1990 Speedway World Pairs Championship
{{Short description|21st edition of the World motorcycle speedway Pairs Championship}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2023}}
{{Motorsport season
|title = World Pairs Championship
|link = Speedway World Pairs Championship
|year = 1990
}}
The 1990 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the twenty-first FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship.{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/world-pairs-championship.html|title=World Pairs Championship 1968-1993|website=Edinburgh Speedway|access-date=11 July 2021}}
The final took place at the Ellermühle Stadium in Landshut, Germany.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004985/19900723/036/0036 |title=Moran blast after injury |website=Manchester Evening News |date=23 July 1990 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 September 2024}} The championship Final was dominated by favourites Denmark and the less fancied Australia. Danes Jan O. Pedersen and Hans Nielsen scored 43 points to narrowly beat Australian's Todd Wiltshire and Leigh Adams who scored 41.{{cite web|url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/8573/1990-world-pairs-final-landshut|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=11 July 2021}} Hungary (Zoltán Adorján and Sándor Tihanyi) finished a distant third on 33 points. Sweden (Jimmy Nilsen and Per Jonsson) also finished on 33 points, though as Hungary scored three heat wins to one for the Swedes they were awarded third place.{{cite web|title=Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par (część 4) |language=Polish |publisher=SportoweFakty.pl |date=2009-08-19 |url=http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2009/08/19/zapomniane-turnieje-mistrzostwa-swiata-par-czesc-4/ |accessdate=2009-08-23 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822150934/http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2009/08/19/zapomniane-turnieje-mistrzostwa-swiata-par-czesc-4/ |archivedate=2009-08-22 |url-status=live }}
Semifinal 1
- {{flagicon|AUT}} Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt
- 16 June
| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;"
!width=25px|Pos. | width=160px|Team | width=170px|Rider | width=40px|Points |
| align=center {{Speedway color|p1}}
|rowspan=2 {{Speedway color|P1}}|1st | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|ENG}} - 45 | align=left|Simon Cross - (4,4,4,3,5,4) | 24 |
| align=center {{Speedway color|p1}}
|align=left|Kelvin Tatum - (5,5,5,5,x,1) | 21 | ||
| align=center {{Speedway color|p2}}
|rowspan=2 {{Speedway color|P2}}|2nd | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|SWE}} - 40 | align=left|Per Jonsson - (3,3,4,4,3,3) | 20 |
| align=center {{Speedway color|p2}}
|align=left|Jimmy Nilsen - (2,2,5,5,4,2) | 20 | ||
| align=center {{Speedway color|p3}}
|rowspan=2 {{Speedway color|P3}}|3rd | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|AUS}} - 39 | align=left|Todd Wiltshire - (4,5,4,2,5,5) | 25 |
| align=center {{Speedway color|p3}}
|align=left|Leigh Adams - (1,4,5,4,e,0) | 14 | ||
| align=center style="border-top:3px solid green;"
|rowspan=2|4 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|NZL}} - 41* | align=left|Mitch Shirra - (3,5,3,3,5,5) | 24 |
| align=center
|align=left|David Bargh - (5,4,2,x,2,4) | 17 | ||
| align=center
|rowspan=2|5 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|AUT}} - 28 | align=left|Heinrich Schatzer - (3,3,3,2,3,3) | 17 |
| align=center
|align=left|Toni Pilotto - (2,2,1,1,4,1) | 11 | ||
| align=center
|rowspan=2|6 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|ITA}} - 20 | align=left|Armando Dal Chiele - (2,1,1,2,3,2) | 11 |
| align=center
|align=left|Armando Castagna - (e,0,3,5,2,0) | 9 | ||
| align=center style="border-top:3px solid green;"
|rowspan=2|7 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|USSR}} - 27* | align=left|Rif Saitgareev - (1,3,0,4,4,5) | 17 |
| align=center
|align=left|Vladimir Trofimov - (0,2,2,3,e,3) | 10 | ||
| align=center
|rowspan=2|8 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|YUG}} - 14 | align=left|Gregor Pintar - (0,0,2,1,1,4) | 8 |
| align=center
|align=left|Martin Peterca - (1,1,0,0,2,2) | 6 | ||
| align=center
|rowspan=2|9 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|POL}} - 9 | align=left|Piotr Świst - (5,f,-,-,-,-) | 5 |
| align=center
|align=left|Ryszard Dołomisiewicz - (4,x,-,-,-,-) | 4 |
Semifinal 2
- {{flagicon|CZE}} Markéta Stadium, Prague
- 17 June
| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;"
!width=25px|Pos. | width=160px|Team | width=170px|Rider | width=40px|Points |
