The 1976 Speedway World Team Cup was the 17th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The final took place at the White City Stadium in London.^[4] 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.^[5]^[6]

Qualification

British (& Commonwealth) Round

16 May
Foxhall Stadium, Ipswich
Referee: R. Randborg

Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20
1	Australia	40	3	6	9	11	13	16	19	21	23	26	28	31	34	36	38	40		40	40	40	40
	(1) John Boulger	9				2				2				3				2	9
	(2) Phil Crump	10			3				3				2				2		10
	(3) Billy Sanders	12		3				3				3			3				12
	(4) Phil Herne	9	3				2				2					2			9
	(17) Bob Humphreys	0																	0

2	England	35	2	4	4	7	10	12	14	17	20	22	22	24	26	29	32	35		35	35	35	35
	(9) John Louis	8			F		3					2						3	8
	(10) Peter Collins	11				3		2			3						3		11
	(11) Dave Jessup	8		2						3			F			3			8
	(12) Malcolm Simmons	8	2						2					2	2				8
	(19) Martin Ashby	0																	0

3	Scotland	12	0	1	2	3	4	4	5	5	6	7	10	10	10	11	12	12		12	12	12	12
	(13) Jim McMillan	3		1					1		1							0	3
	(14) Bobby Beaton	2	0							0		1					1		2
	(15) George Hunter	0			F			-						-		-			0
	(16) Brian Collins	5				1	1						3		F				5
	(20) Willie Templeton	2			1			0						0		1			2

4	New Zealand	8	1	1	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	7	8		8	8	8	8
	(5) Bruce Cribb	4	1					1					1					1	4
	(6) Larry Ross	1		0			0							1			0		1
	(7) Dave Gifford	0				0			0			0				0			0
	(8) Colin Farquharson	3			2					1	F				F				3
	(18) Jack Millen	0																	0
Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions:
gate A – inside	gate B	gate C	gate D – outside

Australia to Final

Scandinavian Round

30 May
Ratina Stadium, Tampere

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Sweden - 41 Bengt Jansson - 12 Anders Michanek - 12 Bernt Persson - 12 Tommy Nilsson - 5 Sören Karlsson - 0	Norway - 27 Dag Lovaas - 8 Reidar Eide - 7 Edgar Stangeland- 7 Audun Ove Olsen - 4 Øyvind S. Berg - 1	Denmark - 14 Finn Thomsen - 6 Mike Lohmann - 5 Leif Berlin - 1 Alf Busk - 1 Finn Rune Jensen - 1	Finland - 14 Ila Teromaa - 7 Kai Niemi - 4 Veli-Pekka Teromaa - 2 Markku Helminen - 1 Ari Koponen - 0

Sweden to Final

Continental Round

Quarterfinal

13 July
Castiglione Olona

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
West Germany - 34 Hans Wassermann - 12 Alois Wiesböck - 9 Christoph Betzl - 7 Georg Gilgenreiner - 6	Italy - 32 Paolo Noro - 11 Giuseppe Marzotto - 8 Luigi Bazan- 7 Mauro Ferraccioli - 5 Sandro Pastorelli - 1	Netherlands - 19 Henny Kroeze - 7 Henk Steman - 7 Frits Koning - 4 Tonny Egges - 1 Frits Koppe - 0	Austria - 10 Hubert Fischbacher - 4 Josef Haider - 4 Peter Sattler - 1 Manfred Trisko - 1 Alex Taudtmann - 0

West Germany and Italy to Continental Semifinal

Quarterfinal

13 July
Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Czechoslovakia - 42 Josef Minarik - 12 Jan Hadek - 9 Jan Klokocka - 8 Petr Kucera - 8 Vaclav Hejl - 5	Hungary - 25+3 Istvan Sziraczki - 10 Laszlo Zahoran - 6 Pal Perenyi- 5 Janos Szöeke - 4 Janos Jakab - 0	Bulgaria - 25+2 Nikolai Manev - 8 Angel Eftimov - 7 Orlin Janakiev - 7 Ivan Dupalov - 3 Christo Simeonov - 0	Yugoslavia - 2 Franc Sauperl - 2 Stefan Kekec - 0 Krešo Omerzel - 0 Joze Mausar - 0 Franc Pribovsek - 0

