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1980 Speedway World Team Cup

21st edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition

21st edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition

The 1980 Speedway World Team Cup was the 21st edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.

The final took place at the Vojens Speedway Center in Denmark. England won their eighth title to extend their record and the United States had their best performance to date finishing second. The defending champions New Zealand finished last in the British qualifying round.

Qualification Stage 1

Daywidth=300pxVenuewidth=160pxWinnerwidth=40pxQualification
17 MayFRG Breitenthal Speedway Stadium, Krumbach
18 MayENG King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn
18 MayITA Castiglione Olona, Varese
11 JuneSWE Kumla Motorstadion, Kumla
29 JuneFRG Rodenbach Motodrom, Rodenbach

Commonwealth Round

  • 18 May
  • ENG King's Lynn, Norfolk Arena
  • Referee: SWE G Bergstrom

|Peter Collins |3|2|2|2| |Michael Lee |2|3|3|3| |Dave Jessup |2|3|3|3| |Chris Morton |3|2|3|3| |John Louis |Bruce Penhall |3|3|2|1| |Scott Autrey |2|2|3|2| |Bobby Schwartz ||3.2i=X||3.8i=E|1|2| |Dennis Sigalos |3|3|2|2| |Ron Preston |Billy Sanders |1|0|2|3| |Mick McKeon |1|1|0|1| |Phil Herne |1||3.7i=F||3.10i=-||3.14i=-| |Danny Kennedy |1|1|1|0| |Gary Guglielmi |5.7p=1|5.10p=0|5.14p=0| |Ivan Mauger |0|2|1|0| |Mitch Shirra |0||2.7i=X|0||2.15i=-| |Larry Ross |2|1|1|1| |Bruce Cribb |0|0||4.9i=-|1| |Wayne Brown |5.9p=0|5.15p=0| *** England & USA to Intercontinental Final**

Scandinivian Round

  • 11 June
  • SWE Kumla Motorstadion, Kumla
P1}}1stP2}}2ndP3}}3rd4th
p1}} - 43
Ole Olsen - 12
Bo Petersen - 12
Tommy Knudsen - 11
Hans Nielsen - 6
Erik Gundersen - 2p2}} - 31
Anders Michanek - 10
Jan Andersson- 9
Richard Hellsen - 6
Bengt Jansson - 5
Bernt Persson - 1p3}} - 18
Kai Niemi - 6
Ari Koponen - 5
Veijo Tuoriniemi - 4
Ila Teromaa - 3
Pekka Hautamaki - 0 - 4
Dag Haaland - 2
Audun Ove Olsen - 1
Trond Helge Skretting - 1
Reidar Eide - 0
Rolf Gramstad - 0

*** Denmark & Sweden to Intercontinental Final**

Continental Round

  • 18 May
  • ITA Castiglione Olona, Varese
P1}}1stP2}}2ndP3}}3rd4th
p1}} - 41
Grigory Khlinovsky - 12
Valery Gordeev - 11
Viktor Kuznetsov - 11
Mikhail Starostin - 7p2}} - 21
Francesco Biginato - 8
Giuseppe Marzotto- 5
Giovanni Brizzolari - 4
Mauro Ferraccioli - 4p3}} - 17
Herbert Szerecs - 7
Adi Funk - 5
Walter Grubmüler - 4
Herbert Engelmaier - 1 - 16
Nikolai Manev - 7
Angel Eftimov - 4
Orlin Janakiev - 4
Ivan Marenov - 1

*** Soviet Union & Italy to Continental Semi-Final**

  • 17 May
  • FRG Breitenthal Speedway Stadium, Krumbach
P1}}1stP2}}2ndP3}}3rd4th
p1}} - 40
Waldemar Bacik - 12
Georg Hack - 12
Christoph Betzl - 9
Egon Müller - 7p2}} - 29
Rudi Muts - 9
Frits Koppe- 7
Henk Steman - 6
Henny Kroeze - 5
Wil Stroes - 2p3}} - 22
Istvan Sziraczki - 9
Laszlo Meszaros - 6
Zoltan Hajdu - 4
Janos Szoke - 3
Ferenc Farkash - 0 - 5
Franc Zagar - 2
Stefan Kekec - 1
Ivan Vrbnjak - 1
Darko Tominac - 1
Vlado Kocuvan - 0

