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1980 Speedway World Team Cup

The 1980 Speedway World Team Cup was the 21st edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1][2][3]

The final took place at the Vojens Speedway Center in Denmark.[4] 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.[5][6]


Qualification Stage 1 edit

Day Venue Winner
Qualification
17 May   Breitenthal Speedway Stadium, Krumbach   West Germany
18 May   King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn   England
18 May   Castiglione Olona, Varese   USSR
11 June   Kumla Motorstadion, Kumla   Denmark
29 June   Rodenbach Motodrom, Rodenbach   West Germany

Commonwealth Round edit

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   England 42 2 5 7 10 12 15 17 20 22 25 28 31 34 37 40 42 42 42 42 42
(13) Peter Collins 9 3 2 2 2 9
(14) Michael Lee 11 2 3 3 3 11
(15) Dave Jessup 11 2 3 3 3 11
(16) Chris Morton 11 3 2 3 3 11
(20) John Louis 0 0
2   United States 31 3 3 6 8 11 13 16 16 19 21 22 24 26 28 30 31 31 31 31 31
(9) Bruce Penhall 9 3 3 2 1 9
(10) Scott Autrey 9 2 2 3 2 9
(11) Bobby Schwartz 3 X E 1 2 3
(12) Dennis Sigalos 10 3 3 2 2 10
(19) Ron Preston 0 0
3   Australia 14 1 2 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 8 10 10 10 10 11 14 14 14 14 14
(5) Billy Sanders 6 1 0 2 3 6
(6) Mick McKeon 3 1 1 0 1 3
(7) Phil Herne 1 1 F - - 1
(8) Danny Kennedy 3 1 1 1 0 3
(18) Gary Guglielmi 1 1 0 0 1
4   New Zealand 9 0 2 2 2 2 3 3 5 5 6 6 7 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
(1) Ivan Mauger 3 0 2 1 0 3
(2) Mitch Shirra 0 0 X 0 - 0
(3) Larry Ross 5 2 1 1 1 5
(4) Bruce Cribb 1 0 0 - 1 1
(17) Wayne Brown 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

* England & USA to Intercontinental Final

Scandinivian Round edit

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
  Denmark - 43
Ole Olsen - 12
Bo Petersen - 12
Tommy Knudsen - 11
Hans Nielsen - 6
Erik Gundersen - 2 		  Sweden - 31
Anders Michanek - 10
Jan Andersson- 9
Richard Hellsen - 6
Bengt Jansson - 5
Bernt Persson - 1 		  Finland - 18
Kai Niemi - 6
Ari Koponen - 5
Veijo Tuoriniemi - 4
Ila Teromaa - 3
Pekka Hautamaki - 0 		  Norway - 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 edit

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
  Soviet Union - 41
Grigory Khlinovsky - 12
Valery Gordeev - 11
Viktor Kuznetsov - 11
Mikhail Starostin - 7 		  Italy - 21
Francesco Biginato - 8
Giuseppe Marzotto- 5
Giovanni Brizzolari - 4
Mauro Ferraccioli - 4 		  Austria - 17
Herbert Szerecs - 7
Adi Funk - 5
Walter Grubmüler - 4
Herbert Engelmaier - 1 		  Bulgaria - 16
Nikolai Manev - 7
Angel Eftimov - 4
Orlin Janakiev - 4
Ivan Marenov - 1

* Soviet Union & Italy to Continental Semi-Final

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
  West Germany - 40
Waldemar Bacik - 12
Georg Hack - 12
Christoph Betzl - 9
Egon Müller - 7 		  Netherlands - 29
Rudi Muts - 9
Frits Koppe- 7
Henk Steman - 6
Henny Kroeze - 5
Wil Stroes - 2 		  Hungary - 22
Istvan Sziraczki - 9
Laszlo Meszaros - 6
Zoltan Hajdu - 4
Janos Szoke - 3
Ferenc Farkash - 0 		  Yugoslavia - 5
Franc Zagar - 2
Stefan Kekec - 1
Ivan Vrbnjak - 1
Darko Tominac - 1
Vlado Kocuvan - 0

* West Germany & Netherlands to Continental Semi-Final

Semifinal

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   West Germany 38 2 5 7 9 12 15 18 21 24 26 29 31 31 34 35 38 38 38 38 38
(13) Egon Muller 12 3 3 3 3 12
(14) Waldemar Bacik 8 2 3 2 1 8
(15) Georg Hack 10 2 3 2 3 10
(16) Alois Wiesböck 8 2 3 3 E 8
(20) Christoph Betzl 0 0
2   Soviet Union 29 1 3 3 6 8 10 11 12 14 17 19 22 24 24 27 29 29 29 29 29
(5) Valery Gordeev 7 1 2 2 2 7
(6) Mikhail Starostin 10 2 2 3 3 10
(7) Nikolay Kornev 7 3 1 3 F 7
(8) Grigory Khlinovsky 5 0 1 2 2 5
(18) Viktor Kuznetsov 0 0
3   Netherlands 17 3 4 5 6 7 7 9 11 11 11 12 13 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17
(9) Rudi Muts 2 1 1 F - 2
(10) Henk Steman 1 1 0 E - 1
(11) Frits Koppe 5 1 2 1 1 5
(12) Henny Kroeze 9 3 2 1 3 9
(19) Wil Stroes 0 0 0 0
4   Italy 10 0 0 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 7 7 9 10 10 10 10 10
(1) Francesco Biginato 0 F - - - 0
(2) Giuseppe Marzotto 5 3 0 0 2 5
(3) Mauro Ferraccioli 3 0 1 1 1 3
(4) Fausto Birbini 1 0 0 1 0 1
(17) Nicolo Andriolo 1 0 0 1 1
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

