1988 Speedway World Team Cup

29th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition December 2023 December 2023 1988 Speedway World Team Cup 1987 1989 The 1988 Speedway World Team Cup was the 29th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.https://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/wtc88.htm 1988 WORLD TEAM CUP International Speedway 15 July 2021 The three legged final format was scrapped and a one off final returned, which was held at the Veterans Memorial Stadium (Long Beach) in California, United States. It made no difference to Denmark who duly wrapped up a sixth consecutive title (and eighth in total) moving level with England's record. It was also Hans Nielsen's eighth gold medal having taken part in all of Denmark's title wins.https://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2014/02/world-team-cup-1960-1990.html World Team Cup 1960-1990 Edinburgh Speedway 13 July 2021https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/2430/1988-world-team-cup-final Speedway riders, history and results wwosbackup 12 July 2021 First round 10 April 1988 AUT Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt 1st2nd3rd4thAUT - 41Heinrich Schatzer - 14Siegfried Eder - 12Walter Nebel - 7Robert Funk - 7Andreas Bössner - 1NZL - 35Mitch Shirra - 14Gary Allan - 9Alan Rivett - 8Bruce Cribb - 4 NOR - 25Ingvar Skogland - 10Arnt Förland - 7Tor Einar Hielm - 5Einar Kyllingstad - 2Arne Svendsen - 1NED - 19Henny Kroeze - 8Henk Steman - 7Robert Jan Munnecom - 3Rob Steman - 1Rene Elzinga - 0 Austria to second round Second round Day Venue Winner 2nd round 26 June HUN Szeged HUN Hungary 3 July ITA Lonigo HUN Hungary Leg 1 26 June 1988 HUN Napos út, Szeged 1st2nd3rd4thHUN - 52Sándor Tihanyi - 15 Zoltán Adorján - 14 Antal Kocso - 12 Janosh Balogh - 7 József Petrikovics - 4ITA - 41Armando Dal Chiele - 13 Armando Castagna - 10 Paolo Salvatelli - 9 Valentino Furlanetto - 9 Gianni Famari - NSBUL - 15Nikolai Manev - 5 Georgi Petranov - 3 Rudolf Valentinov - 3 Angel Eftimov - 3 Orlin Janakiev - 1AUT - 12Walter Nebel - 5 Robert Funk - 4 Toni Pilotto - 3 Siegfried Eder - 0 Heinrich Schatzer - 0 Leg 2 3 July 1988 ITA Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo 1st2nd3rd4thHUN - 44Zoltán Adorján - 12 József Petrikovics - 12 Antal Kocso - 11 Sándor Tihanyi - 5 Janosh Balogh - 4ITA - 43Armando Castagna - 14 Valentino Furlanetto - 12 Paolo Salvatelli - 9 Ottaviano Righetto - 8 Armando Dal Chiele - 0AUT - 22Walter Nebel - 6 Robert Funk - 5 Toni Pilotto - 5 Andreas Bössner - 5Siegfried Eder - 1BUL - 10Georgi Petranov - 3 Rudolf Valentinov - 3 Nikolai Manev - 2 Orlin Janakiev - 1 Aleksi Todorov - 1 Hungary to third round Third round 12 August 1988 FRG Ellermühle Speedway Stadium, Landshut 1st2nd3rd4thFRG - 40Klaus Lausch - 11Tommy Dunker - 10Karl Maier - 10Gerd Riss - 9Hans Faltermaier - 0HUN - 38Zoltán Adorján - 14Antal Kocso - 13Sándor Tihanyi - 8Janosh Balogh - 3József Petrikovics - 0AUS - 32Stephen Davies - 11Mick Poole - 9Craig Hodgson - 6Troy Butler - 5Steve Baker - 1FIN - 10Ari Koponen - 4Aki Ala-Riihimäki - 2Olli Tyrväinen - 2Roy Malminheimo - 2Kai Niemi - 0 West Germany to fourth round Fourth round Day Venue Winner 4th round 21 August CSK Prague SWE Sweden 25 August SWE Linköping SWE Sweden Leg 1 21 August 1988 CSK Markéta Stadium, Prague Q1 SWE Per Jonsson 3 3 3 1 19 3 Jimmy Nilsen 3 3 3 3 20 2 Tony Olsson 2 2 3 2 18 2 Conny Ivarsson 3 2 - 1 17 - Henrik Gustafsson 2 3 2 CSK Roman Matoušek 3 3 2 2 20 1 Antonín Kasper Jr. 1 0 E 2 18 3 Lubomír Jedek 1 1 F 3 19 2 Petr Vandírek 1 0 1 - 17 2 Bohumil Brhel 0 3 FRG Gerd Riss 3 1 3 3 20 0 Klaus Lausch 0 0 - 1 17 0 Karl Maier 2 2 0 3 19 1 Tommy Dunker 1 1 2 2 18 0 Hans Faltermaier 1 4 POL Roman Jankowski 0 2 2 0 19 0 Piotr Świst 0 0 - E 17 - Andrzej Huszcza 0 1 1 1 18 1 Zenon Kasprzak 2 3 1 0 20 2 Eugeniusz Skupien 0 1 Leg 2 25 August 1988 SWE Linköping Motorstadion, Linköping Q1 SWE Per Jonsson 3 3 3 - 20 1 Jimmy Nilsen 3 2 - 3 18 3 Tony Olsson 3 2 - 2 17 3 Conny Ivarsson 3 3 3 - 19 2 Henrik Gustafsson 3 2 3 1 2 FRG Gerd Riss 2 3 3 2 20 2 Klaus Lausch 1 2 1 0 18 2 Karl Maier 1 2 2 3 19 3 Tommy Dunker 0 0 - 0 17 - Hans Faltermaier 0 2 3 CSK Roman Matoušek 0 3 2 3 20 3 Antonín Kasper Jr. 1 0 1 2 19 1 Lubomír Jedek 0 0 - - 17 - Petr Vandírek 1 1 1 0 18 F Bohumil Brhel 1 2 F 4 POL Andrzej Huszcza 2 1 2 0 20 0 Piotr Świst 0 - 0 1 17 - Roman Jankowski 2 1 0 1 19 0 Zenon Kasprzak 2 0 0 - 18 F Eugeniusz Skupien 1 1 E Sweden to World Final World Final 10 September 1988 USA Long Beach, Veterans Memorial Stadium Q1 DEN Hans Nielsen 3 3 3 3 19 2 Jan O. Pedersen 3 3 3 3 20 - Erik Gundersen 1 3 3 1 18 - Tommy Knudsen 2 1 1 3 17 1 John Jørgensen 2 0 2 USA Sam Ermolenko 3 2 3 2 20 3 Lance King 1 2 0 - 17 3 Shawn Moran F 2 2 1 19 3 Kelly Moran 1 2 0 2 18 0 Rick Miller E 3 SWE Per Jonsson 2 3 1 1 20 2 Conny Ivarsson 0 - F - 17 - Tony Olsson 0 1 - 0 18 3 Jimmy Nilsen 3 1 1 E 19 E Henrik Gustafsson 1 1 2 E 4 ENG Simon Wigg 0 0 - 0 19 - Simon Cross 2 0 0 - 18 1 Kelvin Tatum 2 0 2 2 20 1 Chris Morton 1 0 - 3 17 - Gary Havelock 2 2 1 2 1 See also 1988 Individual Speedway World Championship 1988 Speedway World Pairs Championship References Category:Speedway World Team Cup Category:1988 in speedway