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]


Group 4

Calendar

Day Venue Winner
Group 4
19 June Netherlands Amsterdam Bulgaria Bulgaria
13 September Norway Skien Bulgaria Bulgaria
27 September Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ljubljana Bulgaria Bulgaria
3 October Bulgaria Shumen Bulgaria Bulgaria

Round 1

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

Round 2

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

Round 3

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

Round 4

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

Group 3

Calendar

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

Round 1

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

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

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

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 Poland Gdańsk Sweden Sweden
21 August Sweden Linköping Sweden Sweden
13 September Poland Rybnik Poland Poland

Round 1

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

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

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

Group 1 (FINAL GROUP)

Calendar

Day Venue Winner
Group 1
16 August Denmark Fredericia Denmark Denmark
25 August United Kingdom Coventry United States USA
13 September Czechoslovakia Prague Denmark Denmark

Round 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
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

Round 2

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

Round 3

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

Final standings

Pos Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Pts
1 Denmark 2 1 0 0 8
2 England 0 2 1 0 5
3 United States 1 0 2 0 5
4 Czechoslovakia 0 0 0 3 0

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  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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