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1988 Speedway World Team Cup

The 1988 Speedway World Team Cup was the 29th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1][2]

The three legged final format was scrapped and a one off final returned, which was held at the Veterans Memorial Stadium (Long Beach) in California, United States. It made no difference to Denmark who duly wrapped up a sixth consecutive title (and eighth in total) moving level with England's record. It was also Hans Nielsen's eighth gold medal having taken part in all of Denmark's title wins.[3][4]

First round edit

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
  Austria - 41
Heinrich Schatzer - 14
Siegfried Eder - 12
Walter Nebel - 7
Robert Funk - 7
Andreas Bössner - 1 		  New Zealand - 35
Mitch Shirra - 14
Gary Allan - 9
Alan Rivett - 8
Bruce Cribb - 4 		  Norway - 25
Ingvar Skogland - 10
Arnt Förland - 7
Tor Einar Hielm - 5
Einar Kyllingstad - 2
Arne Svendsen - 1 		  Netherlands - 19
Henny Kroeze - 8
Henk Steman - 7
Robert Jan Munnecom - 3
Rob Steman - 1
Rene Elzinga - 0
  • Austria to second round

Second round edit

Day Venue Winner
2nd round
26 June   Szeged   Hungary
3 July   Lonigo   Hungary

Leg 1

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
  Hungary - 52
Sándor Tihanyi - 15
Zoltán Adorján - 14
Antal Kocso - 12
Janosh Balogh - 7
József Petrikovics - 4 		  Italy - 41
Armando Dal Chiele - 13
Armando Castagna - 10
Paolo Salvatelli - 9
Valentino Furlanetto - 9
Gianni Famari - NS 		  Bulgaria - 15
Nikolai Manev - 5
Georgi Petranov - 3
Rudolf Valentinov - 3
Angel Eftimov - 3
Orlin Janakiev - 1 		  Austria - 12
Walter Nebel - 5
Robert Funk - 4
Toni Pilotto - 3
Siegfried Eder - 0
Heinrich Schatzer - 0

Leg 2

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
  Hungary - 44
Zoltán Adorján - 12
József Petrikovics - 12
Antal Kocso - 11
Sándor Tihanyi - 5
Janosh Balogh - 4 		  Italy - 43
Armando Castagna - 14
Valentino Furlanetto - 12
Paolo Salvatelli - 9
Ottaviano Righetto - 8
Armando Dal Chiele - 0 		  Austria - 22
Walter Nebel - 6
Robert Funk - 5
Toni Pilotto - 5
Andreas Bössner - 5
Siegfried Eder - 1 		  Bulgaria - 10
Georgi Petranov - 3
Rudolf Valentinov - 3
Nikolai Manev - 2
Orlin Janakiev - 1
Aleksi Todorov - 1
  • Hungary to third round

Third round edit

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
  West Germany - 40
Klaus Lausch - 11
Tommy Dunker - 10
Karl Maier - 10
Gerd Riss - 9
Hans Faltermaier - 0 		  Hungary - 38
Zoltán Adorján - 14
Antal Kocso - 13
Sándor Tihanyi - 8
Janosh Balogh - 3
József Petrikovics - 0 		  Australia - 32
Stephen Davies - 11
Mick Poole - 9
Craig Hodgson - 6
Troy Butler - 5
Steve Baker - 1 		  Finland - 10
Ari Koponen - 4
Aki Ala-Riihimäki - 2
Olli Tyrväinen - 2
Roy Malminheimo - 2
Kai Niemi - 0

West Germany to fourth round

Fourth round edit

Day Venue Winner
4th round
21 August   Prague   Sweden
25 August   Linköping   Sweden

