1982 Speedway World Team Cup

The 1982 Speedway World Team Cup was the 23rd edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1]

The final took place on 15 August, at the White City Stadium in London.[2] The United States won their first title.[3][4][5]

Qualification stage 1

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Day Venue Winner
Stage 1
16 May   King's Lynn   England
16 May   Varhaug   Denmark
16 May   Lonigo   Czechoslovakia
16 May   Miskolc   Poland
26 June   Slaný   Czechoslovakia

Commonwealth round

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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   England 42 1 4 7 10 12 14 17 19 21 24 27 28 31 33 36 39 42 42 42 42
(13) Dave Jessup 11 3 3 2 3 11
(14) Kenny Carter 9 1 2 3 3 9
(15) Peter Collins 11 3 2 1 2 8 3
(16) Michael Lee 11 3 2 3 3 11
(20) Malcolm Simmons 0 0
2   United States 41 3 5 7 9 12 15 17 20 23 25 27 30 32 35 37 39 41 41 41 41
(1) Bruce Penhall 10 2 3 3 2 10
(2) Dennis Sigalos 8 2 2 2 2 8
(3) Shawn Moran 9 2 3 2 2 9
(4) Kelly Moran 14 3 3 3 3 12 2
(17) Scott Autrey 0 0
3   Australia 10 2 3 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10
(5) Billy Sanders 3 2 1 0 0 3
(6) Phil Crump 5 1 1 2 1 5
(7) John Titman 1 0 0 1 0 1
(8) Gary Guglielmi 1 1 0 - 0 1
(18) Steve Baker 0 0 0
4   New Zealand 8 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 5 5 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 8
(9) Wayne Brown 1 0 0 - 1 1
(10) David Bargh 2 1 0 1 0 2
(11) Mitch Shirra 3 0 1 1 1 3
(12) Ivan Mauger 2 0 1 0 1 2
(19) Bruce Cribb 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

* England & USA to Intercontinental Final

Scandinavian round

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1st 2nd 3rd 4th
  Denmark - 43
Erik Gundersen - 12
Hans Nielsen - 12
Ole Olsen - 10
Tommy Knudsen - 9
Bo Petersen - NS
  Sweden - 23+3
Richard Hellsen - 8
Jan Andersson - 7+3
Tommy Nilsson - 4
Hans Danielsson - 3
Anders Eriksson - 1
  Finland - 23+2
Kai Niemi - 10+2
Ari Koponen - 6
Olli Tyrväinen - 4
Pekka Hautamaki - 3
Olli Turkia - NS
  Norway - 7
Dag Haaland - 3
Roy Otto - 3
Asgeir Bjerga - 1
Sigvart Pedersen - 0
Ingve Madland - NS

* Denmark & Sweden to Intercontinental Final

Continental round

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1st 2nd 3rd 4th
  Czechoslovakia - 40
Petr Kucera - 11
Zdeněk Kudrna - 11
Aleš Dryml Sr. - 10
Milan Špinka - 6
Jan Verner - 2
  Italy - 37
Francesco Biginato - 11
Gianni Famari - 10
Mauro Ferraccioli - 9
Armando Dal Chiele - 7
Luigi Bazan - NS
  Netherlands - 13
Henny Kroeze - 4
Rudi Muts - 3
Piet Seur - 3
Henk Steman - 2
Leo Bathoorn - 1
  Yugoslavia - 6
Albert Kocmut - 4
Stefan Kekec - 1
Vlado Kocuvan - 1
Krešo Omerzel - 0
Zvanco Pavlic - 0

* Czechoslovakia & Italy to Continental Semi-Final

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
  Poland - 40
Henryk Olszak - 12
Roman Jankowski - 10
Edward Jancarz - 9
Zenon Plech - 9
Piotr Pyszny - 0
  Hungary - 24
Ferenc Farkas - 8
Zoltan Hajdu - 6
Istvan Sziraczki - 6
Zoltán Adorján - 4
Janos Oresko - NS
  Bulgaria - 18
Nikolai Manev - 7
Orlin Janakiev - 5
Angel Eftimov - 4
Vesselin Markov - 2
Todor Stojanov - NS
  Austria - 14
Hubert Fischbacher - 6
Herbert Szerecs - 3
Adi Funk - 2
Robert Funk - 2
Herbert Engelmaier - 1

* Poland & Hungary to Continental Semi-Final

Semi final

Pos. National team Pts. Riders
    Czechoslovakia 38

Aleš Dryml Sr. - 11
Petr Ondrašík - 9
Jiří Štancl - 9
Václav Verner - 9
Petr Kucera - NS

