1987 Speedway World Team Cup

{{Short description|28th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition}}

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The 1987 Speedway World Team Cup was the 28th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.{{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 web|url=http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/wtc87.htm|title=1987 WORLD TEAM CUP|website=International Speedway|access-date=15 July 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004985/19870716/079/0079 |title=Thorp can sparkle |website=Manchester Evening News |date=16 July 1987 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 August 2024}}

Denmark won two legs and therefore won their fifth consecutive title (and seventh in total) moving to just one title win if England's record 8. It was also Hans Nielsen's seventh gold medal having taken part in all of Denmark's title wins.{{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=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/2425/1987-world-team-cup|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=12 July 2021}}

Group 4

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!Day

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width=160px|Winner

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colspan=4| Teams ranked 13–16

align=center| 19 June

| {{flagicon|NED}} Amsterdam

| {{flagicon|BUL}} Bulgaria

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| {{flagicon|NOR}} Skien

| {{flagicon|BUL}} Bulgaria

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align=center| 27 September

| {{flagicon|YUG}} Ljubljana

| {{flagicon|BUL}} Bulgaria

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align=center| 3 October

| {{flagicon|BUL}} Shumen

| {{flagicon|BUL}} Bulgaria

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Winner promoted to Group C in 1988

Round 1

19 June 1987
{{flagicon|NED}} Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

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|valign=top|{{speedway|BUL}} - 38+3

|valign=top|{{speedway|NED}} - 38+2

|valign=top|{{speedway|NOR}} - 34

|valign=top|{{speedway|YUG}} - 4

Round 2

13 September 1987
{{flagicon|NOR}} Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien

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|valign=top|{{speedway|BUL}} - 42

|valign=top|{{speedway|NOR}} - 40

|valign=top|{{speedway|NED}} - 28

|valign=top|{{speedway|YUG}} - 10

Round 3

27 September 1987
{{flagicon|YUG}} Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana

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|valign=top|{{speedway|BUL}} - 43

|valign=top|{{speedway|NOR}} - 31

|valign=top|{{speedway|NED}} - 24

|valign=top|{{speedway|YUG}} - 20

Round 4

3 October 1987
{{flagicon|BUL}} Shumen Motopista, Shumen

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|valign=top|{{speedway|BUL}} - 42

|valign=top|{{speedway|NOR}} - 40

|valign=top|{{speedway|NED}} - 27

|valign=top|{{speedway|YUG}} - 11

Group 3

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colspan=4| Teams ranked 9–12

align=center| 3 May

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Lonigo

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary

align=center| 21 June

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Wiener Neustadt

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary

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align=center| 11 July

| {{flagicon|FRG}} Landshut

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy

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align=center| 13 September

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Miskolc

| {{flagicon|FRG}} West Germany

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Winner promoted to Group B in 1988 ; 4th relegated to Group D in 1988

Round 1

3 May 1987
{{flagicon|ITA}} Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo

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|valign=top|{{speedway|HUN}} - 41
Janosh Balogh - 13
József Petrikovics - 11
Zoltán Adorján - 10
Sándor Tihanyi - 5
Antal Kocso - 2

|valign=top|{{speedway|ITA}} - 32
Armando Castagna - 9
Valentino Furlanetto - 9
Paolo Salvatelli - 8
Armando Dal Chiele - 5
Ottoviano Righetto - 1

|valign=top|{{speedway|FRG}} - 32
Karl Maier - 11
Hans Faltermeier - 9
Gerd Riss - 8
Michael Datzmann - 4

|valign=top|{{speedway|AUT}} - 15
Walter Nebel - 7
Siegfried Eder - 4
Heinrich Schatzer - 2
Adi Funk - 2
Toni Pilotto - 0

Round 2

21 June 1987
{{flagicon|AUT}} Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt

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|valign=top|{{speedway|HUN}} - 40
Zoltán Adorján - 14
József Petrikovics - 12
Antal Kocso - 10
Janosh Balogh - 4
Sándor Tihanyi - 0

|valign=top|{{speedway|ITA}} - 36
Armando Dal Chiele - 11
Valentino Furlanetto - 10
Paolo Salvatelli - 8
Armando Castagna - 7
Gianni Famari - 0

|valign=top|{{speedway|FRG}} - 34
Karl Maier - 10
Gerd Riss - 8
Michael Datzmann - 8
Klaus Lausch - 7
Hans Faltermeier - 1

|valign=top|{{speedway|AUT}} - 9
Toni Pilotto - 5
Walter Nebel - 2
Adi Funk - 2
Heinrich Schatzer - 0
Siegfried Eder - 0

