1976 Speedway World Team Cup

The 1976 Speedway World Team Cup was the 17th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1][2][3]

The final took place at the White City Stadium in London.[4] Australia became only the fourth country to win the title. They ended the run of England by knocking them out in the British qualifying round.[5][6]

Qualification

British Round
Placing Team / Rider name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 17 18 19 20
1 Australia Australia 40 3 6 9 11 13 16 19 21 23 26 28 31 34 36 38 40 40 40 40 40
(1) John Boulger 9 2 2 3 2 9
(2) Phil Crump 10 3 3 2 2 10
(3) Billy Sanders 12 3 3 3 3 12
(4) Phil Herne 9 3 2 2 2 9
(17) Bob Humphreys 0 0
2 England England 35 2 4 4 7 10 12 14 17 20 22 22 24 26 29 32 35 35 35 35 35
(9) John Louis 8 F 3 2 3 8
(10) Peter Collins 11 3 2 3 3 11
(11) Dave Jessup 8 2 3 F 3 8
(12) Malcolm Simmons 8 2 2 2 2 8
(19) Martin Ashby 0 0
3 Scotland Scotland 12 0 1 2 3 4 4 5 5 6 7 10 10 10 11 12 12 12 12 12 12
(13) Jim McMillan 3 1 1 1 0 3
(14) Bobby Beaton 2 0 0 1 1 2
(15) George Hunter 0 F - - - 0
(16) Brian Collins 5 1 1 3 F 5
(20) Willie Templeton 2 1 0 0 1 2
4 New Zealand New Zealand 8 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8
(5) Bruce Cribb 4 1 1 1 1 4
(6) Larry Ross 1 0 0 1 0 1
(7) Dave Gifford 0 0 0 0 0 0
(8) Colin Farquharson 3 2 1 F F 3
(18) Jack Millen 0 0
Placing Team / Rider name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 17 18 19 20

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions:
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

* Australia to Final

Scandinavian Round
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 Sweden - 41
Bengt Jansson - 12
Anders Michanek - 12
Bernt Persson - 12
Tommy Nilsson - 5
Sören Karlsson - 0		  Norway - 27
Dag Lovaas - 8
Reidar Eide - 7
Edgar Stangeland- 7
Audun Ove Olsen - 4
Øyvind S. Berg - 1		  Denmark - 14
Finn Thomsen - 6
Mike Lohmann - 5
Leif Berlin - 1
Alf Busk - 1
Finn Rune Jensen - 1		  Finland - 14
Ila Teromaa - 7
Kai Niemi - 4
Veli-Pekka Teromaa - 2
Markku Helminen - 1
Ari Koponen - 0

* Sweden to Final

Continental Quarterfinal
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 West Germany - 34
Hans Wassermann - 12
Alois Wiesböck - 9
Christoph Betzl - 7
Georg Gilgenreiner - 6		  Italy - 32
Paolo Noro - 11
Giuseppe Marzotto - 8
Luigi Bazan- 7
Mauro Ferraccioli - 5
Sandro Pastorelli - 1		  Netherlands - 19
Henny Kroeze - 7
Henk Steman - 7
Frits Koning - 4
Tonny Egges - 1
Frits Koppe - 0		  Austria - 10
Hubert Fischbacher - 4
Josef Haider - 4
Peter Sattler - 1
Manfred Trisko - 1
Alex Taudtmann - 0

* West Germany and Italy to Continental Semifinal


Continental Quarterfinal
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 Czechoslovakia - 42
Josef Minarik - 12
Jan Hadek - 9
Jan Klokocka - 8
Petr Kucera - 8
Vaclav Hejl - 5		  Hungary - 25+3
Istvan Sziraczki - 10
Laszlo Zahoran - 6
Pal Perenyi- 5
Janos Szöeke - 4
Janos Jakab - 0		  Bulgaria - 25+2
Nikolai Manev - 8
Angel Eftimov - 7
Orlin Janakiev - 7
Ivan Dupalov - 3
Christo Simeonov - 0		  Yugoslavia - 2
Franc Sauperl - 2
Stefan Kekec - 0
Krešo Omerzel - 0
Joze Mausar - 0
Franc Pribovsek - 0

