The information presented below is a guide to the format of the games played in 1980 in It's A Knockout and Jeux Sans Frontières and how points were awarded in each.

JEUX SANS FRONTIÈRES IN THE SNOW (INTERNEIGE) 1980

Game Details:

Points Allocation:

No. of Games per Event:
7 (No Fil Rouge)

No. of Competing Teams per Event: 4
Teams participated in all games

Games 1-7:
4pts, 3pts, 2pts, 1pt

Value: Double points

To be played: Once in Games 1-6

Highest Achievable Score: 32pts

Lowest Achievable Score: 8pts

Team Colours for Jeux Sans Frontières in the Snow (Interneige) 1980:

France: Green
Italy: Dark Blue

Switzerland: Pink
Yugoslavia: Black

IT'S A KNOCKOUT 1980

Game Details:

Points Allocation:

No. of Games per Event:
8 + Marathon

No. of Competing Teams per Event: 3

Teams missed 1 game each:
Heats 1, 2, 3, 4, 6,& 7: (Game 2, 3 or 7)
Heat 5: (Game 2, 3 or 6)
 

Heats 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 & 7:
Games 1, 4, 5, 6 & 8:
3 pts, 2 pts, 1 pt

Games 2, 3 & 7:
3 pts, 2 pts

Heat 5:
Games: 1, 4, 5, 7 & 8: 3 pts, 2pts, 1pt
Games: 2, 3 & 6: 3pts, 2pts

Marathon (All Heats):
6 pts, 4 pts, 2 pts

Value: Double points

To be played: Once in Games 1-7

Highest Achievable Score: 30pts

Lowest Achievable Score: 12pts

Team Colours for It's A Knockout 1980:

Teams participated in either Red, Blue, Green, Orange or Yellow

IT'S A CELEBRITY KNOCKOUT 1980

Game Details:

Points Allocation:

No. of Games:
7 + Marathon

No. of Competing Teams: 2
Teams participated in all games

Games 1-7:
3pts (Win), 2pts (Draw), 1pt (Lose)

Marathon:
6pts (Win), 4pts (Draw), 2pt (Lose)

Value: Double points

To be played: Once in Games 1-6

Highest Achievable Score: 30pts

Lowest Achievable Score: 10pts

Team Colours for It's A Celebrity Knockout 1980:

Lord's Taverners: Green

Rest of the World: Orange

IT'S A CHAMPIONSHIP KNOCKOUT 1980

Game Details:

Points Allocation:

No. of Games:
8 + Marathon

No. of Competing Teams: 8
2 teams missed 1 game together
(Games 1, 3, 5 and 7)

Games 1, 3, 5 and 7:
6pts, 5pts, 4pts, 3pts, 2pts, 1pt

Games 2, 4, 6 and 8 and Marathon:
8pts, 7pts, 6pts, 5pts, 4pts, 3pts, 2pts, 1pt

Value:
6pts extra with 1st Place
4pts extra with 2nd Place
2pts extra with 3rd Place
0pt extra with 4th Place or lower

To be played: Once in Games 1-7

Highest Achievable Score: 70pts

Lowest Achievable Score: 7pts

Team Colours for It's A Championship Knockout 1980:

Arun: Light Blue
Bracknell: Green
Bridlington & North Wolds: Orange
Coleraine: White

Gateshead: Yellow
Kettering: Black
Rhuddlan: Dark Blue
Rushcliffe: Red

JEUX SANS FRONTIÈRES 1980

Game Details:

Points Allocation:

No. of Games per Event:
8 + Fil Rouge

No. of Competing Teams per Event: 8
2 teams missed 1 game together
(Games 1, 3, 5 and 7)

Games 1, 3, 5 and 7:
6pts, 5pts, 4pts, 3pts, 2pts, 1pt

Games 2, 4, 6 and 8 and Fil Rouge:
8pts, 7pts, 6pts, 5pts, 4pts, 3pts, 2pts, 1pt

Value:
6pts extra with 1st Place
4pts extra with 2nd Place
2pts extra with 3rd Place
0pt extra with 4th Place or lower

To be played: Once in Games 1-7

Highest Achievable Score: 70pts

Lowest Achievable Score: 7pts

Team Colours for Jeux Sans Frontières 1980:

Belgium: Yellow
France: Green
Great Britain: Red
Italy: Dark Blue

Portugal: Orange
Switzerland: Red and White
West Germany: Light Blue
Yugoslavia: Blue and White

IT'S A CHRISTMAS KNOCKOUT 1980

Game Details:

Points Allocation:

No. of Games:
7 (No Fil Rouge)

No. of Competing Teams: 5
Teams participated in all games

Games 1-7:
5pts, 4pts, 3pts, 2pts, 1pt

No Joker in this event

Highest Achievable Score: 35pts

Lowest Achievable Score: 7pts

Team Colours for It's A Christmas Knockout 1980:

Belgium: Yellow
Great Britain: Red
Italy: Dark Blue

Netherlands: Orange
Switzerland: Pink

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