1996 Speedway World Team Cup

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

2 June 1996
Mladost Stadum, Prelog

1st	2nd	3rd
Russia 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	Croatia 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	Netherlands 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

4th	5th	track reserve
France 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	Bulgaria 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	17.Želko Feher (-,-,1,-,-,-) - 1 18.Tomaš Oletič - ns

New Zealand and Finland withdrew

Russia and Croatia to second round

Second round

30 June 1996
Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana

Placing	Pair / Rider Name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
1	Russia	25							10							19							25
	(9) Oleg Kurguskin	12			2			2				2		3			3					T
	(10) Sergey Darkin	9			3			3				3		F			-					-
	(19) Roman Povazhny	4												1			2					1

2	Ukraine	22							8							15							22
	(5) Aleksandr Lyatosinsky	2		-			-			0					-				-			2
	(6) Igor Marko	11		2			3			3					3				F			-
	(17) Vladimir Trofimov	9		3			0								1				2			3

3	Latvia	21							4							11							21
	(3) Nikolay Kokin	8	X				2				2			X				2			2
	(4) Vladimir Voronkov	13	1				1				3			2				3			3
	(16) Aleksandr Biznya	0

4	Italy	19							10							14							19
	(13) Alessandro Milanese	0
	(14) Andrea Maida	11				3			3			0				2			3		F
	(21) Valentino Furlanetto	8				2			2			1				1			1		1

5	Slovenia	16							2							6							16
	(7) Gregor Pintar	1		1				0			-					0				-			-
	(8) Krešo Omerzel	7		0				1			1					-				3			2
	(18) Gerhard Lekse	8									0					3				2			3

6	Austria	14							6							12							14
	(1) Andreas Bossner	11	3			1				2			3				1			1
	(2) Helmut Lercher	3	2			0				1			0				-			-
	(15) Thomas Stadler	0															0			0

7	Croatia	9							2							7							9
	(11) Zlatko Krznraric	6			0				1				2		2			0					1
	(12) Krunoslav Zganec	2			1				0				1		0			-					-
	(20) Renato Kuster	1																1					0
Placing	Pair / Rider Name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell
ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside

gate B

gate C

gate D - outside

Russia and Ukraine to third round

Third round

25 August
Stadion Polonii Piła, Piła
Australia withdrew and were replaced by Poland B

Placing	Pair / Rider Name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
1	Poland	25							9							18							25
	(7) Tomasz Gollob	10		1				2			2					3				2			-
	(8) Piotr Protasiewicz	13		3				3			3					-				1			3
	(18) Rafal Dobrucki	2														1							1

2	Russia	24							8							16							24
	(1) Rinat Mardanshin	16	1			3				3			3				3			3
	(2) Sergey Darkin	8	2			2				0			2				2			0
	(15) Flyur Kalimullin	0

3	Hungary	19							6							13							19
	(13) Csaba Hell	10				1			2			2				2			1		2
	(14) Zoltán Adorján	9				0			3			3				0			2		1
	(21) Sándor Tihanyi	0

4	Czech Republic	18							5							12							18
	(5) Tomas Topinka	13		2			1			1					3				3			3
	(6) Antonín Kasper Jr.	4		0			2			2					-				0			-
	(17) Bohumil Brhel	1													1							E

5	Norway	15							6							9							15
	(3) Lars Gunnestad	9	3				3				1			2				-			-
	(4) Rune Holta	0
	(16) Tryggve Jensen	6	0				0				0			0				3			3

6	Poland B	13							5							10							13
	(9) Wiesław Jaguś	9			3			E				-		3			1					2
	(10) Grzegorz Walasek	4			1			1				1		1			-					E
	(19) Sebastian Ułamek	0										E					E

7	Ukraine	11							3							6							11
	(11) Igor Marko	9			2				1				E		2			2					2
	(12) Vladimir Kolody	0
	(20) Aleksandr Lyatosinsky	2			0				0				1		0			1					0
Placing	Pair / Rider Name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell
ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside

gate B

gate C

gate D - outside

Poland and Russia to World final

World Final

15 September 1996
Rhein-Main Arena, Diedenbergen

Placing	Pair / Rider Name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
1	Poland	27							8							17							27
	(7) Tomasz Gollob	15		3				2			2					3				2			3
	(8) Piotr Protasiewicz	0		F				-			-					-				-			-
	(18) Slawomir Drabik	12						3			3					1				3			2

2	Russia	22							8							18							22
	(1) Rinat Mardanshin	13	3			1				3			3				2			1
	(2) Sergey Darkin	4	2			2				-			-				-			-
	(15) Oleg Kurguskin	5								2			2				1			0

3	Denmark	21							6							14							21
	(9) Brian Andersen	16			3			1				3		3			3					3
	(10) Jesper B. Jensen	4			2			0				1		-			-					1
	(19) Nicki Pedersen	1												1			0

4	Germany	20							8							12							20
	(13) Gerd Riss	14				3			3			F				2			3		3
	(14) Robert Barth	6				0			2			2				-			2		E
	(21) Robbie Kessler	0														0

5	Sweden	14							3							6							14
	(3) Niklas Klingberg	7	0				E				1			2				2			2
	(4) Stefan Dannö	7	1				2				-			0				3			1
	(16) Daniel Andersson	0									0

6	England	12							6							9							12
	(5) Paul Thorp	9		2			3			0					2				0			2
	(6) Sean Wilson	3		1			E			1					X				1			E
	(17) Scott Nicholls	0

7	Hungary	9							2							7							9
	(11) Sándor Tihanyi	3			1				0				-		1			-					1
	(12) Zoltán Adorján	3			0				1				1		-			1					-
	(20) Norbert Magosi	3											0		3			0					0
Placing	Pair / Rider Name	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell
ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

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.
^ "1996 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.
^ "Speedway". Western Daily Press. 16 September 1996. Retrieved 22 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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

[2] "1996 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.

[5] "Speedway". Western Daily Press. 16 September 1996. Retrieved 22 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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See also	Host cities Medalists Medal classification
Speedway World Pairs Championship Speedway of Nations

First round

Second round

Third round

World Final

See also

References