lola Peyo, Manolo Villegas and Pilar Buzunariz;
Macau (MAC) - Rui Jorge de Abrantes Vaz Pais de Amaral, Luis Filipe Place de Amorim, Joáo José Santana Branco, Cristina Maria Fernandes de Senna Fernandes, Khoong Wai Kwong, Fong Mei Leng, Catarina Osório, Maria Teresa da Silva Diaz de Seabra, Isabel Teixeira, António Filipe Nunes Salvador Tribolet, Lei Kam Ü;
Trogir (YU) - Ivica Baturina, Tonći Bilic, Vinko Čarija, Marija Gaśpić, Stanko Geić, Ivo Jarebić, Slaven Jažo, Dijana Munjiza, Iva Perica, Sandra Prnjak, Suzana Pocanic, Milivoj Rogulj, Suzana Šuljak, Marin Svilan, Jakov Validžić.

Games (Official Titles): Arrival of the Portuguese to Macau, The Macau Grand Prix, Sino-Portuguese Friendship, Game of the Artificial Flowers, Freeing the Birds, Old Sea Trade Between the East and the West, Chinese Garden, Dragon Boat Races and Game of the Lion.

Game Results and Standings

Games

Team / Colour

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Points Scored

E

5 6 1 2 3 1 4 2 6
I 6 4 1 6 4 4 5 4 12
MAC 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 6 2
P 2 3 1 4 2 4 3 5 10
RSM 4 1 6 4 5 6 1 1 6
YU 3 6 1 6 6 5 6 3 10
Running Totals
(Leading teams shown in red)

E

5 11 12 14 17 18 22 24 30
I 6 10 11 17 21 25 30 34 46
MAC 1 3 4 6 7 9 12 18 20
P 2 5 6 10 12 16 19 24 34
RSM 4 5 11 15 20 26 27 28 34
YU 3 9 10 16 22 27 33 36 46

Result

 Team

Points

Final Scoreboard

=1st
=1st

=3rd
=3rd
5th
6th

 I • Bergamo
 YU • Trogir

 P • Guimarães
 RSM • San Marino
 E • Jaca
 MAC • Macau

46
46
34
34
30
20

The Games in Detail

Game 1 - Arrival of the Portuguese to Macau

 

Running Scores and Positions:

1st Bergamo (I) (6pts awarded / 6pts total)

2nd Jaca (E) (5pts / 5pts)
3rd San Marino (RSM) (4pts / 4pts)
4th Trogir (YU) (3pts / 3pts)

5th Guimarães (P) (2pts / 2pts)

6th Macua (MAC) (1pt / 1pt)

 

Game 2 - The Macau Grand Prix

 

Running Scores and Positions:

1st Jaca (E) (6pts awarded / 11pts total) ▲
2nd Bergamo (I) (4pts / 10pts) ▼

3rd Trogir (YU) (6pts / 9pts) ▲

=4th Guimarães (P) (3pts / 5pts) ▲

=4th San Marino (RSM) (1pt / 5pts) ▼
6th Macua (MAC) (2pts / 3pts)

 

Game 3 - Sino-Portuguese Friendship

In the third game - 'Sino-Portuguese Friendship' - it appeared that the San Marino team were doomed to finish it in last place when they fell behind all the other teams and barely finished the game within limit time. It therefore came as a surprise when the referees declared that the San Marino team were the only team to have completed the game correctly without breaking the rules, thereby awarding them the maximum 6pts and the win. The other teams were all penalised and received just 1pt each for the game.

 

Running Scores and Positions:

1st Jaca (E) (1pt awarded / 12pts total)
=2nd Bergamo (I) (1pt / 11pts)

=2nd San Marino (RSM) (6pts / 11pts) ▲
4th Trogir (YU) (1pt / 10pts) ▼

5th Guimarães (P) (1pt / 6pts) ▼

6th Macua (MAC) (1pt / 4pts)

Comments: There were only three other occasions in the history of Jeux Sans Frontières where a game would end with one team winning and all the others being placed last - in Game 2 of JSF 1972 Heat 5 at Nice, France; in Game 2 of JSF 1988 Heat 4 at Sevilla, Spain; and in the Fil Rouge of JSF 1996 Heat 9 at Torino, Italy. A similar incident, although the opposite (six winners and one last place), had occurred during the JSF 1970 series when the programme was staged at Lugano in Switzerland.

 

Game 4 - Game of the Artificial Flowers

 

Running Scores and Positions:

1st Bergamo (I) (6pts awarded / 17pts total) ▲

2nd Trogir (YU) (6pts / 16pts) ▲

3rd San Marino (RSM) (4pts / 15pts) ▼
4th Jaca (E) (2pts / 14pts) ▼
5th
Guimarães (P) (4pts / 10pts)

6th Macua (MAC) (2pts / 6pts)

 

Game 5 - Freeing the Birds

 

Running Scores and Positions:

1st Trogir (YU) (6pts awarded / 22pts total) ▲

2nd Bergamo (I) (4pts / 21pts) ▼

3rd San Marino (RSM) (5pts / 20pts)
4th Jaca (E) (3pts / 17pts)
5th
Guimarães (P) (2pts / 12pts)

6th Macua (MAC) (1pt / 7pts)

 

Game 6 - Old Sea Trade Between the East and the West

 

Running Scores and Positions:

1st Trogir (YU) (5pts awarded / 27pts total)

2nd San Marino (RSM) (6pts / 26pts) ▲
3rd Bergamo (I) (4pts / 25pts) ▼

4th Jaca (E) (1pt / 18pts)
5th
Guimarães (P) (4pts / 16pts)

6th Macua (MAC) (2pts / 9pts)

 

Game 7 - Chinese Garden

 

Running Scores and Positions:

1st Trogir (YU) (6pts awarded / 33pts total)

2nd Bergamo (I) (5pts / 30pts) ▲

3rd San Marino (RSM) (1pt / 27pts) ▼
4th Jaca (E) (4pts / 22pts)
5th
Guimarães (P) (3pts / 19pts)

6th Macua (MAC) (3pts / 12pts)

 

Game 8 - Dragon Boat Races

 

Running Scores and Positions:

1st Trogir (YU) (3pts awarded / 36pts total)

2nd Bergamo (I) (4pts / 34pts)

3rd San Marino (RSM) (1pt / 28pts)
=4th Jaca (E) (2pts / 24pts)
=4th
Guimarães (P) (2pts / 24pts) ▲

6th Macua (MAC) (6pts / 18pts)

 

Game 9 - Game of the Lion

 

Final Scores and Positions:

=1st Bergamo (I) (12pts awarded / 46pts total) ▲

=1st Trogir (YU) (10pts / 46pts)

=3rd Guimarães (P) (10pts / 34pts) ▲

=3rd San Marino (RSM) (6pts / 34pts)
5th Jaca (E) (6pts / 30pts) ▼
6th Macua (MAC) (2pts / 20pts)

 

Returning Teams and Competitors

The Spanish team Jaca that competed in this heat was the same as the team that competed in JSF 1990 as Jaca (1) and had finished as winners of the International Final. Their performance in Macau did not match their successes earlier in the year.

Additional Information

A sumptuously staged competition in a 40,000m² open space. All props and equipment were made from wood and bamboo. The Italian and Yugoslavian teams ended up sharing the spoils.

Made in Colour • This programme exists in European Archives

 

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