1977 Speedway World Team Cup

The 1977 Speedway World Team Cup was the 18th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1][2][3]

The final took place at the Stadion Olimpijski (Wrocław) in Poland.[4] England bounced back to winning ways by recording a record seventh title success. England exacted revenge on defending champions Australia 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 England England 42 3 6 8 10 13 16 17 20 23 24 27 30 33 36 39 42 42 42 42 42
(5) Dave Jessup 12 3 3 3 3 12
(6) Malcolm Simmons 12 3 3 3 3 12
(7) John Davis 6 2 1 - 3 6
(8) Peter Collins 11 2 3 3 3 11
(18) Michael Lee 1 1 1
2 Australia Australia 33 2 4 7 8 10 12 15 16 18 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 33 33 33 33
(1) John Boulger 6 1 1 2 2 6
(2) Phil Crump 10 3 3 2 2 10
(3) Billy Sanders 9 2 2 3 2 9
(4) Phil Herne 8 2 2 2 2 8
(17) Mitch Shirra 0 0
3 Scotland Scotland 13 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 12 13 13 13 13 13
(13) Jim McMillan 5 1 2 1 1 5
(14) Bobby Beaton 4 E 2 2 0 4
(15) Brian Collins 2 0 X 1 1 2
(16) Bert Harkins 2 0 0 1 1 2
(20) Benny Rourke 0 0
4 New Zealand New Zealand 8 1 1 2 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
(9) Larry Ross 2 1 1 0 0 2
(10) Bruce Cribb 5 3 1 0 1 5
(11) Robin Adlington 0 0 0 0 0 0
(12) Dave Gifford 1 1 - 0 - 1
(19) John Goodall 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

* England to Final


Scandinavian Round
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 Sweden - 37
Bernt Persson - 11
Tommy Nilsson - 10
Bengt Jansson - 9
Anders Michanek - 5
Jan Andersson - 2		  Denmark - 28
Ole Olsen - 12
Mike Lohmann - 7
Alf Busk - 5
Finn Jensen - 3
Bo Petersen - 1		  Finland - 25
Kai Niemi - 8
Ila Teromaa - 8
Rauli Makinen - 5
Markku Helminen - 4		  Norway - 5
Tom Godal - 2
Audun Ove Olsen - 2
Jan Terje Gravningen - 1
Tormod Langli - 0

* Sweden to Final


Continental Qualifying Round
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 West Germany - 42
Egon Müller - 12
Christoph Betzl - 11
Hans Wassermann - 9
Alois Wiesböck - 7
Georg Gilgenreiner - 3		  Netherlands - 24
Frits Koppe - 8
Henny Kroeze - 8
Henk Steman - 4
Frits Koning - 3
Rudi Muts - 1		  Austria - 19
Hubert Fischbacher - 6
Walter Grubmuler - 5
Adi Funk - 4
Gunther Walla - 4		  Hungary - 11
Janos Berki - 5
Herbert Szerecs - 5
Laszlo Meszaros - 1
Janos Szoeke - 0

* West Germany and Nederlands to Continental Semifinal


Continental Qualifying Round
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 Czechoslovakia - 41
Jan Verner - 12
Ivon Vobornik - 9
Aleš Dryml Sr. - 7
Josef Minarik - 7
Jan Klokocka - 6		  Bulgaria - 28
Orlin Janakiev - 8
Grigory Adarov - 7
Angel Eftimov - 7
Nikolai Manev - 6		  Italy - 25
Luigi Biginato - 7
Paolo Noro - 7
Francesko Barbetta - 6
Fabio Pastorelli - 5		  Yugoslavia - 2
Stefan Kecek - 1
Vlado Kocuvan - 1
Djuro Fleten - 0
? Goniniak - 0

* Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria to Continental Semifinal

