1998 Speedway World Team Cup
Appearance
The 1998 Speedway World Team Cup was the 39th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1][2]
The final took place on 11 September at the Vojens Speedway Center in Denmark. The winners were the United States team who claimed their fifth title.[3][4]
Qualification
Group B
- June 7, 1998
- LVA Daugavpils
1st | 2nd | 3rd |
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Latvia 35 10.Nikolay Kokin (2,1,3,3,2,2,3,2) - 18 11.Vladimir Voronkov (3,3,3,1,3,3,1,e) - 17 |
Norway 29 1.Lars Gunnestad (3,1,3,3,3,1,3,3) - 20 2.Arnt Førland (2,1,2,1,2,e,0,1) - 9 |
Ukraine 27 13.Igor Marko (1,2,2,2,3,2,e,2) - 14 14.Aleksandr Lyatosinskiy (2,1,2,1,2,1,2,2) - 13 |
4th | 5th | track reserve |
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Slovenia 26 4.Matej Ferjan (1,0,3,1,3,2,3,3) - 16 5.Tomas Šustersič (3,2,f,0,1,1,2,1) - 10 |
Italy 3 7.Simone Terenzani (0,0,1,0,0,1,1,0) - 3 8.Nicolo Andriolo (0,0,0,e,0,0,0,0) - 0 |
16.Aleksandr Biznya - ns 17.Maksim Andreev - ns |
- Latvia and Ukraine to Group A
Group A
1st | 2nd | 3rd |
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Czech Republic 39 10.Marian Jirout (3,2,2,3,3,1) - 14 11.Adrian Rymel (3,3,1,*,1,2) - 10 12.Antonín Kasper Jr. (3,3,*,3,3,3) - 15 |
Hungary 35 1.Zoltán Adorján (2,2,3,3,3,3) - 16 2.Sándor Tihanyi (3,3,3,1,2,2) - 14 3.Róbert Nagy (1,e,*,2,2,*) - 5 |
Russia 32 7.Roman Povazhny - (1,2,2,2,2,3) - 12 8.Sergej Darkin (2,3,2,2,2,2) - 13 9.Oleg Kurguskin (1,2,*,1,3,*) - 7 |
4th | 5th |
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Latvia 8 13.Nikolay Kokin (1,1,0,1,1,f) - 4 14. 15.Aleksandr Biznya (2,0,0,1,0,1) - 4 |
Ukraine 2 4.Igor Marko (f,-,-,-,-,-) - 0 5.Aleksandr Lyatosinskiy (0,1,1,0,0,-) - 2 6. |
- Czech Republic and Hungary to Final
World Final
- September 11, 1998
- DEN Vojens, Speedway Center
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 | USA | 28 | 10 | 18 | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||
(1) Greg Hancock | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
(2) Billy Hamill | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
(15) Sam Ermolenko | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Sweden | 24 | 10 | 15 | 24 | |||||||||||||||||||
(5) Tony Rickardsson | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||
(6) Jimmy Nilsen | 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
(17) Peter Karlsson | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Denmark | 23 | 8 | 13 | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||
(11) Hans Nielsen | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
(12) Brian Karger | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||
(20) Brian Andersen | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Poland | 17 | 4 | 12 | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||
(13) Tomasz Gollob | 15 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
(14) Jacek Gollob | 0 | 0 | E | - | - | - | E | |||||||||||||||||
(21) Robert Dados | 2 | E | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Germany | 14 | 6 | 12 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||
(9) Gerd Riss | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||
(10) Robert Barth | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
(19) Matthias Kröger | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | E | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | Czech Republic | 14 | 2 | 10 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||
(3) Antonín Kasper Jr. | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
(4) Marian Jirout | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
(16) Adrian Rymel | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Hungary | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
(7) Zoltán Adorján | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
(8) Sándor Tihanyi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
(18) - | 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 |
See also
References
- ^ "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ "1998 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.