1987 Speedway World Team Cup

28th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition December 2023 December 2023 1987 Speedway World Team Cup 1986 1988 The 1987 Speedway World Team Cup was the 28th 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/wtc87.htm 1987 WORLD TEAM CUP International Speedway 15 July 2021https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004985/19870716/079/0079 Thorp can sparkle Manchester Evening News 16 July 1987 British Newspaper Archive subscription 27 August 2024 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.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/thread/2425/1987-world-team-cup Speedway riders, history and results wwosbackup 12 July 2021 Group 4 Day Venue Winner Teams ranked 13–16 19 June NED Amsterdam BUL Bulgaria 13 September NOR Skien BUL Bulgaria 27 September YUG Ljubljana BUL Bulgaria 3 October BUL Shumen BUL Bulgaria Winner promoted to Group C in 1988 Round 1 19 June 1987 NED Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam FirstSecondThirdFourthBUL - 38+3NED - 38+2NOR - 34YUG - 4 Round 2 13 September 1987 NOR Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien FirstSecondThirdFourthBUL - 42NOR - 40NED - 28YUG - 10 Round 3 27 September 1987 YUG Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana FirstSecondThirdFourthBUL - 43NOR - 31NED - 24YUG - 20 Round 4 3 October 1987 BUL Shumen Motopista, Shumen FirstSecondThirdFourthBUL - 42NOR - 40NED - 27YUG - 11 Group 3 Day Venue Winner Teams ranked 9–12 3 May ITA Lonigo HUN Hungary 21 June AUT Wiener Neustadt HUN Hungary 11 July FRG Landshut ITA Italy 13 September HUN Miskolc FRG West Germany Winner promoted to Group B in 1988; 4th relegated to Group D in 1988 Round 1 3 May 1987 ITA Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo FirstSecondThirdFourthHUN - 41Janosh Balogh - 13 József Petrikovics - 11 Zoltán Adorján - 10 Sándor Tihanyi - 5 Antal Kocso - 2ITA - 32Armando Castagna - 9 Valentino Furlanetto - 9 Paolo Salvatelli - 8 Armando Dal Chiele - 5 Ottoviano Righetto - 1FRG - 32Karl Maier - 11 Hans Faltermeier - 9 Gerd Riss - 8 Michael Datzmann - 4AUT - 15Walter Nebel - 7 Siegfried Eder - 4 Heinrich Schatzer - 2 Adi Funk - 2 Toni Pilotto - 0 Round 2 21 June 1987 AUT Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt FirstSecondThirdFourthHUN - 40Zoltán Adorján - 14 József Petrikovics - 12 Antal Kocso - 10 Janosh Balogh - 4 Sándor Tihanyi - 0ITA - 36Armando Dal Chiele - 11 Valentino Furlanetto - 10 Paolo Salvatelli - 8 Armando Castagna - 7 Gianni Famari - 0FRG - 34Karl Maier - 10 Gerd Riss - 8 Michael Datzmann - 8 Klaus Lausch - 7 Hans Faltermeier - 1AUT - 9Toni Pilotto - 5 Walter Nebel - 2 Adi Funk - 2 Heinrich Schatzer - 0 Siegfried Eder - 0 Round 3 11 July 1987 FRG Ellermühle Speedway Stadium, Landshut FirstSecondThirdFourthITA - 43+3Armando Castagna - 13+3 Paolo Salvatelli - 12 Giorgio Zaramella - 12 Gianni Famari - 6FRG - 43+2Klaus Lausch - 14+2 Karl Maier - 12 Gerd Riss - 9 Michael Datzmann - 5 Hans Faltermeier - 3AUT - 18Heinrich Schatzer - 6 Toni Pilotto - 5 Walter Nebel - 4 Adi Funk - 2 Andreas Bössner - 1HUN - 16Zoltán Adorján - 7 Antal Kocso - 5 József Petrikovics - 3 Sándor Tihanyi - 1 Janosh Balogh - 0 Round 4 13 September 1987 HUN Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc FirstSecondThirdFourthFRG - 40Gerd Riss - 12 Hans Faltermeier - 10 Tommy Dunker - 10 Karl Maier - 8HUN - 37Zoltán Adorján - 12 Sándor Tihanyi - 11 Antal Kocso - 7 Janos Szeres - 4 Laszlo Bodi - 3ITA - 25Armando Castagna - 8 Giorgio Zaramella - 6 Gianni Famari - 5 Paolo Salvatelli - 3 Fabrizio Vesprini - 3AUT - 14Heinrich Schatzer - 5 Walter Nebel - 3 Toni Pilotto - 2 Adi Funk - 2 Andreas Bössner - 2 Group 2 Day Venue Winner Teams ranked 5–8 19 July POL