1986 Speedway World Team Cup

The 1986 Speedway World Team Cup was the 27th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.^[1]^[2]

A new format was started in 1986 whereby teams were seeded into groups, with Group 1 containing the leading nations competing over three legs to determine the champions. A promotion and relgation system was in place for the groups. Denmark won all three legs and therefore easily won their fourth consecutive title (and sixth in total) equalling Sweden's six titles and moving into equal second place in the all time list. It was also Hans Nielsen's sixth gold medal having taken part in all of Denmark's title wins.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Group 4[]

Calendar

Day	Venue	Winner
Group 4
4 May	Krsko	Austria
22 June	Skien	Austria
18 August	Amsterdam	Norway
7 September	Wiener Neustadt	Austria

Winner promoted to Group 3 in 1987

Round 1

May 4, 1986
YUG Krsko

First	Second	Third	Fourth
Austria - 43 (2,0,-,X,-) - 2 (3,3,3,2,3) - 14 (3,2,0,3,2) - 10 Adi Funk (3,2,2,1,-) - 8 (-,-,3,-,3/3) - 9	- 37 (1,1,-,3,2) - 7 (1,3,1,-,-) - 4 (2,2,1,-,1) - 6 (2,3,1,0,-) - 6 Henny Kroeze (-,-,3,3/3,3/1) - 13	Norway - 25 (0,-,-,2,-) - 2 (0,2,-,0,1) - 3 (2,1,0,2,2) - 7 Arnt Førland (3,3,2,2,0) - 10 (-,X,2,0,1) - 3	- 13 (1,-,0,0,-) - 1 (1,0,-,1,0) - 2 (0,0,-,-,0) - 0 (0,1,3,0,2) - 6 Krešo Omerzel (-,0,2/1,1,0) - 4

Round 2

June 22, 1986
NOR Skien

First	Second	Third	Fourth
Austria - 44 - 13 Adi Funk - 11 - 11 - 9 - NS	- 37 Henny Kroeze - 14 - 11 - 8 - 2 - 2	Norway - 28 - 9 - 8 - 6 Arnt Førland - 4 - 1	- 11 Krešo Omerzel - 4 - 4 - 2 - 1

Round 3

August 18, 1986
NED Amsterdam

First	Second	Third	Fourth
Norway - 41 - 13 Einar Kyllingstad - 12 Tor Einar Hielm - 8 Arnt Førland - 6 - 2	Austria - 36 - 13 - 9 - 8 - 4 Adi Funk - 2	- 36 Henny Kroeze - 14 - 10 - 8 - 2 - 0	- 2* * - 2 * - 2 - 2 * - 1

3 Yugoslav riders did not arrive at Amsterdam, and were then banned from appearing in the Wiener Neustadt round by the Yugolsav Federation. At Amsterdam they were replaced by Dutch reserves, whose points did not count in the Yugoslav team score.

Round 4

September 7, 1986
AUT Wiener Neustadt

First	Second	Third	Fourth
Austria - 54 (3,3,3,3,3) - 15 (3,1,-,1,-) - 5 (3,2,-,3,3) - 11 (3,3,2,-,-) - 8 (-,-,3/3,3,3/3) - 15	- 33 (2,3,2,2,2) - 11 (1,1,-,2,-) - 4 (1,1,1,-,1) - 4 (1,0,-,1,-) - 2 Henny Kroeze (-,-,2/3,3,2/2) - 12	Norway - 29 (0,-,1,-,1) - 2 Tor Einar Hielm (2,3,2,1,1) - 9 (2,2,1,2,1) - 8 Arnt Førland (2,2,E,2,2) - 8 (-,2,-,F,-) - 2	- 4 (1,1,0,F,0) - 1 (0,0,0,0,0) - 0 (0,0,1,0,0) - 1 (F,0,0,1,0) - 1

Group 3[]

Calendar

Day	Venue	Winner
Group 3
22 June	Lonigo	Italy
10 August	Tampere	Finland
7 September	Debrecen	Hungary

