1986 Speedway World Team Cup Explained

The 1986 Speedway World Team Cup was the 27th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.^{[1] [2]}

A new format was started in 1986 whereby teams were seeded into groups, with Group 1 containing the leading nations competing over three legs to determine the champions. A promotion and relegation system was in place for the groups. Denmark won all three legs and therefore easily won their fourth consecutive title (and sixth in total) equalling Sweden's six titles and moving into equal second place in the all time list. It was also Hans Nielsen's sixth gold medal having taken part in all of Denmark's title wins.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Group 4

Day	width=200px	Venue	width=160px	Winner	width=40px
Teams ranked 13–16
4 May	Krsko	Austria
22 June	Skien	Austria
18 August	Amsterdam	Norway
7 September	Wiener Neustadt	Austria

• Winner promoted to Group 3 in 1987

Round 1

• 4 May 1986
• Matija Gubec Stadium, Krsko

width=20%	First	width=20%	Second	width=20%	Third	width=20%	Fourth
valign=top	- 43 Siegfried Eder (2,0,-,X,-) - 2 Heinrich Schatzer (3,3,3,2,3) - 14 Toni Pilotto (3,2,0,3,2) - 10 Adi Funk (3,2,2,1,-) - 8 Walter Nebel (-,-,3,-,3/3) - 9	valign=top	- 37 Frits Koppe (1,1,-,3,2) - 7 Rob Steman (1,3,1,-,-) - 4 Leo Bathoorn (2,2,1,-,1) - 6 Henk Steman (2,3,1,0,-) - 6 Henny Kroeze (-,-,3,3/3,3/1) - 13	valign=top	- 25 Per Magne Levang (0,-,-,2,-) - 2 Ingvar Skogland (0,2,-,0,1) - 3 Willy Tjessem (2,1,0,2,2) - 7 Arnt Førland (3,3,2,2,0) - 10 Jan Arild Slaata (-,X,2,0,1) - 3	valign=top	- 13 Zvone Gerjevic (1,-,0,0,-) - 1 Artur Horvat (1,0,-,1,0) - 2 Albert Kocmut (0,0,-,-,0) - 0 Zvonko Pavlic (0,1,3,0,2) - 6 Krešo Omerzel (-,0,2/1,1,0) - 4

Round 2

• 22 June 1986
• Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien

width=20%	First	width=20%	Second	width=20%	Third	width=20%	Fourth
valign=top	- 44 Heinrich Schatzer - 13 Adi Funk - 11 Walter Nebel - 11 Siegfried Eder - 9 Toni Pilotto - NS	valign=top	- 37 Henny Kroeze - 14 Frits Koppe - 11 Rob Steman - 8 Henk Steman - 2 Leo Bathoorn - 2	valign=top	- 28 Thor Halvorsroed - 9 Willy Tjessem - 8 Ingvar Skogland - 6 Arnt Førland - 4 Per Magne Levang - 1	valign=top	- 11 Krešo Omerzel - 4 Lazar Caba - 4 Zvone Gerjevic - 2 Zdravko Tominac - 1

Round 3

• 18 August 1986
• Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

width=20%	First	width=20%	Second	width=20%	Third	width=20%	Fourth
valign=top	- 41 Ingvar Skogland - 13 Einar Kyllingstad - 12 Tor Einar Hielm - 8 Arnt Førland - 6 Willy Tjessem - 2	valign=top	- 36 Walter Nebel - 13 Siegfried Eder - 9 Toni Pilotto - 8 Robert Funk - 4 Adi Funk - 2	valign=top	- 36 Henny Kroeze - 14 Frits Koppe - 10 Henk Steman - 8 Leo Bathoorn - 2 Robert Jan Munnecom - 0	valign=top	- 2* Piet Seur* - 2 Ron van Dam* - 2 Joze Zibert - 2 Wil Stroes* - 1

• 3 Yugoslav riders did not arrive at Amsterdam, and were then banned from appearing in the Wiener Neustadt round by the Yugoslav Federation. At Amsterdam they were replaced by Dutch reserves, whose points did not count in the Yugoslav team score.

