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1977 WORLD TEAM CUP 1979
1978

ROUND 1 (1st & 2nd to Intercontinental Final) Ref: A E Humphrey (GB) 21.05 : Reading (Smallmead), England
England 43 Australia 21 USA 20 New Zealand 12
Team Manager: John Berry Team Manager: Peter Moore Team Manager: Scott Autrey Team Manager: Trevor Redmond

Reading 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total
5.Malcolm Simmons © 3 3 3 2 11
6.Peter Collins 3 3 3 3 12
7.Dave Jessup 3 3 0 3 9
8.Gordon Kennett 3 3 2 3 11
18.John Davis † -
ENGLAND 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 26 26 29 32 35 38 41 43 43
1.Phil Crump © ef 2 2 0 4
2.Phil Herne 0 - - - 0
3.John Boulger 2 2 3 f 7
4.Billy Sanders 0 1 - 1 2
17.John Titman † 2 3 1 2 8
AUSTRALIA 0 2 2 2 3 5 7 9 12 15 16 18 18 19 21 21 21
9.Scott Autrey © 2 2 2 3 9
10.Steve Gresham 2 1 1 - 4
11.Bruce Penhall 0 1 2 0 3
12.Mike Curoso 1 1 0 2 4
19.Jim Gresham † 0 0
USA 1 1 3 5 7 8 9 10 11 13 15 15 17 17 17 20 20
13.Larry Ross © 1 0 0 1 2
14.Mitch Shirra 2 0 1 1 4
15.Bruce Cribb 1 f,ex 1 2 4
16.Roger Abel 1 f - 1 2
20.Cliff Anderson † 0 0
NEW ZEALAND 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 8 10 11 12 12
Time 62.5 62.3 62.1 62.6 62.4 62.5 63.4 63.0 63.1 63.3 63.6 63.8 63.4 64.0 63.4 63.0

ROUND 2 (1st & 2nd to Intercontinental Final) 04.06 : Tampere, Finland (Att: 2,000)
Denmark 34 Sweden 33 Finland 21 Norway 6
Finn Thomsen 11 Bernt Persson 11 Kai Niemi 7 Rolf Gramstad 4
Mike Lohmann 9 Jan Andersson 9 Seppo Palomaki 5 Sigvart Pedersen 1
Hans Nielsen 8 Tommy Nilsson 9 Ila Teromaa 5 Trond Helge Skretting 1
Ole Olsen 6 Soren Karlsson 2 Rauli Makinen 4 Audun Ove Olsen 0
Bo Wirebrand 2 Ari Koponen 0 Stein Roar Pedersen 0

ROUND 3 (1st & 2nd to Continental Semi-Final) 21.05 : Wiener Neustadt, Austria
West Germany 38 Italy 29 Hungary 15 Austria 14
Alois Wiesböck 12 Guiseppe Marzotto 10 Laszlo Meszaros 6 Josef Haider 6
Georg Hack 9 Francesco Biginato 7 Istvan Sziraczki 6 Adi Funk 3
Hans Wassermann 9 Mauro Ferraccioli 7 Janos Oresko 2 Herbert Szerecs 2
Egon Müller 8 Sandro Pastorelli 5 Janos Jakob 1 Gunther Walla 2
Hubert Fischbacher 1

ROUND 4 (1st & 2nd to Continental Semi-Final) 21.05 : Prelog, Yugoslavia
Soviet Union 32 Holland 31 Bulgaria 27 Yugoslavia 5

Prelog 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total
5 Grigori Khlinovsky f 2 1 3 6
6 Vladimir Paznikov 3 2 2 2 9
7 Mikhail Starostin
 3 3 2 3 11
8 Nikolai Kornev f 3 2 1 6
18 Oleg Rakhimov -
SOVIET UNION 0 3 3 6 8 10 13 16 18 20 21 23 24 27 29 32 32
9 Henk Steman 3 3 1 - 7
10 Henny Kroeze 2 3 3 ex 8
11 Frits Koning 2 1 - 2 5
12 Frits Koppe 3 2 0 2 7
19 Rudi Muts 3 2 5
HOLLAND 3 5 8 10 13 16 18 19 22 23 26 26 28 30 30 32 32
1 Angel Eftimov 1 2 3 1 7
2 Orlin Janakiev 2 1 2 3 8
3 Nikolai Cvetkov
 1 1 3 3 8
4 Atanas Stojanov 2 1 1 f 4
5 Nikolai Parvanov -
BULGARIA 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 15 17 20 23 23 26 27 27
13 Vlado Kocuvan 0 0 0 0 0
14 Stefan Kekec 1 0 0 1 2
15 Djuro Fleten 1 0 1 1 3
16 Ivan Posedi 0 0 0 0 0
20 Darko Tominac -
YUGOSLAVIA 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 5

