1988 Speedway World Team Cup

The 1988 Speedway World Team Cup was the 29th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.^[1]^[2]

The three legged final format was scrapped and a one off final returned, which was held at the Veterans Memorial Stadium (Long Beach) in California, United States. It made no difference to Denmark who duly wrapped up a sixth consecutive title (and eighth in total) moving level with England's record. It was also Hans Nielsen's eighth gold medal having taken part in all of Denmark's title wins.^[3]^[4]

First round

10 April 1988
Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Austria - 41 Heinrich Schatzer - 14 Siegfried Eder - 12 Walter Nebel - 7 Robert Funk - 7 Andreas Bössner - 1	New Zealand - 35 Mitch Shirra - 14 Gary Allan - 9 Alan Rivett - 8 Bruce Cribb - 4	Norway - 25 Ingvar Skogland - 10 Arnt Förland - 7 Tor Einar Hielm - 5 Einar Kyllingstad - 2 Arne Svendsen - 1	Netherlands - 19 Henny Kroeze - 8 Henk Steman - 7 Robert Jan Munnecom - 3 Rob Steman - 1 Rene Elzinga - 0

Austria to second round

Second round

Day	Venue	Winner
2nd round
26 June	Szeged	Hungary
3 July	Lonigo	Hungary

Leg 1

26 June 1988
Napos út, Szeged

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Hungary - 52 Sándor Tihanyi - 15 Zoltán Adorján - 14 Antal Kocso - 12 Janosh Balogh - 7 József Petrikovics - 4	Italy - 41 Armando Dal Chiele - 13 Armando Castagna - 10 Paolo Salvatelli - 9 Valentino Furlanetto - 9 Gianni Famari - NS	Bulgaria - 15 Nikolai Manev - 5 Georgi Petranov - 3 Rudolf Valentinov - 3 Angel Eftimov - 3 Orlin Janakiev - 1	Austria - 12 Walter Nebel - 5 Robert Funk - 4 Toni Pilotto - 3 Siegfried Eder - 0 Heinrich Schatzer - 0

Leg 2

3 July 1988
Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Hungary - 44 Zoltán Adorján - 12 József Petrikovics - 12 Antal Kocso - 11 Sándor Tihanyi - 5 Janosh Balogh - 4	Italy - 43 Armando Castagna - 14 Valentino Furlanetto - 12 Paolo Salvatelli - 9 Ottaviano Righetto - 8 Armando Dal Chiele - 0	Austria - 22 Walter Nebel - 6 Robert Funk - 5 Toni Pilotto - 5 Andreas Bössner - 5 Siegfried Eder - 1	Bulgaria - 10 Georgi Petranov - 3 Rudolf Valentinov - 3 Nikolai Manev - 2 Orlin Janakiev - 1 Aleksi Todorov - 1

Hungary to third round

Third round

12 August 1988
Ellermühle Speedway Stadium, Landshut

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
West Germany - 40 Klaus Lausch - 11 Tommy Dunker - 10 Karl Maier - 10 Gerd Riss - 9 Hans Faltermaier - 0	Hungary - 38 Zoltán Adorján - 14 Antal Kocso - 13 Sándor Tihanyi - 8 Janosh Balogh - 3 József Petrikovics - 0	Australia - 32 Stephen Davies - 11 Mick Poole - 9 Craig Hodgson - 6 Troy Butler - 5 Steve Baker - 1	Finland - 10 Ari Koponen - 4 Aki Ala-Riihimäki - 2 Olli Tyrväinen - 2 Roy Malminheimo - 2 Kai Niemi - 0

West Germany to fourth round

Fourth round

Day	Venue	Winner
4th round
21 August	Prague	Sweden
25 August	Linköping	Sweden

Leg 1

21 August 1988
Markéta Stadium, Prague

Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20
1	Sweden	49	3	6	9	11	14	17	19	21	23	26	29	32	33	35	38	39		42	44	47	49
	(5) Per Jonsson	13	3					3					3					1	10			3
	(6) Jimmy Nilsen	14		3			3							3			3		12				2
	(7) Tony Olsson	11				2			2			3				2			9		2
	(8) Conny Ivarsson	6			3					2	-				1				6	-
	(18) Henrik Gustafsson	5									2								2	3

2	Czechoslovakia	28	1	2	3	6	6	7	7	10	11	11	11	13	16	16	18	20		22	25	27	28
	(1) Roman Matoušek	11				3				3				2				2	10				1
	(2) Antonín Kasper Jr.	6			1				0				E				2		3		3
	(3) Lubomír Jedek	7		1				1				F			3				5			2
	(4) Petr Vandírek	4	1				0				1					-			2	2
	(17) Bohumil Brhel	0														0			0

3	West Germany	26	0	3	5	6	7	9	10	10	13	14	16	16	18	21	22	25		25	25	26	26
	(13) Gerd Riss	10		3					1		3							3	10				0
	(14) Klaus Lausch	1	0							0		-					1		1	0
	(15) Karl Maier	8			2			2						0		3			7			1
	(16) Tommy Dunker	6				1	1						2		2				6		0
	(20) Hans Faltermaier	1										1							1

