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1978 Speedway World Team Cup

19th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition

19th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition

The 1978 Speedway World Team Cup was the 19th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.

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

Qualification Stage 1

British & Commonwealth Round

  • May 21
  • ENG Smallmead Stadium, Reading
  • Referee: ENG A. Humphrey

|Malcolm Simmons |3|3|3|2| |Peter Collins |3|3|3|3| |Dave Jessup |3|3|0|3| |Gordon Kennett |3|3|2|3| |John Davis |Phil Crump ||1.4i=E|2|2|0| |Phil Herne |0||2.7i=-||2.11i=-||2.15i=-| |John Boulger |2|2|3||3.13i=F| |Billy Sanders |0|1||4.9i=-|1| |John Titman |5.7p=2|5.9p=3|5.11p=1|5.15p=2| |Scott Autrey |2|2|2|3| |Steve Gresham |2|1|1||2.15i=-| |Bruce Penhall |0|1|2|0| |Mike Curoso |1|1|0|2| |Jim Gresham |5.15p=0| |Larry Ross |1|0|0|1| |Mitch Shirra |2|0|1|1| |Bruce Cribb |1||3.6i=F|1|2| |Roger Abel |1||4.5i=-||4.11i=-|1| |Cliff Anderson |5.11p=0| *** England and Australia to Intercontinental Final**

Scandinavian Round

  • June 4
  • FIN Tampere Stadium, Tampere
  • Att: 2,000
P1}}1stP2}}2ndP3}}3rd4th
p1}} - 34
Finn Thomsen - 11
Mike Lohmann - 9
Hans Nielsen - 8
Ole Olsen - 6p2}} - 33
Bernt Persson - 11
Jan Andersson - 9
Tommy Nilsson - 9
Sören Karlsson - 2
Bo Wirebrand - 2p3}} - 21
Kai Niemi - 7
Seppo Palomaki - 5
Ila Teromaa - 5
Rauli Makinen - 4
Ari Koponen - 0 - 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**

Continental Round

  • May 21
  • AUT Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt
P1}}1stP2}}2ndP3}}3rd4th
p1}} - 38
Alois Wiesböck - 12
Georg Hack - 9
Hans Wassermann - 9
Egon Müller - 8p2}} - 29
Giuseppe Marzotto - 10
Francesco Biginato - 7
Mauro Ferraccioli - 7
Sandro Pastorelli - 5p3}} - 15
Laszlo Meszaros - 6
Istvan Sziraczki - 6
Janos Oresko - 2
Janos Jakob - 1 - 14
Josef Haider - 6
Adi Funk - 3
Herbert Szerecs - 2
Gunther Walla - 2
Hubert Fischbacher - 1

*** West Germany and Italy to Continental Semifinal**

  • May 21
  • YUG Mladost Stadum, Prelog

|Grigory Khlinovsky ||1.1i=F|2|1|3| |Vladimir Paznikov |3|2|2|2| |Mikhail Starostin |3|3|2|3| |Nikolay Kornev ||4.3i=F|3|2|1| |Oleg Rakhimov |Henk Steman |3|3|1||1.16i=-| |Henny Kroeze |2|3|3||2.15i=X| |Frits Koning |2|1||3.11i=-|2| |Frits Koppe |3|2|0|2| |Rudi Muts |5.11p=3|5.16p=2| |Angel Eftimov |1|2|3|1| |Orlin Janakiev |2|1|2|3| |Nikolai Cvetkov |1|1|3|3| |Atanas Stojanov |2|1|1||4.14i=F| |Nikolai Parvanov |Vlado Kocuvan |0|0|0|0| |Stefan Kekec |1|0|0|1| |Djuro Fleten |1|0|1|1| |Ivan Posedi |0|0|0|0| |Darko Tominac *** Soviet Union and Nederlands to Continental Semifinal**

