1980 Speedway World Pairs Championship Explained

1980 World Pairs Championship
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The 1980 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the eleventh FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship.^{[1] [2]} The final took place at the Matija Gubec Stadium in Krsko, Yugoslavia. The championship was won by England (29 points) who beat Poland (22 points) and Denmark (21 points).^{[3] [4]}

Preliminary round

• Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc
• 27 April

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5	(19 pts)	?	?
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6	(10 pts)	?	?
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Semifinal 1

• Olching Speedwaybahn, Olching
• 5 June

Semifinal 2

• Arena Częstochowa, Czestochowa
• 8 June

World final

• Matija Gubec Stadium, Krsko
• 22 June

See also

• 1980 Individual Speedway World Championship
• 1980 Speedway World Team Cup
• motorcycle speedway
• 1980 in sports

Notes and References

1. Web site: World Pairs Championship 1968-1993. Edinburgh Speedway. 11 July 2021.
2. Book: Oakes, Peter. 1981 Speedway Yearbook. 1981. 27–28. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. 0-86215-017-5.
3. Web site: Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par(część 2) . Polish . SportoweFakty.pl . 2009-07-16 . 2009-07-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091003014352/http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2009/07/16/zapomniane-turnieje-mistrzostwa-swiata-parczesc-2/ . 2009-10-03 . live .
4. Book: Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian. The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. 1987. 290. Guinness Superlatives. 0-85112-492-5.