The 1976 Speedway World Team Cup was the 17th edition of the FIM

Speedway World Team Cup The Speedway World Team Cup was an annual motorcycle speedway, speedway event held each year in different countries. The competition started in 1960 and was replaced with the Speedway World Cup in 2001. Format From 1960 until 1985 each team cons ...

to determine the team world champions. The final took place at the

White City Stadium White City Stadium was a stadium located in White City, London, England. Built for the 1908 Summer Olympics, it hosted the finish of the first modern marathon and other sports like swimming, speedway, boxing, show jumping, athletics, stock ca ...

in London. 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.

Qualification

British Round

* May 16 *

Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line ...

Foxhall Stadium Foxhall Stadium is a Stock car and speedway stadium located in Foxhall near Ipswich. The Stadium is run by Spedeworth Motorsports stock car promoters. The stadium opened in 1951 and has been in continuous operation since. Stock cars Known ...

* Referee: R. Randborg * Australia to Final

Scandinavian Round

* May 30 *

Tampere Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population ...

, Tampere Stadium * Sweden to Final

Continental Quarterfinal

* July 13 *

Castiglione Olona Castiglione Olona is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Varese, in Lombardy. As of 31 December 2015, it has a population of 7,753 inhabitants. History The town of Castiglione Olona rose around the fifth century CE under the Roman Empire doma ...

* West Germany and Italy to Continental Semifinal

Continental Quarterfinal

* July 13 *

Krško Krško (; german: Gurkfeld) is a town in eastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the City municipality of Krško. The town lies on the Sava River and on the northwest edge of the Krško Plain ( sl, Krško polje), which is part of the larger Krka Flat ...

* Czechoslovakia and Hungary to Continental Semifinal

Tournament

Continental Semifinal

* June 26 *

Landshut Landshut (; bar, Landshuad) is a town in Bavaria in the south-east of Germany. Situated on the banks of the River Isar, Landshut is the capital of Lower Bavaria, one of the seven administrative regions of the Free State of Bavaria. It is also ...

, Ellermühle Stadium *West Germany and Czechoslovakia to Continental Final

Continental Final

* July 3 *

Slaný Slaný (; german: Schlan) is a town in Kladno District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Administ ...

* Poland and Soviet Union to Final

World Final

* September 19 *

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* Att: 9,000 * Referee: Gunther Sober

References

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1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 ...

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Qualification

British Round

Scandinavian Round

Continental Quarterfinal

Continental Quarterfinal

Tournament

Continental Semifinal

Continental Final

World Final

See also

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