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Jeux
Sans Frontières 1996
European International Series
Entrants
1996:
Switzerland (CH) •
Greece (GR) • Hungary (H) •
Italy (I)
Portugal (P) • Slovenia (SLO)
Presenters / Commentators of International Competitions:
Caterina Ruggeri (TSI - CH)
Dafne Bokota (Heats 1,3-5 and Final) and Kostas Sgontzos
(Heats 1-2,6-9 and Final) (ERT-ET1
- GR)
Beatrix Farkas,
Csaba Márton (Heat 1) and Gábor
Gundel Takács (Heats 2-Final) (MTV - H)
Ettore Andenna (RAI - I)
Eládio Clímaco (RTP - P)
Gregor Krajc (RTVSLO - SLO)
International
Referees:
Denis Pettiaux
Carlo Pegoraro (Assistant Referee)
Production Credits:
Not
currently available
Produced by TSI (CH), ERT-ET1 (GR), MTV (H),
RAI UNO (I), RTP (P), RTVSLO (SLO)
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Key:
International Heats
●
= Qualified for International Final /
●
= Heat Winner (Silver Trophy)
International Final
●
=
Gold Trophy /
●
=
Silver Trophy /
●
=
Bronze Trophy Trophy
▲ = Promoted to Position / ▼ =
Demoted to Position |
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I |
Jeux
Sans Frontières 1996 |
Heat
1 |
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Event Staged: Saturday 25th May 1996
Venue:
Palazzina di Caccia, Stupinigi,
Torino, Italy
Official Presenter:
Ettore Andenna (I)
European Transmissions (Local Timings):
TSI (CH): Friday 21st June 1996, 8.30-10.00pm (1st)
RAI Uno (I): Saturday 29th June 1996 (1st)
RTVSLO (SLO): Sunday 30th June 1996, 8.10-10.00pm (1st)
RTP (P): Tuesday 9th July 1996, 9.45-11.15pm (1st)
MTV (H): Sunday 14th July 1996, 8.00-9.30pm (1st)
Weather Conditions: Dry and Warm |
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Teams:
Genestrerio (CH) v. Zakynthos (GR) v. Hajdúszoboszló (H) v.
Sulmona (I) v. Amadora (P) v. Novo Mesto (SLO) |
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Games: The Dragons' Lair (Jeu d'Amitié), The Flooded House, The Olympic
Rings, The
Painting Puzzle, The Astronauts, The Lovers, Chefs and the Sausage, The Slippery Wall
(Jeu Handicap) and 18th
Century Musicians;
Fil Rouge: The Rodeo Knight;
Jokers: Strongman Game which had to be hit with a hammer. |
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Game
Results and Standings |
|
Games |
|
Team / Colour |
JA |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
FR |
7 |
8 |
Points Scored
(Joker games shown in red) |
|
CH |
5 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
6 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
|
GR |
1 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
6 |
1 |
8 |
|
H |
5 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
6 |
8 |
|
I |
3 |
2 |
8 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
|
P |
6 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
4 |
|
SLO |
3 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
10 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
10 |
Running Totals
(Leading teams shown in red) |
|
CH |
5 |
6 |
7 |
17 |
23 |
25 |
30 |
33 |
37 |
43 |
|
GR |
1 |
4 |
7 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
17 |
23 |
24 |
32 |
|
H |
5 |
10 |
15 |
18 |
20 |
23 |
27 |
28 |
34 |
46 |
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I |
3 |
5 |
13 |
19 |
24 |
28 |
33 |
37 |
41 |
43 |
|
P |
6 |
10 |
12 |
14 |
17 |
22 |
23 |
25 |
30 |
34 |
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SLO |
3 |
9 |
15 |
19 |
29 |
35 |
41 |
46 |
48 |
58 |
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Result |
Team |
Points |
Final Scoreboard |
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1st
2nd
3rd
3rd
5th
6th |
SLO
• Novo Mesto
● ●
H • Hajdúszoboszló
CH • Genestrerio
I • Sulmona
P • Amadora
GR • Zakynthos |
58
46
43
43
34
32 |
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The Games
in Detail |
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Jeu d'Amitié - The Dragons'
Lair
The
opening game - 'The Dragons' Lair (Jeu d'Amitié)' - was a standard game used throughout the
series which involved two competitors per country - one male and one female -
who had to climb up inside an angled perspex tube which lead to a platform
guarded by a dragon. Once on top, the male competitor had to break through a
polystyrene cover and descend into the cave beneath the platform. He had to
remove a treasure chest from the cave, handing it to his partner above and
then climb a rope to escape the cave. From the top of the platform, both
players had to slide down through the tube and run back to the start with the
chest to finish. This was varied slightly for the International Final - please
see the notes for that event.
