1995 Speedway World Team Cup

The 1995 Speedway World Team Cup was the 36th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1][2]

The final took place at the Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium in Poland. Hans Nielsen (paired with Tommy Knudsen) won his tenth gold medal and in the process sent Denmark to their tenth title success and clear of England in the all time winners list.[3][4][5]

First round edit

1st 2nd 3rd
  Ukraine 37
10.Igor Marko (3,2,3,3,3,3) - 17
11.Vladimir Kolodiy (1,2,3,3,1,3) - 13
12.Aleksandr Lyatosinskiy (2,2,-,2,1,-) - 7
  Latvia 32
1.Nikolay Kokin (2,3,1,1,2,-) - 9
2.Vladimir Voronkov (3,2,f/x,3,3/2) - 13
3.Andrey Korolyov (2,3,-,1,2,2) - 10
  Russia 29
4.Oleg Kurguskin (3,3,3,3,e,f/x) - 12
5.Sergey Jeroshin (2,3,2,2,2,f/x) - 11
6.Roman Povazhny - (f/x,0,-,3,3,-) - 6
4th 5th not started
  Croatia 12
13.Zlatko Kržnarič (0,1,2,1,0,2) - 6
14.Renato Kušter (1,1,e,0,0,1) - 3
15.Željko Feher (0,1,-,2,0,-) - 3
  France 10
7.Thierry Bouin (0,0,1,0,0,-) - 1
8.Christophe Dubernard (1,1,0,1,2,1) - 6
9.Stephane Tresarrieu (1,f,*,*,1,1) - 3

  Slovakia
  Bulgaria

Ukraine and Latvia to second round

Second round edit

Placing Pair / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
1   Norway 26 8 16 26
(1) Lars Gunnestad 15 3 X 3 3 3 3
(2) Rune Holta 11 2 3 1 1 2 2
(15) - 0
2   Ukraine 22 +3 5 14 22
(3) Vladimir Kolody 7 1 1 1 2 2 E
(4) Igor Marko 15 0 3 3 3 3 3 3
(16) Aleksandr Lyatosinsky 0
3   Slovenia 22 +2 5 12 22
(5) Martin Peterca 1 1 0 - - - -
(6) Gerhard Lekse 15 2 2 2 3 3 3 2
(17) Gregor Pintar 6 0 2 2 2
4   Austria 18 6 13 18
(13) Franz Leitner 8 2 2 1 0 1 2
(14) Heinrich Schatzer 9 1 1 3 3 - 1
(21) Helmut Lercher 1 0 1
5   Latvia 16 6 11 16
(7) Nikolay Kokin 6 - 2 0 - 1 3
(8) Vladimir Voronkov 2 0 - - 2 - -
(18) Andrey Korolevs 8 3 1 2 1 0 1
6   New Zealand 12 7 10 12
(9) Mark Thorpe 10 3 3 2 1 1 E
(10) Tony Briggs 2 1 0 0 F 0 1
(19) Tommy Spekler 0
7   Finland 11 5 8 11
(11) Vesa Ylinen 8 E 3 2 1 0 2
(12) Kai Laukkanen 3 2 E 0 0 1 0
(20) - 0
Placing Pair / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell
ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

Norway and Ukraine to third round

Third round edit

Placing Pair / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
1   England 28 10 19 28
(11) Mark Loram 15 2 2 3 2 3 3
(12) Chris Louis 13 3 3 1 3 2 1
(20) Steve Schofield 0
2   Norway 23 10 17 23
(1) Lars Gunnestad 10 3 2 3 0 1 1
(2) Rune Holta 13 2 3 2 2 2 2
(15) - 0
3   Germany 18 +3 2 8 18
(13) Gerd Riss 12 0 1 3 2 3 3 3
(14) Robert Barth 6 1 0 - 1 2 2
(21) Andre Pollehn 0 0
4   Czech Republic 18 +2 4 10 18
(9) Antonín Kasper Jr. 12 0 1 2 3 3 3
(10) Tomas Topinka 6 1 2 1 0 0 2 2
(19) Roman Matoušek 0
5   Hungary 17 6 12 17
(7) Zoltán Adorján 17 3 3 3 3 3 2
(8) Róbert Nagy 0 0 - 0 - - 0
(18) Csaba Hell 0 0 0 0
6   Italy 14 6 12 14
(3) Stefano Alfonso 8 0 3 2 2 1 F
(4) Armando Castagna 6 1 2 1 1 - 1
(16) Andrea Maida 0 0
7   Ukraine 7 4 5 7
(5) Vladimir Kolody 5 2 1 1 F 0 1
(6) Igor Marko 1 1 0 - X - -
(17) Aleksandr Lyatosinsky 1 0 1 0
Placing Pair / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell
ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

England and Norway to World final

World Final edit

Placing Pair / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
1   Denmark 28 10 20 28
(3) Hans Nielsen 13 3 2 2 3 3 -
(4) Tommy Knudsen 15 2 3 3 2 2 3
(16) Brian Karger 0 0
2   England 22 7 16 22
(13) Mark Loram 11 1 2 3 1 3 1
(14) Chris Louis 11 3 1 2 3 0 2
(21) Steve Schofield 0
3   USA 19 +3 4 11 19
(5) Sam Ermolenko 9 1 1 2 1 2 2
(6) Billy Hamill 2 2 0 - - - -
(17) Greg Hancock 8 1 3 1 3 3
4   Sweden 19 +2 6 13 19
(11) Tony Rickardsson 15 3 3 3 2 1 3 2
(12) Henrik Gustafsson 4 0 - 2 0 0 2
(20) Peter Karlsson 0 0
5   Australia 14 8 10 14
(9) Craig Boyce 6 1 3 1 - 1 0
(10) Jason Crump 8 2 2 0 1 2 1
(19) Leigh Adams 0 0
6   Poland 13 3 7 13
(1) Tomasz Gollob 12 1 2 3 F 3 3
(2) Jacek Gollob 1 0 0 - 1 0 E
(15) Rafal Dobrucki 0 0
7   Norway 11 4 7 11
(7) Lars Gunnestad 8 3 1 1 2 1 E
(8) Rune Holta 3 0 0 0 - 2 1
(18) Arnt Forland 0 0
Placing Pair / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell
ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

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. ^ "1995 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.
  5. ^ "Speedway". Birmingham Daily Post. 25 September 1995. Retrieved 22 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.