| align=center {{Speedway color|p1}}
|rowspan=2 {{Speedway color|P1}}|1st | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|DEN}} - 50 | align=left|Hans Nielsen - (2,4,4,5,5,5) | 25 |
| align=center {{Speedway color|p1}}
|align=left|Jan O. Pedersen - (4,5,5,3,4,4) | 25 | ||
| align=center {{Speedway color|p2}}
|rowspan=2 {{Speedway color|P2}}|2nd | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|USA}} - 44 | align=left|Ronnie Correy - (5,4,4,3,5,3) | 24 |
| align=center {{Speedway color|p2}}
|align=left|Kelly Moran - (3,3,3,5,4,2) | 20 | ||
| align=center {{Speedway color|p3}}
|rowspan=2 {{Speedway color|P3}}|3rd | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|HUN}} - 37 | align=left|Zoltán Adorján - (5,5,1,5,5,1) | 22 |
| align=center {{Speedway color|p3}}
|align=left|Sándor Tihanyi - (4,2,3,4,2,0) | 15 | ||
| align=center style="border-top:3px solid green;"
|rowspan=2|4 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|CSK}} - 38* | align=left|Roman Matoušek - (3,5,5,4,4,0) | 21 |
| align=center
|align=left|Antonín Kasper Jr. - (2,3,2,2,3,5) | 17 | ||
| align=center
|rowspan=2|5 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|FIN}} - 31 | align=left|Olli Tyrväinen - (4,4,0,4,3,4) | 19 |
| align=center
|align=left|Kai Niemi - (5,2,2,0,2,1) | 12 | ||
| align=center
|rowspan=2|6 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|NOR}} - 24 | align=left|Lars Gunnestad - (3,1,5,1,3,2) | 15 |
| align=center
|align=left|Arnt Førland - (0,0,4,0,2,3) | 9 | ||
| align=center style="border-top:3px solid green;"
|rowspan=2|7 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|BUL}} - 21 | align=left|Nikolaj Manev - (1,2,0,3,1,5) | 12 |
| align=center
|align=left|Zdravko Iordanov - (2,0,1,2,0,4) | 9 | ||
| align=center
|rowspan=2|8 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|NED}} - 18 | align=left|Ron Koppe - (x/2m,1,3,1,1,3) | 9 |
| align=center
|align=left|Rene Elzinga - (1,3,2,2,0,1) | 9 | ||
| align=center
|rowspan=2|9 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|FRA}} - 7 | align=left|David Ochocki - (1,1,1,1,1,2) | 7 |
| align=center
|align=left|Patrice Blondy - (0,0,0,0,0,0) | 0 |
World final
- {{flagicon|FRG}} Ellermühle Stadium, Landshut
- 21 July
- Attendance: 10,000
| class=wikitable style="font-size:93%;"
!width=25px|Pos. | width=160px|Team | width=170px|Rider | width=40px|Points |
| align=center {{Speedway color|p1}}
|rowspan=2 {{Speedway color|P1}}|1st | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|DEN}} - 43 | align=left|Jan O. Pedersen - (4,4,2,5,5,4) | 24 |
| align=center {{Speedway color|p1}}
|align=left|Hans Nielsen - (X,2,5,4,3,5) | 19 | ||
| align=center {{Speedway color|p2}}
|rowspan=2 {{Speedway color|P2}}|2nd | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|AUS}} (41 pts) | align=left|Todd Wiltshire - (5,5,3,4,5,3) | 25 |
| align=center {{Speedway color|p2}}
|align=left|Leigh Adams - (3,1,4,2,4,2) | 16 | ||
| align=center {{Speedway color|p3}}
|rowspan=2 {{Speedway color|P3}}|3rd | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|HUN}} (33 pts) | align=left|Zoltán Adorján - (5,5,4,5,1,1) | 21 |
| align=center {{Speedway color|p3}}
|align=left|Sándor Tihanyi - (3,2,1,3,3,0) | 12 | ||
| align=center style="border-top:3px solid green;"
|rowspan=2|4 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|SWE}} (33 pts) | align=left|Jimmy Nilsen - (4,4,1,3,4,2) | 17 |
| align=center
|align=left|Per Jonsson - (2,2,3,2,5,1) | 16 | ||
| align=center
|rowspan=2|5 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|NZL}} (32 pts) | align=left|Mitch Shirra - (4,5,4,1,4,5) | 23 |
| align=center
|align=left|David Bargh - (2,0,5,X,2,0) | 9 | ||
| align=center
|rowspan=2|6 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|USA}} (28 pts) | align=left|Ronnie Correy - (5,0,0,5,2,3) | 15 |
| align=center
|align=left|Kelly Moran - (1,3,3,1,1,4) | 13 | ||
| align=center style="border-top:3px solid green;"
|rowspan=2|7 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|CSK}} (21 pts) | align=left|Antonín Kasper Jr. - (0,3,2,3,0,3) | 11 |
| align=center
|align=left|Roman Matoušek - (1,1,0,2,1,5) | 10 | ||
| align=center
|rowspan=2|8 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|ENG}} (20 pts) | align=left|Kelvin Tatum - (3,4,5,1,4,3) | 20 |
| align=center
|align=left|Simon Cross - (X,-,-,-,-,-) | 0 | ||
| align=center
|rowspan=2|9 | rowspan=2 align=left|{{speedway|FRG}} (15 pts) | align=left|Klaus Lausch - (2,3,2,4,2,2) | 15 |
| align=center
|align=left|Gerd Riss - (F,-,-,-,-,-) | 0 |
See also
References
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