1984 Speedway World Team Cup

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The 1984 Speedway World Team Cup was the 25th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1][2]

The final took place at the Stadion Alfreda Smoczyka, in Leszno, Poland. Denmark easily won their fourth title, winning by 20 clear points in the final.[3][4][5]


Qualification[]

  • ROUND 1 (1st & 2nd to Intercontinental Final)
  • Finland Tampere
  • 27.05
  • ROUND 2 (1st & 2nd to Intercontinental Final)
  • England King's Lynn
  • 15.05
Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1st  Denmark 37

Hans Nielsen - 11
Preben Eriksen - 9
Erik Gundersen - 9
Bo Petersen - 8
Peter Ravn - 0

2nd  Sweden 34

Jan Andersson - 11
- 9
Pierre Brannefors - 9
Tommy Nilsson - 5
Per Jonsson - 0

3rd  Finland 22

Kai Niemi - 8
- 7
- 4
Olli Tyrväinen - 3
- 0

4  Norway 3

- 3
Einar Kyllingstad - 0
- 0
- 0
- NS

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

1.Bobby Schwartz - 5 (1,2,2,0)
2.Dennis Sigalos - 12 (3,3,3,3)
3.Lance King - 5 (f,3,1,1)
4.Shawn Moran - 11 (3,3,3,2)
17.John Cook - 1 (1,-,-,-)

2nd  England 32

9.Michael Lee - 8 (2,0,3,3)
10.Chris Morton - 5 (2,2,1,-)
11.Simon Wigg - 10 (2,3,2,3)
12.Dave Jessup - 1 (1,-,-,-)
19.John Louis - 8 (-,2,3,3\0)

3rd  Australia 25

13.Billy Sanders - 8 (3,1,2,2)
14.Phil Crump - 7 (2,1,2,2)
15.John Titman - 0 (0,-,-,-)
16.Gary Guglielmi - 8 (3,2,1,2)
20.Steve Regeling - 2 (-,1,1,e)

4  New Zealand 5

5.Larry Ross - 1 (0,0,0,1)
6.Mitch Shirra - 2 (f,1,x,1)
7.Ivan Mauger - 0 (0,0,0,-)
8.David Bargh - 1 (1,0,0,0)
18. - 1 (-,-,-,1)

  • ROUND 3 (1st & 2nd to Continental Semi-Final)
  • Italy Lonigo
  • 27.05
  • Att: 2,000
  • ROUND 4 (1st & 2nd to Continental Semi-Final)
  • Hungary Miskolc
  • 27.05
Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1st  West Germany 28

Josef Aigner - 12
Klaus Lausch - 7
Karl Maier - 7
- 3

2nd  Italy 28

Armando Castagna - 9
Armando Dal Chiele - 9
- 6
- 4
- 0

3rd  Austria 24

Adi Funk - 9
- 6
- 5
- 2
- 2

4   14

- 5
Kreso Omerzel - 4
- 4
- 1

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1st  Czechoslovakia 37

Aleš Dryml Sr. - 12
Petr Ondrašík - 11
Antonín Kasper Jr. - 7
Václav Verner - 6
- 1

2nd  Hungary 32

- 11
József Petrikovics - 6
- 6
Sándor Tihanyi - 6
- 3

3rd   15

Henny Kroeze - 7
- 4
- 2
- 1
- 1

4   12

- 4
- 4
- 3
- 1
- 0

Tournament[]

  • CONTINENTAL SEMI-FINAL (1st & 2nd to Continental Final)
  • Czechoslovakia Prague
  • 24.06
  • Ref : R Cheladze (Pol)
  • INTERCONTINENTAL FINAL (Winner to Final ; 2nd & 3rd to Continental Final)
  • Sweden Mariestad
  • 23.06
  • Ref: Graham Brodie (GB)
  • Att: 2,499
Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1st  Czechoslovakia 37

