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1987 Speedway World Team Cup
28th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition
28th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition
The 1987 Speedway World Team Cup was the 28th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.
Denmark won two legs and therefore won their fifth consecutive title (and seventh in total) moving to just one title win if England's record 8. It was also Hans Nielsen's seventh gold medal having taken part in all of Denmark's title wins.
Group 4
| Day | width=200px | Venue | width=160px | Winner | width=40px | Teams ranked 13–16 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 June | NED Amsterdam | |||||||||
| 13 September | NOR Skien | |||||||||
| 27 September | YUG Ljubljana | |||||||||
| 3 October | BUL Shumen |
- Winner promoted to Group C in 1988
Round 1
- 19 June 1987
- NED Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
| First | Second | Third | Fourth |
|---|---|---|---|
| - 38+3 | - 38+2 | - 34 | - 4 |
Round 2
- 13 September 1987
- NOR Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien
| First | Second | Third | Fourth |
|---|---|---|---|
| - 42 | - 40 | - 28 | - 10 |
Round 3
- 27 September 1987
- YUG Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana
| First | Second | Third | Fourth |
|---|---|---|---|
| - 43 | - 31 | - 24 | - 20 |
Round 4
- 3 October 1987
- BUL Shumen Motopista, Shumen
| First | Second | Third | Fourth |
|---|---|---|---|
| - 42 | - 40 | - 27 | - 11 |
Group 3
| Day | width=200px | Venue | width=160px | Winner | width=40px | Teams ranked 9–12 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 May | ITA Lonigo | |||||||||
| 21 June | AUT Wiener Neustadt | |||||||||
| 11 July | FRG Landshut | |||||||||
| 13 September | HUN Miskolc |
- Winner promoted to Group B in 1988 ; 4th relegated to Group D in 1988
Round 1
- 3 May 1987
- ITA Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo
| First | Second | Third | Fourth |
|---|---|---|---|
| - 41 | |||
| Janosh Balogh - 13 | |||
| József Petrikovics - 11 | |||
| Zoltán Adorján - 10 | |||
| Sándor Tihanyi - 5 | |||
| Antal Kocso - 2 | - 32 | ||
| Armando Castagna - 9 | |||
| Valentino Furlanetto - 9 | |||
| Paolo Salvatelli - 8 | |||
| Armando Dal Chiele - 5 | |||
| Ottoviano Righetto - 1 | - 32 | ||
| Karl Maier - 11 | |||
| Hans Faltermeier - 9 | |||
| Gerd Riss - 8 | |||
| Michael Datzmann - 4 | - 15 | ||
| Walter Nebel - 7 | |||
| Siegfried Eder - 4 | |||
| Heinrich Schatzer - 2 | |||
| Adi Funk - 2 | |||
| Toni Pilotto - 0 |
Round 2
- 21 June 1987
- AUT Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt
| First | Second | Third | Fourth |
|---|---|---|---|
| - 40 | |||
| Zoltán Adorján - 14 | |||
| József Petrikovics - 12 | |||
| Antal Kocso - 10 | |||
| Janosh Balogh - 4 | |||
| Sándor Tihanyi - 0 | - 36 | ||
| Armando Dal Chiele - 11 | |||
| Valentino Furlanetto - 10 | |||
| Paolo Salvatelli - 8 | |||
| Armando Castagna - 7 | |||
| Gianni Famari - 0 | - 34 | ||
| Karl Maier - 10 | |||
| Gerd Riss - 8 | |||
| Michael Datzmann - 8 | |||
| Klaus Lausch - 7 | |||
| Hans Faltermeier - 1 | - 9 | ||
| Toni Pilotto - 5 | |||
| Walter Nebel - 2 | |||
| Adi Funk - 2 | |||
| Heinrich Schatzer - 0 | |||
| Siegfried Eder - 0 |
Round 3
- 11 July 1987
- FRG Ellermühle Speedway Stadium, Landshut
| First | Second | Third | Fourth |
|---|---|---|---|
| - 43+3 | |||
