Jeux sans frontières season 9

The 9th season of the international television game show Jeux sans frontières was held in the summer of 1973. 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 Senigallia (Italy), Blankenberge (Belgium), Heiligenhafen (West Germany), Arnhem (Netherlands), Chartres (France), Avenches (Switzerland), and Bristol (United Kingdom). The grand final was held in Paris (France). The head international referee in charge of supervising the competition were Gennaro Olivieri and Guido Pancaldi.

Jeux sans frontières
Season 9
No. of teams	7 countries
Winner	Ely
Runner-up	Marburg an der Lahn
Head referees	Gennaro Olivieri Guido Pancaldi
No. of episodes	8
Release
Original release	6 June (1973-06-06) – 12 September 1973 (1973-09-12)
Season chronology

The season was won by the team from Ely, United Kingdom, being the runner-up the team from Marburg an der Lahn, West Germany.

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 6 June 1973 in Senigallia, Italy.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	NL	Raalte	43
2	I	Senigallia	37
3	CH	Fontainemelon	36
4	GB	Bicester	31
5	B	Seraing	29
6	D	Alzey	26
7	F	Moëlan-sur-Mer	23

Heat 2

Heat 2 was hosted by SRG SSR TSI on 20 June 1973 in Bellinzona, Switzerland.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	NL	Hoogeveen	45
2	GB	Manchester	44
3	B	Herentals	35
4	D	Ansbach	32
5	I	Matera	31
6	CH	Bellinzona	28
7	F	Bagnères-de-Bigorre	23

Heat 3

Heat 3 was hosted by ORTF on 4 July 1973 at the cloister of the cathedral in Chartres, France.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	B	Ieper	42
2	F	Chartres	40
3	CH	Engelberg	36
4	I	Cantù	35
5	NL	Zandvoort	33
6	GB	Peebles	30
7	D	Hof	29

Heat 4

Heat 4 was hosted by NCRV on 18 July 1973 in Arnhem, Netherlands.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	GB	Ely	41
2	CH	Châtillon	38
2	D	Meinerzhagen	38
4	NL	Ten Boer	37
5	I	San Vito al Tagliamento	36
6	B	Arlon	30
7	F	Guingamp	28

Heat 5

Heat 5 was hosted by the BBC on 1 August 1973 at Durdham Down in Bristol, United Kingdom

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	D	Marburg an der Lahn	47
2	F	Cognac	38
3	GB	Blyth	37
4	B	Koekelberg	33
5	CH	Sargans	29
6	NL	Kapelle	26
7	I	Chieri	18

Heat 6

Heat 6 was hosted by BRT on 15 August 1973 in Blankenberge, Belgium.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	D	Werl	43
2	NL	Geleen	39
3	B	Blankenberge	38
4	I	Battipaglia	32
5	GB	Ashington	31
5	CH	Balerna	31
7	F	Bourg-en-Bresse	26

Heat 7

Heat 7 was hosted by ARD on 29 August 1973 in Heiligenhafen, West Germany.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	NL	Heusden-Altena	47
2	D	Heiligenhafen	37
3	F	Vittel	35
4	CH	Grenchen	33
4	GB	Wells	33
6	I	Foligno	28
7	B	Dottignies	24

Qualifiers

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

Country	Town	Place won	Points won
D	Marburg an der Lahn	1	47
NL	Heusden-Altena	1	47
B	Ieper	1	42
GB	Ely	1	41
F	Chartres	2	40
CH	Châtillon	2	38
I	Senigallia	2	37

Final

The final was hosted by ORTF on 12 September 1973 in Paris, France.

Place	Country	Town	Points
1	GB	Ely	43
2	D	Marburg an der Lahn	41
3	F	Chartres	39
4	I	Senigallia	36
5	B	Ieper	32
6	CH	Châtillon	26
7	NL	Heusden-Altena	24