1982 Speedway World Team Cup

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The 1982 Speedway World Team Cup was the 23rd edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1]

The final took place on 15 August, at the White City Stadium in London.[2] The United States won their first title.[3][4]

Qualification[]

Day Venue Winner
Qualification
16 May United Kingdom King's Lynn England England
16 May Norway Stavanger Denmark Denmark
16 May Italy Lonigo Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
16 May Hungary Miskolc Poland Poland

Round 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
1  England 42 1 4 7 10 12 14 17 19 21 24 27 28 31 33 36 39 42 42 42 42
(13) Dave Jessup 11 3 3 2 3 11
(14) Kenny Carter 9 1 2 3 3 9
(15) Peter Collins 11 3 2 1 2 8 3
(16) Michael Lee 11 3 2 3 3 11
(20) Malcolm Simmons 0 0
2  United States 41 3 5 7 9 12 15 17 20 23 25 27 30 32 35 37 39 41 41 41 41
(1) Bruce Penhall 10 2 3 3 2 10
(2) Dennis Sigalos 8 2 2 2 2 8
(3) Shawn Moran 9 2 3 2 2 9
(4) Kelly Moran 14 3 3 3 3 12 2
(17) Scott Autrey 0 0
3  Australia 10 2 3 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10
(5) Billy Sanders 3 2 1 0 0 3
(6) Phil Crump 5 1 1 2 1 5
(7) John Titman 1 0 0 1 0 1
(8) Gary Guglielmi 1 1 0 - 0 1
(18) Steve Baker 0 0 0
4  New Zealand 8 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 5 5 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 8
(9) Wayne Brown 1 0 0 - 1 1
(10) David Bargh 2 1 0 1 0 2
(11) Mitch Shirra 3 0 1 1 1 3
(12) Ivan Mauger 2 0 1 0 1 2
(19) Bruce Cribb 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[]

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 Denmark - 43
Erik Gundersen - 12
Hans Nielsen - 12
Ole Olsen - 10
Tommy Knudsen - 9
Bo Petersen - NS 		 Sweden - 23+3
Richard Hellsen - 8
Jan Andersson - 7+3
Tommy Nilsson - 4
Hans Danielsson - 3
- 1 		 Finland - 23+2
Kai Niemi - 10+2
- 6
Olli Tyrväinen - 4
- 3
- NS 		 Norway - 7
- 3
- 3
- 1
- 0
- NS

* Denmark & Sweden to Intercontinental Final

Round 3[]

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 Czechoslovakia - 40
- 11
Zdeněk Kudrna - 11
Aleš Dryml Sr. - 10
Milan Špinka - 6
Jan Verner - 2 		 Italy - 37
- 11
- 10
- 9
Armando Dal Chiele - 7
- NS 		  - 13
Henny Kroeze - 4
- 3
- 3
- 2
- 1 		  - 6
- 4
- 1
- 1
Krešo Omerzel - 0
- 0

* Czechoslovakia & Italy to Continental Semi-Final

Round 4[]

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 Poland - 40
- 12
Roman Jankowski - 10
Edward Jancarz - 9
Zenon Plech - 9
- 0 		 Hungary - 24
- 8
- 6
- 6
Zoltán Adorján - 4
- NS 		  - 18
- 7
- 5
- 4
- 2
- NS 		 Austria - 14
- 6
- 3
Adi Funk - 2
- 2
- 1

* Poland & Hungary to Continental Semi-Final

Tournament[]

Main article:
  • CONTINENTAL SEMI-FINAL (1st & 2nd to Continental Final)
  • 26 June
  • Czechoslovakia Slaný
  • CONTINENTAL FINAL (1st & 2nd to Final)
  • 11 July
  • West Germany Landshut,
  • Att: 12,000
Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1st  Czechoslovakia 38

