1980 Speedway World Team Cup

The 1980 Speedway World Team Cup was the 21st edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The final took place at the Vojens Speedway Center in Denmark.^[4] England won their eighth title to extend their record and the United States had their best performance to date finishing second. The defending champions New Zealand finished last in the British qualifying round.^[5]^[6]

Qualification[]

Day	Venue	Winner
Qualification
17 May	Krumbach, Bavaria	West Germany
18 May	King's Lynn	England
18 May	Castiglione Olona	USSR
11 June	Kumla	Denmark

Round 1[]

May 18
King's Lynn, Norfolk Arena
Referee: G Bergstrom

Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20
1	England	42	2	5	7	10	12	15	17	20	22	25	28	31	34	37	40	42		42	42	42	42
	(13) Peter Collins	9		3					2		2							2	9
	(14) Michael Lee	11	2							3		3					3		11
	(15) Dave Jessup	11			2			3						3		3			11
	(16) Chris Morton	11				3	2						3		3				11
	(20) John Louis	0																	0

2	United States	31	3	3	6	8	11	13	16	16	19	21	22	24	26	28	30	31		31	31	31	31
	(9) Bruce Penhall	9			3		3					2						1	9
	(10) Scott Autrey	9				2		2			3						2		9
	(11) Bobby Schwartz	3		X						E			1			2			3
	(12) Dennis Sigalos	10	3						3					2	2				10
	(19) Ron Preston	0																	0

3	Australia	14	1	2	3	4	5	5	6	7	8	8	10	10	10	10	11	14		14	14	14	14
	(5) Billy Sanders	6	1					0					2					3	6
	(6)	3		1			1							0			1		3
	(7) Phil Herne	1				1			F			-				-			1
	(8)	3			1					1	1				0				3
	(18) Gary Guglielmi	1							1			0				0			1

4	New Zealand	9	0	2	2	2	2	3	3	5	5	6	6	7	8	9	9	9		9	9	9	9
	(1) Ivan Mauger	3				0				2				1				0	3
	(2) Mitch Shirra	0			0				X				0				-		0
	(3) Larry Ross	5		2				1				1			1				5
	(4) Bruce Cribb	1	0				0				-					1			1
	(17) Wayne Brown	0									0						0		0
Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions:
gate A – inside	gate B	gate C	gate D – outside

* England & USA to Intercontinental Final

Round 2[]

June 11
Kumla,

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Denmark - 43 Ole Olsen - 12 Bo Petersen - 12 Tommy Knudsen - 11 Hans Nielsen - 6 Erik Gundersen - 2	Sweden - 31 Anders Michanek - 10 Jan Andersson- 9 Richard Hellsen - 6 Bengt Jansson - 5 Bernt Persson - 1	Finland - 18 Kai Niemi - 6 - 5 - 4 Ila Teromaa - 3 - 0	Norway - 4 - 2 Audun Ove Olsen - 1 Trond Helge Skretting - 1 Reidar Eide - 0 Rolf Gramstad - 0

* Denmark & Sweden to Intercontinental Final

Round 3[]

May 18
Castiglione Olona

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Soviet Union - 41 Grigory Khlinovsky - 12 Valery Gordeev - 11 Viktor Kuznetsov - 11 Mikhail Starostin - 7	Italy - 21 - 8 Giuseppe Marzotto- 5 - 4 - 4	Austria - 17 - 7 Adi Funk - 5 - 4 - 1	- 16 - 7 - 4 - 4 - 1

* Soviet Union & Italy to Continental Semi-Final

Round 4[]

May 17
Krumbach, Bavaria

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
West Germany - 40 - 12 Georg Hack - 12 Christoph Betzl - 9 Egon Müller - 7	- 29 - 9 - 7 - 6 Henny Kroeze - 5 - 2	Hungary - 22 - 9 - 6 - 4 - 3 - 0	- 5 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 0

* West Germany & Netherlands to Continental Semi-Final

Tournament[]

