1987 Speedway World Team Cup

1987 Speedway World Team Cup

Group 4

Group 3

Group 1 (FINAL GROUP)

References

Group 4

Group 3

Group 1 (FINAL GROUP)

See also

References

Calendar

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Final standings

Calendar

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Final standings

The 1987 Speedway World Team Cup was the 28th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1][2]

Denmark won two legs and therefore won their fifth consecutive title (and seventh in total) moving to just one title win if England's record 8. It was also Hans Nielsen's seventh gold medal having taken part in all of Denmark's title wins.[3][4]

Calendar

Day	Venue	Winner
Group 4
19 June	Amsterdam	Bulgaria
13 September	Skien	Bulgaria
27 September	Ljubljana	Bulgaria
3 October	Shumen	Bulgaria

Winner promoted to Group C in 1988

Round 1

June 19, 1987
NED Amsterdam

First	Second	Third	Fourth
Bulgaria - 38+3	Netherlands - 38+2	Norway - 34	Yugoslavia - 4

Round 2

September 13, 1987
NOR Skien

First	Second	Third	Fourth
Bulgaria - 42	Norway - 40	Netherlands - 28	Yugoslavia - 10

Round 3

September 27, 1987
YUG Ljubljana

First	Second	Third	Fourth
Bulgaria - 43	Norway - 31	Netherlands - 24	Yugoslavia - 20

Round 4

October 3, 1987
BUL Shumen

First	Second	Third	Fourth
Bulgaria - 42	Norway - 40	Netherlands - 27	Yugoslavia - 11

Calendar

Day	Venue	Winner
Group 3
3 May	Lonigo	Hungary
21 June	Wiener Neustadt	Hungary
11 July	Landshut	Italy
13 September	Miskolc	West Germany

Winner promoted to Group B in 1988 ; 4th relegated to Group D in 1988

Round 1

May 3, 1987
ITA Lonigo

First	Second	Third	Fourth
Hungary - 41 Janosh Balogh - 13 József Petrikovics - 11 Zoltán Adorján - 10 Sándor Tihanyi - 5 Antal Kocso - 2	Italy - 32 Armando Castagna - 9 Valentino Furlanetto - 9 Paolo Salvatelli - 8 Armando Dal Chiele - 5 Ottoviano Righetto - 1	West Germany - 32 Karl Maier - 11 Hans Faltermeier - 9 Gerd Riss - 8 Michael Datzmann - 4	Austria - 15 Walter Nebel - 7 Siegfried Eder - 4 Heinrich Schatzer - 2 Adi Funk - 2 Toni Pilotto - 0

Round 2

June 21, 1987
AUT Wiener Neustadt

First	Second	Third	Fourth
Hungary - 40 Zoltán Adorján - 14 József Petrikovics - 12 Antal Kocso - 10 Janosh Balogh - 4 Sándor Tihanyi - 0	Italy - 36 Armando Dal Chiele - 11 Valentino Furlanetto - 10 Paolo Salvatelli - 8 Armando Castagna - 7 Gianni Famari - 0	West Germany - 34 Karl Maier - 10 Gerd Riss - 8 Michael Datzmann - 8 Klaus Lausch - 7 Hans Faltermeier - 1	Austria - 9 Toni Pilotto - 5 Walter Nebel - 2 Adi Funk - 2 Heinrich Schatzer - 0 Siegfried Eder - 0

Round 3

July 11, 1987
FRG Landshut

First	Second	Third	Fourth
Italy - 43+3 Armando Castagna - 13+3 Paolo Salvatelli - 12 Giorgio Zaramella - 12 Gianni Famari - 6	West Germany - 43+2 Klaus Lausch - 14+2 Karl Maier - 12 Gerd Riss - 9 Michael Datzmann - 5 Hans Faltermeier - 3	Austria - 18 Heinrich Schatzer - 6 Toni Pilotto - 5 Walter Nebel - 4 Adi Funk - 2 Andreas Bössner - 1	Hungary - 16 Zoltán Adorján - 7 Antal Kocso - 5 József Petrikovics - 3 Sándor Tihanyi - 1 Janosh Balogh - 0

Round 4

September 13, 1987
HUN Miskolc

First	Second	Third	Fourth
West Germany - 40 Gerd Riss - 12 Hans Faltermeier - 10 Tommy Dunker - 10 Karl Maier - 8	Hungary - 37 Zoltán Adorján - 12 Sándor Tihanyi - 11 Antal Kocso - 7 Janos Szeres - 4 Laszlo Bodi - 3	Italy - 25 Armando Castagna - 8 Giorgio Zaramella - 6 Gianni Famari - 5 Paolo Salvatelli - 3 Fabrizio Vesprini - 3	Austria - 14 Heinrich Schatzer - 5 Walter Nebel - 3 Toni Pilotto - 2 Adi Funk - 2 Andreas Bössner - 2

