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1986 Speedway World Team Cup

The 1986 Speedway World Team Cup was the 27th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1][2]

A new format was started in 1986 whereby teams were seeded into groups, with Group 1 containing the leading nations competing over three legs to determine the champions. A promotion and relegation system was in place for the groups. Denmark won all three legs and therefore easily won their fourth consecutive title (and sixth in total) equalling Sweden's six titles and moving into equal second place in the all time list. It was also Hans Nielsen's sixth gold medal having taken part in all of Denmark's title wins.[3][4][5]

Group 4 edit

Day Venue Winner
Teams ranked 13–16
4 May   Krsko   Austria
22 June   Skien   Austria
18 August   Amsterdam   Norway
7 September   Wiener Neustadt   Austria
  • Winner promoted to Group 3 in 1987

Round 1

First Second Third Fourth
  Austria - 43
Siegfried Eder (2,0,-,X,-) - 2
Heinrich Schatzer (3,3,3,2,3) - 14
Toni Pilotto (3,2,0,3,2) - 10
Adi Funk (3,2,2,1,-) - 8
Walter Nebel (-,-,3,-,3/3) - 9 		  Netherlands - 37
Frits Koppe (1,1,-,3,2) - 7
Rob Steman (1,3,1,-,-) - 4
Leo Bathoorn (2,2,1,-,1) - 6
Henk Steman (2,3,1,0,-) - 6
Henny Kroeze (-,-,3,3/3,3/1) - 13 		  Norway - 25
Per Magne Levang (0,-,-,2,-) - 2
Ingvar Skogland (0,2,-,0,1) - 3
Willy Tjessem (2,1,0,2,2) - 7
Arnt Førland (3,3,2,2,0) - 10
Jan Arild Slaata (-,X,2,0,1) - 3 		  Yugoslavia - 13
Zvone Gerjevic (1,-,0,0,-) - 1
Artur Horvat (1,0,-,1,0) - 2
Albert Kocmut (0,0,-,-,0) - 0
Zvonko Pavlic (0,1,3,0,2) - 6
Krešo Omerzel (-,0,2/1,1,0) - 4

Round 2

First Second Third Fourth
  Austria - 44
Heinrich Schatzer - 13
Adi Funk - 11
Walter Nebel - 11
Siegfried Eder - 9
Toni Pilotto - NS 		  Netherlands - 37
Henny Kroeze - 14
Frits Koppe - 11
Rob Steman - 8
Henk Steman - 2
Leo Bathoorn - 2 		  Norway - 28
Thor Halvorsroed - 9
Willy Tjessem - 8
Ingvar Skogland - 6
Arnt Førland - 4
Per Magne Levang - 1 		  Yugoslavia - 11
Krešo Omerzel - 4
Lazar Caba - 4
Zvone Gerjevic - 2
Zdravko Tominac - 1

Round 3

First Second Third Fourth
  Norway - 41
Ingvar Skogland - 13
Einar Kyllingstad - 12
Tor Einar Hielm - 8
Arnt Førland - 6
Willy Tjessem - 2 		  Austria - 36
Walter Nebel - 13
Siegfried Eder - 9
Toni Pilotto - 8
Robert Funk - 4
Adi Funk - 2 		  Netherlands - 36
Henny Kroeze - 14
Frits Koppe - 10
Henk Steman - 8
Leo Bathoorn - 2
Robert Jan Munnecom - 0 		  Yugoslavia - 2*
Piet Seur* - 2
Ron van Dam* - 2
Joze Zibert - 2
Wil Stroes* - 1
  • 3 Yugoslav riders did not arrive at Amsterdam, and were then banned from appearing in the Wiener Neustadt round by the Yugoslav Federation. At Amsterdam they were replaced by Dutch reserves, whose points did not count in the Yugoslav team score.