Game 7 (Jeu Handicap) - The Slippery Wall
The seventh game - 'The Slippery Wall' (Jeu Handicap) - was a standard game
used throughout the series. In this game a team member had to dive under water
to look for pieces of rope. A second team member had to throw them up to a
girl on a balcony. She attached them together and when all rope pieces were
combined, she had to hang the rope out and the "diver" had to climb to the
balcony, using this rope.
Game 8 - 18th Century
Musicans
The
eighth and final game - '18th Century Musicians' - was a standard game used
throughout the series and was notable for being the last 'final game' in
Jeux Sans Frontières history that was not played on water. To begin with,
one player handed a musical instruments each to three competitors who were
balanced on rocking chairs. Then the first player had to run to the other side
of the field to move a statue (containing a fellow team member) down the
course by walking on a cylinder. On his way, he had to take back the three
instruments from the balancing players. When the cylinder reached the finish
line, the player balancing on it had to jump off and run to the other side of
the course with the three instruments to finish. |
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Looks
Familiar? |
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A variation of
the fourth game - 'The Astronauts' - was later played as Game 9 - 'La Pesca
Spaziale' (Space Fishing) - in Heat 5 of the 1999 Jeux Sans Frontières. |
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Additional Information |
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The cost of a ticket of entry for each of the 1996 events was
15,000 lire. |
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Made
in Colour • This programme exists in European Archives |
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I |
Jeux
Sans Frontières 1996 |
Heat
2 |
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Event Staged: Thursday 30th May 1996
Venue:
Palazzina di Caccia di Casa Savoia, Stupinigi,
Torino, Italy
Official Presenter:
Ettore Andenna (I)
European Transmissions (Local Timings):
TSI (CH): Friday 28th June 1996, 8.30-9.55pm (2nd)
RAI Uno (I): Saturday 6th July 1996 (2nd)
RTVSLO (SLO): Sunday 7th July 1996, 8.10-9.55pm (2nd)
RTP (P): Tuesday 16th July 1996, 9.05-10.35pm (2nd)
MTV (H): Sunday 21st July 1996, 7.40-9.05pm (2nd)
Weather Conditions: Dry and Warm |
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Teams:
Losone (CH) v.
Kilkis (GR) v. Eger (H) v. Tolentino (I) v.
Moura (P) v. Kranjska Gora (SLO) |
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Games: The Dragons' Lair (Jeu d'Amitié), Human Flight, The Wine Tasters,
Donkey and Carrot, The Steam Engine, Raiding the Nest, Fishing for Coins, The
Slippery Wall (Jeu Handicap), 18th Century Musicians;
Fil Rouge: The Treasure Map;
Jokers:
Strongman Game which had to be hit with a hammer. |
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Game
Results and Standings |
|
Games |
|
Team / Colour |
JA |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
FR |
7 |
8 |
Points Scored
(Joker games shown in red) |
|
CH |
4 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
12 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
|
GR |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
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H |
6 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
2 |
12 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
10 |
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I |
2 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
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P |
5 |
12 |
5 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
12 |
|
SLO |
3 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
8 |
Running Totals
(Leading teams shown in red) |
|
CH |
4 |
6 |
12 |
13 |
25 |
28 |
29 |
33 |
38 |
42 |
|
GR |
1 |
2 |
3 |
9 |
13 |
14 |
18 |
24 |
28 |
30 |
|
H |
6 |
10 |
14 |
20 |
22 |
34 |
40 |
44 |
47 |
57 |
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I |
2 |
7 |
11 |
16 |
17 |
20 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
31 |
|
P |
5 |
17 |
22 |
24 |
29 |
34 |
39 |
44 |
46 |
58 |
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SLO |
3 |
9 |
13 |
17 |
20 |
24 |
26 |
28 |
34 |
42 |
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Result |
Team |
Points |
Final Scoreboard |
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1st
2nd
3rd
3rd
5th
6th |
P
• Moura
●
H • Eger
CH • Losone
SLO • Kranjska Gora
I • Tolentino
GR • Kilkis |
58
57
42
42
31
30 |
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Made
in Colour • This programme exists in European Archives |
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I |
Jeux
Sans Frontières 1996 |
Heat
3 |
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Event Staged: Tuesday 4th June 1996
Venue:
Palazzina di Caccia di Casa Savoia, Stupinigi,
Torino, Italy
Official Presenter: Dafne Bokota (GR)
European Transmissions (Local Timings):
TSI (CH): Friday 5th July 1996, 8.30-9.55pm (3rd)
RAI Uno (I): Saturday 13th July 1996 (3rd)
RTVSLO (SLO): Sunday 14th July 1996, 8.10-9.45pm (3rd)
RTP (P): Tuesday 23rd July 1996, 9.35-11.05pm (3rd)
MTV (H): Sunday 28th July 1996, 7.00-8.25pm (3rd)
Weather Conditions: Dry and Warm |
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Teams:
Pregassona (CH) v.
Kerkyra-Corfu (GR) v. Érd (H) v.
