1992 Speedway World Team Cup

The 1992 Speedway World Team Cup was the 33rd edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1][2][3]

The final was staged at the Kumla Speedway in Kumla, Sweden. The United States won their third title.[4][5]

First round edit

1st 2nd 3rd
  Austria - 33
13.Andreas Bossner (3,3,3,3,2,3) - 17
14.Walter Nebel (3,2,0,1,1) - 7
15.Heinrich Schatzer (2,3,0,2,2) - 9
  Netherlands - 27
7.Rene Elzinga (0,1,1,2,0) - 4
8.Ron Koppe (1,3,2,1,0) - 7
9.Rob Steman (3,3,3,3,2,2) - 16
  France - 22
1.Philippe Bergé (3,f,3,3,3,3) - 15
2.David Ochocki (2,1,0,1,0) - 4
3.Christophe Dubernard (t,1,1,0,1) - 3
4th 5th
  Latvia - 20
10.Andrey Korolevs (1,2,2,1,3,3) - 12
11.Yury Brauceys (2,2,2,0,0,0) - 6
12.Valery Sokolov (0,0,2,0) - 2
  Yugoslavia - 17
4.Gregor Pintar (3,0,1,3,1,2) - 9
5.Igor Hauptmann (0,0,1,2) - 3
6.Krešo Omerzel (1,0,0,1,1,2) - 5
1st 2nd 3rd
  Austria - 43
Andreas Bossner - 18
Walter Nebel - 16
Heinrich Schatzer - 9
  France - 23
Philippe Bergé - 11
Christophe Dubernard - 9
David Ochocki - 3
  Yugoslavia - 23
Gerhard Lekse - 11
Gregor Pintar - 8
Krešo Omerzel - 4
4th 5th
  Latvia - 15
Andrey Korolevs - 9
Yury Sokolov - 4
Yury Brauceys - 2
  Netherlands - 15
Rene Elzinga - 6
Rom Steman - 5
Henk Bangma - 4

Austria to second round

Second round edit

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
  Poland - 53
Tomasz Gollob (3,3,3,3,3) - 15
Piotr Świst (3,3,3,3,3) - 15
Jarosław Olszewski (2,-,-,-,1) - 3
Piotr Pawlicki (2,e,3,3,3) - 11
Mirosław Kowalik (3,3,3,3) - 12
  Italy - 31
Armando Dal Chiele (2,3,2,0,2) - 9
Andrea Maida (1,3,1,1,1) - 7
Paolo Salvatelli (0,2,1,2,2) - 7
Fabrizio Vesprini (0,-,-,-,-) - 0
Valentino Furlanetto (-,3,2,1,2) - 8
  Finland - 24
Vesa Ylinen (1,2,2,2,2) - 9
Juha Moksunen (3,2,2,2,e) - 9
Mika Pellinen (f,1,1,1,1) - 4
Tomi Havu (0,-,0,-,-) - 0
Petri Nurmesniemi (-,1,-,0,-,1) - 2
  Austria - 12
Andreas Bössner (1,0,2,1,0) - 4
Walter Nebel (0,0,0,0,0) - 0
Franz Leitner (1,0,1,0,0) - 2
Heinrich Schatzer (2,1,0,2,1) - 6
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
  Poland - 50
Piotr Świst - 14
Tomasz Gollob - 12
Jacek Krzyżaniak - 11
Mirosław Kowalik - 9
Jarosław Olszewski - 4
  Italy - 33
Paolo Salvatelli - 9
Armando Castagna - 9
Armando Dal Chiele - 5
Valentino Furlanetto - 5
Andrea Maida - 5
  Finland - 24
Vesa Ylinen - 9
Juha Moksunen - 6
Olli Tyrväinen - 6
Marko Hyyryläinen - 2
Petri Nurmesniemi - 1
  Austria - 13
Andreas Bössner - 8
Heinrich Schatzer - 3
Franz Leitner - 1
Thomas Stadler - 1

Poland to third round.

