1978 Speedway World Team Cup

19th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition December 2023 December 2023 1978 Speedway World Team Cup 1977 1979 The 1978 Speedway World Team Cup was the 19th 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 0-09-141751-1 The final took place at the Ellermühle Speedway Stadium in Landshut, West Germany.https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/7463/1978-world-team-cup-final Speedway riders, history and results wwosbackup 12 July 2021 Denmark won their first title defeating defending champions England, 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 2021 Qualification Stage 1 British & Commonwealth Round May 21 ENG Smallmead Stadium, Reading Referee: ENG A. Humphrey P1 ENG England Malcolm Simmons 3 3 3 2 Peter Collins 3 3 3 3 Dave Jessup 3 3 0 3 Gordon Kennett 3 3 2 3 John Davis P2 AUS Australia Phil Crump E 2 2 0 Phil Herne 0 - - - John Boulger 2 2 3 F Billy Sanders 0 1 - 1 John Titman 2 3 1 2 3 USA United States Scott Autrey 2 2 2 3 Steve Gresham 2 1 1 - Bruce Penhall 0 1 2 0 Mike Curoso 1 1 0 2 Jim Gresham 0 4 NZL New Zealand Larry Ross 1 0 0 1 Mitch Shirra 2 0 1 1 Bruce Cribb 1 F 1 2 Roger Abel 1 - - 1 Cliff Anderson 0 * England and Australia to Intercontinental Final Scandinavian Round June 4 FIN Tampere Stadium, Tampere Att: 2,000 1st2nd3rd4thDEN - 34Finn Thomsen - 11Mike Lohmann - 9Hans Nielsen - 8Ole Olsen - 6SWE - 33Bernt Persson - 11Jan Andersson - 9Tommy Nilsson - 9Sören Karlsson - 2Bo Wirebrand - 2FIN - 21Kai Niemi - 7Seppo Palomaki - 5Ila Teromaa - 5Rauli Makinen - 4Ari Koponen - 0NOR - 6Rolf Gramstad - 4Sigvart Pedersen - 1Trond Helge Skretting - 1Audun Ove Olsen - 0Stein Roar Pedersen - 0 * Denmark and Sweden to Intercontinental Final Continental Round May 21 AUT Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt 1st2nd3rd4thFRG - 38Alois Wiesböck - 12Georg Hack - 9Hans Wassermann - 9Egon Müller - 8ITA - 29Giuseppe Marzotto - 10Francesco Biginato - 7Mauro Ferraccioli - 7Sandro Pastorelli - 5HUN - 15Laszlo Meszaros - 6Istvan Sziraczki - 6Janos Oresko - 2Janos Jakob - 1AUT - 14Josef Haider - 6Adi Funk - 3Herbert Szerecs - 2Gunther Walla - 2Hubert Fischbacher - 1 * West Germany and Italy to Continental Semifinal May 21 YUG Mladost Stadum, Prelog P1 USSR Soviet Union Grigory Khlinovsky F 2 1 3 Vladimir Paznikov 3 2 2 2 Mikhail Starostin 3 3 2 3 Nikolay Kornev F 3 2 1 Oleg Rakhimov P2 NED Nederlands Henk Steman 3 3 1 - Henny Kroeze 2 3 3 X Frits Koning 2 1 - 2 Frits Koppe 3 2 0 2 Rudi Muts 3 2 3 BUL Bulgaria Angel Eftimov 1 2 3 1 Orlin Janakiev 2 1 2 3 Nikolai Cvetkov 1 1 3 3 Atanas Stojanov 2 1 1 F Nikolai Parvanov 4 YUG Yugoslavia Vlado Kocuvan 0 0 0 0 Stefan Kekec 1 0 0 1 Djuro Fleten 1 0 1 1 Ivan