Leg 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
1   Sweden 49 3 6 9 11 14 17 19 21 23 26 29 32 33 35 38 39 42 44 47 49
(5) Per Jonsson 13 3 3 3 1 10 3
(6) Jimmy Nilsen 14 3 3 3 3 12 2
(7) Tony Olsson 11 2 2 3 2 9 2
(8) Conny Ivarsson 6 3 2 - 1 6 -
(18) Henrik Gustafsson 5 2 2 3
2   Czechoslovakia 28 1 2 3 6 6 7 7 10 11 11 11 13 16 16 18 20 22 25 27 28
(1) Roman Matoušek 11 3 3 2 2 10 1
(2) Antonín Kasper Jr. 6 1 0 E 2 3 3
(3) Lubomír Jedek 7 1 1 F 3 5 2
(4) Petr Vandírek 4 1 0 1 - 2 2
(17) Bohumil Brhel 0 0 0
3   West Germany 26 0 3 5 6 7 9 10 10 13 14 16 16 18 21 22 25 25 25 26 26
(13) Gerd Riss 10 3 1 3 3 10 0
(14) Klaus Lausch 1 0 0 - 1 1 0
(15) Karl Maier 8 2 2 0 3 7 1
(16) Tommy Dunker 6 1 1 2 2 6 0
(20) Hans Faltermaier 1 1 1
4   Poland 17 2 2 2 2 4 4 7 8 8 10 11 12 12 13 13 13 14 15 15 17
(9) Roman Jankowski 4 0 2 2 0 4 0
(10) Piotr Świst 0 0 0 - E 0 -
(11) Andrzej Huszcza 4 0 1 1 1 3 1
(12) Zenon Kasprzak 8 2 3 1 0 6 2
(19) Eugeniusz Skupien 1 0 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

Leg 2

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   Sweden 51 3 6 9 12 15 17 20 22 25 28 30 33 36 38 41 42 45 48 50 51
(9) Per Jonsson 10 3 3 3 - 9 1
(10) Jimmy Nilsen 11 3 2 - 3 8 3
(11) Tony Olsson 10 3 2 - 2 7 3
(12) Conny Ivarsson 11 3 3 3 - 9 2
(19) Henrik Gustafsson 9 3 2 3 1 9
2   West Germany 31 2 3 3 4 6 9 11 11 11 13 16 17 17 20 20 22 24 26 29 31
(5) Gerd Riss 12 2 3 3 2 10 2
(6) Klaus Lausch 6 1 2 1 0 4 2
(7) Karl Maier 11 1 2 2 3 8 3
(8) Tommy Dunker 0 0 0 - 0 0 -
(18) Hans Faltermaier 2 0 0 2
3   Czechoslovakia 22 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 6 7 8 9 11 13 13 15 18 18 18 19 22
(1) Roman Matoušek 11 0 3 2 3 8 3
(2) Antonín Kasper Jr. 5 1 0 1 2 4 1
(3) Lubomír Jedek 0 0 0 - - 0 -
(4) Petr Vandírek 3 1 1 1 0 3 F
(17) Bohumil Brhel 3 1 2 3 F
4   Poland 14 0 2 4 6 6 7 8 9 11 11 11 11 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 14
(13) Andrzej Huszcza 5 2 1 2 0 5 0
(14) Piotr Świst 1 0 - 0 1 1 -
(15) Roman Jankowski 4 2 1 0 1 4 0
(16) Zenon Kasprzak 2 2 0 0 - 2 F
(20) Eugeniusz Skupien 2 1 1 2 E
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
  • Sweden 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   Denmark 44 2 3 6 9 10 13 16 19 20 23 26 29 30 33 36 39 40 42 44 44
(1) Hans Nielsen 14 3 3 3 3 12 2
(2) Jan O. Pedersen 12 3 3 3 3 12 -
(3) Erik Gundersen 8 1 3 3 1 8 -
(4) Tommy Knudsen 8 2 1 1 3 7 1
(17) John Jørgensen 2 0 2 0
2   United States 32 1 4 4 5 7 9 11 13 16 16 16 18 20 21 21 23 26 26 29 32
(13) Sam Ermolenko 13 3 2 3 2 10 3
(14) Lance King 6 1 2 0 - 3 3
(15) Shawn Moran 8 F 2 2 1 5 3
(16) Kelly Moran 5 1 2 0 2 5 0
(20) Rick Miller 0 E 0
3   Sweden 22 3 3 5 5 8 9 10 11 11 12 13 14 14 14 16 17 17 20 20 22
(9) Per Jonsson 9 2 3 1 1 7 2
(10) Conny Ivarsson 0 0 - F - 0 -
(11) Tony Olsson 4 0 1 - 0 1 3
(12) Jimmy Nilsen 5 3 1 1 E 5 E
(19) Henrik Gustafsson 4 1 1 2 4 E
4   England 22 0 2 3 5 5 5 5 5 7 9 11 11 14 16 17 17 19 20 21 22
(5) Simon Wigg 0 0 0 - 0 0 -
(6) Simon Cross 3 2 0 0 - 2 1
(7) Kelvin Tatum 7 2 0 2 2 6 1
(8) Chris Morton 4 1 0 - 3 4 -
(18) Gary Havelock 8 2 2 1 5 2 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. ^ "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  2. ^ "1988 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  3. ^ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
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