Round 4

First Second Third Fourth
  Austria - 54
Walter Nebel (3,3,3,3,3) - 15
Toni Pilotto (3,1,-,1,-) - 5
Siegfried Eder (3,2,-,3,3) - 11
Robert Funk (3,3,2,-,-) - 8
Heinrich Schatzer (-,-,3/3,3,3/3) - 15 		  Netherlands - 33
Frits Koppe (2,3,2,2,2) - 11
Henk Steman (1,1,-,2,-) - 4
Rob Steman (1,1,1,-,1) - 4
Leo Bathoorn (1,0,-,1,-) - 2
Henny Kroeze (-,-,2/3,3,2/2) - 12 		  Norway - 29
Jan Arild Slaata (0,-,1,-,1) - 2
Tor Einar Hielm (2,3,2,1,1) - 9
Robert Langeland (2,2,1,2,1) - 8
Arnt Førland (2,2,E,2,2) - 8
Thor Halversroed (-,2,-,F,-) - 2 		  Yugoslavia - 4
Franc Kalin (1,1,0,F,0) - 1
Joze Zibert (0,0,0,0,0) - 0
Gregor Pintar (0,0,1,0,0) - 1
Gorazd Gorjup (F,0,0,1,0) - 1

Group 3 edit

Day Venue Winner
Teams ranked 9–12
22 June   Lonigo   Italy
10 August   Tampere   Finland
7 September   Debrecen   Hungary
  • Winner promoted to Group 2 in 1987 ; 4th relegated to Group 4 in 1987

Round 1

First Second Third Fourth
  Italy - 44
Armando Castagna - 14
Valentino Furlanetto - 13
Armando Dal Chiele - 9
Gianni Famari - 8 		  Finland - 42
Kai Niemi - 14
Juha Moksunen - 11
Ari Koponen - 10
Olli Tyrväinen - 7
Roy Malminheimo - 0 		  Hungary - 22
József Petrikovics - 6
Zoltán Adorján - 6
László Bódi - 5
János Balogh - 4
Sándor Tihanyi - 1 		  New Zealand - 12
Larry Ross - 7
David Bargh - 3
Kym Mauger - 1
Derek MacKay - 1

Round 2

First Second Third Fourth
  Finland - 41
Kai Niemi - 12
Juha Moksunen - 10
Olli Tyrväinen - 9
Vesa Ylinen - 7
Ari Koponen - 3 		  Italy - 32
Armando Castagna - 10
Paolo Salvatelli - 8
Armando Dal Chiele - 7
Mariano Castagna - 6
Valentino Furlanetto - 1 		  Hungary - 30
József Petrikovics - 11
László Bódi - 10
János Balogh - 7
Atilla Kovacs - 2
Zoltán Hajdú - 0 		  New Zealand - 17
David Bargh - 11
Larry Ross - 6
Alan Mason - 0
Kym Mauger - 0

Round 3

First Second Third Fourth
  Hungary - 35
Sándor Tihanyi - 13
József Petrikovics - 8
János Balogh - 6
Antal Kocso - 6
László Bódi - 2 		  Finland - 31
Kai Niemi - 11
Ari Koponen - 9
Olli Tyrväinen - 6
Juha Moksunen - 5
Vesa Ylinen - 0 		  Italy - 29
Valentino Furlanetto - 8
Gianni Famari - 8
Armando Dal Chiele - 7
Paolo Salvatelli - 6
Ottoviano Righetto - 0 		  New Zealand - 24
Larry Ross - 11
David Bargh - 9
Alan Mason - 4
Derek MacKay - 0

Group 2 edit

Day Venue Winner
Teams ranked 5–8
4 May   Krumbach   Australia
22 June   Žarnovica   Czechoslovakia
10 August   Norden   Czechoslovakia
6 September   Leszno   Poland
  • Winner promoted to Group 1 in 1987 ; 4th relegated to Group 3 in 1987

Round 1

First Second Third Fourth
  Australia - 49
Phil Crump (3,3,3,-,2) - 11
Steve Regeling (3,3,3,1,3) - 13
Steve Baker (3,3,1,2,3) - 12
David Cheshire (1,3,3,3,1) - 11
Mark Carlson (-,-,-,2,-) - 2 		  Czechoslovakia - 29
Roman Matoušek (2,2,1,3,2) - 10
Antonín Kasper Jr. (2,1,0,-,2) - 5
Stanislav Urban (1,-,3,2,2) - 8
Petr Vandírek (1,0,-,3,0) - 4
Lubomír Jedek (-,0,2,X,-) - 2 		  West Germany - 22
Egon Müller (2,0,2,E,3) - 7
Karl Maier (0,1,0,3,3) - 7
Klaus Lausch (1,1,0,1,-) - 3
Gerd Riss (0,2,2,0,1) - 5
Hans Faltermeier (-,-,-,-,0) - 0 		  Poland - 20
Wojciech Żabiałowicz (0,1,1,1,1) - 4
Roman Jankowski (3,2,0,2,0) - 7
Andrzej Huszcza (0,0,1,0,1) - 2
Zenon Kasprzak (2,2,2,1,E) - 7
Maciej Jaworek - NS

