The EFDA Nations Cup, was a Country vs Country competition for Formula Opel cars between 1990 and 1998. It had always been Dan Partel's dream to stage a race that pitted drivers in equal cars racing for their country. The Formula Opel/Vauxhall one make racing series offered the best opportunity for such an event.
The 1997 EFDA Nations Cup (Nations Cup VIII), was held at Donington Park, England (18/19 October 1997).
| Position | Country | Driver 1 | Driver 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Italy | Giovanni Montanari | Giovanni Anapoli | |
| 2 |  Brazil | Marcello Battistuzzi | Wagner Ebrahim | |
| 3 |  Germany | Marko Stipp | Jorg Bergmeister | |
| 4 | Warren Carway | Justin Wilson | ||
| 5 |  United States | Buddy Rice | Matt Sielsky | |
| 6 |  Austria | Hubert Stromberger | Walter Thimmler | |
| 7 | Adam Wilcox | Stuart Mosley | ||
| 8 |  Ireland | Vivion Daly | Mark Kershaw | |
| 9 |  Netherlands | Sandor Van Es | Sepp Koster | |
| 10 | Andrea Piccini | Tony Bertocchi | ||
| 11 | Nordic | Hannu Viinikainen | Andreas Bostrom | |
| 12 | South America | Fabricio Masullo | Luciano Zanguirolani | |
| 13 |  Australia | Stephen White | Ian Agnew |