Posedi 0 0 0 0 Darko Tominac * Soviet Union and Nederlands to Continental Semifinal Semifinal July 17 FRG Abensberg Stadion, Abensberg Att: 18,000 P1 USSR Soviet Union Grigory Khlinovsky 2 3 3 2 Vladimir Paznikov Nikolay Kornev X 1 1 1 Mikhail Starostin 2 2 3 3 Valery Gordeev 3 2 3 3 P2 FRG West Germany Georg Hack 2 3 1 3 Egon Muller 3 3 3 2 Waldemar Bacik 3 F 2 0 Alois Wiesböck 0 0 X 2 Georg Gilgenreiner 3 NED Nederlands Henny Kroeze 3 3 2 1 Rudi Muts 1 2 F F Frits Koppe 1 0 - 3 Henk Steman 1 0 2 1 Frits Koning 0 4 ITA Italy Francesco Biginato 2 1 1 0 Giuseppe Marzotto 1 2 1 1 Mauro Ferraccioli 0 1 2 0 Sandro Pastorelli 0 1 E 2 Dario Famari * Soviet Union and West Germany to Continental Final Qualification Stage 2 Continental Final July 29 USSR Leningrad Speedway Stadium, Leningrad P1 POL Poland Edward Jancarz 3 3 3 2 Marek Cieślak 3 3 3 2 Bolesław Proch 1 3 0 2 Andrzej Huszcza 1 - 0 - Jerzy Rembas 0 2 P2 CSK Czechoslovakia Jiří Štancl E 2 2 E Jan Verner 3 1 1 3 Václav Verner E 1 3 3 Aleš Dryml Sr. 2 0 3 3 Petr Ondrašík 3 USSR Soviet Union Nikolay Kornev 2 2 1 - Mikhail Starostin 3 2 2 0 Vladimir Smirnov 1 1 - - Grigory Khlinovsky 1 - 1 0 Valery Gordeev 2 2 1 1 4 FRG West Germany Waldemar Bacik 0 3 1 3 Georg Hack 2 F 2 1 Georg Gilgenreiner 0 1 F 0 Alois Wiesböck 2 0 0 1 - * Poland and Czechoslovakia to World Final Intercontinental Final June 18 ENG Hyde Road, Manchester Referee: NOR Tore Kittilsen P1 ENG England Peter Collins 1 3 2 E Malcolm Simmons 3 3 3 2 Michael Lee 1 3 3 3 Dave Jessup 0 - - - John Davis 2 1 3 P2 DEN Denmark Mike Lohmann 2 1 E 2 Ole Olsen 3 3 3 3 Finn Thomsen 0 1 - 2 Hans Nielsen 1 2 2 0 Alf Busk 0 3 SWE Sweden Anders Michanek 2 2 3 3 Jan Andersson 3 1 1 0 Christer Sjösten 2 E 0 0 Bernt Persson 3 1 1 1 Sören Karlsson 4 AUS Australia Phil Crump 0 0 - 1 John Titman 2 2 0 1 John Boulger 0 0 2 - Phil Herne 1 0 - 2 Mick McKeon 2 1 1 * England and Denmark to World Final World Final September 16 FRG Landshut, Stadion Ellermühlehttp://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/wtc78.htm 1978 WORLD TEAM CUP International Speedway 15 July 2021 Referee: NOR Tore Kittilsen Att: 7,000 P1 DEN Denmark Ole Olsen 2 3 3 2 Mike Lohmann 2 3 1 3 Finn Thomsen 3 1 1 2 Hans Nielsen 3 2 3 3 Kristian Præstbro P2 ENG England Malcolm Simmons 3 3 2 E Dave Jessup 0 - 3 2 Peter Collins 0 0 3 3 Gordon Kennett 1 2 - - Michael Lee 3 1 1 3 POL Poland Edward Jancarz 2 1 2 1 17 3 Zenon Plech 0 1 0 - Marek Cieślak 3 0 0 2 Jerzy Rembas 1 1 0 1 Andrzej Huszcza 1 4 CSK Czechoslovakia Jiří Štancl 2 0 2 3 17 2 Jan Verner 1 2 2 X Václav Verner 1 0 1 0 Aleš Dryml Sr. F 2 0 0 Petr Ondrašík See also 1978 Individual Speedway World Championship 1978 Speedway World Pairs Championship References 1978 World T