Tournament

Continental Semifinal
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 Czechoslovakia - 40
Jiří Štancl - 11
Jan Verner - 11
Aleš Dryml Sr. - 9
Josef Minarik - 7
Jan Hadek - 2		  West Germany - 33
Christoph Betzl - 11
Hans Wassermann - 10
Alois Wiesböck - 9
Georg Gilgenreiner - 3		  Netherlands - 18
Frits Koppe - 5
Frits Koning - 4
Henk Steman - 4
Rudi Muts - 3
Henny Kroeze - 2		  Bulgaria - 5
Nikolai Manev - 2
Ivan Dupalov - 1
Angel Eftimov - 1
Orlin Janakiev - 1

* Czechoslovakia and West Germany 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 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 32 2 3 6 8 8 10 13 15 18 20 22 23 25 28 31 32 32 32 32 32
(9) Jiří Štancl 6 3 0 2 1 6
(10) Václav Verner 10 2 2 3 3 10
(11) Jan Verner 8 1 2 2 3 8
(12) Aleš Dryml Sr. 8 2 3 1 2 8
(19) Jan Hadek 0 0
2 Poland Poland 30 3 5 7 7 9 10 12 13 15 16 19 22 23 25 27 30 30 30 30 30
(5) Zenon Plech 10 3 1 3 3 10
(6) Edward Jancarz 9 2 2 3 2 9
(7) Jan Mucha 0 0 - - - 0
(8) Jerzy Rembas 6 2 1 2 1 6
(18) Bogusław Nowak 5 2 1 2 5
3 West Germany West Germany 28 0 3 3 6 9 12 12 15 16 19 19 21 24 25 26 28 28 28 28 28
(1) Egon Müller 10 3 3 2 2 10
(2) Christoph Betzl 0 0 0 0 - 0
(3) Hans Wassermann 12 3 3 3 3 12
(4) Alois Wiesböck 2 0 - 1 1 2
(17) Georg Gilgenreiner 4 3 1 4
4 Soviet Union Soviet Union 6 1 1 2 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
(13) Sergey Dyuzhev 1 0 1 0 - 1
(14) Grigory Khlinovsky 1 1 0 0 0 1
(15) Vladimir Paznikov 1 1 0 0 0 1
(16) Vladimir Rozhanchuk 3 1 1 1 0 3
(20) Nikolay Kornev 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

* Czechoslovakia and Poland 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 England England 37 1 4 6 8 11 12 14 16 19 22 23 26 29 32 35 37 37 37 37 37
(13) Peter Collins 10 3 2 3 2 10
(14) Malcolm Simmons 3 1 2 - - 3
(15) Michael Lee 9 2 1 3 3 9
(16) Dave Jessup 9 2 3 1 3 9
(20) John Davis 6 3 3 6
2 Poland Poland 25 0 1 4 7 9 11 14 17 17 19 21 21 22 23 25 25 25 25 25 25
(1) Jerzy Rembas 6 3 3 0 E 6
(2) Edward Jancarz 10 3 3 2 2 10
(3) Bogusław Nowak 6 1 2 2 1 6
(4) Marek Cieslak 2 0 2 0 - 2
(17) Ryszard Fabiszewski 1 1 1
3 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 23 2 4 4 5 6 6 7 8 10 11 14 16 18 20 20 23 23 23 23 23
(5) Jiří Štancl 8 2 0 3 3 8
(6) Václav Verner 5 2 1 2 0 5
(7) Jan Verner 5 1 1 1 2 5
(8) Aleš Dryml Sr. 5 0 1 2 2 5
(18) Petr Ondrašík 0 0
4 Sweden Sweden 11 3 3 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 11 11 11 11 11
(9) Bengt Jansson 2 1 0 0 1 2
(10) Anders Michanek 5 0 3 1 1 5
(11) Tommy Nilsson 0 0 - - E 0
(12) Bernt Persson 4 3 0 1 0 4
(19) Sören Karlsson 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

See also

References
  1. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  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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  5. "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
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