1979 Speedway World Team Cup

The final of the 1979 Speedway World Team Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament, took place on 16 September at the White City Stadium in London. The winners were the New Zealand team.

1979 Speedway World Team Cup
Previous: 1978 Next: 1980

Qualification

Round A
  • May 20
  • Reading, Smallmead Stadium
  • 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 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 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 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 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

Round B
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

Round C
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

Round D
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 Soviet Union - 34
Mikhail Starostin - 11
Valery Gordeev - 9
Grigory Khlynovsky - 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

Tournament

Continental 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 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 Khlynovsky 12 3 3 3 3 12
(20) Anatoly Maksimov 0 0
2 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 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 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

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 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 Slabon 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 28 0 1 3 5 7 8 10 12 13 15 16 17 20 23 25 28 28 28 28 28
(1) Jiri Stancl 8 2 2 1 3 8
(2) Aleš Dryml 7 2 2 1 2 7
(3) Petr Ondrasik 2 1 1 - - 2
(4) Zdenek Kudrna 6 F 2 1 3 6
(17) Václav Verner 5 2 3 5
3 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 Khlynovsky 5 1 1 1 2 5
(8) Viktor Kuznetsov 5 1 1 1 2 5
(18) Anatoly Maksimov 0 0
4 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) Zoltan Adorjan 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 5 1 2 1 1 5
(4) Václav Verner 4 0 1 1 2 4
(17) Petr Ondrašík 0 0
4 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 Slabon 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

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