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{{Short description|20th 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 = 1979}}The 1979 Speedway World Team Cup was the 20th 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, WEB,weblink 1979 WORLD TEAM CUP, International Speedway, 15 July 2021, The final took place on 16 September at the White City Stadium in London.BOOK, Bott, Richard, The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4, 1980, 87, Stanley Paul & Co Ltd, 0-09-141751-1, WEB,weblink Speedway riders, history and results, wwosbackup, 12 July 2021, New Zealand won their first title defeating defending champions Denmark, who finished in second place.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 Stage 1

Commonwealth Round

• 20 May
• {{Flagicon|ENG}} Smallmead Stadium, Reading
• Referee: {{flagicon|SWE}} C.Bergstrom

{{speedway event 4t 4r|team1={{speedway event 4t 4r/y|P1|NZL|New Zealand 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

Ivan Mauger >3

2

Larry Ross (speedway rider)>Larry Ross

1

1|

Mitch Shirra >3

2

Bruce Cribb >0

1

Roger Abel (speedway rider)>Roger Abel }}|team2={{speedway event 4t 4r/w|P2|USA|United States

Bruce Penhall >2

0

1.16i=F|

Kelly Moran (speedway rider)>Kelly Moran

1

Bobby Schwartz >2

2

Steve Gresham >3

4.7i=F

4.12i=T

|Dennis Sigalos }}|team3={{speedway event 4t 4r/b|3|ENG|England

Malcolm Simmons (speedway racer)>Malcolm Simmons

Gordon Kennett >1

1

Peter Collins (speedway rider)>Peter Collins

1

Michael Lee (speedway rider)>Michael Lee

3

Dave Jessup >5.6p=1

5.13p=2

}}|team4={{speedway event 4t 4r/r|4|AUS|Australia

Phil Crump >1

3

Billy Sanders >

3

2.11i=F

Phil Herne >0

John Titman >1

3

John Boulger >5.10p=1

}}}}* New Zealand and USA to Intercontinental Final Scandinavian Round 20 May {{flagicon|FIN}} Eteläpuisto, Tampere {| border=1 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=75% style="border-collapse:collapse"

p1}}

{{speedway>DEN}} - 39Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)

- 12Ole Olsen (speedway rider)>Ole Olsen - 11Mike Lohmann - 10Bo Petersen - 4Erik Gundersen - 2

p2}}

{{speedway>SWE}} - 32Anders Michanek - 10Bernt Persson - 9Jan Andersson (speedway rider)

- 8Tommy Nilsson (speedway rider)>Tommy Nilsson - 3Stefan Salomonsson - 2

p3}}

{{speedway>FIN}} - 16Kai Niemi - 7Pekka Hautamaki - 4Ari Koponen - 3Olli Turkia - 2Ila Teromaa - 0

{{speedway|NOR}} - 9Tormod Langli - 6Reidar Eide - 1Tom Godal - 1Rolf Gramstad - 1Toralf Olen - 0

* Denmark and Sweden to Intercontinental Final

Continental Round

• 20 May
• {{flagicon|FRG}} Illerstadion, Kempten

{| 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>AUT}} - 32Herbert Szerecs - 10Walter Grubmüler - 9Adi Funk - 7Hubert Fischbacher - 5Gunther Walla - 1p2}}{{speedway>NED}} - 30Frits Koppe - 9Henny Kroeze - 8Rudi Muts- 5Frits Koning - 4Henk Steman - 4p3}}{{speedway>FRG}} - 29Waldemar Bacik - 9Georg Hack - 9Karl Maier (speedway rider) - 8Georg Gilgenreiner - 2Wolfgang Mayr (speedway rider)>Wolfgang Mayr - 1{{speedway|YUG}} - 5Frank Hagar - 2Ivan Vobujak - 2Vlado Kocuvan - 1Manfred Kosmut - 0Jozef Mavsar - 0* Austria and Netherlands to Continental Semifinal

• 20 May
• {{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>USSR}} - 34Mikhail Starostin - 11Valery Gordeev - 9Grigory Khlinovsky - 7Sergey Denisov - 6Vladimir Klychkov - 1p2}}{{speedway>HUN}} - 30Laszlo Meszaros - 9Istvan Sziraczki - 9Janos Szoeke- 9Tibor Danka - 1Antal Tamcsu - 0p3}}{{speedway>ITA}} - 25Giuseppe Marzotto - 9Paulo Noro - 7Mauro Ferracciolo - 5Francesco Biginato - 4{{speedway|BUL}} - 9Atanasz Janakiev - 3Orlin Janakiev - 3Nikolai Manev - 2Deter Kostov - 1Angel Eftimov - 0* Soviet Union and Hungary to Continental SemifinalSemifinal

