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1991 Speedway World Team Cup

The 1991 Speedway World Team Cup was the 32nd edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1][2][3]

The final was staged at Vojens Speedway Center, Denmark and the host nation Denmark won a ninth title, once again drawing level with England's record. It was also Hans Nielsen's ninth gold medal having taken part in all of Denmark's title wins from 1978 until 1991.[4][5]

First round edit

1st 2nd 3rd
  Netherlands - 29
Robert Jan Munnecom - 14
Rene Elzinga - 6
Rob Steman - 5
Ron Koppe - 4 		  Yugoslavia - 28
Gregor Pintar - 16
Gerhard Lekse - 9
Krešo Omerzel - 3 		  East Germany - 27
Thomas Diehr - 15
Thomsen Hopp - 10
Herbert Mussehl - 1
Thomas Koch - 1
4th 5th
  France - 18
Christophe Dubernard - 11
David Ochocki - 7
Christian Ianotto - 0 		  Bulgaria - 16
Zdravko Iordanov - 9
Nikolai Manev - 7
1st 2nd 3rd
  Yugoslavia - 33
Gregor Pintar - 15
Krešo Omerzel - 12
Gerhard Lekse - 6 		  Bulgaria - 27
Georgy Petranov - 12
Zdravko Iordanov - 9
Nikolai Manev - 6 		  East Germany - 22
Thomas Diehr - 11
Herbert Mussehl - 6
Roland Sass - 5
4th 5th
  Netherlands - 19
Rene Elzinga - 8
Ron Koppe - 8
Robert Jan Munnecom - 3 		  France - 19
David Ochocki - 11
Christophe Dubernard - 7
Christian Ianotto - 1

Yugoslavia to second round.

Second round edit

1st 2nd 3rd
  Italy - 31
Armando Castagna (2,2,3,1,2,3) - 13
Valentino Furlanetto (2,3,2,3) - 10
Armando Dal Chiele (1,1,3,2,1,0) - 8 		  Norway - 28
Lars Gunnestad (3,3,3,3,3,3) - 18
Einar Kyllingstad (x,3,2,2,1,x) - 8
Tor Einar Hielm (1,0,x,1) - 2 		  Austria - 26
Franz Leitner (3,2,2,3,1,2) - 13
Andreas Bossner (3,1,1,3,0,1) - 9
Heinrich Schatzer (0,1,1,2) - 4
4th 5th
  Poland - 25
Piotr Świst (3,2,2,2,2,3) - 14
Tomasz Gollob (1,1,0,1,3,2) - 8
Dariusz Śledź (1,2,0,0) - 3 		  Yugoslavia - 9
Krešo Omerzel (2,x,0,3,2) - 7
Gregor Pintar (0,0,1,1,x,0) - 2
Gerhard Lekse (0,0,0,0,e,0) - 0
1st 2nd 3rd
  Norway - 36
Lars Gunnestad - 16
Einar Kyllingstad - 14
Tor Einar Hielm - 2 		  Poland - 30
Piotr Świst - 14
Tomasz Gollob- 11
Jacek Rempala - 5 		  Italy - 26
Armando Dal Chiele - 12
Armando Castagna - 9
Valentino Furlanetto - 5
4th 5th
  Austria - 17
Andreas Bossner - 9
Heinrich Schatzer - 5
Franz Leitner - 3 		  Yugoslavia - 10
Gregor Pintar - 5
Gerhard Lekse - 5
Krešo Omerzel - 0

Norway to third round.

Third round edit

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
  Hungary - 38
Zoltán Hajdú (3,2,3,0,0) - 8
Zoltán Adorján (3,2,3,1,2) - 11
József Petrikovics (2,0,3,2,3) - 10
Róbert Nagy (2,0,-,-,1) - 3
Sándor Tihanyi (-,-,3,3,-) - 6 		  Germany - 33
Klaus Lausch (3,3,1,3,0) - 10
Gerd Riss (3,1,2,3,2) - 11
Tommy Dunker (1,3,0,2,2) - 8
Robert Barth (2,0,2,-,-) - 4
Andre Pollehn (-,-,-,e,e,) - 0 		  Norway - 28
Lars Gunnestad (2,3,3,2,3) - 13
Einar Kyllingstad (1,1,1,0,1) - 4
Tor Einar Hielm (0,1,2,3,1) - 7
Arnt Førland (0,1,1,1,1) - 4 		  Finland - 21
Vesa Ylinen (1,3,2,1,1) - 8
Juha Moksunen (1,0,2,t,-) - 3
Olli Tyrväinen (e,-,2,e,-) - 2
Tomi Havu (0,0,-,0,-) - 0
Mika Pellinen (2,2,0,1,3) - 8
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   Hungary 53 2 5 8 10 13 16 19 22 25 28 31 33 36 39 42 44 46 49 51 53
(9) Zoltán Adorján 14 3 3 3 2 11 3
(10) Zoltán Hajdú 10 2 3 3 - 8 2
(11) József Petrikovics 14 3 3 3 3 12 2
(12) Sándor Tihanyi 10 2 3 - 3 8 2
(19) Róbert Nagy 5 2 3 5
2   Germany 27 3 4 6 6 8 9 9 10 12 12 14 15 16 16 18 18 19 21 24 27
(5) Klaus Lausch 7 3 1 2 0 6 1
(6) Gerd Riss 9 1 2 1 2 6 3
(7) Robert Barth 3 0 0 - - 0 3
(8) Andre Pollehn 8 2 1 2 1 6 2
(18) Peter Schroeck 0 E E 0
4   Norway 26 0 0 1 4 4 6 8 10 10 12 13 16 18 20 21 24 24 24 25 26
(1) Lars Gunnestad 11 3 2 3 3 11 E
(2) Einar Kyllingstad 6 1 2 1 1 5 1
(3) Tor Einar Hielm 6 0 2 2 2 6 0
(4) Arnt Førland 3 0 0 - 2 2 1
(17) Odd Pettersen 0 0 0
4   Finland 14 1 3 3 4 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 10 13 14 14 14
(13) Vesa Ylinen 8 2 1 1 1 5 3
(14) Juha Moksunen 1 1 E - 0 1 0
(15) Janne Moksunen 0 0 E - - 0 0
(16) Tomi Havu 3 1 1 0 0 2 1
(20) Mika Pellinen 2 1 0 1 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

