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{{Short description|18th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition}}{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}{{Use British English|date=December 2023}}{{Motorsport season|title = Speedway World Team Cup|link = Speedway World Team Cup|year = 1977}}The 1977 Speedway World Team Cup was the 18th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.BOOK, Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian, The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, 1987, 290, Guinness Superlatives, 0-85112-492-5, BOOK, Oakes, Peter, 1981 Speedway Yearbook, 1981, 25-26, Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd, 0-86215-017-5, BOOK, Bott, Richard, The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4, 1980, 98, Stanley Paul & Co Ltd, 0-09-141751-1, The final took place at the Stadion Olimpijski (Wrocław) in Poland.WEB,weblink Speedway riders, history and results, wwosbackup, 12 July 2021, WEB, World Team Cup,weblink 2024-04-27, internationalspeedway.co.uk, 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.WEB,weblink World Team Cup 1960-1990, Edinburgh Speedway, 13 July 2021, WEB,weblink FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS, Motor Sport Top 20, 13 July 2021,

Qualification

British & Commonwealth Round

• 19 June
• {{flagicon|ENG}} Smallmead Stadium, Reading
• Referee: {{flagicon|SWE}} C Bergstrom

{{speedway event 4t 4r|team1={{speedway event 4t 4r/b|P1|ENG|England align=center style="background:#efefef;"!width=20% {{Speedway color|P1}}|1st!width=20% {{Speedway color|P2}}|2nd!width=20% {{Speedway color|P3}}|3rd!width=20%|4th align=center

Dave Jessup >3

3

Malcolm Simmons (speedway racer)>Malcolm Simmons

3

3|

John Davis (speedway rider)>John Davis

1

3.10i=-

Peter Collins (speedway rider)>Peter Collins

3

3|

Michael Lee (speedway rider)>Michael Lee

}}|team2={{speedway event 4t 4r/r|P2|AUS|Australia

John Boulger >1

2

Phil Crump >3

2

Billy Sanders >2

3

Phil Herne >2

2

|Mitch Shirra }}|team3={{speedway event 4t 4r/y|3|SCO|Scotland

Jim McMillan (speedway rider)>Jim McMillan

2

1|

Bobby Beaton (speedway rider)>Bobby Beaton

2.1i=E

2

Brian Collins (speedway rider)>Brian Collins

1

Bert Harkins >0

1

|Benny Rourke}}|team4={{speedway event 4t 4r/w|4|NZL|New Zealand

Larry Ross (speedway rider)>Larry Ross

1

0|

Bruce Cribb >3

0

Robin Adlington >0

0

Dave Gifford >1

4.7i=-

John Goodall (speedway rider)>John Goodall }}}} England to Final Scandinavian Round 19 June {{flagicon|NOR}} Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien {| border=1 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=75% style="border-collapse:collapse"

p1}}

{{speedway>SWE}} - 37Bernt Persson - 11Tommy Nilsson (speedway rider)

- 10Bengt Jansson - 9Anders Michanek - 5Jan Andersson (speedway rider)>Jan Andersson - 2

p2}}

{{speedway>DEN}} - 28Ole Olsen (speedway rider)

- 12Mike Lohmann - 7Alf Busk - 5Finn Jensen (speedway rider)>Finn Jensen - 3Bo Petersen - 1

p3}}

{{speedway>FIN}} - 25Kai Niemi - 8Ila Teromaa - 8Rauli Makinen - 5Markku Helminen - 4

{{speedway|NOR}} - 5Tom Godal - 2Audun Ove Olsen - 2Jan Terje Gravningen - 1Tormod Langli - 0

• Sweden to Final

Continental Round

QuarterFinal

• 21 May
• {{flagicon|FRG}} Ellermühle Stadium, Landshut

{| border=1 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=75% style="border-collapse:collapse" align=center style="background:#efefef;"!width=20% {{Speedway color|P1}}|1st!width=20% {{Speedway color|P2}}|2nd!width=20% {{Speedway color|P3}}|3rd!width=20%|4th align=center p1}}{{speedway>FRG}} - 42Egon Müller - 12Christoph Betzl - 11Hans Wassermann - 9Alois Wiesböck - 7Georg Gilgenreiner - 3p2}}{{speedway>NED}} - 24Frits Koppe - 8Henny Kroeze - 8Henk Steman - 4Frits Koning - 3Rudi Muts - 1p3}}{{speedway>AUT}} - 19Hubert Fischbacher - 6Walter Grubmuler - 5Adi Funk - 4Gunther Walla - 4'''{{speedwayJanos Berki - 5Herbert Szerecs - 5Laszlo Meszaros (speedway rider)>Laszlo Meszaros - 1Janos Szoeke - 0