Group 2 Calendar

Day	Venue	Winner
Group 2
19 July	Gdańsk	Sweden
21 August	Linköping	Sweden
13 September	Rybnik	Poland

Winner promoted to Group A in 1988 ; 4th relegated to Group C in 1988

Round 1

July 19, 1987
POL Gdańsk

First	Second	Third	Fourth
Sweden - 41 Per Jonsson (3,3,3,3,3) - 15 Jimmy Nilsen (3,3,3,1,3) - 13 Roland Dannö (3,1,0,1,2) - 7 Conny Ivarsson (2,-,-,-,-) - 2 Tommy Nilsson (-,0,3,1,0) - 4	Poland - 39 Andrzej Huszcza (2,3,2,3,3) - 13 Roman Jankowski (3,3,2,2,2) - 12 Zenon Kasprzak (2,E,1,2,3) - 8 Wojciech Żabiałowicz (2,1,3,0,-) - 6 Grzegorz Dzikowski (-,-,-,-,0) - 0	Australia - 27 Steve Regeling (2,2,3,1,1) - 9 Steve Baker (1,2,2,3,1) - 9 Stephen Davies (1,1,2,2,1) - 7 Glenn Doyle (2,0,-,-,-) - 2 Alan Rivett (-,-,0,0,0) - 0	Finland - 13 Ari Koponen (2,2,1,0,0) - 5 Olli Tyrväinen (1,1,1,0,2) - 5 Kai Niemi (1,E,0,-,-) - 1 Aki Ala-Riihimaki (0,1,-,-,-) - 1 Vesa Ylinen (-,-,0,0/0,1/0) - 1

Round 2

August 21, 1987
SWE Linköping

First	Second	Third	Fourth
Sweden - 50 Per Jonsson - 15 Tony Olsson - 13 Conny Ivarsson - 13 Jimmy Nilsen - 6 Mikael Blixt - 3	Finland - 32 Kai Niemi - 11 Ari Koponen - 8 Roy Malminheimo - 7 Juha Moksunen - 6 Janne Moksunen - 0	Australia - 27 Steve Regeling - 8 Stephen Davies - 8 Steve Baker - 6 Mick Poole - 5	Poland - 10 Roman Jankowski - 5 Zenon Kasprzak - 2 Ryszard Dołomisiewicz - 2 Andrzej Huszcza - 1 Janusz Stachyra - 0

Round 3

September 13, 1987
POL Rybnik

First	Second	Third	Fourth
Poland - 36 Ryszard Dołomisiewicz - 10 Roman Jankowski - 9 Piotr Swist - 8 Zenon Kasprzak - 6 Andrzej Huszcza - 3	Sweden - 33 Per Jonsson - 11 Jimmy Nilsen - 11 Tony Olsson - 8 Conny Ivarsson - 3 Erik Stenlund - 0	Australia - 28 Steve Regeling - 8 Steve Baker - 8 Stephen Davies - 7 Troy Butler - 5 Glenn Doyle - 0	Finland - 23 Kai Niemi - 11 Ari Koponen - 9 Janne Moksunen - 2 Roy Malminheimo - 1 Juha Moksunen - 0

Day	Venue	Winner
Group 1
16 August	Fredericia	Denmark
25 August	Coventry	USA
13 September	Prague	Denmark

4th relegated to Group B in 1988

August 16, 1987
DEN Fredericia, Fredericia Speedway Center
Att: 5,000
Ref: Christer Bergstrom (Sw)

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	47	2	4	7	10	12	15	18	21	24	27	30	33	34	36	37	40		41	44	44	47
	(1) Hans Nielsen	15				3				3				3				3	12				3
	(2) Erik Gundersen	10			3				3				3				1		10			0
	(3) Jan O. Pedersen	12		2				3				3			1				9		3
	(4) Tommy Knudsen	10	2				2				3					2			9	1
	(17) John Jørgensen	0																	0

2	England	37	1	4	5	6	9	9	10	12	13	15	17	19	22	25	28	30		32	34	35	37
	(5) Kelvin Tatum	7	1					0					2					2	5	2
	(6) Jeremy Doncaster	13		3			3							2			3		11				2
	(7) Simon Cross	8				1			1			2				3			7			1
	(8) Simon Wigg	9			1					2	1				3				7		2
	(18) Marvyn Cox	0																	0

