1985 Speedway World Team Cup Explained

The 1985 Speedway World Team Cup was the 26th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.^{[1] [2]}

The final took place at the Veterans Memorial Stadium (Long Beach), in California, United States. Denmark won their third consecutive title (and fifth in total) surpassing Poland's four titles and moving into third place in the all time list.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Qualification stage 1

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stage 1
12 May	Bradford	England
12 May	Skien	Denmark
12 May	Civitanova	Czechoslovakia
12 May	Olching	West Germany
22 May	Gorzów	Poland

Commonwealth round

• 12 May 12, 1985
• Odsal Stadium, Bradford
• Att: 8,000
• Ref: J M Price (GB)

• 1st & 2nd to Intercontinental Final

Scandinavian round

• 12 May 1985
• Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien

• 1st & 2nd to Intercontinental Final

width=20%	1st	width=20%	2nd	width=20%	3rd	width=20%	4th
valign=top	- 43 Erik Gundersen - 12 Bo Petersen - 12 Preben Eriksen - 11 Jan O. Pedersen - 5 Tommy Knudsen - 3	valign=top	- 33 Jan Andersson - 10 Tommy Nilsson - 8 Per Jonsson - 6 Jimmy Nilsen - 6 Pierre Brannefors - 3	valign=top	- 11 Frits Koppe - 5 Henny Kroeze - 3 Henk Steman - 3 Leo Bathoorn - 0 Wil Stroes - 0	valign=top	- 8 Dag Haaland - 3 Einar Kyllingstad - 2 Roy Otto - 2 Ingvar Skogland - 1 Arnt Førland - 0

Continental round

• 12 May, 1985
• San Savino Speedway Park, Civitanova Marche

• 1st & 2nd to Continental Semi-Final

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valign=top	- 36 Václav Verner - 12 Antonín Kasper Jr. - 10 Aleš Dryml Sr. - 9 Zdenek Schneiderwind - 5	valign=top	- 35 Armando Castagna - 10 Armando Dal Chiele - 9 Ottaviano Righetto - 8 Giorgio Zaramella - 8	valign=top	- 24 Zoltán Adorján - 8 Sándor Tihanyi - 6 Zoltan Hajdu - 5 Istvan Bodi - 4 Zsolt Papp - 1	valign=top	- 1 Zvonko Pavlic - 1 Zvone Gerjevic - 0 Artur Horvat - 0 Franc Zagar - 0 Joze Zibert - 0

• 12 May 1985
• Olching Speedwaybahn, Olching
• Att: 6,000

• 1st & 2nd to Continental Semi-Final

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valign=top	- 46 Klaus Lausch - 12 Karl Maier - 12 Egon Müller - 8 Peter Wurtele - 8 Gerd Riss - 6	valign=top	- 29 Maciej Jaworek - 8 Wojciech Żabiałowicz - 8 Andrzej Huszcza - 6 Jerzy Rembas - 4 Zenon Plech - 3	valign=top	- 16 Heinrich Schatzer - 7 Toni Pilotto - 6 Siegfried Eder - 2 Adi Funk - 1	valign=top	- 5 Nikolai Manev - 2 Stanislav Tzankov - 2 Vesselin Markov - 1 Angel Eftimov - 0 Orlin Janakiev - 0

Semifinal

• 22 May 1985
• Edward Jancarz Stadium, Gorzów
• Att: 18,000

• 1st & 2nd to Continental Final

Qualification stage 2

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Stage 2
22 June	Vojens	Denmark
7 July	Neustadt	Sweden

Intercontinental Final

• 22 June 1985
• Speedway Center, Vojens
• Att: 12,000
• Ref: Mel Price

• Winner to Final ; 2nd & 3rd to Continental Final

Continental Final

• 7 July 1985
• Anton Treffer Stadion, Neustadt
• Att: 8,000

• 1st & 2nd to Final

World Final

• 10 August 1985
• Long Beach, Veterans Memorial Stadium
• Att: 18,000

See also

• 1985 Individual Speedway World Championship
• 1985 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: 1985 WORLD TEAM CUP. International Speedway. 15 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: Speedway riders, history and results. wwosbackup. 12 July 2021.