1987 Speedway World Team Cup Explained

The 1987 Speedway World Team Cup was the 28th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.^{[1] [2]}

Denmark won two legs and therefore won their fifth consecutive title (and seventh in total) moving to just one title win if England's record 8. It was also Hans Nielsen's seventh gold medal having taken part in all of Denmark's title wins.^{[3] [4]}

Group 4

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Teams ranked 13–16
19 June	Amsterdam	Bulgaria
13 September	Skien	Bulgaria
27 September	Ljubljana	Bulgaria
3 October		Bulgaria

• Winner promoted to Group C in 1988

Round 1

• 19 June 1987
• Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

width=20%	First	width=20%	Second	width=20%	Third	width=20%	Fourth
valign=top	- 38+3	valign=top	- 38+2	valign=top	- 34	valign=top	- 4

Round 2

• 13 September 1987
• Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien

width=20%	First	width=20%	Second	width=20%	Third	width=20%	Fourth
valign=top	- 42	valign=top	- 40	valign=top	- 28	valign=top	- 10

Round 3

• 27 September 1987
• Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana

width=20%	First	width=20%	Second	width=20%	Third	width=20%	Fourth
valign=top	- 43	valign=top	- 31	valign=top	- 24	valign=top	- 20

Round 4

• 3 October 1987

width=20%	First	width=20%	Second	width=20%	Third	width=20%	Fourth
valign=top	- 42	valign=top	- 40	valign=top	- 27	valign=top	- 11

Group 3

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Teams ranked 9–12
3 May	Lonigo	Hungary
21 June	Wiener Neustadt	Hungary
11 July	Landshut	Italy
13 September	Miskolc	West Germany

• Winner promoted to Group B in 1988 ; 4th relegated to Group D in 1988

Round 1

• 3 May 1987
• Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo

width=20%	First	width=20%	Second	width=20%	Third	width=20%	Fourth
valign=top	- 41 Janosh Balogh - 13 József Petrikovics - 11 Zoltán Adorján - 10 Sándor Tihanyi - 5 Antal Kocso - 2	valign=top	- 32 Armando Castagna - 9 Valentino Furlanetto - 9 Paolo Salvatelli - 8 Armando Dal Chiele - 5 Ottoviano Righetto - 1	valign=top	- 32 Karl Maier - 11 Hans Faltermeier - 9 Gerd Riss - 8 Michael Datzmann - 4	valign=top	- 15 Walter Nebel - 7 Siegfried Eder - 4 Heinrich Schatzer - 2 Adi Funk - 2 Toni Pilotto - 0

Round 2

• 21 June 1987
• Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt

width=20%	First	width=20%	Second	width=20%	Third	width=20%	Fourth
valign=top	- 40 Zoltán Adorján - 14 József Petrikovics - 12 Antal Kocso - 10 Janosh Balogh - 4 Sándor Tihanyi - 0	valign=top	- 36 Armando Dal Chiele - 11 Valentino Furlanetto - 10 Paolo Salvatelli - 8 Armando Castagna - 7 Gianni Famari - 0	valign=top	- 34 Karl Maier - 10 Gerd Riss - 8 Michael Datzmann - 8 Klaus Lausch - 7 Hans Faltermeier - 1	valign=top	- 9 Toni Pilotto - 5 Walter Nebel - 2 Adi Funk - 2 Heinrich Schatzer - 0 Siegfried Eder - 0

Round 3

• 11 July 1987
• Ellermühle Speedway Stadium, Landshut

width=20%	First	width=20%	Second	width=20%	Third	width=20%	Fourth
valign=top	- 43+3 Armando Castagna - 13+3 Paolo Salvatelli - 12 Giorgio Zaramella - 12 Gianni Famari - 6	valign=top	- 43+2 Klaus Lausch - 14+2 Karl Maier - 12 Gerd Riss - 9 Michael Datzmann - 5 Hans Faltermeier - 3	valign=top	- 18 Heinrich Schatzer - 6 Toni Pilotto - 5 Walter Nebel - 4 Adi Funk - 2 Andreas Bössner - 1	valign=top	- 16 Zoltán Adorján - 7 Antal Kocso - 5 József Petrikovics - 3 Sándor Tihanyi - 1 Janosh Balogh - 0

Round 4

• 13 September 1987
• Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc

width=20%	First	width=20%	Second	width=20%	Third	width=20%	Fourth
valign=top	- 40 Gerd Riss - 12 Hans Faltermeier - 10 Tommy Dunker - 10 Karl Maier - 8	valign=top	- 37 Zoltán Adorján - 12 Sándor Tihanyi - 11 Antal Kocso - 7 Janos Szeres - 4 Laszlo Bodi - 3	valign=top	- 25 Armando Castagna - 8 Giorgio Zaramella - 6 Gianni Famari - 5 Paolo Salvatelli - 3 Fabrizio Vesprini - 3	valign=top	- 14 Heinrich Schatzer - 5 Walter Nebel - 3 Toni Pilotto - 2 Adi Funk - 2 Andreas Bössner - 2

