1996 Speedway World Team Cup Explained

The 1996 Speedway World Team Cup was the 37th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.^[1] ^[2]

The final took place on 15 September, at the Rhein-Main Arena in Germany. The Poland team won their seventh title but their first for 27 years having last won the 1969 Speedway World Team Cup.^[3] ^[4] ^[5]

First round

width=15% align=center	1st	width=15% align=center	2nd	width=15% align=center	3rd
valign=top align=left	42 1.Oleg Kurguskin (3,3,3,3,3,-) - 15 2.Sergey Darkin (3,3,3,3,t/3) - 15 3.Sergey Jeroshin (3,f/x,3,3,3) - 12	valign=top align=left	29 4.Zlatko Kržnarič (2,1,2,3,3,2) - 13 5.Krunoslav Žganec (0,3,1,3,2,2) - 11 6.Renato Kušter (2,1,1,1,,) - 5	valign=top align=left	23 7.Patrick Verbrugge (e,f/x,2,2,1,e) - 5 8.Rob Steman (2,3,3,2,2,2) - 14 9.Jan van Deijk - (1,2,,1,) - 4

width=15% align=center	4th	width=15% align=center	5th	width=15% align=center	track reserve
valign=top align=left	16 13.Jerome Georgese (1,1,1,0,0,2) - 5 14.Thierry Bouin (0,0,0,,1,) - 1 15.Christophe Dubernard (2,2,1,2,2,1) - 10	valign=top align=left	9 10.Nikolai Manev (1,2,2,1,-,1) - 7 11.Rudolf Valentinov (1,1,0,f/x,-) - 2 12.Milen Manev (e,0,t,0,0,e) - 0	valign=top align=left	17.Želko Feher (-,-,1,-,-,-) - 1 18.Tomaš Oletič - ns

New Zealand and Finland withdrew

Russia and Croatia to second round

Russia and Ukraine to third round

Poland and Russia to World final

Web site: FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS. Motor Sport Top 20. 13 July 2021.
Web site: 1996 WORLD TEAM CUP. International Speedway. 15 July 2021.
Web site: World Team Cup 1960-1990. Edinburgh Speedway. 13 July 2021.
Web site: Speedway riders, history and results. wwosbackup. 12 July 2021.
News: Speedway . Western Daily Press. 16 September 1996 . 22 December 2023 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .