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1979 Speedway World Team Cup

20th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition

20th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition

The 1979 Speedway World Team Cup was the 20th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.

The final took place on 16 September at the White City Stadium in London. New Zealand won their first title defeating defending champions Denmark, who finished in second place.

Qualification Stage 1

Commonwealth Round

  • 20 May
  • ENG Smallmead Stadium, Reading
  • Referee: SWE C.Bergstrom

|Ivan Mauger |3|2|2|2| |Larry Ross |2|1|3|1| |Mitch Shirra |3|3|2|3| |Bruce Cribb |0|1|1|1| |Roger Abel |Bruce Penhall |2|3|0||1.16i=F| |Kelly Moran |3||2.6i=E|1|3| |Bobby Schwartz |2|2|2|2| |Steve Gresham |3||4.7i=F||4.12i=T|3| |Dennis Sigalos |Malcolm Simmons |0||1.6i=-||1.11i=-||1.16i=-| |Gordon Kennett |1|2|1|2| |Peter Collins |2|1|2||3.14i=F| |Michael Lee |1|3|0||4.13i=-| |Dave Jessup |5.6p=1|5.11p=3|5.13p=2|5.16p=1| |Phil Crump |1|0|3|3| |Billy Sanders ||2.3i=E|3||2.11i=F|0| |Phil Herne |0|2||3.10i=-||3.13i=-| |John Titman |1|0|3|1| |John Boulger |5.10p=1|5.13p=0| *** New Zealand and USA to Intercontinental Final**

Scandinavian Round

  • 20 May
  • FIN Eteläpuisto, Tampere
P1}}1stP2}}2ndP3}}3rd4th
p1}} - 39
Hans Nielsen - 12
Ole Olsen - 11
Mike Lohmann - 10
Bo Petersen - 4
Erik Gundersen - 2p2}} - 32
Anders Michanek - 10
Bernt Persson - 9
Jan Andersson- 8
Tommy Nilsson - 3
Stefan Salomonsson - 2p3}} - 16
Kai Niemi - 7
Pekka Hautamaki - 4
Ari Koponen - 3
Olli Turkia - 2
Ila Teromaa - 0 - 9
Tormod Langli - 6
Reidar Eide - 1
Tom Godal - 1
Rolf Gramstad - 1
Toralf Olen - 0

*** Denmark and Sweden to Intercontinental Final**

Continental Round

  • 20 May
  • FRG Illerstadion, Kempten
P1}}1stP2}}2ndP3}}3rd4th
p1}} - 32
Herbert Szerecs - 10
Walter Grubmüler - 9
Adi Funk - 7
Hubert Fischbacher - 5
Gunther Walla - 1p2}} - 30
Frits Koppe - 9
Henny Kroeze - 8
Rudi Muts- 5
Frits Koning - 4
Henk Steman - 4p3}} - 29
Waldemar Bacik - 9
Georg Hack - 9
Karl Maier - 8
Georg Gilgenreiner - 2
Wolfgang Mayr - 1 - 5
Frank Hagar - 2
Ivan Vobujak - 2
Vlado Kocuvan - 1
Manfred Kosmut - 0
Jozef Mavsar - 0

*** Austria and Netherlands to Continental Semifinal**

  • 20 May
  • HUN Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc
P1}}1stP2}}2ndP3}}3rd4th
p1}} - 34
Mikhail Starostin - 11
Valery Gordeev - 9
Grigory Khlinovsky - 7
Sergey Denisov - 6
Vladimir Klychkov - 1p2}} - 30
Laszlo Meszaros - 9
Istvan Sziraczki - 9
Janos Szoeke- 9
Tibor Danka - 1
Antal Tamcsu - 0p3}} - 25
Giuseppe Marzotto - 9
Paulo Noro - 7
Mauro Ferracciolo - 5
Francesco Biginato - 4 - 9
Atanasz Janakiev - 3
Orlin Janakiev - 3
Nikolai Manev - 2
Deter Kostov - 1
Angel Eftimov - 0

