Jeux sans frontières season 15

The 15th season of the international television game show Jeux sans frontières was held in the summer of 1979. Broadcasters from Belgium, France, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, West Germany, and Yugoslavia 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 Ascona (Switzerland), Saint-Gaudens (France), Donji Milanovac (Yugoslavia), Chioggia (Italy), Brussels (Belgium), Bonn (West Germany), St Albans (United Kingdom), and Cascais (Portugal). The grand final was held in Bordeaux (France). The head international referee in charge of supervising the competition were Gennaro Olivieri and Guido Pancaldi.

Jeux sans frontières
Season 15
No. of teams	8 countries
Winner	Bar-le-Duc
Runner-up	Zrenjanin
Head referees	Gennaro Olivieri Guido Pancaldi
No. of episodes	9
Release
Original release	29 May (1979-05-29) – 19 September 1979 (1979-09-19)
Season chronology

The season was won by the team from Bar-le-Duc, France, being the runner-up the team from Zrenjanin, Yugoslavia.

Participants

Country	Broadcaster	Code	Colour
Belgium	RTBF / BRT	B	Yellow
France	Antenne 2	F	Green
Italy	RAI	I	Blue
Portugal	RTP	P	Orange
Switzerland	SRG SSR TSI	CH	White and red
United Kingdom	BBC	GB	Red
West Germany	ARD	D	Light blue
Yugoslavia	JRT	YU	White and blue

Heats

Heat 1

Heat 1 was hosted by SRG SSR TSI on 29 May 1979 in Ascona, Switzerland.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	CH	Ascona	45
2	GB	Arun	44
3	I	Ancona	40
4	P	Braga	38
5	D	Unterschleißheim	34
5	YU	Tetovo	34
7	B	Tubize	27
8	F	Digne-les-Bains	26

Heat 2

Heat 2 was hosted by Antenne 2 on 13 June 1979 in Saint-Gaudens, France.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	YU	Zrenjanin	53
2	I	Aosta	47
3	D	Mering	45
4	B	Beringen	38
5	CH	Romont	33
5	GB	Henley-on-Thames	33
7	P	Aveiro	28
8	F	Saint-Gaudens	21

Heat 3

Heat 3 was hosted by TV Belgrade on behalf of JRT on 27 June 1979 in Donji Milanovac, Yugoslavia.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	YU	Donji Milanovac	48
2	CH	Weggis	43
3	GB	North Walsham	35
4	B	Theux	34
5	D	Starnberg	32
6	P	Horta	29
7	F	Saint-Chamond	28
8	I	Castel San Pietro Terme	23

Heat 4

Heat 4 was hosted by RAI on 11 July 1979 in Chioggia, Italy.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	I	Chioggia	46
2	GB	Dudley	44
3	F	Troyes	43
4	B	Izegem	38
4	D	Aurich	38
6	CH	Monthey	29
7	P	Évora	26
8	YU	Bar	23

Heat 5

Heat 5 was hosted by RTBF and BRT on 25 July 1979 in Brussels, Belgium.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	YU	Belgrade	51
2	CH	Zürich	46
3	F	Paris	40
4	D	Neumünster	38
5	B	Brussels	35
6	I	Rome	30
7	GB	Kingston-upon-Thames	27
8	P	Lisbon	26

Heat 6

Heat 6 was hosted by ARD on 8 August 1979 in Bonn, West Germany.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	D	Bonn	47
2	YU	Karlovac	43
3	I	Merano	42
4	GB	Douglas	40
5	F	Mandelieu-la-Napoule	36
6	P	Funchal	32
7	CH	Trélex	28
8	B	Mouscron	20

Heat 7

Heat 7 was hosted by the BBC on 21 August 1979 in St Albans, United Kingdom.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	F	Bar-le-Duc	52
2	YU	Banja Luka	49
3	B	Lierde	42
4	GB	St Albans	40
5	D	Bad Segeberg	39
6	CH	Roveredo	33
7	I	Ragusa	23
8	P	Albufeira	14

Heat 8

Heat 8 was hosted by RTP on 5 September 1979 in Cascais, Portugal.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	GB	Bury	43
2	CH	Rorschach	41
2	F	Rochefort-Samson	41
4	D	Aichach	38
5	YU	Nova Gorica	35
6	B	Eupen	32
6	P	Cascais-Estoril	32
8	I	Eboli	26

Qualifiers

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

Country	Town	Place won	Points won
YU	Zrenjanin	1	53
F	Bar-le-Duc	1	52
D	Bonn	1	47
I	Chioggia	1	46
CH	Ascona	1	45
GB	Bury	1	43
B	Lierde	3	42
P	Braga	4	38

Final

The final was hosted by Antenne 2 on 19 September 1979 in Bordeaux, France.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	F	Bar-le-Duc	50
2	YU	Zrenjanin	43
3	B	Lierde	40
4	CH	Ascona	37
5	I	Chioggia	33
6	D	Bonn	30
6	GB	Bury	30
8	P	Braga	27