Jeux sans frontières (1997)
# Jeux sans frontières (1997)

Jeux sans frontières (English: Games Without Frontiers or Games Without Borders) was a Europe-wide television game show. The 1997 edition was won by the team from Amadora in Portugal.

## Participating countries and cities

| Colour | Country | Code |
| - | - | - |
| Light blue | France | F |
| Dark blue | Greece | GR |
| Yellow | Hungary | H |
| White | Italy | I |
| Orange | Netherlands | NL |
| Green | Portugal | P |
| Pink | Slovenia | SLO |
| Red | Switzerland | CH |

## Heat 1

Broadcast Date (Europe): Monday 30 June 1997; Venue: Óbuda Esplanade, Budapest, Hungary

| Place | Country | Town | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | H | Gyöngyös | 91 |
| 2 | CH | Vedeggio | 65 |
| 3 | SLO | Lasko | 64 |
| 4 | P | Aveiro | 58 |
| 5 | I | Castel Goffredo | 54 |
| 6 | NL | Maarssen | 40 |
| 7 | F | Lyon | 36 |
| 8 | GR | Tinos | 31 |

## Heat 2

Broadcast Date (Europe): Monday 7 July 1997; Venue: Óbuda Esplanade, Budapest, Hungary

| Place | Country | Town | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | P | Amadora | 72 |
| 2 | H | Pápa | 70 |
| 3 | SLO | Bovec | 63 |
| 4 | GR | Katastari–Zakynthos | 55 |
| 5 | F | Troyes | 51 |
| 6 | I | Otranto | 47 |
| 7 | NL | Almere | 45 |
| 8 | CH | Chiasso | 43 |

## Heat 3

Broadcast Date (Europe): Monday 14 July 1997; Venue: Óbuda Esplanade, Budapest, Hungary

| Place | Country | Town | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | SLO | Sentjernej | 80 |
| 2 | CH | Schattdorf | 75 |
| 3 | H | Belváros - Lipótváros | 64 |
| 4 | GR | Skiathos | 60 |
| 5 | P | Moura | 54 |
| 6 | NL | Loon op Zand | 50 |
| 7 | I | Laigueglia | 35 |
| 8 | F | Poitiers | 31 |

## Heat 4

Broadcast Date (Europe): Monday 21 July 1997; Venue: Óbuda Esplanade, Budapest, Hungary

| Place | Country | Town | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | H | Komárom | 67 |
| 2 | F | La Clusaz | 65 |
| 3 | P | Lamego | 58 |
| 3 | SLO | Vuzenica | 58 |
| 5 | GR | Hania | 56 |
| 6 | I | Portici | 52 |
| 7 | NL | Vlissingen | 51 |
| 8 | CH | Val Bregaglia | 48 |

## Heat 5

Broadcast Date (Europe): Monday 28 July 1997; Venue: Óbuda Esplanade, Budapest, Hungary

| Place | Country | Town | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | P | Vila Franca de Xira | 68 |
| 2 | SLO | Ormož | 67 |
| 3 | CH | Coldrerio | 60 |
| 4 | NL | Laarbeek | 57 |
| 5 | F | Biarritz | 54 |
| 6 | H | Gyula | 50 |
| 7 | GR | Agrinio | 48 |
| 8 | I | Belmonte Mezzagno | 41 |

## Heat 6

Broadcast Date (Europe): Monday 4 August 1997; Venue: Óbuda Esplanade, Budapest, Hungary

| Place | Country | Town | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | NL | Heerlen | 76 |
| 2 | H | Szarvas | 72 |
| 3 | I | Courmayeur | 64 |
| 4 | CH | Faido | 55 |
| 5 | SLO | Briše | 54 |
| 6 | P | Bragança | 53 |
| 7 | F | Avignon | 40 |
| 8 | GR | Leros | 35 |

## Heat 7

Broadcast Date (Europe): Monday 11 August 1997; Venue: Óbuda Esplanade, Budapest, Hungary

| Place | Country | Town | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | H | Érd | 72 |
| 2 | I | Val di Sole | 68 |
| 3 | P | Felgueiras | 64 |
| 4 | SLO | Trzic | 58 |
| 5 | GR | Patras | 51 |
| 6 | F | Orléans | 48 |
| 6 | NL | Raalte | 48 |
| 8 | CH | Lago di Lugano | 33 |

## Heat 8

Broadcast Date (Europe): Monday 18 August 1997; Venue: Óbuda Esplanade, Budapest, Hungary

| Place | Country | Town | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | NL | Zandvoort | 68 |
| 2 | GR | Xanthi | 65 |
| 3 | CH | Ticino | 60 |
| 3 | H | Tiszaújváros | 60 |
| 5 | F | Cannes | 52 |
| 6 | P | Viseu | 51 |
| 7 | SLO | Kranj | 46 |
| 8 | I | Arzachena | 32 |

## Heat 9

Broadcast Date (Europe): Monday 25 August 1997; Venue: Óbuda Esplanade, Budapest, Hungary

| Place | Country | Town | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | P | Paredes | 66 |
| 2 | I | Norcia | 65 |
| 3 | SLO | Majsperk | 59 |
| 4 | H | Eger | 58 |
| 5 | GR | Edessa | 55 |
| 6 | CH | Brissago | 52 |
| 7 | F | Strasbourg | 50 |
| 8 | NL | IJsselstein | 46 |

## Final

Broadcast Date (Europe): Monday 1 September 1997; Venue: Lisbon, Portugal; The teams which qualified from each country to the final were:

| Country | Town | Place won | Points won |
| - | - | - | - |
| F | La Clusaz | 2 | 65 |
| GR | Xanthi | 2 | 65 |
| H | Gyöngyös | 1 | 91 |
| I | Val di Sole | 2 | 68 |
| NL | Heerlen | 1 | 76 |
| P | Amadora | 1 | 72 |
| SLO | Sentjernej | 1 | 80 |
| CH | Schattdorf | 2 | 75 |

Final table

| Place | Country | Town | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | P | Amadora | 68 |
| 2 | I | Val di Sole | 66 |
| 3 | CH | Schattdorf | 65 |
| 4 | H | Gyöngyös | 64 |
| 5 | NL | Heerlen | 63 |
| 6 | GR | Xanthi | 40 |
| 7 | SLO | Sentjernej | 38 |
| 8 | F | La Clusaz | 34 |
| Preceded byJeux Sans Frontières 1996 | Jeux Sans Frontières 1997 | Succeeded byJeux Sans Frontières 1998 |
