1978 Speedway World Team Cup

The 1978 Speedway World Team Cup was the 19th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1][2][3]

The final took place at the Ellermühle Speedway Stadium in Landshut, West Germany.[4] Denmark won their first title defeating defending champions England, who finished in second place.[5][6]


Qualification

Round 1
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 43 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 26 26 29 32 35 38 41 43 43 43 43 43
(5) Malcolm Simmons 11 3 3 3 2 11
(6) Peter Collins 12 3 3 3 3 12
(7) Dave Jessup 9 3 3 0 3 9
(8) Gordon Kennett 11 3 3 2 3 11
(18) John Davis 0 0
2 Australia Australia 21 0 2 2 2 3 5 7 9 12 15 16 18 18 19 21 21 21 21 21 21
(1) Phil Crump 4 E 2 2 0 4
(2) Phil Herne 0 0 - - - 0
(3) John Boulger 7 2 2 3 F 7
(4) Billy Sanders 2 0 1 - 1 2
(17) John Titman 8 2 3 1 2 8
3 United States United States 20 1 1 3 5 7 8 9 10 11 13 15 15 17 17 17 20 20 20 20 20
(9) Scott Autrey 9 2 2 2 3 9
(10) Steve Gresham 4 2 1 1 - 4
(11) Bruce Penhall 3 0 1 2 0 3
(12) Mike Curoso 4 1 1 0 2 4
(19) Jim Gresham 0 0 0
4 New Zealand New Zealand 12 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 8 10 11 12 12 12 12 12
(13) Larry Ross 2 1 0 0 1 2
(14) Mitch Shirra 4 2 0 1 1 4
(15) Bruce Cribb 4 1 F 1 2 4
(16) Roger Abel 2 1 - - 1 2
(20) Cliff Anderson 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

* England and Australia to Intercontinental Final

Round 2
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 Denmark - 34
Finn Thomsen - 11
Mike Lohmann - 9
Hans Nielsen - 8
Ole Olsen - 6		  Sweden - 33
Bernt Persson - 11
Jan Andersson - 9
Tommy Nilsson - 9
Sören Karlsson - 2
Bo Wirebrand - 2		  Finland - 21
Kai Niemi - 7
Seppo Palomaki - 5
Ila Teromaa - 5
Rauli Makinen - 4
Ari Koponen - 0		  Norway - 6
Rolf Gramstad - 4
Sigvart Pedersen - 1
Trond Helge Skretting - 1
Audun Ove Olsen - 0
Stein Roar Pedersen - 0

* Denmark and Sweden to Intercontinental Final

Round 3
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 West Germany - 38
Alois Wiesböck - 12
Georg Hack - 9
Hans Wassermann - 9
Egon Müller - 8		  Italy - 29
Giuseppe Marzotto - 10
Francesco Biginato - 7
Mauro Ferraccioli - 7
Sandro Pastorelli - 5		  Hungary - 15
Laszlo Meszaros - 6
Istvan Sziraczki - 6
Janos Oresko - 2
Janos Jakob - 1		  Austria - 14
Josef Haider - 6
Adi Funk - 3
Herbert Szerecs - 2
Gunther Walla - 2
Hubert Fischbacher - 1

