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1977 Speedway World Team Cup
18th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition
18th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition
The 1977 Speedway World Team Cup was the 18th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.
The final took place at the Stadion Olimpijski (Wrocław) in Poland. 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.

Qualification
British & Commonwealth Round
- 19 June
- ENG Smallmead Stadium, Reading
- Referee: SWE C Bergstrom
|Dave Jessup |3|3|3|3| |Malcolm Simmons |3|3|3|3| |John Davis |2|1||3.10i=-|3| |Peter Collins |2|3|3|3| |Michael Lee |5.10p=1| |John Boulger |1|1|2|2| |Phil Crump |3|3|2|2| |Billy Sanders |2|2|3|2| |Phil Herne |2|2|2|2| |Mitch Shirra |Jim McMillan |1|2|1|1| |Bobby Beaton ||2.1i=E|2|2|0| |Brian Collins |0||3.6i=X|1|1| |Bert Harkins |0|0|1|1| |Benny Rourke |Larry Ross |1|1|0|0| |Bruce Cribb |3|1|0|1| |Robin Adlington |0|0|0|0| |Dave Gifford |1||4.7i=-|0||4.13i=-| |John Goodall
- England to Final
Scandinavian Round
- 19 June
- NOR Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien
| P1}} | 1st | P2}} | 2nd | P3}} | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| p1}} | - 37 | |||||
| Bernt Persson - 11 | ||||||
| Tommy Nilsson - 10 | ||||||
| Bengt Jansson - 9 | ||||||
| Anders Michanek - 5 | ||||||
| Jan Andersson - 2 | p2}} | - 28 | ||||
| Ole Olsen - 12 | ||||||
| Mike Lohmann - 7 | ||||||
| Alf Busk - 5 | ||||||
| Finn Jensen - 3 | ||||||
| Bo Petersen - 1 | p3}} | - 25 | ||||
| Kai Niemi - 8 | ||||||
| Ila Teromaa - 8 | ||||||
| Rauli Makinen - 5 | ||||||
| Markku Helminen - 4 | - 5 | |||||
| Tom Godal - 2 | ||||||
| Audun Ove Olsen - 2 | ||||||
| Jan Terje Gravningen - 1 | ||||||
| Tormod Langli - 0 |
- Sweden to Final
Continental Round
QuarterFinal
- 21 May
- FRG Ellermühle Stadium, Landshut
| P1}} | 1st | P2}} | 2nd | P3}} | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| p1}} | - 42 | |||||
| Egon Müller - 12 | ||||||
| Christoph Betzl - 11 | ||||||
| Hans Wassermann - 9 | ||||||
| Alois Wiesböck - 7 | ||||||
| Georg Gilgenreiner - 3 | p2}} | - 24 | ||||
| Frits Koppe - 8 | ||||||
| Henny Kroeze - 8 | ||||||
| Henk Steman - 4 | ||||||
| Frits Koning - 3 | ||||||
| Rudi Muts - 1 | p3}} | - 19 | ||||
| Hubert Fischbacher - 6 | ||||||
| Walter Grubmuler - 5 | ||||||
| Adi Funk - 4 | ||||||
| Gunther Walla - 4 | - 11 | |||||
| Janos Berki - 5 | ||||||
| Herbert Szerecs - 5 | ||||||
| Laszlo Meszaros - 1 | ||||||
| Janos Szoeke - 0 |
- West Germany and Nederlands to Continental Semifinal
QuarterFinal
- 22 May
- YUG City Garden Stadium, Osijek
| P1}} | 1st | P2}} | 2nd | P3}} | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| p1}} | - 41 | |||||
| Jan Verner - 12 | ||||||
| Ivon Vobornik - 9 | ||||||
| Aleš Dryml Sr. - 7 | ||||||
| Josef Minarik - 7 | ||||||
| Jan Klokocka - 6 | p2}} | - 28 | ||||
| Orlin Janakiev - 8 | ||||||
| Grigory Adarov - 7 | ||||||
| Angel Eftimov - 7 | ||||||
| Nikolai Manev - 6 | p3}} | - 25 | ||||
