| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 18–21 October |
| Location | Navua, Viti Levu, Fiji |
| Course(s) | Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club |
| Format | 72 holes stroke play |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,317 yards (5,776 m) |
| Field | 24 teams 95 players |
| Champion | |
 United StatesBobby Clampett, John Cook, Scott Hoch & Jay Sigel | |
| 873 (+9) | |
| Location map | |
  Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club Location in the Pacific Ocean  Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club Location in Fiji | |
The 1978 Eisenhower Trophy took place 18 to 21 October at the Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club in Navua, Viti Levu, Fiji. It was the 11th World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 24 four-man teams. The best three scores for each round counted towards the team total.
United States won the Eisenhower Trophy for the seventh time, finishing 13 strokes ahead of the silver medalists, Canada. Australia took the bronze medal, five strokes further behind, while New Zealand finished fourth. Bobby Clampett, United States, had the lowest individual score, one-under-par 287.
After the 1974 Eisenhower Trophy was moved from Malaysia to the Dominican Republic, the 1978 event had been allocated to the Asia/Australasia zone with the 1980 event allocated to the American zone and the 1982 event to the Europe/Africa zone.