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1978 WORLD TEAM CUP 1980
1979

ROUND A (1st & 2nd to Intercontinental Final) Ref : Mr C Bergstrom (Swe) 20.05 : Reading (Smallmead), England
New Zealand 30 USA 26 England 22 Australia 18
Team Manager : Trevor Redmond Team Manager : John Scott Team Manager : John Berry Team Manager : Peter Moore

Reading 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total
13.Ivan Mauger © 3 2 2 2 9
14.Larry Ross 2 1 3 1 7
15.Mitch Shirra 3 3 2 3 11
16.Bruce Cribb 0 1 1 1 3
20.Roger Abel † -
NEW ZEALAND 2 5 8 8 9 12 14 15 17 20 21 23 24 27 28 30 30
9.Bruce Penhall © 2 3 0 f 5
10.Kelly Moran 3 nf 1 3 7
11.Bobby Schwartz 2 2 2 2 8
12.Steve Gresham 3 f ex-t 3 6
19.Dennis Sigalos † -
USA 3 5 7 10 13 13 13 15 16 16 18 18 21 23 26 26 26
5.Malcolm Simmons © 0 - - - 0
6.Gordon Kennett 1 2 1 2 6
7.Peter Collins 2 1 2 f 5
8.Michael Lee 1 3 0 - 4
18.Dave Jessup † 1 3 2 1 7
ENGLAND 0 1 2 4 6 7 8 11 11 13 16 17 19 19 21 22 22
1.Phil Crump © 1 0 3 3 7
2.Billy Sanders nf 3 f 0 3
3.Phil Herne 0 2 - - 2
4.John Titman 1 0 3 1 5
17.John Boulger † 1 0 1
AUSTRALIA 1 1 1 2 2 4 7 7 10 11 11 14 14 15 15 18 18
Time 64.7 65.1 64.5 66.2 65.7 66.6 64.6 66.1 66.1 66.5 66.2 67.0 66.7 66.2 66.4 68.0

ROUND B (1st & 2nd to Intercontinental Final) 20.05 : Tampere, Finland
Denmark 39 Sweden 32 Finland 16 Norway 9
Hans Nielsen 12 Anders Michanek 10 Kai Niemi 7 Tormod Langli 6
Ole Olsen 11 Bernt Persson 9 Pekka Hautamaki † 4 Reidar Eide 1
Mike Lohmann 10 Jan Andersson 8 Ari Koponen 3 Tom Godal 1
Bo Petersen 4 Tommy Nilsson † 3 Olli Turkia 2 Rolf Gramstad 1
Erik Gundersen † 2 Stefan Salomonsson 2 Ila Teromaa 0 Toralf Holen † 0

ROUND C (1st & 2nd to Continental Semi-Final) 20.05 : Kempten, West Germany
Austria 32 Holland 30 West Germany 29 Yugoslavia 5
Herbert Szerecs 10 Frits Koppe 9 Waldemar Bacik 9 Frank Hagar 2
Walter Grubmüller 9 Henny Kroeze 8 Georg Hack 9 Ivan Vobujak 2
Adi Funk 7 Rudi Muts 5 Karl Maier 8 Vlado Kocuvan 1
Hubert Fischbacher 5 Frits Koning † 4 Georg Gilgenreiner 2 Manfred Kosmut † 0
Gunther Walla † 1 Henk Steman 4 Wolfgang Mayr † 1 Jozef Mavsar 0

ROUND D (1st & 2nd to Continental Semi-Final) 20.05 : Miskolc, Hungary
Soviet Union 34 Hungary 28 Italy 25 Bulgaria 9

