The 1990 Speedway World Team Cup was the 31st edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1][2]

The final was staged at Svítkov Stadion, Pardubice, Czechoslovakia and the United States won their second title.[3][4]

First Round

1st 2nd 3rd
 Austria - 37
7.Toni Pilotto (2,2,2,2,3,3) - 14
8.Heinrich Schatzer (3,3,3,3,3,2) - 17
14.Walter Nebel (0,2,2,2) - 6 		 East Germany - 35
9.Mike Ott (2,3,3,1,2,2) - 13
10.Ralf Peters (3,e,2,0,3) - 8
15.Thomas Diehr (3,1,1,3,3) - 11 		 Netherlands - 19
5.Rene Elzinga (0,3,0,f,3,0)- 6
6.Ron Koppe (1,3,2,1,3,1) - 11
13.Henk Bangma (0,0,2,f) - 2
4th 5th
 Bulgaria - 18
1.Nikolai Manev (3,2,e,3,1,0) - 9
2.Zdravko Iordanov (2,1,1,0,1,1) - 6
11.Rudolf Valentinov (0,1,0,2) - 3 		 Yugoslavia - 14
3.Martin Peterca (0,2,1,2,1,1) - 7
4.Gregor Pintar (1,1,2,1,0,1) - 6
12.Krešo Omerzel (0,1,0,0) - 1
1st 2nd 3rd
 Austria - 32
Toni Pilotto - 15
Heinrich Schatzer - 11
Walter Nebel - 6 		 East Germany - 28
Thomas Diehr - 13
Mike Ott - 12
Ralf Peters - 3 		 Bulgaria - 27
Zdravko Iordanov - 12
Nikolai Manev - 11
Galio Velickov - 4
4th 5th
 Yugoslavia - 19
Gregor Pintar - 11
Martin Peterca - 4
Krešo Omerzel - 4 		 Netherlands - 14
Rene Elzinga - 6
Rob Dolman - 5
Ron Koppe - 3

Austria to second round

Second round

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 Norway Norway 44 3 5 8 11 14 17 20 21 24 24 27 29 30 32 35 36 39 41 43 44
(1) Arnt Forland 9 3 1 2 1 7 2
(2) Einar Kyllingstad 13 3 3 3 3 12 1
(3) Tor Einar Hielm 9 2 3 0 1 6 3
(4) Lars Gunnestad 13 3 3 3 2 11 2
(17) Odd Petersen 0 0
2 Finland Finland 43 2 5 7 8 9 11 13 16 16 17 19 22 25 28 29 32 34 37 40 43
(9) Olli Tyrväinen 10 2 1 1 3 7 3
(10) Juha Moksunen 6 1 2 0 1 4 2
(11) Vesa Ylinen 14 3 3 2 3 11 3
(12) Kai Niemi 13 2 2 3 3 10 3
(19) Ari Koponen 0 0
4 Italy Italy 22 1 1 1 3 5 6 6 8 9 12 13 14 16 16 18 20 20 19 20 22
(13) Armando Castagna 3 0 0 1 2 3 -
(14) Armando Dal Chiele 10 1 2 3 2 8 2
(15) Fabrizio Vesprini 2 0 1 1 - 2 E
(16) Valentino Furlanetto 8 2 2 1 2 7 1
(20) Andrea Maida 1 0 0 1
4 Austria Austria 8 0 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 5 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
(5) Franz Leitner 0 0 0 0 0 0 E
(6) Walter Nebel 1 1 0 - 0 1 -
(7) Toni Pilotto 4 0 1 2 1 4 0
(8) Heinrich Schatzer 3 1 0 2 0 3 0
(18) Siegfried Eder 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
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 Finland - 45
Kai Niemi - 14
Olli Tyrväinen - 10
Vesa Ylinen - 6
Juha Moksunen - 13
Roy Malminheimo - 2 		 Norway - 35
Einar Kyllingstad - 13
Arnt Förland - 12
Lars Gunnestad - 7
Tor Einar Hielm - 3
Odd Petersen - 0 		 Italy - 24
Armando Dal Chiele - 7
Valentino Furlanetto - 8
Armando Castagna - 6
Fabrizio Vesprini - 3
Andrea Maida - 0 		 Austria - 16
Heinrich Schatzer - 6
Toni Pilotto - 3
Walter Nebel - 4
Franz Leitner - 3

Finland to third round.

Third round

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 Australia - 49
Todd Wiltshire - 14
Troy Butler - 13
Leigh Adams - 11
Craig Boyce - 6
Stephen Davies - 5 		 Hungary - 40
Zoltán Adorján - 14
Zoltan Hajdu - 10
Sándor Tihanyi - 8
Róbert Nagy - 7
József Petrikovics - 1 		 Finland - 23
Vesa Yulinen - 9
Olli Tyrväinen - 7
Roy Malminheimo - 5
Juha Moksunen - 2 		 Poland - 9
Jan Krzystyniak - 5
Tomasz Gollob - 2
Eugeniusz Skupien - 2
Tomasz Fajfer- 0
Jacek Gomólski - 0
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 Australia - 55
Todd Wiltshire (3,3,3,3,3) - 15
Leigh Adams (3,3,3,3,3) - 15
Troy Butler (3,1,3,3,3) - 13
Stephen Davies (2,3,3,1,-) - 9
Craig Boyce (-,-,-,-,3) - 3 		 Hungary - 29
Zoltán Adorján (2,2,1,3,2) - 10
Zoltan Hajdu (1,3,-,2,2) - 8
József Petrikovics (2,2,0,-,2) - 6
Sándor Tihanyi (2,0,-,e,-) - 2
Laszlo Bodi (-,-,e\2,0,1) - 3 		 Finland - 24
Olli Tyrväinen (3,2,2,2,1) - 10
Vesa Yulinen (1,2,1,2,1) - 7
Juha Moksunen (0,1,0,1,2) - 5
Roy Malminheimo (f,1,2,0,0) - 3 		 Poland - 11
Tomasz Gollob (0,0,2,2,f) - 4
Krzysztof Okupski (1,0,1,1,0) - 3
Jan Krzystyniak (f,1,-,-,-) - 1
Ryszard Franczyszyn (f,0,-,1,0) - 1
Dariusz Śledź (-,0,1,0,1) - 2

Australia to fourth round.

