1979 Speedway World Team Cup

20th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition December 2023 December 2023 1979 Speedway World Team Cup 1978 1980 The 1979 Speedway World Team Cup was the 20th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.Matthews/Morrison Peter/Ian The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results 1987 290 Guinness Superlatives 0-85112-492-5Oakes Peter 1981 Speedway Yearbook 1981 25–26 Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd 0-86215-017-5Bott Richard The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4 1980 98 Stanley Paul & Co Ltd 0-09-141751-1http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/wtc79.htm 1979 WORLD TEAM CUP International Speedway 15 July 2021 The final took place on 16 September at the White City Stadium in London.Bott Richard The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4 1980 87 Stanley Paul & Co Ltd 0-09-141751-1https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/7477/1979-world-team-cup-final Speedway riders, history and results wwosbackup 12 July 2021 New Zealand won their first title defeating defending champions Denmark, who finished in second place.http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2014/02/world-team-cup-1960-1990.html World Team Cup 1960-1990 Edinburgh Speedway 13 July 2021http://motorsporttop20.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/11.-Speedway-World-Cup-Nations.pdf FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS Motor Sport Top 20 13 July 2021https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004985/19790917/023/0023 Mauger's dream come true Manchester Evening News 17 September 1979 British Newspaper Archive subscription 23 August 2024 Qualification Stage 1 Commonwealth Round 20 May ENG Smallmead Stadium, Reading Referee: SWE C.Bergstrom P1 NZL New Zealand Ivan Mauger 3 2 2 2 Larry Ross 2 1 3 1 Mitch Shirra 3 3 2 3 Bruce Cribb 0 1 1 1 Roger Abel P2 USA United States Bruce Penhall 2 3 0 F Kelly Moran 3 E 1 3 Bobby Schwartz 2 2 2 2 Steve Gresham 3 F T 3 Dennis Sigalos 3 ENG England Malcolm Simmons 0 - - - Gordon Kennett 1 2 1 2 Peter Collins 2 1 2 F Michael Lee 1 3 0 - Dave Jessup 1 3 2 1 4 AUS Australia Phil Crump 1 0 3 3 Billy Sanders E 3 F 0 Phil Herne 0 2 - - John Titman 1 0 3 1 John Boulger 1 0 * New Zealand and USA to Intercontinental Final Scandinavian Round 20 May FIN Eteläpuisto, Tampere 1st2nd3rd4thDEN - 39Hans Nielsen - 12Ole Olsen - 11Mike Lohmann - 10Bo Petersen - 4Erik Gundersen - 2SWE - 32Anders Michanek - 10Bernt Persson - 9Jan Andersson- 8Tommy Nilsson - 3Stefan Salomonsson - 2FIN - 16Kai Niemi - 7Pekka Hautamaki - 4Ari Koponen - 3Olli Turkia - 2Ila Teromaa - 0NOR - 9Tormod Langli - 6Reidar Eide - 1Tom Godal - 1Rolf Gramstad - 1Toralf Olen - 0 * Denmark and Sweden to Intercontinental Final Continental Round 20 May FRG Illerstadion, Kempten 1st2nd3rd4thAUT - 32Herbert Szerecs - 10Walter Grubmüler - 9Adi Funk - 7Hubert Fischbacher - 5Gunther Walla - 1NED - 30Frits Koppe - 9Henny Kroeze - 8Rudi Muts- 5Frits Koning - 4Henk Steman - 4FRG - 29Waldemar Bacik - 9Georg Hack - 9Karl Maier - 8Georg