1982 Speedway World Team Cup

{{Short description|23rd edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition}}

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{{Motorsport season

|title = Speedway World Team Cup

|link = Speedway World Team Cup

|year = 1982

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The 1982 Speedway World Team Cup was the 23rd edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.{{cite book|last=Matthews/Morrison|first=Peter/Ian|title=The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results|year=1987|page=290|publisher=Guinness Superlatives|isbn=0-85112-492-5}}

The final took place on 15 August, at the White City Stadium in London.{{cite web|url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/9462/1982-world-team-cup-final|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=12 July 2021}} The United States won their first title.{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2014/02/world-team-cup-1960-1990.html|title=World Team Cup 1960-1990|website=Edinburgh Speedway|access-date=13 July 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://motorsporttop20.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/11.-Speedway-World-Cup-Nations.pdf|title=FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS|website=Motor Sport Top 20|access-date=13 July 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000324/19820807/019/0019 |title=Ex Vikings through to World Finals |website=Hull Daily Mail |date=7 August 1982 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=24 August 2024}}

Qualification stage 1

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!Day

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colspan=4| Stage 1
align=center| 16 May

| {{flagicon|ENG}} King's Lynn

| {{flagicon|ENG}} England

align=center| 16 May

| {{flagicon|NOR}} Varhaug

| {{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark

|align=center|

align=center| 16 May

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Lonigo

| {{flagicon|CSK}} Czechoslovakia

|align=center|

align=center| 16 May

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Miskolc

| {{flagicon|POL}} Poland

|align=center|

align=center| 26 June

| {{flagicon|CSK}} Slaný

| {{flagicon|CSK}} Czechoslovakia

=Commonwealth round=

{{speedway event 4t 4r|team1=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/y|P1||{{speedway|ENG}}

|Dave Jessup |3|3|2|3|

|Kenny Carter |1|2|3|3|

|Peter Collins |3|2|1|2|17|3.17p=3

|Michael Lee |3|2|3|3|

|Malcolm Simmons

}}|team2=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/r|P2||{{speedway|USA}}

|Bruce Penhall |2|3|3|2|

|Dennis Sigalos |2|2|2|2|

|Shawn Moran |2|3|2|2|

|Kelly Moran |3|3|3|3|17|4.17p=2

|Scott Autrey

}}|team3=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/b|3||{{speedway|AUS}}

|Billy Sanders |2|1|0|0|

|Phil Crump |1|1|2|1|

|John Titman |0|0|1|0|

|Gary Guglielmi |1|0||4.9i=-|0|

|Steve Baker |5.9p=0

}}|team4=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/w|4||{{speedway|NZL}}

|Wayne Brown |0|0||1.10i=-|1|

|David Bargh |1|0|1|0|

|Mitch Shirra |0|1|1|1|

|Ivan Mauger |0|1|0|1|

|Bruce Cribb |5.10p=0

}}

}}

* England & USA to Intercontinental Final

=Scandinavian round=

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!width=20% {{Speedway color|P1}}|1st

!width=20% {{Speedway color|P2}}|2nd

!width=20% {{Speedway color|P3}}|3rd

!width=20%|4th

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|valign=top {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{speedway|DEN}} - 43
Erik Gundersen - 12
Hans Nielsen - 12
Ole Olsen - 10
Tommy Knudsen - 9
Bo Petersen - NS

|valign=top {{Speedway color|p2}}|{{speedway|SWE}} - 23+3
Richard Hellsen - 8
Jan Andersson - 7+3
Tommy Nilsson - 4
Hans Danielsson - 3
Anders Eriksson - 1

|valign=top {{Speedway color|p3}}|{{speedway|FIN}} - 23+2
Kai Niemi - 10+2
Ari Koponen - 6
Olli Tyrväinen - 4
Pekka Hautamaki - 3
Olli Turkia - NS

|valign=top|{{speedway|NOR}} - 7
Dag Haaland - 3
Roy Otto - 3
Asgeir Bjerga - 1
Sigvart Pedersen - 0
Ingve Madland - NS

* Denmark & Sweden to Intercontinental Final

=Continental round=

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!width=20% {{Speedway color|P1}}|1st