Day	Venue	Winner
Tournament
29 June	Rodenbach, Rhineland-Palatinate	West Germany
5 July	Vojens	England
13 July	Bremen	Poland
21 September	Wrocław	England

Continental Semifinal[]

June 29
Rodenbach, Rhineland-Palatinate

Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20
1	West Germany	38	2	5	7	9	12	15	18	21	24	26	29	31	31	34	35	38		38	38	38	38
	(13) Egon Muller	12		3					3		3							3	12
	(14)	8	2							3		2					1		8
	(15) Georg Hack	10			2			3						2		3			10
	(16) Alois Wiesböck	8				2	3						3		E				8
	(20) Christoph Betzl	0																	0

2	Soviet Union	29	1	3	3	6	8	10	11	12	14	17	19	22	24	24	27	29		29	29	29	29
	(5) Valery Gordeev	7	1					2					2					2	7
	(6) Mikhail Starostin	10		2			2							3			3		10
	(7)	7				3			1			3				F			7
	(8) Grigory Khlinovsky	5			0					1	2				2				5
	(18) Viktor Kuznetsov	0																	0

3		17	3	4	5	6	7	7	9	11	11	11	12	13	16	17	17	17		17	17	17	17
	(9)	2			1		1					F						-	2
	(10)	1				1		0			E						-		1
	(11)	5		1						2			1			1			5
	(12) Henny Kroeze	9	3						2					1	3				9
	(19)	0															0	0	0

4	Italy	10	0	0	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	7	7	9	10		10	10	10	10
	(1)	0				F				-				-				-	0
	(2) Giuseppe Marzotto	5			3				0				0				2		5
	(3)	3		0				1				1			1				3
	(4)	1	0				0				1					0			1
	(17)	1								0				0				1	1
Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions:
gate A – inside	gate B	gate C	gate D – outside

* West Germany & Soviet Union to Continental Final

Continental Final[]

July 13
Bremen
Referee: Mr. Kristensen

Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20
1	Poland	36	2	5	8	10	12	13	15	18	20	23	25	28	30	32	33	36		36	36	36	36
	(9) Zenon Plech	11			3		2					3						3	11
	(10) Jerzy Rembas	5				2		1			2						-		5
	(11) Roman Jankowski	10		3						3			2			2			10
	(12) Edward Jancarz	9	2						2					3	2				9
	(19) Andrzej Huszcza	1															1		1

2	Czechoslovakia	29	3	3	5	8	9	12	15	16	17	19	22	23	26	27	29	29		29	29	29	29
	(1) Jiří Štancl	5				3				1				1				0	5
	(2) Václav Verner	10			2				3				3				2		10
	(3) Aleš Dryml Sr.	8		F				3				2			3				8
	(4) Petr Ondrašík	6	3				1				1					1			6
	(17) Zdeněk Kudrna	0																	0

3	West Germany	26	1	3	4	5	8	10	11	13	16	17	18	20	21	24	24	26		26	26	26	26
	(13) Egon Müller	8		2					1		3							2	8
	(14)	4	1							2		1					F		4
	(15) Georg Hack	8			1			2						2		3			8
	(16) Alois Wiesböck	6				1	3						1		1				6
	(20) Christoph Betzl	0																	0

4	Soviet Union	5	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	5		5	5	5	5
	(5)	0	0					0					0					-	0
	(6) Valery Gordeev	1		1			0							0			-		1
	(7) Mikhail Starostin	0				0			F			0				0			0
	(8) Grigory Khlinovsky	0			0					0	0				0				0
	(18) Viktor Kuznetsov	4															3	1	4
Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions:
gate A – inside	gate B	gate C	gate D – outside

* Poland & Czechoslovakia to World Final

Intercontinental Final[]