Fourth round

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 Sweden Sweden 38 2 2 4 7 9 11 13 16 19 21 21 24 27 27 29 30 32 34 37 38
(9) Per Jonsson 9 2 2 2 1 7 2
(10) Jimmy Nilsen 13 3 2 3 2 10 3
(11) Dennis Löfqvist 0 0 - - 0 0 -
(12) Henrik Gustafsson 11 2 2 3 3 10 1
(19) Conny Ivarsson 5 3 0 3 2
2 United States United States 37 3 5 8 10 10 11 14 16 17 20 22 22 24 25 28 30 33 34 34 37
(1) Sam Ermolenko 7 2 2 F 2 6 1
(2) Rick Miller 14 3 3 2 3 11 3
(3) Kelly Moran 8 2 1 3 2 8 0
(4) Ronnie Correy 8 3 0 1 1 5 3
(17) - 0 0
4 Australia Australia 23 0 1 1 2 3 3 4 5 7 8 9 11 11 14 15 15 16 19 21 23
(13) Stephen Davies 6 1 1 2 E 4 2
(14) Leigh Adams 4 0 1 1 1 3 1
(15) Troy Butler 7 F - 2 3 5 2
(16) Craig Boyce 6 1 1 1 F 3 3
(20) Craig Hodgson 0 0 0
4 West Germany West Germany 22 1 4 5 5 8 11 11 11 11 11 14 15 16 18 18 21 21 21 22 22
(5) Klaus Lausch 10 1 3 3 3 10 0
(6) Andre Pollehn 8 3 3 1 0 7 1
(7) Tommy Dunker 2 0 0 0 2 2 0
(8) Alois Bachhuber 0 F - - - 0 -
(18) Carsten Pelzmann 2 1 0 0 1 2 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
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 United States 44 2 5 6 9 10 13 14 17 18 21 24 25 28 29 32 35 36 38 41 44
(5) Sam Ermolenko 14 2 3 3 3 11 3
(6) Rick Miller 7 3 1 1 - 5 2
(7) Kelly Moran 6 3 1 - 1 5 1
(8) Ronnie Correy 2 1 - 1 - 2 -
(18) Shawn Moran 15 3 3 3 3 12 3
2 Sweden Sweden 40 1 2 4 6 9 11 14 15 18 20 21 24 26 28 30 31 34 37 39 40
(13) Per Jonsson 10 1 3 3 1 8 2
(14) Jimmy Nilsen 9 1 1 2 2 6 3
(15) Henrik Gustafsson 10 2 2 3 2 9 1
(16) Peter Nahlin 11 2 3 1 2 8 3
(20) - 0 0
4 Australia Australia 36 3 5 8 9 11 12 14 16 18 19 21 23 24 27 28 30 32 33 34 36
(1) Todd Wiltshire 7 1 2 2 2 7 -
(2) Troy Butler 9 3 2 2 1 8 1
(3) Leigh Adams 6 2 1 1 - 4 2
(4) Craig Boyce 12 3 2 2 3 10 2
(17) Stephen Davies 2 1 1 1
4 West Germany West Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(9) Klaus Lausch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(10) Hans-Otto Pingel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(11) Andre Pollehn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(12) Tommy Dunker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(19) - 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

USA to World final.

World final

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 United States 37 0 2 2 5 8 8 8 10 13 16 18 21 24 27 29 30 30 32 35 37
(1) Sam Ermolenko 11 3 2 3 1 9 2
(2) Rick Miller 0 0 0 - - 0 -
(3) Shawn Moran 10 2 0 3 3 8 2
(4) Kelly Moran 12 0 3 3 3 9 3
(17) Billy Hamill 4 2 2 4 0
2 England England 34 2 5 6 7 8 11 14 17 18 18 19 20 22 24 24 27 29 32 33 34
(13) Kelvin Tatum 11 3 3 1 3 10 1
(14) Simon Wigg 8 2 3 0 0 5 3
(15) Jeremy Doncaster 8 1 3 1 2 7 1
(16) Marvyn Cox 2 1 - 1 - 2 -
(20) Gary Havelock 5 1 2 3 2
3 Denmark Denmark 30 3 4 7 9 11 13 14 15 15 17 20 20 20 21 22 24 25 25 27 30
(5) Hans Nielsen 13 3 2 3 2 10 3
(6) John Jørgensen 4 1 2 0 1 4 -
(7) Bo Petersen 4 2 1 - - 3 1
(8) Tommy Knudsen 4 3 1 0 0 4 0
(18) Brian Karger 5 2 1 3 2
4 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 19 1 1 3 3 3 4 6 6 8 9 9 11 12 12 15 15 18 19 19 19
(9) Roman Matoušek 3 2 0 1 0 3 -
(10) Zdeněk Tesař 6 0 1 2 3 6 0
(11) Antonín Kasper Jr. 3 0 0 - 0 0 3
(12) Bohumil Brhel 6 1 2 2 1 6 0
(19) Vladimir Kalina 1 0 0 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

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  2. ^ "1990 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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