* West Germany and Italy to Continental Semifinal

Round 4
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 Soviet Union Soviet Union 32 0 3 3 6 8 10 13 16 18 20 21 23 24 27 29 32 32 32 32 32
(5) Grigory Khlinovsky 6 F 2 1 3 6
(6) Vladimir Paznikov 9 3 2 2 2 9
(7) Mikhail Starostin 11 3 3 2 3 11
(8) Nikolay Kornev 6 F 3 2 1 6
(18) Oleg Rakhimov 0 0
2 Netherlands Nederlands 32 3 5 8 10 13 16 18 19 22 23 26 26 28 30 30 32 32 32 32 32
(9) Henk Steman 7 3 3 1 - 7
(10) Henny Kroeze 8 2 3 3 X 8
(11) Frits Koning 5 2 1 - 2 5
(12) Frits Koppe 7 3 2 0 2 7
(19) Rudi Muts 5 3 2 5
3 Bulgaria Bulgaria 27 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 15 17 20 23 23 26 27 27 27 27 27
(1) Angel Eftimov 7 1 2 3 1 7
(2) Orlin Janakiev 8 2 1 2 3 8
(3) Nikolai Cvetkov 8 1 1 3 3 8
(4) Atanas Stojanov 4 2 1 1 F 4
(17) Nikolai Parvanov 0 0
4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 5 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
(13) Vlado Kocuvan 0 0 0 0 0 0
(14) Stefan Kekec 2 1 0 0 1 2
(15) Djuro Fleten 3 1 0 1 1 3
(16) Ivan Posedi 0 0 0 0 0 0
(20) Darko Tominac 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

* Soviet Union and Nederlands to Continental Semifinal

Tournament

Continental Semifinal
  • July 17
  • West Germany Abensberg, Abensberg Stadion
  • Att: 18,000
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 Soviet Union Soviet Union 34 2 2 4 7 10 12 14 15 18 21 22 25 28 29 32 34 34 34 34 34
(9) Grigory Khlinovsky 10 2 3 3 2 10
(10) Vladimir Paznikov 0 0
(11) Nikolay Kornev 3 X 1 1 1 3
(12) Mikhail Starostin 10 2 2 3 3 10
(19) Valery Gordeev 11 3 2 3 3 11
2 West Germany West Germany 27 0 3 6 8 8 8 11 14 14 16 19 20 20 22 24 27 27 27 27 27
(1) Georg Hack 9 2 3 1 3 9
(2) Egon Muller 11 3 3 3 2 11
(3) Waldemar Bacik 5 3 F 2 0 5
(4) Alois Wiesböck 2 0 0 X 2 2
(17) Georg Gilgenreiner 0 0
3 Netherlands Nederlands 20 3 4 5 6 8 11 11 11 13 13 15 15 16 19 19 20 20 20 20 20
(5) Henny Kroeze 9 3 3 2 1 9
(6) Rudi Muts 3 1 2 F F 3
(7) Frits Koppe 4 1 0 - 3 4
(8) Henk Steman 4 1 0 2 1 4
(18) Frits Koning 0 0 0
4 Italy Italy 15 1 3 3 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 10 12 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15
(13) Francesco Biginato 4 2 1 1 0 4
(14) Giuseppe Marzotto 5 1 2 1 1 5
(15) Mauro Ferraccioli 3 0 1 2 0 3
(16) Sandro Pastorelli 3 0 1 E 2 3
(20) Dario Famari 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

* Soviet Union 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 Poland Poland 31 1 2 5 8 8 11 14 17 17 17 20 23 25 27 29 31 31 31 31 31
(1) Edward Jancarz 11 3 3 3 2 11
(2) Marek Cieślak 11 3 3 3 2 11
(3) Bolesław Proch 6 1 3 0 2 6
(4) Andrzej Huszcza 1 1 - 0 - 1
(17) Jerzy Rembas 2 0 2 2
2 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 27 0 3 5 5 6 8 9 9 12 15 17 18 21 24 27 27 27 27 27 27
(5) Jiří Štancl 4 E 2 2 E 4
(6) Jan Verner 8 3 1 1 3 8
(7) Václav Verner 7 E 1 3 3 7
(8) Aleš Dryml Sr. 8 2 0 3 3 8
(18) Petr Ondrašík 0 0
3 Soviet Union Soviet Union 22 3 5 6 7 9 10 12 14 15 17 18 20 20 21 21 22 22 22 22 22
(13) Nikolay Kornev 5 2 2 1 - 5
(14) Mikhail Starostin 7 3 2 2 0 7
(15) Vladimir Smirnov 2 1 1 - - 2
(16) Grigory Khlinovsky 2 1 - 1 0 2
(20) Valery Gordeev 6 2 2 1 1 6
4 West Germany West Germany 16 2 2 2 4 7 7 7 8 10 11 11 11 12 12 13 16 16 16 16 16
(9) Waldemar Bacik 7 0 3 1 3 7
(10) Georg Hack 5 2 F 2 1 5
(11) Georg Gilgenreiner 1 0 1 F 0 1
(12) Alois Wiesböck 3 2 0 0 1 3
(19) - 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 Czechoslovakia to Final