!width=20% {{Speedway color|P2}}|2nd

!width=20% {{Speedway color|P3}}|3rd

!width=20%|4th

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|valign=top {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{speedway|CSK}} - 40
Petr Kucera - 11
Zdeněk Kudrna - 11
Aleš Dryml Sr. - 10
Milan Špinka - 6
Jan Verner - 2

|valign=top {{Speedway color|p2}}|{{speedway|ITA}} - 37
Francesco Biginato - 11
Gianni Famari - 10
Mauro Ferraccioli - 9
Armando Dal Chiele - 7
Luigi Bazan - NS

|valign=top {{Speedway color|p3}}|{{speedway|NED}} - 13
Henny Kroeze - 4
Rudi Muts - 3
Piet Seur - 3
Henk Steman - 2
Leo Bathoorn - 1

|valign=top|{{speedway|YUG}} - 6
Albert Kocmut - 4
Stefan Kekec - 1
Vlado Kocuvan - 1
Krešo Omerzel - 0
Zvanco Pavlic - 0

* Czechoslovakia & Italy to Continental Semi-Final

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!width=20% {{Speedway color|P1}}|1st

!width=20% {{Speedway color|P2}}|2nd

!width=20% {{Speedway color|P3}}|3rd

!width=20%|4th

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|valign=top {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{speedway|POL}} - 40
Henryk Olszak - 12
Roman Jankowski - 10
Edward Jancarz - 9
Zenon Plech - 9
Piotr Pyszny - 0

|valign=top {{Speedway color|p2}}|{{speedway|HUN}} - 24
Ferenc Farkas - 8
Zoltan Hajdu - 6
Istvan Sziraczki - 6
Zoltán Adorján - 4
Janos Oresko - NS

|valign=top {{Speedway color|p3}}|{{speedway|BUL}} - 18
Nikolai Manev - 7
Orlin Janakiev - 5
Angel Eftimov - 4
Vesselin Markov - 2
Todor Stojanov - NS

|valign=top|{{speedway|AUT}} - 14
Hubert Fischbacher - 6
Herbert Szerecs - 3
Adi Funk - 2
Robert Funk - 2
Herbert Engelmaier - 1

* Poland & Hungary to Continental Semi-Final

Semi final

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!Pos.

National teamPts.Riders
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|1st

{{speedway color
}| ||align=left|{{speedway|CSK}} ||38 ||align=left|

Aleš Dryml Sr. - 11

Petr Ondrašík - 9

Jiří Štancl - 9

Václav Verner - 9

Petr Kucera - NS

|- align=center {{speedway color|p2}}

|2nd ||{{speedway color|}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|POL}} ||24 ||align=left|

Roman Jankowski - 9

Henryk Olszak - 9

Edward Jancarz - 3

Zenon Plech - 3

Leonard Raba - 0

|- align=center {{speedway color|p3}}

|3rd ||{{speedway color|}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|ITA}} ||23 ||align=left|

Francesco Biginato - 8

Gianni Famari - 6

Armando Dal Chiele - 5

Mauro Ferraccioli - 4

Luigi Bazan - NS

|- align=center

|4 ||{{speedway color|}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|HUN}} ||11 ||align=left|

Zoltan Hajdu - 4

Zoltán Adorján - 3

Istvan Sziraczki - 3

Ferenc Farkas - 0

Janos Oresko - 1

|}

Qualification stage 2

=Continental final=

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!Pos.

National teamPts.Riders
align=center {{speedway color|p1}}

|1st

{{speedway color
}| ||align=left|{{speedway|CSK}} ||31+3 ||align=left|

13.Aleš Dryml Sr. - 9 (3,3,2,1)

14.Jiří Štancl - 10+3 (1,3,3,3)

15.Václav Verner - 4 (2,f,1,1)

16.Petr Ondrašík - 8 (3,2,2,1)

20.Petr Kucera - NS

|- align=center {{speedway color|p2}}

|2nd ||{{speedway color|}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|FRG}} ||31+2 ||align=left|

1.Georg Hack - 7 (0,2,3,2)

2.Alois Wiesböck - 6 (3,0,3,0)

3.Egon Müller - 8+2 (2,3,f,3)

4.Karl Maier - 10 (3,1,3,3)

17.Georg Gilgenreiner - NS

|- align=center {{speedway color|p3}}

|3rd ||{{speedway color|}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|POL}} ||19 ||align=left|

9.Edward Jancarz - 6 (1,3,2,0)

10.Roman Jankowski - 6 (2,2,f,2)

