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20th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition

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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

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 New Zealand New Zealand 30 2 5 8 8 9 12 14 15 17 20 21 23 24 27 28 30 30 30 30 30
(13) Ivan Mauger 9 3 2 2 2 9
(14) Larry Ross 7 2 1 3 1 7
(15) Mitch Shirra 11 3 3 2 3 11
(16) Bruce Cribb 3 0 1 1 1 3
(20) Roger Abel 0 0
2 United States United States 26 3 5 7 10 13 13 13 15 16 16 18 18 21 23 26 26 26 26 26 26
(9) Bruce Penhall 5 2 3 0 F 5
(10) Kelly Moran 7 3 E 1 3 7
(11) Bobby Schwartz 8 2 2 2 2 8
(12) Steve Gresham 6 3 F T 3 6
(19) Dennis Sigalos 0 0
3 England England 22 0 1 2 4 6 7 8 11 11 13 16 17 19 19 21 22 22 22 22 22
(5) Malcolm Simmons 0 0 - - - 0
(6) Gordon Kennett 6 1 2 1 2 6
(7) Peter Collins 5 2 1 2 F 5
(8) Michael Lee 4 1 3 0 - 4
(18) Dave Jessup 7 1 3 2 1 7
4 Australia Australia 18 1 1 1 2 2 4 7 7 10 11 11 14 14 15 15 18 18 18 18 18
(1) Phil Crump 7 1 0 3 3 7
(2) Billy Sanders 3 E 3 F 0 3
(3) Phil Herne 2 0 2 - - 2
(4) John Titman 5 1 0 3 1 5
(17) John Boulger 1 1 0 1
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

* New Zealand and USA to Intercontinental Final

Scandinavian Round

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 Denmark - 39
Hans Nielsen - 12
Ole Olsen - 11
Mike Lohmann - 10
Bo Petersen - 4
Erik Gundersen - 2 		 Sweden - 32
Anders Michanek - 10
Bernt Persson - 9
Jan Andersson- 8
Tommy Nilsson - 3
Stefan Salomonsson - 2 		 Finland - 16
Kai Niemi - 7
Pekka Hautamaki - 4
Ari Koponen - 3
Olli Turkia - 2
Ila Teromaa - 0 		 Norway - 9
Tormod Langli - 6
Reidar Eide - 1
Tom Godal - 1
Rolf Gramstad - 1
Toralf Olen - 0

* Denmark and Sweden to Intercontinental Final

Continental Round

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 Austria - 32
Herbert Szerecs - 10
Walter Grubmüler - 9
Adi Funk - 7
Hubert Fischbacher - 5
Gunther Walla - 1 		 Netherlands - 30
Frits Koppe - 9
Henny Kroeze - 8
Rudi Muts- 5
Frits Koning - 4
Henk Steman - 4 		 West Germany - 29
Waldemar Bacik - 9
Georg Hack - 9
Karl Maier - 8
Georg Gilgenreiner - 2
Wolfgang Mayr - 1 		 Yugoslavia - 5
Frank Hagar - 2
Ivan Vobujak - 2
Vlado Kocuvan - 1
Manfred Kosmut - 0
Jozef Mavsar - 0

* Austria and Netherlands to Continental Semifinal

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 Soviet Union - 34
Mikhail Starostin - 11
Valery Gordeev - 9
Grigory Khlinovsky - 7
Sergey Denisov - 6
Vladimir Klychkov - 1 		 Hungary - 30
Laszlo Meszaros - 9
Istvan Sziraczki - 9
Janos Szoeke- 9
Tibor Danka - 1
Antal Tamcsu - 0 		 Italy - 25
Giuseppe Marzotto - 9
Paulo Noro - 7
Mauro Ferracciolo - 5
Francesco Biginato - 4 		 Bulgaria - 9
Atanasz Janakiev - 3
Orlin Janakiev - 3
Nikolai Manev - 2
Deter Kostov - 1
Angel Eftimov - 0

* Soviet Union and Hungary to Continental Semifinal

Semifinal

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 Soviet Union 45 3 6 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 42 45 45 45 45 45
(13) Mikhail Starostin 12 3 3 3 3 12
(14) Valery Gordeev 12 3 3 3 3 12
(15) Viktor Kuznetsov 9 F 3 3 3 9
(16) Grigory Khlinovsky 12 3 3 3 3 12
(20) Anatoly Maksimov 0 0
2 Hungary Hungary 21 2 3 6 8 8 10 10 11 11 13 15 16 18 19 19 21 21 21 21 21
(1) Istvan Sziraczki 6 2 1 1 2 6
(2) Janos Szoeke 5 3 0 2 0 5
(3) Laszlo Meszaros 7 1 2 2 2 7
(4) Janos Jacob 2 2 0 - - 2
(17) Antal Tamcsu 1 0 1 1
3 Netherlands Netherlands 16 1 1 3 4 6 6 8 10 11 11 12 14 14 14 16 16 16 16 16 16
(5) Frits Koning 2 1 0 1 - 2
(6) Piet Seur 0 0 - - - 0
(7) Frits Koppe 3 1 2 F F 3
(8) Henk Steman 5 2 2 1 0 5
(18) Rudi Muts 6 2 2 2 F 6
4 Austria Austria 14 0 2 3 3 4 5 6 6 8 9 9 9 10 12 13 14 14 14 14 14
(9) Herbert Szerecs 4 1 1 1 1 4
(10) Adi Funk 4 0 1 2 1 4
(11) Hubert Fischbacher 4 2 0 E 2 4
(12) Walter Grubmüler 2 0 1 - 1 2
(19) Siegfried Eder 0 E 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 Hungary to Continental Final