Group 2

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Teams ranked 5–8
19 July	Gdańsk	Sweden
21 August	Linköping	Sweden
13 September	Rybnik	Poland

• Winner promoted to Group A in 1988 ; 4th relegated to Group C in 1988

Round 1

• 19 July 1987
• Gdańsk Speedway Stadium, Gdańsk

width=20%	First	width=20%	Second	width=20%	Third	width=20%	Fourth
valign=top	- 41 Per Jonsson (3,3,3,3,3) - 15 Jimmy Nilsen (3,3,3,1,3) - 13 Roland Dannö (3,1,0,1,2) - 7 Conny Ivarsson (2,-,-,-,-) - 2 Tommy Nilsson (-,0,3,1,0) - 4	valign=top	- 39 Andrzej Huszcza (2,3,2,3,3) - 13 Roman Jankowski (3,3,2,2,2) - 12 Zenon Kasprzak (2,E,1,2,3) - 8 Wojciech Żabiałowicz (2,1,3,0,-) - 6 Grzegorz Dzikowski (-,-,-,-,0) - 0	valign=top	- 27 Steve Regeling (2,2,3,1,1) - 9 Steve Baker (1,2,2,3,1) - 9 Stephen Davies (1,1,2,2,1) - 7 Glenn Doyle (2,0,-,-,-) - 2 Alan Rivett (-,-,0,0,0) - 0	valign=top	- 13 Ari Koponen (2,2,1,0,0) - 5 Olli Tyrväinen (1,1,1,0,2) - 5 Kai Niemi (1,E,0,-,-) - 1 Aki Ala-Riihimaki (0,1,-,-,-) - 1 Vesa Ylinen (-,-,0,0/0,1/0) - 1

Round 2

• 21 August 1987
• Linköping Motorstadion, Linköping

width=20%	First	width=20%	Second	width=20%	Third	width=20%	Fourth
valign=top	- 50 Per Jonsson - 15 Tony Olsson - 13 Conny Ivarsson - 13 Jimmy Nilsen - 6 Mikael Blixt - 3	valign=top	- 32 Kai Niemi - 11 Ari Koponen - 8 Roy Malminheimo - 7 Juha Moksunen - 6 Janne Moksunen - 0	valign=top	- 27 Steve Regeling - 8 Stephen Davies - 8 Steve Baker - 6 Mick Poole - 5	valign=top	- 10 Roman Jankowski - 5 Zenon Kasprzak - 2 Ryszard Dołomisiewicz - 2 Andrzej Huszcza - 1 Janusz Stachyra - 0

Round 3

• 13 September 1987
• Rybnik Municipal Stadium, Rybnik

width=20%	First	width=20%	Second	width=20%	Third	width=20%	Fourth
valign=top	- 36 Ryszard Dołomisiewicz - 10 Roman Jankowski - 9 Piotr Świst - 8 Zenon Kasprzak - 6 Andrzej Huszcza - 3	valign=top	- 33 Per Jonsson - 11 Jimmy Nilsen - 11 Tony Olsson - 8 Conny Ivarsson - 3 Erik Stenlund - 0	valign=top	- 28 Steve Regeling - 8 Steve Baker - 8 Stephen Davies - 7 Troy Butler - 5 Glenn Doyle - 0	valign=top	- 23 Kai Niemi - 11 Ari Koponen - 9 Janne Moksunen - 2 Roy Malminheimo - 1 Juha Moksunen - 0

World final group

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Teams ranked 1–4
16 August	Fredericia	Denmark
25 August	Coventry	USA
13 September	Prague	Denmark

• 4th relegated to Group B in 1988

Round 1

• 16 August 1987
• Fredericia Speedway Center, Fredericia
• Att: 5,000
• Ref: Christer Bergstrom (Sw)

Round 2

• 25 August 25, 1987
• Brandon Stadium, Coventry
• Ref: Graham Brodie (Eng)

Round 3

• 13 September 1987
  • Marketa Stadium, Prague Att: 12,000

Final standings

width=20	Pos	width=300	Team	width=20	1st	width=20	2nd	width=20	3rd	width=20	4th	width=20	Pts
1	Denmark	2	1	0	0	8
2		0	2	1	0	5
3		1	0	2	0	5
4		0	0	0	3	0

See also

• 1987 Individual Speedway World Championship
• 1987 Speedway World Pairs Championship

Notes and References

1. Web site: FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS. Motor Sport Top 20. 13 July 2021.
2. Web site: 1987 WORLD TEAM CUP. International Speedway. 15 July 2021.
3. Web site: World Team Cup 1960-1990. Edinburgh Speedway. 13 July 2021.
4. Web site: Speedway riders, history and results. wwosbackup. 12 July 2021.