Aleš Dryml Sr. - 11
Petr Ondrašík - 9
Jiří Štancl - 9
Václav Verner - 9
- NS

2nd  Poland 24

Roman Jankowski - 9
- 9
Edward Jancarz - 3
Zenon Plech - 3
- 0

3rd  Italy 23

- 8
- 6
Armando Dal Chiele - 5
- 4
- NS

4  Hungary 11

- 4
Zoltán Adorján - 3
- 3
- 0
- 1

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1st  Czechoslovakia 31+3

13.Aleš Dryml Sr. - 9 (3,3,2,1)
14.Jiří Štancl - 10+3 (1,3,3,3)
15.Václav Verner - 4 (2,f,1,1)
16.Petr Ondrašík - 8 (3,2,2,1)
20. - NS

2nd  West Germany 31+2

1.Georg Hack - 7 (0,2,3,2)
2.Alois Wiesböck - 6 (3,0,3,0)
3.Egon Müller - 8+2 (2,3,f,3)
4.Karl Maier - 10 (3,1,3,3)
17.Georg Gilgenreiner - NS

3rd  Poland 19

9.Edward Jancarz - 6 (1,3,2,0)
10.Roman Jankowski - 6 (2,2,f,2)
11. - 2 (1,1,-,0)
12. - 5 (2,1,0,2)
19.Jerzy Rembas - 0 (-,-,f,-)

4  Soviet Union 15

5.Viktor Kuznetsov - 5 (e,1,1,3)
6.Mikhail Starostin - 3 (f,0,2,1)
7.Valery Gordeev - 6 (1,2,1,2)
8.Rif Saitgareev - 0 (0,-,-,0)
18.Vladimir Paznikov - 1 (-,0,1,-)


Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1st  United States 34

13.Bruce Penhall - 10 (3,3,2,2)
14.Dennis Sigalos - 5 (r,2,3,0)
15.Shawn Moran - 9 (3,3,2,1)
16.Kelly Moran - 10 (1,3,3,3)
20.Bobby Schwartz - NS

2nd  Denmark 28

9.Ole Olsen - 3 (0,1,1,1)
10.Alf Busk - NS
11.Preben Eriksen - 7 (1,1,2,3)
12.Hans Nielsen - 8 (2,2,1,3)
19.Erik Gundersen - 10 (2,2,3,3)

3rd  England 25

1.Kenny Carter - 12 (3,3,3,3)
2.Dave Jessup - 4 (2,e,0,2)
3.Chris Morton - 6 (2,1,2,1)
4.Peter Collins - 3 (1,0,-,2)
17.Michael Lee - 0 (-,-,0,-)

4  Sweden 9

5.Jan Andersson - 3 (2,0,1,0)
6.Richard Hellsen - 3 (f,2,0,1)
7.Tommy Nilsson - 1 (f,1,0,0)
8. - 1 (1,0,-,0)
18.Lillebror Johansson - 1 (-,-,1,-)

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1st  United States 37

1.Bruce Penhall - 10 (3,2,3,2)
2.Bobby Schwartz - 9 (3,3,3,-)
3.Shawn Moran - 8 (3,1,1,3)
4.Kelly Moran - 10 (1,3,3,3)
R Scott Autrey - 0 (-,-,-,0)

2nd  Denmark 24

1.Ole Olsen - 1 (0,1,-,-)
2.Hans Nielsen - 11 (3,3,3,2)
3.Erik Gundersen - 7 (2,3,2,e)
4.Preben Eriksen - 4 (f,-,2,2)
R Tommy Knudsen - 1 (-,0,1,0)

3rd  West Germany 18

1.Georg Hack - 5 (2,2,f,1)
2.Karl Maier - 7 (1,2,1,3)
3.Egon Müller - 5 (2,2,0,1)
4.Alois Wiesböck - 0 (0,0,-,-)
R Georg Gilgenreiner - 1 (-,-,0,1)

4  Czechoslovakia 17

1.Aleš Dryml Sr. - 7 (1,1,2,3)
2.Jiří Štancl - 4 (1,0,2,1)
3.Václav Verner - 6 (2,1,1,2)
4.Petr Ondrašík - 0 (0,-,0,-)
R Antonín Kasper, Jr. - 0 (-,0,-,0)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  2. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  3. ^ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  4. ^ "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  5. ^ "1982 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
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