1997 Speedway World Team Cup

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The 1997 Speedway World Team Cup was the 38th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1][2]

The final was held in Piła, Poland on 13 September. Denmark won their 11th title and Hans Nielsen won his 11th and final gold medal. Remarkably Nielsen had won his gold medals in a near twenty year span from 1978 until 1997, cementing his place in history as arguably the best speedway rider of all time.[3][4]


Qualification[]

Group B[]

First Second Third Fourth Fifth
 Slovenia 38
Matej Ferjan 17
Izak Šantej 14
7 		 Italy 29
Andrea Maida 16
8
5 		 Austria 24
12
7
5 		 Croatia 16
8
6
2 		 France 11
7
2
Stephane Tresarrieu 2

* Belarus and the Netherlands withdrew

  • Slovenia and Italy to Group A

Group A[]

Placing Pair / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
1 Czech Republic Czech Republic 27 10 20 27
(3) Tomas Topinka 11 2 2 2 3 0 2
(4) Antonín Kasper Jr. 16 3 3 3 2 2 3
(16) Václav Milík Sr. 0
2 Hungary Hungary 25 8 18 25
(11) Zoltán Adorján 10 3 3 2 - 1 1
(12) 5 1 1 - 3 - -
(20) Sándor Tihanyi 10 3 2 3 2
3 Slovenia Slovenia 19 9 12 19
(7) Matej Ferjan 14 3 3 0 2 3 3
(8) Izak Šantej 5 2 1 1 0 1 0
(18) 0
4 Norway Norway 15 4 9 15
(9) 6 2 0 1 0 1 2
(10) 9 0 2 3 1 3 0
(19) - 0
5 Ukraine Ukraine 15 5 11 15
(13) 5 0 0 2 3 E 0
(14) Igor Marko 10 3 2 0 1 3 1
(21) 0
6 Italy Italy 14 4 10 14
(1) Andrea Maida 10 1 2 3 E 2 2
(2) 4 E 1 2 1 0 0
(15) Alessandro Milanese 0
7 Latvia Latvia 11 2 4 11
(5) 7 1 1 1 E 1 3
(6) 4 E 0 0 1 2 1
(17) - 0
Placing Pair / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell
ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside
  • Czech Republic and Hungary to Final

World Final[]

Placing Pair / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
1 Denmark Denmark 27 9 19 27
(1) Hans Nielsen 14 3 3 2 2 2 2
(2) Tommy Knudsen 13 1 2 3 3 1 3
(15) Jesper B. Jensen 0
2 Poland Poland 25 7 15 25
(3) Tomasz Gollob 13 2 2 2 2 2 3
(4) Jacek Krzyzaniak 0 0 - - - - -
(16) Piotr Protasiewicz 12 3 3 1 3 2
3 Sweden Sweden 21 6 13 21
(9) Tony Rickardsson 17 2 3 3 3 3 3
(10) Jimmy Nilsen 3 1 0 - - - 2
(19) Peter Karlsson 1 1 E 0
4 Germany Germany 17 8 14 17
(7) Robert Barth 9 3 1 E 3 E 2
(8) Robbie Kessler 8 2 2 1 2 1 E
(18) Gerd Riss 0
5 Czech Republic Czech Republic 16 6 12 16
(11) Tomas Topinka 10 3 3 1 2 1 F
(12) Antonín Kasper Jr. 6 0 - 0 3 0 3
(20) Václav Milík Sr. 0
6 Russia Russia 10 4 7 10
(13) Roman Povazhny 7 F 1 2 1 2 1
(14) Rinat Mardanshin 3 1 2 0 0 - -
(21) 0 X 0
7 Hungary Hungary 9 2 4 9
(5) Zoltán Adorján 3 0 0 - - 3 0
(6) Sándor Tihanyi 6 1 1 1 1 1 1
(17) 0 0 0
Placing Pair / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell
ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  2. ^ "1997 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  3. ^ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
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