* Czechoslovakia and Hungary to Continental Semifinal


Tournament

Continental Semifinal
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 West Germany - 44
Egon Müller - 12
Christoph Betzl - 11
Hans Wassermann - 11
Alois Wiesböck - 10
Georg Gilgenreiner - 0		  Czechoslovakia - 33
Jiří Štancl - 11
Josef Minarik - 8
Jan Hadek- 6
Jan Klokocka - 5
Petr Ondrašík - 3		  Italy - 13
Giuseppe Marzotto - 7
Luigi Bazan - 3
Paolo Noro - 2
Mauro Ferraccioli - 1
Francesco Barbetta - 0		  Hungary - 6
Istvan Sziraczky - 3
Pal Perenyi - 2
Laszlo Zahoran - 1
Janos Jakab - 0
Janos Szöeke - 0

*West Germany and Czechoslovakia to Continental Final

Continental Final
Placing Team / Rider name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 17 18 19 20
1 Poland Poland 30 3 5 8 9 10 13 15 17 18 19 20 23 25 26 28 30 30 30 30 30
(13) Edward Jancarz 7 2 2 1 2 7
(14) Zenon Plech 8 3 2 1 2 8
(15) Jerzy Rembas 10 3 3 3 1 10
(16) Marek Cieślak 2 1 - 1 - 2
(20) Jan Mucha 3 1 2 3
2 Soviet Union Soviet Union 28 3 4 5 7 10 11 13 14 14 17 18 21 24 24 27 28 28 28 28 28
(1) Vladimir Gordeev 7 2 1 3 1 7
(2) Valery Gordeev 7 1 2 1 3 7
(3) Grigory Khlinovsky 8 1 1 3 3 8
(4) Viktor Trofimov 6 3 3 F - 6
(17) Mikhail Starostin 0 0 0
3 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 24 2 4 4 5 6 6 9 9 12 14 16 18 18 21 21 24 24 24 24 24
(13) Jiří Štancl 11 2 3 3 3 11
(14) Jan Hadek 2 2 0 - 0 2
(15) Josef Minarik 3 0 0 - 3 3
(16) Jan Klokocka 4 1 1 2 - 4
(20) Václav Verner 4 2 2 0 4
4 West Germany West Germany 14 0 0 3 3 3 6 6 8 10 10 10 10 11 13 14 14 14 14 14 14
(5) Egon Müller 3 0 3 0 E 3
(6) Alois Wiesböck 1 0 0 - 1 1
(7) Christoph Betzl 2 0 0 - 2 2
(8) Hans Wassermann 8 3 2 2 1 8
(18) Georg Gilgenreiner 0 0 0 0
Placing Team / Rider name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 17 18 19 20

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions:
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

* Poland and Soviet Union to Final

World Final
Placing Team / Rider name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 17 18 19 20
1 Australia Australia 31 2 4 7 10 10 13 13 15 17 17 19 21 24 25 28 31 31 31 31 31
(9) John Boulger 6 3 F 0 3 6
(10) Phil Crump 11 3 3 2 3 11
(11) Billy Sanders 7 2 2 2 1 7
(12) Phil Herne 7 2 0 2 3 7
(19) Garry Middleton 0 0
2 Poland Poland 28 3 4 4 5 8 10 11 14 15 18 21 21 22 25 27 28 28 28 28 28
(5) Edward Jancarz 9 3 2 3 1 9
(6) Zenon Plech 6 1 3 F 2 6
(7) Marek Cieślak 7 1 - 3 3 7
(8) Jerzy Rembas 5 0 3 1 1 5
(18) Bolesław Proch 1 1 1
3 Sweden Sweden 26 1 4 6 8 9 10 13 13 16 17 17 20 22 24 24 26 26 26 26 26
(13) Anders Michanek 11 3 3 3 2 11
(14) Bengt Jansson 1 1 F - - 1
(15) Bernt Persson 8 2 1 3 2 8
(16) Lars-Åke Andersson 5 2 1 E 2 5
(20) Christer Löfqvist 1 1 E 1
4 Soviet Union Soviet Union 11 0 0 1 1 3 3 5 6 6 8 9 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11
(1) Viktor Trofimov 0 0 - - - 0
(2) Valery Gordeev 5 1 2 1 1 5
(3) Grigory Khlinovsky 2 0 0 2 0 2
(4) Vladimir Gordeev 2 0 2 0 0 2
(17) Vladimir Paznikov 2 1 1 0 2
Placing Team / Rider name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 17 18 19 20

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions:
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

See also

References
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  2. Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 25–26. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  3. Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 98. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
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