* West Germany & Soviet Union to Continental Final

Qualification Stage 2 edit

Day Venue Winner
Stage 2
5 July   Speedway Center, Vojens   England
13 July   Hansa Stadium, Bremen   Poland

Continental Final edit

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   Poland 36 2 5 8 10 12 13 15 18 20 23 25 28 30 32 33 36 36 36 36 36
(9) Zenon Plech 11 3 2 3 3 11
(10) Jerzy Rembas 5 2 1 2 - 5
(11) Roman Jankowski 10 3 3 2 2 10
(12) Edward Jancarz 9 2 2 3 2 9
(19) Andrzej Huszcza 1 1 1
2   Czechoslovakia 29 3 3 5 8 9 12 15 16 17 19 22 23 26 27 29 29 29 29 29 29
(1) Jiří Štancl 5 3 1 1 0 5
(2) Václav Verner 10 2 3 3 2 10
(3) Aleš Dryml Sr. 8 F 3 2 3 8
(4) Petr Ondrašík 6 3 1 1 1 6
(17) Zdeněk Kudrna 0 0
3   West Germany 26 1 3 4 5 8 10 11 13 16 17 18 20 21 24 24 26 26 26 26 26
(13) Egon Müller 8 2 1 3 2 8
(14) Waldemar Bacik 4 1 2 1 F 4
(15) Georg Hack 8 1 2 2 3 8
(16) Alois Wiesböck 6 1 3 1 1 6
(20) Christoph Betzl 0 0
4   Soviet Union 5 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 5 5 5 5 5
(5) Nikolay Kornev 0 0 0 0 - 0
(6) Valery Gordeev 1 1 0 0 - 1
(7) Mikhail Starostin 0 0 F 0 0 0
(8) Grigory Khlinovsky 0 0 0 0 0 0
(18) Viktor Kuznetsov 4 3 1 4
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

* Poland & Czechoslovakia to World Final

Intercontinental Final edit

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   England 33 2 3 6 9 9 11 14 17 18 20 21 24 25 28 30 33 33 33 33 33
(1) Dave Jessup 12 3 3 3 3 12
(2) Peter Collins 9 3 3 1 2 9
(3) Chris Morton 6 1 2 2 1 6
(4) Michael Lee 6 2 0 1 3 6
(17) Kenny Carter 0 0
2   United States 32 3 6 7 9 11 14 14 16 19 20 23 23 26 27 30 32 32 32 32 32
(5) Bruce Penhall 11 3 3 3 2 11
(6) Scott Autrey 8 3 2 E 3 8
(7) Bobby Schwartz 3 2 0 - 1 3
(8) Dennis Sigalos 9 1 2 3 3 9
(18) Kelly Moran 1 1 1
3   Denmark 25 1 1 3 4 7 8 9 10 12 15 17 19 21 23 24 25 25 25 25 25
(9) Ole Olsen 9 2 3 3 1 9
(10) Erik Gundersen 5 1 1 2 1 5
(11) Bo Petersen 4 E - 2 2 4
(12) Hans Nielsen 6 1 1 2 2 6
(19) Tommy Knudsen 1 1 1
4   Sweden 5 0 2 2 2 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
(13) Jan Andersson 4 2 2 0 0 4
(14) Richard Hellsen 0 0 X 0 0 0
(15) Tommy Johansson 0 F - - - 0
(16) Hans Danielsson 1 0 1 F 0 1
(20) Lillebror Johansson 0 E E 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

* England & USA to World Final

World Final edit

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   England 40 2 5 8 10 13 15 18 21 24 27 28 29 32 35 38 40 40 40 40 40
(1) Dave Jessup 8 2 3 1 2 8
(2) Peter Collins 10 3 3 1 3 10
(3) Chris Morton 11 3 2 3 3 11
(4) Michael Lee 11 2 3 3 3 11
(17) John Davis 0 0
2   United States 29 3 5 5 6 8 11 11 13 14 14 17 20 22 24 26 29 29 29 29 29
(5) Bruce Penhall 12 3 3 3 3 12
(6) Scott Autrey 9 2 2 3 2 9
(7) Bobby Schwartz 3 1 0 - 2 3
(8) Dennis Sigalos 5 0 2 1 2 5
(18) Ron Preston 0 0 0
3   Poland 15 0 1 3 6 6 7 8 8 10 12 12 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 15
(13) Roman Jankowski 5 1 1 2 1 5
(14) Andrzej Huszcza 2 F - 2 0 2
(15) Zenon Plech 5 2 1 2 F 5
(16) Edward Jancarz 3 3 0 - 0 3
(20) Jerzy Rembas 0 E 0 0
4   Czechoslovakia 12 1 1 2 2 3 3 5 6 6 7 9 9 10 11 12 12 12 12 12 12
(9) Václav Verner 3 1 1 1 E 3
(10) Aleš Dryml Sr. 1 X 0 - 1 1
(11) Petr Ondrašík 3 0 - 2 1 3
(12) Jiří Štancl 4 1 2 0 1 4
(19) Zdeněk Kudrna 1 1 0 1
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

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  2. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 25–26. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  3. ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 98. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  4. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  5. ^ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  6. ^ "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  7. ^ "1980 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
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