Winner promoted to Group 2 in 1987 ; 4th relegated to Group 4 in 1987

Round 1

June 22, 1986
ITA Lonigo

First	Second	Third	Fourth
Italy - 44 Armando Castagna - 14 Valentino Furlanetto - 13 Armando Dal Chiele - 9 - 8	Finland - 42 Kai Niemi - 14 - 11 - 10 Olli Tyrväinen - 7 - 0	Hungary - 22 József Petrikovics - 6 Zoltán Adorján - 6 - 5 - 4 Sándor Tihanyi - 1	New Zealand - 12 Larry Ross - 7 David Bargh - 3 - 1 - 1

Round 2

August 10, 1986
FIN Tampere

First	Second	Third	Fourth
Finland - 41 Kai Niemi - 12 - 10 Olli Tyrväinen - 9 - 7 - 3	Italy - 32 Armando Castagna - 10 Paolo Salvatelli - 8 Armando Dal Chiele - 7 - 6 Valentino Furlanetto - 1	Hungary - 30 József Petrikovics - 11 - 10 - 7 - 2 - 0	New Zealand - 17 David Bargh - 11 Larry Ross - 6 - 0 - 0

Round 3

September 7, 1986
HUN Debrecen

First	Second	Third	Fourth
Hungary - 35 Sándor Tihanyi - 13 József Petrikovics - 8 - 6 Antal Kocso - 6 - 2	Finland - 31 Kai Niemi - 11 - 9 Olli Tyrväinen - 6 - 5 - 0	Italy - 29 Valentino Furlanetto - 8 - 8 Armando Dal Chiele - 7 Paolo Salvatelli - 6 - 0	New Zealand - 24 Larry Ross - 11 David Bargh - 9 - 4 - 0

Group 2[]

calendar

Day	Venue	Winner
Group 2
4 May	Krumbach	Australia
22 June	Zarnovica	Czechoslovakia
10 August	Norden	Czechoslovakia
6 September	Leszno	Poland

Winner promoted to Group 1 in 1987 ; 4th relegated to Group 3 in 1987

Round 1

May 4, 1986
FRG Krumbach

First	Second	Third	Fourth
Australia - 49 Phil Crump (3,3,3,-,2) - 11 Steve Regeling (3,3,3,1,3) - 13 Steve Baker (3,3,1,2,3) - 12 (1,3,3,3,1) - 11 (-,-,-,2,-) - 2	Czechoslovakia - 29 Roman Matoušek (2,2,1,3,2) - 10 Antonín Kasper Jr. (2,1,0,-,2) - 5 (1,-,3,2,2) - 8 Petr Vandirek (1,0,-,3,0) - 4 (-,0,2,X,-) - 2	West Germany - 22 Egon Müller (2,0,2,E,3) - 7 Karl Maier (0,1,0,3,3) - 7 Klaus Lausch (1,1,0,1,-) - 3 Gerd Riss (0,2,2,0,1) - 5 (-,-,-,-,0) - 0	Poland - 20 Wojciech Żabiałowicz (0,1,1,1,1) - 4 Roman Jankowski (3,2,0,2,0) - 7 Andrzej Huszcza (0,0,1,0,1) - 2 Zenon Kasprzak (2,2,2,1,E) - 7 Maciej Jaworek - NS

Round 2

June 22, 1986
CSK Zarnovica

First	Second	Third	Fourth
Czechoslovakia - 33 Roman Matoušek - 9 - 9 Antonín Kasper Jr. - 8 Petr Vandirek - 6 - 1	Poland - 32 Zenon Kasprzak - 12 Roman Jankowski - 9 - 6 Maciej Jaworek - 4 Wojciech Żabiałowicz - 1	West Germany - 28 Karl Maier - 13 Gerd Riss - 10 - 3 - 2 Klaus Lausch - 0	Australia - 27 Steve Baker - 9 Steve Regeling - 7 Phil Crump - 7 - 2 Alan Rivett - 2