1.Jiří Štancl - 9
2.Aleš Dryml Sr. - 10
3.Petr Ondrašík - 9
4.Václav Verner - 9
17.Antonín Kasper Jr. - NS

2nd  West Germany 27

5.Egon Müller - 8
6.Karl Maier - 11
7.Josef Aigner - 5
8.Klaus Lausch - 3
18. - NS

3rd  Hungary 17

13.József Petrikovics - 2
14.Zoltán Adorján - 8
15. - 6
16.Sándor Tihanyi - 2
20. - 0

4  Italy 15

9.Armando Dal Chiele - 4
10.Armando Castagna - 6
11. - 3
12. - 1
19.Valentino Furlanetto - 1

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1st  United States 41

Lance King - 11
Shawn Moran - 11
Bobby Schwartz - 10
Kelly Moran - 6
John Cook - 3

2nd  Denmark 32

Erik Gundersen - 9
Hans Nielsen - 5
Bo Petersen - 5
Preben Eriksen - 4

3rd  England 18

Simon Wigg - 8
Peter Collins - 4
Chris Morton - 4
Phil Collins - 1
John Louis - 1

4  Sweden 13

Jan Andersson - 5
Per Jonsson - 5
Pierre Brannefors - 2
- 1
Tommy Nilsson - 0

  • CONTINENTAL FINAL (1st & 2nd to Final)
  • West Germany Pocking
  • 08.07
  • Att: 5,000
  • Ref: Sam Bass (Aus)
  • FINAL
  • Poland Leszno, Alfred Smoczyk Stadium
  • 18.08
  • Att: 40,000
  • Ref : C Ringstrom (Swe)
Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1st  Denmark 34

Hans Nielsen - 8 (2,3,1,2)
Bo Petersen - 8 (3,3,1,1)
Erik Gundersen - 10 (1,3,3,3)
Preben Eriksen - 0 (0,-,-,-)
Peter Ravn - 8 (-,2,3,3)

2nd  England 27

Phil Collins - 11 (3,3,3,2)
Simon Wigg - 5 (1,2,0,2)
Chris Morton - 5 (2,2,1,x)
Peter Collins - 6 (3,1,2,0)
Andy Grahame - NS

3rd  Czechoslovakia 19

Václav Verner - 2 (1,1,0,0)
Petr Ondrašík - 1 (0,0,-,1)
Jiří Štancl - 8 (3,0,3,2)
Aleš Dryml Sr. - 8 (2,1,2,3)
Antonín Kasper Jr. - 0 (-,-,0,-)

4  West Germany 16

Egon Müller - 5 (0,e,2,3)
Karl Maier - 5 (2,1,1,1)
Klaus Lausch - 3 (0,2,0,1)
- 3 (1,e,2,x)
Georg Hack - NS

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
1st  Denmark 44

5.Bo Petersen - 12 (3,3,3,3)
6.Erik Gundersen - 12 (3,3,3,3)
7.Preben Eriksen - 9 (2,3,3,1)
8.Hans Nielsen - 11 (2,3,3,3)
18.Peter Ravn - NS

2nd  England 24

13.Chris Morton - 4 (0,1,2,1)
14.Peter Collins - 2 (2,0,0,-)
15.Simon Wigg - 9 (3,2,1,3)
16.Phil Collins - 7 (1,2,2,2)
20.Neil Collins - 2 (-,-,-,2)

3rd  United States 20

9.Bobby Schwartz - 2 (1,-,1,-)
10.Shawn Moran - 6 (3,1,1,1)
11.Kelly Moran - 5 (1,2,x,2)
12.Lance King - 5 (0,2,2,1)
19.John Cook - 2 (-,0,-,2)

4  Poland 8

1.Roman Jankowski - 1 (0,1,0,x)
2.Zenon Kasprzak - 1 (0,-,1,-)
3.Zenon Plech - 4 (2,0,2,f)
4. - 2 (1,1,0,0)
17.Boleslaw Proch - 0 (-,0,-,f)

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. ^ "1984 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 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. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
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