3	United States	24	3	3	3	3	4	6	8	9	11	11	12	12	14	15	17	17		20	20	23	24
	(9) Shawn Moran	4			0		1					0						0	1	3
	(10) Sam Ermolenko	9				0		2			2						2		6			3
	(11) Lance King	3		0						1			1			1			3		0
	(12) Rick Miller	8	3						2					0	2				7				1
	(19) Ronnie Correy	0																	0

4	Czechoslovakia	12	0	1	3	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	9		9	10	12	12
	(13) Roman Matoušek	3		1					F		0							1	2		1
	(14) Petr Vandirek	1	0							-		1					0		1	-
	(15) Lubomir Jedek	4			2			1						1		0			4				0
	(16) Antonín Kasper Jr.	4				2	0						0		0				2			2
	(20) Zdenek Schneiderwind	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

August 25, 1987
GBR Coventry, Brandon Stadium
Ref: Graham Brodie (Eng)

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	43	1	4	7	8	11	13	16	19	22	23	25	28	29	29	32	35		36	38	41	43
	(13) Shawn Moran	14		3					3		3							3	12				2
	(14) Lance King	5	1							3		1					-		5	-
	(15) Sam Ermolenko	11			3			2						3		F			8			3
	(16) Rick Miller	9				1	3						2		1				7		2
	(20) Kelly Moran	4															3		3	1

2	Denmark	37	3	5	7	9	9	12	14	15	16	19	22	24	27	30	32	34		37	37	37	37
	(5) Hans Nielsen	11	3					3					3					2	11				X
	(6) Erik Gundersen	9		2			0							2			2		6	3
	(7) Jan O. Pedersen	10				2			2			3				3			10			0
	(8) Tommy Knudsen	7			2					1	1				3				7		0
	(18) John Jørgensen	0																	0

3	England	33	2	3	4	7	9	10	11	13	15	17	18	19	19	21	22	23		25	28	30	33
	(1) Kelvin Tatum	9				3				2				1				1	7			2
	(2) Jeremy Doncaster	6			1				1				-				1		3		3
	(3) Marvyn Cox	2		1				1				-			0				2	-
	(4) Simon Wigg	11	2				2				2					2			8				3
	(17) Simon Cross	5										2	1						3	2

4	Czechoslovakia	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	4	4		4	5	6	7
	(9) Roman Matoušek	2			0		1					F						0	1			1
	(10) Petr Vandirek	1				0		0			-						0		0		1
	(11) Lubomir Jedek	0		0						0			0			-			0	0
	(12) Antonín Kasper Jr.	3	0						0					0	2				2				1
	(19) Zdenek Schneiderwind	1									0					1			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

September 13, 1987
CSK Prague, Marketa Stadium
Att: 12,000

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	46	3	6	8	11	12	15	15	18	21	24	27	28	30	31	34	37		40	41	44	46
	(13) Hans Nielsen	12		3					E		3							3	9			3
	(14) Erik Gundersen	14	3							3		3					3		12				2
	(15) Jan O. Pedersen	10			2			3						1		1			7	3
	(16) Tommy Knudsen	10				3	1						3		2				9		1
	(20) John Jørgensen	0																	0

2	England	31	2	4	7	9	9	11	13	15	15	17	18	21	22	22	24	26		26	29	31	31
	(9) Simon Wigg	9			3		0					2						2	7			2
	(10) Kelvin Tatum	9				2		2			0						2		6		3
	(11) Jeremy Doncaster	5		2						2			1			0			5	-
	(12) Simon Cross	8	2						2					3	1				8				0
	(19) Marvyn Cox	0																	0	0

3	United States	26	0	1	1	2	5	6	9	10	11	12	14	14	17	19	20	20		22	22	23	26
	(5) Shawn Moran	5	0					1					2					0	3	2
	(6) John Cook	6		1			3							0			1		5			1
	(7) Kelly Moran	10				1			3			1				2			7				3
	(8) Rick Miller	5			0					1	1				3				5		0
	(18) -	0																	0

4	Czechoslovakia	17	1	1	2	2	4	4	5	5	7	7	7	9	9	12	12	13		14	16	16	17
	(1) Antonín Kasper Jr.	3				0				0				-				1	1		2
	(2) Petr Vandirek	2			1				1				0				0		2			0
	(3) Lubomir Jedek	0		0				0				0			-				0	-
	(4) Roman Matoušek	9	1				2				2					3			8				1
	(17) Zdenek Schneiderwind	3												2	0				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

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[2] "1987 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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