1997 Speedway World Team Cup

38th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition December 2023 December 2023 1997 Speedway World Team Cup 1996 1998 The 1997 Speedway World Team Cup was the 38th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.http://motorsporttop20.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/11.-Speedway-World-Cup-Nations.pdf FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS Motor Sport Top 20 13 July 2021http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/wtc97.htm 1997 WORLD TEAM CUP International Speedway 15 July 2021 The final was held at the Stadion Żużlowy Centrum in Piła, Poland on 13 September. Denmark won their 11th title and Hans Nielsen won his 11th and final gold medal. Remarkably Nielsen had won his gold medals in a near twenty-year span from 1978 until 1997, cementing his place in history as arguably the best speedway rider of all time.http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2014/02/world-team-cup-1960-1990.html World Team Cup 1960-1990 Edinburgh Speedway 13 July 2021https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/board/65/speedway-world-cup Speedway riders, history and results wwosbackup 12 July 2021 First round 21 June 1997 SVN Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško Belarus and the Netherlands withdrew FirstSecondThirdFourthFifthSVN 38Matej Ferjan 17Izak Šantej 14Gerhard Lekse 7ITA 29Andrea Maida 16Alessandro Dalla Valle 8Simone Tadiello 5AUT 24Toni Pilotto 12Helmut Lercher 7Andreas Bössner 5CRO 16Zlatko Krznaric 8Krunoslav Zganec 6Zeljko Feher 2FRA 11Christophe Dubernard 7Jerome Georges 2Stephane Tresarrieu 2 Slovenia and Italy to second round Second round 23 August 1997 HUN Gázvezeték Street Sports Complex, Debrecen 1 P1 CZE Czech Republic 3 Tomas Topinka 2 2 2 3 0 2 4 Antonín Kasper Jr. 3 3 3 2 2 3 16 Václav Milík Sr. 22 P2 HUN Hungary 11 Zoltán Adorján 3 3 2 - 1 1 12 Laszlo Bodi 1 1 - 3 - - 20 Sándor Tihanyi 3 2 3 2 22 P3 SLO Slovenia 7 Matej Ferjan 3 3 0 2 3 3 8 Izak Šantej 2 1 1 0 1 0 18 Gerhard Lekse 22 4 NOR Norway 9 Kenneth Borgenhaug 2 0 1 0 1 2 10 Tryggve Jensen 0 2 3 1 3 0 19 - 22 5 UKR Ukraine 13 Vladimir Kolody 0 0 2 3 E 0 14 Igor Marko 3 2 0 1 3 1 21 Aleksandr Lyatosinsky 22 6 ITA Italy 1 Andrea Maida 1 2 3 E 2 2 2 Alesandro Dalla Valle E 1 2 1 0 0 15 Alessandro Milanese 22 7 LVA Latvia 5 Nikolay Kokin 1 1 1 E 1 3 6 Aleksandr Biznya E 0 0 1 2 1 17 - 22 Czech Republic and Hungary to World final World Final 13 September 1997 POL Stadion Żużlowy Centrum, Piła 1 P1 DEN Denmark 1 Hans Nielsen 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 Tommy Knudsen 1 2 3 3 1 3 15 Jesper B. Jensen 22 P2 POL Poland 3 Tomasz Gollob 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 Jacek Krzyzaniak 0 - - - - - 16 Piotr Protasiewicz 3 3 1 3 2 22 P3 SWE Sweden 9 Tony Rickardsson 2 3 3 3 3 3 10 Jimmy Nilsen 1 0 - - - 2 19 Peter Karlsson 1 E 0 22 4 GER Germany 7 Robert Barth 3 1 E 3 E 2 8 Robbie Kessler 2 2 1 2 1 E 18 Gerd Riss 22 5 CZE Czech Republic 11 Tomas Topinka 3 3 1 2 1 F 12 Antonín Kasper Jr. 0 - 0 3 0 3 20 Václav Milík Sr. 22 6 RUS Russia 13 Roman Povazhny F 1 2 1 2 1 14 Rinat Mardanshin 1 2 0 0 - - 21 Sergey Yeroshin X 0 22 7 HUN Hungary 5 Zoltán Adorján 0 0 - - 3 0 6 Sándor Tihanyi 1 1 1 1 1 1 17 Laszlo Bodi 0 0 22 See also 1997 Speedway Grand Prix References Category:Speedway World Team Cup World T