1982 Speedway World Team Cup

The 1982 Speedway World Team Cup was the 23rd edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.^[1]

The final took place on 15 August, at the White City Stadium in London.^[2] The United States won their first title.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Qualification stage 1

Day	Venue	Winner
Stage 1
16 May	King's Lynn	England
16 May	Varhaug	Denmark
16 May	Lonigo	Czechoslovakia
16 May	Miskolc	Poland
26 June	Slaný	Czechoslovakia

Commonwealth round

16 May
King's Lynn, Norfolk Arena
Referee: C. Ringstrom

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	England	42	1	4	7	10	12	14	17	19	21	24	27	28	31	33	36	39		42	42	42	42
	(13) Dave Jessup	11		3					3		2							3	11
	(14) Kenny Carter	9	1							2		3					3		9
	(15) Peter Collins	11			3			2						1		2			8	3
	(16) Michael Lee	11				3	2						3		3				11
	(20) Malcolm Simmons	0																	0

2	United States	41	3	5	7	9	12	15	17	20	23	25	27	30	32	35	37	39		41	41	41	41
	(1) Bruce Penhall	10				2				3				3				2	10
	(2) Dennis Sigalos	8			2				2				2				2		8
	(3) Shawn Moran	9		2				3				2			2				9
	(4) Kelly Moran	14	3				3				3					3			12	2
	(17) Scott Autrey	0																	0

3	Australia	10	2	3	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	9	9	9	10	10		10	10	10	10
	(5) Billy Sanders	3	2					1					0					0	3
	(6) Phil Crump	5		1			1							2			1		5
	(7) John Titman	1				0			0			1				0			1
	(8) Gary Guglielmi	1			1					0	-				0				1
	(18) Steve Baker	0									0								0

4	New Zealand	8	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	4	4	5	5	6	7	7	8		8	8	8	8
	(9) Wayne Brown	1			0		0					-						1	1
	(10) David Bargh	2				1		0			1						0		2
	(11) Mitch Shirra	3		0						1			1			1			3
	(12) Ivan Mauger	2	0						1					0	1				2
	(19) Bruce Cribb	0										0							0
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

* England & USA to Intercontinental Final

Scandinavian round

16 May
Elgane, Varhaug

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Denmark - 43 Erik Gundersen - 12 Hans Nielsen - 12 Ole Olsen - 10 Tommy Knudsen - 9 Bo Petersen - NS	Sweden - 23+3 Richard Hellsen - 8 Jan Andersson - 7+3 Tommy Nilsson - 4 Hans Danielsson - 3 Anders Eriksson - 1	Finland - 23+2 Kai Niemi - 10+2 Ari Koponen - 6 Olli Tyrväinen - 4 Pekka Hautamaki - 3 Olli Turkia - NS	Norway - 7 Dag Haaland - 3 Roy Otto - 3 Asgeir Bjerga - 1 Sigvart Pedersen - 0 Ingve Madland - NS

* Denmark & Sweden to Intercontinental Final

Continental round

16 May
Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Czechoslovakia - 40 Petr Kucera - 11 Zdeněk Kudrna - 11 Aleš Dryml Sr. - 10 Milan Špinka - 6 Jan Verner - 2	Italy - 37 Francesco Biginato - 11 Gianni Famari - 10 Mauro Ferraccioli - 9 Armando Dal Chiele - 7 Luigi Bazan - NS	Netherlands - 13 Henny Kroeze - 4 Rudi Muts - 3 Piet Seur - 3 Henk Steman - 2 Leo Bathoorn - 1	Yugoslavia - 6 Albert Kocmut - 4 Stefan Kekec - 1 Vlado Kocuvan - 1 Krešo Omerzel - 0 Zvanco Pavlic - 0

* Czechoslovakia & Italy to Continental Semi-Final

16 May
Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Poland - 40 Henryk Olszak - 12 Roman Jankowski - 10 Edward Jancarz - 9 Zenon Plech - 9 Piotr Pyszny - 0	Hungary - 24 Ferenc Farkas - 8 Zoltan Hajdu - 6 Istvan Sziraczki - 6 Zoltán Adorján - 4 Janos Oresko - NS	Bulgaria - 18 Nikolai Manev - 7 Orlin Janakiev - 5 Angel Eftimov - 4 Vesselin Markov - 2 Todor Stojanov - NS	Austria - 14 Hubert Fischbacher - 6 Herbert Szerecs - 3 Adi Funk - 2 Robert Funk - 2 Herbert Engelmaier - 1

* Poland & Hungary to Continental Semi-Final

Semi final

26 June
Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný

Pos.	National team	Pts.	Riders
	Czechoslovakia	38	Aleš Dryml Sr. - 11 Petr Ondrašík - 9 Jiří Štancl - 9 Václav Verner - 9 Petr Kucera - NS
	Poland	24	Roman Jankowski - 9 Henryk Olszak - 9 Edward Jancarz - 3 Zenon Plech - 3 Leonard Raba - 0
	Italy	23	Francesco Biginato - 8 Gianni Famari - 6 Armando Dal Chiele - 5 Mauro Ferraccioli - 4 Luigi Bazan - NS
4	Hungary	11	Zoltan Hajdu - 4 Zoltán Adorján - 3 Istvan Sziraczki - 3 Ferenc Farkas - 0 Janos Oresko - 1

Qualification stage 2

Continental final

11 July
Ellermühle Stadium, Landshut

Pos.	National team	Pts.	Riders
	Czechoslovakia	31+3	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
	West Germany	31+2	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
	Poland	19	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,-)
4	Soviet Union	15	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

Speedway Center, Vojens
26 June
Att: 9,500

Pos.	National team	Pts.	Riders
	United States	34	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
	Denmark	28	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)
	England	25	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,-)
4	Sweden	9	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

White City Stadium, London^[6]
15 August
Att: 3,500
Referee: John Whitaker

Pos.	National team	Pts.	Riders
	United States	37	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)
	Denmark	24	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)
	West Germany	18	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)
4	Czechoslovakia	17	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)

References

^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
^ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "Ex Vikings through to World Finals". Hull Daily Mail. 7 August 1982. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "1982 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

[1] Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.

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

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

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

[5] "Ex Vikings through to World Finals". Hull Daily Mail. 7 August 1982. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[6] "1982 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

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v t e Speedway World Team Cup and Speedway World Cup
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See also	Host cities Medalists Medal classification
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