Round 2

First Second Third Fourth
  Czechoslovakia - 33
Roman Matoušek - 9
Stanislav Urban - 9
Antonín Kasper Jr. - 8
Petr Vandírek - 6
Lubomír Jedek - 1 		  Poland - 32
Zenon Kasprzak - 12
Roman Jankowski - 9
Janusz Stachyra - 6
Maciej Jaworek - 4
Wojciech Żabiałowicz - 1 		  West Germany - 28
Karl Maier - 13
Gerd Riss - 10
Heinz Huber - 3
Hans Faltermeier - 2
Klaus Lausch - 0 		  Australia - 27
Steve Baker - 9
Steve Regeling - 7
Phil Crump - 7
Dave Jackson - 2
Alan Rivett - 2

Round 3

First Second Third Fourth
  Czechoslovakia - 43
Antonín Kasper Jr. - 12
Stanislav Urban - 11
Petr Vandírek - 11
Lubomír Jedek - 11 		  Australia - 30
Steve Baker - 11
Steve Regeling - 7
Phil Crump - 7
Mark Fiora - 5 		  West Germany - 24
Karl Maier - 8
Klaus Lausch - 7
Gerd Riss - 6
Hans Faltermeier - 3
Peter Hehlert - 0 		  Poland - 22
Andrzej Huszcza - 7
Zenon Plech - 7
Roman Jankowski - 4
Zenon Kasprzak - 4

Round 4

First Second Third Fourth
  Poland - 42
Andrzej Huszcza - 12
Ryszard Dołomisiewicz - 11
Zenon Kasprzak - 9
Roman Jankowski - 9
Grzegorz Dzikowski - 1 		  Czechoslovakia - 30
Lubomír Jedek - 7
Petr Vandírek - 7
Pavel Karnas - 7
Stanislav Urban - 6
Antonín Kasper Jr. - 3 		  Australia - 29
Steve Baker - 11
Steve Regeling - 7
Phil Crump - 7
Mark Fiora - 3
Dave Jackson - 1 		  West Germany - 18*
Gerd Riss - 9
Hans Faltermeier - 6
Klaus Lausch - 3
Michal Stachyra (guest) - 1

World final group edit

Day Venue Winner
Teams ranked 1–4
7 August   Göteborg   Denmark
8 August   Vojens   Denmark
17 August   Bradford   Denmark
  • 4th relegated to Group 2 in 1987

Round 1 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   Denmark 39 0 3 4 6 8 8 11 14 17 20 21 24 26 29 30 30 33 34 37 39
(13) Erik Gundersen 11 3 3 3 0 9 2
(14) Hans Nielsen 10 0 3 3 1 7 3
(15) Tommy Knudsen 8 1 F 3 3 7 1
(16) Jan O. Pedersen 10 2 2 1 2 7 3
(20) John Jørgensen 0 0
2   Sweden 35 3 4 5 7 8 10 12 13 14 16 19 20 22 25 28 29 29 32 34 35
(5) Jan Andersson 11 3 2 3 1 9 2
(6) Jimmy Nilsen 9 1 1 1 3 6 3
(7) Per Jonsson 10 2 2 2 3 9 1
(8) Tommy Nilsson 5 1 1 1 2 5 0
(18) Erik Stenlund 0 0
3   England 29 1 3 6 9 12 13 13 14 15 15 17 17 18 19 21 24 26 28 29 29
(1) Simon Wigg 7 3 1 E 3 7 0
(2) Neil Evitts 8 3 0 2 2 7 1
(3) Jeremy Doncaster 2 2 - 0 - 2 -
(4) Chris Morton 8 1 3 1 1 6 2
(17) Kelvin Tatum 4 1 1 2 2
4   United States 17 2 2 2 2 2 5 7 7 7 9 9 11 11 11 11 13 14 14 14 17
(9) Bobby Schwartz 4 0 0 2 2 4 0
(10) Sam Ermolenko 3 0 3 0 F 3 0
(11) Lance King 1 0 E 0 0 0 1
(12) Shawn Moran 9 2 2 2 0 6 3
(19) Rick Miller 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