Gran San Barnardo (I) v. Funchal (Madeira) (P) v. Kranj (SLO) |
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Games: The Dragons' Lair (Jeu d'Amitié), From Corn to Bread, The Bull
Crossing, The Alpine Chicken, Ski Slalom, Nymphs and Slaves, A Feast of
Nations, The Slippery Wall (Jeu Handicap), 18th Century Musicians;
Fil Rouge: The Sunflower Seeds;
Jokers:
Strongman Game which had to be hit with a hammer. |
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Game
Results and Standings |
|
Games |
|
Team / Colour |
JA |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
FR |
7 |
8 |
Points Scored
(Joker games shown in red) |
|
CH |
6 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
12 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
|
GR |
4 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
12 |
3 |
2 |
8 |
|
H |
1 |
10 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
10 |
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I |
2 |
12 |
6 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
5 |
12 |
|
P |
3 |
3 |
5 |
6 |
3 |
4 |
10 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
|
SLO |
5 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
Running Totals
(Leading teams shown in red) |
|
CH |
6 |
8 |
11 |
13 |
25 |
31 |
35 |
39 |
43 |
45 |
|
GR |
4 |
5 |
6 |
10 |
14 |
18 |
30 |
33 |
35 |
43 |
|
H |
1 |
11 |
15 |
20 |
22 |
24 |
25 |
30 |
36 |
46 |
|
I |
2 |
14 |
20 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
29 |
35 |
40 |
52 |
|
P |
3 |
6 |
11 |
17 |
20 |
24 |
34 |
36 |
37 |
45 |
|
SLO |
5 |
13 |
15 |
16 |
21 |
26 |
28 |
29 |
32 |
36 |
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Result |
Team |
Points |
Final Scoreboard |
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1st
2nd
3rd
3rd
5th
6th |
I
• Gran San Barnardo
● ●
H • Érd
CH • Pregassona
P • Funchal (Madeira)
GR • Kerkyra-Corfu
SLO • Kranj |
52
46
45
45
43
36 |
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The Games
in Detail |
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Game 6 - A Feast of Nations
In Game
6 - 'A Feast of Nations' - the Italian team of Gran San Barnardo
had a second chance to play the game due to technical problems in their first
run. They eventually finished the game with 3 points for 4th place. |
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Made
in Colour • This programme exists in European Archives |
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I |
Jeux
Sans Frontières 1996 |
Heat
4 |
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Event Staged: Sunday 9th June 1996
Venue:
Palazzina di Caccia di Casa Savoia, Stupinigi,
Torino, Italy
Official Presenter: Gregor Krajc (SLO)
European Transmissions (Local Timings):
TSI (CH): Friday 12th July 1996, 8.30-10.00pm (4th)
RAI Uno (I): Saturday 20th July 1996 (4th)
RTVSLO (SLO): Sunday 21st July 1996, 8.35-10.15pm (4th)
RTP (P): Tuesday 30th July 1996, 10.00-11.30pm (4th)
MTV (H): Sunday 11th August 1996, 8.10-9.35pm (4th)
Weather Conditions: Dry and Warm |
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Teams:
Ponte Tresa (CH) v.
Tinos (GR) v. Tiszaújváros (H) v.
Torino (I) v. Águeda (P) v. Bohinj (SLO) |
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Games: The Dragons' Lair (Jeu d'Amitié), The Raindrops, The Town
Surveyors, Airport Check-In Desk, The Perpetuum, The Tangled Spaghetti, The
Olympic Games, The Slippery Wall (Jeu Handicap), 18th Century Musicians;
Fil Rouge: The Bowling Alley;
Jokers:
Strongman Game which had to be hit with a hammer. |
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Game
Results and Standings |
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Games |
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Team / Colour |
JA |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
FR |
7 |
8 |
Points Scored
(Joker games shown in red) |
|
CH |
3 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
8 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
|
GR |
5 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
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H |
2 |
12 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
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I |
1 |
3 |
12 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
12 |
|
P |
6 |
8 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
10 |
|
SLO |
4 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
10 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
8 |
Running Totals
(Leading teams shown in red) |
|
CH |
3 |
8 |
9 |
11 |
14 |
22 |
25 |
29 |
30 |
32 |
|
GR |
5 |
8 |
12 |
17 |
21 |
27 |
28 |
31 |
33 |
39 |
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H |
2 |
14 |
18 |
23 |
29 |
30 |
35 |
41 |
45 |
49 |
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I |
1 |
4 |
16 |
19 |
20 |
22 |
28 |
30 |
33 |
45 |
|
P |
6 |
14 |
17 |
18 |
20 |
23 |
25 |
26 |
32 |
42 |
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SLO |
4 |
5 |
10 |
16 |
26 |
31 |
35 |
40 |
45 |
53 |
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Result |
Team |
Points |
Final Scoreboard |
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1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th |
SLO
• Bohinj
●
H • Tiszaújváros
I • Torino
P • Águeda
GR • Tinos
CH • Ponte Tresa |
53
49
45
42
39
32 |
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The Games
in Detail |
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Game 6 - The Olympic Games
Game 6 - 'The Olympic Games' - actually was a game about three
sporting disciplines and three competitors played it. Three players first had
to jump on a trampoline and hit a target with their helmets. Secondly, they
had to jump over a horizontal bar and finally, they had to swim across the
swimming pool. To finish the course, competitors had to climb on to a podium. |
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Looks
Familiar? |
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A similar version of Game
5 - 'The Tangled Spaghetti' - was played again in Heat 9.
