The 1997 Speedway World Team Cup was the 38th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1][2]

The final was held at the Stadion Żużlowy Centrum in Piła, Poland on 13 September. Denmark won their 11th title and Hans Nielsen won his 11th and final gold medal. Remarkably Nielsen had won his gold medals in a near twenty year span from 1978 until 1997, cementing his place in history as arguably the best speedway rider of all time.[3][4]

First round

First Second Third Fourth Fifth
 Slovenia 38
Matej Ferjan 17
Izak Šantej 14
Gerhard Lekse 7 		 Italy 29
Andrea Maida 16
Alessandro Dalla Valle 8
Simone Tadiello 5 		 Austria 24
Toni Pilotto 12
Helmut Lercher 7
Andreas Bössner 5 		 Croatia 16
Zlatko Krznaric 8
Krunoslav Zganec 6
Zeljko Feher 2 		 France 11
Christophe Dubernard 7
Jerome Georges 2
Stephane Tresarrieu 2

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 Czech Republic Czech Republic 27 10 20 27
(3) Tomas Topinka 11 2 2 2 3 0 2
(4) Antonín Kasper Jr. 16 3 3 3 2 2 3
(16) Václav Milík Sr. 0
2 Hungary Hungary 25 8 18 25
(11) Zoltán Adorján 10 3 3 2 - 1 1
(12) Laszlo Bodi 5 1 1 - 3 - -
(20) Sándor Tihanyi 10 3 2 3 2
3 Slovenia Slovenia 19 9 12 19
(7) Matej Ferjan 14 3 3 0 2 3 3
(8) Izak Šantej 5 2 1 1 0 1 0
(18) Gerhard Lekse 0
4 Norway Norway 15 4 9 15
(9) Kenneth Borgenhaug 6 2 0 1 0 1 2
(10) Tryggve Jensen 9 0 2 3 1 3 0
(19) - 0
5 Ukraine Ukraine 15 5 11 15
(13) Vladimir Kolody 5 0 0 2 3 E 0
(14) Igor Marko 10 3 2 0 1 3 1
(21) Aleksandr Lyatosinsky 0
6 Italy Italy 14 4 10 14
(1) Andrea Maida 10 1 2 3 E 2 2
(2) Alesandro Dalla Valle 4 E 1 2 1 0 0
(15) Alessandro Milanese 0
7 Latvia Latvia 11 2 4 11
(5) Nikolay Kokin 7 1 1 1 E 1 3
(6) Aleksandr Biznya 4 E 0 0 1 2 1
(17) - 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

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 Denmark Denmark 27 9 19 27
(1) Hans Nielsen 14 3 3 2 2 2 2
(2) Tommy Knudsen 13 1 2 3 3 1 3
(15) Jesper B. Jensen 0
2 Poland Poland 25 7 15 25
(3) Tomasz Gollob 13 2 2 2 2 2 3
(4) Jacek Krzyzaniak 0 0 - - - - -
(16) Piotr Protasiewicz 12 3 3 1 3 2
3 Sweden Sweden 21 6 13 21
(9) Tony Rickardsson 17 2 3 3 3 3 3
(10) Jimmy Nilsen 3 1 0 - - - 2
(19) Peter Karlsson 1 1 E 0
4 Germany Germany 17 8 14 17
(7) Robert Barth 9 3 1 E 3 E 2
(8) Robbie Kessler 8 2 2 1 2 1 E
(18) Gerd Riss 0
5 Czech Republic Czech Republic 16 6 12 16
(11) Tomas Topinka 10 3 3 1 2 1 F
(12) Antonín Kasper Jr. 6 0 - 0 3 0 3
(20) Václav Milík Sr. 0
6 Russia Russia 10 4 7 10
(13) Roman Povazhny 7 F 1 2 1 2 1
(14) Rinat Mardanshin 3 1 2 0 0 - -
(21) Sergey Yeroshin 0 X 0
7 Hungary Hungary 9 2 4 9
(5) Zoltán Adorján 3 0 0 - - 3 0
(6) Sándor Tihanyi 6 1 1 1 1 1 1
(17) Laszlo Bodi 0 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. ^ "1997 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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