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

Hungary to fourth round.

Fourth 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   Sweden 49 3 5 8 11 14 17 20 22 25 28 28 31 32 32 35 38 40 43 46 49
(9) Henrik Gustafsson 15 3 3 3 3 12 3
(10) Per Jonsson 15 3 3 3 3 12 3
(11) Tony Rickardsson 6 2 2 0 - 4 2
(12) Jimmy Nilsen 13 3 3 3 1 10 3
(19) Peter Nahlin 0 0 0
2   Australia 35 2 5 7 8 9 10 12 15 17 18 19 21 24 27 28 29 32 34 34 35
(1) Leigh Adams 4 1 - 2 1 4 -
(2) Shane Bowes 6 2 2 1 1 6 0
(3) Troy Butler 5 - 1 1 - 2 3
(4) Craig Hodgson 9 2 1 2 3 8 1
(17) Steve Regeling 11 3 3 3 9 2
4   Czechoslovakia 21 0 1 2 4 4 6 7 8 9 11 14 15 15 17 17 17 18 19 21 21
(5) Zdeněk Tesař 7 0 2 3 0 5 2
(6) Antonín Kasper Jr. 3 1 0 1 - 2 1
(7) Václav Milík Sr. 7 2 1 2 2 7 0
(8) Petr Vandírek 4 1 1 1 0 3 1
(18) Vladimír Kalina 0 0 0
4   Hungary 15 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 7 8 10 12 12 12 13 15
(13) Zoltán Adorján 3 0 0 0 2 2 1
(14) Zoltán Hajdú 1 1 0 0 - 1 0
(15) József Petrikovics 1 0 0 - 1 1 -
(16) Sándor Tihanyi 8 0 2 2 2 6 2
(20) Antal Kocso 2 0 2 2 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

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 51 3 6 9 12 15 18 20 23 26 28 31 32 34 37 40 43 44 47 48 51
(9) Hans Nielsen 14 3 3 2 3 11 3
(10) Jan O. Pedersen 15 3 3 3 3 12 3
(11) Tommy Knudsen 13 3 3 3 3 12 1
(12) Gert Handberg 8 3 2 1 2 8 -
(19) Peter Nahlin 1 0 1
2   Sweden 30 0 1 2 4 5 6 7 9 11 11 12 15 18 19 21 22 25 27 29 30
(1) Per Jonsson 9 2 2 3 1 8 1
(2) Tony Rickardsson 7 1 1 1 2 5 2
(3) Henrik Gustafsson 7 1 1 0 3 5 2
(4) Jimmy Nilsen 7 0 1 2 1 4 3
(17) Peter Nahlin 0 0
4   United States 28 2 4 4 4 6 8 11 11 12 15 17 19 20 20 21 21 23 23 26 28
(5) Sam Ermolenko 9 2 2 2 0 6 3
(6) Billy Hamill 9 2 2 2 1 7 2
(7) Greg Hancock 6 0 3 3 0 6 0
(8) Ronnie Correy 0 0 0 - - 0 -
(18) Rick Miller 4 1 1 2 2
4   England 11 1 1 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 8 8 10 10 11 11 11
(13) Marvyn Cox 3 0 0 - 2 2 1
(14) Gary Havelock 3 1 1 1 0 3 0
(15) Martin Dugard 4 2 0 0 2 4 0
(16) Chris Louis 1 1 0 0 - 1 0
(20) Paul Thorp 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

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  2. ^ "1991 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  3. ^ "England boss Pratt keeps faith with failure Cox". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 14 September 1991. Retrieved 22 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
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