1977 Speedway World Team Cup

The 1977 Speedway World Team Cup was the 18th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The final took place at the Stadion Olimpijski (Wrocław) in Poland.^[4]^[5] 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.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Qualification

British & Commonwealth Round

19 June
Smallmead Stadium, Reading
Referee: C Bergstrom

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	42	3	6	8	10	13	16	17	20	23	24	27	30	33	36	39	42		42	42	42	42
	(5) Dave Jessup	12	3					3					3					3	12
	(6) Malcolm Simmons	12		3			3							3			3		12
	(7) John Davis	6				2			1			-				3			6
	(8) Peter Collins	11			2					3	3				3				11
	(18) Michael Lee	1										1							1

2	Australia	33	2	4	7	8	10	12	15	16	18	21	23	25	27	29	31	33		33	33	33	33
	(1) John Boulger	6				1				1				2				2	6
	(2) Phil Crump	10			3				3				2				2		10
	(3) Billy Sanders	9		2				2				3			2				9
	(4) Phil Herne	8	2				2				2					2			8
	(17) Mitch Shirra	0																	0

3	Scotland	13	0	1	1	1	1	1	3	5	6	8	9	10	11	12	12	13		13	13	13	13
	(13) Jim McMillan	5		1					2		1							1	5
	(14) Bobby Beaton	4	E							2		2					0		4
	(15) Brian Collins	2			0			X						1		1			2
	(16) Bert Harkins	2				0	0						1		1				2
	(20) Benny Rourke	0																	0

4	New Zealand	8	1	1	2	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8		8	8	8	8
	(9) Larry Ross	2			1		1					0						0	2
	(10) Bruce Cribb	5				3		1			0						1		5
	(11) Robin Adlington	0		0						0			0			0			0
	(12) Dave Gifford	1	1						-					0	-				1
	(19) John Goodall	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 to Final

Scandinavian Round

19 June
Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Sweden - 37 Bernt Persson - 11 Tommy Nilsson - 10 Bengt Jansson - 9 Anders Michanek - 5 Jan Andersson - 2	Denmark - 28 Ole Olsen - 12 Mike Lohmann - 7 Alf Busk - 5 Finn Jensen - 3 Bo Petersen - 1	Finland - 25 Kai Niemi - 8 Ila Teromaa - 8 Rauli Makinen - 5 Markku Helminen - 4	Norway - 5 Tom Godal - 2 Audun Ove Olsen - 2 Jan Terje Gravningen - 1 Tormod Langli - 0

Sweden to Final

Continental Round

QuarterFinal

21 May
Ellermühle Stadium, Landshut

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
West Germany - 42 Egon Müller - 12 Christoph Betzl - 11 Hans Wassermann - 9 Alois Wiesböck - 7 Georg Gilgenreiner - 3	Netherlands - 24 Frits Koppe - 8 Henny Kroeze - 8 Henk Steman - 4 Frits Koning - 3 Rudi Muts - 1	Austria - 19 Hubert Fischbacher - 6 Walter Grubmuler - 5 Adi Funk - 4 Gunther Walla - 4	Hungary - 11 Janos Berki - 5 Herbert Szerecs - 5 Laszlo Meszaros - 1 Janos Szoeke - 0

West Germany and Nederlands to Continental Semifinal

QuarterFinal

22 May
City Garden Stadium, Osijek

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Czechoslovakia - 41 Jan Verner - 12 Ivon Vobornik - 9 Aleš Dryml Sr. - 7 Josef Minarik - 7 Jan Klokocka - 6	Bulgaria - 28 Orlin Janakiev - 8 Grigory Adarov - 7 Angel Eftimov - 7 Nikolai Manev - 6	Italy - 25 Luigi Biginato - 7 Paolo Noro - 7 Francesko Barbetta - 6 Fabio Pastorelli - 5	Yugoslavia - 2 Stefan Kecek - 1 Vlado Kocuvan - 1 Djuro Fleten - 0 ? Goniniak - 0

Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria to Continental Semifinal

SemiFinal

May 22
Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Czechoslovakia - 40 Jiří Štancl - 11 Jan Verner - 11 Aleš Dryml Sr. - 9 Josef Minarik - 7 Jan Hadek - 2	West Germany - 33 Christoph Betzl - 11 Hans Wassermann - 10 Alois Wiesböck - 9 Georg Gilgenreiner - 3	Netherlands - 18 Frits Koppe - 5 Frits Koning - 4 Henk Steman - 4 Rudi Muts - 3 Henny Kroeze - 2	Bulgaria - 5 Nikolai Manev - 2 Ivan Dupalov - 1 Angel Eftimov - 1 Orlin Janakiev - 1

