1976 Speedway World Team Cup
Introduction The '''1976 Speedway World Team Cup''' was the 17th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.The final took place at the White City Stadium in London. Australia became only the fourth country to win the title. They ended the run of England by knocking them out in the British qualifying round.
Qualification ===British (& Commonwealth) Round===* 16 May*  Foxhall Stadium, Ipswich* Referee:  R. Randborg* Australia to Final===Scandinavian Round===* 30 May*  Eteläpuisto, Tampere1st2nd3rd4th''' - 41'''Bengt Jansson - 12Anders Michanek - 12Bernt Persson - 12Tommy Nilsson - 5Sören Karlsson - 0''' - 27'''Dag Lovaas - 8Reidar Eide - 7Edgar Stangeland- 7Audun Ove Olsen - 4Øyvind S. Berg - 1''' - 14'''Finn Thomsen - 6Mike Lohmann - 5Leif Berlin - 1Alf Busk - 1Finn Rune Jensen - 1''' - 14'''Ila Teromaa - 7Kai Niemi - 4Veli-Pekka Teromaa - 2Markku Helminen  - 1Ari Koponen - 0* Sweden to Final===Continental Round==='''Quarterfinal'''* 13 July*  Castiglione Olona Speedway, Varese1st2nd3rd4th''' - 34'''Hans Wassermann - 12Alois Wiesböck - 9Christoph Betzl - 7Georg Gilgenreiner - 6''' - 32'''Paolo Noro - 11Giuseppe Marzotto - 8Luigi Bazan- 7Mauro Ferraccioli - 5Sandro Pastorelli - 1''' - 19'''Henny Kroeze - 7Henk Steman - 7Frits Koning - 4Tonny Egges - 1Frits Koppe - 0''' - 10'''Hubert Fischbacher - 4Josef Haider - 4Peter Sattler - 1Manfred Trisko - 1Alex Taudtmann - 0* West Germany and Italy to Continental  Semifinal'''Quarterfinal'''* 13 July*  Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško1st2nd3rd4th''' - 42'''Josef Minarik - 12Jan Hadek - 9Jan Klokocka - 8Petr Kucera - 8Vaclav Hejl - 5''' - 25+3'''Istvan Sziraczki - 10Laszlo Zahoran - 6Pal Perenyi- 5Janos Szöeke - 4Janos Jakab - 0''' - 25+2'''Nikolai Manev - 8Angel Eftimov - 7Orlin Janakiev - 7Ivan Dupalov - 3Christo Simeonov  - 0''' - 2'''Franc Sauperl - 2Stefan Kekec - 0Krešo Omerzel - 0Joze Mausar  - 0Franc Pribovsek - 0* Czechoslovakia and Hungary to Continental Semifinal'''Semifinal'''* 26 June*  Ellermühle Stadium, Landshut1st2nd3rd4th''' - 44'''Egon Müller - 12Christoph Betzl - 11Hans Wassermann - 11Alois Wiesböck - 10Georg Gilgenreiner - 0''' - 33'''Jiří Štancl - 11Josef Minarik - 8Jan Hadek- 6Jan Klokocka - 5Petr Ondrašík - 3''' - 13'''Giuseppe Marzotto - 7Luigi Bazan - 3Paolo Noro - 2Mauro Ferraccioli - 1Francesco Barbetta - 0''' - 6'''Istvan Sziraczky - 3Pal Perenyi - 2Laszlo Zahoran - 1Janos Jakab  - 0Janos Szöeke - 0*West Germany and Czechoslovakia to Continental Final'''Continental Final'''* 3 July*  Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný* Poland and Soviet Union to Final
World Final * 19 September*  White City Stadium, London* Att: 9,000* Referee:  Gunther Sober
See also * 1976 Individual Speedway World Championship* 1976 Speedway World Pairs Championship
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