1978 Speedway World Team Cup

• May 21
• {{Flagicon|ENG}} Smallmead Stadium, Reading
• Referee: {{flagicon|ENG}} A. Humphrey

{{speedway event 4t 4r|team1=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/b|P1|ENG|England

|Malcolm Simmons |3|3|3|2|

|Peter Collins |3|3|3|3|

|Dave Jessup |3|3|0|3|

|Gordon Kennett |3|3|2|3|

|John Davis

}}|team2=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/r|P2|AUS|Australia

|Phil Crump ||1.4i=E|2|2|0|

|Phil Herne |0||2.7i=-||2.11i=-||2.15i=-|

|John Boulger |2|2|3||3.13i=F|

|Billy Sanders |0|1||4.9i=-|1|

|John Titman |5.7p=2|5.9p=3|5.11p=1|5.15p=2|

}}|team3=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/w|3|USA|United States

|Scott Autrey |2|2|2|3|

|Steve Gresham |2|1|1||2.15i=-|

|Bruce Penhall |0|1|2|0|

|Mike Curoso |1|1|0|2|

|Jim Gresham |5.15p=0|

}}|team4=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/y|4|NZL|New Zealand

|Larry Ross |1|0|0|1|

|Mitch Shirra |2|0|1|1|

|Bruce Cribb |1||3.6i=F|1|2|

|Roger Abel |1||4.5i=-||4.11i=-|1|

|Cliff Anderson |5.11p=0|

}}

}}

* England and Australia to Intercontinental Final

• June 4
• {{flagicon|FIN}} Tampere Stadium, Tampere
• Att: 2,000

* Denmark and Sweden to Intercontinental Final

• May 21
• {{flagicon|AUT}} Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt

* West Germany and Italy to Continental Semifinal

• May 21
• {{Flagicon|YUG}} Mladost Stadum, Prelog

{{speedway event 4t 4r|team1=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/b|P1|USSR|Soviet Union

|Grigory Khlinovsky ||1.1i=F|2|1|3|

|Vladimir Paznikov |3|2|2|2|

|Mikhail Starostin |3|3|2|3|

|Nikolay Kornev ||4.3i=F|3|2|1|

|Oleg Rakhimov

}}|team2=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/w|P2|NED|Nederlands

|Henk Steman |3|3|1||1.16i=-|

|Henny Kroeze |2|3|3||2.15i=X|

|Frits Koning |2|1||3.11i=-|2|

|Frits Koppe |3|2|0|2|

|Rudi Muts |5.11p=3|5.16p=2|

}}|team3=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/r|3|BUL|Bulgaria

|Angel Eftimov |1|2|3|1|

|Orlin Janakiev |2|1|2|3|

|Nikolai Cvetkov |1|1|3|3|

|Atanas Stojanov |2|1|1||4.14i=F|

|Nikolai Parvanov

}}|team4=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/y|4|YUG|Yugoslavia

|Vlado Kocuvan |0|0|0|0|

|Stefan Kekec |1|0|0|1|

|Djuro Fleten |1|0|1|1|

|Ivan Posedi |0|0|0|0|

|Darko Tominac

}}

}}

* Soviet Union and Nederlands to Continental Semifinal

Semifinal

• July 17
• {{Flagicon|FRG}} Abensberg Stadion, Abensberg
• Att: 18,000

{{speedway event 4t 4r|team1=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/w|P1|USSR|Soviet Union

|Grigory Khlinovsky |2|3|3|2|

|Vladimir Paznikov |||||

|Nikolay Kornev ||3.2i=X|1|1|1|

|Mikhail Starostin |2|2|3|3|

|Valery Gordeev |5.4p=3|5.6p=2|5.9p=3|5.15p=3|

}}|team2=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/r|P2|FRG|West Germany

|Georg Hack |2|3|1|3|

|Egon Muller |3|3|3|2|

|Waldemar Bacik |3||3.6i=F|2|0|

|Alois Wiesböck |0|0||4.9i=X|2|

|Georg Gilgenreiner

}}|team3=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/b|3|NED|Nederlands

|Henny Kroeze |3|3|2|1|

|Rudi Muts |1|2||2.12i=F||2.15i=F|

|Frits Koppe |1|0||3.10i=-|3|

|Henk Steman |1|0|2|1|

|Frits Koning |5.10p=0|

}}|team4=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/y|4|ITA|Italy

|Francesco Biginato |2|1|1|0|

|Giuseppe Marzotto |1|2|1|1|

|Mauro Ferraccioli |0|1|2|0|

|Sandro Pastorelli |0|1||4.11i=E|2|

|Dario Famari

}}

}}

* Soviet Union and West Germany to Continental Final

• July 29
• {{Flagicon|USSR}} Leningrad Speedway Stadium, Leningrad

{{speedway event 4t 4r|team1=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/r|P1|POL|Poland

