1980 Speedway World Team Cup

21st edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition December 2023 December 2023 1980 Speedway World Team Cup 1979 1981 The 1980 Speedway World Team Cup was the 21st edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.Matthews/Morrison Peter/Ian The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results 1987 290 Guinness Superlatives 0-85112-492-5Oakes Peter 1981 Speedway Yearbook 1981 25–26 Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd 0-86215-017-5Bott Richard The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4 1980 98 Stanley Paul & Co Ltd 0-09-141751-1 The final took place at the Vojens Speedway Center in Denmark.https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/1710/1980-world-team-cup-final Speedway riders, history and results wwosbackup 12 July 2021 England won their eighth title to extend their record and the United States had their best performance to date finishing second. The defending champions New Zealand finished last in the British qualifying round.https://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2014/02/world-team-cup-1960-1990.html World Team Cup 1960-1990 Edinburgh Speedway 13 July 2021https://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 2021 Qualification Stage 1 Day Venue Winner Qualification 17 May FRG Breitenthal Speedway Stadium, Krumbach FRG West Germany 18 May ENG King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn ENG England 18 May ITA Castiglione Olona, Varese USSR USSR 11 June SWE Kumla Motorstadion, Kumla DEN Denmark 29 June FRG Rodenbach Motodrom, Rodenbach FRG West Germany Commonwealth Round 18 May ENG King's Lynn, Norfolk Arena Referee: SWE G Bergstrom P1 ENG Peter Collins 3 2 2 2 Michael Lee 2 3 3 3 Dave Jessup 2 3 3 3 Chris Morton 3 2 3 3 John Louis P2 USA Bruce Penhall 3 3 2 1 Scott Autrey 2 2 3 2 Bobby Schwartz X E 1 2 Dennis Sigalos 3 3 2 2 Ron Preston 3 AUS Billy Sanders 1 0 2 3 Mick McKeon 1 1 0 1 Phil Herne 1 F - - Danny Kennedy 1 1 1 0 Gary Guglielmi 1 0 0 4 NZL Ivan Mauger 0 2 1 0 Mitch Shirra 0 X 0 - Larry Ross 2 1 1 1 Bruce Cribb 0 0 - 1 Wayne Brown 0 0 * England & USA to Intercontinental Final Scandinivian Round 11 June SWE Kumla Motorstadion, Kumla 1st2nd3rd4thDEN - 43Ole Olsen - 12Bo Petersen - 12Tommy Knudsen - 11Hans Nielsen - 6Erik Gundersen - 2SWE - 31Anders Michanek - 10Jan Andersson- 9Richard Hellsen - 6Bengt Jansson - 5Bernt Persson - 1FIN - 18Kai Niemi - 6Ari Koponen - 5Veijo Tuoriniemi - 4Ila Teromaa - 3Pekka Hautamaki - 0NOR - 4Dag Haaland - 2Audun Ove Olsen - 1Trond Helge Skretting - 1Reidar Eide - 0Rolf Gramstad - 0 * Denmark & Sweden to Intercontinental Final Continental Round 18 May ITA Castiglione Olona, Varese 1st2nd3rd4thUSSR - 41Grigory Khlinovsky - 12Valery Gordeev - 11Viktor Kuznetsov - 11Mikhail Starostin - 7ITA - 21Francesco Biginato - 8Giuseppe Marzotto- 5Giovanni Brizzolari - 4Mauro Ferraccioli - 4AUT - 17Herbert Szerecs - 7Adi Funk - 5Walter Grubmüler - 4Herbert Engelmaier - 1BUL - 16Nikolai Manev - 7Angel Eftimov - 4Orlin Janakiev - 4Ivan Marenov - 1 * Soviet Union & Italy to Continental Semi-Final 17 May FRG Breitenthal Speedway Stadium, Krumbach 1st2nd3rd4thFRG - 40Waldemar Bacik - 12Georg Hack - 12Christoph Betzl - 9Egon Müller - 7NED - 29Rudi Muts - 9Frits Koppe- 7Henk Steman - 6Henny Kroeze - 5Wil Stroes - 2HUN - 22Istvan Sziraczki - 9Laszlo Meszaros - 6Zoltan Hajdu - 4Janos Szoke - 3Ferenc Farkash - 0YUG - 5Franc Zagar - 2Stefan Kekec - 1Ivan Vrbnjak - 1Darko Tominac - 1Vlado Kocuvan - 0 * West Germany & Netherlands to Continental Semi-Final Semifinal 29 June FRG Rodenbach Motodrom, Rodenbach P1 FRG Egon Muller 3 3 3 3 Waldemar Bacik 2 3 2 1 Georg Hack 2 3 2 3 Alois Wiesböck 2 3 3 E Christoph Betzl P2 USSR Valery Gordeev 1 2 2 2 Mikhail Starostin 2 2 3 3 Nikolay Kornev 3 1 3 F Grigory Khlinovsky 0 1 2 2 Viktor Kuznetsov 3 NED Rudi Muts 1 1 F - Henk Steman 1 0 E - Frits Koppe 1 2 1 1 Henny Kroeze 3 2 1 3 Wil Stroes 0 0 4 ITA Francesco Biginato F - - - Giuseppe Marzotto 3 0 0 2 Mauro Ferraccioli 0 1 1 1 Fausto Birbini 0 0 1 0 Nicolo Andriolo 0 0 1 * West Germany & Soviet Union to Continental Final Qualification Stage 2 Day Venue Winner Stage 2 5 July DEN Speedway Center, Vojens ENG England 13 July FRG Hansa Stadium, Bremen POL Poland Continental Final 13 July FRG Hansa Stadium, Bremen Referee: DEN Mr. Kristensen P1 POL Zenon Plech 3 2 3 3 Jerzy Rembas 2 1 2 - Roman Jankowski 3 3 2 2 Edward Jancarz 2 2 3 2 Andrzej Huszcza 1 P2 CSK Jiří Štancl 3 1 1 0 Václav Verner 2 3 3 2 Aleš Dryml Sr. F 3 2 3 Petr Ondrašík 3 1 1 1 Zdeněk Kudrna 3 FRG Egon Müller 2 1 3 2 Waldemar Bacik 1 2 1 F Georg Hack 1 2 2 3 Alois Wiesböck 1 3 1 1 Christoph Betzl 4 USSR Nikolay Kornev 0 0 0 - Valery Gordeev 1 0 0 - Mikhail Starostin 0 F 0 0 Grigory Khlinovsky 0 0 0 0 Viktor Kuznetsov 3 1 * Poland & Czechoslovakia to World Final Intercontinental Final 5 July DEN Speedway Center, Vojens Att: 8,000 P1 ENG Dave Jessup 3 3 3 3 Peter Collins 3 3 1 2 Chris Morton 1 2 2 1 Michael Lee 2 0 1 3 Kenny Carter P2 USA Bruce Penhall 3 3 3 2 Scott Autrey 3 2 E 3 Bobby Schwartz 2 0 - 1 Dennis Sigalos 1 2 3 3 Kelly Moran 1 3 DEN Ole Olsen 2 3 3 1 Erik Gundersen 1 1 2 1 Bo Petersen E - 2 2 Hans Nielsen 1 1 2 2 Tommy Knudsen 1 4 SWE Jan Andersson 2 2 0 0 Richard Hellsen 0 X 0 0 Tommy Johansson F - - - Hans Danielsson 0 1 F 0 Lillebror Johansson E E 0 * England & USA to World Final World Final 21 September POL Olympic Stadium, Wrocławhttp://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/wtc80.htm 1980 WORLD TEAM CUP International Speedway 15 July 2021 Att: 55,000 P1 ENG Dave Jessup 2 3 1 2 Peter Collins 3 3 1 3 Chris Morton 3 2 3 3 Michael Lee 2 3 3 3 John Davis P2 USA Bruce Penhall 3 3 3 3 Scott Autrey 2 2 3 2 Bobby Schwartz 1 0 - 2 Dennis Sigalos 0 2 1 2 Ron Preston 0 3 POL Roman Jankowski 1 1 2 1 Andrzej Huszcza F - 2 0 Zenon Plech 2 1 2 F Edward Jancarz 3 0 - 0 Jerzy Rembas E 0 4 CSK Václav Verner 1 1 1 E Aleš Dryml Sr. X 0 - 1 Petr Ondrašík 0 - 2 1 Jiří Štancl 1 2 0 1 Zdeněk Kudrna 1 0 See also 1980 Individual Speedway World Championship 1980 Speedway World Pairs Championship References 1980 World T