    Poland 24

Roman Jankowski - 9
Henryk Olszak - 9
Edward Jancarz - 3
Zenon Plech - 3
Leonard Raba - 0

    Italy 23

Francesco Biginato - 8
Gianni Famari - 6
Armando Dal Chiele - 5
Mauro Ferraccioli - 4
Luigi Bazan - NS

4   Hungary 11

Zoltan Hajdu - 4
Zoltán Adorján - 3
Istvan Sziraczki - 3
Ferenc Farkas - 0
Janos Oresko - 1

Qualification stage 2

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Continental final

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Pos. National team Pts. Riders
    Czechoslovakia 31+3

13.Aleš Dryml Sr. - 9 (3,3,2,1)
14.Jiří Štancl - 10+3 (1,3,3,3)
15.Václav Verner - 4 (2,f,1,1)
16.Petr Ondrašík - 8 (3,2,2,1)
20.Petr Kucera - NS

    West Germany 31+2

1.Georg Hack - 7 (0,2,3,2)
2.Alois Wiesböck - 6 (3,0,3,0)
3.Egon Müller - 8+2 (2,3,f,3)
4.Karl Maier - 10 (3,1,3,3)
17.Georg Gilgenreiner - NS

    Poland 19

9.Edward Jancarz - 6 (1,3,2,0)
10.Roman Jankowski - 6 (2,2,f,2)
11.Marek Kepa - 2 (1,1,-,0)
12.Henryk Olszak - 5 (2,1,0,2)
19.Jerzy Rembas - 0 (-,-,f,-)

4   Soviet Union 15

5.Viktor Kuznetsov - 5 (e,1,1,3)
6.Mikhail Starostin - 3 (f,0,2,1)
7.Valery Gordeev - 6 (1,2,1,2)
8.Rif Saitgareev - 0 (0,-,-,0)
18.Vladimir Paznikov - 1 (-,0,1,-)

Intercontinental final

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Pos. National team Pts. Riders
    United States 34

13.Bruce Penhall - 10 (3,3,2,2)
14.Dennis Sigalos - 5 (r,2,3,0)
15.Shawn Moran - 9 (3,3,2,1)
16.Kelly Moran - 10 (1,3,3,3)
20.Bobby Schwartz - NS

    Denmark 28

9.Ole Olsen - 3 (0,1,1,1)
10.Alf Busk - NS
11.Preben Eriksen - 7 (1,1,2,3)
12.Hans Nielsen - 8 (2,2,1,3)
19.Erik Gundersen - 10 (2,2,3,3)

    England 25

1.Kenny Carter - 12 (3,3,3,3)
2.Dave Jessup - 4 (2,e,0,2)
3.Chris Morton - 6 (2,1,2,1)
4.Peter Collins - 3 (1,0,-,2)
17.Michael Lee - 0 (-,-,0,-)

4   Sweden 9

5.Jan Andersson - 3 (2,0,1,0)
6.Richard Hellsen - 3 (f,2,0,1)
7.Tommy Nilsson - 1 (f,1,0,0)
8.Bjorn Andersson - 1 (1,0,-,0)
18.Lillebror Johansson - 1 (-,-,1,-)

World final

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Pos. National team Pts. Riders
    United States 37

1.Bruce Penhall - 10 (3,2,3,2)
2.Bobby Schwartz - 9 (3,3,3,-)
3.Shawn Moran - 8 (3,1,1,3)
4.Kelly Moran - 10 (1,3,3,3)
R Scott Autrey - 0 (-,-,-,0)

    Denmark 24

1.Ole Olsen - 1 (0,1,-,-)
2.Hans Nielsen - 11 (3,3,3,2)
3.Erik Gundersen - 7 (2,3,2,e)
4.Preben Eriksen - 4 (f,-,2,2)
R Tommy Knudsen - 1 (-,0,1,0)

    West Germany 18

1.Georg Hack - 5 (2,2,f,1)
2.Karl Maier - 7 (1,2,1,3)
3.Egon Müller - 5 (2,2,0,1)
4.Alois Wiesböck - 0 (0,0,-,-)
R Georg Gilgenreiner - 1 (-,-,0,1)

4   Czechoslovakia 17

1.Aleš Dryml Sr. - 7 (1,1,2,3)
2.Jiří Štancl - 4 (1,0,2,1)
3.Václav Verner - 6 (2,1,1,2)
4.Petr Ondrašík - 0 (0,-,0,-)
R Antonín Kasper, Jr. - 0 (-,0,-,0)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  2. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  3. ^ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  4. ^ "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Ex Vikings through to World Finals". Hull Daily Mail. 7 August 1982. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "1982 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.