The 1979 Speedway World Team Cup was the 20th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.
The final took place on 16 September at the White City Stadium in London. New Zealand won their first title defeating defending champions Denmark, who finished in second place.
Qualification Stage 1
Commonwealth Round 20 May Smallmead Stadium, Reading Referee: C.Bergstrom
* New Zealand and USA to Intercontinental Final
Scandinavian Round 20 May Eteläpuisto, Tampere
1st2nd3rd4th - 39Hans Nielsen - 12Ole Olsen - 11Mike Lohmann - 10Bo Petersen - 4Erik Gundersen - 2 - 32Anders Michanek - 10Bernt Persson - 9Jan Andersson- 8Tommy Nilsson - 3Stefan Salomonsson - 2 - 16Kai Niemi - 7Pekka Hautamaki - 4Ari Koponen - 3Olli Turkia - 2Ila Teromaa - 0 - 9Tormod Langli - 6Reidar Eide - 1Tom Godal - 1Rolf Gramstad - 1Toralf Olen - 0 * Denmark and Sweden to Intercontinental Final
Continental Round 20 May Illerstadion, Kempten
1st2nd3rd4th - 32Herbert Szerecs - 10Walter Grubmüler - 9Adi Funk - 7Hubert Fischbacher - 5Gunther Walla - 1 - 30Frits Koppe - 9Henny Kroeze - 8Rudi Muts- 5Frits Koning - 4Henk Steman - 4 - 29Waldemar Bacik - 9Georg Hack - 9Karl Maier - 8Georg Gilgenreiner - 2Wolfgang Mayr - 1 - 5Frank Hagar - 2Ivan Vobujak - 2Vlado Kocuvan - 1Manfred Kosmut - 0Jozef Mavsar - 0 * Austria and Netherlands to Continental Semifinal
20 May Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc
1st2nd3rd4th - 34Mikhail Starostin - 11Valery Gordeev - 9Grigory Khlinovsky - 7Sergey Denisov - 6Vladimir Klychkov - 1 - 30Laszlo Meszaros - 9Istvan Sziraczki - 9Janos Szoeke- 9Tibor Danka - 1Antal Tamcsu - 0 - 25Giuseppe Marzotto - 9Paulo Noro - 7Mauro Ferracciolo - 5Francesco Biginato - 4 - 9Atanasz Janakiev - 3Orlin Janakiev - 3Nikolai Manev - 2Deter Kostov - 1Angel Eftimov - 0 * Soviet Union and Hungary to Continental Semifinal
Semifinal 15 July Svítkova Stadion, Pardubice
* Soviet Union and Hungary to Continental Final
Qualifying Stage 2 Continental Final 29 July Olympic Stadium, Wrocław Att: 35,000
* Poland and Czechoslovakia to Final
Intercontinental Final 14 June Snälltorpet, Eskilstuna Att: 4,400
* New Zealand and Denmark to World Final
World Final 16 September White City Stadium, London Referee: Gunther Sorber
See also 1979 Individual Speedway World Championship 1979 Speedway World Pairs Championship
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