1978 Speedway World Team Cup
Introduction The '''1978 Speedway World Team Cup''' was the 19th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.The final took place at the Ellermühle Speedway Stadium in Landshut, West Germany. Denmark won their first title defeating defending champions England, who finished in second place.
Qualification Stage 1 ===British & Commonwealth Round===* May 21*  Smallmead Stadium, Reading* Referee:  A. Humphrey'''* England and Australia to Intercontinental Final'''===Scandinavian Round===* June 4*  Tampere Stadium, Tampere* Att: 2,0001st2nd3rd4th''' - 34'''Finn Thomsen - 11Mike Lohmann - 9Hans Nielsen - 8Ole Olsen - 6''' - 33'''Bernt Persson - 11Jan Andersson - 9Tommy Nilsson - 9Sören Karlsson - 2Bo Wirebrand - 2''' - 21'''Kai Niemi - 7Seppo Palomaki - 5Ila Teromaa - 5Rauli Makinen - 4Ari Koponen - 0''' - 6'''Rolf Gramstad - 4Sigvart Pedersen - 1Trond Helge Skretting - 1Audun Ove Olsen  - 0Stein Roar Pedersen - 0'''* Denmark and Sweden to Intercontinental Final'''===Continental Round===* May 21*  Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt1st2nd3rd4th''' - 38'''Alois Wiesböck - 12Georg Hack - 9Hans Wassermann - 9Egon Müller - 8''' - 29'''Giuseppe Marzotto - 10Francesco Biginato - 7Mauro Ferraccioli - 7Sandro Pastorelli - 5''' - 15'''Laszlo Meszaros - 6Istvan Sziraczki - 6Janos Oresko - 2Janos Jakob - 1''' - 14'''Josef Haider - 6Adi Funk - 3Herbert Szerecs - 2Gunther Walla  - 2Hubert Fischbacher - 1'''* West Germany and Italy to Continental Semifinal'''* May 21*  Mladost Stadum, Prelog'''* Soviet Union and Nederlands to Continental Semifinal''''''Semifinal'''* July 17*  Abensberg Stadion, Abensberg* Att: 18,000'''* Soviet Union and West Germany to Continental Final'''
Qualification Stage 2 ===Continental Final===* July 29*  Leningrad Speedway Stadium, Leningrad'''* Poland and Czechoslovakia to World Final'''===Intercontinental Final===* June 18*  Hyde Road, Manchester* Referee:  Tore Kittilsen'''* England and Denmark to World Final'''
World Final * September 16*  Landshut, Stadion Ellermühle* Referee:  Tore Kittilsen* Att: 7,000
See also * 1978 Individual Speedway World Championship* 1978 Speedway World Pairs Championship
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