Miskolc 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total
5 Mikhail Starostin 2 3 3 3 11
6 Valeri Gordeev 3 2 2 2 9
7 Grigori Khlinovsky 1 2 3 1 7
8 Vladimir Klytchov 1 - - - 1
18 Sergei Denisov † 2 1 3 6
SOVIET UNION 2 5 6 7 9 12 14 16 17 20 23 25 28 29 31 34 34
9 Istvan Sziraczki 2 3 2 2 9
10 Janos Szoke 3 - 3 3 9
11 Antal Tamcsu 0 0 - - 0
12 Laszlo Meszaros 3 3 1 2 9
19 Tibor Danka † 1 0 1
HUNGARY 3 3 5 8 11 11 14 14 17 19 20 21 23 23 26 28 28
1 Guiseppe Marzotto 2 3 3 1 9
2 Mauro Ferraccioli 3 0 2 0 5
3 Francesco Biginato 2 2 - - 4
4 Paulo Noro 1 1 2 3 7
17 Giovanni Brizzolari † -
ITALY 1 3 6 8 9 11 11 14 16 16 18 21 21 24 24 25 25
13 Nikolai Manev 1 1 0 0 2
14 Orlin Janakiev 0 1 1 1 3
15 Atanasz Janakiev 0 1 0 2 3
16 Angel Eftimov 0 0 - - 0
20 Peter Kostov † 0 1 1
BULGARIA 0 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 8 9 9 9

CONTINENTAL SEMI-FINAL (1st & 2nd to Continental Final) 15.07 : Pardubice, Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union 45 Hungary 21 Holland 16 Austria 14

Pardubice 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total
13 Mikhail Starostin 3 3 3 3 12
14 Valeri Gordeev 3 3 3 3 12
15 Viktor Kuznetsov ef 3 3 3 9
16 Grigori Khlinovsky 3 3 3 3 12
20 A Maximov † -
SOVIET UNION 3 6 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 42 45 45
1 Istvan Sziraczki 2 1 1 2 6
2 Janos Szoke 3 0 2 0 5
3 Laszlo Meszaros 1 2 2 2 7
4 Janos Jakob 2 0 - - 2
17 Antal Tamcsu † 0 1 1
HUNGARY 2 3 6 8 8 10 10 11 11 13 15 16 18 19 19 21 21
5 Frits Koning 1 0 1 - 2
6 Piet Seur 0 - - - 0
7 Frits Koppe 1 2 0 0 3
8 Henk Steman 2 2 1 0 5
18 Rudi Muts † 2 2 2 ef 6
HOLLAND 1 1 3 4 6 6 8 10 11 11 12 14 14 14 16 16 16
9 Herbert Szerecs 1 1 1 - 3
10 Adi Funk 0 1 2 1 4
11 Hubert Fischbacher 2 0 0 2 4
12 Walter Grubmüller 0 1 - 1 2
19 Siegfried Eder † 0 1 1
AUSTRIA 0 2 3 3 4 5 6 6 8 9 9 9 10 12 13 14 14

CONTINENTAL FINAL (1st & 2nd to Final) 29.07 : Wroclaw, Poland (Att: 35,000)
Poland 40 Czechoslovakia 28 Soviet Union 27 Hungary 1

Wroclaw 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total
Edward Jancarz 3 3 3 - 9
Robert Slabon 3 3 2 2 10
Zenon Plech 3 3 3 - 9
Jerzy Rembas 3 3 1 3 10
Andrzej Huszcza † 1 1 2
POLAND 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 26 29 30 33 34 37 39 40 40
Jiri Stancl 2 2 1 3 8
Petr Ondrasik 1 1 - - 2
Zdenek Kudrna f 2 3 1 6
Ales Dryml 2 2 2 1 7
Vaclav Verner † 2 3 5
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 0 1 3 5 7 8 10 12 15 17 19 20 23 24 25 28 28
Valeri Gordeev 2 2 3 2 9
Mikhail Starostin 2 1 2 3 8
Viktor Kuznetsov 1 1 1 2 5
Grigori Khlinovsky 1 1 1 2 5
Nikolai Kornev † -
SOVIET UNION 2 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 16 18 20 22 25 27 27
Laszlo Juhasz 1 0 0 0 1
Zoltan Adorjan 0 0 0 0 0
Ferenc Farkas 0 0 - 0 0
Zoltan Hajdu 0 0 0 0 0
Csaba Nagy † 0 0
HUNGARY 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

INTERCONTINENTAL FINAL (1st & 2nd to Final) 14.06 : Eskilstuna, Sweden (Att: 4,358)
New Zealand 29 Denmark 27 USA 22 Sweden 18