Round 3

11 July 1987
{{flagicon|FRG}} Ellermühle Speedway Stadium, Landshut

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|valign=top|{{speedway|ITA}} - 43+3
Armando Castagna - 13+3
Paolo Salvatelli - 12
Giorgio Zaramella - 12
Gianni Famari - 6

|valign=top|{{speedway|FRG}} - 43+2
Klaus Lausch - 14+2
Karl Maier - 12
Gerd Riss - 9
Michael Datzmann - 5
Hans Faltermeier - 3

|valign=top|{{speedway|AUT}} - 18
Heinrich Schatzer - 6
Toni Pilotto - 5
Walter Nebel - 4
Adi Funk - 2
Andreas Bössner - 1

|valign=top|{{speedway|HUN}} - 16
Zoltán Adorján - 7
Antal Kocso - 5
József Petrikovics - 3
Sándor Tihanyi - 1
Janosh Balogh - 0

Round 4

13 September 1987
{{flagicon|HUN}} Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc

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|valign=top|{{speedway|FRG}} - 40
Gerd Riss - 12
Hans Faltermeier - 10
Tommy Dunker - 10
Karl Maier - 8

|valign=top|{{speedway|HUN}} - 37
Zoltán Adorján - 12
Sándor Tihanyi - 11
Antal Kocso - 7
Janos Szeres - 4
Laszlo Bodi - 3

|valign=top|{{speedway|ITA}} - 25
Armando Castagna - 8
Giorgio Zaramella - 6
Gianni Famari - 5
Paolo Salvatelli - 3
Fabrizio Vesprini - 3

|valign=top|{{speedway|AUT}} - 14
Heinrich Schatzer - 5
Walter Nebel - 3
Toni Pilotto - 2
Adi Funk - 2
Andreas Bössner - 2

Group 2

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align=center\| 19 July \| {{flagicon\|POL}} Gdańsk \| {{flagicon\|SWE}} Sweden
align=center\| 21 August \| {{flagicon\|SWE}} Linköping \| {{flagicon\|SWE}} Sweden \|align=center\|
align=center\| 13 September \| {{flagicon\|POL}} Rybnik \| {{flagicon\|POL}} Poland \|align=center\|

Winner promoted to Group A in 1988 ; 4th relegated to Group C in 1988

Round 1

19 July 1987
{{flagicon|POL}} Gdańsk Speedway Stadium, Gdańsk

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|valign=top|{{speedway|SWE}} - 41
Per Jonsson (3,3,3,3,3) - 15
Jimmy Nilsen (3,3,3,1,3) - 13
Roland Dannö (3,1,0,1,2) - 7
Conny Ivarsson (2,-,-,-,-) - 2
Tommy Nilsson (-,0,3,1,0) - 4

|valign=top|{{speedway|POL}} - 39
Andrzej Huszcza (2,3,2,3,3) - 13
Roman Jankowski (3,3,2,2,2) - 12
Zenon Kasprzak (2,E,1,2,3) - 8
Wojciech Żabiałowicz (2,1,3,0,-) - 6
Grzegorz Dzikowski (-,-,-,-,0) - 0

|valign=top|{{speedway|AUS}} - 27
Steve Regeling (2,2,3,1,1) - 9
Steve Baker (1,2,2,3,1) - 9
Stephen Davies (1,1,2,2,1) - 7
Glenn Doyle (2,0,-,-,-) - 2
Alan Rivett (-,-,0,0,0) - 0

|valign=top|{{speedway|FIN}} - 13
Ari Koponen (2,2,1,0,0) - 5
Olli Tyrväinen (1,1,1,0,2) - 5
Kai Niemi (1,E,0,-,-) - 1
Aki Ala-Riihimaki (0,1,-,-,-) - 1
Vesa Ylinen (-,-,0,0/0,1/0) - 1