Semifinal

  • July 17
  • FRG Abensberg Stadion, Abensberg
  • Att: 18,000

|Grigory Khlinovsky |2|3|3|2| |Vladimir Paznikov ||||| |Nikolay Kornev ||3.2i=X|1|1|1| |Mikhail Starostin |2|2|3|3| |Valery Gordeev |5.4p=3|5.6p=2|5.9p=3|5.15p=3| |Georg Hack |2|3|1|3| |Egon Muller |3|3|3|2| |Waldemar Bacik |3||3.6i=F|2|0| |Alois Wiesböck |0|0||4.9i=X|2| |Georg Gilgenreiner |Henny Kroeze |3|3|2|1| |Rudi Muts |1|2||2.12i=F||2.15i=F| |Frits Koppe |1|0||3.10i=-|3| |Henk Steman |1|0|2|1| |Frits Koning |5.10p=0| |Francesco Biginato |2|1|1|0| |Giuseppe Marzotto |1|2|1|1| |Mauro Ferraccioli |0|1|2|0| |Sandro Pastorelli |0|1||4.11i=E|2| |Dario Famari *** Soviet Union and West Germany to Continental Final**

Qualification Stage 2

Continental Final

  • July 29
  • USSR Leningrad Speedway Stadium, Leningrad

|Edward Jancarz |3|3|3|2| |Marek Cieślak |3|3|3|2| |Bolesław Proch |1|3|0|2| |Andrzej Huszcza |1||4.5i=-|0||4.14i=-| |Jerzy Rembas |5.5p=0|5.14p=2| |Jiří Štancl ||1.1i=E|2|2||1.16i=E| |Jan Verner |3|1|1|3| |Václav Verner ||3.4i=E|1|3|3| |Aleš Dryml Sr. |2|0|3|3| |Petr Ondrašík |Nikolay Kornev |2|2|1||1.16i=-| |Mikhail Starostin |3|2|2|0| |Vladimir Smirnov |1|1||3.12i=-||3.14i=-| |Grigory Khlinovsky |1||4.5i=-|1|0| |Valery Gordeev |5.5p=2|5.12p=2|5.14p=1|5.16p=1| |Waldemar Bacik |0|3|1|3| |Georg Hack |2||2.6i=F|2|1| |Georg Gilgenreiner |0|1||3.11i=F|0| |Alois Wiesböck |2|0|0|1| | - *** Poland and Czechoslovakia to World Final**

Intercontinental Final

  • June 18
  • ENG Hyde Road, Manchester
  • Referee: NOR Tore Kittilsen

|Peter Collins |1|3|2||1.16i=E| |Malcolm Simmons |3|3|3|2| |Michael Lee |1|3|3|3| |Dave Jessup |0||4.5i=-||4.9i=-||4.14i=-| |John Davis |5.5p=2|5.9p=1|5.14p=3| |Mike Lohmann |2|1||1.11i=E|2| |Ole Olsen |3|3|3|3| |Finn Thomsen |0|1||3.10i=-|2| |Hans Nielsen |1|2|2|0| |Alf Busk |5.10p=0| |Anders Michanek |2|2|3|3| |Jan Andersson |3|1|1|0| |Christer Sjösten |2||3.6i=E|0|0| |Bernt Persson |3|1|1|1| |Sören Karlsson |Phil Crump |0|0||1.10i=-|1| |John Titman |2|2|0|1| |John Boulger |0|0|2||3.14i=-| |Phil Herne |1|0||4.12i=-|2| |Mick McKeon |5.10p=2|5.12p=1|5.14p=1| *** England and Denmark to World Final**

World Final

  • September 16
  • FRG Landshut, Stadion Ellermühle
  • Referee: NOR Tore Kittilsen
  • Att: 7,000

|Ole Olsen |2|3|3|2| |Mike Lohmann |2|3|1|3| |Finn Thomsen |3|1|1|2| |Hans Nielsen |3|2|3|3| |Kristian Præstbro |Malcolm Simmons |3|3|2||1.16i=E| |Dave Jessup |0||2.5i=-|3|2| |Peter Collins |0|0|3|3| |Gordon Kennett |1|2||4.9i=-||4.13i=-| |Michael Lee |5.5p=3|5.9p=1|5.13p=1| |Edward Jancarz |2|1|2|1|17|1.17p=3 |Zenon Plech |0|1|0||2.15i=-| |Marek Cieślak |3|0|0|2| |Jerzy Rembas |1|1|0|1| |Andrzej Huszcza |5.15p=1| |Jiří Štancl |2|0|2|3|17|1.17p=2 |Jan Verner |1|2|2||2.15i=X| |Václav Verner |1|0|1|0| |Aleš Dryml Sr. ||4.1i=F|2|0|0| |Petr Ondrašík

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. "1978 WORLD TEAM CUP".
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