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 Stage 1

British & Commonwealth Round

May 21
Smallmead Stadium, Reading
Referee: A. Humphrey

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	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	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	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	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

Scandinavian Round

June 4
Tampere Stadium, Tampere
Att: 2,000

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

Continental Round

May 21
Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt

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

May 21
Mladost Stadum, Prelog

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	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	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	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	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

Semifinal

July 17
Abensberg Stadion, Abensberg
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	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	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	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	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

Qualification Stage 2

Continental Final

July 29
Leningrad Speedway Stadium, Leningrad

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	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	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	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	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 World Final

Intercontinental Final

June 18
Hyde Road, Manchester
Referee: Tore Kittilsen

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	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	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	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	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 World Final

World Final

September 16
Landshut, Stadion Ellermühle^[7]
Referee: Tore Kittilsen
Att: 7,000

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	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	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	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	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

References

^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 25–26. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 98. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
^ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "1978 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

[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.

[7] "1978 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

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1978 Speedway World Team Cup

Qualification Stage 1

British & Commonwealth Round

Scandinavian Round

Continental Round

Qualification Stage 2

Continental Final

Intercontinental Final

World Final

See also

References

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