Intercontinental 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 33 0 1 4 5 7 10 13 16 17 20 23 25 28 31 33 33 33 33 33 33
(1) Peter Collins 6 1 3 2 E 6
(2) Malcolm Simmons 11 3 3 3 2 11
(3) Michael Lee 10 1 3 3 3 10
(4) Dave Jessup 0 0 - - - 0
(17) John Davis 6 2 1 3 6
2 Denmark Denmark 25 2 5 6 6 9 10 11 13 15 15 15 18 18 20 23 25 25 25 25 25
(5) Mike Lohmann 5 2 1 E 2 5
(6) Ole Olsen 12 3 3 3 3 12
(7) Finn Thomsen 3 0 1 - 2 3
(8) Hans Nielsen 5 1 2 2 0 5
(18) Alf Busk 0 0 0
3 Sweden Sweden 23 3 5 7 10 11 11 13 14 17 18 19 19 20 20 20 23 23 23 23 23
(13) Anders Michanek 10 2 2 3 3 10
(14) Jan Andersson 5 3 1 1 0 5
(15) Christer Sjösten 2 2 E 0 0 2
(16) Bernt Persson 6 3 1 1 1 6
(20) Sören Karlsson 0 0
4 Australia Australia 15 1 1 1 3 3 5 5 5 5 7 9 10 12 13 14 15 15 15 15 15
(9) Phil Crump 1 0 0 - 1 1
(10) John Titman 5 2 2 0 1 5
(11) John Boulger 2 0 0 2 - 2
(12) Phil Herne 3 1 0 - 2 3
(19) Mick McKeon 4 2 1 1 4
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 and Denmark 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 Denmark Denmark 37 2 4 7 10 12 13 16 19 22 23 26 27 30 32 35 37 37 37 37 37
(13) Ole Olsen 10 2 3 3 2 10
(14) Mike Lohmann 9 2 3 1 3 9
(15) Finn Thomsen 7 3 1 1 2 7
(16) Hans Nielsen 11 3 2 3 3 11
(20) Kristian Præstbro 0 0
2 England England 27 3 3 4 4 7 10 10 12 13 16 18 21 22 25 27 27 27 27 27 27
(5) Malcolm Simmons 8 3 3 2 E 8
(6) Dave Jessup 5 0 - 3 2 5
(7) Peter Collins 6 0 0 3 3 6
(8) Gordon Kennett 3 1 2 - - 3
(18) Michael Lee 5 3 1 1 5
3 Poland Poland 19 1 4 4 6 7 7 8 9 9 9 9 11 13 14 15 16 19 19 19 19
(1) Edward Jancarz 9 2 1 2 1 6 3
(2) Zenon Plech 1 0 1 0 - 1
(3) Marek Cieślak 5 3 0 0 2 5
(4) Jerzy Rembas 3 1 1 0 1 3
(17) Andrzej Huszcza 1 1 1
4 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 18 0 1 3 4 4 6 8 8 10 12 13 13 13 13 13 16 18 18 18 18
(9) Jiří Štancl 9 2 0 2 3 7 2
(10) Jan Verner 5 1 2 2 X 5
(11) Václav Verner 2 1 0 1 0 2
(12) Aleš Dryml Sr. 2 F 2 0 0 2
(19) Petr Ondrašík 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.
  4. "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  5. "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  6. "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
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