Round 3

August 10, 1986
FRG Norden

First	Second	Third	Fourth
Czechoslovakia - 43 Antonín Kasper Jr. - 12 - 11 Petr Vandirek - 11 - 11	Australia - 30 Steve Baker - 11 Steve Regeling - 7 Phil Crump - 7 Mark Fiora - 5	West Germany - 24 Karl Maier - 8 Klaus Lausch - 7 Gerd Riss - 6 - 3 - 0	Poland - 22 Andrzej Huszcza - 7 Zenon Plech - 7 Roman Jankowski - 4 Zenon Kasprzak - 4

Round 4

September 6, 1986
POL Leszno

First	Second	Third	Fourth
Poland - 42 Andrzej Huszcza - 12 Ryszard Dołomisiewicz - 11 Zenon Kasprzak - 9 Roman Jankowski - 9 - 1	Czechoslovakia - 30 - 7 Petr Vandirek - 7 - 7 - 6 Antonín Kasper Jr. - 3	Australia - 29 Steve Baker - 11 Steve Regeling - 7 Phil Crump - 7 Mark Fiora - 3 - 1	West Germany - 18* Gerd Riss - 9 - 6 Klaus Lausch - 3 Michal Stachyra* - 1

Group 1 (FINAL GROUP)[]

Calendar[]

Day	Venue	Winner
Group 1
7 August	Göteborg	Denmark
8 August	Vojens	Denmark
17 August	Bradford	Denmark

4th relegated to Group 2 in 1987

Round 1

August 7, 1986
SWE Göteborg, Ullevi
Att: 4,083
Ref: Jorgen Jensen (Den)

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	39	0	3	4	6	8	8	11	14	17	20	21	24	26	29	30	30		33	34	37	39
	(13) Erik Gundersen	11		3					3		3							0	9				2
	(14) Hans Nielsen	10	0							3		3					1		7			3
	(15) Tommy Knudsen	8			1			F						3		3			7		1
	(16) Jan O. Pedersen	10				2	2						1		2				7	3
	(20) John Jørgensen	0																	0

2	Sweden	35	3	4	5	7	8	10	12	13	14	16	19	20	22	25	28	29		29	32	34	35
	(5) Jan Andersson	11	3					2					3					1	9			2
	(6) Jimmy Nilsen	9		1			1							1			3		6		3
	(7) Per Jonsson	10				2			2			2				3			9				1
	(8) Tommy Nilsson	5			1					1	1				2				5	0
	(18) Erik Stenlund	0																	0

3	England	29	1	3	6	9	12	13	13	14	15	15	17	17	18	19	21	24		26	28	29	29
	(1) Simon Wigg	7				3				1				E				3	7				0
	(2) Neil Evitts	8			3				0				2				2		7			1
	(3) Jeremy Doncaster	2		2				-				0			-				2	-
	(4) Chris Morton	8	1				3				1					1			6		2
	(17) Kelvin Tatum	4						1							1				2	2

4	United States	17	2	2	2	2	2	5	7	7	7	9	9	11	11	11	11	13		14	14	14	17
	(9) Bobby Schwartz	4			0		0					2						2	4			0
	(10) Sam Ermolenko	3				0		3			0						F		3		0
	(11) Lance King	1		0						E			0			0			0	1
	(12) Shawn Moran	9	2						2					2	0				6				3
	(19) Rick Miller	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[]

August 8, 1986
DEN Vojens, Speedway Center
Att: 13,000
Ref: C Ringstrom (Swe)

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	48	3	6	9	10	13	16	18	19	21	24	27	30	31	34	36	39		41	44	46	48
	(5) Erik Gundersen	14	3					3					3					3	12				2
	(6) Hans Nielsen	13		3			3							3			2		11			2
	(7) Tommy Knudsen	12				1			2			3				3			9		3
	(8) Jan O. Pedersen	1			-					1	-				-				1	-
	(18) John Jørgensen	8			3						2				1				6	2