Round 4

• 7 September 1986
• Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt

width=20%	First	width=20%	Second	width=20%	Third	width=20%	Fourth
valign=top	- 54 Walter Nebel (3,3,3,3,3) - 15 Toni Pilotto (3,1,-,1,-) - 5 Siegfried Eder (3,2,-,3,3) - 11 Robert Funk (3,3,2,-,-) - 8 Heinrich Schatzer (-,-,3/3,3,3/3) - 15	valign=top	- 33 Frits Koppe (2,3,2,2,2) - 11 Henk Steman (1,1,-,2,-) - 4 Rob Steman (1,1,1,-,1) - 4 Leo Bathoorn (1,0,-,1,-) - 2 Henny Kroeze (-,-,2/3,3,2/2) - 12	valign=top	- 29 Jan Arild Slaata (0,-,1,-,1) - 2 Tor Einar Hielm (2,3,2,1,1) - 9 Robert Langeland (2,2,1,2,1) - 8 Arnt Førland (2,2,E,2,2) - 8 Thor Halversroed (-,2,-,F,-) - 2	valign=top	- 4 Franc Kalin (1,1,0,F,0) - 1 Joze Zibert (0,0,0,0,0) - 0 Gregor Pintar (0,0,1,0,0) - 1 Gorazd Gorjup (F,0,0,1,0) - 1

Group 3

Day	width=200px	Venue	width=160px	Winner	width=40px
Teams ranked 9–12
22 June	Lonigo	Italy
10 August	Tampere	Finland
7 September	Debrecen	Hungary

• Winner promoted to Group 2 in 1987 ; 4th relegated to Group 4 in 1987

Round 1

• 22 June 1986
• Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo

width=20%	First	width=20%	Second	width=20%	Third	width=20%	Fourth
valign=top	- 44 Armando Castagna - 14 Valentino Furlanetto - 13 Armando Dal Chiele - 9 Gianni Famari - 8	valign=top	- 42 Kai Niemi - 14 Juha Moksunen - 11 Ari Koponen - 10 Olli Tyrväinen - 7 Roy Malminheimo - 0	valign=top	- 22 József Petrikovics - 6 Zoltán Adorján - 6 László Bódi - 5 János Balogh - 4 Sándor Tihanyi - 1	valign=top	- 12 Larry Ross - 7 David Bargh - 3 Kym Mauger - 1 Derek MacKay - 1

Round 2

• 10 August 1986
• Eteläpuisto, Tampere

width=20%	First	width=20%	Second	width=20%	Third	width=20%	Fourth
valign=top	- 41 Kai Niemi - 12 Juha Moksunen - 10 Olli Tyrväinen - 9 Vesa Ylinen - 7 Ari Koponen - 3	valign=top	- 32 Armando Castagna - 10 Paolo Salvatelli - 8 Armando Dal Chiele - 7 Mariano Castagna - 6 Valentino Furlanetto - 1	valign=top	- 30 József Petrikovics - 11 László Bódi - 10 János Balogh - 7 Atilla Kovacs - 2 Zoltán Hajdú - 0	valign=top	- 17 David Bargh - 11 Larry Ross - 6 Alan Mason - 0 Kym Mauger - 0

Round 3

• 7 September 1986
• Gázvezeték Street Sports Complex, Debrecen

width=20%	First	width=20%	Second	width=20%	Third	width=20%	Fourth
valign=top	- 35 Sándor Tihanyi - 13 József Petrikovics - 8 János Balogh - 6 Antal Kocso - 6 László Bódi - 2	valign=top	- 31 Kai Niemi - 11 Ari Koponen - 9 Olli Tyrväinen - 6 Juha Moksunen - 5 Vesa Ylinen - 0	valign=top	- 29 Valentino Furlanetto - 8 Gianni Famari - 8 Armando Dal Chiele - 7 Paolo Salvatelli - 6 Ottoviano Righetto - 0	valign=top	- 24 Larry Ross - 11 David Bargh - 9 Alan Mason - 4 Derek MacKay - 0

Group 2

Day	width=200px	Venue	width=160px	Winner	width=40px
Teams ranked 5–8
4 May	Krumbach	Australia
22 June	Žarnovica	Czechoslovakia
10 August	Norden	Czechoslovakia
6 September	Leszno	Poland

