1982 Speedway World Team Cup Explained

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]}

Qualification stage 1

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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

• 16 May
• King's Lynn, Norfolk Arena
• Referee: C. Ringstrom

• England & USA to Intercontinental Final

Scandinavian round

• 16 May
• Elgane, Varhaug

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

• Denmark & Sweden to Intercontinental Final

Continental round

• 16 May
• Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo

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

• Czechoslovakia & Italy to Continental Semi-Final
• 16 May
• Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc

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

• Poland & Hungary to Continental Semi-Final

Semi final

• 26 June
• Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
				38	Aleš Dryml Sr. - 11 Petr Ondrašík - 9 Jiří Štancl - 9 Václav Verner - 9 Petr Kucera - NS
				24	Roman Jankowski - 9 Henryk Olszak - 9 Edward Jancarz - 3 Zenon Plech - 3 Leonard Raba - 0
				23	Francesco Biginato - 8 Gianni Famari - 6 Armando Dal Chiele - 5 Mauro Ferraccioli - 4 Luigi Bazan - NS
4				11	Zoltan Hajdu - 4 Zoltán Adorján - 3 Istvan Sziraczki - 3 Ferenc Farkas - 0 Janos Oresko - 1

Qualification stage 2

Continental final

• 11 July
• Ellermühle Stadium, Landshut

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
				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
				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
				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				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

• Speedway Center, Vojens
• 26 June
• Att: 9,500

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
				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
				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)
				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				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

• White City Stadium, London^[5]
• 15 August
• Att: 3,500
• Referee: John Whitaker

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
				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)
				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)
				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				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

• 1982 Individual Speedway World Championship
• 1982 Speedway World Pairs Championship

Notes and References

1. Book: Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian. The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. 1987. 290. Guinness Superlatives. 0-85112-492-5.
2. Web site: Speedway riders, history and results. wwosbackup. 12 July 2021.
3. Web site: World Team Cup 1960-1990. Edinburgh Speedway. 13 July 2021.
4. Web site: FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS. Motor Sport Top 20. 13 July 2021.
5. Web site: 1982 WORLD TEAM CUP. International Speedway. 15 July 2021.