JSF
1993 Heat 2 and
JSF 1999 Heat 1 each featured a game of following a rope and
struggling through a knot. |
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Returning
Teams and Competitors |
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Swiss team Ponte Tresa had previously appeared in a 1965 Swiss
Television 'mini-Intervilles' called
Bonsoir La
Suisse which pre-dated Jeux Sans Frontières by two
months. |
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Made
in Colour • This programme exists in European Archives |
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I |
Jeux
Sans Frontières 1996 |
Heat
5 |
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Event Staged: Date Unconfirmed
Venue:
Palazzina di Caccia di Casa Savoia, Stupinigi,
Torino, Italy
Official Presenter: Caterina Ruggeri (CH)
European Transmissions (Local Timings):
TSI (CH): Friday 19th July 1996, 8.30-10.00pm (5th)
RAI Uno (I): Saturday 27th July 1996 (5th)
RTVSLO (SLO): Sunday 28th July 1996, 8.35-10.15pm (5th)
RTP (P): Tuesday 6th August 1996, 10.00-11.30pm (5th)
MTV (H): Sunday 18th August 1996, 8.05-9.30pm (5th)
Weather Conditions: Dry and Warm |
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Teams:
Disentis / Mustér (CH) v.
Kalimnos (GR) v. Göd (H) v.
Gallipoli (I) v. Vila Franca de Xira (P) v. Mengeš (SLO) |
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Games: The Dragons' Lair (Jeu d'Amitié), The Mountain Mice, The
Timekeepers, Smuggling the Contraband, The Trapeze Artistes, The Seaplanes,
From Vine to Wine, The Slippery Wall (Jeu Handicap), 18th Century Musicians;
Fil Rouge: The Egg Carriers;
Jokers:
Strongman Game which had to be hit with a hammer. |
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Game
Results and Standings |
|
Games |
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Team / Colour |
JA |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
FR |
7 |
8 |
Points Scored
(Joker games shown in red) |
|
CH |
4 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
8 |
1 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
|
GR |
1 |
5 |
10 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
6 |
4 |
8 |
|
H |
6 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
|
I |
2 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
6 |
2 |
|
P |
3 |
4 |
6 |
6 |
12 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
10 |
|
SLO |
5 |
6 |
4 |
8 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
12 |
Running Totals
(Leading teams shown in red) |
|
CH |
4 |
5 |
7 |
10 |
18 |
19 |
25 |
28 |
29 |
35 |
|
GR |
1 |
6 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
24 |
25 |
31 |
35 |
43 |
|
H |
6 |
12 |
13 |
18 |
21 |
27 |
30 |
31 |
34 |
38 |
|
I |
2 |
8 |
12 |
14 |
16 |
20 |
25 |
27 |
33 |
35 |
|
P |
3 |
7 |
13 |
19 |
31 |
33 |
38 |
43 |
48 |
58 |
|
SLO |
5 |
11 |
15 |
23 |
28 |
31 |
34 |
38 |
40 |
52 |
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Result |
Team |
Points |
Final Scoreboard |
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1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
5th |
P
• Vila Franca de Xira
●
SLO • Mengeš
GR • Kalimnos
●
H • Göd
CH • Disentis-Mustér
I • Gallipoli |
58
52
43
38
35
35 |
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The Games
in Detail |
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Game 8 - 18th Century
Musicians
The Italians were penalised on the final game - '18th Century
Musicians' - for a
transgression. This left them in last place on the game and with a joint-last place
finish in the competition overall. Even without the disqualification on the
last game, the Italians were already out of contention for the win. |
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Looks
Familiar? |
|
A similar version of Game 4 - 'The Trapeze Artistes' - was played again
in Heat 3 of JSF 1999,
on which occasion it was called 'Il Trapezio' (The Trapeze). |
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Additional Information |
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The Greek team of Kalimnos qualified for the International
Final from this heat with a 3rd placing, and in doing so, became the last team
in Jeux Sans Frontières to qualify with this position. After Kalimnos,
all twenty-one remaining finalists in the 1997, 1998 and 1999 editions
qualified with either a 1st (12 teams) or 2nd placing (9 teams). |
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Made
in Colour • This programme exists in European Archives |
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I |
Jeux
Sans Frontières 1996 |
Heat
6 |
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Event Staged: Date Unconfirmed
Venue:
Palazzina di Caccia di Casa Savoia, Stupinigi,
Torino, Italy
Official Presenter:
Eládio Clímaco (P)
European Transmissions (Local Timings):
TSI (CH): Friday 26th July 1996, 8.30-10.10pm (6th)
RAI Uno (I): Saturday 3rd August 1996 (6th)
RTVSLO (SLO): Sunday 4th August 1996, 8.35-10.15pm (6th)
RTP (P): Tuesday 13th August 1996, 10.00-11.30pm (6th)
MTV (H): Sunday 25th August 1996, 8.05-9.30pm (6th)
Weather Conditions: Dry and Warm |
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Teams:
Chironico (CH) v.