*** West Germany & Netherlands to Continental Semi-Final**

Semifinal

  • 29 June
  • FRG Rodenbach Motodrom, Rodenbach

|Egon Muller |3|3|3|3| |Waldemar Bacik |2|3|2|1| |Georg Hack |2|3|2|3| |Alois Wiesböck |2|3|3||4.13i=E| |Christoph Betzl |Valery Gordeev |1|2|2|2| |Mikhail Starostin |2|2|3|3| |Nikolay Kornev |3|1|3||3.14i=F| |Grigory Khlinovsky |0|1|2|2| |Viktor Kuznetsov |Rudi Muts |1|1||1.10i=F||1.16i=-| |Henk Steman |1|0||2.9i=E||2.15i=-| |Frits Koppe |1|2|1|1| |Henny Kroeze |3|2|1|3| |Wil Stroes |5.15p=0|5.16p=0| |Francesco Biginato ||1.4i=F||1.8i=-||1.12i=-||1.16i=-| |Giuseppe Marzotto |3|0|0|2| |Mauro Ferraccioli |0|1|1|1| |Fausto Birbini |0|0|1|0| |Nicolo Andriolo |5.8p=0|5.12p=0|5.16p=1| *** West Germany & Soviet Union to Continental Final**

Qualification Stage 2

Daywidth=300pxVenuewidth=160pxWinnerwidth=40pxStage 2
5 JulyDEN Speedway Center, Vojens
13 JulyFRG Hansa Stadium, Bremen

Continental Final

  • 13 July
  • FRG Hansa Stadium, Bremen
  • Referee: DEN Mr. Kristensen

|Zenon Plech |3|2|3|3| |Jerzy Rembas |2|1|2||2.15i=-| |Roman Jankowski |3|3|2|2| |Edward Jancarz |2|2|3|2| |Andrzej Huszcza |5.15p=1| |Jiří Štancl |3|1|1|0| |Václav Verner |2|3|3|2| |Aleš Dryml Sr. ||3.2i=F|3|2|3| |Petr Ondrašík |3|1|1|1| |Zdeněk Kudrna |Egon Müller |2|1|3|2| |Waldemar Bacik |1|2|1||2.15i=F| |Georg Hack |1|2|2|3| |Alois Wiesböck |1|3|1|1| |Christoph Betzl |Nikolay Kornev |0|0|0||1.16i=-| |Valery Gordeev |1|0|0||2.15i=-| |Mikhail Starostin |0||3.7i=F|0|0| |Grigory Khlinovsky |0|0|0|0| |Viktor Kuznetsov |5.15p=3|5.16p=1| *** Poland & Czechoslovakia to World Final**

Intercontinental Final

  • 5 July
  • DEN Speedway Center, Vojens
  • Att: 8,000

|Dave Jessup |3|3|3|3| |Peter Collins |3|3|1|2| |Chris Morton |1|2|2|1| |Michael Lee |2|0|1|3| |Kenny Carter |Bruce Penhall |3|3|3|2| |Scott Autrey |3|2||2.12i=E|3| |Bobby Schwartz |2|0||3.10i=-|1| |Dennis Sigalos |1|2|3|3| |Kelly Moran |5.10p=1| |Ole Olsen |2|3|3|1| |Erik Gundersen |1|1|2|1| |Bo Petersen ||3.2i=E||3.8i=-|2|2| |Hans Nielsen |1|1|2|2| |Tommy Knudsen |5.8p=1| |Jan Andersson |2|2|0|0| |Richard Hellsen |0||2.8i=X|0|0| |Tommy Johansson ||3.3i=F||3.6i=-||3.12i=-||3.14i=-| |Hans Danielsson |0|1||4.11i=F|0| |Lillebror Johansson |5.6i=E|5.12i=E|5.14p=0| *** England & USA to World Final**

World Final

  • 21 September
  • POL Olympic Stadium, Wrocław
  • Att: 55,000

|Dave Jessup |2|3|1|2| |Peter Collins |3|3|1|3| |Chris Morton |3|2|3|3| |Michael Lee |2|3|3|3| |John Davis |Bruce Penhall |3|3|3|3| |Scott Autrey |2|2|3|2| |Bobby Schwartz |1|0||3.10i=-|2| |Dennis Sigalos |0|2|1|2| |Ron Preston |5.10p=0| |Roman Jankowski |1|1|2|1| |Andrzej Huszcza ||2.1i=F||2.8i=-|2|0| |Zenon Plech |2|1|2||3.14i=F| |Edward Jancarz |3|0||4.11i=-|0| |Jerzy Rembas |5.8i=E|5.11p=0| |Václav Verner |1|1|1||1.16i=E| |Aleš Dryml Sr. ||2.4i=X|0||2.9i=-|1| |Petr Ondrašík |0||3.8i=-|2|1| |Jiří Štancl |1|2|0|1| |Zdeněk Kudrna |5.8p=1|5.9p=0|

References

References

  1. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian. (1987). "The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results". Guinness Superlatives.
  2. Oakes, Peter. (1981). "1981 Speedway Yearbook". Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd.
  3. Bott, Richard. (1980). "The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4". Stanley Paul & Co Ltd.
  4. "Speedway riders, history and results".
  5. "World Team Cup 1960-1990".
  6. "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS".
  7. "1980 WORLD TEAM CUP".
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