2	United States	29	2	4	4	6	6	8	11	13	14	14	14	15	18	19	22	22		23	25	28	29
	(9) Bobby Schwartz	0			F		E					-						-	0	-
	(10) Sam Ermolenko	11				2		2			1						3		8			3
	(11) Lance King	7		2						2			F			1			5		2
	(12) Shawn Moran	10	2						3					1	3				9				1
	(19) Rick Miller	1										0						0	0	1

3	England	23	1	1	1	1	3	4	4	7	7	8	9	11	11	13	14	16		19	20	20	23
	(1) Simon Wigg	10				0				3				2				2	7				3
	(2) Neil Evitts	0				X			0				-				-		0		-
	(3) Jeremy Doncaster	1		0				1				-			0				1	-
	(4) Chris Morton	5	1				2				0					2			5			0
	(17) Kelvin Tatum	7										1	1				1		3	3	1

4	Sweden	19	0	1	3	6	7	7	8	8	11	13	15	15	17	17	17	18		18	18	19	19
	(13) Jan Andersson	7		1					1		3							1	6			1
	(14) Jimmy Nilsen	2	0							0		2					F		2		0
	(15) Tommy Nilsson	2			2			0						-		0			2	-
	(16) Per Jonsson	8				3	1						2		2				8				0
	(20) Erik Stenlund	0												F					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 3[]

August 17, 1986
GBR Bradford, Odsal Stadium
Att: 3,585
Ref: R Randborg (Swe)

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	42	3	3	5	7	8	11	14	17	20	23	23	26	29	31	33	35		38	38	41	42
	(13) Erik Gundersen	8		0					3		3							2	8		E
	(14) Hans Nielsen	12	3							3		3					2		11				1
	(15) Tommy Knudsen	13			2			3						3		2			10			3
	(16) Jan O. Pedersen	9				2	1						0		3				6	3
	(20) John Jørgensen	0																	0

2	United States	30	0	3	4	5	8	10	11	11	13	15	17	17	18	18	21	21		22	25	27	30
	(1) Bobby Schwartz	1				1				0				0				-	1	-
	(2) Sam Ermolenko	9			1				1				2				3		7			2
	(3) Lance King	11		3				2				2			1				8				3
	(4) Shawn Moran	8	0				3				2					F			5		3
	(17) Rick Miller	1																0	0	1

3	England	29	1	3	6	9	11	11	11	12	13	13	16	17	17	20	21	24		26	28	29	29
	(5) Simon Wigg	7	1					0					3					3	7				E
	(6) Chris Morton	7		2			2							1			1		6			1
	(7) Kelvin Tatum	8				3			0			F				3			6		2
	(8) Jeremy Doncaster	7			3					1	1				-				5	2
	(18) Marvyn Cox	0													0				0

4	Sweden	19	2	3	3	3	3	4	6	8	8	9	10	12	14	15	15	16		16	17	17	19
	(9) Per Jonsson	3			0		0					1						1	2		1
	(10) Erik Stenlund	1				E		1			-						0		1	-
	(11) Jimmy Nilsen	5		1						2			1			1			5			0
	(12) Jan Andersson	10	2						2					2	2				8				2
	(19) Tony Olsson	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

Final Standings[]

Pos	Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Match Pts	Table Pts
1	Denmark	3	0	0	0	129	9
2	United States	0	2	0	1	76	4
3	England	0	0	3	0	81	3
4	Sweden	0	1	0	2	73	2

References[]

^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
^ "1986 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] "1986 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
Speedway World Pairs Championship Speedway of Nations

1986 Speedway World Team Cup

Contents

Group 4[]

Group 3[]

Group 2[]

Group 1 (FINAL GROUP)[]

Calendar[]

Round 2[]

Round 3[]

Final Standings[]

See also[]

References[]