Czechoslovakia and Hungary to Continental Semifinal

Semifinal

26 June
Ellermühle Stadium, Landshut

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
West Germany - 44 Egon Müller - 12 Christoph Betzl - 11 Hans Wassermann - 11 Alois Wiesböck - 10 Georg Gilgenreiner - 0	Czechoslovakia - 33 Jiří Štancl - 11 Josef Minarik - 8 Jan Hadek- 6 Jan Klokocka - 5 Petr Ondrašík - 3	Italy - 13 Giuseppe Marzotto - 7 Luigi Bazan - 3 Paolo Noro - 2 Mauro Ferraccioli - 1 Francesco Barbetta - 0	Hungary - 6 Istvan Sziraczky - 3 Pal Perenyi - 2 Laszlo Zahoran - 1 Janos Jakab - 0 Janos Szöeke - 0

West Germany and Czechoslovakia to Continental Final

Continental Final

3 July
Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný

Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20
1	Poland	30	3	5	8	9	10	13	15	17	18	19	20	23	25	26	28	30		30	30	30	30
	(13) Edward Jancarz	7		2					2		1							2	7
	(14) Zenon Plech	8	3							2		1					2		8
	(15) Jerzy Rembas	10			3			3						3		1			10
	(16) Marek Cieślak	2				1	-						1		-				2
	(20) Jan Mucha	3					1								2				3

2	Soviet Union	28	3	4	5	7	10	11	13	14	14	17	18	21	24	24	27	28		28	28	28	28
	(1) Vladimir Gordeev	7				2				1				3				1	7
	(2) Valery Gordeev	7			1				2				1				3		7
	(3) Grigory Khlinovsky	8		1				1				3			3				8
	(4) Viktor Trofimov	6	3				3				F					-			6
	(17) Mikhail Starostin	0														0			0

3	Czechoslovakia	24	2	4	4	5	6	6	9	9	12	14	16	18	18	21	21	24		24	24	24	24
	(13) Jiří Štancl	11		2					3		3							3	11
	(14) Jan Hadek	2	2							0		-					0		2
	(15) Josef Minarik	3			0			0						-		3			3
	(16) Jan Klokocka	4				1	1						2		-				4
	(20) Václav Verner	4										2		2	0				4

4	West Germany	14	0	0	3	3	3	6	6	8	10	10	10	10	11	13	14	14		14	14	14	14
	(5) Egon Müller	3	0					3					0					E	3
	(6) Alois Wiesböck	1		0			0							-			1		1
	(7) Christoph Betzl	2				0			0			-				2			2
	(8) Hans Wassermann	8			3					2	2				1				8
	(18) Georg Gilgenreiner	0										0		0					0
Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions:
gate A – inside	gate B	gate C	gate D – outside

Poland and Soviet Union to Final

World Final

19 September
White City Stadium, London^[7]
Att: 9,000
Referee: Gunther Sober

Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20
1	Australia	31	2	4	7	10	10	13	13	15	17	17	19	21	24	25	28	31		31	31	31	31
	(9) John Boulger	6			3		F					0						3	6
	(10) Phil Crump	11				3		3			2						3		11
	(11) Billy Sanders	7		2						2			2			1			7
	(12) Phil Herne	7	2						0					2	3				7
	(19) Garry Middleton	0																	0

2	Poland	28	3	4	4	5	8	10	11	14	15	18	21	21	22	25	27	28		28	28	28	28
	(5) Edward Jancarz	9	3					2					3					1	9
	(6) Zenon Plech	6		1			3							F			2		6
	(7) Marek Cieślak	7				1			-			3				3			7
	(8) Jerzy Rembas	5			0					3	1				1				5
	(18) Bolesław Proch	1							1										1

3	Sweden	26	1	4	6	8	9	10	13	13	16	17	17	20	22	24	24	26		26	26	26	26
	(13) Anders Michanek	11		3					3		3							2	11
	(14) Bengt Jansson	1	1							F		-					-		1
	(15) Bernt Persson	8			2			1						3		2			8
	(16) Lars-Åke Andersson	5				2	1						E		2				5
	(20) Christer Löfqvist	1										1					E		1

4	Soviet Union	11	0	0	1	1	3	3	5	6	6	8	9	10	10	10	11	11		11	11	11	11
	(1) Viktor Trofimov	0				0				-				-				-	0
	(2) Valery Gordeev	5			1				2				1				1		5
	(3) Grigory Khlinovsky	2		0				0				2			0				2
	(4) Vladimir Gordeev	2	0				2				0					0			2
	(17) Vladimir Paznikov	2								1				1				0	2
Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions:
gate A – inside	gate B	gate C	gate D – outside

References

^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 25–26. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 98. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
^ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "1976 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

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See also	Host cities Medalists Medal classification
Speedway World Pairs Championship Speedway of Nations

Qualification

British (& Commonwealth) Round

Scandinavian Round

Continental Round

World Final

See also

References