Qualifying Stage 2

Continental Final

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 Poland 40 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 26 29 30 33 34 37 39 40 40 40 40 40
(9) Zenon Plech 9 3 3 3 - 9
(10) Robert Słaboń 10 3 3 2 2 10
(11) Jerzy Rembas 10 3 3 1 3 10
(12) Edward Jancarz 9 3 3 3 - 9
(19) Andrzej Huszcza 2 1 1 2
2 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 28 0 1 3 5 7 8 10 12 13 15 16 17 20 23 25 28 28 28 28 28
(1) Jiří Štancl 8 2 2 1 3 8
(2) Aleš Dryml Sr. 7 2 2 1 2 7
(3) Petr Ondrašík 2 1 1 - - 2
(4) Zdeněk Kudrna 6 F 2 1 3 6
(17) Václav Verner 5 2 3 5
3 Soviet Union Soviet Union 27 2 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 16 18 20 22 25 27 27 27 27 27
(5) Valery Gordeev 9 2 2 3 2 9
(6) Mikhail Starostin 8 2 1 2 3 8
(7) Grigory Khlinovsky 5 1 1 1 2 5
(8) Viktor Kuznetsov 5 1 1 1 2 5
(18) Anatoly Maksimov 0 0
4 Hungary Hungary 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
(13) Ferenc Farkas 0 0 0 0 - 0
(14) Laszlo Juhasz 1 1 0 0 0 1
(15) Zoltán Adorján 0 0 0 0 - 0
(16) Zoltan Hajdu 0 0 0 0 0 0
(20) Csaba Nagy 0 0 E 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 Final

Intercontinental Final

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 New Zealand New Zealand 29 0 3 5 8 11 14 14 16 17 20 22 24 26 26 26 29 29 29 29 29
(9) Ivan Mauger 11 2 3 3 3 11
(10) Larry Ross 7 3 3 1 0 7
(11) Mitch Shirra 7 3 2 2 0 7
(12) Bruce Cribb 4 0 0 2 2 4
(19) Roger Abel 0 0
2 Denmark Denmark 27 2 5 5 5 7 10 12 13 13 13 16 16 19 22 25 27 27 27 27 27
(5) Ole Olsen 10 2 3 3 2 10
(6) Mike Lohmann 8 3 2 0 3 8
(7) Hans Nielsen 5 0 2 T 3 5
(8) Bo Petersen 4 0 1 - 3 4
(18) Bent Rasmussen 0 0 0
3 United States United States 22 2 3 5 6 7 7 9 9 12 15 15 17 19 20 20 22 22 22 22 22
(13) Kelly Moran 8 1 2 3 2 8
(14) Bruce Penhall 5 2 T 3 0 5
(15) Bobby Schwartz 5 2 0 2 1 5
(16) Steve Gresham 4 1 1 0 2 4
(20) Ron Preston 0 0
4 Sweden Sweden 18 1 1 2 5 5 6 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 16 17 18 18 18 18 18
(1) Richard Hellsen 6 3 1 1 1 6
(2) Anders Michanek 6 1 3 1 1 6
(3) Jan Andersson 3 0 1 1 1 3
(4) Bernt Persson 3 1 0 2 0 3
(17) Bo Wirebrand 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

* New Zealand and Denmark to World Final

World Final

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 New Zealand New Zealand 35 1 3 6 9 12 15 16 18 20 23 26 27 29 32 35 35 35 35 35 35
(9) Ivan Mauger 9 3 3 3 F 9
(10) Larry Ross 11 3 3 2 3 11
(11) Mitch Shirra 10 2 2 3 3 10
(12) Bruce Cribb 5 1 1 1 2 5
(19) Roger Abel 0 0
2 Denmark Denmark 31 3 6 8 9 9 10 13 16 19 21 21 23 26 27 28 31 31 31 31 31
(13) Ole Olsen 12 3 3 3 3 12
(14) Hans Nielsen 9 3 3 2 1 9
(15) Mike Lohmann 6 2 1 2 1 6
(16) Finn Thomsen 4 1 0 - 3 4
(20) Bo Petersen 0 E 0
3 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 19 0 1 1 1 2 4 6 7 8 9 11 14 15 17 17 19 19 19 19 19
(1) Jiří Štancl 6 0 1 3 2 6
(2) Zdeněk Kudrna 4 X 2 2 0 4
(3) Aleš Dryml Sr. 5 1 2 1 1 5
(4) Václav Verner 4 0 1 1 2 4
(17) Petr Ondrašík 0 0
4 Poland Poland 11 2 2 3 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 10 11 11 11 11 11
(5) Piotr Pyszny 4 2 0 1 1 4
(6) Zenon Plech 4 E 2 0 2 4
(7) Robert Słaboń 2 2 F F - 2
(8) Marek Cieślak 1 1 E - F 1
(18) Andrzej Tkocz 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

See also

References

  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. "1979 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  5. ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 87. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  6. "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  7. "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  8. "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  9. "Mauger's dream come true". Manchester Evening News. 17 September 1979. Retrieved 23 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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