The 1996 Speedway World Team Cup was the 37th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1][2]

The final took place on 15 September, at the Rhein-Main Arena in Germany. The Poland team won their seventh title but their first for 27 years having last won the 1969 Speedway World Team Cup.[3][4][5]

First round

1st 2nd 3rd
 Russia 42
1.Oleg Kurguskin (3,3,3,3,3,-) - 15
2.Sergey Darkin (3,3,3,3,t/3) - 15
3.Sergey Jeroshin (3,f/x,3,3,3) - 12 		 Croatia 29
4.Zlatko Kržnarič (2,1,2,3,3,2) - 13
5.Krunoslav Žganec (0,3,1,3,2,2) - 11
6.Renato Kušter (2,1,1,1,*,*) - 5 		 Netherlands 23
7.Patrick Verbrugge (e,f/x,2,2,1,e) - 5
8.Rob Steman (2,3,3,2,2,2) - 14
9.Jan van Deijk - (1,2,*,1,*) - 4
4th 5th track reserve
 France 16
13.Jerome Georgese (1,1,1,0,0,2) - 5
14.Thierry Bouin (0,0,0,*,1,*) - 1
15.Christophe Dubernard (2,2,1,2,2,1) - 10 		 Bulgaria 9
10.Nikolai Manev (1,2,2,1,-,1) - 7
11.Rudolf Valentinov (1,1,0,f/x,-) - 2
12.Milen Manev (e,0,t,0,0,e) - 0
17.Želko Feher (-,-,1,-,-,-) - 1
18.Tomaš Oletič - ns

New Zealand and Finland withdrew

Russia and Croatia to second round

Second round

Placing Pair / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
1 Russia Russia 25 10 19 25
(9) Oleg Kurguskin 12 2 2 2 3 3 T
(10) Sergey Darkin 9 3 3 3 F - -
(19) Roman Povazhny 4 1 2 1
2 Ukraine Ukraine 22 8 15 22
(5) Aleksandr Lyatosinsky 2 - - 0 - - 2
(6) Igor Marko 11 2 3 3 3 F -
(17) Vladimir Trofimov 9 3 0 1 2 3
3 Latvia Latvia 21 4 11 21
(3) Nikolay Kokin 8 X 2 2 X 2 2
(4) Vladimir Voronkov 13 1 1 3 2 3 3
(16) Aleksandr Biznya 0
4 Italy Italy 19 10 14 19
(13) Alessandro Milanese 0
(14) Andrea Maida 11 3 3 0 2 3 F
(21) Valentino Furlanetto 8 2 2 1 1 1 1
5 Slovenia Slovenia 16 2 6 16
(7) Gregor Pintar 1 1 0 - 0 - -
(8) Krešo Omerzel 7 0 1 1 - 3 2
(18) Gerhard Lekse 8 0 3 2 3
6 Austria Austria 14 6 12 14
(1) Andreas Bossner 11 3 1 2 3 1 1
(2) Helmut Lercher 3 2 0 1 0 - -
(15) Thomas Stadler 0 0 0
7 Croatia Croatia 9 2 7 9
(11) Zlatko Krznraric 6 0 1 2 2 0 1
(12) Krunoslav Zganec 2 1 0 1 0 - -
(20) Renato Kuster 1 1 0
Placing Pair / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell
ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

Russia and Ukraine to third round

Third round

Placing Pair / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
1 Poland Poland 25 9 18 25
(7) Tomasz Gollob 10 1 2 2 3 2 -
(8) Piotr Protasiewicz 13 3 3 3 - 1 3
(18) Rafal Dobrucki 2 1 1
2 Russia Russia 24 8 16 24
(1) Rinat Mardanshin 16 1 3 3 3 3 3
(2) Sergey Darkin 8 2 2 0 2 2 0
(15) Flyur Kalimullin 0
3 Hungary Hungary 19 6 13 19
(13) Csaba Hell 10 1 2 2 2 1 2
(14) Zoltán Adorján 9 0 3 3 0 2 1
(21) Sándor Tihanyi 0
4 Czech Republic Czech Republic 18 5 12 18
(5) Tomas Topinka 13 2 1 1 3 3 3
(6) Antonín Kasper Jr. 4 0 2 2 - 0 -
(17) Bohumil Brhel 1 1 E
5 Norway Norway 15 6 9 15
(3) Lars Gunnestad 9 3 3 1 2 - -
(4) Rune Holta 0
(16) Tryggve Jensen 6 0 0 0 0 3 3
6 Poland Poland B 13 5 10 13
(9) Wiesław Jaguś 9 3 E - 3 1 2
(10) Grzegorz Walasek 4 1 1 1 1 - E
(19) Sebastian Ułamek 0 E E
7 Ukraine Ukraine 11 3 6 11
(11) Igor Marko 9 2 1 E 2 2 2
(12) Vladimir Kolody 0
(20) Aleksandr Lyatosinsky 2 0 0 1 0 1 0
Placing Pair / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell
ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

Poland and Russia to World final

World Final

Placing Pair / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
1 Poland Poland 27 8 17 27
(7) Tomasz Gollob 15 3 2 2 3 2 3
(8) Piotr Protasiewicz 0 F - - - - -
(18) Slawomir Drabik 12 3 3 1 3 2
2 Russia Russia 22 8 18 22
(1) Rinat Mardanshin 13 3 1 3 3 2 1
(2) Sergey Darkin 4 2 2 - - - -
(15) Oleg Kurguskin 5 2 2 1 0
3 Denmark Denmark 21 6 14 21
(9) Brian Andersen 16 3 1 3 3 3 3
(10) Jesper B. Jensen 4 2 0 1 - - 1
(19) Nicki Pedersen 1 1 0
4 Germany Germany 20 8 12 20
(13) Gerd Riss 14 3 3 F 2 3 3
(14) Robert Barth 6 0 2 2 - 2 E
(21) Robbie Kessler 0 0
5 Sweden Sweden 14 3 6 14
(3) Niklas Klingberg 7 0 E 1 2 2 2
(4) Stefan Dannö 7 1 2 - 0 3 1
(16) Daniel Andersson 0 0
6 England England 12 6 9 12
(5) Paul Thorp 9 2 3 0 2 0 2
(6) Sean Wilson 3 1 E 1 X 1 E
(17) Scott Nicholls 0
7 Hungary Hungary 9 2 7 9
(11) Sándor Tihanyi 3 1 0 - 1 - 1
(12) Zoltán Adorján 3 0 1 1 - 1 -
(20) Norbert Magosi 3 0 3 0 0
Placing Pair / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell
ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

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. ^ "1996 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.
  5. ^ "Speedway". Western Daily Press. 16 September 1996. Retrieved 22 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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