Gilgenreiner - 2Wolfgang Mayr - 1YUG - 5Frank Hagar - 2Ivan Vobujak - 2Vlado Kocuvan - 1Manfred Kosmut - 0Jozef Mavsar - 0 * Austria and Netherlands to Continental Semifinal 20 May HUN Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc 1st2nd3rd4thUSSR - 34Mikhail Starostin - 11Valery Gordeev - 9Grigory Khlinovsky - 7Sergey Denisov - 6Vladimir Klychkov - 1HUN - 30Laszlo Meszaros - 9Istvan Sziraczki - 9Janos Szoeke- 9Tibor Danka - 1Antal Tamcsu - 0ITA - 25Giuseppe Marzotto - 9Paulo Noro - 7Mauro Ferracciolo - 5Francesco Biginato - 4BUL - 9Atanasz Janakiev - 3Orlin Janakiev - 3Nikolai Manev - 2Deter Kostov - 1Angel Eftimov - 0 * Soviet Union and Hungary to Continental Semifinal Semifinal 15 July CSK Svítkova Stadion, Pardubice P1 USSR Soviet Union Mikhail Starostin 3 3 3 3 Valery Gordeev 3 3 3 3 Viktor Kuznetsov F 3 3 3 Grigory Khlinovsky 3 3 3 3 Anatoly Maksimov P2 HUN Hungary Istvan Sziraczki 2 1 1 2 Janos Szoeke 3 0 2 0 Laszlo Meszaros 1 2 2 2 Janos Jacob 2 0 - - Antal Tamcsu 0 1 3 NED Netherlands Frits Koning 1 0 1 - Piet Seur 0 - - - Frits Koppe 1 2 F F Henk Steman 2 2 1 0 Rudi Muts 2 2 2 F 4 AUT Austria Herbert Szerecs 1 1 1 1 Adi Funk 0 1 2 1 Hubert Fischbacher 2 0 E 2 Walter Grubmüler 0 1 - 1 Siegfried Eder E * Soviet Union and Hungary to Continental Final Qualifying Stage 2 Continental Final 29 July POL Olympic Stadium, Wrocław Att: 35,000 P1 POL Poland Zenon Plech 3 3 3 - Robert Słaboń 3 3 2 2 Jerzy Rembas 3 3 1 3 Edward Jancarz 3 3 3 - Andrzej Huszcza 1 1 P2 CSK Czechoslovakia Jiří Štancl 2 2 1 3 Aleš Dryml Sr. 2 2 1 2 Petr Ondrašík 1 1 - - Zdeněk Kudrna F 2 1 3 Václav Verner 2 3 3 USSR Soviet Union Valery Gordeev 2 2 3 2 Mikhail Starostin 2 1 2 3 Grigory Khlinovsky 1 1 1 2 Viktor Kuznetsov 1 1 1 2 Anatoly Maksimov 4 HUN Hungary Ferenc Farkas 0 0 0 - Laszlo Juhasz 1 0 0 0 Zoltán Adorján 0 0 0 - Zoltan Hajdu 0 0 0 0 Csaba Nagy 0 E * Poland and Czechoslovakia to Final Intercontinental Final 14 June SWE Snälltorpet, Eskilstuna Att: 4,400 P1 NZL New Zealand Ivan Mauger 2 3 3 3 Larry Ross 3 3 1 0 Mitch Shirra 3 2 2 0 Bruce Cribb 0 0 2 2 Roger Abel P2 DEN Denmark Ole Olsen 2 3 3 2 Mike Lohmann 3 2 0 3 Hans Nielsen 0 2 T 3 Bo Petersen 0 1 - 3 Bent Rasmussen 0 3 USA United States Kelly Moran 1 2 3 2 Bruce Penhall 2 T 3 0 Bobby Schwartz 2 0 2 1 Steve Gresham 1 1 0 2 Ron Preston 4 SWE Sweden Richard Hellsen 3 1 1 1 Anders Michanek 1 3 1 1 Jan Andersson 0 1 1 1 Bernt Persson 1 0 2 0 Bo Wirebrand * New Zealand and Denmark to World Final World Final 16 September ENG White City Stadium, London Referee: FRG Gunther Sorber P1 NZL New Zealand Ivan Mauger 3 3 3 F Larry Ross 3 3 2 3 Mitch Shirra 2 2 3 3 Bruce Cribb 1 1 1 2 Roger Abel P2 DEN Denmark Ole Olsen 3 3 3 3 Hans Nielsen 3 3 2 1 Mike Lohmann 2 1 2 1 Finn Thomsen 1 0 - 3 Bo Petersen E 3 CSK Czechoslovakia Jiří Štancl 0 1 3 2 Zdeněk Kudrna X 2 2 0 Aleš Dryml Sr. 1 2 1 1 Václav Verner 0 1 1 2 Petr Ondrašík 4 POL Poland Piotr Pyszny 2 0 1 1 Zenon Plech E 2 0 2 Robert Słaboń 2 F F - Marek Cieślak 1 E - F Andrzej Tkocz 0 0 See also 1979 Individual Speedway World Championship 1979 Speedway World Pairs Championship References 1979 World T