Gdańsk SWE Sweden 21 August SWE Linköping SWE Sweden 13 September POL Rybnik POL Poland Winner promoted to Group A in 1988; 4th relegated to Group C in 1988 Round 1 19 July 1987 POL Gdańsk Speedway Stadium, Gdańsk FirstSecondThirdFourthSWE - 41Per 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) - 4POL - 39Andrzej 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) - 0AUS - 27Steve 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) - 0FIN - 13Ari 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 21 August 1987 SWE Linköping Motorstadion, Linköping FirstSecondThirdFourthSWE - 50Per Jonsson - 15 Tony Olsson - 13 Conny Ivarsson - 13 Jimmy Nilsen - 6 Mikael Blixt - 3FIN - 32Kai Niemi - 11 Ari Koponen - 8 Roy Malminheimo - 7 Juha Moksunen - 6 Janne Moksunen - 0AUS - 27Steve Regeling - 8 Stephen Davies - 8 Steve Baker - 6 Mick Poole - 5POL - 10Roman Jankowski - 5 Zenon Kasprzak - 2 Ryszard Dołomisiewicz - 2 Andrzej Huszcza - 1 Janusz Stachyra - 0 Round 3 13 September 1987 POL Rybnik Municipal Stadium, Rybnik FirstSecondThirdFourthPOL - 36Ryszard Dołomisiewicz - 10 Roman Jankowski - 9 Piotr Świst - 8 Zenon Kasprzak - 6 Andrzej Huszcza - 3SWE - 33Per Jonsson - 11 Jimmy Nilsen - 11 Tony Olsson - 8 Conny Ivarsson - 3 Erik Stenlund - 0AUS - 28Steve Regeling - 8 Steve Baker - 8 Stephen Davies - 7 Troy Butler - 5 Glenn Doyle - 0FIN - 23Kai Niemi - 11 Ari Koponen - 9 Janne Moksunen - 2 Roy Malminheimo - 1 Juha Moksunen - 0 World final group Day Venue Winner Teams ranked 1–4 16 August DEN Fredericia DEN Denmark 25 August ENG Coventry USA USA 13 September CSK Prague DEN Denmark 4th relegated to Group B in 1988 Round 1 16 August 1987 DEN Fredericia Speedway Center, Fredericia Att: 5,000 Ref: Christer Bergstrom (Sw) Q1 DEN Hans Nielsen 3 3 3 3 20 3 Erik Gundersen 3 3 3 1 19 0 Jan O. Pedersen 2 3 3 1 18 3 Tommy Knudsen 2 2 3 2 17 1 John Jørgensen 2 ENG Kelvin Tatum 1 0 2 2 17 2 Jeremy Doncaster 3 3 2 3 20 2 Simon Cross 1 1 2 3 19 1 Simon Wigg 1 2 1 3 18 2 Marvyn Cox 3 USA Shawn Moran 0 1 0 0 17 3 Sam Ermolenko 0 2 2 2 19 3 Lance King 0 1 1 1 18 0 Rick Miller 3 2 0 2 20 1 Ronnie Correy 4 CSK Roman Matoušek 1 F 0 1 18 1 Petr Vandírek 0 - 1 0 17 - Lubomír Jedek 2 1 1 0 20 0 Antonín Kasper Jr. 2 0 0 0 19 2 Zdeněk Schneiderwind 0 0 Round 2 25 August 25, 1987 ENG Brandon Stadium, Coventry Ref: Graham Brodie (Eng) Q1 USA Shawn Moran 3 3 3 3 20 2 Lance King 1 3 1 - 17 - Sam Ermolenko 3 2 3 F 19 3 Rick Miller 1 3 2 1 18 2 Kelly Moran 3 1 2 DEN Hans Nielsen 3 3 3 2 20 X Erik Gundersen 2 0 2 2 17 3 Jan O. Pedersen 2 2 3 3 19 0 Tommy Knudsen 2 1 1 3 18 0 John Jørgensen 3 ENG Kelvin Tatum 3 2 1 1 19 2 Jeremy Doncaster 1 1 - 1 18 3 Marvyn Cox 1 1 - 0 17 - Simon Wigg 2 2 2 2 20 3 Simon Cross 2 1 2 4 CSK Roman Matoušek 0 1 F 0 19 1 Petr Vandírek 0 0 - 0 18 1 Lubomír Jedek 0 0 0 - 17 0 Antonín Kasper Jr. 0 0 0 2 20 1 Zdeněk Schneiderwind 0 1 Round 3 13 September 1987 CSK Marketa Stadium, Prague Att: 12,000 Q1 DEN Hans Nielsen 3 E 3 3 19 3 Erik Gundersen 3 3 3 3 20 2 Jan O. Pedersen 2 3 1 1 17 3 Tommy Knudsen 3 1 3 2 18 1 John Jørgensen 2 ENG Simon Wigg 3 0 2 2 19 2 Kelvin Tatum 2 2 0 2 18 3 Jeremy Doncaster 2 2 1 0 17 - Simon Cross 2 2 3 1 20 0 Marvyn Cox 0 3 USA Shawn Moran 0 1 2 0 17 2 John Cook 1 3 0 1 19 1 Kelly Moran 1 3 1 2 20 3 Rick Miller 0 1 1 3 18 0 - 4 CSK Antonín Kasper Jr. 0 0 - 1 18 2 Petr Vandírek 1 1 0 0 19 0 Lubomír Jedek 0 0 0 - 17 - Roman Matoušek 1 2 2 3 20 1 Zdeněk Schneiderwind 2 0 1 Final standings Pos Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Pts1 Denmark 210082 England 021053 United States 102054 Czechoslovakia 00030 See also 1987 Individual Speedway World Championship 1987 Speedway World Pairs Championship References Category:Speedway World Team Cup Category:1987 in speedway