| Armando Castagna - 13+3 | |||
| Paolo Salvatelli - 12 | |||
| Giorgio Zaramella - 12 | |||
| Gianni Famari - 6 | - 43+2 | ||
| Klaus Lausch - 14+2 | |||
| Karl Maier - 12 | |||
| Gerd Riss - 9 | |||
| Michael Datzmann - 5 | |||
| Hans Faltermeier - 3 | - 18 | ||
| Heinrich Schatzer - 6 | |||
| Toni Pilotto - 5 | |||
| Walter Nebel - 4 | |||
| Adi Funk - 2 | |||
| Andreas Bössner - 1 | - 16 | ||
| Zoltán Adorján - 7 | |||
| Antal Kocso - 5 | |||
| József Petrikovics - 3 | |||
| Sándor Tihanyi - 1 | |||
| Janosh Balogh - 0 |
Round 4
- 13 September 1987
- HUN Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc
| First | Second | Third | Fourth |
|---|---|---|---|
| - 40 | |||
| Gerd Riss - 12 | |||
| Hans Faltermeier - 10 | |||
| Tommy Dunker - 10 | |||
| Karl Maier - 8 | - 37 | ||
| Zoltán Adorján - 12 | |||
| Sándor Tihanyi - 11 | |||
| Antal Kocso - 7 | |||
| Janos Szeres - 4 | |||
| Laszlo Bodi - 3 | - 25 | ||
| Armando Castagna - 8 | |||
| Giorgio Zaramella - 6 | |||
| Gianni Famari - 5 | |||
| Paolo Salvatelli - 3 | |||
| Fabrizio Vesprini - 3 | - 14 | ||
| Heinrich Schatzer - 5 | |||
| Walter Nebel - 3 | |||
| Toni Pilotto - 2 | |||
| Adi Funk - 2 | |||
| Andreas Bössner - 2 |
Group 2
| Day | width=200px | Venue | width=160px | Winner | width=40px | Teams ranked 5–8 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 July | POL Gdańsk | |||||||||
| 21 August | SWE Linköping | |||||||||
| 13 September | POL Rybnik |
- Winner promoted to Group A in 1988 ; 4th relegated to Group C in 1988
Round 1
- 19 July 1987
- POL Gdańsk Speedway Stadium, Gdańsk
| First | Second | Third | Fourth |
|---|---|---|---|
| - 41 | |||
| Per Jonsson (3,3,3,3,3) - 15 | |||
| Jimmy Nilsen (3,3,3,1,3) - 13 | |||
| Roland Dannö (3,1,0,1,2) - 7 | |||
| Conny Ivarsson (2,-,-,-,-) - 2 | |||
| Tommy Nilsson (-,0,3,1,0) - 4 | - 39 | ||
| Andrzej Huszcza (2,3,2,3,3) - 13 | |||
| Roman Jankowski (3,3,2,2,2) - 12 | |||
| Zenon Kasprzak (2,E,1,2,3) - 8 | |||
| Wojciech Żabiałowicz (2,1,3,0,-) - 6 | |||
| Grzegorz Dzikowski (-,-,-,-,0) - 0 | - 27 | ||
| Steve Regeling (2,2,3,1,1) - 9 | |||
| Steve Baker (1,2,2,3,1) - 9 | |||
| Stephen Davies (1,1,2,2,1) - 7 | |||
| Glenn Doyle (2,0,-,-,-) - 2 | |||
| Alan Rivett (-,-,0,0,0) - 0 | - 13 | ||
| Ari Koponen (2,2,1,0,0) - 5 | |||
| Olli Tyrväinen (1,1,1,0,2) - 5 | |||
| Kai Niemi (1,E,0,-,-) - 1 | |||
| Aki Ala-Riihimaki (0,1,-,-,-) - 1 | |||
| Vesa Ylinen (-,-,0,0/0,1/0) - 1 |
Round 2
- 21 August 1987
- SWE Linköping Motorstadion, Linköping
| First | Second | Third | Fourth |
|---|---|---|---|
| - 50 | |||
| Per Jonsson - 15 | |||
| Tony Olsson - 13 | |||
| Conny Ivarsson - 13 | |||
| Jimmy Nilsen - 6 | |||
| Mikael Blixt - 3 | - 32 | ||
| Kai Niemi - 11 | |||
| Ari Koponen - 8 | |||
| Roy Malminheimo - 7 | |||
| Juha Moksunen - 6 | |||
| Janne Moksunen - 0 | - 27 | ||
| Steve Regeling - 8 | |||
| Stephen Davies - 8 | |||
| Steve Baker - 6 | |||
| Mick Poole - 5 | - 10 | ||
| Roman Jankowski - 5 | |||
| Zenon Kasprzak - 2 | |||
| Ryszard Dołomisiewicz - 2 | |||
| Andrzej Huszcza - 1 | |||
| Janusz Stachyra - 0 |
Round 3
- 13 September 1987
- POL Rybnik Municipal Stadium, Rybnik
| First | Second | Third | Fourth |
|---|---|---|---|
| - 36 | |||
| Ryszard Dołomisiewicz - 10 | |||
| Roman Jankowski - 9 | |||
| Piotr Świst - 8 | |||
| Zenon Kasprzak - 6 | |||
| Andrzej Huszcza - 3 | - 33 | ||
| Per Jonsson - 11 | |||
| Jimmy Nilsen - 11 | |||
