Jeux sans frontières season 7

The 7th season of the international television game show Jeux sans frontières was held in the summer of 1971. 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 Riccione (Italy), Ostend (Belgium), Offenburg (West Germany), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Vichy (France), Solothurn (Switzerland), and Blackpool (United Kingdom). The grand final was held in Essen (West Germany). The head international referee in charge of supervising the competition were Gennaro Olivieri and Guido Pancaldi.

Jeux sans frontières
Season 7
No. of teams	7 countries
Winner	Blackpool
Runner-up	Alphen aan den Rijn
Head referees	Gennaro Olivieri Guido Pancaldi
No. of episodes	8
Release
Original release	9 June (1971-06-09) – 15 September 1971 (1971-09-15)
Season chronology

The season was won by the team from Blackpool, United Kingdom, being the runner-up the team from Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands.

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 RAI on 9 June 1971 in Riccione, Italy.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	I	Riccione	48
2	D	Idar-Oberstein	42
3	NL	Linne	40
4	GB	Colwyn Bay	31
4	CH	Courrendlin	31
6	B	Ougrée	21
7	F	Alès	20

Heat 2

Heat 2 was hosted by SRG SSR TSI on 23 June 1971 in Solothurn, Switzerland.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	D	Schwabach	47
2	CH	Willisau	44
3	NL	Drachten	41
4	I	Melfi	35
5	F	Mulhouse	30
6	GB	Kendal	28
7	B	Sint-Niklaas	24

Heat 3

Heat 3 was hosted by NCRV on 7 July 1971 at Ahoy in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	NL	Alphen aan den Rijn	44
2	GB	Tewkesbury	37
3	F	Le Mans	36
4	I	L’Aquila	35
5	CH	Biasca	33
6	B	Watermael-Boitsfort	31
7	D	Rheinbach	28

Heat 4

Heat 4 was hosted by ORTF on 21 July 1971 in Vichy, France.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	B	Tournai	41
2	CH	Brig	36
3	D	Bockum-Hövel	35
4	GB	Prestwick	34
4	NL	Zoetermeer	34
6	F	Vichy	31
7	I	Forio d’Ischia	29

Heat 5

Heat 5 was hosted by ARD on 4 August 1971 in Offenburg, West Germany.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	D	Offenburg	49
2	I	Jesolo	44
3	B	Namur	33
4	GB	Scunthorpe	32
5	NL	Winschoten	31
6	F	Nancy	28
7	CH	Colombier	26

Heat 6

Heat 6 was hosted by the BBC on 18 August 1971 in Blackpool, United Kingdom.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	GB	Blackpool	50
2	D	Wetter	43
3	CH	Ascona	38
4	I	Canelli	34
5	F	Saint-Malo	29
6	NL	Rolde	28
7	B	Tielt	19

Heat 7

Heat 7 was hosted by BRT on 1 September 1971 in Ostend, Belgium.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	B	Ostend	50
2	CH	Einsiedeln	43
3	NL	Doetinchem	35
4	I	Pesaro	34
5	GB	Bournemouth	32
6	F	Libourne	23
6	D	Leck	23

Qualifiers

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

Country	Town	Place won	Points won
GB	Blackpool	1	50
B	Ostend	1	50
D	Offenburg	1	49
I	Riccione	1	48
NL	Alphen aan den Rijn	1	44
CH	Willisau	2	44
F	Le Mans	3	36

Final

The final was hosted by ARD on 15 September 1971 in Essen, West Germany.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	GB	Blackpool	45
2	NL	Alphen aan den Rijn	38
3	CH	Willisau	36
4	D	Offenburg	35
4	I	Riccione	35
6	B	Ostend	28
7	F	Le Mans	27