• 15 July
• {{flagicon|CSK}} Svítkova Stadion, Pardubice

{{speedway event 4t 4r|team1={{speedway event 4t 4r/y|P1|USSR|Soviet UnionMikhail Starostin >33Valery Gordeev >33Viktor Kuznetsov (speedway rider)>Viktor Kuznetsov 3.3i=F3Grigory Khlinovsky >33|Anatoly Maksimov }}|team2={{speedway event 4t 4r/r|P2|HUN|HungaryIstvan Sziraczki >21Janos Szoeke >32Laszlo Meszaros (speedway rider)>Laszlo Meszaros 22|Janos Jacob >2Antal Tamcsu >5.9p=0}}|team3={{speedway event 4t 4r/b|3|NED|NetherlandsFrits Koning >111.16i=-|Piet Seur >02.5i=-2.12i=-2.15i=-|Frits Koppe >1Henk Steman >21Rudi Muts >5.5p=25.15p=2}}|team4={{speedway event 4t 4r/w|4|AUT|AustriaHerbert Szerecs >11Adi Funk >02Hubert Fischbacher >22|Walter Grubmüler >01|Siegfried Eder >5.12i=E|}}}}* Soviet Union and Hungary to Continental Final

Qualifying Stage 2

Continental Final

• 29 July
• {{flagicon|POL}} Olympic Stadium, WrocÅ‚aw
• Att: 35,000

{{speedway event 4t 4r|team1={{speedway event 4t 4r/w|P1|POL|PolandZenon Plech >331.16i=-|Robert Słaboń >32Jerzy Rembas >31Edward Jancarz >334.13i=-|Andrzej Huszcza >5.13p=1}}|team2={{speedway event 4t 4r/r|P2|CSK|CzechoslovakiaJiří Štancl >21Aleš Dryml Sr. >21Petr Ondrašík >1Zdeněk Kudrna >23|Václav Verner >5.10p=2}}|team3={{speedway event 4t 4r/b|3|USSR|Soviet UnionValery Gordeev >23Mikhail Starostin >22Grigory Khlinovsky >11Viktor Kuznetsov (speedway rider)>Viktor Kuznetsov 12||Anatoly Maksimov }}|team4={{speedway event 4t 4r/y|4|HUN|HungaryFerenc Farkas (speedway rider)>Ferenc Farkas 0Laszlo Juhasz >10Zoltán Adorján >003.14i=-|Zoltan Hajdu >00Csaba Nagy (speedway rider)>Csaba Nagy 5.16i=E|}}}}* Poland and Czechoslovakia to Final

Intercontinental Final

• 14 June
• {{flagicon|SWE}} Snälltorpet, Eskilstuna
• Att: 4,400

{{speedway event 4t 4r|team1={{speedway event 4t 4r/w|P1|NZL|New Zealand

Ivan Mauger >2

3

Larry Ross (speedway rider)>Larry Ross

3

0|

Mitch Shirra >3

2

Bruce Cribb >0

2

Roger Abel (speedway rider)>Roger Abel }}|team2={{speedway event 4t 4r/b|P2|DEN|Denmark

Ole Olsen (speedway rider)>Ole Olsen

3

2|

Mike Lohmann >3

0

Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)>Hans Nielsen

2

3.10i=T

Bo Petersen >0

3|

Bent Rasmussen >5.9p=0|}}|team3={{speedway event 4t 4r/y|3|USA|United States

Kelly Moran (speedway rider)>Kelly Moran

2

2|

Bruce Penhall >2

2.6i=T

0|

Bobby Schwartz >2

2

Steve Gresham >1

0

|Ron Preston }}|team4={{speedway event 4t 4r/r|4|SWE|Sweden

Richard Hellsen >3

1

Anders Michanek >1

1

Jan Andersson (speedway rider)>Jan Andersson

1

1|

Bernt Persson >1

2

|Bo Wirebrand }}}}* New Zealand and Denmark to World Final World Final 16September 16 {{flagicon|ENG}} White City Stadium, London Referee: {{flagicon|FRG}} Gunther Sorber {{speedway event 4t 4r|team1={{speedway event 4t 4r/w|P1|NZL|New Zealand

Ivan Mauger >3

3

1.16i=F|

Larry Ross (speedway rider)>Larry Ross

3

3|

Mitch Shirra >2

3

Bruce Cribb >1

1

Roger Abel (speedway rider)>Roger Abel }}|team2={{speedway event 4t 4r/y|P2|DEN|Denmark

Ole Olsen (speedway rider)>Ole Olsen

3

3|

Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)>Hans Nielsen

3

1|

Mike Lohmann >2

2

Finn Thomsen >1

3|

Bo Petersen >5.11i=E|}}|team3={{speedway event 4t 4r/r|3|CSK|Czechoslovakia

Jiří Štancl >0

3

Zdeněk Kudrna >

2

0|

Aleš Dryml Sr. >1

1

Václav Verner >0

1

|Petr Ondrašík }}|team4={{speedway event 4t 4r/b|4|POL|Poland

Piotr Pyszny >2

1

Zenon Plech >

2

2|

Robert Słaboń >2

3.7i=F

3.10i=F

3.14i=-|

Marek Cieślak >1

4.8i=E

4.9i=-

4.13i=F|

Andrzej Tkocz >5.9p=0

}}}} See also 1979 Individual Speedway World Championship 1979 Speedway World Pairs Championship References {{Reflist}}{{Speedway World Cup seasons}}