| Tony Olsson - 8 | |||
| Conny Ivarsson - 3 | |||
| Erik Stenlund - 0 | - 28 | ||
| Steve Regeling - 8 | |||
| Steve Baker - 8 | |||
| Stephen Davies - 7 | |||
| Troy Butler - 5 | |||
| Glenn Doyle - 0 | - 23 | ||
| Kai Niemi - 11 | |||
| Ari Koponen - 9 | |||
| Janne Moksunen - 2 | |||
| Roy Malminheimo - 1 | |||
| Juha Moksunen - 0 |
World final group
| Day | width=200px | Venue | width=160px | Winner | width=40px | Teams ranked 1–4 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August | DEN Fredericia | |||||||||
| 25 August | ENG Coventry | |||||||||
| 13 September | CSK Prague |
- 4th relegated to Group B in 1988
Round 1
- 16 August 1987
- DEN Fredericia Speedway Center, Fredericia
- Att: 5,000
- Ref: Christer Bergstrom (Sw)
|Hans Nielsen |3|3|3|3|20|1.20p=3 |Erik Gundersen |3|3|3|1|19|2.19p=0 |Jan O. Pedersen |2|3|3|1|18|3.18p=3 |Tommy Knudsen |2|2|3|2|17|4.17p=1 |John Jørgensen |Kelvin Tatum |1|0|2|2|17|1.17p=2 |Jeremy Doncaster |3|3|2|3|20|2.20p=2 |Simon Cross |1|1|2|3|19|3.19p=1 |Simon Wigg |1|2|1|3|18|4.18p=2 |Marvyn Cox |Shawn Moran |0|1|0|0|17|1.17p=3 |Sam Ermolenko |0|2|2|2|19|2.19p=3 |Lance King |0|1|1|1|18|3.18p=0 |Rick Miller |3|2|0|2|20|4.20p=1 |Ronnie Correy |Roman Matoušek |1||1.7i=F|0|1|18|1.18p=1 |Petr Vandírek |0||2.8i=-|1|0|17|2.17i=- |Lubomír Jedek |2|1|1|0|20|3.20p=0 |Antonín Kasper Jr. |2|0|0|0|19|4.19p=2 |Zdeněk Schneiderwind |5.8p=0|5.17p=0
Round 2
- 25 August 25, 1987
- ENG Brandon Stadium, Coventry
- Ref: Graham Brodie (Eng)
|Shawn Moran |3|3|3|3|20|1.20p=2 |Lance King |1|3|1||2.15i=-|17|2.17i=- |Sam Ermolenko |3|2|3||3.14i=F|19|3.19p=3 |Rick Miller |1|3|2|1|18|4.18p=2 |Kelly Moran |5.15p=3|5.17p=1 |Hans Nielsen |3|3|3|2|20|1.20i=X |Erik Gundersen |2|0|2|2|17|2.17p=3 |Jan O. Pedersen |2|2|3|3|19|3.19p=0 |Tommy Knudsen |2|1|1|3|18|4.18p=0 |John Jørgensen |Kelvin Tatum |3|2|1|1|19|1.19p=2 |Jeremy Doncaster |1|1||2.11i=-|1|18|2.18p=3 |Marvyn Cox |1|1||3.10i=-|0|17|3.17i=- |Simon Wigg |2|2|2|2|20|4.20p=3 |Simon Cross |5.10p=2|5.11p=1|5.17p=2 |Roman Matoušek |0|1||1.10i=F|0|19|1.19p=1 |Petr Vandírek |0|0||2.9i=-|0|18|2.18p=1 |Lubomír Jedek |0|0|0||3.14i=-|17|3.17p=0 |Antonín Kasper Jr. |0|0|0|2|20|4.20p=1 |Zdeněk Schneiderwind |5.9p=0|5.14p=1
Round 3
- 13 September 1987
- CSK Marketa Stadium, Prague
- Att: 12,000
|Hans Nielsen |3||1.7i=E|3|3|19|1.19p=3 |Erik Gundersen |3|3|3|3|20|2.20p=2 |Jan O. Pedersen |2|3|1|1|17|3.17p=3 |Tommy Knudsen |3|1|3|2|18|4.18p=1 |John Jørgensen |Simon Wigg |3|0|2|2|19|1.19p=2 |Kelvin Tatum |2|2|0|2|18|2.18p=3 |Jeremy Doncaster |2|2|1|0|17|3.17i=- |Simon Cross |2|2|3|1|20|4.20p=0 |Marvyn Cox |5.17p=0 |Shawn Moran |0|1|2|0|17|1.17p=2 |John Cook |1|3|0|1|19|2.19p=1 |Kelly Moran |1|3|1|2|20|3.20p=3 |Rick Miller |0|1|1|3|18|4.18p=0 |- |Antonín Kasper Jr. |0|0||1.12i=-|1|18|1.18p=2 |Petr Vandírek |1|1|0|0|19|2.19p=0 |Lubomír Jedek |0|0|0||3.13i=-|17|3.17i=- |Roman Matoušek |1|2|2|3|20|4.20p=1 |Zdeněk Schneiderwind |5.12p=2|5.13p=0|5.17p=1
Final standings
| Pos | Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | England | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | United States | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
References
References
- "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS".
- "1987 WORLD TEAM CUP".
- (16 July 1987). "Thorp can sparkle".
- "World Team Cup 1960-1990".
- "Speedway riders, history and results".
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