4	Poland	17	2	2	2	2	4	4	7	8	8	10	11	12	12	13	13	13		14	15	15	17
	(9) Roman Jankowski	4			0		2					2						0	4			0
	(10) Piotr Świst	0				0		0			-						E		0	-
	(11) Andrzej Huszcza	4		0						1			1			1			3		1
	(12) Zenon Kasprzak	8	2						3					1	0				6				2
	(19) Eugeniusz Skupien	1									0								0	1
Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions:
gate A – inside	gate B	gate C	gate D – outside

Leg 2

25 August 1988
Linköping Motorstadion, Linköping

Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20
1	Sweden	51	3	6	9	12	15	17	20	22	25	28	30	33	36	38	41	42		45	48	50	51
	(9) Per Jonsson	10			3		3					3						-	9				1
	(10) Jimmy Nilsen	11				3		2			-						3		8		3
	(11) Tony Olsson	10		3						2			-			2			7	3
	(12) Conny Ivarsson	11	3						3					3	-				9			2
	(19) Henrik Gustafsson	9									3		2		3			1	9

2	West Germany	31	2	3	3	4	6	9	11	11	11	13	16	17	17	20	20	22		24	26	29	31
	(5) Gerd Riss	12	2					3					3					2	10				2
	(6) Klaus Lausch	6		1			2							1			0		4		2
	(7) Karl Maier	11				1			2			2				3			8			3
	(8) Tommy Dunker	0			0					0	-				0				0	-
	(18) Hans Faltermaier	2									0								0	2

3	Czechoslovakia	22	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	6	7	8	9	11	13	13	15	18		18	18	19	22
	(1) Roman Matoušek	11				0				3				2				3	8				3
	(2) Antonín Kasper Jr.	5			1				0				1				2		4			1
	(3) Lubomír Jedek	0		0				0				-			-				0	-
	(4) Petr Vandírek	3	1				1				1					0			3		F
	(17) Bohumil Brhel	3										1			2				3	F

4	Poland	14	0	2	4	6	6	7	8	9	11	11	11	11	12	13	14	14		14	14	14	14
	(13) Andrzej Huszcza	5		2					1		2							0	5				0
	(14) Piotr Świst	1	0							-		0					1		1	-
	(15) Roman Jankowski	4			2			1						0		1			4			0
	(16) Zenon Kasprzak	2				2	0						0		-				2		F
	(20) Eugeniusz Skupien	2								1					1				2	E
Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions:
gate A – inside	gate B	gate C	gate D – outside

Sweden to World Final

World Final

10 September 1988
Long Beach, Veterans Memorial Stadium

Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20
1	Denmark	44	2	3	6	9	10	13	16	19	20	23	26	29	30	33	36	39		40	42	44	44
	(1) Hans Nielsen	14				3				3				3				3	12			2
	(2) Jan O. Pedersen	12			3				3				3				3		12				-
	(3) Erik Gundersen	8		1				3				3			1				8		-
	(4) Tommy Knudsen	8	2				1				1					3			7	1
	(17) John Jørgensen	2																	0		2		0

2	United States	32	1	4	4	5	7	9	11	13	16	16	16	18	20	21	21	23		26	26	29	32
	(13) Sam Ermolenko	13		3					2		3							2	10				3
	(14) Lance King	6	1							2		0					-		3	3
	(15) Shawn Moran	8			F			2						2		1			5			3
	(16) Kelly Moran	5				1	2						0		2				5		0
	(20) Rick Miller	0															E		0

3	Sweden	22	3	3	5	5	8	9	10	11	11	12	13	14	14	14	16	17		17	20	20	22
	(9) Per Jonsson	9			2		3					1						1	7				2
	(10) Conny Ivarsson	0				0		-			F						-		0	-
	(11) Tony Olsson	4		0						1			-			0			1		3
	(12) Jimmy Nilsen	5	3						1					1	E				5			E
	(19) Henrik Gustafsson	4						1					1				2		4	E

4	England	22	0	2	3	5	5	5	5	5	7	9	11	11	14	16	17	17		19	20	21	22
	(5) Simon Wigg	0	0					0					-					0	0			-
	(6) Simon Cross	3		2			0							0			-		2		1
	(7) Kelvin Tatum	7				2			0			2				2			6				1
	(8) Chris Morton	4			1					0	-				3				4	-
	(18) Gary Havelock	8									2		2				1		5	2		1
Placing	Team / Rider name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	17	18	19	20

M - exclusion for exceeding two-minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell

Helmet colours were permanent for each team (Red, Blue, White and Yellow/Black). Colours in diagrams indicate gate positions:
gate A – inside	gate B	gate C	gate D – outside

References

^ "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "1988 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
^ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

[1] "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[2] "1988 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

[3] "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[4] "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

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First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

World Final

See also

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