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1976 Speedway World Team Cup

17th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition

17th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition

The 1976 Speedway World Team Cup was the 17th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.

The final took place at the White City Stadium in London. 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.

Qualification

British (& Commonwealth) Round

  • 16 May
  • ENG Foxhall Stadium, Ipswich
  • Referee: SWE R. Randborg

|John Boulger |2|2|3|2| |Phil Crump |3|3|2|2| |Billy Sanders |3|3|3|3| |Phil Herne |3|2|2|2| |Bob Humphreys |John Louis ||1.3i=F|3|2|3| |Peter Collins |3|2|3|3| |Dave Jessup |2|3||3.11i=F|3| |Malcolm Simmons |2|2|2|2| |Martin Ashby |Jim McMillan |1|1|1|0| |Bobby Beaton |0|0|1|1| |George Hunter ||3.3i=F||3.6i=-||3.12i=-||3.14i=-| |Brian Collins |1|1|3||4.13i=F| |Willie Templeton |5.3p=1|5.6p=0|5.12p=0|5.14p=1| |Bruce Cribb |1|1|1|1| |Larry Ross |0|0|1|0| |Dave Gifford |0|0|0|0| |Colin Farquharson |2|1||4.9i=F||4.13i=F| |Jack Millen

  • Australia to Final

Scandinavian Round

  • 30 May
  • FIN Eteläpuisto, Tampere
P1}}1stP2}}2ndP3}}3rd4th
p1}} - 41
Bengt Jansson - 12
Anders Michanek - 12
Bernt Persson - 12
Tommy Nilsson - 5
Sören Karlsson - 0p2}} - 27
Dag Lovaas - 8
Reidar Eide - 7
Edgar Stangeland- 7
Audun Ove Olsen - 4
Øyvind S. Berg - 1p3}} - 14
Finn Thomsen - 6
Mike Lohmann - 5
Leif Berlin - 1
Alf Busk - 1
Finn Rune Jensen - 1 - 14
Ila Teromaa - 7
Kai Niemi - 4
Veli-Pekka Teromaa - 2
Markku Helminen - 1
Ari Koponen - 0
  • Sweden to Final

Continental Round

Quarterfinal

  • 13 July
  • ITA Castiglione Olona Speedway, Varese
P1}}1stP2}}2ndP3}}3rd4th
p1}} - 34
Hans Wassermann - 12
Alois Wiesböck - 9
Christoph Betzl - 7
Georg Gilgenreiner - 6p2}} - 32
Paolo Noro - 11
Giuseppe Marzotto - 8
Luigi Bazan- 7
Mauro Ferraccioli - 5
Sandro Pastorelli - 1p3}} - 19
Henny Kroeze - 7
Henk Steman - 7
Frits Koning - 4
Tonny Egges - 1
Frits Koppe - 0 - 10
Hubert Fischbacher - 4
Josef Haider - 4
Peter Sattler - 1
Manfred Trisko - 1
Alex Taudtmann - 0
  • West Germany and Italy to Continental Semifinal

Quarterfinal

  • 13 July
  • YUG Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško
P1}}1stP2}}2ndP3}}3rd4th
p1}} - 42
Josef Minarik - 12
Jan Hadek - 9
Jan Klokocka - 8
Petr Kucera - 8
Vaclav Hejl - 5p2}} - 25+3
Istvan Sziraczki - 10
Laszlo Zahoran - 6
Pal Perenyi- 5
Janos Szöeke - 4
Janos Jakab - 0p3}} - 25+2
Nikolai Manev - 8
Angel Eftimov - 7
Orlin Janakiev - 7
Ivan Dupalov - 3
Christo Simeonov - 0 - 2
Franc Sauperl - 2
Stefan Kekec - 0
Krešo Omerzel - 0
Joze Mausar - 0
Franc Pribovsek - 0
  • Czechoslovakia and Hungary to Continental Semifinal

Semifinal

  • 26 June
  • FRG Ellermühle Stadium, Landshut
P1}}1stP2}}2ndP3}}3rd4th
p1}} - 44
Egon Müller - 12
Christoph Betzl - 11
Hans Wassermann - 11
Alois Wiesböck - 10
Georg Gilgenreiner - 0p2}} - 33
Jiří Štancl - 11
Josef Minarik - 8
Jan Hadek- 6
Jan Klokocka - 5
Petr Ondrašík - 3p3}} - 13
Giuseppe Marzotto - 7
Luigi Bazan - 3
Paolo Noro - 2
Mauro Ferraccioli - 1
Francesco Barbetta - 0 - 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

  • 3 July
  • CSK Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný

|Edward Jancarz |2|2|1|2| |Zenon Plech |3|2|1|2| |Jerzy Rembas |3|3|3|1| |Marek Cieślak |1||4.5i=-|1||4.13i=-| |Jan Mucha |5.5p=1|5.13p=2| |Vladimir Gordeev |2|1|3|1| |Valery Gordeev |1|2|1|3| |Grigory Khlinovsky |1|1|3|3| |Viktor Trofimov |3|3||4.9i=F||4.14i=-| |Mikhail Starostin |5.14p=0| |Jiří Štancl |2|3|3|3| |Jan Hadek |2|0||2.10i=-|0| |Josef Minarik |0|0||3.12i=-|3| |Jan Klokocka |1|1|2||4.13i=-| |Václav Verner |5.10p=2|5.12p=2|5.13p=0| |Egon Müller |0|3|0||1.16i=E| |Alois Wiesböck |0|0||2.12i=-|1| |Christoph Betzl |0|0||3.10i=-|2| |Hans Wassermann |3|2|2|1| |Georg Gilgenreiner |5.10p=0|5.12p=0|

  • Poland and Soviet Union to Final

World Final

  • 19 September
  • ENG White City Stadium, London
  • Att: 9,000
  • Referee: FRG Gunther Sober

|John Boulger |3||1.5i=F|0|3| |Phil Crump |3|3|2|3| |Billy Sanders |2|2|2|1| |Phil Herne |2|0|2|3| |Garry Middleton |Edward Jancarz |3|2|3|1| |Zenon Plech |1|3||2.12i=F|2| |Marek Cieślak |1||3.7i=-|3|3| |Jerzy Rembas |0|3|1|1| |Bolesław Proch |5.7p=1| |Anders Michanek |3|3|3|2| |Bengt Jansson |1||2.8i=F||2.10i=-||2.15i=-| |Bernt Persson |2|1|3|2| |Lars-Åke Andersson |2|1||4.11i=E|2| |Christer Löfqvist |5.10p=1|5.15i=E| |Viktor Trofimov |0||1.8i=-||1.12i=-||1.16i=-| |Valery Gordeev |1|2|1|1| |Grigory Khlinovsky |0|0|2|0| |Vladimir Gordeev |0|2|0|0| |Vladimir Paznikov |5.8p=1|5.12p=1|5.16p=0|

References

References

  1. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian. (1987). "The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results". Guinness Superlatives.
  2. Oakes, Peter. (1981). "1981 Speedway Yearbook". Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd.
  3. Bott, Richard. (1980). "The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4". Stanley Paul & Co Ltd.
  4. "Speedway riders, history and results".
  5. "World Team Cup 1960-1990".
  6. "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS".
  7. "1976 WORLD TEAM CUP".
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