• Winner promoted to Group 1 in 1987 ; 4th relegated to Group 3 in 1987

Round 1

• 4 May 1986
• Breitenthal Speedway Stadium, Krumbach

width=20%	First	width=20%	Second	width=20%	Third	width=20%	Fourth
valign=top	- 49 Phil Crump (3,3,3,-,2) - 11 Steve Regeling (3,3,3,1,3) - 13 Steve Baker (3,3,1,2,3) - 12 David Cheshire (1,3,3,3,1) - 11 Mark Carlson (-,-,-,2,-) - 2	valign=top	- 29 Roman Matoušek (2,2,1,3,2) - 10 Antonín Kasper Jr. (2,1,0,-,2) - 5 Stanislav Urban (1,-,3,2,2) - 8 Petr Vandírek (1,0,-,3,0) - 4 Lubomír Jedek (-,0,2,X,-) - 2	valign=top	- 22 Egon Müller (2,0,2,E,3) - 7 Karl Maier (0,1,0,3,3) - 7 Klaus Lausch (1,1,0,1,-) - 3 Gerd Riss (0,2,2,0,1) - 5 Hans Faltermeier (-,-,-,-,0) - 0	valign=top	- 20 Wojciech Żabiałowicz (0,1,1,1,1) - 4 Roman Jankowski (3,2,0,2,0) - 7 Andrzej Huszcza (0,0,1,0,1) - 2 Zenon Kasprzak (2,2,2,1,E) - 7 Maciej Jaworek - NS

Round 2

• 22 June 1986
• Speedway Žarnovica, Zarnovica

width=20%	First	width=20%	Second	width=20%	Third	width=20%	Fourth
valign=top	- 33 Roman Matoušek - 9 Stanislav Urban - 9 Antonín Kasper Jr. - 8 Petr Vandírek - 6 Lubomír Jedek - 1	valign=top	- 32 Zenon Kasprzak - 12 Roman Jankowski - 9 Janusz Stachyra - 6 Maciej Jaworek - 4 Wojciech Żabiałowicz - 1	valign=top	- 28 Karl Maier - 13 Gerd Riss - 10 Heinz Huber - 3 Hans Faltermeier - 2 Klaus Lausch - 0	valign=top	- 27 Steve Baker - 9 Steve Regeling - 7 Phil Crump - 7 Dave Jackson - 2 Alan Rivett - 2

Round 3

• 10 August 1986
• Motodrom Halbemond, Norden

width=20%	First	width=20%	Second	width=20%	Third	width=20%	Fourth
valign=top	- 43 Antonín Kasper Jr. - 12 Stanislav Urban - 11 Petr Vandírek - 11 Lubomír Jedek - 11	valign=top	- 30 Steve Baker - 11 Steve Regeling - 7 Phil Crump - 7 Mark Fiora - 5	valign=top	- 24 Karl Maier - 8 Klaus Lausch - 7 Gerd Riss - 6 Hans Faltermeier - 3 Peter Hehlert - 0	valign=top	- 22 Andrzej Huszcza - 7 Zenon Plech - 7 Roman Jankowski - 4 Zenon Kasprzak - 4

Round 4

• 6 September 1986
• Alfred Smoczyk Stadium, Leszno

width=20%	First	width=20%	Second	width=20%	Third	width=20%	Fourth
valign=top	- 42 Andrzej Huszcza - 12 Ryszard Dołomisiewicz - 11 Zenon Kasprzak - 9 Roman Jankowski - 9 Grzegorz Dzikowski - 1	valign=top	- 30 Lubomír Jedek - 7 Petr Vandírek - 7 Pavel Karnas - 7 Stanislav Urban - 6 Antonín Kasper Jr. - 3	valign=top	- 29 Steve Baker - 11 Steve Regeling - 7 Phil Crump - 7 Mark Fiora - 3 Dave Jackson - 1	valign=top	- 18* Gerd Riss - 9 Hans Faltermeier - 6 Klaus Lausch - 3 Michal Stachyra (guest) - 1

World final group

Day	width=200px	Venue	width=160px	Winner	width=40px
Teams ranked 1–4
7 August	Göteborg	Denmark
8 August	Vojens	Denmark
17 August	Bradford	Denmark

• 4th relegated to Group 2 in 1987

Round 1

• 7 August 1986
• Ullevi, Göteborg
• Att: 4,083
• Ref: Jorgen Jensen (Den)

Round 2

• 8 August 1986
• Speedway Center, Vojens
• Att: 13,000
• Ref: C Ringstrom (Swe)

Round 3

• 17 August 1986
• Odsal Stadium, Bradford
• Att: 3,585
• Ref: R Randborg (Swe)

Final standings

width=20	Pos	width=300	Team	width=20	1st	width=20	2nd	width=20	3rd	width=20	4th	width=20	Match Pts	width=20	Table Pts
1	Denmark	3	0	0	0	129	9
2		0	2	0	1	76	4
3		0	0	3	0	81	3
4	Sweden	0	1	0	2	73	2

See also

• 1986 Individual Speedway World Championship
• 1986 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: 1986 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.