CONTINENTAL SEMI-FINAL (1st & 2nd to Continental Final) 16.07 : Abensberg, West Germany (Att: 18,000)
Soviet Union 34 West Germany 27 Holland 20 Italy 15

Abensberg 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total
9 Grigori Khlinovsky 2 3 3 2 10
10 Vladimir Paznikov - - - - -
11 Nikolai Kornev ex 1 1 1 3
12 Mikhail Starostin 2 2 3 3 10
19 Valeri Gordeev † 3 2 3 3 11
SOVIET UNION 2 2 4 7 10 12 14 15 18 21 22 25 28 29 32 34 34
1 Georg Hack 2 3 1 3 9
2 Egon Muller 3 3 3 2 11
3 Waldemar Bacik
 3 f 2 0 5
4 Alois Wiesbock 0 0 ex 2 2
17 Georg Gilgenreiner † -
WEST GERMANY 0 3 6 8 8 8 11 14 14 16 19 20 20 22 24 27 27
5 Henny Kroeze 3 3 2 1 9
6 Rudi Muts 1 2 f f 3
7 Frits Koppe 1 0 - 3 4
8 Henk Steman 1 0 2 1 4
18 Frits Koning † 0 0
HOLLAND 3 4 5 6 8 11 11 11 13 13 15 15 16 19 19 20 20
13 Francesco Biginato 2 1 1 0 4
14 Guiseppe Marzotto 1 2 1 1 5
15 Mauro Ferraccioli 0 1 2 0 3
16 Sandro Pastorelli 0 1 ef 2 3
20 Dario Famari † -
ITALY 1 3 3 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 10 12 14 14 15 15 15

CONTINENTAL FINAL (1st & 2nd to Final) 29.07 : Leningrad, Soviet Union
Poland 31 Czechoslovakia 27 Soviet Union 22 West Germany 16

Leningrad 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total
1.Edward Jancarz 3 3 3 2 11
2.Marek Cieslak 3 3 3 2 11
3.Boleslaw Proch 1 3 0 2 6
4.Andrzej Huszcza 1 - 0 - 1
17.Jerzy Rembas † 0 2 2
POLAND 1 2 5 8 8 11 14 17 17 17 20 23 25 27 29 31 31
5.Jiri Stancl ef 2 2 ef 4
6.Jan Verner 3 1 1 3 8
7.Vaclav Verner ef 1 3 3 7
8.Ales Dryml 2 0 3 3 8
18.Petr Ondrasik † -
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 0 3 5 5 6 8 9 9 12 15 17 18 21 24 27 27 27
13.Nikolai Kornev 2 2 1 - 5
14.Mikhail Starostin 3 2 2 0 7
15.Vladimir Smirnov 1 1 - - 2
16.Grigori Khlinovsky 1 - 1 0 2
20.Valeri Gordeev † 2 2 1 1 6
SOVIET UNION 3 5 6 7 9 10 12 14 15 17 18 20 20 21 21 22 22
9.Waldemar Bacik 0 3 1 3 7
10.Georg Hack 2 f 2 1 5
11.Georg Gilgenreiner 0 1 f 0 1
12.Alois Wiesböck 2 0 0 1 3
19. (no rider) † -
WEST GERMANY 2 2 2 4 7 7 7 8 10 11 11 11 12 12 13 16 16

INTERCONTINENTAL FINAL (1st & 2nd to Final) 18.06 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road), England. Ref: Tore Kittilsen (Nor)
England 33 Denmark 25 Sweden 23 Australia 15
Team Manager: John Berry Team Manager: Oluf Pedersen Team Manager: Kim Malmberg Team Manager: Peter Moore