| Luigi Biginato - 7 | ||||||
| Paolo Noro - 7 | ||||||
| Francesko Barbetta - 6 | ||||||
| Fabio Pastorelli - 5 | - 2 | |||||
| Stefan Kecek - 1 | ||||||
| Vlado Kocuvan - 1 | ||||||
| Djuro Fleten - 0 | ||||||
| ? Goniniak - 0 |
- Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria to Continental Semifinal
SemiFinal
- 22 May
- HUN Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc
| P1}} | 1st | P2}} | 2nd | P3}} | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| p1}} | - 40 | |||||
| Jiří Štancl - 11 | ||||||
| Jan Verner - 11 | ||||||
| Aleš Dryml Sr. - 9 | ||||||
| Josef Minarik - 7 | ||||||
| Jan Hadek - 2 | p2}} | - 33 | ||||
| Christoph Betzl - 11 | ||||||
| Hans Wassermann - 10 | ||||||
| Alois Wiesböck - 9 | ||||||
| Georg Gilgenreiner - 3 | p3}} | - 18 | ||||
| Frits Koppe - 5 | ||||||
| Frits Koning - 4 | ||||||
| Henk Steman - 4 | ||||||
| Rudi Muts - 3 | ||||||
| Henny Kroeze - 2 | - 5 | |||||
| Nikolai Manev - 2 | ||||||
| Ivan Dupalov - 1 | ||||||
| Angel Eftimov - 1 | ||||||
| Orlin Janakiev - 1 |
- Czechoslovakia and West Germany to Continental Final
Final
- 9 July
- CSK Marketa Stadium, Prague
- Att: 12,000
|Jiří Štancl |3|0|2|1| |Václav Verner |2|2|3|3| |Jan Verner |1|2|2|3| |Aleš Dryml Sr. |2|3|1|2| |Jan Hadek |Zenon Plech |3|1|3|3| |Edward Jancarz |2|2|3|2| |Jan Mucha |0||3.7i=-||3.10i=-||3.14i=-| |Jerzy Rembas |2|1|2|1| |Bogusław Nowak |5.7p=2|5.10p=1|5.14p=2| |Egon Müller |3|3|2|2| |Christoph Betzl |0|0|0||2.15i=-| |Hans Wassermann |3|3|3|3| |Alois Wiesböck |0||4.5i=-|1|1| |Georg Gilgenreiner |5.5p=3|5.15p=1| |Sergey Dyuzhev |0|1|0||1.16i=-| |Grigory Khlinovsky |1|0|0|0| |Vladimir Paznikov |1|0|0|0| |Vladimir Rozhanchuk |1|1|1|0| |Nikolay Kornev |5.16p=0|
- Czechoslovakia and Poland to Final
World Final
- 18 September
- POL Olympic Stadium, Wrocław
- Att: 55,000
|Peter Collins |3|2|3|2| |Malcolm Simmons |1|2||2.10i=-||2.15i=-| |Michael Lee |2|1|3|3| |Dave Jessup |2|3|1|3| |John Davis |5.10p=3|5.15p=3| |Jerzy Rembas |3|3|0||1.16i=E| |Edward Jancarz |3|3|2|2| |Bogusław Nowak |1|2|2|1| |Marek Cieslak |0|2|0||4.14i=-| |Ryszard Fabiszewski |5.14p=1| |Jiří Štancl |2|0|3|3| |Václav Verner |2|1|2|0| |Jan Verner |1|1|1|2| |Aleš Dryml Sr. |0|1|2|2| |Petr Ondrašík |Bengt Jansson |1|0|0|1| |Anders Michanek |0|3|1|1| |Tommy Nilsson |0||3.8i=-||3.11i=-||3.14i=E| |Bernt Persson |3|0|1|0| |Sören Karlsson |5.8p=0|5.11p=0|
References
References
- Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian. (1987). "The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results". Guinness Superlatives.
- Oakes, Peter. (1981). "1981 Speedway Yearbook". Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd.
- Bott, Richard. (1980). "The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4". Stanley Paul & Co Ltd.
- "Speedway riders, history and results".
- "World Team Cup".
- "World Team Cup 1960-1990".
- "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS".
- (19 September 1977). "Collins leads Britain to victory".
- "1977 WORLD TEAM CUP".
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