Czechoslovakia and West Germany to Continental Final

Final

9 July
Marketa Stadium, Prague
Att: 12,000

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	Czechoslovakia	32	2	3	6	8	8	10	13	15	18	20	22	23	25	28	31	32		32	32	32	32
	(9) Jiří Štancl	6			3		0					2						1	6
	(10) Václav Verner	10				2		2			3						3		10
	(11) Jan Verner	8		1						2			2			3			8
	(12) Aleš Dryml Sr.	8	2						3					1	2				8
	(19) Jan Hadek	0																	0

2	Poland	30	3	5	7	7	9	10	12	13	15	16	19	22	23	25	27	30		30	30	30	30
	(5) Zenon Plech	10	3					1					3					3	10
	(6) Edward Jancarz	9		2			2							3			2		9
	(7) Jan Mucha	0				0			-			-				-			0
	(8) Jerzy Rembas	6			2					1	2				1				6
	(18) Bogusław Nowak	5							2			1				2			5

3	West Germany	28	0	3	3	6	9	12	12	15	16	19	19	21	24	25	26	28		28	28	28	28
	(1) Egon Müller	10				3				3				2				2	10
	(2) Christoph Betzl	0			0				0				0				-		0
	(3) Hans Wassermann	12		3				3				3			3				12
	(4) Alois Wiesböck	2	0				-				1					1			2
	(17) Georg Gilgenreiner	4					3										1		4

4	Soviet Union	6	1	1	2	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6		6	6	6	6
	(13) Sergey Dyuzhev	1		0					1		0							-	1
	(14) Grigory Khlinovsky	1	1							0		0					0		1
	(15) Vladimir Paznikov	1			1			0						0		0			1
	(16) Vladimir Rozhanchuk	3				1	1						1		0				3
	(20) Nikolay Kornev	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

Czechoslovakia and Poland to Final

World Final

18 September
Olympic Stadium, Wrocław^[9]
Att: 55,000

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	England	37	1	4	6	8	11	12	14	16	19	22	23	26	29	32	35	37		37	37	37	37
	(13) Peter Collins	10		3					2		3							2	10
	(14) Malcolm Simmons	3	1							2		-					-		3
	(15) Michael Lee	9			2			1						3		3			9
	(16) Dave Jessup	9				2	3						1		3				9
	(20) John Davis	6										3					3		6

2	Poland	25	0	1	4	7	9	11	14	17	17	19	21	21	22	23	25	25		25	25	25	25
	(1) Jerzy Rembas	6				3				3				0				E	6
	(2) Edward Jancarz	10			3				3				2				2		10
	(3) Bogusław Nowak	6		1				2				2			1				6
	(4) Marek Cieslak	2	0				2				0					-			2
	(17) Ryszard Fabiszewski	1														1			1

3	Czechoslovakia	23	2	4	4	5	6	6	7	8	10	11	14	16	18	20	20	23		23	23	23	23
	(5) Jiří Štancl	8	2					0					3					3	8
	(6) Václav Verner	5		2			1							2			0		5
	(7) Jan Verner	5				1			1			1				2			5
	(8) Aleš Dryml Sr.	5			0					1	2				2				5
	(18) Petr Ondrašík	0																	0

4	Sweden	11	3	3	4	4	4	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	11		11	11	11	11
	(9) Bengt Jansson	2			1		0					0						1	2
	(10) Anders Michanek	5				0		3			1						1		5
	(11) Tommy Nilsson	0		0						-			-			E			0
	(12) Bernt Persson	4	3						0					1	0				4
	(19) Sören Karlsson	0								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

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". internationalspeedway.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
^ "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.
^ "Collins leads Britain to victory". Birmingham Daily Post. 19 September 1977. Retrieved 8 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "1977 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". internationalspeedway.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2024.

[6] "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[7] "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[8] "Collins leads Britain to victory". Birmingham Daily Post. 19 September 1977. Retrieved 8 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[9] "1977 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

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1977 Speedway World Team Cup

Qualification

British & Commonwealth Round

Scandinavian Round

Continental Round

World Final

See also

References