11.Marek Kepa - 2 (1,1,-,0)

12.Henryk Olszak - 5 (2,1,0,2)

19.Jerzy Rembas - 0 (-,-,f,-)

|- align=center

|4 ||{{speedway color|}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|USSR}} ||15 ||align=left|

5.Viktor Kuznetsov - 5 (e,1,1,3)

6.Mikhail Starostin - 3 (f,0,2,1)

7.Valery Gordeev - 6 (1,2,1,2)

8.Rif Saitgareev - 0 (0,-,-,0)

18.Vladimir Paznikov - 1 (-,0,1,-)

|}

=Intercontinental final=

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!Pos.

National teamPts.Riders
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|1st

{{speedway color
}| ||align=left|{{speedway|USA}} ||34 ||align=left|

13.Bruce Penhall - 10 (3,3,2,2)

14.Dennis Sigalos - 5 (r,2,3,0)

15.Shawn Moran - 9 (3,3,2,1)

16.Kelly Moran - 10 (1,3,3,3)

20.Bobby Schwartz - NS

|- align=center {{speedway color|p2}}

|2nd ||{{speedway color|}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|DEN}} ||28 ||align=left|

9.Ole Olsen - 3 (0,1,1,1)

10.Alf Busk - NS

11.Preben Eriksen - 7 (1,1,2,3)

12.Hans Nielsen - 8 (2,2,1,3)

19.Erik Gundersen - 10 (2,2,3,3)

|- align=center {{speedway color|p3}}

|3rd ||{{speedway color|}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|ENG}} ||25 ||align=left|

1.Kenny Carter - 12 (3,3,3,3)

2.Dave Jessup - 4 (2,e,0,2)

3.Chris Morton - 6 (2,1,2,1)

4.Peter Collins - 3 (1,0,-,2)

17.Michael Lee - 0 (-,-,0,-)

|- align=center

|4 ||{{speedway color|}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|SWE}} ||9 ||align=left|

5.Jan Andersson - 3 (2,0,1,0)

6.Richard Hellsen - 3 (f,2,0,1)

7.Tommy Nilsson - 1 (f,1,0,0)

8.Bjorn Andersson - 1 (1,0,-,0)

18.Lillebror Johansson - 1 (-,-,1,-)

|}

World final

  • {{flagicon|ENG}} White City Stadium, London{{cite web|url=http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/wtc82.htm|title=1982 WORLD TEAM CUP|website=International Speedway|access-date=15 July 2021}}
  • 15 August
  • Att: 3,500
  • Referee: {{flagicon|ENG}} John Whitaker

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!Pos.

National teamPts.Riders
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|1st

{{speedway color
}| ||align=left|{{speedway|USA}} ||37 ||align=left|

1.Bruce Penhall - 10 (3,2,3,2)

2.Bobby Schwartz - 9 (3,3,3,-)

3.Shawn Moran - 8 (3,1,1,3)

4.Kelly Moran - 10 (1,3,3,3)

R Scott Autrey - 0 (-,-,-,0)

|- align=center {{speedway color|p2}}

|2nd ||{{speedway color|}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|DEN}} ||24 ||align=left|

1.Ole Olsen - 1 (0,1,-,-)

2.Hans Nielsen - 11 (3,3,3,2)

3.Erik Gundersen - 7 (2,3,2,e)

4.Preben Eriksen - 4 (f,-,2,2)

R Tommy Knudsen - 1 (-,0,1,0)

|- align=center {{speedway color|p3}}

|3rd ||{{speedway color|}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|FRG}} ||18 ||align=left|

1.Georg Hack - 5 (2,2,f,1)

2.Karl Maier - 7 (1,2,1,3)

3.Egon Müller - 5 (2,2,0,1)

4.Alois Wiesböck - 0 (0,0,-,-)

R Georg Gilgenreiner - 1 (-,-,0,1)

|- align=center

|4 ||{{speedway color|}}| ||align=left|{{speedway|CSK}} ||17 ||align=left|

1.Aleš Dryml Sr. - 7 (1,1,2,3)

2.Jiří Štancl - 4 (1,0,2,1)

3.Václav Verner - 6 (2,1,1,2)

4.Petr Ondrašík - 0 (0,-,0,-)

R Antonín Kasper, Jr. - 0 (-,0,-,0)

|}

See also

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