Round 2

21 August 1987
{{flagicon|SWE}} Linköping Motorstadion, Linköping

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|valign=top|{{speedway|SWE}} - 50
Per Jonsson - 15
Tony Olsson - 13
Conny Ivarsson - 13
Jimmy Nilsen - 6
Mikael Blixt - 3

|valign=top|{{speedway|FIN}} - 32
Kai Niemi - 11
Ari Koponen - 8
Roy Malminheimo - 7
Juha Moksunen - 6
Janne Moksunen - 0

|valign=top|{{speedway|AUS}} - 27
Steve Regeling - 8
Stephen Davies - 8
Steve Baker - 6
Mick Poole - 5

|valign=top|{{speedway|POL}} - 10
Roman Jankowski - 5
Zenon Kasprzak - 2
Ryszard Dołomisiewicz - 2
Andrzej Huszcza - 1
Janusz Stachyra - 0

Round 3

13 September 1987
{{flagicon|POL}} Rybnik Municipal Stadium, Rybnik

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|valign=top|{{speedway|POL}} - 36
Ryszard Dołomisiewicz - 10
Roman Jankowski - 9
Piotr Świst - 8
Zenon Kasprzak - 6
Andrzej Huszcza - 3

|valign=top|{{speedway|SWE}} - 33
Per Jonsson - 11
Jimmy Nilsen - 11
Tony Olsson - 8
Conny Ivarsson - 3
Erik Stenlund - 0

|valign=top|{{speedway|AUS}} - 28
Steve Regeling - 8
Steve Baker - 8
Stephen Davies - 7
Troy Butler - 5
Glenn Doyle - 0

|valign=top|{{speedway|FIN}} - 23
Kai Niemi - 11
Ari Koponen - 9
Janne Moksunen - 2
Roy Malminheimo - 1
Juha Moksunen - 0

World final group

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align=center\| 16 August \| {{flagicon\|DEN}} Fredericia \| {{flagicon\|DEN}} Denmark
align=center\| 25 August \| {{flagicon\|ENG}} Coventry \| {{flagicon\|USA}} USA \|align=center\|
align=center\| 13 September \| {{flagicon\|CSK}} Prague \| {{flagicon\|DEN}} Denmark \|align=center\|

4th relegated to Group B in 1988

=Round 1=

16 August 1987
{{flagicon|DEN}} Fredericia Speedway Center, Fredericia
Att: 5,000
Ref: Christer Bergstrom (Sw)

{{speedway event 4t 4r|team1=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/r|Q1||{{speedway|DEN}}

|Hans Nielsen |3|3|3|3|20|1.20p=3

|Erik Gundersen |3|3|3|1|19|2.19p=0

|Jan O. Pedersen |2|3|3|1|18|3.18p=3

|Tommy Knudsen |2|2|3|2|17|4.17p=1

|John Jørgensen

}}|team2=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/b|2||{{speedway|ENG}}

|Kelvin Tatum |1|0|2|2|17|1.17p=2

|Jeremy Doncaster |3|3|2|3|20|2.20p=2

|Simon Cross |1|1|2|3|19|3.19p=1

|Simon Wigg |1|2|1|3|18|4.18p=2

|Marvyn Cox

}}|team3=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/w|3||{{speedway|USA}}

|Shawn Moran |0|1|0|0|17|1.17p=3

|Sam Ermolenko |0|2|2|2|19|2.19p=3

|Lance King |0|1|1|1|18|3.18p=0

|Rick Miller |3|2|0|2|20|4.20p=1

|Ronnie Correy

}}|team4=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/y|4||{{speedway|CSK}}

|Roman Matoušek |1||1.7i=F|0|1|18|1.18p=1

|Petr Vandírek |0||2.8i=-|1|0|17|2.17i=-

|Lubomír Jedek |2|1|1|0|20|3.20p=0

|Antonín Kasper Jr. |2|0|0|0|19|4.19p=2

|Zdeněk Schneiderwind |5.8p=0|5.17p=0

}}

=Round 2=

25 August 25, 1987
{{flagicon|ENG}} Brandon Stadium, Coventry
Ref: Graham Brodie (Eng)

{{speedway event 4t 4r|team1=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/y|Q1||{{speedway|USA}}