• West Germany and Nederlands to Continental Semifinal

QuarterFinal

• 22 May
• {{flagicon|YUG}} City Garden Stadium, Osijek

{| border=1 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=75% style="border-collapse:collapse" align=center style="background:#efefef;"!width=20% {{Speedway color|P1}}|1st!width=20% {{Speedway color|P2}}|2nd!width=20% {{Speedway color|P3}}|3rd!width=20%|4th align=center p1}}{{speedway>CSK}} - 41Jan Verner - 12Ivon Vobornik - 9Aleš Dryml Sr. - 7Josef Minarik - 7Jan Klokocka - 6p2}}{{speedway>BUL}} - 28Orlin Janakiev - 8Grigory Adarov - 7Angel Eftimov - 7Nikolai Manev - 6p3}}{{speedway>ITA}} - 25Luigi Biginato - 7Paolo Noro - 7Francesko Barbetta - 6Fabio Pastorelli - 5{{speedway|YUG}} - 2Stefan Kecek - 1Vlado Kocuvan - 1Djuro Fleten - 0? Goniniak - 0

• Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria to Continental Semifinal

SemiFinal

• May 22
• {{flagicon|HUN}} Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc

{| border=1 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=75% style="border-collapse:collapse" align=center style="background:#efefef;"!width=20% {{Speedway color|P1}}|1st!width=20% {{Speedway color|P2}}|2nd!width=20% {{Speedway color|P3}}|3rd!width=20%|4th align=center p1}}{{speedway>CSK}} - 40Jiří Štancl - 11Jan Verner - 11Aleš Dryml Sr. - 9Josef Minarik - 7Jan Hadek - 2p2}}{{speedway>FRG}} - 33Christoph Betzl - 11Hans Wassermann - 10Alois Wiesböck - 9Georg Gilgenreiner - 3p3}}{{speedway>NED}} - 18Frits Koppe - 5Frits Koning - 4Henk Steman - 4Rudi Muts - 3Henny Kroeze - 2{{speedway|BUL}} - 5Nikolai Manev - 2Ivan Dupalov - 1Angel Eftimov - 1Orlin Janakiev - 1

• Czechoslovakia and West Germany to Continental Final

Final

• 9 July
• {{flagicon|CSK}} Marketa Stadium, Prague
• Att: 12,000

{{speedway event 4t 4r|team1={{speedway event 4t 4r/w|P1|CSK|CzechoslovakiaJiří Štancl >32Václav Verner >23Jan Verner >12Aleš Dryml Sr. >21|Jan Hadek }}|team2={{speedway event 4t 4r/b|P2|POL|PolandZenon Plech >33Edward Jancarz >23Jan Mucha (speedway rider)>Jan Mucha Jerzy Rembas >22Bogusław Nowak >5.7p=25.14p=2|}}|team3={{speedway event 4t 4r/r|3|FRG|West GermanyEgon Müller >32Christoph Betzl >002.15i=-|Hans Wassermann >33Alois Wiesböck >04.5i=-1|Georg Gilgenreiner >5.5p=3}}|team4={{speedway event 4t 4r/y|4|USSR|Soviet UnionSergey Dyuzhev >001.16i=-|Grigory Khlinovsky >10Vladimir Paznikov >10Vladimir Rozhanchuk >11Nikolay Kornev >5.16p=0|}}}}

• Czechoslovakia and Poland to Final

World Final

• 18 September
• {{flagicon|POL}} Olympic Stadium, WrocÅ‚awWEB,weblink 1977 WORLD TEAM CUP, International Speedway, 15 July 2021,
• Att: 55,000

{{speedway event 4t 4r|team1={{speedway event 4t 4r/y|P1|ENG|EnglandPeter Collins (speedway rider)>Peter Collins 22|Malcolm Simmons (speedway racer)>Malcolm Simmons 22.10i=-2.15i=-|Michael Lee (speedway rider)>Michael Lee 13|

Dave Jessup >2

1

John Davis (speedway rider)>John Davis

5.15p=3|}}|team2={{speedway event 4t 4r/r|P2|POL|Poland

Jerzy Rembas >3

0

1.16i=E|

Edward Jancarz >3

2

Bogusław Nowak >1

2

Marek Cieslak >0

0

4.14i=-|

Ryszard Fabiszewski >5.14p=1|}}|team3={{speedway event 4t 4r/b|3|CSK|Czechoslovakia

Jiří Štancl >2

3

Václav Verner >2

2

Jan Verner >1

1

Aleš Dryml Sr. >0

2

|Petr Ondrašík }}|team4={{speedway event 4t 4r/w|4|SWE|Sweden

Bengt Jansson >1

0

Anders Michanek >0

1

Tommy Nilsson (speedway rider)>Tommy Nilsson

Bernt Persson >3

1

Sören Karlsson >5.8p=0

}}}} See also 1977 Individual Speedway World Championship 1977 Speedway World Pairs Championship References {{Reflist}}{{Speedway World Cup seasons}}