Athína (GR) v. Budapest, V Kerület (H) v.
Catanzaro (I) v. Lamego (P) v. Radenci (SLO) |
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Games: The Dragons' Lair (Jeu d'Amitié), The Sheep Farmers, The Ox Cart,
The Students’ Books, Releasing the Water, The Floating Bicycles, The Holiday
Trip, The Slippery Wall (Jeu Handicap), 18th Century Musicians;
Fil Rouge: The JSF Mast;
Jokers: Strongman Game which had to be hit with a hammer. |
|
Game
Results and Standings |
|
Games |
|
Team / Colour |
JA |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
FR |
7 |
8 |
Points Scored
(Joker games shown in red) |
|
CH |
1 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
10 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
|
GR |
3 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
10 |
|
H |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
|
I |
4 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
12 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
|
P |
5 |
4 |
12 |
6 |
4 |
1 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
12 |
|
SLO |
6 |
5 |
6 |
5 |
12 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
Running Totals
(Leading teams shown in red) |
|
CH |
1 |
4 |
7 |
8 |
18 |
22 |
25 |
27 |
28 |
36 |
|
GR |
3 |
5 |
9 |
13 |
19 |
23 |
24 |
28 |
30 |
40 |
|
H |
2 |
4 |
5 |
7 |
8 |
12 |
16 |
17 |
22 |
26 |
|
I |
4 |
10 |
12 |
15 |
17 |
29 |
33 |
38 |
41 |
43 |
|
P |
5 |
9 |
21 |
27 |
31 |
32 |
38 |
44 |
50 |
62 |
|
SLO |
6 |
11 |
17 |
22 |
34 |
39 |
44 |
47 |
51 |
57 |
|
|
|
Result |
Team |
Points |
Final Scoreboard |
|
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th |
P
• Lamego
● ●
SLO • Radenci
I
• Catanzaro
GR • Athína
CH • Chironico
H • Budapest, V Kerület |
62
57
43
40
36
26 |
 |
|
The Games
in Detail |
|
Game 5 - The Floating
Bicycles
In the
fifth game
- 'Balloon Cycle' - two players from each country had 1 minute and 30
seconds to go over a bumpy beam on bicycles (a la
JSF 1995
Heat 4) with bunches of balloons attached to them. However, this game went
terribly wrong for the Portuguese team of Lamego. One of the Portugese
bicycles became derailed and they got a second chance, but once again a
bicycle derailed. They eventually placed last on the game. |
|
Additional Information |
|
The team from Budapest, V
Kerület were shown on
the scoreboard as 'Belváros-Lipótváros', the name of the district. We have
elected to use the district number to keep consistency throughout the JSFnetGB
site. |
|
Made
in Colour • This programme exists in European Archives |
|
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|
I |
Jeux
Sans Frontières 1996 |
Heat
7 |
|
Event Staged: Date Unconfirmed
Venue:
Palazzina di Caccia di Casa Savoia, Stupinigi,
Torino, Italy
Official Presenters:
Gábor Gundel Takács and Beatrix Farkas (H)
European Transmissions (Local Timings):
TSI (CH): Friday 2nd August 1996, 8.30-9.55pm (7th)
RTVSLO (SLO): Sunday 11th August 1996, 8.10-9.50pm (7th)
RAI Uno (I): Saturday 17th August 1996 (7th)
RTP (P): Tuesday 20th August 1996, 10.05-11.40pm (7th)
MTV (H): Sunday 1st September 1996, 8.25-9.50pm (7th)
Weather Conditions: Cold and Raining |
|
Teams:
Malvaglia (CH) v.
Peristeri (GR) v. Százhalombatta (H) v.
Nicolosi (I) v. Albufeira (P) v.