Round 2 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   Denmark 48 3 6 9 10 13 16 18 19 21 24 27 30 31 34 36 39 41 44 46 48
(5) Erik Gundersen 14 3 3 3 3 12 2
(6) Hans Nielsen 13 3 3 3 2 11 2
(7) Tommy Knudsen 12 1 2 3 3 9 3
(8) Jan O. Pedersen 1 - 1 - - 1 -
(18) John Jørgensen 8 3 2 1 6 2
2   United States 29 2 4 4 6 6 8 11 13 14 14 14 15 18 19 22 22 23 25 28 29
(9) Bobby Schwartz 0 F E - - 0 -
(10) Sam Ermolenko 11 2 2 1 3 8 3
(11) Lance King 7 2 2 F 1 5 2
(12) Shawn Moran 10 2 3 1 3 9 1
(19) Rick Miller 1 0 0 0 1
3   England 23 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 7 7 8 9 11 11 13 14 16 19 20 20 23
(1) Simon Wigg 10 0 3 2 2 7 3
(2) Neil Evitts 0 X 0 - - 0 -
(3) Jeremy Doncaster 1 0 1 - 0 1 -
(4) Chris Morton 5 1 2 0 2 5 0
(17) Kelvin Tatum 7 1 1 1 3 3 1
4   Sweden 19 0 1 3 6 7 7 8 8 11 13 15 15 17 17 17 18 18 18 19 19
(13) Jan Andersson 7 1 1 3 1 6 1
(14) Jimmy Nilsen 2 0 0 2 F 2 0
(15) Tommy Nilsson 2 2 0 - 0 2 -
(16) Per Jonsson 8 3 1 2 2 8 0
(20) Erik Stenlund 0 F 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

Round 3 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   Denmark 42 3 3 5 7 8 11 14 17 20 23 23 26 29 31 33 35 38 38 41 42
(13) Erik Gundersen 8 0 3 3 2 8 E
(14) Hans Nielsen 12 3 3 3 2 11 1
(15) Tommy Knudsen 13 2 3 3 2 10 3
(16) Jan O. Pedersen 9 2 1 0 3 6 3
(20) John Jørgensen 0 0
2   United States 30 0 3 4 5 8 10 11 11 13 15 17 17 18 18 21 21 22 25 27 30
(1) Bobby Schwartz 1 1 0 0 - 1 -
(2) Sam Ermolenko 9 1 1 2 3 7 2
(3) Lance King 11 3 2 2 1 8 3
(4) Shawn Moran 8 0 3 2 F 5 3
(17) Rick Miller 1 0 0 1
3   England 29 1 3 6 9 11 11 11 12 13 13 16 17 17 20 21 24 26 28 29 29
(5) Simon Wigg 7 1 0 3 3 7 E
(6) Chris Morton 7 2 2 1 1 6 1
(7) Kelvin Tatum 8 3 0 F 3 6 2
(8) Jeremy Doncaster 7 3 1 1 - 5 2
(18) Marvyn Cox 0 0 0
4   Sweden 19 2 3 3 3 3 4 6 8 8 9 10 12 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 19
(9) Per Jonsson 3 0 0 1 1 2 1
(10) Erik Stenlund 1 E 1 - 0 1 -
(11) Jimmy Nilsen 5 1 2 1 1 5 0
(12) Jan Andersson 10 2 2 2 2 8 2
(19) Tony Olsson 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

Final standings edit

Pos Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Match Pts Table Pts
1 Denmark 3 0 0 0 129 9
2 United States 0 2 0 1 76 4
3 England 0 0 3 0 81 3
4 Sweden 0 1 0 2 73 2

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. ^ "1986 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  3. ^ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  4. ^ "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
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