Eskilstuna 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total
Ivan Mauger 2 3 3 3 11
Larry Ross 3 3 1 0 7
Mitch Shirra 3 2 2 0 7
Bruce Cribb 0 0 2 2 4
Roger Abel † -
NEW ZEALAND 0 3 6 8 8 10 13 16 18 20 21 24 24 26 26 29 29
Ole Olsen 2 3 3 2 10
Mike Lohmann 3 2 0 3 8
Hans Nielsen 0 2 ex-t 3 5
Bo Petersen 0 1 - 3 4
Bent Rasmussen † 0 0
DENMARK 2 2 2 5 7 10 12 13 13 13 16 16 19 22 25 27 27
Kelly Moran 1 2 3 2 8
Bruce Penhall 2 ex-t 3 0 5
Bobby Schwartz 2 0 2 1 5
Steve Gresham 1 1 0 2 4
Ron Preston † -
USA 1 3 5 6 7 7 7 9 12 15 15 17 19 20 22 22 22
Richard Hellsen 3 1 1 1 6
Anders Michanek 1 3 1 1 6
Jan Andersson 0 1 1 1 3
Bernt Persson 1 0 2 0 3
Bo Wirebrand † -
SWEDEN 3 4 5 5 8 9 10 10 11 12 14 15 16 16 17 18 18
Time 65.8* 66.0 67.1 66.5 66.7 66.0 66.0 67.2 66.4 66.6 66.9 66.8 67.1 67.6 68.2 67.0

FINAL 16.09 : White City, London, England. Ref : Gunther Sorber (W Ger)
New Zealand 35 Denmark 31 Czechoslovakia 19 Poland 11
Team Manager: Trevor Redmond Team Manager: Oluf Pedersen Team Manager : Miroslav Verner Team Manager: Bronislaw Ratejczyk

White City London 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total
9. Ivan Mauger 3 3 3 f,ex 9
10. Larry Ross 3 3 2 3 11
11. Mitch Shirra 2 2 3 3 10
12. Bruce Cribb 1 1 1 2 5
19. Roger Abel † -
NEW ZEALAND 1 3 6 9 12 15 16 18 20 23 26 27 29 32 35 35 35
13. Ole Olsen 3 3 3 3 12
14. Hans Nielsen 3 3 2 1 9
15. Mike Lohmann 2 1 2 1 6
16. Finn Thomsen 1 0 - 3 4
20. Bo Petersen † f,ex 0
DENMARK 3 6 8 9 9 10 13 16 19 21 21 23 26 27 28 31 31
1. Jiri Stancl 0 1 3 2 6
2. Zdenek Kudrna ex 2 2 0 4
3. Ales Dryml 1 2 1 1 5
4. Vaclav Verner 0 1 1 2 4
17. Petr Ondrasik † -
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 0 1 1 1 2 4 6 7 8 9 11 14 15 17 17 19 19
5. Piotr Pyszny 2 0 1 1 4
6. Zenon Plech ef 2 0 2 4
7. Robert Slabon 2 f f - 2
8. Marek Cieslak 1 ef - f 1
18. Andrzej Tkocz † 0 0 0
POLAND 2 2 3 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 10 11 11
Time 71.0 71.4 72.1 71.2 71.4 71.1 71.9 71.5 71.6 71.6 71.7 72.0 71.6 72.2 71.9 71.9
Victor Ludorum
Ht 1 Stancl, Dryml, Kudrna, V. Verner 72.5
Ht 2 Plech, Tkocz, Pyszny fall, Cieslak ns 73.9		 Ht 3 Ross, Shirra, Abel, Cribb f/ex, Mauger ns 72.7.
Ht 4 Thomsen, Olsen, Nielsen, Lohmann 72.1.
Final: Plech, Ross, Thomsen, Stancl 72.0

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Reading Tampere Kempten Miskolc
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Pardubice Wroclaw Eskilstuna White City, London

© captain ; † reserve ; * track record
Contributors : Robert Rudiak, Jonas Holmqvist, David Austin, Tracy Holmes, Robert Browne, Harry Susemihl

1978 1980

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