1999 Speedway World Team Cup

The 1999 Speedway World Team Cup was the 40th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.^[1][2]

The final took took place at Pardubice in the Czech Republic. The winners were the Australia team who claimed their second title and first since winning the 1976 Speedway World Team Cup.^[3][4]

Preliminary round[]

Venue : Veenord, Holland[]

First	Second	Third	Fourth
42 Theo Pijper 13 13 8 7 1	Austria 38 15 11 7 5 0	Croatia 36 19 9 5 3	Ukraine 14 13 12 2

Holland, Austria and Croatia to Quarter-Final

Quarter Final[]

Venue : Lonigo, Italy[]

First	Second	Third	Fourth
Australia 55 Jason Crump 17 Leigh Adams 15 Jason Lyons 12 Todd Wiltshire 11	Italy 47 Armando Castagna 14 Andrea Maida 13 Stefano Alfonso 11 5 Simone Terenzani 4	Slovenia 30 Matej Ferjan 12 7 5 Izak Šantej 4	Austria 11 4 4 2 1

Australia to Semi-Final

Venue : Abensberg, Germany[]

First	Second	Third	Fourth
Germany 56 Gerd Riss 16 Matthias Kröger 14 Joachim Kugelmann 14 Robert Barth 12	Norway 39 12 11 9 7	Croatia 29 17 8 4 0	20 Theo Pijper 10 8 1 1

Germany to Semi-Final

Semi Final[]

Venue : Poole, England[]

First	Second	Third	Fourth
Great Britain 53 1.Chris Louis (3,3,2,2,2,3) - 15 2.Scott Nicholls (e,0,-,-,3,2) - 5 3.Joe Screen (2,1,3,3,2,3) - 14 4.Mark Loram (3,2,2,2,3,-) - 12 5.Carl Stonehewer (-,-,3,3,-,1) - 7	Denmark 45 11.Hans Nielsen (3,3,3,1,3,1) - 14 12.John Jørgensen (2,0,1,3,2,0) - 8 13.Jesper B. Jensen (3,2,3,0,3,3) - 14 14.Brian Karger (1,1,2,1,2,2) - 9 15.Charlie Gjedde - NS	Germany 30 6.Gerd Riss (2,3,1,2,f/x,-) - 8 7.Matthias Kröger (0,2,0,0,1,e) - 3 8.Robert Barth (2,3,2,1,1,3/2) - 14 9.Robbie Kessler (1,1,0,-,-,-) - 2 10.Joachim Kugelmann (-,-,-,3,f,0) - 3	Hungary 16 16.Sándor Tihanyi (1,2,1,0,0,1) - 5 17.Zoltán Adorján (0,0,0,1,1,2) - 4 18.Róbert Nagy (1,0,0,0,0,1) - 2 19.Attila Stefáni (0,1,1,2,1,0) - 5 20.

Great Britain to World Final

Venue : Leszno, Poland[]

First	Second	Third	Fourth
Australia 51 1.Jason Crump (3,3,2,3,3,3) - 17 2.Jason Lyons (2,2,3,2,2,2) - 13 3.Leigh Adams (3,2,3,2,0,2) - 12 4.Ryan Sullivan (1,1,2,3,1,1) - 9 5.Todd Wiltshire - ns	Poland 43 16.Roman Jankowski (2,2,-,-,1,-) - 5 17.Sławomir Drabik (0,3,3,0,-,-) - 6 18.Rafał Dobrucki (1,3,1,1,-,-) - 6 19.Piotr Protasiewicz (2,2,0,-,1,3/2)-11 20.Tomasz Gollob (-,-,2,1/3,3,3,e/3) - 15	Sweden 26 11.Jimmy Nilsen - ns 12.Mikael Karlsson (e,0,3,3,2,1) - 9 13.Stefan Dannö (2,1,1,1,2,1) - 8 14. (-,0,0,0,0,0) - 0 15.Henrik Gustafsson (3/3,3,e,e,-,-) - 9	Russia 24 6.Roman Povazhny (1,0,0,1,1,1) - 4 7.Sergey Darkin (0,1,1,2,-/1,2) - 7 8. (1,0,-,-,0/-,-) - 11 9.Mikhail Starostin (0,-,1,0,-,0) - 11 10.Oleg Kurguskin (-,1,2,2,3,3) - 11

Australia to World Final

World final[]

Venue : Pardubice, Czech Republic[]

First	Second	Third	Fourth
Australia 40 16.Jason Crump (3,1,3,3,0,3) - 13 17.Jason Lyons (0,2,2,2,2,2) - 10 18.Leigh Adams (1,3,1,3,3,3) - 14 19.Ryan Sullivan (3,2,3,2,2,-) - 12 20.Todd Wiltshire (-,-,-,-,-,2) - 2	Czech Republic 35 11.Bohumil Brhel (-,3,1,0,2,3) - 9 12.Aleš Dryml Jr. (0,2,3,1,3,1) - 10 13.Antonín Šváb Jr. (f,-,-,-,-,e) - 0 14.Michal Makovský (2,1,1,2,1,1) - 8 15.Antonín Kasper Jr. (2,3,0,3,0,-) - 8	United States 29+3 1.Sam Ermolenko (3,2,2,2,3/3,0) 16+3 2.Ronnie Correy (0,0,-,-,-,-) - 0 3.Greg Hancock (2,1,1,1/1,-,0) - 6 4.Billy Hamill (1,f,2,1/e,1,1) - 6 5.Josh Larsen (-,-,-,0,-,-) - 0	Great Britain 29+2 6.Chris Louis (3,1,3,3,1,1) - 12 7.Carl Stonehewer (1,-,e,-,0,0) - 1 8.Joe Screen (1,0,0,0,-,3) 4+2 9.Mark Loram (2,3,2/0,1,2,2) - 12 10.Andy Smith (-,0,-,-,0,-) - 0

Australia win Championship. United States third after Sam Ermolenko beat Joe Screen in a race off.

See also[]

• 1999 Speedway Grand Prix

References[]