Dobrepolje (SLO) |
|
Team Members included:
Dobrepolje (SLO) - Brane Ternovšek (Team Captain), Bojan Novak,
Jože Novak, Marjana Novak, Marjeta Novak, Aleš Pugelj, Mare Strah, Anica
Ternovšek and Alenka Zupet; Reserve Players: Stanka Kuplenk and Janez
Pavlin. |
|
Games: The Dragons' Lair (Jeu d'Amitié), Get a-Head and Win, Bobbin’
Around, The Stars Up in the Sky, The Gladiators’ Carousel, Releasing the
Spaghetti, The Musicians’ Doors, The Slippery Wall (Jeu Handicap), 18th
Century Musicians;
Fil Rouge: Constructing the Arch;
Jokers:
Strongman Game which had to be hit with a hammer. |
|
Game
Results and Standings |
|
Games |
|
Team / Colour |
JA |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
FR |
7 |
8 |
Points Scored
(Joker games shown in red) |
|
CH |
1 |
6 |
2 |
12 |
5 |
2 |
6 |
4 |
1 |
10 |
|
GR |
5 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
10 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
|
H |
2 |
5 |
6 |
2 |
12 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
|
I |
4 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
2 |
6 |
|
P |
6 |
2 |
8 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
6 |
12 |
|
SLO |
3 |
8 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
8 |
Running Totals
(Leading teams shown in red) |
|
CH |
1 |
7 |
9 |
21 |
26 |
28 |
34 |
38 |
39 |
49 |
|
GR |
5 |
6 |
8 |
12 |
13 |
23 |
27 |
30 |
33 |
35 |
|
H |
2 |
7 |
13 |
15 |
27 |
33 |
36 |
37 |
42 |
46 |
|
I |
4 |
10 |
15 |
20 |
24 |
25 |
27 |
33 |
35 |
41 |
|
P |
6 |
8 |
16 |
17 |
19 |
23 |
28 |
30 |
36 |
48 |
|
SLO |
3 |
11 |
14 |
17 |
20 |
23 |
24 |
29 |
34 |
42 |
|
|
|
Result |
Team |
Points |
Final Scoreboard |
|
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th |
CH •
Malvaglia
● ●
P • Albufeira
H • Százhalombatta
SLO • Dobrepolje
I • Nicolosi
GR • Peristeri |
49
48
46
42
41
35 |
 |
|
Presenters, Officials and Production Team |
|
International referee Denis Pettiaux used to work at the circus as an
acrobat. For this competition he came up with a circus act and entered the
area with on a tiny bicycle, carrying assistant referee Carlo Pegoraro on his
shoulders! |
|
Looks
Familiar? |
|
Two years after this event, the
sound effect which preceded the background music played in Game 4 -
'The Gladiators' Carousel' - would re-appear in the 1998 series of Jeux Sans Frontières
to highlight the playing of Jokers. |
|
Made
in Colour • This programme exists in European Archives |
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|
I |
Jeux
Sans Frontières 1996 |
Heat
8 |
|
Event Staged: Date Unconfirmed
Venue:
Palazzina di Caccia di Casa Savoia, Stupinigi,
Torino, Italy
Official Presenter: Kostas Sgontzos (GR)
European Transmissions (Local Timings):
TSI (CH): Friday 9th August 1996, 8.30-10.00pm (8th)
RTVSLO (SLO): Sunday 18th August 1996, 8.10-9.50pm (8th)
RAI Uno (I): Saturday 24th August 1996 (8th)
RTP (P): Tuesday 27th August 1996, 10.05-11.55pm (8th)
MTV (H): Sunday 8th September 1996, 8.05-9.30pm (8th)
Weather Conditions: Dry and Warm |
|
Teams:
Ceresio (Lago di Lugano) (CH) v.
Kalamata (GR) v. Budapest, XVIII Kerület (H) v.
Abano Terme (I) v. Ponta Delgada (P) v. Iska Vas (SLO) |
|
Games: The Dragons' Lair (Jeu d'Amitié), Saving Food from Kallikantzaroi,
The Marionettes and the Chocolate Chunks, The Monks’ Casserole, The Olympic
Rings, Map of Europe Jigsaw, The Elves and the Snowman, The Slippery Wall (Jeu
Handicap), 18th Century Musicians;
Fil Rouge: The Stilt Walkers;
Jokers:
Strongman Game which had to be hit with a hammer. |
|
Game
Results and Standings |
|
Games |
|
Team / Colour |
JA |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
FR |
7 |
8 |
Points Scored
(Joker games shown in red) |
|
CH |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
|
GR |
3 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
|
H |
4 |
5 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
10 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
6 |
|
I |
5 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
8 |
|
P |
6 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
8 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
10 |
|
SLO |
2 |
3 |
5 |
6 |
2 |
6 |
12 |
6 |
3 |
12 |
Running Totals
(Leading teams shown in red) |
|
CH |
1 |
3 |
6 |
9 |
15 |
18 |
23 |
26 |
27 |
29 |
|
GR |
3 |
4 |
8 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
14 |
17 |
19 |
23 |
|
H |
4 |
9 |
15 |
16 |
21 |
31 |
35 |
38 |
43 |
49 |
|
I |
5 |
9 |
13 |
21 |
25 |
27 |
28 |
33 |
37 |
45 |
|
P |
6 |
12 |
13 |