|Edward Jancarz |3|3|3|2|

|Marek Cieślak |3|3|3|2|

|Bolesław Proch |1|3|0|2|

|Andrzej Huszcza |1||4.5i=-|0||4.14i=-|

|Jerzy Rembas |5.5p=0|5.14p=2|

}}|team2=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/b|P2|CSK|Czechoslovakia

|Jiří Štancl ||1.1i=E|2|2||1.16i=E|

|Jan Verner |3|1|1|3|

|Václav Verner ||3.4i=E|1|3|3|

|Aleš Dryml Sr. |2|0|3|3|

|Petr Ondrašík

}}|team3=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/y|3|USSR|Soviet Union

|Nikolay Kornev |2|2|1||1.16i=-|

|Mikhail Starostin |3|2|2|0|

|Vladimir Smirnov |1|1||3.12i=-||3.14i=-|

|Grigory Khlinovsky |1||4.5i=-|1|0|

|Valery Gordeev |5.5p=2|5.12p=2|5.14p=1|5.16p=1|

}}|team4=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/w|4|FRG|West Germany

|Waldemar Bacik |0|3|1|3|

|Georg Hack |2||2.6i=F|2|1|

|Georg Gilgenreiner |0|1||3.11i=F|0|

|Alois Wiesböck |2|0|0|1|

| -

}}

}}

* Poland and Czechoslovakia to World Final

• June 18
• {{flagicon|ENG}} Hyde Road, Manchester
• Referee: {{flagicon|NOR}} Tore Kittilsen

{{speedway event 4t 4r|team1=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/r|P1|ENG|England

|Peter Collins |1|3|2||1.16i=E|

|Malcolm Simmons |3|3|3|2|

|Michael Lee |1|3|3|3|

|Dave Jessup |0||4.5i=-||4.9i=-||4.14i=-|

|John Davis |5.5p=2|5.9p=1|5.14p=3|

}}|team2=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/b|P2|DEN|Denmark

|Mike Lohmann |2|1||1.11i=E|2|

|Ole Olsen |3|3|3|3|

|Finn Thomsen |0|1||3.10i=-|2|

|Hans Nielsen |1|2|2|0|

|Alf Busk |5.10p=0|

}}|team3=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/y|3|SWE|Sweden

|Anders Michanek |2|2|3|3|

|Jan Andersson |3|1|1|0|

|Christer Sjösten |2||3.6i=E|0|0|

|Bernt Persson |3|1|1|1|

|Sören Karlsson

}}|team4=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/w|4|AUS|Australia

|Phil Crump |0|0||1.10i=-|1|

|John Titman |2|2|0|1|

|John Boulger |0|0|2||3.14i=-|

|Phil Herne |1|0||4.12i=-|2|

|Mick McKeon |5.10p=2|5.12p=1|5.14p=1|

}}

}}

* England and Denmark to World Final

• September 16
• {{flagicon|FRG}} Landshut, Stadion Ellermühle{{cite web|url=http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/wtc78.htm|title=1978 WORLD TEAM CUP|website=International Speedway|access-date=15 July 2021}}
• Referee: {{flagicon|NOR}} Tore Kittilsen
• Att: 7,000

{{speedway event 4t 4r|team1=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/y|P1|DEN|Denmark

|Ole Olsen |2|3|3|2|

|Mike Lohmann |2|3|1|3|

|Finn Thomsen |3|1|1|2|

|Hans Nielsen |3|2|3|3|

|Kristian Præstbro

}}|team2=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/b|P2|ENG|England

|Malcolm Simmons |3|3|2||1.16i=E|

|Dave Jessup |0||2.5i=-|3|2|

|Peter Collins |0|0|3|3|

|Gordon Kennett |1|2||4.9i=-||4.13i=-|

|Michael Lee |5.5p=3|5.9p=1|5.13p=1|

}}|team3=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/r|3|POL|Poland

|Edward Jancarz |2|1|2|1|17|1.17p=3

|Zenon Plech |0|1|0||2.15i=-|

|Marek Cieślak |3|0|0|2|

|Jerzy Rembas |1|1|0|1|

|Andrzej Huszcza |5.15p=1|

}}|team4=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/w|4|CSK|Czechoslovakia

|Jiří Štancl |2|0|2|3|17|1.17p=2

|Jan Verner |1|2|2||2.15i=X|

|Václav Verner |1|0|1|0|

|Aleš Dryml Sr. ||4.1i=F|2|0|0|

|Petr Ondrašík

}}

}}

• 1978 Individual Speedway World Championship
• 1978 Speedway World Pairs Championship

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