1977 Speedway World Team Cup
Introduction The '''1977 Speedway World Team Cup''' was the 18th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.The final took place at the Stadion Olimpijski (Wrocław) in Poland. England bounced back to winning ways by recording a record seventh title success. England exacted revenge on defending champions Australia by knocking them out in the British qualifying round.
Qualification ===British & Commonwealth Round===* 19 June*  Smallmead Stadium, Reading* Referee:  C Bergstrom* England to Final===Scandinavian Round===* 19 June*  Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien1st2nd3rd4th''' - 37'''Bernt Persson - 11Tommy Nilsson - 10Bengt Jansson - 9Anders Michanek - 5Jan Andersson - 2''' - 28'''Ole Olsen - 12Mike Lohmann - 7Alf Busk - 5Finn Jensen - 3Bo Petersen - 1''' - 25'''Kai Niemi - 8Ila Teromaa - 8Rauli Makinen - 5Markku Helminen - 4''' - 5'''Tom Godal - 2Audun Ove Olsen - 2Jan Terje Gravningen - 1Tormod Langli  - 0* Sweden to Final===Continental Round==='''QuarterFinal'''* 21 May*  Ellermühle Stadium, Landshut1st2nd3rd4th''' - 42'''Egon Müller - 12Christoph Betzl - 11Hans Wassermann - 9Alois Wiesböck - 7Georg Gilgenreiner - 3''' - 24'''Frits Koppe - 8Henny Kroeze - 8Henk Steman - 4Frits Koning - 3Rudi Muts - 1''' - 19'''Hubert Fischbacher - 6Walter Grubmuler - 5Adi Funk - 4Gunther Walla - 4''' - 11'''Janos Berki - 5Herbert Szerecs - 5Laszlo Meszaros - 1Janos Szoeke  - 0* West Germany and Nederlands to Continental Semifinal'''QuarterFinal'''* 22 May*  City Garden Stadium, Osijek1st2nd3rd4th''' - 41'''Jan Verner - 12Ivon Vobornik - 9Aleš Dryml Sr. - 7Josef Minarik - 7Jan Klokocka - 6''' - 28'''Orlin Janakiev - 8Grigory Adarov - 7Angel Eftimov - 7Nikolai Manev - 6''' - 25'''Luigi Biginato - 7Paolo Noro - 7Francesko Barbetta - 6Fabio Pastorelli - 5''' - 2'''Stefan Kecek - 1Vlado Kocuvan - 1Djuro Fleten - 0? Goniniak  - 0* Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria to Continental Semifinal'''SemiFinal'''* May 22*  Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc1st2nd3rd4th''' - 40'''Jiří Štancl - 11Jan Verner - 11Aleš Dryml Sr. - 9Josef Minarik - 7Jan Hadek - 2''' - 33'''Christoph Betzl - 11Hans Wassermann - 10Alois Wiesböck - 9Georg Gilgenreiner - 3''' - 18'''Frits Koppe - 5Frits Koning - 4Henk Steman - 4Rudi Muts - 3Henny Kroeze - 2''' - 5'''Nikolai Manev - 2Ivan Dupalov - 1Angel Eftimov - 1Orlin Janakiev  - 1* Czechoslovakia and West Germany to Continental Final'''Final'''* 9 July*  Marketa Stadium, Prague* Att: 12,000* Czechoslovakia and Poland to Final
World Final * 18 September*  Olympic Stadium, Wrocław* Att: 55,000
See also * 1977 Individual Speedway World Championship* 1977 Speedway World Pairs Championship
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