18 |
24 |
32 |
35 |
39 |
45 |
55 |
|
SLO |
2 |
5 |
10 |
16 |
18 |
24 |
36 |
42 |
45 |
57 |
|
|
|
Result |
Team |
Points |
Final Scoreboard |
|
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th |
SLO
• Iska Vas
●
P • Ponta Delgada
H • Budapest, XVIII Kerület
I • Abano Terme
CH • Ceresio (Lago di Lugano)
GR • Kalamata |
57
55
49
45
29
23 |
 |
|
Additional Information |
|
Game
1 - 'Saving Food from Kallikantazaroi' - was based upon a Greek folk
tradition. A Kallikantazaros (Καλλικάντζαρος) is a malevolent goblin that is
supposed to dwell underground for most of the year. The Kallikantazaroi spend
the year sawing at the tree that holds the world together, with the intention
of bringing it and the Earth down. The coming of the winter soltice brings
them to the surface and during the twelve days of Christmas from 25th
December, they forget about the tree and cause trouble for mortals. On the
Epiphany (6th January), they return beneath ground to find the World Tree has
healed itself, so they start sawing once more - a yearly cycle. |
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Made
in Colour • This programme exists in European Archives |
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|
I |
Jeux
Sans Frontières 1996 |
Heat
9 |
|
Event Staged: Date Unconfirmed
Venue:
Palazzina di Caccia di Casa Savoia, Stupinigi,
Torino, Italy
Official Presenter: Ettore Andenna (I)
European Transmissions (Local Timings):
TSI (CH): Friday 16th August 1996, 8.30-9.50pm (9th)
RTVSLO (SLO): Sunday 25th August 1996, 8.10-9.50pm (9th)
RAI Uno (I): Sunday 1st September 1996 (9th)
RTP (P): Tuesday 3rd September 1996, 10.25-11.50pm (9th)
MTV (H): Sunday 15th September 1996, 8.05-9.15pm (9th)
Weather Conditions: Dry and Warm |
|
Teams:
Lumino (CH) v.
Neo Psychiko (GR) v. Kecskemét (H) v.
Cascina (I) v. Gondomar (P) v. Železniki (SLO) |
|
Games: The Dragons' Lair (Jeu d'Amitié), Repairing the Satellite, The
Flame Birds, Guinness Book of Records, Watering the Flower, Jungle River
Fishing, The Tangled Spaghetti, The Slippery Wall (Jeu Handicap), 18th Century
Musicians;
Fil Rouge: Balloon Baseball;
Jokers: Strongman Game which had to be hit with a hammer. |
|
Game
Results and Standings |
|
Games |
|
Team / Colour |
JA |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
FR |
7 |
8 |
Points Scored
(Joker games shown in red) |
|
CH |
4 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
|
GR |
4 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
H |
4 |
5 |
6 |
12 |
4 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
12 |
|
I |
4 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
6 |
10 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
|
P |
4 |
12 |
2 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
8 |
|
SLO |
4 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
10 |
4 |
6 |
4 |
10 |
Running Totals
(Leading teams shown in red) |
|
CH |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
|
GR |
4 |
6 |
9 |
11 |
17 |
19 |
21 |
22 |
24 |
28 |
|
H |
4 |
9 |
15 |
27 |
31 |
37 |
42 |
43 |
48 |
60 |
|
I |
4 |
8 |
12 |
15 |
21 |
31 |
37 |
38 |
41 |
47 |
|
P |
4 |
16 |
18 |
24 |
26 |
29 |
32 |
33 |
39 |
47 |
|
SLO |
4 |
7 |
12 |
16 |
21 |
31 |
35 |
41 |
45 |
55 |
|
|
|
Result |
Team |
Points |
Final Scoreboard |
|
1st
2nd
3rd
3rd
5th
6th |
H
• Kecskemét
● ●
SLO • Železniki
I • Cascina
P • Gondomar
GR • Neo Psychiko
CH • Lumino |
60
55
47
47
28
4
(Team withdrew) |
 |
|
The
Rehearsals |
|
The
Lumino team lost one competitor to injury during rehearsals on the night before
recording. The accident happened during the Jeu d'Amitié - 'The Dragons' Lair' - and
unfortunately, the worst was still to come for the Swiss team. |
|
The Games
in Detail |
|
Fil Rouge - Balloon
Baseballs
The Fil Rouge was played by four players. Three of them,
hanging from ropes, had to pass water balloons from one to the next in line.
When the third (and highest hanging) player received the balloon, he had to
throw it to a fourth team member - a girl - who had to burst it with a
baseball bat.
Slovenia was the only team to perform this task, bursting one water balloon in
47 seconds, giving them the 6 points. None of the remaining teams scored at
all and were all awarded just one point each.
|
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 Game 3 of the
XMAS 1990
special staged in Macao. 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. |
|
|
Looks
Familiar? |
|
Game 6 - 'The Tangled Spaghetti' - had previously been played in Heat 4.
