1985 Speedway World Team Cup

The 1985 Speedway World Team Cup was the 26th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.^[1]^[2]

The final took place at the Veterans Memorial Stadium (Long Beach), in California, United States. Denmark won their third consecutive title (and fifth in total) surpassing Poland's four titles and moving into third place in the all time list.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Qualification[]

Day	Venue	Winner
Qualification
12 May	Bradford	England
12 May	Skien	Denmark
12 May	Civitanova	Czechoslovakia
12 May	Olching	West Germany

Round 1[]

May 12, 1985
ENG Bradford
Att: 8,000
Ref: J M Price (GB)

* 1st & 2nd to Intercontinental Final

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	8	11	13	15	16	19	22	25	28	31	34	37	40	42		42	42	42	42
	(13) Phil Collins	9		3					1		3							2	9
	(14) Kenny Carter	11	2							3		3					3		11
	(15) Jeremy Doncaster	11			3			2						3		3			11
	(16) Kelvin Tatum	11				3	2						3		3				11
	(20) Chris Morton	0																	0

2	Australia	21	3	5	6	7	7	10	12	12	12	13	15	17	18	20	21	21		21	21	21	21
	(5) Phil Crump	8	3					3					2					0	8
	(6) Steve Regeling	5		2			E							2			1		5
	(7) Steve Baker	6				1			2			1				2			6
	(8) Rod Hunter	1			1					0	-				-				1
	(18)	1									E				1				1

3	New Zealand	17	0	1	1	1	2	3	6	8	10	10	11	12	14	14	16	17		17	17	17	17
	(1) Ivan Mauger	4				0				2				1				1	4
	(2) Mitch Shirra	6			T				3				1				2		6
	(3) Larry Ross	4		1				1				0			2				4
	(4)	1	0				1				-					-			1
	(17)	2									2					0			2

4	Finland	16	1	1	3	5	8	8	8	9	10	12	12	12	12	13	13	16		16	16	16	16
	(9) Kai Niemi	10			2		3					2						3	10
	(10)	3				2		0			1						0		3
	(11) Olli Tyrväinen	2		0						1			0			1			2
	(12)	1	1						0					0	0				1
	(19)	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

Round 2[]

May 12, 1985
NOR Skien

* 1st & 2nd to Intercontinental Final

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Denmark - 43 Erik Gundersen - 12 Bo Petersen - 12 Preben Eriksen - 11 Jan O. Pedersen - 5 Tommy Knudsen - 3	Sweden - 33 Jan Andersson - 10 Tommy Nilsson - 8 Per Jonsson - 6 Jimmy Nilsen - 6 Pierre Brannefors - 3	- 11 - 5 Henny Kroeze - 3 - 3 - 0 - 0	Norway - 8 - 3 Einar Kyllingstad - 2 - 2 - 1 Arnt Førland - 0

Round 3[]

May 12, 1985
ITA Civitanova Marche

* 1st & 2nd to Continental Semi-Final

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Czechoslovakia - 36 Václav Verner - 12 Antonín Kasper Jr. - 10 Aleš Dryml Sr. - 9 Zdenek Schneiderwind - 5	Italy - 35 Armando Castagna - 10 Armando Dal Chiele - 9 - 8 - 8	Hungary - 24 Zoltán Adorján - 8 Sándor Tihanyi - 6 - 5 - 4 - 1	- 1 - 1 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0

Round 4[]

May 12, 1985
FRG Olching
Att: 6,000

* 1st & 2nd to Continental Semi-Final

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
West Germany - 46 Klaus Lausch - 12 Karl Maier - 12 Egon Müller - 8 - 8 Gerd Riss - 6	Poland - 29 Maciej Jaworek - 8 Wojciech Żabiałowicz - 8 Andrzej Huszcza - 6 Jerzy Rembas - 4 Zenon Plech - 3	Austria - 16 - 7 - 6 - 2 Adi Funk - 1	- 5 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 0 - 0

Tournament[]

Day	Venue	Winner
Tournament
22 May	Gorzów	Poland
22 June	Vojens	Denmark
7 July	Neustadt	Sweden
10 August	Long Beach	Denmark

Continental Semifinal[]

May 22, 1985
POL Gorzów
Att: 18,000

* 1st & 2nd to Continental Final

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	31	2	4	5	7	10	12	13	15	17	19	20	22	25	28	31	31		31	31	31	31
	(5) Jerzy Rembas	3	2					-					1					-	3
	(6) Andrzej Huszcza	10		2			3							2			3		10
	(7) Zenon Plech	3				2			1			-				-			3
	(8)	8			1					2	2				3				8
	(18)	7						2				2				3		F	7

2	Czechoslovakia	29	0	0	2	5	7	8	8	11	12	15	18	21	23	25	26	29		29	29	29	29
	(1) Antonín Kasper Jr.	12				3				3				3				3	12
	(2) Václav Verner	6			2				0				3				1		6
	(3)	0		0				-				-			-				0
	(4) Aleš Dryml Sr.	3	0				2				1					-			3
	(17) Jiří Štancl	8						1				3			2	2			8

3	West Germany	23	3	6	9	10	10	13	16	17	20	21	21	21	21	22	22	23		23	23	23	23
	(9) Egon Muller	4			3		E					1						-	4
	(10) Karl Maier	7				1		3			3						E		7
	(11) Klaus Lausch	5		3						1			0			1			5
	(12)	6	3						3					0	-				6
	(19) Georg Hack	1													0			1	1

4	Italy	13	1	2	2	2	3	3	5	5	5	5	7	8	9	9	11	13		13	13	13	13
	(13) Armando Castagna	5		1					2		0							2	5
	(14) Armando Dal Chiele	1	1							F		-					-		1
	(15)	1			0			0						1		E			1
	(16)	3				0	-						2		1				3
	(20) Valentino Furlanetto	3					1					0					2		3
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