|Shawn Moran |3|3|3|3|20|1.20p=2

|Lance King |1|3|1||2.15i=-|17|2.17i=-

|Sam Ermolenko |3|2|3||3.14i=F|19|3.19p=3

|Rick Miller |1|3|2|1|18|4.18p=2

|Kelly Moran |5.15p=3|5.17p=1

}}|team2=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/b|2||{{speedway|DEN}}

|Hans Nielsen |3|3|3|2|20|1.20i=X

|Erik Gundersen |2|0|2|2|17|2.17p=3

|Jan O. Pedersen |2|2|3|3|19|3.19p=0

|Tommy Knudsen |2|1|1|3|18|4.18p=0

|John Jørgensen

}}|team3=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/r|3||{{speedway|ENG}}

|Kelvin Tatum |3|2|1|1|19|1.19p=2

|Jeremy Doncaster |1|1||2.11i=-|1|18|2.18p=3

|Marvyn Cox |1|1||3.10i=-|0|17|3.17i=-

|Simon Wigg |2|2|2|2|20|4.20p=3

|Simon Cross |5.10p=2|5.11p=1|5.17p=2

}}|team4=

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

|Roman Matoušek |0|1||1.10i=F|0|19|1.19p=1

|Petr Vandírek |0|0||2.9i=-|0|18|2.18p=1

|Lubomír Jedek |0|0|0||3.14i=-|17|3.17p=0

|Antonín Kasper Jr. |0|0|0|2|20|4.20p=1

|Zdeněk Schneiderwind |5.9p=0|5.14p=1

}}

=Round 3=

13 September 1987
{{flagicon|CSK}} Marketa Stadium, Prague
Att: 12,000

{{speedway event 4t 4r|team1=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/y|Q1||{{speedway|DEN}}

|Hans Nielsen |3||1.7i=E|3|3|19|1.19p=3

|Erik Gundersen |3|3|3|3|20|2.20p=2

|Jan O. Pedersen |2|3|1|1|17|3.17p=3

|Tommy Knudsen |3|1|3|2|18|4.18p=1

|John Jørgensen

}}|team2=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/w|2||{{speedway|ENG}}

|Simon Wigg |3|0|2|2|19|1.19p=2

|Kelvin Tatum |2|2|0|2|18|2.18p=3

|Jeremy Doncaster |2|2|1|0|17|3.17i=-

|Simon Cross |2|2|3|1|20|4.20p=0

|Marvyn Cox |5.17p=0

}}|team3=

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

|Shawn Moran |0|1|2|0|17|1.17p=2

|John Cook |1|3|0|1|19|2.19p=1

|Kelly Moran |1|3|1|2|20|3.20p=3

|Rick Miller |0|1|1|3|18|4.18p=0

}}|team4=

{{speedway event 4t 4r/r|4||{{speedway|CSK}}

|Antonín Kasper Jr. |0|0||1.12i=-|1|18|1.18p=2

|Petr Vandírek |1|1|0|0|19|2.19p=0

|Lubomír Jedek |0|0|0||3.13i=-|17|3.17i=-

|Roman Matoušek |1|2|2|3|20|4.20p=1

|Zdeněk Schneiderwind |5.12p=2|5.13p=0|5.17p=1

}}

=Final standings=

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align=center style="background: #ADFFD6;" \|1	align="left"\| Denmark	2	1	0	0	8
align=center \|2	align="left"\| England	0	2	1	0	5
align=center \|3	align="left"\| United States	1	0	2	0	5
align=center \|4	align="left"\| Czechoslovakia	0	0	0	3	0

References

Category:Speedway World Team Cup

Category:1987 in speedway

width=20\| Pos !width=300\| Team !width=20\| 1st !width=20\| 2nd !width=20\| 3rd !width=20\| 4th !width=20\| Pts
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align=center style="background: #ADFFD6;" \|1	align="left"\| Denmark	2	1	0	0	8
align=center \|2	align="left"\| England	0	2	1	0	5
align=center \|3	align="left"\| United States	1	0	2	0	5
align=center \|4	align="left"\| Czechoslovakia	0	0	0	3	0

1987 Speedway World Team Cup

Group 4

Group 3

World final group

=Round 1=

=Round 2=

=Round 3=

=Final standings=

See also

References