Belle Vue 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total
1.Peter Collins 1 3 2 ef 6
2.Malcolm Simmons 3 3 3 2 11
3.Michael Lee 1 3 3 3 10
4.Dave Jessup 0 - - - 0
17.John Davis † 2 1 3 6
ENGLAND 0 1 4 5 7 10 13 16 17 20 23 25 28 31 33 33 33
5.Mike Lohmann 2 1 ef 2 5
6.Ole Olsen 3 3 3 3 12
7.Finn Thomsen 0 1 - 2 3
8.Hans Nielsen 1 2 2 0 5
18.Alf Busk † 0 0
DENMARK 2 5 6 6 9 10 11 13 15 15 15 18 18 20 23 25 25
13.Anders Michanek 2 2 3 3 10
14.Jan Andersson 3 1 1 0 5
15.Christer Sjosten 2 ef 0 0 2
16.Bernt Persson 3 1 1 1 6
20.Soren Karlsson † -
SWEDEN 3 5 7 10 11 11 13 14 17 18 19 19 20 20 20 23 23
9.Phil Crump 0 0 - 1 1
10.John Titman 2 2 0 1 5
11.John Boulger 0 0 2 - 2
12.Phil Herne 1 0 - 2 3
19.Mick McKeon † 2 1
 1 4
AUSTRALIA 1 1 1 3 3 5 5 5 5 7 9 10 12 13 14 15 15
Time 69.9 69.0 68.8 69.2 69.7 68.4 69.0 69.6 71.4 71.2 69.4 69.2 69.8 70.2 70.0 70.6

FINAL Ref : Tore Kittilsen (Nor) 16.09 : Landshut (Ellermuhle), West Germany (Att: 7,000)
Denmark 37 England 27 Poland 16+3 Czechoslovakia 16+2
Team Manager: Oluf Pedersen

Landshut 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 RUN
OFF		 Total
13.Ole Olsen 2 3 3 2 10
14.Mike Lohmann 2 3 1 3 9
15.Finn Thomsen 3 1 1 2 7
16.Hans Nielsen 3 2 3 3 11
20.Kristian Præstbro † -
DENMARK 2 4 7 10 12 13 16 19 22 23 26 27 30 32 35 37 37
5.Malcolm Simmons 3 3 2 ef 8
6.Dave Jessup 0 - 3 2 5
7.Peter Collins 0 0 3 3 6
8.Gordon Kennett 1 2 - - 3
18.Michael Lee † 3 1 1 5
ENGLAND 3 3 4 4 7 10 10 12 13 16 18 21 22 25 27 27 27
1.Edward Jancarz 2 1 2 1 +3 6
2.Zenon Plech 0 1 0 - 1
3.Marek Cieslak 3 0 0 2 5
4.Jerzy Rembas 1 1 0 1 3
17.Andrzej Huszcza † 1 1
POLAND 1 4 4 6 7 7 8 9 9 9 9 11 13 14 15 16 +3 16+3
9.Jiri Stancl 2 0 2 3 +2 7
10.Jan Verner 1 2 2 ex 5
11.Vaclav Verner 1 0 1 0 2
12.Ales Dryml f 2 0 0 2
19.Petr Ondrasik † -
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 0 1 3 4 4 6 8 8 10 12 13 13 13 13 13 16 +2 16+2
Time 75.06 74.49 73.96 73.99 74.53 73.90 74.79 74.37 74.53 74.85 74.33 73.72 74.70 74.40 75.25 74.46 74.59

Top Scorers
Final: Jancarz, Simmons, Nielsen, J Verner 74.94
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Denmark 1978 World Team Cup Winners
Back - Hans Nielsen, Kristian Praestbro, Oluf Pedersen (manager)
Front - Mike Lohmann, Ole Olsen, Finn Thomsen

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Reading Tampere Wiener Neustadt Prelog
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Abensberg Leningrad Belle Vue Landshut
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Contributors : Tracy Holmes, Roger Stevens, David Austin, Jonas Holmqvist, Robert Rudiak, Harry Susemihl

1977 1979

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