However, unlike in that event, on this occasion not one player made it to the
end of the course! |
|
Additional Information |
|
Following injuries suffered in both runs of the
Jeu d'Amitié - 'The Dragons' Lair' - to two of their competitors - one male and
one female (in addition to the player injured on the game during rehearsals
the night before) - the Swiss team from Lumino
announced their intention to withdraw from the event. Judging the game to be
unsafe, referees Denis Pettiaux and Carlo Pegoraro decided that the first game
should be abandoned and awarded each team, including the Swiss, four points.
The event continued with five teams only and the Swiss did not subsquently
appear on the scoreboard. This was not the first
time that a team had withdrawn from a JSF competition, as in the Christmas
Special of 1982 the Belgian team of Blankenberge had pulled out of the
competition after organisers demanded a restart of the event at a time when
the Belgians were leading. |
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Made
in Colour • This programme exists in European Archives |
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|
Teams
Qualifying for International Final |
|
Country |
Team |
Qualifying Heat |
Position |
Points |
|
CH |
Malvaglia |
7 |
I |
1 |
49 |
|
GR |
Kalimnos |
5 |
I |
3 |
43 |
|
H |
Kecskemét |
9 |
I |
1 |
60 |
|
I |
Gran San Bernardo |
3 |
I |
1 |
52 |
|
P |
Lamego |
6 |
I |
1 |
62 |
|
SLO |
Novo Mesto |
1 |
I |
1 |
58 |
|
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|
I |
Jeux
Sans Frontières 1996 |
International
Final |
|
Event Staged: Sunday 28th July 1996
Venue:
Palazzina di Caccia di Casa Savoia, Stupinigi,
Torino, Italy
Official Presenter: Ettore Andenna (I)
European Transmissions (Local Timings):
TSI (CH): Friday 23rd August 1996, 8.30-10.10pm (10th)
RTVSLO (SLO): Sunday 1st September 1996, 8.10-9.50pm (10th)
RAI Uno (I): Sunday 8th September 1996 (10th)
RTP (P): Tuesday 10th September 1996, 10.25pm-12.25am (10th)
MTV (H): Sunday 22nd September 1996, 8.20-9.55pm (10th)
Weather Conditions: Dry and Warm |
|
Teams:
Malvaglia (CH) v.
Kalimnos (GR) v. Kecskemét (H) v.
Gran San Bernardo (I) v. Lamego (P) v. Novo Mesto (SLO) |
|
Games: The Dragons' Lair (Jeu d'Amitié), The Jungle Swing Vines, The
Swivelling Archers, The Winter Clothing, The Thieving Birds, From Factory to
Farm, The Hot Air Balloons, The Slippery Wall (Jeu Handicap), 18th Century
Musicians;
Fil Rouge: The Space Station's Control Buttons;
Jokers: Strongman Game which had to be hit with a hammer. |
|
Game
Results and Standings |
|
Games |
|
Team / Colour |
JA |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
FR |
7 |
8 |
Points Scored
(Joker games shown in red) |
|
CH |
2 |
1 |
2 |
12 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
6 |
|
GR |
5 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
2 |
|
H |
1 |
6 |
6 |
10 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
6 |
8 |
|
I |
6 |
10 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
2 |
12 |
|
P |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
10 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
10 |
|
SLO |
3 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
12 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
Running Totals
(Leading teams shown in red) |
|
CH |
2 |
3 |
5 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
23 |
27 |
28 |
34 |
|
GR |
5 |
7 |
13 |
14 |
18 |
22 |
23 |
25 |
30 |
32 |
|
H |
1 |
7 |
13 |
23 |
28 |
32 |
35 |
40 |
46 |
54 |
|
I |
6 |
16 |
17 |
20 |
23 |
25 |
30 |
36 |
38 |
50 |
|
P |
4 |
8 |
12 |
16 |
22 |
32 |
34 |
37 |
41 |
51 |
|
SLO |
3 |
7 |
12 |
14 |
16 |
28 |
34 |
35 |
38 |
42 |
|
|
|
Result |
Team |
Points |
Final Scoreboard |
|
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th |
H
• Kecskemét
●
P • Lamego
●
I • Gran San Bernardo
●
SLO • Novo Mesto
CH • Malvaglia
GR • Kalimnos |
54
51
50
42
34
32 |
 |
|
The Games
in Detail |
|
Jeu d'Amitié - The Dragons'
Lair
As in all the heats of the 1996 series, the first game contested was the Jeu
d'Amitié - 'The Dragons' Lair' (see 1996 Heat 1
notes), but the game was altered for the International Final. It
was played with three players (two male, one female) rather than two (one
male, one female) and all three competitors had to descend into the cave and
climb back out. |
|
Additional Information |
|
Kecskemét of Hungary's win in this International Final was somewhat momentous.
It marked them out as the only town in the entire history of Jeux Sans Frontières
to have won two International Finals (they also won in 1993). |
|
Made
in Colour • This programme exists in European Archives |
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Neil Storer and
Alan Hayes
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