Third 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   Norway 34 0 3 4 6 9 10 10 11 14 16 18 18 18 20 22 25 26 29 31 34
(9) Lars Gunnestad 12 1 3 2 3 9 3
(10) Einar Kyllingstad 10 2 1 3 2 8 2
(11) Arnt Førland 11 3 1 2 2 8 3
(12) Atle Knudsen 1 0 0 - X 0 1
(19) Robert Langeland 0 0 0
2   Hungary 31 2 3 5 8 9 12 15 15 17 17 18 21 23 24 24 25 28 28 31 31
(1) Zoltán Adorján 7 3 0 3 1 7 0
(2) Zoltan Hajdu 9 2 3 1 F 6 3
(3) József Petrikovics 9 1 3 0 2 6 3
(4) Laszlo Bodi 6 2 1 2 1 6 F
(17) Antal Kocso 0 0
4   Poland 30 3 3 6 7 7 7 8 11 12 15 15 16 19 22 25 25 25 27 28 30
(13) Piotr Paluch 2 0 1 1 0 2 F
(14) Tomasz Gollob 14 3 3 3 3 12 2
(15) Miroslaw Kowalik 3 3 F - - 3 -
(16) Slawomir Drabik 5 F 0 0 3 3 2
(20) Jacek Krzyzaniak 6 1 1 3 5 1
4   Germany 26 1 3 3 3 5 7 9 11 11 12 15 17 18 18 19 21 23 24 24 26
(5) Gerd Riss 10 1 2 3 2 8 2
(6) Robert Barth 7 2 2 2 1 7 0
(7) Carsten Pelzmann 5 0 2 1 0 3 2
(8) Thomas Meygle 4 0 2 E 1 3 1
(18) Klaus Lausch 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
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 38 0 3 3 6 9 9 9 12 15 18 18 20 23 26 27 27 30 33 36 38
(13) József Petrikovics 9 3 0 3 0 6 3
(14) Zoltán Adorján 9 0 3 3 1 7 2
(15) Zoltan Hajdu 8 0 - 2 3 5 3
(16) Laszlo Bodi 6 3 3 0 - 6 -
(20) Antal Kocso 6 0 3 3 3
2   Poland 36 1 1 4 5 5 7 10 12 14 16 18 21 22 24 27 28 30 32 33 36
(1) Piotr Świst 8 1 2 3 1 7 1
(2) Tomasz Gollob 14 3 3 2 3 11 3
(3) Slawomir Drabik 5 0 - 2 1 3 2
(4) Robert Sawina 1 1 0 - - 1 -
(17) Jan Krzystyniak 8 2 2 2 6 2
4   Germany 27 3 4 6 8 10 13 15 16 17 17 18 18 20 21 21 24 25 25 27 27
(9) Gerd Riss 9 2 2 E 3 7 2
(10) Robert Barth 6 2 3 1 0 6 E
(11) Carsten Pelzmann 3 1 1 1 - 3 -
(12) Klaus Lausch 7 3 2 0 2 7 0
(19) Thomas Meygle 2 1 1 1
4   Norway 19 2 4 5 5 6 7 8 8 8 9 12 13 13 13 15 17 17 18 18 19
(5) Lars Gunnestad 9 2 1 3 2 8 1
(6) Einar Kyllingstad 6 2 1 1 2 6 0
(7) Willi Tjessem 0 F - - - 0 -
(8) Atle Knudsen 2 1 0 0 0 1 1
(18) Robert Langeland 2 1 1 0 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

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   England 48 3 5 7 10 12 13 15 18 21 23 26 28 31 34 37 40 40 43 45 48
(13) Joe Screen 13 2 2 3 3 10 3
(14) Mark Loram 13 3 3 2 3 11 2
(15) Martin Dugard 3 2 1 - - 3 -
(16) Gary Havelock 14 3 2 3 3 11 3
(20) Kelvin Tatum 5 2 3 5 0
2   Australia 35 0 1 4 6 6 8 9 10 12 15 17 20 22 24 26 28 29 31 34 35
(1) Leigh Adams 9 2 1 3 2 8 1
(2) Craig Boyce 4 3 1 - - 4 -
(3) Jason Lyons 11 1 2 3 2 8 3
(4) Shane Parker 3 F M - 2 2 1
(17) Glenn Doyle 8 2 2 2 6 2
4   Czechoslovakia 23 1 4 4 5 8 11 11 11 12 13 14 14 14 15 15 16 20 20 21 23
(5) Zdeněk Tesař 7 1 3 1 1 6 1
(6) Bohumil Brhel 8 3 3 0 0 6 2
(7) Roman Matoušek 4 1 X 1 1 3 1
(8) Václav Milík Sr. 0 F 0 - - 0 -
(18) Petr Vandírek 4 1 0 1 3
4   Hungary 14 2 2 3 3 4 4 7 9 9 9 9 10 11 11 12 12 14 14 14 14
(9) Zoltán Adorján 2 1 1 0 0 2 0
(10) Sándor Tihanyi 0 0 - - - 0 -
(11) József Petrikovics 2 0 2 0 0 2 0
(12) Antal Kocso 7 2 3 1 1 7 0
(19) Róbert Nagy 3 0 0 1 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

England 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   United States 39 3 3 4 5 8 10 12 13 15 18 19 22 24 26 27 30 33 36 38 39
(1) Sam Ermolenko 10 1 1 3 3 8 2
(2) Ronnie Correy 5 1 - 1 - 2 3
(3) Billy Hamill 10 0 2 3 2 7 3
(4) Greg Hancock 11 3 3 2 2 10 1
(17) Bobby Ott 3 2 1 3
2   Sweden 33 1 2 4 7 8 11 12 14 14 16 19 20 20 23 26 26 26 28 31 33
(9) Tony Rickardsson 7 2 1 2 0 5 2
(10) Per Jonsson 11 3 3 0 3 9 2
(11) Henrik Gustafsson 12 1 2 3 3 9 3
(12) Jimmy Nilsen 1 1 - - - 1 0
(19) Peter Nahlin 2 1 1 F 2
4   England 31 2 5 8 10 12 13 13 16 19 20 22 22 25 26 28 29 30 31 31 31
(5) Gary Havelock 7 2 1 2 1 6 1
(6) Mark Loram 7 3 2 0 2 7 0
(7) Joe Screen 2 2 F - - 2 -
(8) Martin Dugard 12 3 3 3 3 12 0
(18) Kelvin Tatum 3 1 1 2 1
4   Denmark 17 0 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 6 6 6 8 9 9 9 11 13 13 14 17
(13) Hans Nielsen 11 2 3 1 2 8 3
(14) Gert Handberg 0 0 F 0 0 0 -
(15) Brian Karger 3 0 0 2 0 2 1
(16) John Jørgensen 1 0 0 - 1 1 0
(20) Morten Andersen 2 0 0 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

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  2. ^ "1992 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  3. ^ "England fell away". The People. 20 September 1992. 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.