Intercontinental Final[]

June 22, 1985
DEN Vojens
Att: 12,000
Ref: Mel Price

* Winner to Final ; 2nd & 3rd to Continental Final

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	Denmark	37	3	5	8	11	13	14	17	20	23	26	29	31	34	36	37	37		37	37	37	37
	(5) Bo Petersen	7	3					1					3					X	7
	(6) Preben Eriksen	7		2			2							2			1		7
	(7) Tommy Knudsen	11				3			3			3				2			11
	(8) Erik Gundersen	12			3					3	3				3				12
	(18) John Jørgensen	0																	0

2	England	27	0	3	5	7	10	13	14	16	17	19	20	20	20	23	25	27		27	27	27	27
	(9) Kelvin Tatum	9			2		3					2						2	9
	(10) Chris Morton	8				2		3			1						2		8
	(11) Jeremy Doncaster	9		3						2			1			3			9
	(12) Kenny Carter	1				E			1					0	-				1
	(19) Phil Collins	0													X				0

3	Sweden	19	1	2	3	3	4	6	8	9	11	11	11	14	16	16	16	19		19	19	19	19
	(13) Jan Andersson	8		1					2		2							3	8
	(14) Jimmy Nilsen	2	1							1		0					-		2
	(15) Tommy Nilsson	6			1			2						3		0			6
	(16) Per Jonsson	1				0	1						0		-				1
	(20) Pierre Brannefors	2													2		0		2

4	Australia	13	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	6	7	8	9	12	13		13	13	13	13
	(1) Phil Crump	2				1				0				1				-	2
	(2) Steve Regeling	5			F				0				2				3		5
	(3) Steve Baker	1		0				0				-			1				1
	(4) Rod Hunter	3	2				0				0					1			3
	(17)	2										1						1	2
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

Continental Final[]

July 7, 1985
FRG Neustadt
Att: 8,000

* 1st & 2nd to Final

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	Sweden	40	1	4	5	8	10	13	16	19	22	24	27	30	32	35	37	40		40	40	40	40
	(5) Jan Andersson	10	1					3					3					3	10
	(6) Tommy Nilsson	10		3			2							3			2		10
	(7) Jimmy Nilsen	11				3			3			2				3			11
	(8) Per Jonsson	9			1					3	3				2				9
	(18) Pierre Brannefors	0																	0

2	England	31	2	2	5	5	6	8	10	12	14	17	19	21	24	26	29	31		31	31	31	31
	(13) Phil Collins	4		-					2		2							-	4
	(14) Kenny Carter	10	2							2		3					3		10
	(15) Jeremy Doncaster	9			3			2						2		2			9
	(16) Kelvin Tatum	1				F	1						-		-				1
	(20) Chris Morton	7		F									2		3			2	7

3	Czechoslovakia	17	3	3	5	7	7	8	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17		17	17	17	17
	(9) Antonín Kasper Jr.	4			2		0					1						1	4
	(10)	4				2		-			1						1		4
	(11) Aleš Dryml Sr.	3		X						1			1			1			3
	(12) Václav Verner	4	3						0					1	-				4
	(19) Jiří Štancl	2						1							1				2

4	Poland	7	0	2	2	3	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7		7	7	7	7
	(1) Zenon Plech	1				1				-				0				0	1
	(2) Wojciech Żabiałowicz	1			0				1				0				-		1
	(3)	2		2				F				0			0				2
	(4) Andrzej Huszcza	3	0				3				0					0			3
	(17) Maciej Jaworek	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

World Final[]

August 10, 1985
USA Long Beach, Veterans Memorial Stadium
Att: 18,000

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	Denmark	37	0	3	5	7	10	12	15	18	20	22	25	28	31	34	37	37		37	37	37	37
	(5) Bo Petersen	0	F					-					-					-	0
	(6) Tommy Knudsen	12		3			3							3			3		12
	(7) Erik Gundersen	10				2			3			2				3			10
	(8) Hans Nielsen	10			2					3	2				3				10
	(18) Preben Eriksen	5						2					3					0	5

2	United States	35	3	4	7	10	12	15	17	17	20	23	25	27	29	30	32	35		35	35	35	35
	(9) Shawn Moran	11			3		2					3						3	11
	(10) Bobby Schwartz	11				3		3			3						2		11
	(11) John Cook	1		1						F			-			-			1
	(12) Lance King	9	3						2					2	2				9
	(19) Sam Ermolenko	3											2			1			3

3	England	13	0	2	2	2	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	8	9	11	11	13		13	13	13	13
	(13) Jeremy Doncaster	6		2					1		1							2	6
	(14) Phil Collins	2	T							1		1					0		2
	(15) Kelvin Tatum	3			0			1						0		2			3
	(16) Richard Knight	2				0	-						1		1				2
	(20) John Davis	0					0												0

4	Sweden	10	2	2	3	4	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	10		10	10	10	10
	(1) Jan Andersson	5				1				2				1				1	5
	(2) Jimmy Nilsen	2			1				0				0				1		2
	(3) Per Jonsson	0		0				0				-			-				0
	(4) Tommy Nilsson	3	2				1				0					0			3
	(17) Pierre Brannefors	0										X			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

References[]

^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
^ "1985 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 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.
^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 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] "1985 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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See also	Host cities Medalists Medal classification
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1985 Speedway World Team Cup

Contents

Qualification[]

Round 1[]

Round 2[]

Round 3[]

Round 4[]

Tournament[]

Continental Semifinal[]

Intercontinental Final[]

Continental Final[]

World Final[]

See also[]

References[]