*** Soviet Union and Hungary to Continental Semifinal**

Semifinal

  • 15 July
  • CSK Svítkova Stadion, Pardubice

|Mikhail Starostin |3|3|3|3| |Valery Gordeev |3|3|3|3| |Viktor Kuznetsov ||3.3i=F|3|3|3| |Grigory Khlinovsky |3|3|3|3| |Anatoly Maksimov |Istvan Sziraczki |2|1|1|2| |Janos Szoeke |3|0|2|0| |Laszlo Meszaros |1|2|2|2| |Janos Jacob |2|0||4.9i=-||4.14i=-| |Antal Tamcsu |5.9p=0|5.14p=1| |Frits Koning |1|0|1||1.16i=-| |Piet Seur |0||2.5i=-||2.12i=-||2.15i=-| |Frits Koppe |1|2||3.10i=F||3.14i=F| |Henk Steman |2|2|1|0| |Rudi Muts |5.5p=2|5.12p=2|5.15p=2|5.16i=F| |Herbert Szerecs |1|1|1|1| |Adi Funk |0|1|2|1| |Hubert Fischbacher |2|0||3.11i=E|2| |Walter Grubmüler |0|1||4.12i=-|1| |Siegfried Eder |5.12i=E| *** Soviet Union and Hungary to Continental Final**

Qualifying Stage 2

Continental Final

  • 29 July
  • POL Olympic Stadium, Wrocław
  • Att: 35,000

|Zenon Plech |3|3|3||1.16i=-| |Robert Słaboń |3|3|2|2| |Jerzy Rembas |3|3|1|3| |Edward Jancarz |3|3|3||4.13i=-| |Andrzej Huszcza |5.13p=1|5.16p=1| |Jiří Štancl |2|2|1|3| |Aleš Dryml Sr. |2|2|1|2| |Petr Ondrašík |1|1||3.10i=-||3.13i=-| |Zdeněk Kudrna ||4.1i=F|2|1|3| |Václav Verner |5.10p=2|5.13p=3| |Valery Gordeev |2|2|3|2| |Mikhail Starostin |2|1|2|3| |Grigory Khlinovsky |1|1|1|2| |Viktor Kuznetsov |1|1|1|2| |Anatoly Maksimov |Ferenc Farkas |0|0|0||1.16i=-| |Laszlo Juhasz |1|0|0|0| |Zoltán Adorján |0|0|0||3.14i=-| |Zoltan Hajdu |0|0|0|0| |Csaba Nagy |5.14i=0|5.16i=E| *** Poland and Czechoslovakia to Final**

Intercontinental Final

  • 14 June
  • SWE Snälltorpet, Eskilstuna
  • Att: 4,400

|Ivan Mauger |2|3|3|3| |Larry Ross |3|3|1|0| |Mitch Shirra |3|2|2|0| |Bruce Cribb |0|0|2|2| |Roger Abel |Ole Olsen |2|3|3|2| |Mike Lohmann |3|2|0|3| |Hans Nielsen |0|2||3.10i=T|3| |Bo Petersen |0|1||4.9i=-|3| |Bent Rasmussen |5.9p=0| |Kelly Moran |1|2|3|2| |Bruce Penhall |2||2.6i=T|3|0| |Bobby Schwartz |2|0|2|1| |Steve Gresham |1|1|0|2| |Ron Preston |Richard Hellsen |3|1|1|1| |Anders Michanek |1|3|1|1| |Jan Andersson |0|1|1|1| |Bernt Persson |1|0|2|0| |Bo Wirebrand *** New Zealand and Denmark to World Final**

World Final

  • 16 September
  • ENG White City Stadium, London
  • Referee: FRG Gunther Sorber

|Ivan Mauger |3|3|3||1.16i=F| |Larry Ross |3|3|2|3| |Mitch Shirra |2|2|3|3| |Bruce Cribb |1|1|1|2| |Roger Abel |Ole Olsen |3|3|3|3| |Hans Nielsen |3|3|2|1| |Mike Lohmann |2|1|2|1| |Finn Thomsen |1|0||4.11i=-|3| |Bo Petersen |5.11i=E| |Jiří Štancl |0|1|3|2| |Zdeněk Kudrna ||2.3i=X|2|2|0| |Aleš Dryml Sr. |1|2|1|1| |Václav Verner |0|1|1|2| |Petr Ondrašík |Piotr Pyszny |2|0|1|1| |Zenon Plech ||2.2i=E|2|0|2| |Robert Słaboń |2||3.7i=F||3.10i=F||3.14i=-| |Marek Cieślak |1||4.8i=E||4.9i=-||4.13i=F| |Andrzej Tkocz |5.9p=0|5.14p=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. "1979 WORLD TEAM CUP".
  5. Bott, Richard. (1980). "The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4". Stanley Paul & Co Ltd.
  6. "Speedway riders, history and results".
  7. "World Team Cup 1960-1990".
  8. "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS".
  9. (17 September 1979). "Mauger's dream come true".
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