July 5
Vojens, Speedway Center
Att: 8,000

Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20
1	England	33	2	3	6	9	9	11	14	17	18	20	21	24	25	28	30	33		33	33	33	33
	(1) Dave Jessup	12				3				3				3				3	12
	(2) Peter Collins	9			3				3				1				2		9
	(3) Chris Morton	6		1				2				2			1				6
	(4) Michael Lee	6	2				0				1					3			6
	(17) Kenny Carter	0																	0

2	United States	32	3	6	7	9	11	14	14	16	19	20	23	23	26	27	30	32		32	32	32	32
	(5) Bruce Penhall	11	3					3					3					2	11
	(6) Scott Autrey	8		3			2							E			3		8
	(7) Bobby Schwartz	3				2			0			-				1			3
	(8) Dennis Sigalos	9			1					2	3				3				9
	(18) Kelly Moran	1										1							1

3	Denmark	25	1	1	3	4	7	8	9	10	12	15	17	19	21	23	24	25		25	25	25	25
	(9) Ole Olsen	9			2		3					3						1	9
	(10) Erik Gundersen	5				1		1			2						1		5
	(11) Bo Petersen	4		E						-			2			2			4
	(12) Hans Nielsen	6	1						1					2	2				6
	(19) Tommy Knudsen	1								1									1

4	Sweden	5	0	2	2	2	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5		5	5	5	5
	(13) Jan Andersson	4		2					2		0							0	4
	(14) Richard Hellsen	0	0							X		0					0		0
	(15) Tommy Johansson	0			F			-						-		-			0
	(16) Hans Danielsson	1				0	1						F		0				1
	(20) Lillebror Johansson	0						E						E		0			0
Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions:
gate A – inside	gate B	gate C	gate D – outside

* England & USA to World Final

World Final[]

September 21
POL Wrocław, Olympic Stadium^[7]
Att: 55,000

Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20
1	England	40	2	5	8	10	13	15	18	21	24	27	28	29	32	35	38	40		40	40	40	40
	(1) Dave Jessup	8				2				3				1				2	8
	(2) Peter Collins	10			3				3				1				3		10
	(3) Chris Morton	11		3				2				3			3				11
	(4) Michael Lee	11	2				3				3					3			11
	(17) John Davis	0																	0

2	United States	29	3	5	5	6	8	11	11	13	14	14	17	20	22	24	26	29		29	29	29	29
	(5) Bruce Penhall	12	3					3					3					3	12
	(6) Scott Autrey	9		2			2							3			2		9
	(7) Bobby Schwartz	3				1			0			-				2			3
	(8) Dennis Sigalos	5			0					2	1				2				5
	(18) Ron Preston	0										0							0

3	Poland	15	0	1	3	6	6	7	8	8	10	12	12	14	14	14	14	15		15	15	15	15
	(13) Roman Jankowski	5		1					1		2							1	5
	(14) Andrzej Huszcza	2	F							-		2					0		2
	(15) Zenon Plech	5			2			1						2		F			5
	(16) Edward Jancarz	3				3	0						-		0				3
	(20) Jerzy Rembas	0								E			0						0

4	Czechoslovakia	12	1	1	2	2	3	3	5	6	6	7	9	9	10	11	12	12		12	12	12	12
	(9) Václav Verner	3			1		1					1						E	3
	(10) Aleš Dryml Sr.	1				X		0			-						1		1
	(11) Petr Ondrašík	3		0						-			2			1			3
	(12) Jiří Štancl	4	1						2					0	1				4
	(19) Zdeněk Kudrna	1								1	0								1
Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions:
gate A – inside	gate B	gate C	gate D – outside

References[]

^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 25–26. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 98. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
^ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "1980 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

[1] Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.

[2] Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 25–26. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.

[3] Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 98. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.

[4] "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

[5] "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[6] "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[7] "1980 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

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See also	Host cities Medalists Medal classification
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1980 Speedway World Team Cup

Contents

Qualification[]

Round 1[]

Round 2[]

Round 3[]

Round 4[]

Tournament[]

Continental Semifinal[]

Continental Final[]

Intercontinental Final[]

World Final[]

See also[]

References[]